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and italy's giacomo nizzolo sprinted to victory on stage 13 of the giro d'ltalia. colombian egan bernal retained his overall lead. british riders hugh carthy and simon yates stay in fourth and fifth place. stjohnstone are going for an historic cup double the course for this year's pga championship is continuing to test the best golfers with some high—scoring and yo—yo style rounds kiawah island's ocean course in south carolina. let's go live to the course now where the bbc�*s golf correspondent ian carter is following the action. thank you forjoining us. what's the latest? thank you for “oining us. what's the latest? ~ , , ., , latest? well, this is a very challenging _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day for - latest? well, this is a very challenging day for the - players on this golf course. next of the atlantic open. —— ocean. phil
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mickelson going to the top of the leaderboard. 50 years of age, he seems to have most of the success on the tour, but as a former winner of this championship, he's shown those credentials. this will be battling the win in 69 today, and that's taking him to the top of the leaderboard. 5—under par and currently two shots clear of the field. �* , currently two shots clear of the field. h , currently two shots clear of the field. �*, u ., currently two shots clear of the field. �*, ., field. it's tricky to say who's doinu field. it's tricky to say who's doing what _ field. it's tricky to say who's doing what because - field. it's tricky to say who's doing what because i - field. it's tricky to say who's doing what because i think. field. it's tricky to say who's i doing what because i think it's changing so much. ian poulter made a charge. how is he getting on? yes. charge. how is he getting on? yes, he did. charge. how is he getting on? yes, he did- he — charge. how is he getting on? yes, he did. he managed _ charge. how is he getting on? yes, he did. he managed to _ charge. how is he getting on? yes he did. he managed to get it to four under par. that was largely in part to a wonderful bunker shot on the seventh eagle. he was really going very well, but the nature of this golf course is that when you turn for home, you turn into the wind, and he has come across has on those
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holes. he's dropped three shots, so four shots for ian poulter. anyone under par is certainly in the thick of this championship. just quickly, mcelroy didn't _ of this championship. just quickly, mcelroy didn't have _ of this championship. just quickly, mcelroy didn't have a _ of this championship. just quickly, mcelroy didn't have a first - of this championship. just quickly, mcelroy didn't have a first day. - of this championship. just quickly, l mcelroy didn't have a first day. how is his second day going? he’s mcelroy didn't have a first day. how is his second day going?— is his second day going? he's about to start s-over _ is his second day going? he's about to start s-over par— is his second day going? he's about to start s-over par after _ is his second day going? he's about to start s-over par after 75 - to start 3—over par after 75 yesterday. yet again, letting himself down in a sense in terms of this scoring on the first day. traditionally, he comes back well. will need to today. we expect them for over par. taste will need to today. we expect them for over par-— for over par. we know this is already the _ for over par. we know this is already the longest - for over par. we know this is already the longest course, l for over par. we know this is i already the longest course, but for over par. we know this is - already the longest course, but i keep hearing people calling kiawah island the toughest course in history. do you think that's true? if so, why is it so difficult? it looks pretty nice. it if so, why is it so difficult? it looks pretty nice.— if so, why is it so difficult? it looks pretty nice. it is, it's very leasant looks pretty nice. it is, it's very pleasant and — looks pretty nice. it is, it's very pleasant and warm, _ looks pretty nice. it is, it's very pleasant and warm, but - looks pretty nice. it is, it's very pleasant and warm, but the - looks pretty nice. it is, it's very. pleasant and warm, but the wind looks pretty nice. it is, it's very - pleasant and warm, but the wind is very, very strong. it's very heavy and it is hitting the players�*
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balls, causing them so much difficulty. so, the winds, the typography, the fact that it has enormous length as well, the fact that there are water hazards on every single hole. you can�*t bump up the ball as much as you would on a seaside course at home. it adds up to an almighty test. the toughest test we�*ve ever seen, but it�*s up there. it really is a beast of a core. ~ , there. it really is a beast of a core, 4' , ., , there. it really is a beast of a core. ~ , ., , ., core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank ou core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank you very _ core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank you very much. _ core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank you very much. enjoy _ core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank you very much. enjoy the - core. sound like my worst nightmare. thank you very much. enjoy the rest i thank you very much. enjoy the rest of day two. the international olympic committee said the games will go ahead even if the home city tokyo stays in a state of emergency. it will be comforting to hear for the thousands of athletes still hoping to compete, including british fencer marcus. he will now be dueling sole representative in the sport in tokyo thanks to a crowdfunding appeal and moving to new york. obviously, i would love
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the olympics — to new york. obviously, i would love the olympics to _ to new york. obviously, i would love the olympics to go — to new york. obviously, i would love the olympics to go ahead. _ to new york. obviously, i would love the olympics to go ahead. i'm - the olympics to go ahead. i�*m definitely focused on that happening. i�*d rather be in a position where really well prepared to an infant that doesn�*t happen over this last year where that kind of question has been getting stronger and stronger. i made an effort to connect with british fans and the younger athletes and showcase my talent and love for the sport. and really get people to enjoy what they do and enjoy what fencing is. if it doesn�*t happen, all obviously be devastated, but i think i will really appreciate the journey i�*ve been on. dean asher smith will get an early taste of perhaps how the 100 metres might line up. steve graham will be there. many of the stars will be their first visit— many of the stars will be their first visit to gateshead. so, i'm
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thrilled~ — first visit to gateshead. so, i'm thrilled. it's my home track in that sense _ thrilled. it's my home track in that sense i_ thrilled. it's my home track in that sense. i don't have far to travel, so i'm _ sense. i don't have far to travel, so i'm hoping we will have a cracking _ so i'm hoping we will have a cracking start to what is a very important _ cracking start to what is a very important season. had his fans will be rooting forward smith. �* , . . ,, �*, smith. don't expect too much. she's ve , ve smith. don't expect too much. she's very. very good _ smith. don't expect too much. she's very. very good at — smith. don't expect too much. she's very, very good at getting _ smith. don't expect too much. she's very, very good at getting herself. very, very good at getting herself ready— very, very good at getting herself ready when she needs to be ready. i:e~, _ ready when she needs to be ready. ire. the _ ready when she needs to be ready. i:e., the championship. she's had one race _ i:e., the championship. she's had one race in — i:e., the championship. she's had one race in italy, about ten days ago _ one race in italy, about ten days ago that — one race in italy, about ten days ago. that was ok, it wasn't superfast, but it was... and she knows _ superfast, but it was... and she knows it— superfast, but it was... and she knows it will— superfast, but it was... and she knows it will be a real test, but this isn't— knows it will be a real test, but this isn't the olympic games. when -et this isn't the olympic games. when get to— this isn't the olympic games. when get to tokyo, let's hope we do, i don't _ get to tokyo, let's hope we do, i don't think— get to tokyo, let's hope we do, i don't think many people will remember the result in gateshead. while _ remember the result in gateshead. while it— remember the result in gateshead. while it will be a test i no athlete wants _ while it will be a test i no athlete wants to — while it will be a test i no athlete wants to lose to rivals, not
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panicked _ wants to lose to rivals, not panicked about what happens at. the ioc panicked about what happens at. the. ioc ei-ht panicked about what happens at. tue: ioc eight said panicked about what happens at. tte: ioc eight said they panicked about what happens at. tta: ioc eight said they would like panicked about what happens at. tte: ioc eight said they would like the olympics to go ahead even in a state of emergency. as someone who has been to the olympics, do you think that at the moment, they should go ahead? you remember when football first started last year. _ remember when football first started last year, it looked as though it was a _ last year, it looked as though it was a little bit... but it really lifted — was a little bit... but it really lifted everybody's spirits. i'm hoping — lifted everybody's spirits. i'm hoping the olympics can do the same. we had _ hoping the olympics can do the same. we had lots _ hoping the olympics can do the same. we had lots of big sports events happening around the world while the pandemic— happening around the world while the pandemic has been going on under safe scenarios created by the organisers. so, i'm hoping that is still the _ organisers. so, i'm hoping that is still the case. the ioc has been incredibly— still the case. the ioc has been incredibly committed and japan are incredibly— incredibly committed and japan are incredibly committed. i know that from _ incredibly committed. i know that from the — incredibly committed. i know that from the outside, sometimes it might look as— from the outside, sometimes it might look as though perhaps is not the right— look as though perhaps is not the right thing to do, but i'm pretty convinced — right thing to do, but i'm pretty convinced the olympics will go
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ahead — convinced the olympics will go ahead. perhaps without spectators, which _ ahead. perhaps without spectators, which would be a shame, but we watch sport without spectators. i hope the 0lyrnpics_ sport without spectators. i hope the olympics can give all the athletes something to look forward to, particularly everybody around the world _ particularly everybody around the world. . ., . particularly everybody around the world. , . ., , world. there could be celebrations in leicester- _ we saw leicester city when the fa cup for the first time in history, and tonight, is a huge night for leicester tigers. you and they take on the french side for rugby union at twickenham. it will take place in front of 10,000 lucky fans. calling hazelden is there for us. it isa it is a measure of how times have changed. there might have been a time where they would look down
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their nose a bit at the cup, but they haven�*t had european success since 2009. they haven�*t been in a big twickenham vinyl since 2013. in the premiership, things have been thin on the ground —— twickenham final. this marks a change and the fans will be back, though it�*s a pretty big deal. irate fans will be back, though it's a pretty big deal-— fans will be back, though it's a pretty big deal. we want to play well, but pretty big deal. we want to play well. but it's — pretty big deal. we want to play well, but it's the _ pretty big deal. we want to play well, but it's the next _ pretty big deal. we want to play well, but it's the next step. - pretty big deal. we want to play i well, but it's the next step. we're well, but it�*s the next step. we�*re not looking at it... three year plan, and this is part of the game. you come into this game as underdogs. finished bottom of the premiershipjust a few underdogs. finished bottom of the premiership just a few months ago, so chance _ premiership just a few months ago, so chance against the team that's fought— so chance against the team that's fought millions of pounds worth of players _ fought millions of pounds worth of players and squad.
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fought millions of pounds worth of players and squad-— players and squad. steve's transformation _ players and squad. steve's transformation has - players and squad. steve's transformation has been . players and squad. steve's i transformation has been built on some of the old club dna. i�*m getting that big driving forward providing ball for the bats controlling the max. —— the match. the opponents where the challenge cup winners in 2016. it�*s extra big for tigers this evening. at the moment, they�*re not guaranteed a champions cup for next season. win tonight and they would be. it kicks off at eight o�*clock. exciting. now, all this week on bbc sport, we�*re looking at the potential impact of climate change on sport and how things could look in three decades. in a moment, i�*ll bejoined by london 2012 canoe slalom gold medallist etienne stott, but first, let�*s speak to madeleine orr, who is the founder and co—director of the sport ecology group, a consortium of academics we�*ve been looking at issues like flooding and erosion. what do you
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think is at stake for support in terms of climate change? i think is at stake for support in terms of climate change? i think it falls into three _ terms of climate change? i think it falls into three big _ terms of climate change? i think it falls into three big buckets. - terms of climate change? i think it falls into three big buckets. the i falls into three big buckets. the first one is health. obviously, heat and flooding present an issue for athletes, for fans in the stands and for officials. the second bucket �*s performance. we�*re not going to see the best marathon if it�*s very hot. the third bucket is the economic component here. we�*re talking about ski resorts possibly needing to shut down or change their operations. also cancelled events, that has a financial cost. those are the three big ways i see this playing out over the next 30 years. hopefully it�*s not quite as grim as the stories we presented this week with the bbc sport project, but if things don�*t change quickly, it very well could be. ., ., ., , .,
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be. etienne, how are where are you of climate change _ be. etienne, how are where are you of climate change and _ be. etienne, how are where are you of climate change and how- be. etienne, how are where are you of climate change and how it - be. etienne, how are where are you of climate change and how it might| of climate change and how it might affect sport? what you think athletes can do about it? i�*m affect sport? what you think athletes can do about it? i'm very aware, athletes can do about it? i'm very aware. very _ athletes can do about it? i'm very aware, very much. _ athletes can do about it? i'm very aware, very much. i've _ athletes can do about it? i'm very aware, very much. i've competed| athletes can do about it? i'm very l aware, very much. i've competed in very hot— aware, very much. i've competed in very hot conditions. i've had events that have _ very hot conditions. i've had events that have been cancelled because of extreme _ that have been cancelled because of extreme weather and it's really, really _ extreme weather and it's really, really difficult to deal with. i think— really difficult to deal with. i think sport has this incredible power— think sport has this incredible power to— think sport has this incredible power to inspire and connect people. ithink— power to inspire and connect people. i think at— power to inspire and connect people. i think at that level of ambition that we — i think at that level of ambition that we really need to connect with i’ili'lt that we really need to connect with right now — that we really need to connect with right now. we need to go out there and win_ right now. we need to go out there and win a _ right now. we need to go out there and win a gold medal in this race against _ and win a gold medal in this race against managing our carbon footprints, and our level of ambition— footprints, and our level of ambition is staying low. we need to hit the _ ambition is staying low. we need to hit the gym — ambition is staying low. we need to hit the gym right now and get out there _ hit the gym right now and get out there and — hit the gym right now and get out there and win this contest. madeleine, it seems to me that some of the ways we�*re dealing with this, if you look at the world cup, where they�*re building an indoor stadium with air—conditioning to make it saferfor with air—conditioning to make it safer for the players and the fans, thatis safer for the players and the fans, that is also part of the problem. give us some hope here. what can be done to make it safer the athletes
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and the fans, but also not damaging to the planet?— to the planet? yeah, i think qatar has to be applauded _ to the planet? yeah, i think qatar has to be applauded for— to the planet? yeah, i think qatar has to be applauded for basic i has to be applauded for basic scheduling change. that something that doesn�*t increase the implant of the event —— the impact. those types of solutions, the scheduling changes, perhaps in some cases playing in the evening for the cooler temperatures outside of the light of day, those of the kinds of solutions we�*re going to be looking at. i think there�*s a lot of room between air conditioning on the one hand, which has detrimental in impacts, and the softer interim goals like a heat policy that doesn�*t have a negative impact on the environment. it does have the same type of relief that we would look for with other conditioning solutions. i think there�*s a lot of middle ground to be found in apology change and scheduling change and
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that will go a long way —— a policy change. that will go a long way -- a policy chance. ., ., change. doctor madeleine orr and etienne stott. _ change. doctor madeleine orr and etienne stott, i'm _ change. doctor madeleine orr and etienne stott, i'm sorry, - change. doctor madeleine orr and etienne stott, i'm sorry, that's i change. doctor madeleine orr and etienne stott, i'm sorry, that's all| etienne stott, i�*m sorry, that�*s all we have time for. that is it from sports but day. there is a preview of the scottish cup tomorrow. also, you can find out about a cricketer who is 45... but that�*s it for me and the sportsday team. thanks for watching. the wet and windy weather will continue for a few hours yet. it�*s all been tied in with cool wet and windy weather with a unseasonably deep areas of low pressure of which will pull out gradually. allowing a northerly wind to come southwards. as you can see, a lot of wet weather
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to come. where they ease a little and where the skies clear, we could have a touch of frost across scotland in particular. a lot of cloud to start and still that strong wind across central and eastern areas, which slowly eases through the day. the promise of more sunshine. some thunderstorms. it�*s still chilly, 12 to 14, despite a little bit of sunshine. as we head into sunday, the next area of rain is moving back and off the atlantic to bring us some windy weather and certainly another dose of may rain fall. temperature is nothing special. there�*s more on the website.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. in the wake of the damning report into the bbc�*s panorama interview with princess diana, it�*s business as usual today — but the prime minister speaks of his sympathy after prince william voiced anger at the way his mother was deceived. i hope very much that the bbc will be taking every possible step to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. it comes as prince harry talks about the impact his mother�*s death had on his behaviour in later life. i wasn't drinking monday — friday, but i _ i wasn't drinking monday — friday, but i would — i wasn't drinking monday — friday, but i would probably drink weeks worth— but i would probably drink weeks worth in— but i would probably drink weeks worth in one day on a friday or saturday— worth in one day on a friday or saturday night.
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