technologies that bring about big change also bring new problems. there is no point in denying that. but right now, ai is changing the world and opening up possibilities for huge medical breakthroughs. i mean, it helped us to develop highly effective vaccines in record time. so i know the pandemic is far from over, but i still feel kind of lucky that it happened now rather than even just a decade ago. and maybe it will mean the nhs is a bit more ready for the next one.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on the programme... a games like no other — the tokyo olympics draws to a close. rain ruins the final day at trent bridge — the first test between england and india is abandoned — ending in a draw. and an emotional lionel messi says goodbye to barcelona.

welcome along, thanks forjoining us. so the tokyo olympics have come to an end. the games like no other — held during a pandemic and delayed by a year — and marked by a fittingly unorthadox closing ceremony in the olympic stadium. no spectators as has been the case for all the events but it was still spectacular. the games' official sign—off featured music, football freestylers, breakdancers and bmx riders. the traditional athletes' parade was much more muted — 62 of the countries weren't represented by a flagbearer, because of the tight restrictions. but laura kenny was there for team gb — afterfinishing the games as her country's most successful female olympian as well as the most successful female olympic cyclist. well, laura kenny was involved in the action on the final day at the velodrome, as was her husband jason kenny, who has become the first briton to win seven olympic golds. our sports correspondent

andy swiss reports. hold the front page! jason kenny a picture of delight after hurtling into the record books. the keirin is usually a slow burner of a race before a frantic late dash — but with three laps still to go kenny took his rivals completely by surprise. he sensed an opportunity and jason kenny will go for it for great britain... in a flash he was out of sight, charging clear and heading where no british athlete had ever been before. and they are not going to catch him. kenny comes to the finish here and we are watching british olympic history as jason kenny takes the title. his seventh gold, the most by any british olympian, a remarkable feat achieved and in remarkable fashion. i couldn't believe that no one came past. i felt like i was standing

still at that last corner and i kept attacking way and i kept telling myself it is a medal even if one comes it isjust the middle. and even went across the gold line, it is the gold medal. i couldn't believe it butjust bizarre, amazing. but while there was history for one kenny, there was frustrated edition for another. laura could only finish the sixth in the omnium after finishing with a crash but disappointment was outweighed by pride for her husband. the amount of people who came up to me afterwards and was like... i was speaking to him last night and i told him ijust want to go home and when he went i was like, he has only gone and done it just typicaljason. a day of mixed family fortunes, but one that has brought britain a new record breaker. sir chris hoy is the manjason kenny has overtaken for most gold medals. and the six—time olympic champion says he couldn't be more pleased for his former teammate. his record speaks for himself.

he is the most successful athelete we've seen. most successful not just in british history. he has not been a one hit wonder. four games from the moment we saw him come to the team in beijing in 2008 and as this freshfaced youngster, he has gained speed, power, strength but most importantly he has learned how to deal with pressure and you never count him out, you never count him off. it is one of these moments that almost the more pressure there is the better he performs. and i was so proud to see him performing and you know that your own records are going to get broken at some stage, they do not last forever so i am just so pleased it is a friend, it is a mate who has taken it away from me. britain's last medal of the games came in boxing — and it was gold for lauren price, who beat china's li qian to take the middleweight crown. price's is an incredible story — after excelling at a series of sports, she switched to boxing in 2014 and now she's an olympic champion. craig templeton reports.

lauren price. european, commonwealth and world champion now olympic champion. lauren price has always done it all whether it was kickboxing, footballing or even driving a taxi but this was the one she wanted. that variety of sports creates a dangerous fighter, as china's li qian was finding out. there was no doubt who won round one. the following two were tighter, as qian kept at an arms length, the welsh woman waiting to strike. but soon the waiting would be over. lauren price is - the olympic champion! a moment of reflection, a moment to be thankful. thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey

from starting off at eight years of age and just over the moon and thanks to everyone back home for the support. it means the world and it's got me through it. big shout out to my nan, can't wait to see her, and it is looking like we're going to go boxing right outside my house so happy days! price's medal is one of six from gb�*s boxers equalling their best ever games. for the team, it was the icing on the cake. for price, it was priceless. craig templeton, bbc news. so here is the final medals table and the usajust made it to the top in the end. their golds in basketball, track cycling and volleyball took them above china. hosts japan had their best games and are third in the table with 27 golds, nine of them injudo. and two more golds for britain today — equals their medal haul from london 2012 and took them above the russian olympic committee.

this team to deliver 65 medals is absolutely extraordinary and i would say that not only has the team made history but it has probably made history on the back of the most complex, the most challenging and most difficult of environments that we will ever face. winning medals across more sports than any other nation again, 18, winning sports across more disciplines than any other nation again. these are extraordinary statistics. away from the olympics... england and india have drawn the first test after rain washed out the whole of the final day at trent bridge. it had been set up for a potentially exciting finish as india needed 157 runs and england nine wickets for victory. but no play was possible and the match drawn. the two sides meet again at lord's on thursday for the second test. i think the weather's robbed us of a fantastic potential end to what's been an entertaining test match. we could've found ourselves

with a really tasty prospect coming here today. at one stage, it looked like we might have a0 overs of cricket which would've made for a brilliant scenario. and, unfortunately, the weather's won. two matches to tell you about as the new championship season got underway this weekend. fulham and middlebrough drew i—i. harry wilson put fulham ahead in their first league game since being relegated last season. but boro left craven cottage with a point thanks to marc bola's second—half equaliser. coventry came from behind to beat nottingham forest 2—1 at the cbs arena. kyle mcfadgzen scored the winner deep into injury time. four matches in the scottish premiership, celtic bounced back from their opening day defeat at hearts by thrashing dundee 6—0. new signing kyogo furuhashi with a hat—trick.

it's two wins out of two for hibs, this time they beat ross county 3—0. jack mackenzie scored an injury time winner as aberdeen beat livingston 2—i. stjohnstone drew with motherwell. an emotional lionel messi broke down in tears today, as he spoke publicly for the first time since announcing his departure from barcelona. the 34—year—old revealed he didn't want to leave the spanish side — where he won ten league titles, and the champions league four times crowns but the club cannot afford to keep him. reginaldo rosario has this report. applause it was the farewell that nobody expected or wanted. the moment proving too overwhelming for the greatest player barcelona has ever known. lionel messi would've preferred his time here to end with a standing ovation in front of a packed camp nou but the pandemic and barcelona's financial woes was put an end to that hope. a funeral atmosphere

outside the ground as messi said goodbye inside. translation: i gave everything for this club, for this shirt. - from the first day i arrived until the very last and the truth is that i am leaving. i am so grateful for the care the people have shown me. i would love to be able to go a different way. i never imagined having to say goodbye because i never thought of it. it has been a busy summer for the argentine superstar — fresh off of leading his country to the copa america crown, his first ever senior international honour, messi was all set to sign a new five—year contract with the spanish club. but behind the scenes, barcelona's financial troubles have been apparent for some time. messi's new deal was dependent on the club trimming their wage bill to satisfy the la liga's

financial fair—play rules. it meant the club would call on there star to do his bit but to no avail. translation: | offered - to reduce my contract by 5096 and they did not ask me for anything else. we did everything we could and it wasn't possible. where next for messi the city of light perhaps? paris st—germain seems the most likely landing spot for the 34—year—old. despite the bittersweet farewell, messi's legacy at barcalona was secured long ago and his achievement will stand the test of time. reginaldo rosario, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. good evening. once again there's been some pretty intense showers and thunderstorms around today. but there is some slightly better news in the forecast

for the week ahead. fewer showers around, a little bit more sunshine and for some of you, after a rather cool spell it will start to turn a bit warmer too. to get there though we need to get rid of this area of low pressure. it's still with us into the night and into tomorrow. still be some showers around, a little weather system pushing across southern counties of england, south wales so some wetter weather here to take us through the night. and the showers keep going across scotland, far north of england, northern ireland and also into shetland. in between those areas, with clear skies temperatures could drop down for one or two spots particularly across the highlands. but most double figures if not early teen temperatures to start monday morning. a bit of a damp start to east anglia and the south east. those outbreaks of rain will clear away but showers get going across the south and once again, area of low pressure further north, showers and thunderstorms will blossom and become more numerous through the day. the worst of those most likely to be across the eastern half of scotland. temperatures though in the sunshine should actually start to feel a bit more pleasant. a few more places above 20 degrees. monday evening sees the showers and thunderstorms continue for a time but they do start to fade. that's because low pressure is on the move pushing

toward scandinavia, allowing this little ridge of high pressure to build in. don't get too excited, doesn't mean they'll be blue skies across the board and they'll still be one or two showers around on tuesday. but more places will be dry though your greatest chances of showers and heavy thunderstorms are likely across some parts of central and northern scotland. notice with more dry weather around, light winds, temperatures start to climb close to where we want at this time of the year. indeed as we go into the midweek, the high pressure starts to build in across the south and east. in area of low pressure pushing in from the west but as this weather front yet as to bring some rain across the northern ireland and western scotland, it does help to induce a southerly airflow bringing slightly more warm across the eastern half of the country in particular. where we've got the best of the sunshine on wednesday central and eastern areas though sunshine turning hazy from the west. outbreaks of rain in northern ireland on wednesday spreading into western scotland, really do need the rain and the highlands and ireland so it is on the way. that could be welcome news for you. but in the sunshine to the south and east we could get 2a or 25 degrees.

that warmth will continue across the south and east through the rest of the week into the weekend. so some rain at times in the north and west but overall drier than now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another provincial capital in afghanistan falls to the taliban as they continue to make ferocious assaults against key northern cities. a province like kunduz doesn't continually fall to the taliban by accident. you know, there is a lot of bad governance and a lot of bad decisions along the way that can lead to that. after more than two weeks of thrilling sporting action — the tokyo olympic games end with a spectacular closing ceremony. team gb end the games with 22 gold medals as jason kenny's cycling gold makes him the country's most decorated olympian. thousands flee their homes in greece as forest fires burn out of control.