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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  June 18, 2022 7:30pm-7:46pm BST

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we are looking at wet ahead of it. we are looking at wet weather breaking across east anglia, south of england into the small hours of sunday, so heavy rain possibly thundery is possible, but a woman night on saturday and under. sunday daytime showers can seem to bother southernmost counties of england, quite a breeze for northern ireland and scotland, it could take the edge of the temperatures and bring in showers, but in many cases we are looking at a dry and fresh a day.
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines... union leaders say that talks trying to prevent rail strikes next week have failed — and the walk—outs will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. theyjust want more money and yeah, they can hold the country to ransom. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats
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to be electronically tagged. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist — dom phillips. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm isaac fanin tigers on top again — leicester are premiership kings after late drama at twickenham. day three of the us open is underway — rory mcilroy is one shot off the lead and in contention for a fifth major. the defending queen's champion remains on course to successfully defend his crown. and england brush aside france as they prepare for october home rugby league world cup.
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we're going to start at twickenham where there was late drama as leicester tigers claimed their first premiership title for nine years with a win over saracens. it was the eleventh in their history and one witnessed by our reporter adam wild. cheering. rising temperatures at twickenham. for both saracens and leicester, the path out of the shadows has been as dramatic as it has been swift, redemption almost complete. for sarries' men in black, it's been a test of nerve. relegation two years ago for breaking financial rules. those who chose to stay chose to stay for days like this.
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to stay on the promise of days like this. not all of tthem were allowed to stay, though. cost them a yellow card. leicester, though, have had struggles of their own. now a return to power. first hanro liebenberg batted through, before jasper wiese followed the same path with the same result. commentator: try! but for all that effort, leicester couldn't quite pull away. owen farrell levelling the scores with minutes remaining. extra time looming — the tigers with one final roar. the ball coming to freddie burns, and what happened next will go down in leicesterfolklore. commentator: leicester are champions! and so, amidst extraordinary drama, leicester tigers are back, finally, where they feel they belong after almost a decade of waiting, and watching the success of others, here they are, champions of england once more. adam wild, bbc news, twickenham. let's turn attentions now to the us
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open where day three is underway at brookline. the leaders will tee off in the next couple of hours. sarah mulkerinns has been following the action for 5 live. sarah, thanks forjoining us, rory mcilroy will begin his round just a shot off the lead — to you is he looking like he can stay in contention?currentjoint leader collin mori—kawa has won two can you do it is the question we have been asking about bobby mcavoy since he won his last major. 18 years we have been waiting for that to be somebody who has the talent he has. there has been in force of inconsistency and the rory roller—coaster when we see him go through full rounds but really this year he seems like a bit of indifferent fare. usually the first round he can kind of of contention and almost give him too much work to do but he's been very solid here and he was all so very silly two weeks ago at the pga championship. he won last week and canada an interesting thing for me was yesterday when he was going through a second round on the back of a good opening and when
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things were tough and he was on the third hole and in all sorts of bother in some big fescue grass was able to walk away with a double bogey and celebrate that will bogey what ever the whole round is ground it out out which was of the criticisms of him over the years. he will start one shot of the league. you just don't know what will happen but he does seem like a bit of a different player now and he seems like he has that bounce but he also has a little bit of the bit between his teeth and i think you will feel frustrated when he is this current rain of form he doesn't walk away with a major title at some stage. colin major has 12 majors in the last few years and she is an obvious open yet. he last few years and she is an obvious 0 en et. , ., ., last few years and she is an obvious oen et. , ., ., _, open yet. he is one of the cover current american _ open yet. he is one of the cover current american players - open yet. he is one of the cover current american players were l open yet. he is one of the cover - current american players were almost unbeatable and unbreakable. there is a conveyor belt of talent that comes out of the american collegiate, colleges and he is one of those players. he won the open last year
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in the pga championship in san francisco couple of years ago and he doesn't even think she has his top game at the moment and yet he is, you know, at five under par along with joe you know, at five under par along withjoe damon who actually is a qualifier, so they are talking to summers and of their stature, and he is there and he's going to be, you know, somebody who can definitely work it for the next couple of days. also there, john ram, of course, defending champion, the world number two. great golf in his own right and perhaps hasn't been at the height he would likely this season so far. one thing i will say, is going is tough today. lewis ran we have seen so far was just two under par from dame mccarthy. the 1000 look out for on the course is a young guy called will. people will have seen him. he is from texas on 25 years old and finished second at the pga championship a couple of weeks ago and second in his first masters appearances. he loves the big time some of you watch out them today. we will. and forjoining us.
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it's been a big weekend for women's golf, too, at the aramco team series — this is the event financed by saudi money but also forms part of the european tour. the individual event has one of the most lucrative prize funds in the women's game — and there was a dramatic conclusion to it this afternoon. england's georgia hall and bronte law were neck—and—neck at the top of the leaderboard. hall thought she'd done enough for the win when she took the outright lead with this birdie on herfinal hole. law was one shot behind when she went down 18, but had this putt for eagle — remarkably, she wasn't content for a play—off — she holed it in one putt, going from one behind to one in front, and taking the title along with that prize money. on to tennis now and last year's queen's champion matteo berrettini will get the chance to defend his crown after reaching tomorrow's final. the italian, who lost in the final at wimbledon last year, will face the serbian filip krajinovic. michael redford was
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watching the action. with wimbledon just over a week away it is the perfect time for players and fans alike to enjoy the british summertime. may be. when play was able to start it was matteo berrettini who looked the most at home. he is only lost once on grass in the last two years and that defeat came in the wimbledon final 11 months ago. he stayed in control, taking the first set 6—4 and not without controversy the vein returned and he was suspended one went down, much to his frustration. pressure and when he returned and the dutchman had to win the first point. he failed, game lost commencing the match was two. berrettini showed his patience as he booked his place in the final of the second year. the only man who can stop berrettini winning the final
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issueis stop berrettini winning the final issue is the unseeded filip krajinovic. a straight sets win against the seventh seed so him move one win away from that atp tour trial. now hejust one win away from that atp tour trial. now he just needs to be the defending tour champion. time for a quick round up of some of the day's other sports stories and we'll stay with tennis... and the news that four time grand slam champion naomi osaka has withdrawn from wimbledon because of an achilles injury. osaka hasn't played since going out in the first round of the french open. james doyle on board naval crown claimed victory on day five of royal ascot in saturday's marquee £1 million race, the platinum jubilee stakes, narrowly edging out creative force and william buick lucy bronze isjoining barcelona. the england defender leaves manchester city after five seasons where she won the wsl title, two fa cups and two league cups.
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england fast bowler katherine brunt has announced her retirement from test cricket. brunt made her test debut in 2004 and is england women's third leading test wicket taker. she'll continue to play one day and t20 international cricket. england women got their preparations for october's home rugby league world cup off to a fine start with a 36—10 victory over france. lydia campbell watched the action in warrington. just ten months out from the world cup, a match against the french is the perfect dress rehearsal. france started of the better of the sites but it was england who got the score up but it was england who got the score up and running, holly dot swerving through the first five again. caitlin beevers added the second before amy hardcastle, a nurse of the rugby pitch, finish near the posts. it wasn't all one—way traffic, though. france getting one
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back through a pushed left england with a 16—1; lead at the break. in the second half, hardcastle got the english rampage back up and running. if it first was down to speed, the second was all about strength. and england finished with a flurry. judge roach added two tries before fran goldthorpe rounded off the scoring with the match finishing 36-10 to scoring with the match finishing 36—10 to england. lydia campbell, bbc news. england's hockey players have been in pro league action today in london. the women's team came behind to beat belgium, 2-1. they're bulding up to the women's hockey world cup and the commonwealth games next month. a goal from tess howard and then this penalty corner coverted by grace balsdon earned them this win. they play belgium again tomorrow in theirfinal pro league match of the season. the men's team, meanwhile, saw liam ansell score the decisive goal in a shootout as they claimed
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a bonus point following an exciting 2—all draw with reigning world and olympic champions. the newly—crowned nba champions golden state warriors have returned to san francisco with their new title. they landed at san francisco international airport on friday evening with fans welcoming the warriors when theirjet arrived. they showed off the larry o'brien championship trophy as they disembrked. golden state's fourth nba title in eight seasons. steph curry and co will parade the title around san francisco on monday. just enough time to mention the canadian grand prix qualifying which starts at 9pm tonight — ferrari's charles leclerc will start from the back of the grid as a result of a penalty for excessive engine usage. that's all from sportsday.
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now on bbc news, five years after the deadly fire at grenfell tower, katie razzall hears from those who lived on the 21st floor about their fight for justice. and a warning this programme contains strong language and images of the grenfell tower fire, which some viewers may find upsetting. what would you say to the person that you were before grenfell now, five years on? imiss you. i would say, i miss you. in the early hours ofjune14th, 2017, a fridge caught fire in a flat at grenfell tower, west london. they need to ring 999! there is a dedicatedl line for this incident! it should have been containable.
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where's the fire brigade?! jesus! instead, five years on, it continues to devastate lives. i've heard from people, you know, "it's five years, get over it." it doesn't work that way. i will never get over what happened. five years, for somebody who hasn't gone through it, may seem like a long time. for me, it seems like it was only yesterday. we've been filming with marcio gomes since soon after he and his family escaped from the 21st floor of grenfell tower. there's not one day that i don't think about grenfell.
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i still have flashbacks. i was the type of person that would never even

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