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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  June 26, 2022 6:30pm-6:46pm BST

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now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello. you're watching sportsday on bbc news with me, ben croucher. coming up: another entertaining sunday of test cricket at headingley. the bowlers did their bit. can england's batsmen pull off a big run chase? pretty neita — daryll makes it a sprint double at the uk championships. and as wimbledon opens its gates again, we'll look ahead to tennis�* third grand slam of the year.
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hello there. it's another cracker of a test match we're being treated to by england and new zealand. one day to go and all three results are still on the cards. before play, england were forced into a change with wicketkeeper sam billings replacing ben foakes — who tested positive for covid. when day 4 got going at headingley, jack leach shone with the ball as new zealand set england 296 to win. england's reply — as is the modern way in this series — has not been lacking drama. patrick gearey reports. sam billings had been busy. last night behind the wheel, this morning behind the stumps. he had driven from canterbury to headingley to be a covid replacement. in front of him, new zealand's roadblock. tom blundell and daryl mitchell have spent three testifying england. now they build a lead. and slowly tucked in. england's scribbling for crumbs, both kiwis made 50s, always staying just out of reach, always surviving.
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such was there escape all that you that even being given out was no guarantee. mitchell wanted this checked, but he was in line this time. relief, belief. now, jack leach assigned opening. this one bold tim southee and bruised sam billings. the next trick she was kinder for billings. the next trick she was kinderfor him. neil wagner caught kinder for him. neil wagner caught by kinderfor him. neil wagner caught by billings, leg behind wicket. it is in here somewhere! there. leach would end up with five the innings, ten in the match, and when would be to 96 to win. when they chase, they chase hard. this england are a team in a hurry, but where is the language and alex lees was certainly short of it. run out. zak crawley went reaching for runs and eventually overstretched. england at that point still needed to a5. joe root and ollie pope were not exactly blocking. england's captain have told them they are in the entertainment industry. whatever it takes. the show must go on.
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patrick gearey, bbc news. england 149—2 at the moment, ollie pope on 63, joe root unbeaten on a3. england women begin their summer tomorrow in a one—off test against south africa. it'll be the first time since 2003 the two have met in a red ball game and captain heather knight feels the women have a big responsibility in the longest form. it honestly feels like every time i play test match, we are fighting for the format a little bit, and it is quite hard not to think of it as a player, because ultimately, you are trying to do the best with the situation in front of you, you are not trying to think too hard about the format. but do declare judged on that tub and if there is a slightly more attritional set of players, we are judged from the sometimes, and weather girls should be playing test cricket. —— and whether. yeah, we
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feel that pressure. test match special has live commentary of that match, which starts tomorrow at 11am. you can also watch in—play video clips during play via the bbc sport website and app. highlights will also be on tv later on. onto a busy sunday at the uk athletics championships, where daryll neita completed the sprint double, adding victory in the 200 metres to the 100 crown yesterday. neita — who was part of the british team that won relay bronze at the rio and tokyo olympics — clocked 22.34 seconds to beat beth dobbin and imani lansiquot to the title. nethaniel mitchell blake set a championship record to win the men's 200. max burgin underlined his status as one of the rising stars of british athletics. the 20—year—old is the fastest man in the world over 800 metres this year and took nearly half a second off the stadium record to win by over a second. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. derby county has named liam rosenior as interim manager, following the resignation of wayne rooney. rosenior had been rooney's assistant at the league one club.
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british dquack laugher and anthony harding have come away with a silver medal in the men's three—metre synchronised at the world aquatics championships. china took the gold. three games in super league today. salford thrashed wakefield, castleford beat catalans in extra time 17—16 whilst huddersfield stay fourth with a 38—10 win over hull kr, including this solo try from luke yates. pecco bagnaia rode to his third win of the 2022 motogp season with victory at the dutch tt at assen. championship leader fabio quartararo crashed out. britain's elfyn evans finished second at the rally of kenya behind team—mate kalle rovanpera. evans stays sixth in the overall standings. onto golf, and it's all to play for midway through the final round of the women's
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lpga championship. in gee chun held a six—shot lead going into the weekend, but she's made three bogeys in herfirst six holes today to slip to five under par, two shots behind leader lexi thompson. the american — who's searching for her second major and first win in three years — is six under par. stephanie meadow is the best—placed brit on one over par. rory mcilroy�*s hopes of a second pga tour win in three weeks are all but over heading into the final round of the travelers championship. a two over par round of 72 on saturday saw him fall 11 shots behind leader xander schauffele, but he has at least started his final round with a birdie in the first couple of holes. scotland's martin laird is five off the lead — tied for fifth. this time tomorrow, one pocket of south west london will be buzzing. a whiff of strawberries and cream in the air and the sound of tennis ball being smashed. wimbledon is here. full crowds and two british grand slam champions on centre court. our sports correspondent
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laura scott looks ahead. it's been a while, but wimbledon�*s back in full force, and so is the queue. awaiting them is an all—star cast. serena williams hasn't played singles since this agonising exit last year... ..but hasn't given up on another trophy at a0. opening centre court in its 100th year is defending champion novak djokovic. but rafael nadal is eyeing his third slam of the year after three years away. i enjoy it, unforgettable moments here, so i don't know how many wimbledons remain for me, no? so if i have the chance to be here this year, i want to enjoy that opportunity. for some, the championships will be as much about who isn't here. russian and belarusian players are banned over the war in ukraine, meaning no world number one daniil medvedev and no ranking points. it's still the right decision to make for the championships. we hugely regret the impact it has on the individual players involved, but it remains the right decision
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for us, this year. despite many time—honoured traditions, some things have changed. this is the first time players have been allowed to practise here on centre court before the championships get under way, including rafael nadal behind me. the idea is this will help bed in the courts and prevent slippages in the early rounds. there are winners... cheering game, set and match, murray. ..and wild cards among the brits. and last year's overnight sensation, emma raducanu. but the us open champion is tempering expectations after a recent injury. in a way, it might help because there's absolutely no pressure on me. like, i haven't had the ideal preparation, so of myself, i can't really expect too much and i can just go out there and have a good swing. some have claimed the lack of ranking points means this championships will feel like an exhibition event. but others say it could never be, given the perennial prestige of this place.
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laura scott, bbc news, wimbledon. yeah, looking forward to that one. this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial football matches of all time. west german versus austria in the 1982 world cup saw players engineer the result of their group match saw both qualifier at the expense of algeria. the result furore led to fifa changing the rules to ensure both final group games would be played simultaneously. olly foster looks back on what become knows as the "disgrace of gijon" with the referee in charge that day. the 1982 world cup was the biggest to date. 2a teams taking part — england, northern ireland and scotland were there. italy would become champions for a third time. who can forget this goal celebration in the final against the west germans? west germany also lost their opening game. algeria, the world cup debutants, were one of the early stories of that baking spanish summer.
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they then beat chile and had every chance of going through. theyjust needed the final game in their group the following day to go their way. germany and austria made sure it went their way. a 1—0 win to the germans saw both progress at algeria's expense. bob valentine was refereeing his first world cup match that day, helpless as the two sides�* intentions became clear. it's even worse than i remember it. they had been playing normally before the goal and i had no reason to think there was any reason they would not play the same after, but i quickly realised they weren't going up the park as quickly as they could. nobody was in any rush. the goalkeepers... if the ball went out,
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it took an age to get the ball back in spot. everything was slowed down. if this was a practice match, they would have called it dull, but in a world cup tie, it's a disgrace. the number of passes was exceptional, it appeared as they got into the other half of the field, they lost interest in the ball. as i discovered it, so did the fans, and there began to be a lot of unrest, particularly from the algerian section, some of them waving cash, whatever that was suggesting, that that is what was going on. that's the final whistle. the anger on the faces of the crowd are because they have been cheated. and algeria may feel they have been cheated _ and algeria may feel they have been cheated too. what were your emotions at the full—time whistle? it was sad for everything. i felt for algeria. it changed football,
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to be honest with you, because, now, the last games of any section must now be played at the same time. i don't think we have heard the last of this game for a long time, as the crowd chant their disapproval at all 22 players. it's hard to believe that it's actually a world cup tie. there was nothing i could do about it. it's not a boxing match. i couldn't call the two captains together and tell them to get stuck into each other. that option was not open to me, so all i could do is deal with whatever happened, which was very little. extraordinary story. just a quick update before we go on the cricket. england 171—2, chasing 296 to beat new zealand to win the third test in leeds. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more, including an update on the cricket, at 7.30pm. the morning mist rises from bwindi
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impenetrable forest in uganda, one of the last two places on earth where the mountain gorillas still survive. so, we arejust hacking our way through the forest, because, obviously, the gorillas go wherever they want. there are no paths up here. the un has been hosting talks to try to secure a deal to protect the world's biodiversity. i've got to wear the covid mask because we share 98.4% of our dna, so there is a risk that we could infect them with covid. the aim is for the world to live in harmony with nature by 2050.
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it's an ambitious goal, so what does the success of mountain gorilla conservation tell us about whether it can be achieved? have you seen something, luke? just round here? oh, there's one down there! there's a gorilla! this is just incredible, you can hear the sound of gorillas all around us. you can't see most of them because the vegetation is so thick. there are baby gorillas in the trees. adults withjuvenile gorillas on the ground. it's incredible to be so close to one of our closest relatives on earth. loud fart and that, i think, was a gorilla fart! wow!
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gorilla numbers have been rising steadily in recent decades. it is the gorilla tracker�*s job to keep tabs on whether gorillas are in the forest. —— it is the gorilla tracker�*s job to keep tabs on where the gorilla families are in the forest. since 1991, up—to—date, internationally, it is succeeding because the population is growing by 2% every year. because the first census we did in 1996, we counted 320. and right now, we counted about a59 mountain gorillas. and...that was 2019, and since then, we have been recording some newborn babies, as you have seen today. it is a dramatic turnaround.

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