sam warburton won 7a caps for his country, skippering the side a record 49 times. grand slam and six nations glory. he took wales to the semifinal of the rugby world cup — a game mired in controversy. he was sent off. he also led the lions to a first test series victory over australia for 16 years. and his final match, lastjuly, a drawn third test for the lions against new zealand. warren gatland, the man who made him captain, said he was outstanding. his leadership, his attitude and his demeanour, along with his performances, made him one of the best and most respected players in the world. warburton has enjoyed success at the highest level, but ultimately, his injuries have taken their toll. a body ravaged by rugby, a career cut short. tomos daffyd there. now, a government select commitee has been listening to opinions regarding the football association's proposed sale of wembley stadium. the fa say that only one in three pitches at grassroots level is of an adequate quality and that selling wembley gives an opportunity to change "the poor state of community foot

former wales captain sam warburton has retired from rugby at the age of 29.he british and irish lions‘ drawn series against new zealand last year. their story of survival has captivated the world. now the 12 schoolboys and their football coach, who were freed from a flooded cave complex in thailand last week, have appeared in public for the first time since leaving hospital. at a news conference, the boys answered questions which had been vetted by psychologists, one boy describing the moment a british diver found them as "a miracle". 0ur correspondentjonathan head was at their news conference. two weeks ago, they were trapped and near starving. to look at them now, you would hardly know it. the most famous football team in the world made their first public appearance since their astonishing rescue with smiles and traditional thai greetings. and then they began a kick around for the waiting journalists. watching at home was the family of dom, the team captain who turned 13 while in the cave. his stepfather, banphot, has not been able to see him yet. with just

former british and irish lions in wales captain sam warburton announces his retirement from rugby unionge ofjust 29. —— and wales captain. good evening. four years after his home was searched by police in a raid broadcast by the bbc, sir cliff richard has won his privacy case against the corporation. thejudge said the bbc had infringed sir cliff's rights to privacy, in a serious and sensationalist way. the raid was conducted in relation to an allegation of historical sexual abuse — an allegation sir cliff always denied, and for which he was neither arrested nor charged. he's called for the bbc‘s senior managers to carry the can, but the bbc says it may appeal against the judgment — as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. it was as good as it could have got for sir cliff richard, and as bad as it could be for the bbc. sir cliff, how are you feeling about the judgment? it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotional factor. and so i hope you will forgive me. in tears, he had told the court his life was forever tainted, now he was vindicated. sir cliff i

a former pupil of whitchurch high school in cardiff, fellow alumni include gareth bale and sam warburtonerstandably a very proud man, former pe teacher, steve williams. tremendous achievement. we are so proud of him down here. his commitment over the years and the hard work he has put m, years and the hard work he has put in, cardiff is pulsing, we are looking forward to once for going back to school so we can celebrate altogether —— cardiff is buzzing. dutchwoman kirsten vild won her second ride london title yesterday. she also won back in 2016. ride london is the richest one—day race in women's cycling. and the men's race gets under way this afternoon, featuring britain's mark cavendish. coverage for you on bbc one from 3.50pm. the world champion will start on pole for the race after excelling in the wet conditions at the hungaroring. lewis hamilton, of course. team—mate valtteri bottas will be alongside him, with the ferraris on the second row. the race starts just after 2pm. we couldn't have expected this. honestly, the ferraris have been quickest all weekend, and we were just trying

gareth bale, and sam warburton. what do you put in the water up there?erybody has a talent, it is just a question of what is that talent, how do you nurture it, and also giving them humility, so that they learn to except perhaps some of the downsides of sport, because there can be some real highs, but often getting there isn't just real highs, but often getting there isn'tjust simply real highs, but often getting there isn't just simply the joys of tasting the champagne of victory. show. and also for the teaching staff, as well. they have got to be able to identify this talented students, and nurture the right way? yes. it is every student, academic, art, drama, music, sport. certainly no physics lessons will happen next is it when they talk about geforce is it when they talk about geforce is in the future. fasth certainly our physics lessons. we it there. great to see you. thank you very much. no problem. a lot of happy people in wales. herath and live pictures from the voting in zimbabwe. five minutes before the close of the polls, there. by all accoun

the former wales and british and irish lions captain sam warburton, who is 29, has retired from professionalayed since leading the lions to a drawn series against new zealand last year, but he had been training with cardiff blues. knee and neck problems have ruined those plans. warburton made his debut for wales when he was 20, and went on to captain the side more times than anyone. we know that warburton hasn't played since the third test for the lions against new zealand, back injuly 2017, it's almost a year ago to the day. many thought, warburton himself, he would come back fit and firing after a good pre—season, having had over a year out of the game. but clearly, after having so many surgeries, the mental and physical toll that would have taken, he got back into pre—season training, and his body could not deliver what it has done in the past. it is a great shame he is having to give about 29. it's far too young, you feel, for a player who might have had so much to give. but we can celebrate a fantastic career for a manner highly respected, on and off the field. anthonyjoshua says he is

former wales captain sam warburton has retired from rugby at the age of 29.drawn series against new zealand. he won 79 test caps and made 11 world cup appearances. here‘s our rugby union reporter chrisjones. we know that wooperton has not played since the third test for the lions against new zealand back in july 2017, almost one year to the day. many thought, warburton himself, he would come back fit and firing after a good pre—season having had over a year out of the game. but after so many surgeries, the mental and physical toll would have taken, he got back into pre—season training and his body could not deliver what it has done in the past. it is a great shame he is having to give about 29. you feel it is far too young for a player who might have had so much to give. but we can celebrate a fantastic career for a manner highly respected on and off the field. britain‘s geraint thomas has won stage 11 of the tour de france. he finished ahead of the netherlands‘ tom dumoulin and his team sky team—mate chris froome to take the leader‘s yellow jersey from belgi

coached him, alongside two other pupils who made it to the top: former wales rugby international sam warburton own sport, same as sam, same as gareth, a breath of fresh air in his own sport. tonight, hundreds of cyclists decided to pay their tribute with a celebratory bike ride. couldn't resist, take the opportunity tonight to come and celebrate with everyone else. to watch geraint thomas's career has been truly remarkable, and he's such a great ambassador for wales. experienced cyclists and those new to the sport set off, and the partying is likely to continue here for some time. bbc news, cardiff bay. weddings among couples in lgbt communities in the us are on the rise but unfortunately some of their parents are unwilling to attend. leaving people on their own on their big day. well, to combat this one woman from oklahoma has offered to step in as the ‘stand in mom' to fill that void. sara cunningham came to terms with her son being gay, now she helps others disowned by their parents. i'll throw the rice and blow the bubbles, whatever you need... if you need a mum to come to your same—sex ma

coached him, alongside two other pupils who made it to the top: former wales rugby international sam warburton sport, same as sam, same as gareth, a breath of fresh air in his own sport. tonight, hundreds of cyclists decided to pay their tribute with a celebratory bike ride. couldn't resist, take the opportunity tonight to come and celebrate with everyone else. to watch geraint thomas's career has been truly remarkable, and he's such a great ambassador for wales. experienced cyclists and those new to the sport set off, and the partying is likely to continue here for some time. lovely scenes. now just lovely scenes. nowjust before we 90, lovely scenes. nowjust before we go, let's show you some scenes from the ancient bosnian town of mostar because for centuries, young men have participated in the tradition which involves jumping from this bridge into the river below. there we re bridge into the river below. there were some international and local competitors and there was an audience of several thousand watching. and one more before i let you go, pandas, we all love them. actually i am not a bi

him alongside two other pupils who also made it to the top — former wales rugby international sam warburtonbale. cool character, and, you know, i would say for his own sport, most probably the same as sam, same as gareth. you know, breath of fresh air in his own sport. tonight, hundreds of cyclists decided to pay their tribute with a celebratory bike ride. couldn‘t miss this, take the opportunity tonight to come and celebrate with everybody else. to watch geraint thomas' career has been truly remarkable and he's such a great ambassador for wales. experienced cyclists and those new to the sport set off, and the party is likely to continue here for some time. sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff bay. thomas is 32 years old and he has career decisions to make. apparently tea m career decisions to make. apparently team sky have got a multi—million pound deal on the table for him to stay with them for the next couple of years. but that decision is for another day and now is to enjoy his greatest day and certainly one of the greatest days in welsh sport. ollie foster live in the champs—elysees in paris.

british and irish lions captain sam warburton has has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of just twenty nine the former while skipper hasn't played since leading the lines to a series draw with new zealand twelve months ago following neck and knees surgery he recently returned to training at cardiff blues but said in a statement that his body could no longer perform at the levels that once had where halfway through the major league baseball season and that means the traditional all-star game a record ten home runs were hit as the american league took the spoils against the national league peters damage reports. nationals park in washington d.c. the thing for the eighty ninth stall game a game that was under three just hours before the first ball was pitched heavy rain in the u.s. capitol thankfully subsided in time for the start of the game there was a rousing welcome for bryce harper the winner of the home run derby the day before and a washington nationals player aaron judge of the new york yankees with the first homerun of the game i won the thing to the american. at t

former pupils gareth bale, sam warburton, what is going on, some kind of secret we should know about? have a few more. the school has always had a tremendous tradition for sport, has always had a tremendous tradition forsport, going has always had a tremendous tradition for sport, going back to 1937, but we have never had anything of this level. we have always encouraged everybody to take part in as many sports as possible and if we cannot help them in school, we encourage them to take part in sports outside. there has always been that ethos. i have been in the school a long time, i went there as a people and i can remember myself walking through the gates thinking, i have a real opportunity here to try to do something. i remember 1983, 27junior welsh try to do something. i remember 1983, 27 junior welsh internationals in the school. there has been a long tradition, when people come in, they realise, 0k, a school of excellence, not just realise, 0k, a school of excellence, notjust in sport, in music and academic success. everybody lists one another, really. —— everybody lifts one anot

as we just heard sam warburton just retired and he posted this message after the announcement...l the latest updates in our website. from me and the team, that is your sports briefing. in the pages of comics books or on the silver screen — one of the staples of science fiction has been the jet pack. a personal — rocket—fuelled — passport to the stars. well, the space—faring version is still a little beyond our reach but a more modestjet pack is now available and if you want you can buy one yourself. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. it's 2018 — shouldn't we all be flying to work in rocket suits by now? well, if richard browning has his way, we will be doing exactly that. this is a gravity industries series iii jet suit, which is now commercially available for the first time from a department store in london. essentially it's made of five micro jet engines, gas turbines, two on each arm and one on the back. other than that you're charging some lithium batteries, which are what start the engines, and that's it. other than that, it's flying it sensibly and looking after it. it's not re

fellow alumni include gareth bale and sam warburton. theirformer pe teacher is steve williams.so proud of him down here. his commitment over the years and the hard work he has put in, cardiff is buzzing, we are looking forward to once for going back to school so we can celebrate all together. after yesterday's deluge, it looks to be hot and sunny in budapest this afternoon for the hungarian grand prix, and that may not help lewis hamilton. the world champion will start on pole for the race after excelling in the wet conditions at the hungaroring. teammate valtteri bottas will be alongside him, with the ferraris on the second row. the race starts just after two o'clock. there's less than two weeks of the summer transfer window remaining. jose mourinho says he hopes one of his five targets will arrive at the club. 0n last night's evidence, they might need the help after losing to liverpool in the international champions cup. liverpool ran away with it in the second half for a 4—1win. new signing xherdan shaqiri marked his first goal for the club with this overhead kick. and with

british and irish lions captain sam warburton has has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of just twenty nine the former while skipper hasn't played since leading the lines to a series draw with new zealand twelve months ago following neck and knees surgery he recently returned to training at cardiff blues but said in a statement that his body could no longer perform at the levels that once had where halfway through the major league baseball season and that means the traditional all-star game a record ten harm runs were hit as the american league took the spoils against the national league peter stomach reports. nationals park in washington d.c. the thing for the eighty ninth all star game a game that was under three just hours before the first ball was pitched heavy rain in the u.s. capitol thankfully subsided in time for the start of the game there was a rousing welcome for bryce harper the winner of the home run derby the day before and a washington nationals player aaron judge of the new york yankees with the first homerun of the game. one mapping to the american leagu

british and irish lions captain sam warburton has has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of just twenty nine the former while skipper hasn't played since leading the lines to a series draw with new zealand twelve months ago following neck and knees surgery he recently returned to training at cardiff blues but said in a statement that his body could no longer perform at the levels that once had. well half way through the major league baseball season and that means the traditional all-star game a record ten home runs were hit at the american league set the spoils against the national league pitchers that reports the. nationals park in washington d.c. the thing for the eighty ninth all-star game a game that was under threat just hours before the first ball was pitched heavy rain in the u.s. capital thankfully subsided in time for the start of the game there was a rousing welcome for bryce harper the winner of the home run derby the day before and a washington nationals player aaron judge of the new york yankees with the first homerun of the game i said i won the thing to the

to his high school that was remarkably also home to former wales and lions rugby union captain sam warburtond here, that's for sure. —— we do not have any special water here. geraint on the field. he was tremendous, a wide range of sports. a dry sense of humour, cool character. i would say for his own sport, anyone was talking about the three who say what a gentleman. really impressive. really impressive, really classy and incredibly proud to have any kind of connection to him. my first memory of watching racing was the olympics where he won the gold medal. he was always someone people were talking about and aspiring to be like. results—wise also as a riderand a person. he was the go—to inspirational person for coaches and for parents at the track and the younger ones to aspire to be like. quite a journey for thomas to get to this point notjust in this year's tour but also in his career so far. as his yellowjersey caps off an impressive honours list for him. he's got those titles on the track. three world championship titles. two olympic titles as well as part of britain's pursuit team but n

teacher also taught former wales rug by former teacher also taught former wales rugby international sam warburtontballer gareth bale. cool character and i'd say, for his own sport, same as sam, same as gareth, a breath of fresh air in his own sport. the night hundreds of cyclists decided to pay their tribute with a celebratory bike ride. couldn't resist a taken opportunity to night to come and celebrate with everyone else. to watch geraint thomas's career has been truly remarkable, and he's such a great ambassador for wales. experienced cyclists and those new to the sport set off, and the partying is likely to continue here for some time. earlier i spoke to tony doyle, a former british cyclist who was the world pursuit champion in 1980 and 1986. he described geraint thomas as a worthy winner. the two are the france is that much bigger than anything else, and for geraint thomas to win, and in the style he did, winning two of the alpine stages, and to win with such alpine stages, and to win with such a strong team performance, and geraint is a lovely guy. i was there when he won his first back in 2

coached him alongside two other pupils who made it to the top — former wales rugby international sam warburtonreth bale. cool character, i would say, for his own sport, most probably the same as sam and gareth, a breath of fresh air in his own sport. in tribute to his greatest achievement, landmark buildings were bathed in yellow last night and will be lit up again this evening. some of these young riders willjoin members of the public in a celebratory bike ride across the welsh capital later. in this city and across wales, the partying isn't over yet. sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff. emergency crews are tackling around 130 wildfires, all along the west coast of north america — from canada down to new mexico. 40,000 people had to abandon their homes in the town of redding in northern california from where james cook reports. the devastation wrought by the wildfire which roared through redding is becoming clear. survivors described an apocalyptic scene as they fled, with swirling tornadoes aflame. some feared they would not make it. homes were exploding, cars were exploding, i have a wife and kid

sam warburton, the welsh hero, has retired from professional rugby. training the cardiff blues at that had not played since leaving the lines that trawled series against new zealand last year. he was expected comeback but he has had me and neck problems and it seems they have ruined his plans. he was the winner of 74 wales caps, five for the lions. he said this in a statement, unfortunately the lions. he said this in a statement, u nfortu nately after the lions. he said this in a statement, unfortunately after a long period of rest and rehabilitation, the decision to retire from rugby has been made with my health and well—being as a priority. the wales and lions coach warren gatland said it was hugely disappointing news. warburton was a huge figure at the welsh side, never shied away from a thumping tackle, he led them to the 2012 six nations victory, and in 2013 captain the lions to a series win over australia. that was the tourist‘s first test series triumph in 16 yea rs, first test series triumph in 16 years, so a huge figure, massive in wales, but

coached him alongside two other pupils who made it to the top — former wales rugby international sam warburtonler gareth bale. cool character, i would say, for his own sport, most probably the same as sam and gareth, a breath of fresh air in his own sport. in tribute to his greatest achievement, landmark buildings were bathed in yellow last night and will be lit up again this evening. some of these young riders willjoin members of the public in a celebratory bike ride across the welsh capital later. in this city and across wales, the partying isn't over yet. geraint thomas has promised an almighty party somewhere here in paris this evening. let's stay in cardiff because thomas morgan was with some of those fans watching the moment when he crossed the finish line here on the champs elysees. and here he is, crossing the finish line! 0ne one of wales' living legends crossing the finish line, and cardiff going absolutely wild! this moment will go down in history as one of the greatest sporting achievements of welsh sport, no doubt at all. the first welshman to win the tour de france, only the thir

praise has poured in, including from sam warburton, form alliance captain, and gareth bale, remarkablyought for his namesake, the other geraint thomas keeps being mistaken for the cycling star on twitter, even from the official tour de france account. my latest tweet that i wrote, this is what it is like to be famous, now has 12,000 lakes and over eight and a thousand views. so what is next for the real thomas? i have not signed a new contract yet, so quite good timing, really! tea m yet, so quite good timing, really! team sky might have to add a few more noughts to the next check! it is coming up to quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime. sexual exploitation and abuse are widespread across the aid sector — according to a strongly—worded report by mps. coming up... balancing baby, bikes and business — sarah storey, one of britain's most successful pa ralympians, is returning to racing. coming up on bbc news, england's most capped international retires from rugby. rochelle "rocky" clark, a world cup winner, played 137 times for england. many of us are packing our bags for a holi

three grades coming out of the same high school, sam warburton the rugby captain, gareth bale, footballeraint thomas now, does this seem clips the other two? in my opinion, it does, because this is the biggest annual sporting event in the world, the biggest bike race in the world. and he is about to win! it is an individual sport as well? went geraint thomas started, these days, everybody rides a bike, there is a clear pathway to olympic success. 20 years ago, nobody was riding bikes. there was no clear way to success and to navigate his way to the top of the podium for the tour de france is amazing. it was difficult for him to begin with because he was travelling back on board to manchester, giving his a—levels, travelling on a frame every friday. —— train. obviously, things have changed since then. a lot of the training is local to us. this is the result of lottery funding. but there isa result of lottery funding. but there is a much bigger level of support from welsh cycling, british cycling, to help these youngsters when they come through. but the amount of hard work they need to do

you're talking about gareth bale and sam warburton, aren't you?ore. i remember, back in 1983, it was a long time ago and there were 27 welshjunior was a long time ago and there were 27 welsh junior international is in the school at that time. there is that depth of sporting excellence but nothing like this. so, geraint began cycling with a cycling club at the age ten. he then rode featured tea m the age ten. he then rode featured team sky team—mate luke rowe before going on to write for other local clu bs. going on to write for other local clubs. did you get the feeling that cycling was his passion? 0h, clubs. did you get the feeling that cycling was his passion? oh, yes. we knew that. he did take part in all school sports and represented the school sports and represented the school in athletics. he played in the rugby team i coached up to year 9.i the rugby team i coached up to year 9. i remember his dad saying, the cycling is getting pretty serious 110w. cycling is getting pretty serious now. i think he will need to concentrate on that. he is go

but i think playing with the guys is also a former wales and british and irish lions captain of sam warburtonhas announced his retirement from rugby at the age of just twenty nine were bitten hasn't played since leaving the lions to a series draw with a new zealand twelve months ago following neck and needs surgery he recently returned to training at his club side cardiff blues but said in a statement that his body could no longer perform at the level it once had. the term ping pong diplomacy was first used in the one nine hundred seventy s. when the usa and china built a diplomatic relationship off the back of a successful table tennis tournament now the premise is being used again to bring north and south korea closer together competitors from the north have travelled to the south to compete in an international competition they even teamed up in the mixed doubles to form a unified squad on tuesday north korea's cheney el and south korea's you young child beat a team from spain relations between the two neighbors of warm says north korea's them the athletes to winter olympic games in februar

amazingly we nt fantastic, geraint thomas, amazingly went to the same school as gareth bale and sam warburtonance, tea m two sides to it near, in france, team sky have not been well received, they have been booed, there are lingering questions about there are lingering questions about the way that they complied with drug laws, and also, a resentment of how much money they have compared to other teams and cycling's governing body has said the tour de france is a bit boring. grain, seems to be a lovely bloke, everyone has a nice word to say about him, neil has cried for the first time since his wedding. nice to have a different winner. -- geraint thomas seems to bea winner. -- geraint thomas seems to be a lovely both. i have opted out of bed, really! august's running out of bed, really! august's running out of puff, young people not wanting to learn things like the oboe.|j of puff, young people not wanting to learn things like the oboe. i can see why this is on the front page, they have missed a trick by not giving it the headline video killed the orchestra staff. i disagree with this, talking

incredible success story of this school, whitchurch, sam warburton kurram gareth bale and geraint thomassa thomas, all at the same school. and it is a school where they thrive on competition and believe in it as opposed to saying, prizes for everybody, it's all about the taking part. thank you both very much. we will have a bit more in an hour's time. you will both be back at half past 11. but next on bbc music is time for click. the eight planets in our solar system, all unique and instantly recognisable. and don't they look amazing from our viewing podium here in outerspace? now what we really wanted to show you here is just how good visual effects have become. not only does the graphics computer generate all of these lovely images but, as the cameras move about, the objects and the background appear to stay in their correct positions. now this is not easy. now this technology originally came from the movies and now it has come to tv. so, here we are in the bbc‘s virtual studio and the first thing that you will notice is obviously that the graphics computer replaces anything that is gr

or three years older than two of wales drama was of lismore famous athletes in gareth bale and sam warburtonaptain. but no doubt this win for geraint thomas will put him up there. the question now is, is this there. the question now is, is this the biggest sporting achievement by any welshman? is this a golden age for welsh sport? intriguing questions. the headlines on bbc news... wildfires in northern california kill five people, destroy hundreds of buildings and cause thousands to flee their homes under new government proposals trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office and a powerful earthquake on an indonesian tourist island kills at least 14 people and causes widespread damage sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's reshmin chowdhury. we will be starting with the tour de france because it is such a huge story because in the next couple of hours geraint thomas will be crowned the 2018 champion of that event. the welshman is currently riding through the final ceremonial stage into paris, which will cul

to his high school that was remarkably also home to former wales and lions rugby union captain sam warburtona special award —— going on the field. he was tremendous, a wide range of sports. idry tremendous, a wide range of sports. i dry sense of humour, cool character. i would say for his own support, anyone was talking about the three who say what a gentleman. really impressive. really impressive, really classy and incredibly proud to have any kind of connection. my first memory of watching racing was the olympics where he won the gold medal. he was always someone people were talking about an aspiring to be alive. results was also as a writer and a person. he was the go to inspirational person for coaches and for parents at the track and the younger ones to aspire to be i can. quite a journey for thomas to get to this point not just quite a journey for thomas to get to this point notjust in this year's tour but also in his career so far. is it yellow jersey calves tour but also in his career so far. is it yellowjersey calves off tour but also in his career so far. is it yellow jersey calves

sam warburton has retired from professional rugby.ormer wales and british and irish lions captain — who is 29 — hadn't played since leading the lions to a drawn series against new zealand last year. our reporter thomas morgan is outside the principality stadium in cardiff for us — how much of a shock? i think after that 2007 lions to some underwent neck attention, he was out of action, then he underwent at knee operation and was out for the whole of the season. it is understood he began pre—season but he has been unable to return to full fitness and he has made this decision. he has had a few injuries over the last few years but there is no doubt of course he will go down as one of wales' greatest ever players and no doubt one of wales' best ever say we have ever had. as usually combative player in both aspects of the game. he is also wales' leading captain, with 49 caps. 7a in total. he will be sorely missed on and off the rugby field. talking about how much he will be missed. how much of a whole will be leaving professional rugby? —

fellow alumni include gareth bale and sam warburton. theirformer pe teacher is steve williams. proud of him down here. his commitment over the years and the hard work he has put in, cardiff is buzzing, we are looking forward to once for going back to school so we can celebrate all together. lewis hamilton will start on pole at the hugarian grand prix — looking to extend his 17—point lead at the top of the f1 drivers' championship. he starts just ahead of team—mate valterri bottas and the ferraris of kimi raikkonen and sebastian vettel. the race starts at two o'clock — coverage is on 5 live. manchester united bossjose mourinho admits he wouldn't have paid to watch his side in their pre—season 4—1 defeat to liverpool. the world cup means many of his first—choice players are still on holiday, and he wasn't too impressed by those he picked if i was them, i wouldn't come. i wouldn't come, i wouldn't spend my money to see these teams. i wouldn't spend my money. for example, i was watching something on the television today, was chelsea against inter. the people in nice decided the bea

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i am sure sam warburton would be played by somebody from thor. you have your yellowjersey?s really nice. one of the things that has been great is that nobody has had a bad word to say about you, either in the build—up to the tour de france, in the past, or since you have won. do you think you are the type of winner that the sport needed at this moment? yeah. i think so, it was good for me, i‘m certainly enjoying it. it's good for me, i‘m certainly enjoying it. it‘s really nice to get those sort of comments. especially from fellow riders on the pallet on, and outside of that, people that have grown up, outside of that, people that have grown up, rugby players messaging me, asa grown up, rugby players messaging me, as a kid i have been watching them and enjoying seeing them play, and suddenly they are messaging me saying how much they have enjoyed watching me. i received video m essa g es watching me. i received video messages from dan carter, will carling, thierry henry. did you get a phone call from arsene wenger? yeah, the morning we were flying back to london. just saying

thomas was two or three years older than two of wales' more famous athletes in gareth bale and sam warburton and lions captain. but no doubt, this win for geraint thomas will put him up there. the question now is, is this the biggest sporting achievement by any welshman? is this a golden age for welsh sport? and we will hear more from him in an angle also and geraint thomas performs his victory lap in paris. the headlines on bbc news: five people die, hundreds of buildings are destroyed and tens of thousands flee their homes as wildfires rage across northern california. people who abuse others online and who try to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office, the government says. at least 14 people have been killed in an earthquake which struck the popular indonesian tourist island of lombok. a labour mp, who is being investigated over his behaviour during a row about the party's anti—semitism code, has denied screaming abuse. ian austin is facing possible suspension after the argument with the party's chairman, ian lavery. speaking on bbc radio 4's the

a surprise in rugby union today as sam warburton announced his retirement from the sport. comeback for his club cardiff blues but knee and neck problems have ruined those plans. warburton made his debut for wales when he was 20 and went on to captain the side more times than anyone. here's our rugby union reporter chrisjones. we know that wolverton has not played since the third test for the lions against new zealand back in july 2017, almost a year ago to the day. but many thought, warburton himself, that he would come back fit and firing after a good pre—season having over a year out of the game. clearly having so many surgeries, the mental and physical toll it would have taken, he got back into pre—season training and his body could not deliver what it has done in the past. it is a great time is having to give about 29, far too young for a player who maybe had so much more to give. but we can celebrate a quite fantastic career for a celebrate a quite fantastic career fora man celebrate a quite fantastic career for a man celebrated both on and off the pitch. we are build

a surprise in rugby union today as sam warburton announced his retirement from the sport.had scheduled a comeback for his club cardiff blues but knee and neck problems have ruined those plans... warburton made his debut for wales when he was 20 and went on to captain the side more times than anyone... here's our rugby union reporter chrisjones... we know he hasn't played since the third test back in 2017. it is a lwa ys third test back in 2017. it is always a year ago to the day but many thought warburton himself would come back fit and firing after a good preseason having had over a year out of the game. but clearly after so many surgeries, the mental and physical toll that all would have taken, he got back into preseason training and his bodyjust could not deliver what it has done in the past. it is a great shame that he has to give up at the age of 29. it is far too young you feel for a player who had so much more to give but also we can celebrate quite a fantastic career for a man highly respected on and off the field. geraint thomas has won stage 11 at the tour de fra

his pe teacher at school, he was the pe teacher to not only him but sam warburton, the british lions.le, can you imagine? i love what he says. this is the kind of pe teacher we should happen in every school and he says, you will learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. so the business of this is, in life, we do, don't we? we make a mistake, we learn from that mistake and we get on. and he is saying that in a sense, life is competitive and the reality is to have games in schools which are non—competitive, there is no winner, it it's kind of silly. isn't it odd we have got to this point and it has happened over 20 yea rs point and it has happened over 20 years that it is now interesting that pe teachers are saying this before, that is what we were told at school, you compete. life is about competition. the think you are learning by competing is not that you get the accolades of winning, but you lose and if you look at geraint thomas, he broke his pelvis, fractured his pelvis in 2013, right? guess what? in the first stage of the tour de france, he went through the tour de france

as did another alumni, the former wales and lions captain sam warburton.and prix. hamilton had done much of the hard work in qualifying by securing pole position on the narrow track in budapest. he led pretty much from start to finish, with his championship rival sebastian vettel coming through in second. hamilton leads the drivers championship by 24 points. england are through to the knock—out stages of the hockey world cup after finally winning a group game. they beat ireland 1—0, giselle ansley with the all important goal after they struggled to break down the irish defence for much of the game. england now play korea in the knockout rounds on tuesday. despite rain across much of the country yesterday, cricket had its own moment of magic as somerset beat middlesex in the t20 blast in taunton. middlesex were chasing a reduced target of 213 from 18 overs after showers stopped play for a while, a difficult enough target without somerset making catches like this one. let's see it again. brilliant from jamie overton, helping his side win by 38 runs. great ca

former pupils include real madrid's serial—winner gareth bale, former wales and lions captain sam warburtonelsh cycling over a homecoming event to honour the cyclist‘s achievement. thousands of welsh supporters had flocked to paris to see him seal the win. i never thought about the outcome, it was all about the process and doing all the small things right. thinking about the next day and planning, just staying calm and collected. suddenly then realised i had won and it'sjust insane really. there's a theory doing the rounds that you were plan a all along. no, i wish i was. no, froomey was the leader going into it but obviously i had my chance and i'm really happy to have taken the opportunity. thomas now has his chance to shine. and now onto boxing. one of the biggest characters in boxing — tyson fury — says he's close to a shot at a world title? yes, he was a former heavyweight champion. former heavyweight world champion tyson fury says he's in talks with wbc champion deontay wilderfor a fight later this year. warning, there is some flash photography coming up. fury made his return to the r

praise has poured in, not least from former lions captain sam warburton, and real madrid‘s gareth bale, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack— was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". and in sport, adil rashid is named in england‘s 11 to play india in tomorrow‘s first test at edgbaston. england‘s hockey team beat island. now they face a must win game against korea tonight to reach the semifinal of the world cup. and newly crowned tour de france champion geraint thomas says he will consider his options before committing his future to team sky. more on those stories for you in about 15 minutes. after becoming britain‘s most decorated female paralympian with three gold medals at rio,

as did another alumni, the former wales and lions captain sam warburton.and 1—0. giselle ansley with the all—important goal, after they struggled to break down the irish defence for much of the game. ? england now play korea in the knockout rounds on tuesday. wayne rooney's start to life in the us has been eventful. the former england and manchester united striker is settling into new club dc united, based in washington, and got off the mark with his first goal but that wasn't his only involvement in the game. defending a corner in the last minute, rooney got himself a broken nose for his troubles. he tweeted afterwards that he needed five stitches, so an eventful start. and rooney has been keeping himself busy in washington off the football pitch too, hooking up with andy murray, who is returning to action in the us capital later today. this was before the nose incident! the pair had a little knock—up last week, as murray prepares for only his third tournament since surgery in january. murray — now ranked 832nd in the world — will face american mackensize

as did another alumni, the former wales and lions captain sam warburton. school lunch? there has to be something in the water! let's talk about the england's women's hockey team, they have been struggling at the world cup but they finally won a match? england are through to the knock—out stages of the hockey world cup after finally winning a group game. they beat ireland 1—0, giselle ansley with the all—important goal, after they struggled to break down the irish defence for much of the game. ? england now play korea in the knockout rounds on tuesday. wayne rooney's start to life in the us has been an eventful. the former england and manchester united striker is settling into new club dc united, based in washington, and he's off the mark with his first goal, but that wasn't his only involvement in the game. defending a corner in the last minute, rooney got himself a broken nose for his troubles. he tweeted afterwards that he needed five stitches. so a start to life in america that i'm sure wayne rooney won't forget in a hurry! that's all the sport for now.

injuries can have a huge effect on the length of player's career — the former wales and lions captain sam warburtone ofjust 29 because of repeated injuries. this new tackling level is going to be trialled in a cup competition in the second—tier of english rugby next season. it will be interesting to see what kind of impact it makes. anyone following the tour de france will know that we have had a few dramatic days but yesterday was certainly one of them. unprecedented, the tour had to be halted while police used pepper spray against protesting farmers and it ended up affecting several riders. first off farmers blocked the road with straw so police sprayed protesters with what appeared to be pepper spray which got into some of the riders' eyes. the crashes started, britain's adam yates missing out on a stage win thanks to this late crash. that was a minor script compare to what happened earlier to philip gilberto. amazingly he carried on with the race. britain's geraint thomas still leads ahead of chris froome. it's the gruelling 17th stage of the tour de france today. you can follow it on bbc radio

geraint thomas went to the same school as gareth bale and sam warburton. brilliant stuff.nt because lots of farmers through the uk having a really difficult time at the moment because of the weather, it's been so incredibly hot. we just had a bit of rain here, would you believe, but they haven't had enough rain here to make sure the grass is nice and lush and green. behind me, some of the grass further up is scorched, that brown, dingy colour and where it is green, it is... this site has been really difficult for this particular farmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers union have told us especially in the south and in wales, some farmers are having to tap into their extra resource, their extra reserve and resource of feed, which you can see behind me, the bales of hay, that's what they normally use in the winter, that's normally use in the winter, that's normally double the height so at the moment there isn't enough of the winter feed, which could moment there isn't enough of the winterfeed, which could be catastrophic for farmers later in the year when winter

and sam warburton has been described as one of the best british and irish lions captains of all time.d for nearly a year, after knee and neck surgery. soi so i think they are just about under way. i heard a bit of noise from the crowd on the 18th in the distance, about 500m away. i am in the rough, but as i was saying earlier, it is very different this year. it was of the dry weather, the rough is in very rough at all. we will be back later. it is my kind of rough, that. the government wants to make lessons in mental health compulsory in primary and secondary schools from 2020. so how might that work in practice, and are formal lessons for all children the best way forward? let's speak now to emily cherry from the children's charity barnardo's. thank you very much for coming in. thank you very much for coming in. thank you. this is something a lot of people have wanted to see for a long time. why do you think it will make a difference, lessons in mental health? yes, so bernardo's has long campaigned for this. mental health is something which really significantly affect so many childre