and the european championships in glasgow. and gymnastics begin today but what is the concept of these european championships. —— growing. there's also the small matter of the hockey world cup in london. england ta ke hockey world cup in london. england take on netherlands in the quarterfinals. ireland play india in the early last eight match. hello. you are very welcome along to sports day. i'm sarah mulkerrins. let us start the show at glasgow and the european championship. no medals today but plenty of talking points. joe wilson is in glasgow for us. good evening. i'm at george square in the centre of glasgow weather will be a music festival, food festival running alongside the sport for the next 11 days. we are hoping that the drizzle holds off here this evening. no medals won tonight as you mentioned but qualifying for some of the sports have begun. the gymnastics which is being staged in the hydro along the banks of the river clyde just the hydro along the banks of the river clydejust a the hydro along the banks of the r

and you go to the european championships this week. it that golf gets involved in new events like that? first time that golf‘s been introduced to the european championships, so it is a special one. i wanted to be part with and i'm playing with dame laura davies. she is a role model for english women like me and hopefully we can do well and i'm going to enjoy it and hopefully it will be good. and my conservations didn't end there, because there was a milestone moment in motorsport, as jamie chadwick became the first woman to win a british formula 3 race, atjust 20 years old. i caught up with her a little earlier. it has been something we have been chasing for a long time now. so i guess a lot of hard work, a lot of effort‘s gone into it. aside from being the first female, just to get my first win has been amazing and great to celebrate it with the team. but a ten second penalty meant you missed the checkered flag? a bit of sadness there. a bit. i was ready to do an overtake. but it is a hard track to overtake and i realised, keep up beh

the month up to these european championships has not been seamless, though.e after his coach was made redundant by the gymin bangor. with no option, he was forced it relocated to dublin to a new base. it has been a little bit challenging to say the least, but i had a world cup in turkey a few weeks later and won that. so i feel it shows to myself and everyone else what i can do and everyone else what i can do in a tough situation. now he is aiming to show europe what he can do and make more history for his country. ireland has never won a senior european medal. there must be a great carrot for you go out and take. yes, it is. i won ireland's first—ever medal in the juniors and i want to be the first to win a medal in seniors and why not make it a gold—medal? and if self—belife won medals, the gold would already be his. for a lot of children, there's nothing more embarrassing than their dad trying to dance. but dancing is a great way of getting fit, so a group of men in brighton have decided to shrug off the shame and they've become so confident that they've p

the last major tournament played here was the 1996 european championship, 30 years after the only worldylan hartley will return to the england set—up this weekend as he continues his comeback from concussion. hartley hasn‘t played since march, missing the end of the regular season and thejune series defeat in south africa. double commonwealth games gold medallist becky downie is out of the british gymnastics team for the european championships — that‘s after sustaining an injury in training. she‘ll be replaced in the squad by taeja james. now, it can be a source of frustration for parents up

it's been a good day for great britain at the european championships which are taking place in glasgownd berlin. adam peaty won his fourth gold in the pool, as part of the 4 by 100m medley relay team, and there were more medals in diving and athletics, as natalie pirks reports. cometh the hour, cometh the man. adam peaty made it four golds in four tonight, but this time he needed some help from his friends. it is gold to great britain! peaty‘s breaststroke leg in the four by 100 metres medley relay helped britain reel in the russians. confidence is clearly high. i knew if i was on about 50, he was going down anyway, so all i had to do was hold my ground. and get back to these boys. things were going rather well in the diving, too. jack laugher‘s final work in the three metre springboard final earned him his second gold of the championships. britain's most successful driver in historyjust keeps getting better. i really wanted to come here and prove myself and to see that all come up and to see me in first place, i wanted to cry. they are away. a different kind of dive is required for th

year sixty five point one five meters but now she heads into the qualifying round of the european championships in berlin ranked second this is how the moment. i was in the stands at the two thousand and nine well championships in berlin as a fan now i can hardly wait to experience it all down on the field as an athlete. it was born in one thousand nine hundred six in frankfurt oda near the polish border have parents fled there from angola and spent many years in a home for asylum seekers they weren't easy times for the family but sports helped close to find a way in life and overcome plenty of obstacles including racial discrimination. doesn't matter what skin color you have just long as you stay true to your roots and your country and i'm so happy that i can represent jam he championships. claudine v.t. was already a force to be reckoned with youth level she grabbed gold at the under twenty and junior european championships and that's despite her rivals towering over one meta seventy nine feet is a good ten centimeters shorter than the competition in the discus. and. i may be smaller than the

last night, dina asher—smith won the 100 metres at the european championships with a new british recordime in the world and just minutes later zharnel hughes won the men's event with a championship record, in a british one—two ahead of reece prescod. both gold medallists have been speaking tojeanette kwachi. european gold medallist. the morning after the night before, how much have you slept? not too much. it was for rem and i thought it is just not going to happen tonight. i got a little bit of sleep, mainly because iam little bit of sleep, mainly because i am focusing on performing well for the 200 metres on friday. i can't believe it. i can't believe i ran that kind of time. simy to be able to fulfil the potential that i showed when i was younger, for my coach and me, it is gratifying. i am happy! 10.85! commentator: britain rules in the sprints. last night was one of those moments i had dreamt about. to come back from my highs and lows at the beginning of the season to end up with the european championship title, it is one of those moments i wanted to achieve. it was electrifying la

the european championships painted british athletics in a good light. americans were not in the european championships and will be in these events. how strong his british athletics? we are in a far better place than we were around 2005-6, better place than we were around 2005—6, when it was myself, mo farah and jess ennis coming through. we had lost kelly holmes in the relay tea m had lost kelly holmes in the relay team that won in athens. with the likes of dina asher—smith, laura muirand likes of dina asher—smith, laura muir and others coming through, we are ina muir and others coming through, we are in a situation where we have a good chance of winning medals. you we re good chance of winning medals. you were at the european championships asa were at the european championships as a pundit and you are doing a lot of media work now. have you thought about giving presenting ago chris knight it is a plan. i have a lot to learn but it is something i could do. —— presenting is a plan. northern ireland's former world boxing champion carl frampton continues hi

and it's a golden run for great britain's laura muir at the european championship. we will start in berlin. gold on the track for great britain in the last few moments. last night of the track at the european athletics championships in berlin. laura muir has won gold in the 1500. ade adedoyin is there. ade, you were watching talk us through the race. fantastic performance, really led from the gun, mist a couple of commonwealth games to finish her degree, trying to achieve a first year at the olympic stadium, to become the first briton ever to win a european title and did it in athletic style. terrific victory, first woman, not even dame kelly holmes did this. really gutsy performance to claim the bronze medal, and this is the reaction afterwards by laura muir. medal, and this is the reaction afterwards by laura muiri medal, and this is the reaction afterwards by laura muir. i knew a lot of the girls had a good finish, i thought, the longer i leave it, the better it will be, i knew i could run hard from a long way out. so much going behind me. 1—2 on the board, seeing

so much excess for british athletes throughout the european championships.oa rd and saving was grace read in the three metre springboard and saving the best until last, her fifth and final dive and not to get that gold medal, really impressive performance, no pressure for her. and her team—mates, pressure for her. and her team— mates, who pressure for her. and her team—mates, who was actually forth and qualify, she came through to ta ke and qualify, she came through to take the silver medal, getting that double there. if you take both of those metals and add them to the silver medal one earlier on in the ten metre mixed synchro diving, that isa ten metre mixed synchro diving, that is a total of ten medals for the british athletes in the diving pool with two more medal events still to come tomorrow and there was another british 1—2 earlier this morning in the bmx men's final that took place over at the bmx centre, the only permanent venue over at the bmx centre, the only permanent venue built for these championships. and it was run —— one by kyle evans, who s

the first medals for great britain at the european championships in glasgow — as emily kay digs deep the women's scratch race. and tears and fears for andy murray — as he threatens to pull out of the washington 0pen after reaching his first quarter—final in over a year. hello and welcome to sportsday. we begin at edgbaston, where india need 194 to win the first test after england were bowled out for a second—innings 180 at edgbaston. sam curran‘s maiden test 50 was the only bright spot of an england batting display which saw them crumble to 87 for seven just after lunch. 0ur reporter patrick gearey is there for us. it is fairto it is fair to say that since then, things have been looking up for england and there is a glimmer of hope? there is indeed. it has been an enthralling test match. next time you have an argument with someone about whether test cricket is interesting, i will point them to this match. momentum went one way and then the other and then back again. it started with india on top. they studied in england batting collapse, yet another one. malan was caught off with isha

we'll be in dublin for the world pa ra—swimming european championships.inning two golds at the european championships, how low. thank you forjoining us. he was warned not to make the front pages but danny cipriani has put his england future in jeopardy. the fly half, who played his first test in ten years for his country this summer, appeared in court today to plead guilty to common assault and resisting arrest at a nightclub injersey. cipriani was fined £2,000 and was ordered to pay £250 compensation to a female police officer. he has since tweeted to say... cipriani had been injersey with his club, gloucester, who say that, although the incident is disappointing, the player has their full support. scott ellis has been getting reaction in the city. at 30, danny cipriani brings expertise and experience to the gloucester tea m expertise and experience to the gloucester team but also a colourful past of the pitch. last week we spoke to him about life in the spotlight. i just spoke to him about life in the spotlight. ijust want spoke to him about life in the

he strikes gold again, at the european championships.d coming up on bbc news: at the european championships in berlin where britain's tim duckworth leave it —— leave the decathlon with just two events to go. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. british gas is increasing prices for millions of customers, for the second time this year. the firm's standard variable tariff will go up by 3.8%, raising the annual bill for a typical dual—fuel customer by £44. the change comes into effect in october, and centrica, which owns british gas, is blaming the price rise on higher costs in the wholesale market. our business correspondent, emma simpson reports. and it's this hot there is no need to worry about heating your home but today a sting in the air for three and a half million british gas customers like robert chapman in lincolnshire. he's on a standard variable tariff and has been for decades. and his bill is going up for a second time this year. we seem to just for a second time this year. we seem tojust get a for a second time this

bring home a european championship medal. and the european championships are underway we understand that claudine will compete on this coming saturday we certainly wish her all the best are the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either at the w news or you can write directly to me at brant goff t.v. don't forget to use that hash tag the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that everybody. she loved because so. and then she left and of course was. she became famous as the woman in the shadow of a genius but she found her way as an artist strong woman with an eventful night we visit her in her new york studio the for your role next. sarno just could. get this song out of his head. the musicologist began searching for the source of this captivating sound. in central africa. the culture of. the prize winning documentary song from the forest forty five minutes. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they conspire. africa o

european competition, and also to reduce cost. because it is incredibly expensive for the individual federations to run their own individual championships, a very similar concept bringing sports together, that happened in baku in azerbaijan, it is effectively a rival competition. these european championships in glasgow and also berlin have a bigger buy in from some of the biggest sports, athletics, cycling and swimming. they hope to host another champ in chips in 2022, but before we can think about anything like that, this event needs to be a success “— like that, this event needs to be a success —— championships. the finals of the first of 128 medal events will begin on friday. the best women's golfers in the world are at royal lytham and st anne's this week for the fourth major of the year, the 42nd women's british open. the event boasts the most international field of the year in women's golf, and it is south korea's in—kyung kim who starts thursday's first round as the defending champion. ariya ju—tanu—garn, who is looking to make it back—to—back majors having won the us open, is also looking to make it consecutive wins on the lpga

athletic after a successful junior career in discus she is now germany's hope in discus at the european championships. claudina beach has medals and has sights she's already thrown have a personal best this year sixty five point one five meters and now as she heads into the final of the european athletics championships in berlin the ranks second this is how moment. that i was in the stands at the two thousand and nine while championships in berlin as a fan now i can hardly wait to experience it all down on the field as an athlete and it. beats it was born in one thousand nine hundred ninety six in frankfurt oda near the polish border have parents fled there from angola and spent many years in a home for asylum seekers they weren't easy times for the family but sports helped close dean to find a way in life and overcome plenty of obstacles including racial discrimination. it doesn't matter what skin color you have long as you stay true to your roots and country so i'm so happy that i can represent him he championships. claudine beats it was already a force to be reckoned with youth level she grabbed g

here is what he makes of the whole european championships concept. , european, the first of its kind. it will be great too obviously race on the european stage with all the other sports as well. it kind of brings all the media attention into one place and it kind of brings almost a team ethos together as well, so normally we would go into a race and go yeah, it's just europeans, but now it's europeans and it's got more of britain behind it, more of a of prestige behind it which obviously everyone wants to race for, really. the concept gets a bit more complex next week when the athletics begins in berlin, and the other sports continue here in scotland, but the organisers in glasgow believe that people get it, and they would point to over 114,000 tickets already having been sold. some of the sport did begin today, but the first medals will be awarded here tomorrow. thank you very much, joel wilson. a few £5 notes could be worth tens of thousands of pounds — because they've been engraved with the image of the england captain harry kane. six notes have go

britain's cyclist laura kenny won her second gold medal of the european championships in the velodromehe women's elimination race on sunday. elsewhere, italy's former world champion marta bastianelli won european gold in the women's road race. from glasgow, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. go is defined by the river that runs through the middle of it, this is the clyde, once a busy industrial hub, quite quiet these days —— glasgow is. the women's race was won by marta bastin eley of interleaved to hold off the lustrous marianne vos. very impressive sprinting in the elimination race over in the velodrome for great britain's laura kenney, whose britain's greatest ever female olympian. she's kenney, whose britain's greatest everfemale olympian. she's back after a break because she's has a son, she's won two golds in these european championships and admitted afterwards she is a bit surprised about how she's doing. elsewhere, real teenage success, the big dome circular building on the other side of the river is the hydro where the gymnastics has been going on. we had four individu

and a first ever european championships track gold medal for israel as lonah chemtai salpeter claims the victory over 10,000m. hello and welcome to the programme, where by this time tomorrow, the 100th us pga championship will be well underway at bellerive country club near st louis in missouri, withjustin thomas defending the title he won at quail hollow last year. thomas is in good form too having won the wgc bridgestone invitational in ohio last weekend, to move up to number two in the world. but, in the 60 years since the pga championship became a stroke—play event, only tiger woods has retained the title, which he managed twice. so history could be against thomas winning again. it's a great opportunity, but the pa rt it's a great opportunity, but the part of defending isn't as difficult as just part of defending isn't as difficult asjust winning the part of defending isn't as difficult as just winning the golf tournament in general. any player here this week, it's very hard to win. doesn't make it any harder that i'm trying to defend, the fact of the matter is it's hard to win a

it is a busy evening of finals here on the first day of the european championships.. with european champion scott quinn hoping to defend his title in the 514100 metres breaststroke. he won his heat and has qualified fastest into the final. when i caught up with him at the end of his race, he assured me there was more to come in the final. i am hoping there's a faster time to come. it's not what i would expect but, after that swim, i would like to go faster. it is just work in progress. where can i make big gains? where can i get more edge? he will be joined by conor morrison in the final, who qualified fourth and will be hoping to win his first major international medal. coming up shortly will be the s6 50m freestyle which will see ellie robinson, maisie summers—newton and tully kearney, all hoping to win medals. they will have a tough race against some of the ukrainian athlete. there will also be the 514100 metres breaststroke for women which will see debutant louise villas, who has done the fastest time in europe in that event for such ill be favourite for gold but

there's more gold for great britain at the european championships.dam peaty and co win the mixed 4x100 metre medley relay in record time. the final evening of competition in the sir chris hoy velodrome sees silver for katie archibald in the women's omnium. aston villa are in trouble off the pitch, but on it they impressed, winning their first game of the championship season at hull city. and the new british open champion, georgia hall, has the sport of golf in her hands. i have always dreamt of winning this, i started golf at the age of seven but to do it now at 22 is incredible. hello and welcome to sportsday. at the inaugual european championships, which are taking place in glasgow and berlin, 13 gold medals were up for grabs today. great britain got one of them, but there was plenty of other success too. with news of all of it, here's our reporterjoe lynskey. well, there's just one session of track cycling left in glasgow's velodrome now. the last evening there saw katie archibald miss out on the title in the women's omnium. the briton did take si

and away from the european championships — courtois bids farewell to chelsea.sportsday, i'm john watson. yes welcome along. of the 15 golds won by great britain at the european championships, adam peaty now has three of them. he produced another record—breaking performance in the pool to take another gold, this time in the men's 50 metre breastroke. meanwhile grace reid and ross haslam took silver in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard. natalie pirks wraps up the main talking points on day seven from glasgow. adam peaty that has not already been said? here's a man that seems to thrive on this spotlight, and of course as the world and european champion in the 50 metre breaststroke, these spotlight was on him, but he as usual when to gold in supreme him, but he as usual when to gold in supreme fashion. nobody seemed to be able to touch him. he has already broken the record in the 100 meter breaststroke, but this was the event any commonwealth games when he was any commonwealth games when he was an ex—that diddley to gold. beating that four—year unbeaten re

the last major tournament played here was the 1996 european championship, 30 years after the only world cup to take place in england. wembley will host seven games during euro 2020, and the fa have a bid in to host the european women's championship in 2021. england captain dylan hartley will return to the england set—up this weekend as he continues his comeback from concussion. hartley hasn't played since march, missing the end of the regular season and thejune series defeat in south africa. double commonwealth games gold medallist becky downie is out of the british gymnastics team for the european championships — that's after sustaining an injury in training. she'll be replaced in the squad by taeja james. now, it can be a source of frustration for parents up and down the country 7 e—sports, or gaming, is a distraction many wish their kids would live without. but according to some supporters in scotland, a healthy body and mind are vital for all players. and they want e—sports to be included in the olympic games! and the ioc are giving it their consideration. rhona mcleod has this repo

it's golden night for great britain's athletes at the european championships., preparations for the 100th anniversary of the battle that helped end the great war at amiens. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — britain's most decorated diver, jack laugher, clinches gold in the men's 1 metre springboard final at the european championships. team—mate james heatly took bronze. good evening. the prime minister has backed calls for borisjohnson to apologise for comments he's made about muslim women wearing full—face veils. the former foreign secretary wrote in a newspaper article that the women "look like letter boxes" and that the burqa was "weird" and "ridiculous." theresa may says women should be able to choose how they dress, and that some of mrjohnson‘s words "obviously caused offence." mrjohnson has so far has refused to apologise, amid accusations of islamophobia. here's our chief political correspondent, vicky young. from online abuse to attacks on mosques, crime figures suggest islamophobia is on the rise in britain, and the conservative party's faced ac

it's the 6th day at the european championships in scotland and berlin.moment we'll speak to ade adedoyin on a big night in the athletics. but let's get the latest from scotland, natalie pirks is in glasgow. evening, natalie. more british golds, including a couple in the diving and that's in edinburgh. gold medals everywhere but it started with the ten metres synchro platform with the women. the british teenagers going for gold, quite a remarkable story. toelsen has partnered up with cheng and they had a couple of pretty good dives for the gold medal. there were almost confused, i do not know they knew what was happening until they we re knew what was happening until they were told that they had got the gold. thenjack were told that they had got the gold. then jack lord were told that they had got the gold. thenjack lord also took gold, winning the one metre springboard. just adding the european title, his first individual, because he is one thatis first individual, because he is one that is a partnership for comic he added that title to an already bulgin

championships. this is his ninth european title. and he hasn't been beaten for four years.. —— fired him up. that was it was for him to have something to aim at. if you have followed adam peaty it's amazing to see that four yea rs peaty it's amazing to see that four years ago he was a smaller person and now he is huge not only physically but mentally. he was only 19 four years ago. he was a wee lad then. he is so unassuming in such a nice character but when he gets to the point he is a monster. —— to the pool there was disappointment for great britain's rowers who could only manage a silver medal in the men's four at the european championships in glasgow. that they are at the bottom of your screen. having enjoyed tremendous success at olympic level, they were beaten to the gold by romania. they finished last in their final. they finished last in their finallj saw that they really shut out. they shot out in the heat and we couldn't get back to him. we slightly ran out of water today. we will go away and train harder. there was also a silver for the women's eight. they finish

and, is britain's katerina johnson thompson on course for a heptathlon medal at the european championshipsne event to go. and coming up on bbc news, the new premier league season starts just a few hours but can anyone stop manchester city doing this again? good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the struggling department store house of fraser has been bought, just hours after going into administration — by sports direct. its owner, mike ashley, says he wants to turn the chain into the harrods of the high street. sports direct is paying £90 million for the business, which is 169 years old. house of fraser has 59 stores across the country — administrators had earmarked 31 for closure, but mike ashley said in a statement he'll be doing his best to keep as many open as possible. so, this evening, the 17,500 strong staff wait to find out exactly what he plans to do with his acquisition. our first report is from our business correspondent emma simpson. glasgow, where house of fraser began. it's early doors and staff are fearing the worst. began. it's early doors and staff are fearing t

history in the process, becoming the first briton to win the 100 and 200 metres at the european athletics championshipsd 200 metres at the european athletics championships. it does give mea athletics championships. it does give me a bit of confidence. it's not the olympics or world champs, i don't know how it would place near those competitions but i am definitely proud of myself tonight. j°y definitely proud of myself tonight. joy for dina asher—smith but agony for proctor, who missed out on gold in longjump by for proctor, who missed out on gold in long jump by five centimetres, settling for bronze. britain got silver in the four by 400 metres thanks to rooney and the women won the bronze. the relay quartet rounded off a successful evening for the british athletes in the german capital and equally impressive in glasgow, where the team won seven more medals. evans led from start to finish in the bmx. his team—mate got silver. while in the diving, there was another from the springboard. a second medal of the games, taking gold with alysia blackjust behind. the defining images that of dina doing the dou

these are the first multi—sport european championships.. i was in berlin recently, and i know they're excited about the athletics. i got the sense they were a bit jealous of some of the sports that glasgow was hosting as well, but i think it's a great partnership. this city has invested heavily in sport. nicola sturgeon told me she wouldn't rule out a future glasgow olympic bid. as yet, there's no host for the next european championships. everyone is watching to see if the concept succeeds here. joe wilson, bbc news, glasgow. it's the stuff of dreams — and nightmares. you match all the numbers on euromillions, but you're told it's not a winning ticket, so it's chucked in a bin. then you find out it is a winning ticket. well, that's exactly what happened to a couple from aberdeenshire. oh dear! lorna gordon has the story, and there are some flashing images. celebrating the win that almost never was. fred and lesley higgins are nearly £60 million richer, even though a shop assistant in a surely through their ticket away by mistake. he checke

the first british woman to win a gold medal in the european championships for some 50 years.proud she is over what she has been doing this season. and she is here with her husband as well. she told me that the genes come from her and not her husband. the champion claimed ten 99. new british record, 10.85. dabney skippers, has to settle for third and it does not end there. she will be running in the 200 metres, and the question is can she do the double? that was some race. thank you so much forjoining us. and back with him a little bit later on because we have the men's100 metres final coming up shortly. we do not often see a sprint racer run by a —— one by such a coverage of that. we return to berlin a little later on and specifically we will take you to indonesia now. more than 105 people have now died, following sunday's powerful earthquake that hit an indonesian island, and two days on, survivors are still being found. the 6.9 magnitude quake was the second to hit the area injust over a week. mehulika sitepu reports from lombok. it's 48 hours after the earthquake hit lombo

so, the european para athletics championships are under way in berlin.today. great britain's hollie arnold was hoping to secure her second major title of the year, having won javelin gold at the commonwealth games back in april. kate grey is there for us. how did she get on? ican i can confirm that in the last few minutes hollie arnold has become the european champion here in berlin. that adds to the commonwealth titles she did earlier in the year. she manages to do a whole lot of honour for people cheering her on and she did win by a significant margin. she has dominated the event for many yea rs has dominated the event for many years and looked comfortable so that was the gold for great britain but there was another gold from harry jenkins in the t33100 metres. many of his competitors got reclassified just before the start of the competition so there were only two competitors but it was a brilliant achievement nonetheless which means great britain have a two gold medals as well as four silvers and a bronze. not a bad start for great britain, what are t

and dina asher smith had it all her own way at the european championships in glasgow. could she continue her dominance in birmingham today? well as thomas mentioned it's a really big fight for tyson fury there's a big night of boxing in belfast to look forward to. carl frampton's the official headliner at windsor park, but his fight with the australian luke jackson is in danger of being overshadowed by a very big warm up act — tyson fury, who fights the italian francesco pianetta. 0ut reporter thomas kane is there. this is the biggest boxing event ever held in belfast. 0ver this is the biggest boxing event ever held in belfast. over 20,000 fa ns ever held in belfast. over 20,000 fans are set to pack inside the national football stadium here at winter park. hometown favourite carl frampton is a star attraction. he's a former world champion it takes on the ashley and underdog luke jackson. everyone has an amazing

0. scored an injury—time equalizer british cyclist laura kenny won her second gold of the european championshipsw despite admitting she's still not back to her best after having her first baby. there were also golds in the pool today. our correspondent joe wilson reports. laura joe wilson reports. kenney started, nervously, she said, laura kenney started, nervously, she said, with 18 other riders. in the elimination race the slowest of removed until two sprinted for gold. it isa removed until two sprinted for gold. it is a thrilling format and lori kenny —— laura kenney loves it, so do the spectators. kenny first, after becoming a mother, she says she now put cycling second and i

, can katarina johnson—thompson find herform in the javelin to move closer to gold at the european championshipsparts of australia are trying to cope with the worst drought in living memory. a warm, dry winter has left many outback farmers in new south wales struggling to survive, and little rain is expected in the months ahead. our correspondent, phil mercer, sent this report from gunnedah, about 260 miles north of sydney. it's been two years since decent rains fell here, but this farming family is determined to beat the drought. keeping its beef herd alive is exhausting and expensive. crops have failed and the monthly food bill is £25,000. a daily grind

laura kenny's bid for three golds got off to a good start on day one of the european championships inckinson, elinor barker and katie archibald set the fastest time in qualifying. they'll face the french team on friday afternoon for a place in the final. you can watch coverage of the inaugral multi—sport european championships being co—hosted between glasgow and berlin across the bbc. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, the political commentator, and caroline wheeler, deputy political editor of the sunday times. welcome to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the increase in interest rates for only the second time in a decade leads the metro. it says the bank of england has warned there could be further "gradual" rate rises to come. the i also features the story, claiming the new rates signal the "end of the ultra—cheap credit age". the image on the front page of the financial times gives a good sense of apple's extraordinary

adam peaty secured his fourth gold of the european championships alongside duncan scott, james guy and men's 4x100 metres medley relay. scott swam the anchor leg, clinching victory ahead of russia, in a new championship record time. the woman's relay team have just followed that up with bronze and that means britain have matched their best ever championships. ben proud followed up his 50 metres butterfly silver with his first ever european title. he can offically can call himself the fastest man in water in europe, winning gold in the 50 metres freestyle in 21.34 seconds. and more medal success for team gb in the men's 400 metre individual medley — max litchfield was in the hunt for gold in the closing stages, but he was edged out by david verrasto of hungary for first place. 19—year—old imogen clark showed why a strong finish can pay dividends as she snatched silver with a stretch—and—touch heist to the poolside wall in the women's 50 metres breast—stroke, just behind just behind former world record holder, yulia yefimova of russia. there were a couple of bronzes too for great britain

time davies has won gold in this event, having won silvers and bronze in the two previous european championshipswith her time in the heats. and the men's 4 by 200 metres freestyle relay team have also won gold this evening. james guy brought them home after legs from calum jarvis, duncan scott and thomas dean, beating the russian team, who had qualified fastest, into silver. catalan dragons will face warrington wolves in the challenge cup final, after pulling off a huge upset, beating super league leaders st helens 35—16. the french side scored four unanswered tries in a pulsating first half. ben garcia going over twice before sam moa sealed victory in the second half. it's only the second time the dragons have reached the challenge cup final. waiting for them at wembley will be the eight times winners warrington wolves. they brushed aside leeds rhinos with relative ease, scoring eight tries in a 48—12 win. let's hear from the new women's british open champion laura hall.|j cannot believe the last few days, they have been amazing. i want to give them credit as well because they kept cheering sel

the concept of these european championships i think it is begun 0k.een cool and the volunteers had and out. the mascot is going down well. the venues i happen to have been well attended. but what we mist up till today was a sporting spark for the world to pay attention to. that is exactly what adam peaty delivered here. we wish her the last 25 seconds or so of his 100 metre breaststroke final here today. it was clear that adam peaty was going to win. i think everyone assume that from the word go. what everyone was looking at was the time. 57.13 was his existing record. remember peaty had been long—standing ambition to get below 57 seconds. but the noise i’ows get below 57 seconds. but the noise rows and rows as people realised he was getting close to that world record. when the clock eventually stopped, 57 seconds dead. i can tell you i was stated by the group of commentators from all over europe and some of them are punching the airand they and some of them are punching the air and they were not even british. i think adam peaty‘s status notjust in br

and sprinter dina asher—smith wins her second gold at the european championships.hat and the rest of the day's sports news coming up. hello and welcome to world news today. an airport worker in seattle in the united states has died after stealing and crashing a plane. the plane belonging to alaska airlines' sister carrier horizon air, took off from the seattle tacoma airport. north american aerospace defense sent two fighter jets to intercept the plane. after flying erratically for 90 minutes, the plane crashed in ketron islands, some 50 miles south of the airport. andy moore reports. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. t

great britain's alistair brownlee missed out on a triathlon medal at the european championships.list finished fourth with france's pierre le corre taking gold. britain's barclay izzard finished ninth, whilst glasgow—born home favourite mark austin could only manage 35th after a heavy crash on the bike. still to come on sportsday, we hear from the former liverpool and newcastle playerjose enrique, his world turned upside down by a brain tumour. we have a lot of worries, everyone, no matter how much money you have or how you live, but we have to do every day and i appreciate every day. rain did little to dampen england's spirits at lords today. they won the toss and decided to bowl. james anderson took 2—early wickets and in fewer than 9—overs india were 11/2. then with some play possible this afternoon england bagged another huge prize. patrick geary reports. take to, after a full day lost to rain, lords resets. hopefully this time it will get to the crease at least. so this was progress after a long wait, out through the long room and into the path ofjimmy anderson. england had c

what a night it's been for british athletics, with a sprint double at the european championships.er—smith won 100 metre gold with the joint fastest time in the world, and zharnel hughes led a british one—two in the men's event. ade adedoyin was watching in berlin. asher—smith came in here as the heavy favourite and delivered with a performance that will make the world ta ke performance that will make the world take notice, tenant .85 was not only the new british record and fastest time this year but it was the same time this year but it was the same time she ran last year when she won gold. we both of americans and jamaicans dominating these friends but that is no longer the case. we just saw a 12 in the men's and have so just saw a 12 in the men's and have so many fantastic girls, and she is definitely coming on and we will see her for years to come in the 200 and 400, so many talented athletes from great britain so it feels great to be part of this way where we are all pushing ourselves up the world rankings. it feels good. - our at—bat, hughes came out in one in the championshi

great britain have won 7 medals on the fourth day of action at the world para swimming european championshipsgold of the championships, while alice tai was also a winner as kate grey reports... tonight was all about the backstroke as six a british swimmers winning medals in their respective categories and a standup performer had to be in the backstroke, beating the rest of the field by nine seconds and tai has that title under her belt she has high standards for the coming years. i said by the time it gets to tokyo, i would be the para champion and. so that is a little thing in the corner, but i think the year has gone pretty well. there was also gold for her 0lympic champion andy as 12 there was also gold for her 0lympic champion andy as12100 metres champion andy as 12 100 metres backstroke. she won her second title of these championships.” backstroke. she won her second title of these championships. i went in to be raised wanting to do the absolute best and got into the final and try to work on the small things in training and it obviously paid off. away from the backstroke events, there wa