as well as him, the rest of the england players were out there training, including jonny may, 0wen farrellen recovering from injuries they picked up at the weekend. england say they expect all of them to be fine for saturday and they are looking forward to the challenge of facing south africa. they are very big people, but then again we have a few big blokes on our team, they have already come out and said they will fight fire with fire, so bring it on. it is a final, you have to front up to it, and it is one of their biggest assets, so something we have been working on. they have many different threats as well as their forward pack. eddiejones names his team for the final on thursday and the big question, will he stick with george ford at fly half or will he play captain 0wen farrell there with henry slade in the centre? 0ne selection issue which has been resolved, the referee for the final has been named, jerome garces from france will be the man in charge. before them on friday night will be wales against new zealand in the third placed playoff. it'll be a send off, for both head coache

tomas lavanini with a sickening challenge on 0wen farrell, who was thankfully unhurt.s and a red card. from that moment, there was no way back for argentina as england set about running them ragged. elliot daly helping them to a 15—3 lead at the break and after, they stretched out of sight. 0nce george ford had gone over, it was effectively game over. england were not at their slickest, but jack nowell was — on his comeback from injury, perhaps the pick of england's six tries. not quite a knockout performance then, but they are through to the knockout stage. it is qualification for the quarterfinals but the emphasis is getting better each game. that was a tough game today in a lot of regards. job done for england in ultimately emphatic style. they will face france in the final group game next weekend with a place in the quarterfinals already guaranteed. andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. well, as we saw 0wen farrell was on the receiving end of an illegal high tackle, for the second time at this world cup, but the england captain said he didn't need a head injury assessment.

you mentioned that 0wen farrell has been moved to fly half.ely is slightly stronger than george but george's ability to read the game, the impact he had when he came on. give us a score prediction then. between seven and ten points, england win. wide thank you very much for that. you can keep track -- track you can keep track of both this morning's matches on bbc radio 5 live. full live commentary of england's game which gets underway at 0815 comes first, before ireland's match against the all blacks at 1115. wales play france tomorrow. bristol kicked off the rugby union premiership season with a thumping seven try win over bath. winger luke morahan scored twice for the bears, including this in the closing seconds of the match to seal a 43—16 win. andy murray is through to his first tournament semi—final, since returning from hip surgery. the two time wimbledon champion and former world number one beat romanian qualifier marius copil to reach the last four. he had to fight for it though. having won the first set, copil then took the second in

all blacks in the semifinal so that means that george ford continues at fly—half with a captain 0wen farrellcentre. there is one interesting new name though on the bench, scrum—half ben spencer. now spencer only arrived out injapan on monday, he wasn't in the original squad. he was called out as emergency cover when willi heinz was injured during the game against the all blacks. he is very likely to play a role at some stage, so what a story that could be. england will start the final as favourites. they had a stunning performance against new zealand. eddie jones says stunning performance against new zealand. eddiejones says he is taking nothing for granted. we have spent four years getting ready for this occasion so that is why the players can be relaxed, why ican be why the players can be relaxed, why i can be relaxed, because we know we've done the work. but we are not relaxed about knowing what is in front of us. we know south africa are coming hard, they have a history of being the most physically intimidating team in the world so we have to take that away from them and the boys know wh

eddie jones has picked his strongest 15, 0wen farrell returns as captain from inside centre, george fordstarted the tournament against tonga, in the second row with george kruis coming in for courtney lawes now some tennis news before we move on and dan evans' bid to become the british number one has ended for the time being evans lost in straight sets tojohn isner in the second round of the china 0pen. he would have replaced kyle edmund if he'd reached the last four. evans' defeat leaves andy murray, who faces top—seed dominic thiem of austria in the last eight on friday, as the sole remaining briton in the field. we have not been able to say that for a while. still to come on sportsday... has chelsea's tammy abraham commited his internationalfuture to england? and how disqualification led to depression for race walker tom bosworth. i walked out the house one day to just go and and my life because i felt as if i was doing everybody a favour. a very emotional interview to come a little later. the first phase of the draft for cricket‘s new look 100 tournament took place today. eight franc

captain 0wen farrell moves to centre as henry slade drops to the bench.wins for english teams in the champions league. chelsea got a late goal to beat ajax in amsterdam whilst reigning champions liverpool thumped genk 4—i and english teenager josh hill has become the youngest male player to win an official world golf ranking event but at 15 he couldn't claim the ten thousand pound prize money becuase he's still an amateur. more to come on those stories later. republican members of congress have disrupted the impeachment inquiry against president trump, barging into a hearing room as laura cooper, a senior specialist from the pentagon, was about to testify. democrats see it as a way to prevent more evidence emerging that mr trump withheld aid to ukraine's government until they investigated his political rival, joe biden. the president has urged republicans to toughen their opposition to the impeachment inquiry. 0ur north america correspondent david willis says tensions are escalating. this could be a sign of things to come. we saw the two dozen protesters

it was always his intention to bring 0wen farrell back m, intention to bring 0wen farrell back in, offeringalian midfield. you will see more coming into the game as the australians tyre and hopefully george ford can come on and finish the game for england. there will be updates on that match throughout on bbc radio five live. elsewhere in tokyo, ireland are preparing to go head to head with new zealand later, so who is in with a chance? i'm joined now by the former ireland international shane horgan, who is in our london newsroom. first of all i would have a good record against the all blacks but what for the nerves be like? they are facing the defending champions. we have had a good recent record is with two ends in two games but prior to that they never had any success against them so they will bring that into the scheme added is crucial, a knockout one i would have never succeeded against new zealand in the by succeeded against new zealand in the rugby one cup so you ground for ireland. the head coach has said ireland. the head coach has said ireland had not shown the full hand yet, have

captain 0wen farrell will continue at centre. george ford stays at fly—half.'s final. we heard from head coach eddiejones today, he says they've been building up to this moment for four years. we also heard from hooker jamie george about the influence of the captain, and the emotional team meetings he holds, for only the players on the eve of matches. he leads from the front. he is incredibly committed in the way that he performs, the way that he carries himself day in and day out. that is the sort of person we want to follow. i think also he has developed in terms of his messaging to the team and how he builds that up to the team and how he builds that up towards the game on saturday. he makes his messaging through the week is brilliant and it makes the team feel ready for saturday. it builds our confidence through the week. a large part of that is down to him.. south africa have been able to bring back wing cheslin kolbe into their starting side after he missed the semi—final with an ankle injury. the springboks are looking to become the first team to lift t

england captain 0wen farrell says their success was down to the preparation before the game and having what going into it, we feel in control of what we're doing. obviously that comes from our preparation. the work that we put in the week. especially in the big test match. so when they scored points today,, there were no exceptions. so who will england play next? well, it could be wales, they take on south africa in the second semi—final tomorrow. this is wales's second semi—final appearance in three tournaments. wing george north is one of four players starting against south africa, who were in the team that narrowly lost to france the last time they reached the semis — eight years ago. and north admits that his form injapan has been "mixed" — but he believes wales are in a stronger position than ever to reach a first final. asi as i said, obviously the france game was idealfor us to bounce off as i said, obviously the france game was ideal for us to bounce off 32 where we are now. i think the most annoying thing is waiting for the game. getting the mixer and getting playing. there we

game tunred on the sending off of argentinian forward tomas lavanini for a high tackle on captain 0wen farrellagainst australia. australia remain on course for the quarterfinals after beating uruguay 45—10. jordan pettaia, the youngest player to start for australia in a world cup, crossed over for their second try. tevita kuridrani scored two tries, this his second, a lovely break away move. dane haylett petty also got two, this was australia‘s final score, they crossed for seven tries in total and will quialify, if wales beat fiji in four days time. now, last season salford red devils were nearly relegated, but this year they could be super league champions. they reached their first ever grand final with a 28—4 win over the defending champions wigan. salford have one of the lowest budgets in the competition but now face st helens for the title — that‘s at old trafford next weekend. the action on the penultimate day of world athletics championships in doha gets underway in a few hours time — seven golds are up for grabs today. in the men‘s 20 kilometre race walk last night tom bosworth finishe

the newly —— 0wen farrell with the extras, converted that try into 7—0.nal, and their first through to their fourth world cup final, and theirfirst in 12 years. incredible, absolutely incredible. from start to finish, they were all over them. breathtaking. amazing. don't want to count my chickens, obviously, but fingers crossed,. greenback if they can beat the all blacks today, that's it. the mentality is there. the question is, who is in the

times has any robbery on the front of normally it would be a massive story, a great picture of 0wen farrello, chance, eddie jones mastermind, trying to dethrone new zealand. they 90, trying to dethrone new zealand. they go, some good news in the world today. thank you very much for taking us through sunday papers. that's it for the papers tonight don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you martin and mo. next on bbc news it's the weather for the week ahead. hello there, after what has been something like three weeks of rain affecting the uk, looks like the pattern is going to change a bit. having more of a say in the outlook but also into next week for a while before we start to see some more rain, in particularfor before we start to see some more rain, in particular for scotland before we start to see some more rain, in particularfor scotland and northern ireland that on. the first half of the

england captain 0wen farrell said their success was down to their preparation before the game and having building up to it, we feel in control of what we are doing, obviously that comes from our preparation. the work that we put in. the work that we put in the wake to make sure you do feel that i because you cannot fake that when you are out there, especially in a big test match. so, if you see, when they scored points today, we were they scored points today, we were the calmest we've been on the post after that, and it showed in our next actions. it certainly did, they played so well. who will england played so well. who will england play next? it could be well is of course because they take on south africa in the second semifinal tomorrow morning. this is wales second semifinal appearance in three tournaments. the team narrowly lost tournaments. the team narrowly lost to france last time they reach the semifinals eight years ago. north admits his formerjapan has been mixed but he believes wales are in a stronger position than ever to reach a final. we've been played very well this week

a shuddering challenge from tomas lavanini on 0wen farrell that was high, dangerous, and it was a redna, as england set about running them ragged, elliot daly in helping them to a 15—3 lead at the break, and afterwards they stretched out of sight. 0nce george ford had gone over, it was surely game over. ina gone over, it was surely game over. in a disjointed match, though, england certainly won't at their slickest. indeed, argentina's1li men even managed a try of their own. but it proved a purely consolation value as, on his comeback from injury, jack noel gave a reminder of what he can do. hardly a knockout performance from his team, but they are through to the knockout stage. job done for england in ultimately emphatic style, they will face france in a final group game with a place in the quarterfinals already guaranteed. andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. australia are on course to meet england in the quarterfinals, after defat to wales, they beat uruguay 45—10. currently japan again some currentlyjapan again some of it is 31-19 in currentlyjapan again some of it is 31—19 in the day's th

george ford returns at fly—half and captain 0wen farrell moving back to centre.e full and chelsea both won in the champions league last night. a late winner for the blues in amsterdam against kayaks. and the english teenager, josh hill has become the youngest man, at 15, to when an official world ranking golf event but couldn't claim the prize money because he is still an amateur. i will be back in the next 15 minutes with more details. researchers have found people with long term health conditions, such as arthritis, are more likely to suffer pain on days when it's humid or windy. scientists at the university of manchester used a smartphone app to track the pain experienced by more than two—and—a—half thousand to track the pain experienced by more than 25000 by more than 2500 people across the uk — while also mapping the local weather conditions. jayne mccubbin reports. three years ago, bbc breakfast launched an ambitious citizen science project, with the university of manchester, to find out if there was a link between weather and pain. we were asking people to

fly—half george ford has been dropped, with captain 0wen farrell moving from centre to number ten.field because of the phyical threat of the wallabies, henry slade comes in at outside centre with manu tuilngi moving to inside that's the same six nations combo. mako vunipola and courtney lawes come into the pack. i think the great thing about the world cup is that each game's just by itself, so whatever you've done in the past doesn't really affect what you're going to do on saturday. and what we do know on saturday is that we're going to be well prepared for the game. we've had a good physical prep, we've had a good tactical prep. the players are enjoying being injapan. they're ready to go, and we know australia will be the same, so that's going to be some sort of a game. ireland have named an experienced squad to take on new zealand. in their quarter final later on saturday morning. 12 of the starting 15 began last year's famous victory over the all blacks in dublin. with peter 0'mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. head coachjoe schmidt spoke today — about why he th

eddiejones, the head coach, has once again opted for captain 0wen farrell at centre with george fordeam are already for the challenge. we worked hard on creating training situations to equip players for that, the players have worked hard off the field, to handle situations well. but, like anything, it is a bit like a teabag, isn't it? you don't know how good it isn't it? you don't know how good it is until you put it in the hot water. you can always guarantee eddiejones comes water. you can always guarantee eddie jones comes out water. you can always guarantee eddiejones comes out with a funny line or two, eddiejones comes out with a funny line ortwo, and eddiejones comes out with a funny line or two, and he certainly did there! you've been around the team. you have been there for a couple of weeks. you talk about a bit of confidence in the camp, are those events off four years ago behind them now, do you think?” events off four years ago behind them now, do you think? i guess you could say is it is so far, so good. two wins, no injuries, no controversies, england are almost flying u

against the all blacks a couple of years ago with the british & irish lions and i think in men like 0wen farrellthese talents combined, there is no reason england cannot do it but you get the impression they have to perform at a level they have not yet reached under eddie jones, but level they have not yet reached under eddiejones, but this would be the defining moment of his four year long tenure. eddiejones took over after the last world cup. how much will this match define his time as coach? everything he has done since he took overin everything he has done since he took over in the wake of the appointing failure of england's own world cup four years ago has been geared towards this moment. they gave him a task, to win the world cup for the first time since 2003. and knock new zealand off their perch. this is the moment he has been waiting for and the opportunity. it could not be any better, in —— new zealand do not have the aura of incident —— invincibility they once did but they still represent the best in rugby and if england to wit it would be a real changing in world but it —— rugby's or

ben youngs says the england team have no issue with the decision to drop george ford and play 0wen farrell them and had a lot of game time with both and they are both outstanding place. for me does not make a difference. they are both, we are blessed to have two outstanding place fighting for that one position. it brings out the best in both of them. for me ijust need to make sure my services good. andy murray has reached the european 0pen quarter—finals after beating pablo cuevas. murray eased to victory with straight—sets over the eighth seed. the former world number one beat the uruguayan 6—4, 6—3. he'll play romania's marius copil in the last eight. it was another successful day at the european track cycling championships for great britain. they added three more medals on day two with the team of laura kenny, katie archibald, neah evans and eleanor dickinson beating germany to win gold in the womens team pursuit. the men then went on to win bronze in the same event. and that was after emily nelson, who had already claimed the gold in the women's scratch race on wednesday, took the silv

it was manu tuilagi broke through the remnants of the new zealand defence. 0wen farrell did the honours today. the great britain rugby league lions are playing their first tour match for 12 years. let's take you live to hamilton in new zealand, where they're up against tonga — into the second half there. the lions trail — 12—nil — after tonga crossed the line twice before the breal. it looks like there might be a third coming right now. you can watch this match on bbc two, at the moment. follow all of the action, they face new zealand and papa new guinea, as well. leicester city had a night to remember — they equalled the record for a premier league win, beating southampton 9—0 at st mary's. that takes them above manchester city, to second in the table. austin halewood reports... a night for the premier league purists. torrential rain on the south coast — a warning of the nightmare about to come, because these visiting foxes pack one heck of a bite. soon enough, southampton were cut to pieces, ben chilwell finishing the move for leicester. and for the saints, a double blow — this tackle

he'll move back to the bench with captain 0wen farrell returning to the centre to make way for ford atopensity to change the order of the way they play, and it will be up to our team to understand that pretty clearly at the start of the game. and they always have some sort of surprise first phase type of attack. all we can do is be creative in training, think about different situations and equip the players to deal with it and then we have to anticipate on the field. you've got to be alive all the time playing against new zealand because they are always in the game and always looking for opportunities. you've just got to be alive in the game and our players are equipped for that, they are ready to go and i can't wait for it. this is certainly the biggest game of eddiejones tenure with england. that semifinal is on satuday in yokohoma at 9am. conor is back! the notorious is back. it's now official. he's set to make his return to the octogan in 2020. it's been just over a year since his last fight — that defeat to khabib nurmagomedov last october. he's not been out of the headlines since