maddie hinch saved all four of spain's attempts in a shootout as team gb — the defending champions —nts they famously beat in rio five years ago to win gold. nick hope is in tokyo for us: as you might be able to tell their facing wet and windy conditions, but takes more than a little rain to put off these elite players. and they're expecting a fascinating encounter and remember, great britain one metalfive years ago and remember, great britain one metal five years ago but this is a very different squad, only seven line—ups from those games are in tokyo. they felt confident going into this one right at spain. they lost to germany and the netherlands and the group stage for the also won three and after an encouraging opening quarter, the individual brilliance open the scoring in the second and the fourth of the tournament. the lead did not last long and deflecting la paz got a fierce direction shot towards the minutes later. gb looked the strongest and the pressure paid when the corner after half—time was briefly collected home. britain were looking the close of the game but some subli

thankfully for great britain, maddie hinch was alert as well. what a save from maddie hinch!jit kaur with a precise finish. and when india had a second penalty corner moments later, great britain didn't learn their lesson. hinch is beaten again and india are level! the momentum had changed. india now in control and in front at half—time, what had begun as a dream quarter turned into a bit of a nightmare. they needed somebody to awaken them from their slump. step forward captain hollie pearne—webb. all square, the match now delicately poised. and it swung in gb's favour. grace balsdon with the effort. the relief clear for all to see. and this time there would be no comeback. bronze medal for great britain! it's been a tough five years. really, really tough. and i can be proud of them all. we are all here because we still had that little bit of belief deep down. they have been loads of times over the years when we doubted if we could achieve this. and i'm just so pleased and proud of everyone that we have. bronze in 2012, gold in 2016, bronze in 2021. for a third successive oly

the match finished 2—2 in normal time, taking it to a shoot—out, where goalkeeper maddie hinch was the 2016 olympic final. after their most successful olympics games, great britain's swimming team have returned home to heathrow. adam peaty was one of the stars, winning two golds and a silver, but he now says he plans to take three months off to recover. and he insists athletes of any sport must find their own way to recuperate to maintain both their physical and mental health. thisjob is extremely, extremely intensive, and taking nothing away from everyone else's job, intensive, and taking nothing away from everyone else'sjob, they intensive, and taking nothing away from everyone else's job, they are difficult in their own right, but support is one of those where it is 365, 20 47. so the amount of pressure but also the kind of self talk. there's so much stigma around meta— health, firstly, especially in sport because people see us as indestructible, immortal, people who, you get every thing perfect. we are not perfect. in the men's hundred, it was a tale of two english batsmen, as the

coming up on sportsday, on the bbc news channel: hockey hero maddie hinch saves all four of spain's attemptsands await. leading scientists say footballs should carry health warnings when they are sold. a new report from the university of glasgow shows professionals who play in defence, who tend to head the ball most often, are five times more likely than the general population to develop neuro—degenerative disease. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. how safe is repeated heading for elite—level footballers? questions are increasing and concerns are growing. now a new study, funded by the football authorities in england, has identified higher health risks linked to head injuries. the research team was led by professor willie stewart, a brain expert, interviewed in a bbc documentary by alan shearer. even when they've got dementia, there are very limited clues we have that allow us to say what kind of dementia they might have had. he argues that the game has to change. really, just eliminating risk of head impacts is all we would propose that would reduce the risk. and i think that means foot

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the match finished 2—2 in normal time, taking it to a shoot—out, where goalkeeper maddie hinch was thea silver, but he now says he plans to take three months off to recover. and he insists athletes of any sport must find their own way to recuperate to maintain both their physical and mental health. this job is extremely, extremely intensive. and taking nothing away from everyone else's job, everyone's job is difficult in their own right, but sport is one of those where it's 365, 21t/7. so the amount of pressure, firstly, but also the kind of self—talk. i mean, there's so much stigma around mental health, firstly, especially in sport, because people see us as indestructible, immortal people who, you get everything perfect. we are not perfect. in the men's hundred, it was a tale of two english batsmen, as the oval invincibles beat the welsh fire by six wickets. put into bat, ben duckett starred for the fire as he hit 65, as the invincibles were set 122 to win from their 100 balls. and they reached it with seven balls to spare, captain sam billings finishing unbeaten on 40, as his side se

the match finished 2—2 in normal time, taking it to a shootout, where goalkeeper maddie hinch was the behind her in seventh, a couple of stumbles on landing, but a fantastic performance from jenn, as well, in herfirst olympics. a world record has been broken in the women's team pursuit qualifying, but not by team gb. it had looked as though katie archibald, elinor barker, josie knight and laura kenny were going to beat the record set by germany earlier, they were half a second faster early on in the race. but it just fell apart at the end for britain. they held out to finish second in qualifying. they will race against the usa in the first round tomorrow. and the british men qualified fourth fastest in their team pursuit. it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the first round — denmark. the winners of that will then progress to the final. on to athletics, and great britain's laura muir eased into the semi—finals of the 1500 metres as she aims for a first olympic medal. the 28—year—old finished second in her heat — just behind canada

the match finished 2—2 in normal time, taking it to a shootout — where goalkeeper maddie hinch was theport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. poland has granted a humanitarian visa to a belarusian sprinter who claimed her team had tried to force her to return home early from the olympics. krystsina tsimanouskaya said she was put under pressure after she criticised officials. let's get more on this with hanna liubakova who's a journalist from belarus and non—resident fellow at the atlantic council, a washington—based international affairs think tank. thank you for being with us. first of all, what is the latest as you understand on this athlete because we gather that she is in the public intimacy, been given a visa, what is going to happen to her now? she was civen this going to happen to her now? she was given this humanitarian _ going to happen to her now? she was given this humanitarian visa - given this humanitarian visa which allows her to travel to poland and she will probably travel there soon. yesterday she said that

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thankfully for great britain, maddie hinch was alert as well. what a save from maddie hinch!he more important that shortly after sarah robertson picked the perfect time to score her first goal of the tournament. great britain in control. maybe not. gurjit kaur with a precise finish. and when india had a second penalty corner moments later, great britain didn't learn their lesson. hinch is beaten again and india are level! the momentum had changed. india now in control and in front at half—time. what had begun as a dream quarter turned into a bit of a nightmare. they needed somebody to awaken them from their slump. step forward captain hollie pearne—webb. all square, the match now delicately poised. and it swung in gb�*s favour. grace balsdon with the effort. the relief clear for all to see. and this time there would be no comeback. bronze medal for great britain! it's been a tough five years. really, really tough. and i can say i'm really proud of them all. we are all here because we still had that little bit of belief deep down. they have been loads of times over the years w