adam wilde there for us, the challenge cup final.he rugby world cup that starts next month. england look in pretty good shape, came on top against the runner league super league, adam wilde was 57—15 their biggesat win against ireland. they ran in eight tries at twickenham. that's a big blow to irelan'ds praparations, they could have gone ican i can tell you he is enjoying this pa rt i can tell you he is enjoying this part too much. this is a huge blow to ireland's's preparations, they could have gone top of the world rankings. at murrayfield, scotland avenged last weeks defaet to the french with a narrow 17—14 win. david domb reports. twickenham's final send off to england ahead of the world cup, ireland were the visitors, on top of the world rankings with a win. having shipped in early try, the remainder of the half was the show. he has run the perfect decoy, gaps created for slick quick passing. joe was steaming into the corner. driving into ireland again. this time the ball making its way over to elliott daily for the same outcom

hello, i‘m adam wild, and this is your thursday sport briefing.h. she beat qualifierjennifer brady in an epic three—setter. it was a slow start from the former world number one, but she eventually found her stride, taking the second two sets to progress to the next round. mickey arthur says he is disappointed and hurt after being sacked as the head coach of pakistan. there has been speculation that arthur, who led pakistan to the 2017 champions trophy, could take over with england as a replacement for their outgoing world cup—winning coach, trevor bayliss. arthur, who has also coached south africa and australia, has been spoken to by england as a potential successor. thursday is transfer deadline day in england, with many clubs scrambling to complete deals that will improve their squad before the premier league kicks off this weekend. manchester city completed the signing of portuguese internationaljoao cancelo from juventus for $73 million on wednesday, but there are question marks over the futures of a number of players, including tottenham hots

hello, i'm adam wild and this is your friday sport briefing.r $1 billion spent. one of the big money moves involved the sale of this man — romelu lukaku. inter milan have signed the belgium striker from manchester united for a club record fee of around $90 million. that makes him the third biggest signing ever by a serie a side. also on the move is david luiz. the brazilian centre—back has left chelsea and is now an arsenal player. that deal worth round about $10 million. those, just two of the late transfers. a full list is on the website, bbc.com/sport. at the canadian 0pen tennis that is taking place in montral —— montreal and toronto, both defending champions are safely through to the quarter finals. no problems for rafa nadal, he comfortably defeated argentina's guido pella. whilst in the womens event, wimbledon champion simona halep is also through with a straight—set victory over svetla na kuznetsova. the english premier league kicks off a little later. last season's runners—up liverpool will host newly—promoted norwich in the first matc

adam wild was at wembley. they we re helens and warrington, yet here they were brought together for the first time on the game ‘s grand occasion. the two most consistent sides of recent seasons but success not followed that. i was about to change. the immediate luck, sainz did not get it. they look to have scored and the referee said no try. a second look suggested otherwise. so little between the sides but what gap there was, he pandered to put warrington in front. in front. in soaring heat, same sleeping space, this time ben murdoch finding the route to the line. second half, sainz needed something special, but with no way through, theo faraj decided to make his own way. a flash all too brief, daryl clark finding one last effort, one rate for glory. finally success for warrington, long—awaited, hard earned, they came here as slight underdogs, they leave as challenge cup winners. adam wilde, bbc news, wembley. in rugby union, scotland avenged a heavy defeat to france last weekend by beating them 17—14 at murr

adam wild, bbc news. in the other matches...saw burnley beat southampton 3—0. everton and crystal palace drew 0—0. totte n ha m tottenham beat aston villa 3—i. sheffield united drew i—i tottenham beat aston villa 3—i. sheffield united drew 1—1 with bournemouth. in the championship, a scrappy equaliser for nottingham forest gave them a point against leeds. pablo hernandez had put leeds in front after 59 minutes, cooly slotting the ball past aro muric. but forest equalised through lewis grabban after leeds failed to clear their lines from a corner. you can see all of the football league results on the bbc sport website. champions celtic thrashed motherwell 5—2 to continue their rampant start to the scottish premiership season. their fans might have thought the side was in for a challenging afternoon when liam donnelly‘s shot put motherwell ahead. far from it — celtic replied with goals from five different players. leigh griffiths' free—kick, the pick of the bunch. donnolly pulled one back before the final whistle. the hoops beat s

adam wild, bbc news.e won just five games against the five—time champion roger federer. the british number two not happy at having to play early on friday, less than a day after his second round match when federer had an extra day's rest it's tough on me, isn't it? but it wouldn't be the first time the higher ranked players have had pull, so to speak. also these guys, they want — the tournament obviously want roger — would rather roger be going through that match than me, so it's understandable. i know there was questions to a preference, but that does not mean roger asks roger getz. i'm sick and tired of it that apparently, i call the shots — the tournament and the tv stations do. we can give our opinion. that is what we do. but i'm still going to walk out, even if they schedule me at four in the morning. arsenal defender nacho monreal hasjoined la liga side real sociedad on a two—year deal. the spanish international has been ever—present in the league this season, but new signing kieran tierney, who joi

adam wilde, bbc news.he "strongest possible action" after their defender cyrus christie claimed his sister was hit and racially abused by the club's fans during their defeat at barnsley. christie posted on social media after the game to condemn the supporters‘ behaviour saying "regardless how you felt about the result your actions are shameful." fulham have launched an investigation into what happened. bolton wanderers manager phil parkinson says a takeover of the club needs to happen soon to help them compete in league one this season. they were beaten 2—0 yesterday by wycombe in their opening game. parkinson travelled to the game with just three senior contracted players and named six debutants in the side, including two whose signings were announced in the hour before kick off. more than 1600 bolton fans travelled to the match to support their side. ole gunnar solskjaer says he has "no doubt" that paul pogba will stay at manchester united this summer. the manager claimed pogba missed the club's final pr

adam wilde, bbc news.new season, so it's been a busy afternoon forjoe lynskey who's here to round up all the action. four games starting in the traditional 3pm slot on a saturday today. if you are waiting for match of the day and don't want to know today's scores it's time to look away, because we had plenty of action. one of those new faces in the dugout — where brighton and hove albion started life under graham potter with this 3—0 win over watford. they needed some good fortune to take the lead in the first half when watford's abdoulaye doucoure diverted the ball into his own net, but from then on the away side were superb. florin andone turned in another cross at the near post to make it 2—0 in the second, and this perfect afternoon for brighton was sealed with a goal for neal maupay — a player they've gambled £20 million on. they got him from brentford where he scored 25 goals in the championship last season and he's off the mark straightaway in the top division. important for brighton who struggled f

adam wild reports.cs, this is a sport reaching for new heights. in china, britain has the highest helper gold next year, here she was beginning her accent. the other sprites reflect the olympic ideal of faster and higher and stronger literally, speed the first test of this, combined competition. described as similar to doing the hundred metres while struggling, this was the storming through to the file. rather unexpected result, while she was also being but it was an excellent start. next event, bouldering, competitor is minutes to survey plot and plan each of the three challenges. that was enough for her, at least in the first of them, reaching the top here. the boulders seemingly is type as the competition, this is bouldering while champion jan yet, competition, this is bouldering while championjan yet, and she was asked to be next year the climate to be. afterfor asked to be next year the climate to be. after for two disciplines, asked to be next year the climate to be. afterfor two disciplines, a bl

a adam wild there for us. month. england look in pretty good shape, they beat ireland 57—15 — running in 8 tries at twickenham. he is enjoying this far too much. that's a huge blow to ireland's preparations, they could have gone top of the world rankings with a win — instead it was their biggest ever defeat to england. meanwhile over at murrayfield, scotland avenged last weeks defeat to the french with a narrow 17—14 victory. david domb reports twickenham's final send off to england ahead of the world cup, ireland were the visitors, on top of the world rankings with a win. having shipped in early try, the remainder of the half was the show. his run, the perfect decoy, gaps created for slick quick passing. joe was steaming into the corner. driving into ireland again. this time the ball making its way over to elliott daily for the same outcome. his reward came right before half—time. england shifting the ball with ease. ireland does too slow to react. the leicester man crossing the line himself. and after the re

adam wild reports. there really is nothing in test cricket quite like the ashes.ement, the anticipation, the rivalry between england and australia and day one of this series has really lived up to all those expectations. we have seen some extraordinary drama here at edgbaston on day one. at a very much of two halves. the first belonging very much to england. the second, to one australian in particular. firstly, england's completely dominant in the opening stages. they chose to, having first won the toss. particularly the first two openers, cameron bancroft and david warner, due to their involvement in the ball tampering scandal. stuart broad dismissing. the wickets continue to fall one up the other. at that point, australia were 122. it looked like the wheels were coming off. but then steve smith, the former captain, one of the finest batsmen in the world, with one of the finest ashes innings. it was quite an extraordinary innings. they eventually did, 144 for him. by that point, australia with 284. it looked like it was going to be a terrible day for them is turn

but from me — adam wild — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning.e brunt of the showers for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's going to stay with us friday, into the weekend as well, heavy rain and gales are going to be a feature of the forecast. but, for the next few hours, we've still got a few showers through scotland and northern ireland in particular. and a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming in western areas. elsewhere, we'll see lengthier spells and temperatures falling down to a comfortable 11—13 degrees just first thing on thursday morning. there will be some early morning sunshine and generally, thursday not a bad day for many. some lengthy, dry prolonged spells around. we still can't rule out a few isolated showers in scotland and northern ireland and maybe one or two into north wales and

adam wild reports. frank lampard's legacy is written large all over stamford bridge.t is unsurpassed but now the architect of chelsea's future. young mason mount may be a big part of that, goal on his home debut quite a start. chelsea should have added more in the first—half. n'golo ka nte could not added more in the first—half. n'golo kante could not quite. after the break, leicester city in pink rose to the chelsea challenge. wilfred ndidi at fault for the first goal, making amends with the equaliser. leicester city could have won it had james maddison find the finish this deserved. jamie vardy also had a great opportunity. at times leicester looking the stronger. sharing frustration. for frank lampard, his first home game as manager, a draw at stamford bridge. this is home for me and i am here to doa this is home for me and i am here to do a job. i was very keen to take the moment and enjoy it. i really appreciate them trying to win the game. that will be my focus. i love the fact this is my club, i have played here so long and i want to do a good job. i am disappo

they'll resume on 203 for 5 when day two gets underway in the coming hours — as adam wild reports.ing up for new zealand. into toss, they strode sure of foot and found their route safely to the boundary. the opening pair of latham and travail expertly navigating their way past 50 and beyond but thenit their way past 50 and beyond but then it termed. sri lanka now asking then it termed. sri lanka now asking the questions, in particularfor which at times there came no reply. williamson moments later they —— face the same fate. three down and time to calm down. new zealand settling on once more. henry nicholls providing stability and at the other end, ross taylor, taking control and taking his score past half—century. 100 stand brought to a close as another break approached. as they had before lunch, so to before tea, new zealand fell apart. first nicholls and bj watling. all five wickets for him. taylor providing the balance with the bat but as he approached his century, the weather was turning as well, an early end to the day and unclear whose day davis really was. in the third and

adam wild was watching. at old trafford a new start. here were fresh faces.rld record signing, harry maguire. and for chelsea a returning hero in new manager frank lampard. these are clubs in transition. time, patience required. still chelsea's abra hams seemed in little mood to wait. at the other end, this was a chelsea defender getting too close. penalty the decision and rashford getting united's season started. after the break, they would really find their stride and martial poked in a second for united. and just seconds later, a third. rashford calm, measured. united's new start never clearer than whenjames added a debut goal. 4-0. some start. 4-0, 4—0, you cannot really dream of more or expect more. then again, we are just working on improving as a team, finding a style that suits us, using the players we have, and today we showed that we still need a bit of time but it is coming, we are improving. we had the majority of chances. for 60 minutes we were playing well. and then other than the final third when we could have been more clinical, we hit the bar

adam wild has been watching the action. the defending champion georgia hall.e defending champion georgia hall. the defending champions starting her day in touch at the top but a touch at times letting her down. the challenge faltering. fellow brit charlie hall has been 8—member since childhood and the familiarity making the greens it seems just a little easier to read, brady after brady on her back nine, she carries home hopes. and law keeps her amongst the chase. those are well use to the charge and one of the rounds of the day from the spaniard. she is right up day from the spaniard. she is right up there as is well number one, here quite brilliant. but the chase as it has been throughout is to catch south africa's player. the chase is on. this is the latest from woburn... ashleigh leading —13. big mover on the day — america's morgan pressel. six under for the day, to move —10 and short while ago. england's charley hull and bronte law on nine under, four off the lead. max verstappen will start on pole for the first time in his formula one career at tomorrow'

hello, i'm adam wild and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ague season, the transfer window is now closed. we will have details of all the late big—money moves. also on the way, the very latest from montreal and toronto, as both reigning champions safely progress at the canadian open. and the end of an era for south african cricket, as one of their greats, hashim amla, announces his retirement from the international game. welcome along. thanks for your company. with just hours to go before the start of the english premier league season, the transfer window for the clubs involved has now closed, but not before a flurry of movement right across europe, as players find their new home ready for the start of the eagerly anticipated campaign. dozens of players on the move. let's talk through just a few of the big names involved, starting with this man, romelu lukaku. his move away from manchester united won't come as a surprise to many people. here is the belgian striker arriving in milan. he has signed with interfor a club record fee of $90 million

hello, i'm adam wild and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.hampion simona halep survives a scare as she makes her comeback to the court. they've been made to wait for it, but nearly ten weeks late, esperance are confirmed as champions league winners. and pakistan head coach mickey arthur says he's "disappointed and hurt" to lose his job after their world cup failure. welcome along, thanks forjoining us on sport today. we're going to start in toronto where simona halep came from a set down to begin her defence of her rogers cup title. it's halep's first match since the one she described as the "best of her career" when she won the wimbledon title last month. she beat qualifierjennifer brady in an epic 3—setter as colm harrison reports. simona halep was finally back in action, since it does make reversed after her break, no doubt, but also out of practice. jennifer brady was 3-0 out of practice. jennifer brady was 3—0 up, halep came back, although the american won the set

we go straight to edgbaston right now to speak to adam wilde. they‘re on top at the moment. crowd wait for it. he seemed like he was stuck in those nervous 90s and an eternity. even when that century finally did come, there were a few nerves jangling as well. the umpires had to go for referral to check that he had made his ground. he had and this edgbaston crowd normally appreciating —— warmly preaching his contribution today. vital for england as they close the gap on australia. there are 222—4. the wickets to go down today, england looked to be having a bit of a wobble. job route, he came in and steadied the ship. a steady partnership between him and worry burns. joss butler didn‘t make any serious inroads on that scorecard. but it has been his day. he is 104 not out. he has had lovely shots. there was a halfhearted appeal early on in his innings and had it been referred i think he would have been given out. but you do need that bit of luck. he got it and he has built on it. england having the better of the day and closing that gap. it is nowjust 63 runs behind australia.

adam wilde has been watching a fascinating first day. after a ll fascinating first day.tement, all the anticipation for this, the first day of this ashes series, it certainly lived up to the hype. it has been a dramatic first day, in many ways a day of two halves. the first very much belonged to england, dominant this morning. this afternoon things have swung in the favour of australia. let me talk through the story of the day. australia's batsman won the toss. david warner got a rough reception, as you would expect, given his and cameron ba ncroft‘s expect, given his and cameron bancroft‘s part in the ball tampering the scandal. 83—3 at lunch. australia looked in trouble. after lunch the wickets continued to fall. 0ne after the other, the wheels really came off for australia's batting line—up. but there has been a saving grace. steve smith, the former captain. he has been quite extraordinary. it seems a long time ago those pictures of him in tears at the press conference when he was stripped of the captaincy following the ball tampering scandal. he had a point to prove

adam wild reports.he olympics this sport is reaching for new heights. -- w. sport is reaching for new heights. —— w. here was shauna beginning her scent for the pure sports reflect the olympic ideal of higher, faster and stronger quite so literally

well, adam wild is in birmingham for us this morning, and adam, it really was an innings of redemptionamatic opening day. the game swinging one way and then the other. and all of the talk in the bars and restau ra nts and all of the talk in the bars and restaurants around birmingham last night, and i suspect over the brea kfast ta ble night, and i suspect over the breakfast table this morning, was of one—man, australian former captain steve smith, after being stripped of the captaincy after the ball tampering controversy, to score 144 on the opening day of the ashes and helping his team out of trouble. it was one of the great ashes innings was one of the great ashes innings was not piers joe was one of the great ashes innings was not piersjoe wilson. —— ashes innings. here'sjoe wilson. the ashes began with a rhythm. the australian out, the crowd response. yellow sandpaper aloft, just to remind david warner of his part in the ball—tampering scandal. well, steve smith had been banned too, and he was greeted predictably. booing. james anderson apologised to the other england bowlers becau

adam wild was watching.ly stayed around for the coin toss. roger federer seemed equally in no mood to hang about. starting on a charge that would take him to the first set, evans unable to keep pace. federer famously once described taking on evans as like "playing a mirror image" — a compliment, but no time to reflect. here he was firmly in his shadow. outplayed, outclassed, dan evans is out. far better, though, forjohanna konta. china's zhang shuai was in her way, but she was not in the way for long. the british number one ruthless, unrelenting and never really troubled. a comfortable victory in little over an hour. commentator: just brilliant! through to the next round. she might now be the last briton left standing in the singles, butjohanna konta, it seems, is not slowing down. adam wild, bbc news. dan evans wasn't happy with the scheduling of his matches. he had played a gruelling four sets against lucas pouille in the new york sun the day before he played federer. the 20 time grand slam champion had a

that was adam wild there.far and wide. yes it has been incredibly overwhelming of a response. archie himself was very unassuming and modest and never liked attention wasn‘t sure he is looking down laughing a little and shaking his head at the national recognition he‘s getting. shaking his head at the national recognition he's getting. how did you get to meet him?” recognition he's getting. how did you get to meet him? i have been an aviation enthusiast my whole life, particularly with the battle of britain. i made a conscious effort to try to meet and shake hands and think as many hands of the pilots as i could. and ifirst met him at a airshow in 2016. he wasn‘t registered or listed with any of the official battle of britain societies so it was my curiosity as to why he had been under the radarfor so long. we got into the conversation and unearth the story over the last two years that we have now managed to get told. what was he like talking about his story? because a lot of war veterans don‘t want to talk abo

adam wild, bbc news.s. romelu lukaku has hit back at former manchester united defender gary neville for calling him overweight and unprofessional. the belgium striker left old trafford earlier this month to move to inter milan, where he's since beenjoined by alexis sanchez. lukaku told us his previous managers never had a problem with his work rate. don't try to question my professionalism. i live for this game. i don't drink, i don't smoke, play all the time, i try to do everything that, you know, improve my game and it was just a bad game and itjust my game and it was just a bad game and it just happened my game and it was just a bad game and itjust happened and you have to move on so i am not going to sit here and try to attack him in the public eye. we are to both grown men and we don't need to, i don't need to react in a negative way. he is a pungent and he gets paid to say that kind of stuff and i am paid to play football and i just want to do kind of stuff and i am paid to play football and ijust w

adam wild was watching.g about. starting on a charge that would take him to the first set, evans unable to keep pace. federer famously once described taking on evans as like "playing a mirror image" — a compliment, but no time to reflect. here he was firmly in his shadow. outplayed, outclassed, dan evans is out. far better, though, forjohanna konta. china‘s zhang shuai was in her way, but she was not in the way for long. the british number one ruthless, unrelenting and never really troubled. a comfortable victory in little over an hour. commentator: just brilliant! through to the next round. she might now be the last briton left standing in the singles, butjohanna konta, it seems, is not slowing down. adam wild, bbc news. dan evans wasn‘t happy with the scheduling of his matches. he had played a gruelling four sets against lucas pouille in the hot sun the day before he played federer, while the 20—time grand slam champion had a rest day. evans said the tournament organisers made more allowances for the bigge

arsenal made a winning start, just the one goal proving the difference against newcastle, as adam wildchester united's world record signing, harry maguire but the chelsea, a returning hero in new manager frank lampard. behind all a rivalry that brings to mind glorious past. these are clubs in transition. time and patience required. still, chelsea's tammy abraham seemed in little mood to wait and abraham seemed in little mood to waitand in abraham seemed in little mood to wait and in the opening moments he could scarcely have gone closer, but at the other end this was a chelsea defender getting too close, penalty the decision and marcus rashford getting united's season started. after the break they would find their stride. anthony martial poking ina their stride. anthony martial poking in a second for manchester united, and just seconds later, third with marcus rashford, calm, measured. united's new start never clearer than when danieljames added a debut goal, 4—0, some start. newcastle and arsenal, two more clubs beginning a fresh, but amidst the movement there remains a constant, the

good evening, welcome to sportsday — i'm adam wild. coming up on the programme...ighted to be back here and i am looking forward to coming back in january and trying to help the team push forward and hopefully push with the motion. elsewhere, chelsea football cloud has apologised "unreservedly" after a damning report into sexual and racial abuse at the club. and, not afraid of the big calls, england coach eddiejones drops ben te'o and mike brown ahead of their game against wales this weekend. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome along, we'll start with the news that wayne rooney will return to english football in january. england and manchester united's all time leading scorer has signed an initial 18—month detail with championship club, derby county. he'll leave his current side dc united at the end of the mls season, as michael redford reports. dj rooney flew into the cook is next, the gay fans never thought they would see. wayne rooney has officially returned to english football, but not immediately. he signed an 18 month contract with the championship site,

adam wilde is at edgbaston for us. it is fairto wilde is at edgbaston for us.ay england had its fair share of luck today but rory burns and his century, look at nothing to do with that. he did get a bit of luck holly but it has been all about rory burns today. the day for the most pa rt rory burns today. the day for the most part belonging to england as you say 267—4 at stumps. the umpires called just a few moments ago. perhaps the edge of your seat drama, the nerve jingling excitement perhaps the edge of your seat drama, the nervejingling excitement that we enjoyed on the opening day but none the less this has been an enthralling day of test cricket. we will talk more about rory burns in just a moment. but there was a few wobbles early on as you say. england got lucky a couple times. jason roy dismissed early on and at that point when he was stretching back to the pavilion having scored just ten, things were looking rather worrying. they were worried faces around this edgbaston crowd. but from then on, the day has belongs to england let me bring in my guess, e

adam wild reports. after the building work at tottenham now comes the rebuilding.rt. both these clu bs last, a fresh start. both these clubs have about them a new look. time than to sit down and take a look. spurs fans will want more this season. look. spurs fans will want more this season. they provided it. so close to be much better, not everything changes. indeed, having been linked with a move away for aston villa in the summer, john mcginn stayed, his goals bringing them to where they are today. or first class, it looks like he may yet take them further. totte n ha m like he may yet take them further. tottenham were left to rely on a familiarfigure, but tottenham were left to rely on a familiar figure, but for harry tottenham were left to rely on a familiarfigure, but for harry kane, and much less familiar outcome. the first half of them frustrating. but finding that blend between old and new is what this time of year is all about. having been brilliantly denied and equaliser by tom heaton, the perfect moment for tank maa to make his residence felt. —— present

while sheffield united celebrated winning their first premier league home game for 12 years as adam wildampard ‘s legacy is writ large all over stamford bridge. his plane passed unsurpassed, but now the architect of chelsea's future. mason mount may well be a big part of that, a goal on his home debut, quite a start. chelsea should perhaps have added more in the half, n'golo kante perhaps have added more in the half, n'golo ka nte could perhaps have added more in the half, n'golo kante could not quite. after the break, leicester city in pink rose to the chelsea challenge. wilford dd at fault for the first goal making amends with the equaliser. leicester could have won it had james madison found at the finish this run deserved. lampard ‘s first home game as manager, a draw at the bridge. for some at bramall lane, the wait for premier league football has felt like a lifetime. after 12 long years, this goal for sheffield united, the winner against crystal palace. the white over, the combined weight of his team—mates, some reward. rangers are through to the third round of the scottish league

adam wild, bbc news.ould have wanted i he won only five game, the british number two was not happy at having to play early on friday, less than a day after his second round match when federer had an extra days rest. tough on me isn't it. but wouldn't be the first time the higher ranking player has had pull so to speak, but also these guys, they want the tournament obviously want roger, would rather roger be going through that match than me. i'm sick and tired of it that apparently, i call the shots — the tournament and the tv stations do. we can give our opinion. that is what we do. but i'm still going to walk out, even if they schedule me at 4 in the morning. usual to see is a furious federer. move tong football and arsenal defender hasjoined real move tong football and arsenal defender has joined real sociedad move tong football and arsenal defender hasjoined real sociedad on a two—year deal, he has been ever present in the league this season for arsenal but tierney who joined in the summer is seen as h

adam wild has been watching the action. the defending champion georgia hall.the defending champion starting her day and touch at the top but a touch at times letting her down. 0r challenge faltering. fellow britons charlie hall had been a member at their sense childhood and the familiarity making the greens easier to read. brady after brady on her back nine, she carries many home hopes. as does another who is steady ground keeps her around the chase he does will be used in the charge, carlotta began taking the law by the warrants. 0ne of the rounds today from the spaniard who is right up there as well as the well number one who hear quite brilliant. a new name at the top, hinako shibuno, announcing herself with a two shot lead marching into the final round. we can speak now to our golf correspondent iain carter. he has been watching the action at well then. ian, let's start with the top of the leaderboard because after leading the entire tournament — ashleigh buhai has dropped to second and insteda it's the japanese debutante in front? it is an extraordinary s

adam wild reports from birmingham. we saw on the first tape at the sell—out crowd has been treated to an exhilarating and enthralling day of test match cricket. the day that has been along for the most part to england and one glynn player in particular. rory burns with his maiden test match century, aided by his captainjoe rood who made 57, together they totalled more than 100. that is exactly the kind of endings that moved at the order to provide. he went on to make that century and he didn't get lucky a couple of times and could have been out much earlier on in his endings that he made his crowd wait for it. you seem to be stuck in the 90s for an eternity but he eventually got there much to the delight of many spectators who are 110w delight of many spectators who are now leaving behind me. australian bowlers looked weary by the end of the day and had a long hot day in the day and had a long hot day in the field and now down to 17 they will be back tomorrow knowing they need crucial early wickets. so england finally

adam wild can bring us right up to date with the rest of the premier league and adam, manchester cityy. very impressive indeed. plenty of goals this afternoon, and some real crackers as well. manchester city who had the pleasure of welcoming graham potters brighton to the etihad this afternoon. before today, city hadn't been beaten in 17 league games, a tremendous run that, of course, took them to the premier league title last season. brighton for their part, had lost all 4 previous premier league games to city. it ended 4—0 to city, a very comfortable afternoon for them. any hopes brighton might have had of keeping it tight for the opening stages were gone within 71 seconds. just over a minute is all it took for this man, kevin de bruyne to opening the scoring for pep guardiola's side. it all looked far too easy for the champions. they doubled their lead before half time, who else, but sergio aguero. the kind of goal we've seen from him so many times before, making space for himself in the box before finishing in the style we've all become very used to indeed. really from that point

we can cross now to our reporter adam wild, with the teams back out, after tea.o his half—century. frustrating for england over the last hour or so. the ninth wicket partnership has proven tough to break. he was there with the former captain steve smith who remains out in the middle on 85. he is holding the australian innings together. their fortune changing just as the weather changed. in england enjoying the best of the early conditions. they came out very strongly indeed, looked exceptional first thing this morning. a raucous and noisy edgbaston welcome for the england side. there was booing and jeering for the australian batsmen, particularly the opening pair, two of the three players involved in the ball tampering scandal. they have come back from their lengthy ban, the first time they have been involved together in a test match since then. whether that got to them, not sure. they fail very cheaply, trapped by stuart broad. after lunch things fell apart from the australians, losing wicket after wicket. the last wicket has just gone down in the last few minut

earlier sheffield united celebrated winning their first premier league home game for 12 years, as adam wildnow the architect of chelsea's future. mason mount might bea chelsea's future. mason mount might be a part of that, a goal on his home debut, quite a start. chelsea should perhaps have added more in the first half, and go no can couldn't quite. but after the break, leicester city in pink rose to the chelsea challenge. wilfred ndidi fault for the goal, making amends with the equaliser. leicester could have won it had james maddison found the finish this deserve. lampard's first home game as manager, a draw at the bridge. for some at bramhall lane, the wait for premier league football has felt like a lifetime after 12, long years, john lundstram goalfor after 12, long years, john lundstram goal for sheffield united, the winner against crystal palace. the wait is over, the combined weight of his team—mates, some reward. great britain's dina asher—smith described the line up at today's diamond league athletics event in birmingham as being "like an olympic or world final". despite facing su

adam wild is at edgbaston where england will begin their bid to regain the famous urn from australia.cket. the atmosphere here at edgbaston really fizzing this morning. a real sense of anticipation, you can see perhaps behind me the crowd is beginning to fillup, behind me the crowd is beginning to fill up, the queues forming to get inside the ground. there is nothing really like the first morning of an ashes test. england, of course, world champions, crowned in that remarkable final just few weeks ago but that was in the shortened form of the game, it is a very different format to test match cricket. loss of sound studio: i think we got the gist of that, play starts at 11am, it isa gist of that, play starts at 11am, it is a sell—out, i know, i tried to get a ticket, can we try to get back to you, adam? let‘s give it another go...we to you, adam? let‘s give it another go we might be able to talk to adam again, adam, we lost you for just a moment. rebecca, sorry about that, technical problems, lots of crowd building, lots of noise, i was going to take you through some of the papers to s

adam wild reports. at old trafford, a new start. it all, a rivalry that brings to mind the glorious past. but these are clubs in transition — time and patience required. still, chelsea's tammy abraham seemed in little need to wait. in the opening moments, he could have scarcely got closer. commentator: the post is still shaking! but at the other end, this was a chelsea defender getting too close. penalty was the decision. marcus rashford got united's season started. after the break, they would really find their stride. anthony martial poking in a second for united, and just seconds later, a third. marcus rashford calm and measured. commentator: it has all gone away from chelsea in the space ofa minute! united's new start never clearer than when danieljames added a debut goal, 4—0, some start. 4—0, you can't really dream of more, or expect more. then again, we just work on improving as a team. but it's coming, we are improving. newcastle and arsenal, two more clubs beginning afresh. but amid the movement, there remains a constant. th

adam wild reports. at old trafford, a new start.ager frank lampard. behind it all, a rivalry that brings to mind glorious past. but these are clubs in transition. time and patience required. still, chelsea's tammy abra ham time and patience required. still, chelsea's tammy abraham seemed in little need to wait. in the opening moments, he could have scarcely got closer. but at the other end, this was a chelsea defender getting too close. penalty comedy decision. marcus rashford got united's season started. after the break, they would really find their stride. anthony marciano poking in a second for united, and just seconds later, a third. marcus rashford calm and measured. it has all gone away from chelsea in the space of a minute! united's new start never clearer than when danieljames added a debut goal, 4—0, some start. than when danieljames added a debut goal, 4-0, some start. 4-0, you can't really dream of more, or expect more. then again, wejust work on improving as a team. but it is coming. we are improving. newcastle and arsen

well, we can cross now to our reporter adam wild. he is at edgbaston for us.bat i think many would say that england would have chosen to bowl anyway, so that seems to have gone nicely and australia very quickly where regretting that decision. there are two open is both dismissed quickly after being introduced to raucous, rowdy reception because of their part in the ball—tampering scandal stop stuart broad with both of those early wickets. australia on the backs from the very beginning, and when khawaja went, he was the third batsman in, he went before lunch, australia were really in trouble. they managed to pick up slightly a good partnership from steve smith, rescued things just slightly for australia, but after lunch, england have been tearing through this australian batting line—up. chris woakes, three wickets for him. he is local knowledge, he plays here for warwickshire. this is his home ground. i don't know if you see behind me the big posters featuring him appealing for wickets. we have seen plenty of that from him this afternoon to stop australia curre

we can cross now to our reporter adam wild. significant wickets to take too. —— three wickets. special indeed. some of the key moments, australia won the toss this morning, they choose to bat, which surprised one or two people. i suspect england would have chosen to bowl, so that suited them. they have reaped the benefits from that. david warner got a huge reception. he was one of the players involved in the ball tampering scandal, there were some boos from the crowd. he he survived a couple of early scares but it was stewart brought who got him, trapped for just two. the crowd love that, they we re just two. the crowd love that, they were waving sandpaper, jeering and doing as he walked back to the pavilion. he was closely followed by his fellow 0prah cameron bancroft, another of those players who was involved in that ball tampering scandal. he was caught at slip by the england captain joe scandal. he was caught at slip by the england captainjoe root for just eight. any last few moments, as you rightly say, there has been a huge cheer behind me at edgbaston because eighth thir

grossman says you'll have g dhing and like ghmaol oakl o of the second wild card spot. adames, liner to center. this is a two-run triple, part of a three-run inning for arizona. hugs all the way around. bottom five, flores goes deep. arizona wins 6-1. the giants visit the cubs on tuesday. so the time is running out for baseball. >> chris, thank you. >>> much more to come on "abc7 news" at 11:00. a show of solidarity in el paso. how the community is creating a special memorial for mass shooting victims. >>> plus, a woman is rushed to the hospital for what she thinks are kidney stones. turns out, triplets. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >>> good evening. >> in tonight's headlines now, the homeless man caught on surveillance video attacking a san francisco woman is set to appear in court tomorrow. austin james vincent was originally released back on to the treats after the attack, but after a public outcry and the judge viewed video of the attack, vincent was given an ankle monitor and put into supervised housing. >>> a sex offender in san rafael

adam. >> reporter: yeah, the weather has been wild in europe really all summer, big heat wave kind of fuelingof our own heat wave across the middle of the country lingering for the next couple of days. temperatures in the lower 90s still relatively early in the day across portions of the great lakes. these temperatures are going to continue to rise. we're going to be getting feels-like temperatures up to 105, 110 degrees, heat advisories stretching across the gulf states, over towards florida and running up the mississippi river. spots getting up to 105, 310, this can be dangerous -- 110, these are your forecasted highs, your actual highs by the time you get going into this afternoon, but when you add in the humidity, that's when you start seeing these numbers run up. running to the north, also feeling like 107 this afternoon, it gets only hotter for us as we run into our sunday where more spots running up to 105. tulsa, 111. it is going to be very steamy. now, the only way to cool this off may be a little bit of rain, unfortunately, in that area it's not going to happen. we're tracking showe

adam jones sinking line in the center. kevin polar in a two-run. flores no doubt to the left. arizona wins 6-1. san francisco is currently back in the second wild card spot. >>> aaron gordon returns home to help under privilege students in the south lake. 2016 slam dunk contest winners and giving families back to school shopping spree in san jose. >> get some bucks. the community had done so much for me. it is only right that i give back to it. trying to get the little things and find little ways everywhere you can. the little way is the shoes you are wearing and if you are confident of what you wear on your >>> new on abc7 news at 6:00. we'll take a trip back in time of the iconic statues on display in the bay area. >> it was supposed to be the most expensive ever sold. something happened when it headed into the auction block why it did not sell after all. >>> dog lovers, we have a treat for you. discu costume canine at the canine-con. hundreds of people dressed up. this little guy sporting the cone of shame. >> aw. >> looks good. >> he's trying. >> he's silent for s >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on. the summer slam. a pow

wilds of california's death valley. and from outer space to inner self, meet this robotic buddhist priest. douglas adams was right.ple in japan. it now exists and is located in a kyoto temple injapan. it is hoped that the robot will be able to attract more people to the essence of buddhist teachings. and prepare for a heavy night raving with a dj orbiting the earth. a life that was paid from the international space station to a ship full of clubbers. he said he wanted to celebrate the common language of music. imagine being there when the base dropped from 250 miles. all right, let's talk money now, and more specifically, plastic. the last time technology does one of these things was more than ten years ago when they made them contact list. nfc or near field communication technology is really convenient, but not exactly secure. anyway, that is why they limit contactless payment to £30 or the rough equivalent in other currencies. that could be extended by quite a chunk of a new security feature is added. dan simmons has been invited to test the uk's first avocado can read your fingerprint. it's a big moment in the

adam was botanic gardens where there's a multi-sensory was inspired by the sights sounds and scientific study of the flow country scotland's peak folks trees breathe in saying. c transporting visit is to another wild. c commissions 9 artists who have all been inspired by the flow country and far some aren't and caithness the south island which isn't the norm. of scotland so they've all spent a variety of time between 3 days some as long as 18 months up there they 4 or 2 scientists based on the flow country and that's been the inspiration for all the works that you see in the gardens edinburgh is the perfect environment for artists to experiment with new technologies this is a sonic brother it's given to each visitor and plays the sound of birdsong the original piano. also comes in handy when the weather plays out. one american company is making live cinema using actors projectors and 500 shadow puppets to recreate the story of frankenstein. an eccentric orchestra plays a haunting soundtrack with some instruments controlled by robotics these cutting edge pieces are playing well with audiences in edinburgh breaking the mold and creating art that refuses to be defined. al-jazeera and. that's all for

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