adam wilde reports. starts on sunday. adam wilde re orts. ,, . starts on sunday.s 24 man squad earlier— reports. sean wei named his 24 man squad earlier for _ reports. sean wei named his 24 man squad earlier for this _ reports. sean wei named his 24 man squad earlier for this historics - squad earlierfor this historics series against tonga. the first on the two nations have played each other over three match series and indeed the first and they played each other since that memorable world cup semifinal six years ago. some talking points are come out of that squad selection, of course the captain george williams, the warrington half that potentially still facing a band for at least the first games of the series with the also the recall of liam farrell who led his wiccan warrior side to ground victory for the a lot of excitement about the inclusion of robbie moeller and capping off a wonderful season with his inclusion of the brilliant season. i'll be catching up with sean wayne this afternoon. taste catching up with sean wayne this afternoon. ~ ., ., ., ~ afternoon

welcome along, i'm adam wild.t and day two of the cricket world cup. after new zealand's crushing defeat of the reigning champions england on the opening day, pakistan and the netherlands are the next two in action. netherlands won the toss at the rajiv gandhi international stadium — they put pakistan into bat and they had some early success with the ball reducing them at one point to 38—3. but, since then pakistan have rallied. both saud shakeel and muhammad rizwan have pased their half centuries. they are currently 170—4 from 30 overs. let's move on to football, because it was a busy night in the europa and europa conference leagues. west ham united have become the first english side to go 17 consecutive games in european competition without defeat. they broke the record against the german side freiburg. lucas paqueta and nayef aguerd scoring the goals in a 2—1 victory to continue their successful start to life in the europa league. two wins from two for them in group a as they look to build on last year's trium

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm adam wild.orld cup gets under way in india with a replay of that dramatic final from four years ago — defending champions england taking on new zealand. we'll look ahead to another busy european football night, six british clubs in continental competition. further problems in rugby union asjersey reds announce liquidation after politicians vote against financially supporting the championship club. welcome along. let's start in ahmedebad and the cricket world cup, which has got under way this morning. holders england getting the tournament started against new zealand in a repeat of that extraordinary final four years ago. new zealand won the toss and put the reigning champions in to bat. they might have been regretting that when england got off to a very quick start — this was openerjonny bairstow hitting the second ball for six. england stuttered a bit, losing a few wickets beforejoe root turned things up a notch — he flew passed his half century before eventually falling for 77. no ben stokes f

will come along, i'm adam wilde.tadium. they put pakistan into bat and pad erlic success with the ball. they reduced it but pakistan rallied. they have on over to spare. netherlands going on at a steady pace, currently 66— tanak in the 16th over. the row over var in the english premier league continues, for now. liverpool were denied a goal by mistake against spurs at the weekend — a game they went on to lose. from tomorrow off—field var teams will confirm the outcome of decisions with their assistants to try and prevent a repeat of the incident. speaking today, manchester city manager pep guardiola says now its time to move on. it was a mistake, accepted. so it's always difficult, the human makes mistakes, but the machine have to... vr is there to reduce it. all the human mistakes we do, we do. but at the end, the messines have been linked with human beings, so it was a mistake of late will finish here and get better, improve from that —— machines have been linked with human beings.

i'm adam wild.y two of the cricket world cup and things are finally poised in hyderabad, with netherlands taking on pakistan. lots still to be decided at the rugby world cup. we'll look ahead to the final round of group games, where it is all or nothing for scotland. a big fight to come tomorrow for wood and warrington. we'll hear from the fighters ahead of their meeting in sheffield. let's start with the cricket world cup, which continues today after england's defence of the trophy started with that crushing defeat on the opening day yesterday. today it is pakistan taking on the netherlands. netherlands winning the toss and deciding to have a bowl. they did have some early luck, reducing pakistan to 38—3 at one point. but, after that, pakistan rallied. both saud shakeel and muhammad rizwan passing their half—centuries. paksitan though not making it through their full 50 overs. they were bowled out with six balls to spare. 287 is the target for netherlands to win. you can listen to that on bbc sound

watching at st helens was our reporter adam wild.oon. such is the growth in interest and the expansion of the international game. this was the first time a tongan side had toured england in a three—match series. be under no illusions, they are a very good side indeed. ranked fifth in the world, england only ranked fourth, as they did in the world cup last year they brought plenty of noise and plenty of colour. england left in no doubt this was a real, proper test match. it was shaun wane�*s side who opened the scoring. micky lewis on his england debut, jinking and winging his way through the tongan defence. tackled just short of the line. from the resultant play out it went, toby king to crash over. tonga hit back. the winger going over in the corner. the try awarded eventually by the video referee. tonga, moments later, took the lead. the kick through gobbled up by tyson frizzell, his debut for tonga. the hugely experienced forward having previously represented both wales and australia at international level. mikey lewis, a man of t

our reporter adam wild is here. f the season. catalan finishing second after the regular season, just nipping after the regular season, just pipping staines into third place. st helens going for an unprecedented fit back—to—back title. there are widely regarded as the greatest side in the modern era. catalan have really grown over the last decade or so. they have been to the big occasions before, winning the challenge cup. they were beaten by saints and the grand final a couple of years ago. there is a sense that this year could be their year. but there is an intriguing subplot to this one. we are given to hyperbole and hype and overusing the word great, but it is justified on this occasion. james roby, sam tomkins, true greats of the modern game will retire at the end of the season. james roby, a one club man, has played for since his entire career. he has won everything in the game. a six time grand final winner. he has won four challenge caps. no one has died more super league games than him. the catalan side toni

adam wild was watching. for a city so do fight as, a rare moment of unity.irst manchester derby since the recent passing of sir bobby charlton. contacts, the backdrop, to all. while the rifle remains, so too does the respect its, are offered here by people supposed red and blue persuasion. the difference between the centres today will start, united are struggling to get to grips until they did a little bit firmly. the video showed a foul and a city penalty, haaland ruthless. the star of the first sculpted by the hands of the first sculpted by the hands of the first sculpted by the hands of the keepers, ederson it saving from scott mctominay. if that was brilliant, andre onana pulled something quite extraordinary. he would not keep about a for long. the second half started to weigh the first ended with an identical chance to catch time no stopping haaland. city up and to good. this derby was finally finished by a local lad, phil foden with the flourish. they may be cross city rivals but on days like this there feels some distance between them. pep guardiola's

adam wild, bbc news.efore kick off to remember the victims in the conflict in israel and the gaza strip, with players also wearing black armbands. as for the match, it was rather disjointed. just the one goal, thanks to ollie watkins — won't get many easier ones — ten first team regulars were rested, and their places won't seem threatened on this showing. australia wasted a good chance to level late on when connor metcalfe hit the post with a header. but england secured the win before tuesday's euro 2024 qualifier with italy, when a point will be enough to reach next year's finals. the republic of ireland's hopes of reaching the euro 2024 finals are over, after a 2—0 home defeat by greece. two first—half goals mean the greeks leapfrog the netherlands into second place in group b. the return of teenage striker evan ferguson, could not lift stephen kenny's men as their dismal campaign continued. ireland have now won one, and lost five of their six matches so far. former england test captain alastair cook ha

adam wild is at old trafford for us to look ahead.rand final. it has been 1400 61 days of saint helen's dominance. the one thing we know for certain is that and said tonight. it is the top two clubs at the end of the regular season. we warriors against the catalans dragons. for weekend, they will have an exceptional season particularly for their coach. a couple of years ago when he was appointed there were a fair few eyebrows raised as his first head coach job fair few eyebrows raised as his first head coachjob but since being appointed to the top job he has won the challenge cup, the league leader shield and now they stand on the brink of the first super league title in five years. on the other side, catalans dragons themselves stayed on the brink of history. they would become the first french side to lift that super league trophy. and their myths, sam thompkins the former england captain playing his last ever game before retirement. it would be a fairy tale finish playing against the club where he won three grand final titles in the

but the agency remains adamant the wild pigs are a state responsibility, not the water district's or the county's. in morgan hill, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> well, the lack of housing is a big issue in the bay area, and so are the lack of the big delays in san francisco. building in the city takes longer than in any other california city, according to a state investigates into the housing crisis. the state created a housing plan to help reduce homelessness across california. each city is required to build a certain amount of homes to cut down on the shortage. in order to reach that goal, san francisco must add about 10,000 housing units each year through 2031. but the city has only built 4,000 homes over the last five years. california housing officials spent a year investigating san francisco's approval process. they found it takes the city ten months longer to approve a housing project than any other city in the state. and once a project is approved, it takes nearly two years for san francisco to issue a building permit. governor newsom called it an important step to addr

adam wild, bbc news, old trafford.beat san marino 3—0 at windsor park. paul smyth's spectacular finish got them underway after just five minutes. josh magennis made it 2—0, before conor mcmenamin rounded off the win with northern ireland's third. it's a busy day of action in the women's super league with five matches taking place, including the mereyside derby. chelsea currently sit top of the table after they beat west ham 2—0. sam kerr with chelsea's opener, her first goal of the season. the victory extends chelsea's amazing home run to 17 wins in a row in the league. more than 130,000 fans turned out to see one of the biggest rivalries in world sport, india against pakistan, at the tournament yesterday, most of them supporting the hosts in ahmedabad. on the pitch it was a one—sided affair too. pakistan started well, but a big batting collapse meant they only made 191 from their 50 overs. india chased that total down with plenty to spare, their captain rohit sharma hitting a brilliant 86 to help make it three wins ou

ahead, but let us pause for the next few minutes, let's head now to the bbc sport centre because adam wildeere unable to make it through to the tournament next summer. here, the football association says they "recognise the hurt" caused by their decision not to light the wembley arch in the colours of israel in response to the ongoing conflict there. chief executive mark bullingham called the decision "one of the hardest" he has had to make at the organisation. they faced criticism for not lighting up the arch in the colours of the israeli flag for england's friendly with australia, a period of silence was held instead. bullingham says the fa had sought expert guidance on the israel—gaza issue before reaching its decision. now, there's just over 2a hours until the start of the rugby world cup semifinals, with argentina playing three time champions new zealand, whilst england take on defending champions south africa on saturday. and ahead of that match, england have named their squad. they've made three changes, with freddie steward returning at full back in place of marcus smith, who's been

adam wild, bbc news.. dominic calvert—lewin scoring the only goal of the game as they secured a much—needed victory. the emotion of the day perhaps helping them to that win. we didn't really speak about it and make a sort of deal about it. but i think... i think, yeah, i think the underlying thing is that there's a lot of players here who've spent a bit of time here, you know, and know the chairman, and they're sad as well as i am. liverpool showed unity with theirforward luis diaz, as diogojota scored here, before holding aloft a shirt with team—mate diaz's name and number on it. the player missed the match after his parents were kidnapped in colombia, his mother has been rescued, but his father is still missing, with the authorities offering a reward for any information that would lead to his rescue. aston villa's remarkable season continued with a comfortable 3—1win against luton — moussa diaby with their second. defeat means luton stay in the bottom three. brighton and everton drew 1—1. ——brighton and

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