heavyweight showdown tyson fury offering his assessment of his world heavyweight showdown with anthonyjoshuain sauldi arabia on the 14th august. boxing promoter steve bunce told sally nugent what we can expect. i'm certain now, i wasn't certain lastjune, in november, december, january february, six weeks ago when people were talking about saudi arabia, suddenly, three orfour of the key players in this fight have talked about it. someone might have said, "hold on a minute, isn't it going to be hot?" yes, it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling! it's a controversial location for them to choose for many, many reasons. actually, it's a promoter�*s dream, because of the time difference it will be and 9pm saturday night. it difference it will be and 9pm saturday night.— difference it will be and 9pm saturday night. it will be perfect for us and _ saturday night. it will be perfect for us and not _ saturday night. it will be perfect for us and not the _ saturday night. it will be perfect for us and not the end _ saturday night. it will be perfect for us and not the end of-

and anthonyjoshua tamaki. and anthony joshua versus tamaki.ia. promoter eddie hearn confirmed the location with the fight likely to take place on the seventh or ia august. joshua fought in the saudi capital riyadh where he won a rematch against andy louise junor. you can get all this was news and out website. but goodbye for now. our thanks to austin and the team for all those sports stories. female artists dominated the brits awards ceremony at the 02 in london. the a,000—person crowd, which included key workers, wore no masks and weren't required to social distance, as the ceremony was part of the uk government's live events trial. colin paterson reports. a dual win for dua lipa. she performed with 50 dancers, gave a nod to geri halliwell with her dress, and won both best female and album of the year for future nostalgia. released last march during the very first week of lockdown, her modern take on disco became the soundtrack to many people's year at home. 0n on stage she called for an nhs pay rise. on stage she called for an nhs -a rise. ~

plenty of talk ringside about tyson fury and anthonyjoshua's fight which appears off.ere in las vegas and says he's signed a contract for a third fight with deontay wilder injuly. that came after the wbo ordered anthonyjoshua to defend his heavyweight title against mandatory challenger oleksandr usyk. so no mammouth match up in august. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the director of uk in a changing europe, anand menon, and the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. good morning to you both. we will chat in a moment. this morning's front pages... the observer reports that ministers have pledged to intervene to restore trust in the bbc by conducting a wider—than—anticipated review of its operations next year. the sunday telegraph writes that vaccines are highly effective against the indian coronavirus variant, and that the country is back on course for a full reopening by 2ijune. the mail on sunday reports on the sa

the world will be on the kingdom of saudi arabia and i cannot wait, repeat, cannot wait to smash anthonyjoshua be the biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet earth. do not miss it. peace out, god bless. see you all in saudh out, god bless. see you all in saudi! yes!— out, god bless. see you all in saudi! yes! �* , ~ ., ., saudi! yes! i'm sure anthony joshua will have something _ saudi! yes! i'm sure anthony joshua will have something to _ saudi! yes! i'm sure anthony joshua will have something to say - saudi! yes! i'm sure anthony joshua will have something to say about. will have something to say about that. rafa nadal has won the italian open for the tenth time, beating world number one novak djokovic. nadal overcame a second set surge from djokovic and raised the pressure in the third set to win the match 7—5, 1—6, 6—3 for yet another italian open title. in motogp, the australian jack miller got his second consecutive victory, winning the french grand prix at le mans. some of the riders coped better than others with the wet and windy conditions, former champion marc marquez fell twi

boxing promoter eddie hearn says the heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury willst the mth, in a specially built stadium. the long awaited bout, set to happen in saudi arabia, is yet to be officially confirmed by both sides. jofra archer took two early wickets for sussex this morning on his return from injury. archer underwent surgery after accidentally hurting his right hand in january. he was already undergoing treatment for a long—term elbow problem, but he looked a lively prospect for the kent batsmen today. scotland's callum hill leads at the halfway stage britain's hugh carthy and simon yates have moved up to sixth and tenth overall after stage six of the giro d'italia. it was another chaotic day with the leader's pink jersey changing hands — as nick parrott reports. the race leader described yesterday's technical finish is a crazy circus. he survived it, but she couldn't cope with today's weather. rain is bad enough, but wind is worse. it's put them in buns, leaving him behind as the british team ineos grenadiers up the tempo. the italian's cops were the on

it means the much—anticipated british boxing showdown between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury won't be happeninge american first. great britain have added another gold medal as they dominate the european aquatics championships. olympic champion adam peaty got his his fourth gold, in the medley—relay. they broke the championship record in the process. ben proud added another silver medal in the men's 50 metres freestyle, losing out on goal by eight hundredths of a second. a silver too for cassie wild in the 200m backstroke — as james guy and max litchfield both took bronze. adam peaty is going for his fourth gold in the medley—relay later this evening. well, there's lots more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the final round of golf�*s us pga championship. but that's all from sportsday — bye for now. welcome to click! hope you're doing ok! this week, we're going to be talking a lot about taking photos. so, lara, you know how we have all been looking for new hobbies to help fill the time during lockdown, yeah? i've been very busy colouring in with my eight

anthonyjoshua world heavyweight fight will take place in saudi arabia, he suggested it could take placed of the italian open. he made it to the final in the earlier month. and he beat spain's contender in straight sets. now, there are calls for wimbledon to be more ambitious with the spectator numbers —— there are calls for wimbledon and royal ascot to be more ambitious with the spectator numbers they're currently planning for this summer. the all england club says wimbledon will have 25% attendance whilst royal ascot next month is set for 4,000 racegoers — which is 7% of normal. organisers at both events say the numbers could still change depending on the science and the situation at the time. but dr colin axon from brunel university, who's an expert in engineering and ventilation, has told me he thinks they're being overly cautious. i would say they were overly cautious. i think they can afford to be considerably more ambitious, both are predominantly outside events, and transmission outside is negligible to zero. baseball has reopened in the us, they have had 100% capacity. there has

anthonyjoshua against tyson fury looks set to take place in saudi arabia. capital riyadh in december 2019, when he won a rematch against andy ruinr. cameron norrie's good run of form has continued with victory in the first round of the italian 0pen. he made it to the final in estoril earlier this month, and then came through two rounds of qualifying in rome, where he beat spain's roberto carballes baena in straight sets. but there wasn't much luck for condo. the british number one beaten by pemco in the first round in rome. cons are not able to put up too much of a fight. she lost 6—3— one in just 69 minutes. and that is all your support for now. just a quick reminder tonight manchester city have been crowned premier league champions. plenty more on the bbc website. for me and the team, have a very good night. today shaping up to be another one of sunshine and showers although the showers will be is quite as intense as what we had on tuesday with the lightning and quite a lot of hail. this area of low pressure will be sitting on top of the country today bri

deontay wilder for a third time before september 15th — just a month after fury is set to meet anthonyjoshuaight in saudi arabia. fury�*s promoter frank warren says discussions are ongoing with wilder's team to try and make him step aside. and the tour of andalusia got under way in spain in dramatic fashion. portugal's rui 0liveira was leading at the time this happened. he was able to rejoin the race despite his injuries. spain's gonzalo serrano claimed the opening stage victory with britain's ethan hayterfourth for ineos grenadiers. at the start of the year, we told you how the double 0lympic rowing champion helen glover was hoping to make a comeback at this summer's tokyo games. now aged 3a and a mum—of—three, she could become the first woman to make a british olympic rowing team, after having children. helen's competing this week in the hope of impressing the selectors. but she still managed to take a breakfrom her demanding schedule, to give sally nugent an exclusive look, at how "thejuggle" is real. for the moment i kind of started rolling, it was nothing other than to win the olympics.

finally, anthonyjoshua and tyson fury traded blows on social media on wednesday.vyweight crown — which was scheduled for august, but is now in doubt had a go at each other. joshua called fury a fraud for claiming he had signed off their fight on sunday, just a day before an arbitration hearing in america declared deontay wilder had a right to a rematch with fury. fury responded aggresivley challenging joshua to a bareknuckle fight and telling him he will smoke wilder first then come for him. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. we certainly well. —— will. china has released the first images of their zhu rong rover on the surface of mars. the spacecraft tianwen—i landed on the surface of mars on saturday. the rover will study the planet's surface soil and atmosphere, and look for signs of ancient life. china is the second country to land a craft on mars, after the united states. environmentalists say the surface of lake titicaca, in the andea

it means fury�*s unification fight with anthonyjoshua looks to be on hold.llenger 0leksandr usyk in august. britain's eflyn evans has won his first rally of the season taking the victory at rally de portugal. last year's world championship runner up started the day ten seconds clear of his nearest rival and went on to win by almost half a minute. he remains second in the standings behind reigning champion sebastien 0gier. and finally, some sad news to bring you. former european and commonwealth marathon champion ron hill has died at the age of 82. he represented great britain at the 1964 tokyo olympics and four years later in munich. he became the first britain to win the boston marathon in 1970, breaking the course record, and won commonwealth gold in the same year. much was his love of running, hill ran at least one mile every single day for 52 years before finally slowing down aged 78. that's ron hill who's died at the age of 82. and that, martine, is all your sport for now. some of china's top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes wh

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the all—british heavyweight boxing fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury has been thrown into doubtght deontay wilder for a third time before september the 15th. joshua and fury were close to finalising a bout in saudi arabia on august the 14th. following further easing of lockdown restrictions in the uk, fans will be returning to premier league matches for the first time since december. chelsea head coach thomas tuchel is hoping it'll have a positive impact on his side, who lost the fa cup final to leicester on saturday. both sides meet again at stamford bridge in the league on tuesday, in a huge game in the race to finish in the top four. it is in our hands and like i said, somebody asked me after the final if this was a major setback for us for tuesday. no, the setback was the arsenal game. it is ourfault the setback was the arsenal game. it is our fault that it isn't so close again. we left the door open and so liverpool put a foot into the door. meanwhile, the manchester united manager, 0le gunnar solskjaer, says that the fan protests against the club's owners has had an impact

he thinks that anthonyjoshua is going _ he thinks that anthonyjoshua is going to — he thinks that anthonyjoshua did the daily update with anthonyjoshua in front of 20,000 people in 2019 and he came out against the overweight mexican. he does not have to commit and charge into tyson fury. i don't like to disagree with tony bellou and if i am in his company, i would never disagree with him. but anthony joshua can win this fight by using his brain and his feet as much as he can win it using his heart and his guts and his power.— can win it using his heart and his guts and his power. that's what we need to come _ guts and his power. that's what we need to come a _ guts and his power. that's what we need to come a little _ guts and his power. that's what we need to come a little bit _ guts and his power. that's what we need to come a little bit of- guts and his power. that's what we need to come a little bit of the i need to come a little bit of the enthusiasm.— enthusiasm. the energy is infectious. _ enthusiasm. the energy is infectious. coffee - enthusiasm. the energy is infectious. coffee and i e

the world will be on the kingdom of saudi arabia and i cannot wait, repeat, cannot wait to smash anthonyjoshuavent ever to grace the planet earth. do not miss it. all eyes on us. peace out, god bless, see you all in saudi! yes! getting! fighting talk there. and ahead of the french open which is two weeks away, rafa nadal has won his tenth italian 0pen after beating novak djokovic in the final in three sets — nadal took the first 7—5, and despite being outplayed in the second 6—1, he found his game again to beat the world number one 6—3 in the decider. a great win for nadal. the women's final wasn't as close, the brilliant iga swiatek thrashing karolina pliskova 6—0 6—0. more reaction to that on the bbc sport website, that's all your sport for now. back to you, philippa. thank you very much. four teams competing at the eurovision song contest have withdrawn from sunday's opening ceremony, as a precaution against coronavirus. the delegations from malta — one of the favourites to win — and romania have been staying at the same hotel in the dutch port of rotterdam as those from poland and iceland,

the heavyweight title fight between tyson fury and anthonyjoshua looks to be further away now than everreed to fight american deontay wilder on the 24th ofjuly. just seven days after fury confirmed the fight withjoshua on social media... wilder's team won an arbitration hearing stating that the american had a right to a 3rd fight with fury. and joshua's now expected to defend his titles against ukraine's 0leksandr usyk in august. that was the fight last night, where fury announced that he'll be fighting wilder one more time. and with just a couple of months to go before the start of the rescheduled tokyo 0lympics, there's been success for britain's rowers at the latest world cup event in switzerland. emily craig & imogen grant produced an impressive performance as they won gold in the lightweight, double sculls. there's also been a gold medal for britain in the men's fours. well there's plenty more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website. including all the build—up to this afternoon's monaco grand prix and live text commentary of the race. but that's all your sport for now. the

the world heavyweight unification bout between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury is set to take place on august pre—dawn raids on gaza were some of the heaviest since the fighting began a week ago. the us said it supports israel's right to defend itself, but insisted that both sides must ensure the protection of civilians. 0ur correspondent tom bateman reports. the israeli air strikes arrive before gaza's dawn. 0vernight, some of the most intense yet. it's bringing a devastating human toll. they are still searching through the rubble after yesterday's raid on a single street left dozens dead. they pray for a miracle, and then it happens. all shouting. six—year—old suzy eshkuntana survives, trapped for seven hours. her mother and four brothers and sisters died. in the hospital, suzy is reunited with herfather, who is badly wounded. israeli artillery fire continues. israel says it's destroyed hundreds of miles of tunnels used by militants and claims to do everything to avoid civilian casualties in its strikes. meanwhile, the militant rocket fire into israel goes on. most are shot down, but many m

anthonyjoshua against tyson fury looks set to take place in saudi arabia.ider, alessandro de marchi. came through to lines of qualifying in rome were a bit the spinner and straight sets. but there wasn't much luck forjohanna konta. the british number one beaten by pemco in the first round in rome. konta not able to put up too much of a fight. she lost 6—3— one injust 69 minutes. and that is all your support for now. just a quick reminder tonight manchester city have been crowned premier league champions. plenty more on the bbc website. for me and the team, have a very good night. hello there. we saw plenty of showers across the country on tuesday. particularly for the midlands, wales and northern england where we had some thunderstorms as well, producing very heavy hailstones like this weather watcher picture shows, in flintshire in north wales. now, for today, it's going to be another one of sunshine and showers, but they shall resume not be quite as intense as what we had on tuesday. but our area of low pressure, which has been sitting on to the west of i

the much—anticipated british boxing showdown between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury won�*t be happeningvyweight belts for the first time in history, but a legal obligation means fury has to take on the american first. and phil mickelson tees—off his final round leading the uspga later — he�*s aiming to become the oldest player to win a major. you can follow how he�*s doing on the bbc sport website. but that�*s it from me. back to you, mishal. thank you very much. that�*s it for now. i�*m back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it�*s time for the news where you are. thousands of couples whose weddings have been delayed during the pandemic will now be able to celebrate their big day with up to 30 guests, thanks to the easing of restrictions this week. fiona lamdin has been speaking to a bride and groom whose wedding date has been moved three times. beth and toby have been waiting for this moment for two years. in march 2020 we went down to a venue and choose a date, and it happened to be the 20th of may, and we hoped and prayed between then and now, really. as of this week, 30 gue

just 24 hours after it looked like the big fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury was definitely fury�*s promoter frank warren says talks with the wilder camp are ongoing. with the olympics getting closer, there�*s been more good news for adam peaty — as he won the 100m breaststroke semifinal at the european championships. the final is today. but it was britain�*s 4x100m relay team who stole the headlines last night. they won gold at the championships for the first time in 94 years — finishing ahead of the netherlands. and they did it in a new british record time to secure a place in tokyo. i'm so happy. i knew it was going to be - a relatively quick turnaround after the 50 and i'm not always the best at doing that, - i so it's just about just focusing | on the 50 to start with and then getting prepared for the 100 after. and the whole team did i an amazing job and i think we all pulled our weight and i don't think any of us expected _ to get the gold, but it's an amazing feeling. - well done to them all. that�*s all the sport for now. thank you, sally. spain has deployed soldier

anthonyjoshua has branded tyson fury a fraud after news emerged that their heavyweight title fight could that's all the sport for now. a court in paris has ruled that more than 2,500 women should receive compensation after they were given breast implants which were found to contain cheap industrial—grade silicone. the women, including hundreds of british women, suffered long—term health complications after many of the implants ruptured. the ruling found the german manufacturer, tuv rheinland, was negligent. nicola mason had pip breast implants and is one of the 540 british women who have been waiting for that courtjudgment. how do you react to it this morning? hi, victoria, it is great news, to be fair, we have been waiting a long time for this, and while it will never compensate for the potential long—term health issues, it may go some way to paying us back for the money we have had to pay out to repair the damage. tell money we have had to pay out to repair the damage.— money we have had to pay out to repair the damage. tell us about the health implications _ repair the damage. tell us

anthonyjoshua against tyson fury looks set to take place in saudi arabia.ital riyadh in december 2019, when he won a rematch against andy ruinr. now we've had some fairly torrential rain over here in the uk, and it's been the same over in rome at the italian 0pen. and one man, novak djokovic, wasn't impressed that he had to carry on playing. take a listen to this. how much more are you going to play? i have asked you three times. you did not ask _ i have asked you three times. you did not ask to _ i have asked you three times. you did not ask to check the court. i did not ask to check the court. i did not— did not ask to check the court. i did not say— did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. _ did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i— did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did _ did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did not - did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did not say. did not say that. i did not say that — djokovic eventually went on to win his second—round match aginst taylor f

we spoke about this yesterday, the big fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury. — just a month afterjoshua and fury are set to meet in saudi arabia. with the olympics getting closer, there's been more good news for adam peaty — as he won in the 100m breaststroke semi final at the european championships. the final is today. but it was britain's ax100m relay team who stole the headlines last night. they won gold at the championships for the first time in 9a years — finishing ahead of the netherlands. and they did it in a new british record time to secure a place in tokyo. at the start of the year, double olympic champion helen glover told bbc breakfast she wanted to try and attempt a comeback in time for tokyo. that would make her the first woman to be selected for the british olympic rowing team after having children. we'll have the full exclusive interview at 8.30, but here's a quick look at how she balances mum life with training life. the first couple of hours is just getting some real quality time in. everyone in their pyjamas, just having some fun and just, k

a video on social media last night saying that his world heavyweight unification fight against anthonyjoshuatalked about saudi arabia. it's happening, august 14th. someone might have said, "hold on a minute, isn't it going to be hot?" yes, it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling! the saudis have stumped up $150 million as a down payment. that gets split between the camps, that's why we are going to saudi in the middle of august. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a lot of premier league news conferences today, as well, ahead of the midweek fixtures. we will have an update for you in the next hour. after months of strict measures, the coronavirus rules have been relaxed across england, wales and most of scotland. pubs, cafes and restaurants in england reopen indoors today — but the prime minister has urged people to exercise a "heavy dose of caution". with me is our business presenter ramzan karmali. a lot of preparation going on? you would think— a lot of preparation going on? wm. would think people would b

anthonyjoshua has branded tyson fury a "fraud", after news emerged that their heavyweight title fighty�*s offer of a bare knuckle fight to settle their differences. that was tongue in cheek, but it has got to the level of playground banter. you had this nice analogy. say i was challenge you to a game, not a fight, but a game of rock, paper scissors and we are all fixed and the fans will love it but charlie pipes up and says, hold on, you agreed to give me a game first, for our third match, best—of—three and i said, hold on, i've agreed to play nalgo that then you go to court and win in the courts and that is why you are angry. and win in the courts and that is why you are angry-— and win in the courts and that is why you are angry. that is the kind of thing charlie _ why you are angry. that is the kind of thing charlie would _ why you are angry. that is the kind of thing charlie would do. - why you are angry. that is the kind of thing charlie would do. that - why you are angry. that is the kind of thing charlie would do. that is l of thing charlie would do. that is what ou of thing ch