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azi farni, bbc news. lots of history on the shoulders of cal crutchlow.s at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, steven wyeth, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there, good morning. 21 celsius was our high on monday. tuesday could be a little bit warmer. it's settling down, really, this week, a lot of dry weather around, some sunshine just as we saw yesterday. the week ahead sees very little rain at all. very weak weather fronts heading our way because high pressure is essentially in charge. it will be a bit cooler around the middle part of the week. the cooler air is going to come in behind that very weak weather front there. that's the first one to approach the uk but it's running into high pressure. not completely plain sailing, mind you, because there's areas of mist, fog and low cloud around some north sea coasts, burning back to the coast, lingering perhaps around the south—west approaches, then our weather front around scotland, northern ireland, with it a little rain or drizzle. late sunshine in the far north—west but

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm azi farni. coming up.outhgate defends his world cup 23 though one of those left out is not happy! we think they are the best players we have available. we think they could be very exciting now and even more exciting in the future. man city manager pep guardiola signs up for another three years. and we catch up with laura muir as she's given a special honour ahead of next year's european indoor athletics in glasgow. good evening, the england manager gareth southgate has been defending his squad selection for the world cup, saying it's not a gamble. he's also been justifying the tough calls he had to make in leaving some players out. but tonight one of those who didn't make the squad, arsenal midfielderjack wilshere, has hit back. on his official twitter account wilshire said: it goes without saying that i'm naturally incredibly disappointed to have been left out of the england squad for the world cup. i will always be an england fan and will be supporting the boys earlier, southgate had outlined his vision

hoping to change that — coventry rider cal crutchlow, who rides for lcr honda in motogp. 0ur reporter aziime since british riders had any real success in motorcycle grand prix racing, 1977 was the last of the late great barry sheene and his world title is but one man has been working hard to step out of his long shadow. over the years it has been a long time in moto gp that british riders are not always there at the front end of the championship but i'm glad we have a good group of british talent and riders in the moto gp passes at the moment. it was nice to be that one to be able to lead a world title. cal crutchlow, his first race victory in the czech republic in 2016 ended a 35 year wait for a british win. his third in argentina last month in the first written to lead the world championship since barry sheene in 1979. —— first briton to lead. he did not have much time to savour that success come to clashes in his next races have seen him dropped to seventh. i do not think there was pressure from the team, from honda and the british public, for myself, it was just as it was and i think

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm azi farni.: the uncapped teenager trent alexander arnold gets the nod, as the england boss names young and inexperienced world cup squad. two goals from antoine griezman help atletico madrid become europa league champions. and, sitting pretty in pink. simon yates keeps hold of the lead in the giro d'italia after winning stage 11. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm: good evening. england manager gareth southgate has picked his team for russia 2018, and it's the third youngest england team ever to line up at a world cup. at two o'clock this afternoon, the fa revealed the 23 man squad across all social media platforms with this video. it shows groups of teenagers up and down the country calling out the name of each player that has made the cut. only the 1958 and 2006 squads were younger than this one, which has an average age of 26 years and 18 days. here it is, a defensive looking team, which includes liverpool teenager trent alexander arnold, as well as manchester city's fabian delph and gary ca

can imagine, there has been a lot of reaction to this squad announcment all over social media, but azi3 twitter feeds of the players on the plane. i think it is there to say there are some excited players about to go out to russia. let's start with manchester united's ashley young. he said, maybe this picture said i would live my dream and go to the world cup. this is the picture he tweeted of himself in an england shirt, which i think is a 1986 shirt. you might know better than me. let's move on to kyle walker. he said, the one called you don't want to miss, with a screen shot of him missing a call from gareth southgate. why you would not have it next to you all throughout the day, i don't know. marcus rashford here, saying, after you standing on the touchline in the rain, for years, ma'am, we're off to the world cup. dele alli as well, saying it is an honour to be named. a dream come true. that honour is a bit of a theme. see you in russia indeed. thank you. terry butcher is still with me. what was it like when you got the call? 0r what was it like when you got the call? or was it a

. >> azi, the suggestion by mulvaney that the leak was put out there to hurt sadler. make of that? she still has a job. >> sources motivation for leaking can always be called into question. what is not being called into question is the atmosphere that enabled her to think this was funny. someone thought this remark would be well received speaks to the kind of team that trump has brought into the white house. obviously, the people who are leaking had a different view and there's always people who want to sort of climb up the ladder. but if this is the environment in which they're talking about behind closed doors, it sort of gives more fuel to the fire about asking about what is the thinking behind some of the policy decisions that they're making if this is how they're talking about strategy and john mccain who disagreed with him on policies all you want. his record and the life he's lived is usually commendable and people have held that in a high regard. trump stepped away from that and people are following in that lead. the people who want to work with him. >> i'm te

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hello, i'm azi farni, with your thursday sport briefing.wenger is looking to leave the club on a high, and winning the europa league to guarantee champions league football next season would make sure he does. but his side have it all to do if they are to make the final. after throwing away a one—goal lead, they need to beat atletico madrid on home turf later on thursday. i would like to finish well myjob, and i believe as well a man has to give his best, as long as he's somewhere, with the whole commitment and energy. i would like to walk out of arsenal one day and think, i have focused on arsenal. and when myjob is finished, we go from there. i want to finish with this love story well. translation: we need an explosive stadium, thrilled and full of positive energy, passionate, because thatis positive energy, passionate, because that is what we are. we want passionate people with us. we want people full of excitement. we need to have a communion between us and the fans. we are obviously fighting a dangerous rival with great players. it will

let's get some sports news now — with azi farni there is another big event.inishing the season with silverware. united were runners—up in the premier league. that matches between the teams have been tight in recent yea rs, between the teams have been tight in recent years, but united boss says lots of goals do not necessarily defined again as entertaining. lots of goals do not necessarily defined again as entertaininglj still defined again as entertaining.” still do not understand this words of entertaining. do you think 6—0 is entertaining? i do not think so. i do not think it is entertaining. i think entertaining is in motion until the end. it is open result until the end. it is open result until the end. it is everybody on their seats until the end. both the guards nervous and tense with the applicability of the results. that, for me, as a football lover, not as a manager, but as a football lover, for me that is entertaining. the league of champions, faced brentford in the german cup final in berlin on saturday. brentford are hoping to avoid a second strai

azi farni's been trackside to meet him.d with an mbe. these last 12 months have been a dream come true. it was completely unexpected to be runner—up. receiving my mbe was be the most nervous i have been all season. to do it three times in all season. to do it three times in a rare and become the first guy, that was incredible. i got closer to carl fogarty‘s record, as well. to me he isa carl fogarty‘s record, as well. to me he is a god. he was the last rider to dominate the sport. now, rea has a chance to set his own record in history. i don't want to think about it too much. i won race two here last year, it has not been so kind to me in the past, but last yea r‘s result so kind to me in the past, but last year's result gives me some confidence. i got all the travelling support coming from northern ireland, the uk fans have always been super receptive to me, so it would be incredible to do it here. jonathan currently leads the standings by 47 points. he would become only the second man after carl fogarty to have four title

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm azi farni.show: we'll get the latest from bilbao ahead of a huge weekend of rugby. derby host fulham at pride park stadium with a place in the premier league up for grabs. and liverpool's rising star trent alexander—arnold on his hopes of wearing an england shirt. it's a dream, to be able to represent your country, and hopefully one day i'll get the honour of doing that. hello. thanks forjoining us. there's a big weekend of rugby coming up, starting tonight with the european challenge cup final. cardiff blues up against gloucester, who are looking for a record—equalling third title. and tomorrow, its the champions cup final, where all—blacks great dan carter will be hoping for a perfect send off in his last european rugby match, as his racing 92 team take on leinster. chrisjones is in bilbao ahead of those matches. the magnificent stadium here in bilbao, the scene for tomorrow's champions cup final between racing 92 and leinster, but before that it is this champions cup final between cardiff blu

azi farni will be here at 6.30 with sportsday, but that's it for now. grammar schools in england. it has promised £50 million to provide new places at selective schools. and on the line from tunbridge wells is chris mcgovern from the pressure group campaign for real education. to discuss the pros and cons. and jaques shemalakowski is headteacher at hampstead school in central london. good evening to both of you. first to you, why is this happening at a time when the budget is so tight?m is trying to open up to children from deprived backgrounds. we had around 50 years of conference of schooling and yet we are bottom of the international league table for social mobility. that is a scandal. we are also heading to mediocrity in terms of standards. we will have to have children take their gcse exams, and the traditional clocks... last yearin and the traditional clocks... last year in order to give children a good pass the mark had to be lowered, and alongside the grammar schools we need good technical schools we need good technical schools as well. i suppor

. >> grace, you don't know me, but 70 years ago plus, my father served with your father in the n azi internment camp for six months. i am wondering if he ever told you stories about those days. grace: yes, he did. for those of you who don't know, my father was interned -- and sorry, i did not get your name. they were all interned in an abandoned hotel. it was unheated when they arrived, and cold in the miserable. -- cold and miserable. i heard a lot about it. i read about it. it was an amazing experience. the man who was supposed to be in charge had a nervous breakdown, so instead my father was the number one. he hated it. it was very hard to run people. people, particularly when they are deprived of things they are used to, can become difficult to deal with. some women were fighting about an egg a week. my father hated those kinds of things. his forte was not dealing with petty squabbles about eggs. he did start a university. they went out to play baseball. >> my father's baseball bat from that era is in the hall of fame. grace: that is wonderful. blair: ont he right. >> thank you.

sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's azi farni.gest tea m russia 2018, with the third youngest team to ever lined up at a world cup. they revealed guilty 23 man squad across all social media platforms. it shows groups of teenagers up and down the country calling that the name of each player that has made the cut, with the average age of 26 and 18 days, only the 1958 in 2006 squads, were younger than this one. here it is, a defence looking team, as well as manchester city, adrian and named after a season on crystal palace. and leads the line with arsenal standing back also named in a team characterised by you. third youngest world cup squad in england. there is ple nty world cup squad in england. there is plenty of, the first thing you know is that it is very versatile, a variety of different positions, because you never know in a world cup, who gets injuries, who will withdraw, so it's about getting the blend right to start with. players will come in different positions and do well. the experience. plenty of players have been givin