he will be speaking to colleagues at bbc sport anyway. the action started today, we had a few medal ceremonies here in the stadium for a few events that we had yesterday, especially that we had yesterday, especially that fantastic final of the women's 100m. it was a real upset as the american tori bowie won gold. elaine thompson, the nailed on favourite, came fifth. tori bowie dipped further line, sprawled across the track, didn't think she had won, but my word, she certainly had. we also saw the gold for the women's pole vault. we saw those tears from holly bradshaw, who missed out on a podium. but tori bowie, what a 40 hours it has been for her. justin gatlin took the men's title as well. thomas walsh from new zealand got his shot put gold as well. our timings arejusta his shot put gold as well. our timings are just a bit out, because tori bowie is making her way towards me as we speak. i don't think we will get her in this edition of world athletics sportsday, but i will interview her and we will try and bring it to you later on bbc new

time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. i'm olly foster, welcome to the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday these are our headlines this evening. katerina johnson thompson hits a low in the highjump. she's up against it in the heptathlon. the evening session gets underway in the next half an hour. we are going to see usain bolt‘s final individual race in a major championships. and will mo farah make it back onto the track or has the 10000 meters taken it's toll? i'm katherine downes with the rest of the day's sports news for you live from the bbc sports centre. also coming up in the programme: england on top in the final test of the series against south africa — james anderson with four wickets at old trafford. and celtic burst into the new scottish premiership season with a 4—1 win over hearts. good evening, the london stadium is filling up, it is going to be another sell—out as it should be, we are going to see an historic race a little bit later on the second day. we are going to be looking ahead to usain b

that's all from us here in the bbc sport centre.dium, the london stadium, and re—join olly. we are about ten minutes away from the action now. i can see some javelin thrower is warming up. the women are coming out for the 200—metre heat is a moment. we are at the halfway stage. we have been talking about this very much because the botswa nan sprinter talking about this very much because the botswanan sprinter isaac makwala has been kicked out of the 200. he has been kicked out of the 200. he has also been kicked out of the 400 final because of the norovirus. we will be keeping an eye on that to see whether he will turn up. everyone is pinning their hopes on him to do the double. six races and 60s. michaeljohnson is a man who dominated the 200 and 400. he is working for bbc sport and we spoke to him about him. you never know. with conditions. if he establishes a lead, he may start to pull back. you never know with the times. in times of google when, he is the favourite. but that is why we have a race, it is fun to predict but it is o

commentator: ‘s our colleagues from bbc sport now.looks very comfortable. she looks a little anxious. only five go through. laura muir is a perfect position. kim egon, laura muir. these five are pulling away. 4.356 is the winning time. well, well, well. that is good enough for laura muirto well, well. that is good enough for laura muir to get into the final of the women's1500 metres, a much better rates for her than in the heat yesterday, jessica judd finished considerably down in that field is and unless the second semifinal is very slow, i think that is it forjessica judd, the former junior medallist. she has had a fantastic championships, she was delighted to get through to the second day of competition. let's recap what we saw this morning, some real superstar is a 400 metres. a very good day for the british men in the 400 heats. let's show you one of them, matthew hudson—smith and dwayne cowing, have made it through to semifinals. doing kevin is 32, a latecomer. you try to make it as a footballer. the very first day he thought he

that's all from the bbc sport centre for now you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc newsm. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with geeta guru—murthy. let's get more now on hurricane harvey in the united states, and officials say it's still too early to say how much damage it's caused. the storm reached land last night, with fierce winds and downpours of rain. earlier i spoke to tom sabbatelli, a hurricane specialist for the company risk management solutions. i asked him what people living in hurricane areas can do to protect their property. in the immediate sandbags to protect your home from any storm surge and flooding. plywood to affect your windows and exposed openings and stores. ahead of time you can take extra precautions and put really strong storm shutters and clamps to put the roof on the building. that has to take some advanced preparation. if you havejust has to take some advanced preparation. if you have just a few hours or days, what would you advise people to do? first wall evacuate but before you do make sure you secure all openings an

sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre.he action is under way at the london stadium for the world championships. the noise hasjust

welcome along to sportday live from the bbc sport centre. 0n the way tonight. n reach another rugby world cup final with victory over france . celtic sweat in kazakhstan — beaten, but into the champions league group stage. and the bbc understands the england women's coach mark sampson is given the backing of the fa. hello and welcome. their impressive run continues. england's women have reached their fifth straight rugby world cup final after victory over france in belfast tonight. their 20 points to three win sets up a showdown with the world's best new zealand on saturday. kathrine downes is live in belfast tonight. job done tonight? job done tonight? it is job done but what a job. 20—3. it looks like an easy win but it was not easy. i spoke to the captain sarah hunter and she said it was very, very hard. a lot of bruised bodies in the england and french dressing rooms i am sure. after half the scores, 3—3 on the board. just a penalty each in it. two kicks and six points on the board and after half—time, england just managed to injure head with a try by the pr

there‘s live commentary on bbc 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. is at 7.45 with commentary on radio five live and of course live updates on the bbc sport website. there‘s nobody who wants england‘s women to reach the final more than gloria sta pylton. she‘ll be glued to the tv tonight as her grand—daughter lucy bronze is part of the team to take on the dutch. but if england make it through to the final, gloria faces a bit of a fixture clash as mark tulip explains. that‘s the touch, and manchester city lead. she is one of the most inform footballs and the planet, lucy inform footballs and the planet, lu cy bro nze inform footballs and the planet, lucy bronze helped england to third place in the last world cup and her clu b place in the last world cup and her club to fa cup glory to the delight of gloria, her 81—year—old grandmother. but she is a sports woman in her own right, president of the 50—year—old lady section at a bowling club and has just become club champion and her team play in the nationalfinal hours after the climax of the european cha

we'll take you live there, pictures from bbc sport is there, pictures from bbc sport is the first roundats of the 5000 metres. in their is lower your, you can just see 5000 metres. in their is lower your, you canjust see her 5000 metres. in their is lower your, you can just see her attacked 5000 metres. in their is lower your, you canjust see her attacked in the middle. —— lower your, you canjust see her attacked in the middle. —— loweryour, she you canjust see her attacked in the middle. —— lower your, shejust missed out on a 1500 —— clyne just missed out on a 1500 —— clyne just missed out on a 1500 metres medal. a listener wearable again to bring you the end of that race a little later in the programme. bat look to francois it in to be one of those nights are you pity their eyes everywhere. last on the track, one of the three gold medals to be one and the 200 metres, which is really been the story of the week, because it has become entwined with the story of the noraid virus outbreak that affected isaac kuala, he wasn't allowed to compete in the 200, a gaudy qualified for the 400 metr

that's it for now from the bbc sport centre.ening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10:05pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. readers of alan judd's readers of alanjudd's spy stories first met charles thorogood when he was in the army, then a trainee in the secret service. i few years on, he has become chief of m16. he is top dog. but whitehall doesn't work like that. in deep blue, he spent is much of his time fighting theocracy as the enemies. welcome. it might be thought by some people that when you reach the top of the tree, that the secret world, you know everything, you are in charge. the hero discovers that many of the battles he is fighting are not with the other side or some terrorist group of something, but with people around him. yes, that is not peculiar to the secret world either. most organisations, maybe even the bbc, you devote a lot of your energies to problems within your organisation that stop you doing what you are there to do. that is pa rt what you are t

that's for me for now but you can find more on the bbc sport website.about an hour's time. see you then. the eu's chief negotiator says no substantial breakthrough has been made at the end of the third round of brexit talks. speaking at a joint news conference, the brexit secretary urged the eu to be "more imaginative and flexible" in its approach. but michel barnier said both parties remained far apart. translation: as i said before, time is pressing if we want to get what we want, which is a global agreement. at the current state of progress, we're quite far from being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. sufficient for me to be able to recommend to the european council that it engage in discussions on the future relationship between the uk and the eu, at the same time as we would during the course of 2018 go on working on finalising the exit and withdrawal agreement. we remain committed to making as much progress as possible on these issues as solely related to our withdrawal, but our discussions this week have exposed, yet again, th

sport. dan roan, bbc news, at the london stadium. he london stadium and join our sports reporter. jessica, not everyone agreeing with the way that the crowd reacted tojustin gatlin. it was a night of drama, no one expected the result we saw last night. there was a lot of booing as the crowd realised justin gatlin had won the race. fans have said there's nothing wrong with him competing, because actually he has done nothing wrong, it is the governing body, the iaaf that have allowed him to compete, and he served his time. he is allowed to come back, but on the other hand some people say what he has done has made a mockery of the sport, and calls into question the integrity of athletics. i spoke to darren campbell earlier and he says he would understand why the fans wa nt to he would understand why the fans want to vent their frustration towards justin gatlin, want to vent their frustration towardsjustin gatlin, but he says in the medal ceremony he suggests that they don't boo and that they find a different way to protest. it will be in

and more on bbc sport throughout the night on that.ere's bad news for arsenal who host the opening match of the season against leicester at the emirates stadium. striker alexis sanchez has been ruled out of the game with an abdominal injury. manager arsene wenger said it was unlikely that the chilean would be fit to play against stoke in the second game.. sanchez has been linked with a move away from the club this summer with less than a year remaining on his current deal. and watford have completed the signing of striker andre gray from burnley for a club record fee — thought to be in the region of £18.5 million. gray has signed a five year contract at vicarage road. the close season has once again been dominated by some big signings and the record for summer transfer spending looks certain to be broken again. romelu lukaku went to manchester united from everton in a british record deal worth up to £90 million. in europe neymar has moved from barcelona to paris st germain for a staggering 200 million. huge sums of money but ahead of t

details of all yesterday's football league results are on the bbc sport website. final might be 286 days away but the competition got under way yesterday with the extra preliminary round. the bbc is showing a match from all the qualifying stages. we focused on litherland against afc liverpool yesterday. litherland won 2—0. wembley here they come. plenty of football this afternoon as well, of course, including the community shield at wembley. league winners chelsea take on fa cup winners arsenal in the traditional curtain raiser to the new premier league season. it was a pity to lose the game, to lose the final against arsenal after a really good season for us. now there is another game and we know very well that arsenal is a strong tea m very well that arsenal is a strong team and they are making the game very difficult for us. we want to start the season with a win, it will be difficult for the same arsenal. we're going for the first trophy of the season. there is a desire as well to be ready for the championship. we need to give competition also to players that

best of the action on the bbc sports website. he won gold in the 4x200m freestyle, silver in the 4 by 100m medley, and bronze in the 100m butterfiy. guy told my colleague hugh ferrris how he draw inspiration from an unusual quarter, and that there are many more medals he's going to win. there is always more want to achieve. after the relay in the 100 meter butterfly and knew that i was in good form. and it is exciting for the next season ahead. looking forward to that. you said you used as motivation for this incredible legs, the lord of the rings trilogy. so when you watch that, nine hours long or something like that, how is that motivation? they're great films and i've watched them for a long time. i would go back to the room and just watch it on netflix. it is just chilling out so i'm ready for the finals. i canjust just chilling out so i'm ready for the finals. i can just chill out and get pumped up with the fight scenes. a great film to watch. you share a room with adam peaty, what is that mike spending so much time with the

bbc news. with all the sport, here'sjohn watson foster at the bbc sport centre.ht. they were beaten by 32—111 in a thrilling encounter in belfast. as katie gornall reports. when it comes to the biggest games on the biggest stage, most england and new zealand fans have been here before. when the world's best go head—to—head, there is no margin for error. here in belfast, england faced a fearsome machine. three times they have played new zealand ina times they have played new zealand in a world cup final and the kiwis have always won. it'lljust seven minutes for the black ferns to kick into gear. an early shot, but england refused to shuffle aside. a penalty try in their favour was followed by their own brand of expansive rugby. but just followed by their own brand of expansive rugby. butjust as england sends the momentum was theirs, new zealand head back. this outstretched arm and a reminder that danger was a lwa ys arm and a reminder that danger was always lurking. in a match that swung one way and the next, england tried to wrest control. thomson managed this, n

thank you for joining that the bbc sport centre. thank you forjoining us. w evening. all the dt is —— details on the bbc‘s board website on bbc at. we're going to be talking about the whole nation is looking to secure their places in next summer's world cup. the england squad fly out to malta tomorrow for the first of their two world cup qualifiers. that match is on friday night before they face slovakia at wembley on monday — looking to secure top spot in group f. jermain defoe is one of the veterans in the squad now following wayne rooney's retirement from international football. defoe says the absence of the country's all—time leading goal—scorer will take some getting used to. for me, it feels strange because i was in the squad with wayne for a number of years. someone i got on well with. such a nice guy. humble. and nice to have around. good spirit. and a lot of experience. but, i mean, i have said it before, you have to respect his decision. in terms of international goals and records and stuff like that, years at the top. —— he is. you can understand

bbc news. with all the sports, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon.ked super saturday at the world athletics championships in london, with plenty more still to come, including, for the very last time, usain bolt in the 100m relay and mo farah‘s final appearance in a major track championship in the 5000m. earlier, though, we saw some encouraging performances from great britain and northern ireland. natalie pirks has been watching the action. and early start at the stadium for a packed morning session, but for these fans, super saturday is all about a fabulous farewell to two stars in particular. i cannot wait, greatest ever. legends doesn't really capture it. a great ambassadorfor our really capture it. a great ambassador for our country. mo farah is responsible for the country's solitary medal at the championship so solitary medal at the championship so far, it feels like a long time ago. tonight, in his last track race ata ago. tonight, in his last track race at a major championships, ago. tonight, in his last track race ata major championships, mo a

if you're looking for any stats, information, or opinion on the last quarter of a century, the bbc sport website has it all. they also carried out a vote for the best goal in premier league history. the winner was this one from dennis bergkamp for arsenal against newcastle on 2nd march 2002. goodnight. that is bergkamp. what a goalfrom dennis bergkamp. turned him inside out. slid the ball past shay given. the headlines on bbc. brexit secretary, david davis, says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu for when the uk leaves. india's prime minister leads celebrations marking the seventieth anniversary of the country's independence from britain. rail fares will go up by 3.6% injanuary — the biggest increase for 4 years. passenger groups say commuters will be worst—hit. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. the northern ireland blood transfusion service has apologised to 120 members of the indian community who were turned away from gi

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. ve more in the next hour. you can see reaction from being named when over south africa at the 0val, as well. well, thank you very much. see you a little bit later. you are watching bbc news. let's talk a little bit more about our main story. british gas says it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. its owner centrica says electricity prices will increase by 12.5% from the 15th of september. 3.1 million customers will be affected. but the company's gas prices will be held at their current level. ian conn the chief executive of british gas's parent company, centrica. he explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. we do agree that over the last few yea rs we do agree that over the last few years since we dropped our electricity prices the last time, wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on the typical bill but we've seen these other factors of transmission and distribution costs and ener

with the rest of the day's sport, here's katherine downes at the bbc sport centre.test against south africa. they were bowled out for 362 and james anderson took four wickets at his home ground, old trafford, to hold the tourists to 220—9 at the end of the day's play. patrick gearey was watching. you can't visit this old trafford without being reminded of the other the sporting season's already beginning to change. come next weekend, the traffic will be heading to the other end of warwick road. but back at the cricket, the pace was premier league. wickets, runs, jonny bairstow providing the latter, holding england together. 90 minutes played, he was 99. focus, one more. 0h, played, he was 99. focus, one more. oh, johnny, we're sorry. more importantly, he got england to 362. now, james anderson bowling from the james anderson and ends, christened with his third ball today. england had three by tea. temba bavuma built for a while, same results, no faf du plessis out, the game fast forward, jimmy with the controls. this was one of those spells, brilliance and nonchalan

david grammaticus, bbc news, brussels. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.world number seven, yohanna konta, out in the first round of the us 0pen losing to serbia's aleksandra krunic. in the men's draw, jo wilfried tsonga produces 38 winners as he sees off romania's marius copil. and barcelona show off their new signing, 0usmane demebele, who becomes the second—most expensive footballer in history. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that world number seven, yohanna konta, has been knocked out of the us open in the first round. the briton who was also seeded seventh had high hopes in the year's final grand slam in new york, having made the semi—finals at wimbledon just last month but 24—year—old serbian, aleksandra krunic, had other ideas. konta took the opening set but struggled in the next two as krunic, ranked 78th in the world, made itjust a second ever win

let's go to the bbc sport centre to find out more. steve wyeth is in the bbc sport centre.ften, in fact it is not often until the draw is made that the real reality ofjust how competitive european football's .com petition as becomes apparent, and once again there are some tantalising ties to look forward to, not least the reigning champions real madrid. they might have anticipated a favourable door, but instead they look to be in the toughest group of the lot. they are joined by borussia dortmund and totte n ha m joined by borussia dortmund and tottenham hotspur. a mouthwatering licking group there. two of the most exciting teams in all of europe, manchester city and natalie, they have been drawn together in group f. those are two games that i will be looking out for. and liverpool, they will be satisfied with their return to the champions league group stage, because they have been paired with spartak moscow because they have been paired with spa rtak moscow and because they have been paired with spartak moscow and malabar, two of the lowest ranked teams in the competition.

kick off for that match will take place at 4pm with live coverage on bbc radio five live and the bbc sporte yet, but we will be watching that very soon indeed! and now to some of the other stories this afternoon. a crew member has been found dead and two others are missing after two boats collided and one sank off the west sussex coast. the boats collided about two miles off the coast of shoreham. a fourth person was rescued and taken to hospital. coastguards are carrying out searches between worthing pier in the west and brighton in the east. our correspondent simon jones is there for us. what is the latest? the searches are continuing for those two men missing, presumed to be in the water, the search has been ongoing since six club this morning when a passing fishing boat —— six o'clock this morning when a passing fishing boat spotted a man who was clinging to a buoy. he said that the boat it was on sunk, but it is not clear what happened. we can speak to the coast guard, what is happening? we are reviewing the search we have done so far, it has been very extensive, two helicopters and f

a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with tulsen tollett.in london. great britain won two more relay medals tonight, meaning they met the target of six set for them by uk sport. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. the smiles of britain's young relay quartet were infectious. it may not be the amp and everyone wanted to hear, but it sounded just perfect. —— anthem. the future queen of british athletics is laura muir. tonight she was in the 5000 metre final, an unfamiliar distance for her, along with mccolgan. enough for gold. muir, sixth, mccolgan, 10th. it gold. muir, sixth, mccolgan,10th. it was always going to be a big ask. but there are more opportunities tonight for england. could they hit the target they wanted yesterday? britain took 0lympic bronze in the four x 400 metre relay in rio last year. the usa could take some beating, though. but whenjamaica's injury struck yet again... and hamstring or something... silva was in their sights. —— silver. emily dymond took it home. the seventh successive world medal in the event for

that's hand over to our bbc sport colleague. wait. neither can we.and back from the line. an anti—climactic start. crowd b00. the characteristic reaction from the crowd to anything they don't like. 0h, crowd to anything they don't like. oh, to be here on this day. mo farah sets out in those first nervous steps. we are all watching and all hoping that he can deliver but it is going to be tough, it is going to be hard. the 10,000 metres was hard, in mo farah‘s words, the toughest race of my life. and now he has to come back mo farah‘s words, the toughest race of my life. and now he has to come back and do it again and right from the beginning, we can see the tempo thatis the beginning, we can see the tempo that is going to be set from the beginning. the olympic silver medallist hits the front. he has medallist hits the front. he has decided he is going to make them run for their money. he decided he is going to make them run fortheir money. he is decided he is going to make them run for their money. he is going to keep it going. it is the only way that

sport now, and for a full round up, we go to the bbc sport centre.ics champion ships in london, following a dramatic night for great britain's athletes. let's ci’oss for great britain's athletes. let's cross live to the london stadium, where jessica is cross live to the london stadium, wherejessica is there. what a night! exactly, a night of drama on the track behind me here at the london stadium, and everyone was kind of expecting that golden goodbye for mo farrah and usain bolt, but it was not to be. instead, it was the exploits of four young british men in the four by 100 metres relay that gave sheer joy to in the four by 100 metres relay that gave sheerjoy to the british fans. the quartet put the last run in a great position for the final leg. mitchell blake held off american christian cullen, and the crowd erupted to celebrate a truly fantastic performance. joy for the british men, but it wasn't the end to usain bolt‘s track career that he would have wanted. his final race ended with him crumpled in pain on the track. his career over with eight

with all the sport , here's john watson at the bbc sport centre.red for good after victory over conor mcgergor in their super fight in las vegas. despite appearing in his first professional boxing bout, mcgregor lasted until the tenth round. as richard conway reports. 50 wins and no defeat. with many believing this fight to be a mismatch, floyd mayweather was made to work in confirming his position as one of boxing's all—time greats. a sense of hope and excitement for mcgregor‘s prospects have built with irish fans turning this desert city green. if you can land on his left hand shot, he can do it. floyd mayweather was not without support as well. 49, it is going to be 50 tonight. it your money where your mouth is. when the bell rang for the first round, it was mcgregor who came with all guns blazing. the irish man had claimed that he was ready to shock the world. an upset looked possible but the speed and skill rounded the irishman darren. mcgregor was in deep trouble. he was reduced to clinging to the ropes for survival. the end soon followed for

and details of the day‘s other sports stories are on the bbc sport website, including an england victoryries on the bbc news channel. that‘s all from me. goodnight. hello, this is bbc news. the papers very shortly with tomorrow‘s front—page headlines. but first, let‘s take a look atjobs. with the average person taking on 11 jobs during their career, it seems the idea of a "job for life" is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. but with different employers come different pension pots — and that can make keeping track of your finances rather confusing. so — as moneybox presenter, louise cooper, has been finding out — the government is looking to simplify things. we have in front of us all your pensions paperwork... 55—year—old john from newbury has had eightjobs since he started work at the age of 20. he knows he‘s paid into a variety of pensions but keeping hold of all the paperwork has been a problem. as i was reaching 55, i decided to review my pension situation. it was then that i realised i know very, very little about mys pensions except for the fact i had one big pension when i

and the bbc sport website.rd to that. let‘s get more on the government considering new measures to tackle the dangerous use of laser pens. we can speak to former pilot chris hammond — now spokesman for the british airline pilots association balpa — you have had one of these into your eye, what was it like? good morning. it's eye, what was it like? good morning. it‘s very disconcerting, it happens at the late stage in the approach into gatwick, at night, obviously most of them at night, mostly. it‘s distracting, basically. we look outside all the time because you see lights, aircraft lights and then you see another light, we are attracted to it straightaway because it might be an aeroplane and it‘s not, it‘s a laser pen and by the time you have seen it it is too late, it‘s got your eye line and you are possibly blinded four minutes. do you regret a recovering —— do you get an a cunning sensation after you have gone past it or it has switched off? yes indeed, it‘s like looking at a light bulb, not that i recommen

, here's katherine downes at the bbc sport centre. here's katherine downes cricket. england's batsmen have been struggling in the gloom in manchester — they've been losing wickets aplenty on this third day of the final test against south africa but they do have a healthy lead, despite the rain. patrick gearey has been watching. lead, despite the rain. pulses lead, despite the rain. of energy moving the game onto pulses of energy moving the game onto england's and table with south africa left on the platform. england we re africa left on the platform. england were 136 runs further down the track in the first innings but soon hit the buffers. the game finally slowed. for a time it revolved around jennings. fighting for the i’u ns around jennings. fighting for the runs that might keep him in the team against the flaws that might condemn him. he could not help himself. test cricket is a ferocious beast. england four damn. for reassurance they looked to the still angelic face of their captain, joe root. right now the nearest there is to guarantee of runs. look at

alistair leithead, bbc news, nairobi. with all the sportre. thanks very much. good evening. there have been plenty more goals on the opening weekend of the new premier league season and a few surprising results. match of the day follows the news so if you don't want to know what happened, you know what to do. chelsea had a nightmare start to their title defence. two men sent off and defeat to burnley at stamford bridge. new club captain gary cahill was shown a straight red early in the first half but burnley were ruthless, sam vokes scoring twice in their 3—2 win. i don't think many would have given us i don't think many would have given usa i don't think many would have given us a chance today, we came here with the game plan, we have to with some of his clubs but that sending off makes a difference but i was pleased with the way we responded, we got some very good goals. we were not expecting this but i was pleased with the mentality of the players and we saw that through. it is a fantastic three points. newly—promoted huddersfield town a

live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today. a tough start to their defence for real madrid. unfinished business: zlatan ibrahimovic agrees to rejoin manchester united. and bowing out with a victory: four—time olympic champion mo farah wins his final race on the track. welcome to programme. the elite of european football now know who they'll face in the group stage of the champions league. they don't come much bigger than holders real madrid, who are part of what looks the toughest group. joining the spaniards in group h are german powerhouse borussia dortmund, and tottenham, runners—up in the premier league in may. monaco went all the way to the semi—finals last season,

live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today.ing up: reaction to the champions league draw, including a tough start to their defence for real madrid. unfinished business: zlatan ibrahimovic agrees to rejoin manchester united. and bowing out with a victory: four—time olympic champion mo farah wins his final race on the track. welcome to programme. the elite of european football now know who they'll face in the group stage of the champions league. they don't come much bigger than holders real madrid, who are part of what looks the toughest group. joining the spaniards in group h are german powerhouse borussia dortmund, and tottenham, runners—up in the premier league in may. monaco went all the way to the semi—finals last season, as well as winning the french title, and they'rejoining in group cheaper champions league debutants, rb leipzig. manchester city and napoli look the favourites to qualify from group f, although city's director of football doesn't think it's quite that straight forward. they are always able to be a good team

that's all of the sport, you can get more on those stories on the bbc sport website.r. all of the business news coming up in the next 30 minutes. before we get to the other stories, it's worth telling you, a couple of comments coming in from berlin in the last few moments from the german chancellor angela merkel, she has been talking about the ratcheting up of words between the us and north korea. what is interesting to see is that angela merkel is saying, in essence, trying to dampen tensions and rhetoric, really. angela merkel saying, iam and rhetoric, really. angela merkel saying, i am fully convinced that there cannot be a military solution in the career conflict. it can only be brought about by the permanent work of the un security council and the close co—operation of the affected companies mag cover countries, like the us, china and south korea. she says germany will support any non—military solutions to this current conflict, and those comments are very striking. not the first time germany has made those kinds of comments in the last week. this is all coming b

and for a full round—up, let‘s cross to the bbc sport centre.three of this day—night test alastair cook was the star for england. his mammoth innings of 2113 — with some help from west indies fielders, pushed england towards 514 for 8 declared in theirfirst innings. as the natural light faded, james anderson removed opener craig brathwaite. west indies will resume this afternoon trailing by a70 runs, with nine wickets remaining. tottenham have signed defender davinson sanchez from ajax in a reported club record £112 million deal, subject to a medical and a work permit. the colombia centre—back has agreed a six—year deal and will be the premier league club‘s first summer signing. liverpool have rejected a third offer from barcelona for phillipe coutinho. it‘s understood the latest offer for the brazilian midfielder is in the region of £114 million. the club has already rejected two bids from barcelona. they insist coutinho won‘t be sold, despite his transfer request. in the lunch—time kick—off today, manchester united travel to swansea. liverpool

bbc news. hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.e us open defending women's champion angelique kerber is out after being beaten in the first round byjapan's naomi 0saka. arsenal reject a bid of $65 million from manchester city for chile forward alexis sanchez. and west indies batsman shai hope breaks records as his side beat england in a thrilling second test in leeds. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from day two at the us open and the shocks keep on coming. defending women's champion angelique kerber has been beaten in the opening round by japan's new york raised naomi 0saka. the german's serve was broken with blistering returns like this from 0saka, who then went on to again break on match point and claim a 6—3, 6—1win and a first

let's crossed the bbc sports centre. stay. —— for sportsday. hello there.ster at the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday, and this is what's coming up on the programme... it's going to be a farewell for farah. his last race for a global gold. will it the be a golden goodbye for bolt? it's the relay, then retirement. and, with six finals tonight, katarina johnson—thompson gets a second chance to make it onto the podium. i'm lizzie greenwood hughes. also coming up in the programme... the defeated champions — chelsea are beaten by burnley in their opening game of the season. but it's terrific for the terriers. promoted huddersfield beat crystal palace 3—0. good evening. and what an evening gets going to be on the ninth day of these world athletics championships, on the penultimate evening. two figureheads of atheltics will be leaving the sport tonight. 29 world championship and olympic golds between them. we have about three hours before usian bolt bows out of the sport, and in the next two hours, mo farah is due to cross the finish line in the 5

you can keep up—to—date on bbc sport website this afternoon, the usual address. been arrested on suspicion of murdering a young boy in wythenshawe in greater manchester. police were called to a report of a incidentjust after midnight, and discovered the body of the youngster when they entered the property. officers also learned that a man and a woman had left the house to go to hospital. the woman is being treated for serious injuries in hospital while the man is being questioned in custody. police were called to a previous domestic incident at the home two days ago. that is the only information we have so that is the only information we have so far. police have arrested a man on suspicion of aggravated burglary after an elderly woman was badly beaten in lancashire. the 88—year—old was asleep at her home in chorley in the early hours of saturday morning when she was woken by a man who attacked her and demanded money. swiss officials have called off a search for eight people missing since a huge landslide struck near the border with italy on wednesday, acknowledgi

sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sports centre with, i had to doa the bbc sports centre withith the up to. i like it! thank you, i have gone for something different this evening. the action is under way at the evening session at the world athletics championships in london, but before the competition started, there were a couple of gold medals awarded, and a notable contrast in crowd reaction at the london stadium for the athletes receiving them. 0lly foster is there for us. 0lly, we saw cheers for a british heroine, and then boos for the 100 metre champion. yes, we certainly did. justin gatlin who has served two doping bans down the years, one of them was an eight—year ban which was reduced to four, he also served a one—year ban backin four, he also served a one—year ban back in 2001. after the extraordinary 100 metre race when he w011 extraordinary 100 metre race when he won the world title 12 years after his last, and beating usain bolt into bronze. christian coleman taking silver in that race. there was a mixed reaction tojustin gatlin getting that medal. lord coe handed o

you can follow the rest of the evening's action live on bbc two and on the bbc sport website.or is holding a news conference after the event their earlier today. we are in nation of immigrants. unless you are a native american, the first ships which came to jamestown, virginia, in 1607. since that time many people have come to our great country to unite us. come to our great country to unite us. our diversity, that mosaic tile of immigrants, is what makes us so special. and we will not let anybody come here and destroy it. so please go home and never come back. take your hatred and take your bigotry. there is no place. and if i can give you a piece of advice, use your time and energy to help people. come with wit to a homeless shelter. —— come with me. come with me to help a vetera n with me. come with me to help a veteran find a job or a place to live. that is what we need help on, to bring people together. i spoke to the president this afternoon, and we had a conversation, and i told the president that there has got to be a movement in this country to bring people together.

hello and welcome to the bbc sport centre, i'm leah boleto. diamond encrusted money belt, pride and hundreds of millions of pounds. that's what's at stake when conor mcgregor and undefeated champ floyd mayweather clash this weekend. the pair came face to face ahead of their fight which is set to be one of the most lucrative boxing matches in history with both fighters shying away from the typical exchange of insults. that's what it's really about. the best fighting the best. he's the best at what he do, i'm the best at what i do, but when it's all said and done, conor mcgregor is like myself. in an octagon, he's undefeated standing up. he can do a lot of this, i can do a lot of this, but it comes down to the skills. it comes down to us fighting and competing and giving you guys what you want to see. i will go out and perform. when you face a man you're about to fight, it's very hard to keep everything in check, you make mistakes and errors and you slip up, i'm only human. i think the whole lot of it, there's many ups and downs, it's nice to co

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly.nswered, can the mixed martial arts superstar, connor mcgregor, in his first pro—boxing match actually beat the greatest boxer of his generation, floyd mayweather? they are both going to earn a fortune in finding out, mayweather will make at least $200 million. macgregor about half that. the weigh—in overnight in vegas for the junior middleweight contest — that's an 11 stone limit — was raucous. thousands of irish fans have travelled to las vegas to get behind their man. mayweather at a0 is 11 years older, but is unbeaten and has come out of retirement looking for his 50th win. macgregor says the fight won't go the distance. that is the worst state i have ever seen that is the worst state i have ever seen in. he is blown out of shape andi seen in. he is blown out of shape and i will breeze through them, trust me on that. there was a lot of trouble you had making weight. how tough was it? i am a professional and a makeweight. the dissatisfaction and process and i make it and i am dissat

details of the day's other sports stories are on the bbc sport, website, stories are on the bbc sportg on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. further east there are some good spells of sunshine and whilst the cloud may build through the afternoon many places away from wales, south west england and northern ireland will stay largely driver much daylight hours, certainly a much improved today across northern ireland and scotland, temperatures 16 or 17 celsius up to 21, 22 for eastern england. outbreaks of rain overnight, parts of wales and northern ireland, mist and fog associated with that, namely driver northern england and scotland and i overnight overall than the one just gone. quite the humid and muggy night further south. this band of rain stretching across england and wales are up into monday night, fizzles out but persists across northern ireland, into western parts of scotla nd northern ireland, into western parts of scotland are north west england away from their edge be quite warm, highs of 22 cel

bbc news. time now for all the sports news in sport today.t today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: karim benzema scores as real madrid win the spanish super cup against barcelona 5—1 on aggregate. celtic put five past fc astana, as they all but secure a place in the group stage of the champions league. and kei nishikori is the latest player to rule himself out until next year after tearing a tendon in his right wrist. hello, and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. we start with the news that real madrid have beaten barcelona to win the spanish super cup, the annual preseason showdown between the league champions and the copa del rey winners. madrid led 3—1 from last week's first leg in barcelona, and the second leg was only four minutes old when marco asensio extended their overall lead. just before half—time, karim benzema made it 2—0 on the night, and that completed a 5—1 aggregate victory for the champions. it's the 10th time real madrid have won the spanish super cup and it's their fourth trophy of

it's currently on the red button, the iplayer and the bbc sport website — and is on bbc two from 11.15llo and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. slim pickings tonight. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and rowena mason, deputy political editor at the guardian. newlywed, congratulations. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the daily telegraph reports on calls for courts to treat asian gangs who groom white teenage girls as racially aggravated criminals. it follows the conviction of 18 people in newcastle yesterday. the independent has a photograph released by the north korean regime its story is about the standard of rented homes — it says millions of people are living in homes that contain serious safety hazards. the independent has a photograph released by the north korean regime appearing to show thousands of people rallying in the daily mail focuses on the contaminated eggs scandal, saying supermarkets are ‘scrambling' to clear the shelves of products that may have been affected. the tim

that's all from us here in the bbc sport centre.w to the london stadium, and re—join 0lly. more excitement? always. another packed night on the sixth day of. with the buzzing after seeing issac ma kwa la with the buzzing after seeing issac makwala qualify for the 200 metres semifinal. and we will show you that raise ina semifinal. and we will show you that raise in a moment. still plenty more to look forward to and we have been speaking about mo farah with christine 0huruogu. year three women qualifying also in the women's long jump. sara proctor —— shara proctor in beijing got a silver medal. she is hoping to relive some of those memories. jazmin sawyers, and lorraine ugen also going in that. still absolutely tipping down, that is what we can see there and very 5°99y is what we can see there and very soggy for the long jump over far side of the stadium. so shara proctor and coe will be hoping that they can nail a couple of decent distances to night to get through to the final. a couple of events up in the final. a couple of events

bbc news. that is it from me. it is time for the sports news in sport today.live from the bbc sport centre. here's what's ahead: tori bowie bags a godl in london — it's another world 100—metres win for the usa. glory for the home nation at euro 2017 — the netherlands are crowned women's football champions. and matsuyama's "brilliant 61" gives him the bridgestone invitational — on the final day. welcome to the programme. for the second night in succession, the 100—metres final delivered a shock in london. 24 hours afterjustin gatlin beat usain bolt, the women's race went to an americanm over the fancied jamaican. no medalfor elaine thompson — tori bowie won gold. here's ben croucher. after a ll after all the headlines in the men's 100 metres, sunday of was the turn of the women. thompson was favourite but

today, live from the bbc sport centre. on this programme: liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next week's second leg of their champions league play—off against hoffenheim. maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the first time since her drugs ban ended as she's given a wild card for this month's us open. and england and edgbaston preparing for their first day and night test match and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. —— pink ball. hello and welcome to the programme. let's start with the champions league this evening. five—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. it will continue living liverpool? jurgen klopp has two deal with this tonight. so me and eight —— suddenly they. alexandr other was not the obvious choice to step up, but he was magnificent on his debut. the road to victory is never smooth, and liverpool should have had more goals, both before and after half—time. although they would get a second, thanks to james milner‘s d