ben ainslie, talking to me from our slowness — way.lie, talking to me from our slowness today. -- from - our slowness today. —— from barcelona. the men's rugby union domestic season gets under way in england tomorrow with a repeat of last season's premiership final between bath and champions northampton, while saracens get under way against gloucester on saturday, with new skipper mauro itoje looking to take inspiration from those who've captained him in the past. i have been very fortunate to play under great captains like 0wen, brad, alistair hargreaves, steve very briefly. and, yes, they have all been great, they have all been tremendous leaders. i guess from my point of view, i just want to be my authentic self, you know, to lead with energy, lead with excitement, lead by my behaviours and my actions. and, you know, since i have come back to the club, i have seen a whole new generation of the young, exciting players coming through. and i think this season, as people watch saracens play, they will get to know some of these young pla

ben ainslie there talking to our colleague, hugh ferriss. amazing how that all operates. sport news using the bbc sport website and app. that is where you will get all the latest results from the champions league. we had lots of action on thursday, so head to the bbc sport website and the bbc sport app to find out all the results. but for me and the rest of the team, have a lovely day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye. hello there. for some parts of the uk, there is a big change on the way weather—wise, particularly in the south, where on thursday we saw a lot of sunshine. temperatures in london got above 26 celsius. but we're watching this area of low pressure swirling up from the south, increasingly bringing some showers and thunderstorms over the next few days. and the rainfall is really going to accumulate. some spots could be looking at around a month's worth of rain from these intense downpours and thunderstorms — however, only really in the south. further north, it remains largely dry. the best of the sunshine across north—west england, northern ireland,

on wednesday, ben ainslie's boat ineos britannia qualified for the louis vuitton cup, the name givenproduce the team that will take on new zealand in the main event. and on thursday, italy's luna rossa joined them after completing a win over us boat america magic in barcelona. the italians lost in the america's cup series three years ago having beaten ainslie's team at the same stage they'll meet this year, so a rematch for the four time olympic sailing champion. luna rossa, a strong team, we know that and they've been in the game for 25 years now and they're very experienced and they have great technical team and ultimately, they have a faster package down in auckland and this time, what's different is, i think both of our equipment is much more competitive in a much better prepared i think as a team to such third generation or third attempt of the america's cup and each time we get better and better overall package and i think we can really take it this time. visually, it is a very interesting sight watching what appears to many to be a kind of of formula i car on the water. but wh

and the legend that is sir ben ainslie talks to us about moving another step closer to becoming the firstsh crew to win the america's cup. to becoming the first british crew it to becoming the first british crew does feel like we unpaid it does feel like we have a lot of unpaid potential on the boat. we got the potential to go all the way in this competition. —— untapped potential. welcome along, great to have you with us. harry kane then will win his 100th england cap tonight against finland at wembley in the nations league. kane made his debut in 2015 and is england's all—time leading scorer with 66 goals in 99 games. the bayern munich striker will become the first player since wayne rooney in 2014 to rack up a century of caps for england and he thinks there could be many more to come. i there could be many more to come. feel in really 5 both i feel in really good shape. i feel both physically and mentally at peak in my career. just watching other players, he is 901st goal, he was someone and him and messi were people i looked up to grown—up. as i was coming into the teenage years and i

england for first time in the one—day series against australia it's been a great day for skipper ben ainsliend his bid to win the america's cup with ineos brittania in barcelona there were winning starts for aston villa and liverpool yesterday in the opening round of champions league fixtures, there are six more matches this evening, two more british sides in action, we'll get to celtic park in a moment, but let's head to the etihad where manchester city take on inter milan, it's a repeat of the final two seasons ago, rodri's goal in istanbul seeing city becoming european champions for the first time. our sports correspodnent natalie pirks is at the game for us, natalie, they are english and italian champions and getting a match like this in the first phase of the competition is just why uefa they shook the format up. of course, over accusations of some of those group stages lacks real drama in the clubs wanted more high—profile matches and they certainly got their wish after repeated that 2a final in the early doors and good for fans. at this new format of 36 teams and one league rather tha

on board with ben ainslie in barcelona, as he reflects on the first day's racing in the louis vuitton i think that it's just the most amazing racing i've ever been a part of and wallows pretty stressful, is a huge amount of fun as well. of and while it was pretty stressful, it was a huge amount of fun as well. and as the super league's eliminators get underway, we'll hear from one of warrington wolves players. good evening, plenty coming up on sportsday, but let's start with some sport that's going on right now, englands cricketers are looking to force a decider in their one day—series against australia. the start of the fourth one—dayer was delayed at lord's by over two hours because of rain, and the match has been reduced to 39 overs each as a result, but england still posted 312. our sports correspodnent andy swiss has been watching. a soggy start meant more than two hour delay and once play finally did get going, been seen the man determined to make up for lost time. he got england off to a solid start before australia hit back, fill both falling in quick succession in england re—

the 37th america's cup continued in barcelona today with ben ainslie and the british ineous brttianiarace to the swiss team, with a lack of wind hindering the race. they may face new zealand in the event's showpiece. the scottish government is on the verge of agreeing a dealfor glasgow to host the commonwealth games in 2026. they were supposed to take place in victoria, australia, but the state pulled out last year because of rising costs. so it's scotland to the rescue — and for paralympic champion sammi kinghorn who's competed at three commonwealth games — that's welcome news. we that would be incredible. my first senior, international was glasgow 2014 and i think i came fifth or sixth and i would love to do one better in glasgow, that would be incredible. so glasgow in position to host the commonwealth games again, just as it did in 2014. but as our correspodent chris mclaughlin says, this is set to be a scaled down event featuring fewer sports. it has been a frantic few days in relation to the story. i'm told just last week the chances of this happening work 50/50 at best, things

the america's cup continues in barcelona with ben ainslie and the brittania team still needed one morema raducanu have both the name of the gbg for novembers pillaging cup finals for the brain qualified for the knockout stage courtesy of an unlikely winner of france on an indoor clay court in april. raducanu and bolso willjoin harriet dart and nickels in the squad can make as many as three changes until a day beforejb�*s first round match against germany. that is all the support from us for now. will have more later on. hello. on monday we had an area of high pressure establish itself without sunshine, here in the south we have the days highest temperature, up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. you'll notice a bit more the way of cloud storage and northwestward up cloud storage and northwestward up over the next few hours could see some splashes of rain working to shetland for a time for them quite breezy conditions here. watch out for a few mist and over the next few hours forming across parts of northwest england, wales the west midlands and southwest england to for the visibility c

but sir ben ainslie , is the captain ben ainslie, is the captain there for us, for great britain . therefar. so there's only italy now that we've got to get past. now the way it works, i'll try and explain as well as i can, is that we've gone through. we've beaten switzerland now in a semi—final. i just like how i say we now. i'm now part of this. ahoy there. so anyway, so they've beaten switzerland and now we'll face italy in the louis vuitton cup. okay. which suddenly made ellie's eyes open a little more and ears open a little more. and then whoever wins the louis vuitton cup will then go forward and then will face new zealand. have a look at this. we've got a little footage here, so we'll face new zealand in the america's cup final, which happens at the end of the month. hopefully we have a little we don't have any, we don't have any. >> what's the prize for winning the louis vuitton free handbag. >> you know what i think it probably could be i think there is there is a trophy, there is a trophy. but you know , it's going trophy. but you know, it's going to be a very expensive, well d

it's skippered by ben ainslie. the most successful sailor of all time. olympic medals.ah that's what they say. plenty aplenty. ahoy! there are plenty. so anyway it's going on at the moment. very dangerous. but i just thought those scenes there. >> yeah yeah good stuff . good >> yeah yeah good stuff. good pictures. got to be careful out there sailing. >> it looks very. yeah. >> it looks very. yeah. >> not much jib action okay i always love a bit of jib action itself . itself. >> that's jib action. just in case you're not doing that. >> bazball bhasha mukherjee. ahoy there. >> bye bye. >> bye bye. >> dup. >> dup. >> zigi your anchor. >> zigi your anchor. >> ahoy there. >> ahoy there. >> clare muldoon. scarlett mccgwire. they got the papers next. >> oh, gosh >> we're delighted to welcome clare muldoon and scarlett mccgwire back into the studio again to review the papers . and again to review the papers. and front page of the eye is talking about the grenfell tower report, which will be published today. this is the second report. clare, what do you think, >> long time comin

sir ben ainslie's team ineos britannia missed the chance to open up an advantage against italy, as theythe first to seven wins will progress to challenge current holders new zealand for the america's cup trophy. mark selby beatjohn higgins 10—5 to win his first british open snooker title. the four—time world champion showed signs of his best form as he claimed his first ranking title in 18 months. he picks up the £100,000 winner's cheque and the clive everton trophy in cheltenham. the trophy named after the legendary commentator who passed away yesterday. tadej pogacar has ensured he'll be remembered as one of the greatest male cyclists of all time by winning the road race at the cycling world championships. the world title means he's become the third man in history to complete cycling's triple crown — the giro d'italia, tour de france and world championship in the same year. stephen roche of ireland was the last to do it in 1987, and eddy merckx of belgium was the first in 197a. we know how tough it can be on your bike. over 160 miles and it took them five and a half hours. so here's c

it's ben ainslie with ineos. britannia and, they're going against their great rivals.'t make sense because i'm trying to make sense of this. the final of the louis vuitton cup, there was eight teams is now going to be ineos britannia. so great britain against luna rossa, prada, pirelli. guess who's sponsoring the italians this year? prada and pirelli. yes. good. you're more prada than pirelli. he's more prada than pirelli. he's more pirelli than prada. i think it's safe to say that's why we're a good team. but anyway, there's two races a day over the next week. first to seven will win the chance to not only win the louis vuitton cup, which i know ellie's more interested in the case that comes in than the actual cup itself. yeah, but whoever wins that will then go forward to go against new zealand for the america's cup, which would mean going since 1851 and britain have never won it great rivals. this against their great rivals. this is this is the semi—final. so today it starts now tell me if this doesn't make sense because i'm trying to make sense of this. the final o

ben ainslie, skipper of the british boat britannia, says it's good to see interest in the competition. there we go. of course the british open trophy, the clive everton trophy as it is now called he passed away at the age of 87. we are paying tribute to him, aren't we? commentators are part of the package. we need the players. commentators sometimes bring it to life. absolutely. you will probably recognise this voice. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! tributes have been paid to the renowned snooker commentator, clive everton, who has died at the age of 87. his hushed tones and reverential delivery made him the voice of the sport to millions of tv viewers — especially during the sports 19805 heyday. one person who knew him well is former snooker world champion, dennis taylor. hejoins us now. very good morning to you. i see a smile on yourface. is very good morning to you. i see a smile on your face. is that the way you will remember clive? is he one of those kind of people? goad of those kind of people? good morning. _ of those kind of people? good morning, charlie, _ of those kind of p

barcelona — and it's all square between ben ainsley�*s ineos britannia and italy's luna rossa, as they face each other for a place in the america's cup. in ainslie'sd from the off in the second and held on to make it 1—1. it's the first to seven with the next two races on saturday — should it go down to the decider in this series that would be on october 5th, this is a repeat of the last final in 2021 with the italians winning 7—1 — again, the defending america's cup champions emirates new zealand are waiting to face the winners. that will also take place in barcelona. england cricketers are back at lord's tomorrow for the fourth one—dayer against australia. they kept the series alive on tuesday, with a win two days ago at chester le street. they trail 2—1 with two to play. very big win, obviously in the context of the series, trying to keep it alive. once we were 2—0 down, we wanted to come back. we've tried to win the series 3—2. i don't think we look at it in terms of pressure, but house or game going? and we felt as though we were playing in the right way, the right fashion — you've got to stay true to your beliefs as a team and how you play a

ben aisnlie's brittania edged ahead in the best—of—seven contest winning the first race of the day, butjust as they did in yesterday's, luna rossa, skippered by ainslie'sn tomorrow. the eventual winner will face new zealand in the america's cup that starts on the 12th of october. records have tumbled in kanpur after india made up for lost time in the second test. two days had been lost to rain, but after bowling bangladesh out for 233, india's batters approached the fourth day like a t20 as they launched into bangladesh with some ferocious hitting, notching record after record after record. the first 50 came off three overs, a test record. yashasvyi jaiswal set the tone with a rapid 72. he was there as they reached 100 off 10.1 overs, another record. virat kohli and kl rahul kept up the run rate as india were also quickest to 150, 200 and 250 runs. they finally declared on 285—9 and picked up two wickets by the close as well, which means a result mightjust be possible on the final day. bangladesh trailing by 26 runs, with india looking to complete a 2—0 series win. hampshire will become the first county cricket side to come under foreign ownership. the