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the chinese super league has emerged asa the chinese super league has emerged as a possible destinationtwo chinese clubs are interested in signing the well star and that he could be paid £1 million a week there. he has three is in his contract in spain but was left out ina contract in spain but was left out in a match against bayern munich. include zinedine zidane that it would be better for everyone include zinedine zidane that it would be betterfor everyone if he leaves. in response his manager says it isa leaves. in response his manager says it is a decrease. he is statistically one of the best players of all time. but he clearly has no future there under zinedine zidane. a p pa re ntly apparently in montreal last week, perez made... it did not quite pan out. on wednesday he made a big play to zinedine zidane and some of the directors to try to convince him about giving him one more chance. sedan who has more power of the club since coming back and having to be persuaded to come back has been steadfast. i was surprised just how starkey made it as well. it's a rest day in the tour de

leaving for the chinese super league, the league leaders winning 4—1 with its barcelona spurs player,ng a hat trick, having won his first two league games. england and saracens told the bbc that he is going to make that his christian beliefs do not disrupt england's world cup plans. he was warned by the conduct after liking the homophobic social media posts. one of the stars the australian game was sacked. he was booed while playing towards the end of last season and he regrets the effect that it had on his team—mates. effect that it had on his team-mates. the only regret i would haveis team-mates. the only regret i would have is bringing my team—mates into disrepute. i addressed the group myself and i said that was done with that there and everyone knows where i stood and where i stand and i think but we had coming out of there was, it is unfair to bring everyone else into it, which is probably something that i didn't really think about. that is not something i want to have happen here either. i brought this on myself and i'm not going to hide the way from the fact that i did, but it

bale's not in the right frame of mind to play after real prevented him from moving to the chinese super leagueg feature —— bury‘s opening fixture against mk dons will not go ahead. bolton wanderers opening match against wycombe wanderers, also in doubt, that will go ahead. bolton has been in administration since the middle of may, proposed takeover of the club is not complete. but the game will be played as scheduled on saturday. now it's time for some of the day's other stories. andy and jamie murray have been training together ahead of their doubles partnership at the washington 0pen. the brothers will face edouard roger—vasselin and nicolas mahut in their opening round match tomorrow. the tournament will be andy murray's fourth since having hip resurfacing surgery injanuary and his first on a hard court. he won the queens doubles title with feliciano lopez injune. exeter wing jack nowell is highly unlikely to feature in england's first world cup warm—up match against wales a week on sunday. he's returned home from england's training camp in italy for a routine medical assessment as he conti

the chinese super league has emerged as a possible destination for gareth bale, who's set to leave real madrid. two chinese clubs are reportedly interested in signing the welsh star with wages around a million pounds a week. bale has three years on his contract in spain. but he was left out of their pre—season match against bayern munich and coach zinedine zidane said it would be best for everyone if he leaves. bale has won four champions league titles with the la liga champions, but he clearly has no future there under zidane. apparently, in montreal last week, gareth bale was basically hired as a vanity project is successive to ronaldo, and it didn't pan out like that, but in wednesday he made a big play with the zinedine zidane to try and convince him to give him more chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more power chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more power at the club since being persuaded to come back, has been steadfast. i was surprised at how stop zinedine zidane made it

pulled out of real madrid's pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super leagueod bale is not in the right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. daniele di rossi was officially introduced as a boca juniors player on monday. the 36—year—old former italy international — who left roma in may after 19 years with the club — has signed a 12—month contract with the argentinian club. he's expected to make his debut for boca in next month's copa argentina tie against almagro. former manchester united and france defender patrice evra has announced his retirement. the 38—year—old confirmed that he would now move into coaching. evra made almost 700 appearances for eight different clubs, including monaco and juventus over two decades. his honours included winning five premier league titles, two serie a titles and one champions league. we're more than three years away from the 2022 fifa world cup in qatar but for many nations the long and ardous road to football's flagship event is already underway after asia got the bal

rafa benitez had enjoyed an unbeaten start to life in the chinese super league, at dalian yifang.st his first match on tuesday. a 4—1 defeat to guangzhou evergrande, ending his honeymoon period sincejoining from newcastle united. paulinho scored a hat—trick, evergrande go top. guangzhou r&f moved 5th in the table after their win over tianjin teda. eran zahavi with both of their goals in a 2—1win. all goals coming in the first half. let's bring you up to date, with some of the other sports stories today. 19—year—old dutch centre back matthijs de ligt is set to finalise a move to italian championsjuventus for nearly $85 million. the ajax player, one of the most coveted defenders in the game, had been linked with transfers to manchester united, psg and barcelona. kieran trippier is close to sealing a move to atletico madrid for $25 million. the england right back has been with tottenham, in the english premier league, since 2015 and has played more than 100 times for the club. the 28—year—old would become atletico's third major defensive signing of the summer. clarence seedorf has be

he had been expected to finalise a a three—year deal with chinese super league club jiangsu suning, worthut it now looks like he's staying at real madrid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. that's despite manager zinedine zidane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliot. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid, but chose to joinjurgen klopp's champions league winners. the england youth international can't turn professional though until his 17th birthday next april. meanwhile, liverpool have been beaten 3—0 by napoli in a pre—season game at murrayfield. napoli took the lead after a brilliant solo run and finish from italian international lorenzo insigne. arkadius milik then made it 2—0 before half—time, with napoli adding another in the second half. it's liverpool's third defeat in their last four pre—season games. arsenal's preparations for the new season also took a bl

gareth bale could be latest player attracted by the riches of the chinese super league with the welshmand although zinedine zidane says it was bale‘s decision not to play on sunday against bayern munich. daniel ricciardo‘s former manager is claiming he's owed more than $11 million from the formula i driver in unpaid earnings. glenn beavis says he's due money from ricciardo‘s contract with renault, but the australian's lawyer said there was no merit‘ in the claim. defending champion geraint thomas won't compete against his team ineos leadership partner egan bernal in the final week of the tour de france. thomas lies second, 95 seconds behind frenchman julian alaphilippe. i'm sure it's really a big honour to be in yellow during the tour. so we change the plan and we defended. i'd give everything every day. like you see, i don't go in the breakaway now. eye ride like the leader of the tour de france. so i don't know what will happen in the next day, but for sure i will continue to defend the joe zee. anthonyjoshua's promoter thinks the former world heavyweight champion shouldn't be fighting

bale's not in the right frame of mind to play after real prevented him from moving to the chinese super league club hasn't produced the outstanding information it requires to show how they'll be funded moving forwards. the efl says bury will now be referred to an independent disciplinary panel. meanwhile bolton wanderers opening match against wycombe which was also in doubt will be going ahead bolton have been in administration since the middle of may, with a proposed takeover of the club still not complete. but the efl says it's satisfied after a meeting that the necessary requirements will be met so the game will be played as scheduled on saturday. and st helens head coach justin holbrook is expected to be named the new coach of the gold coast titans in australia's nrl within the next 24 hours. holbrookjoined saints in 2017 and guided them to a first challenge cup final in 11 years after they beat championship side halifax on saturday. the club are also 10 points clear at the top of super league. holbrook‘s expected to see out the rest of this season with saints. that's all the sport for now

he is under contract until 2022 but is now linked with moves to the chinese super league perhaps.g two clubs are interested with speculation he could earn £1 million a week if he wants to. there is speculation around buying munich, paris saint—germain, tottenham and manchester united. premier league interest will always be there but it is up to gareth bale. and his manager has pointed out, that zinedine zidane is a disgrace and shows no respect for the player who has done so much for real madrid. they are working on a few possibilities. gareth is a real madrid player but if he does leave, it will be his own decision and not zinedine zidane's. so he has a choice, sit tight at zinedine zidane or go for a huge amount of money. now to another superstar who may well be leaving their club — paul pogba. he's been linked with a move away from manchester united, not least because of what both the midfielder and his agent have had to say over the last few weeks. however, on their preseason tour in singapore, his current teammate juan mata says he hopes pogba stays. we all know paul and he i

madrid to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit over $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real. heard of the board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking was made famous by iceland fans of you know 2016 but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than $83000.00 were there in koala before kick off they performed the traditional celebration. malaysia's football league claims it's a new national record for the country's biggest vikings. most sport coming up from us again. and that's the news hour but before we go every miner you can always find much more on our website all the day's top stories sports and features that dot com. said for the team here and there for this news hour but don't go away i'll be back in just a moment. 0101 must investigate illegal loggers a plundering some of cambodia's long stream aiming saw is marking 2 years since the start of myanmar's military campaign that schools hundreds of thousands of lives into exile how you'll be in countr

bale had been expected to sign a three—year deal with chinese super league side jiangsu suning, whereuld have earned more than $1 million a week. let's return to our top story, a weekend of violent clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. laurie wen is a democracy advocate and she's been telling me about how the protests have developed over the last few weeks and the progress the protestors feel they've made in earlyjune, i didn't know a single person who thought, "if we marched, that would cause the government to withdraw the amendment to the extradition law," but we did it anyway. we didn't want to take it lying down. i think for most of us, it came down to a sense of very basic human dignity — to be able to tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. so, a million of us came out and marched, and a few days later we peacefully occupied the streets and the government responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. that was... of course we were enraged, and we organised another very big march four days after that to condemn police violence and two

the welsh footballer gareth bale could be on his way to the chinese super league from real madrid. say the move hasn't been finalised but is "very close". the deal could see bale earn £1 million a week. the england men's cricket squad to face australia in the ashes series has been announced and 24—year—old jofra archer has been included for the first time. jofra took 20 wickets during england's recent world cup—winning campaign. ben stokes has been re—appointed as the vice—captain. the first test starts on thursday at edgbaston. leeds rhinos have retained the women's challenge cup after defeating castleford tigers in bolton. it was a close encounter with the scores level at 10 points all at half—time. courtney hill ran in from 60 metres to seal a 16 points to 10 victory for leeds in what was the first of three games at the university of bolton today because... ..the two men's semi—finals were played afterwards. and it will be a st helens versus warrington challenge cup final at wembley. st helens thrashed halifax to continue their bid to win a domestic treble of trophies this seaso

the wales forward gareth bale is set to leave real madrid for a move to the chinese super league.ning a three—year—deal with jangsu suning. it's reported he will earn more than a million dollars a week. bale was real madrid's record signing when hejoined the club from tottenham in 2013 there was confusion at the world's biggest cycling race, the tour de france on friday, when the organisers stopped the race part of the way through the stage. the reason was a huge hail storm in the alps, which had made the mountain roads too dangerous to ride. 0ur sports correspondent ben croucher has the details. stage 19 taking place on friday, one of the big last couple of days in the alps. crucially for the main contenders, one of the last opportunities to go for the win of the race. about 20 kilometres before the end, at the ski resort of tignes, there was a hailstorm, and a snowstorm, and what that did is that flooded the roads and caused a landslide, blocking it so organisers were forced into the incredible decision of actually abandoning the race. it caused confusion amongst many of the rid

giants in a friendly against city rivals athletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning. it's a move that will apparently see him, earn a million pounds a week. arsenal have reached an agreement, to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe, from lille — in a deal worthjust over 70 million pounds. the deal is still to be finalised — but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season. and it's a big day of rugby league. the women's challenge cup final is already under way, 16—10 it's a repeat of last year's final as castleford play leeds — these are live pictures from the university of bolton stadium. 16-10 to 16—10 to leeds at the moment. and there's more live rugby league for you later today( with both semi—finals live on the bbc. warrington vs hull on bbc one at 2, followed by st helen's vs halifax on bbc two at 4. that is all for the sport from us for now. it's the hardest problem in technology and one that could cha

the champions of the chinese super league showing i.s.i. p.g. have been showing off their new star striker marco now to bitch ill if the premier league club west ham united for a $29000000.00 fee to play in china the austrian is being paid a reported $350000.00 a week by shanghai. there's a new leader of the tour de france after thursday's 6th stage the 1st in the mountains for this year's race belgian dillon t. and some of the bahrain merida team took the victory after the grueling 160 kilometer trick but the italian rider julio. grabbed the overall lead overall race leaders yellow jersey with a 6 seconds advantage over julian. ahead of sunday's british grand prix lewis hamilton has praised the decision to renew silverstone's contract through to 2024 and keep the race on the f one calendar feature of the event had been in doubt with the sport's owners looking to take races to new circuits it's clear that from one can it really exist without. sports which is the british crown prince so. really really happy i think it's great for the for the fan

11 off the extra time and so it went to a penalty shoot out one for 3 the champions of the chinese super league shanghai aside p.g. have been showing off the new star striker mark or are now out of it she left premier league club west ham united for a $29000000.00 feeds a plane china the austrian is being paid a reported $350000.00 a week by shanghai brazilian pay oscar and hope are among the club's other big name imports. there's a new leader of the tour de france after thursday's 6th stage the 1st in the mountains for this year's race belgian dillon t. and some of the bahrain merida team took a victory after the grueling 160 kilometer trick but the italian rider julio chikane grabbed the overall race leader's yellow jersey with a 6 seconds advantage over julian a left leap ahead of sunday's british grand prix lewis hamilton has praised the decision to renew silverstone's contract through to 2020 for the future of the race on the f one calendar had been in doubt with the sport and is looking to take races it's a new circuits it's clear that from one really exists without. of spores which is th

is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he was set to work over $1200000.00 a week however the transfer has been blocked by around madrid after their board dana transfer fee insufficient file now looks set to stay despite the fact the royals manager's in against it and saying publicly very long that wanted the player at the club. some great pictures and sounds from the malaysia f.a. cup final what a world record was broken by the fans more than 3000 in kuala lumpur before kickoff and they did a viking class made famous for icing that year a $26.00 thing. in my history when they use but will the claims it set a national record for the country's biggest viking club. imagine how big the world record is all swimming australia has then are trying to cover up one of its athletes filing a doctor to shine a jack tested positive for a banned substance 2 weeks before the world championships in south korea but the news only broke on saturday in our east taking the substance knowing the strain has had some encouraging since they were bound by strict rule

madrid to chinese club junk sunning is all from the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit at over 1200000 dollars a week however the transfer has been blocked by real madrid of the bay board dean the transfer fee insufficient bail no look set to stay. and out of some great pictures and sounds from the malaysia f.a. cup final where a woold record was broken by the fans more than 83000 were there in koala lumpur and before kick off they did a viking club made famous by ice when the euro 2016. malaysia's football league claims its state of national records of the country's biggest viking. and that's all the sport for me more coming up again later phil to thank you very much for this news hour on al-jazeera from me fully back to bill and i'll take the high end watching live from london next. i've been looking at your instagram account and reading takes into the apples fall behind the scenes base is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president everyone laughed at them everyone has a voice the best chance the democrats have to beat don

keep your eye on the goalkeeper in black, who plays for beijing renhe in the chinese super league.des. stay with bbc world news. hello. well, after a fine end to the weekend, the forecast for monday is looking pretty decent across most of the uk. a lot of sunshine in the forecast. however, the week ahead is going to be quite changeable. i think many of us, at one point or another, will get at least a little bit of rainfall. now, here's the latest satellite picture, and clouds are gathering just to the north—west of the uk, in fact, streaming in into ireland right now, so that means that the skies will be pretty hazy across some western parts of the uk. and the high pressure is moving away and giving way to these weather fronts here in the atlantic. but the high pressure will be back later on, once these weather fronts push through. so the forecast on monday morning, then — a lot of hazy weather there first thing across many western parts of the uk, but i think it'll start off clear across much of scotland, eastern and southern parts of the uk. in fact, pretty chilly very early in t

madrid to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit over $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real madrid of the board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking was made famous by iceland fans at unit 2016 but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than 83000 were there in koala lumpur and before kick off they performed the traditional celebration. malaysia's football league claims its fate and new national record for the country's biggest viking clapp. most sport coming up from us again later we'll see you then. and before we go we can take you to gilroy and savages these are live pictures from there where a shooting has taken place and 11 people have been reported injured some seriously to stay with us so head raman will be here with all the latest and more of the day's news every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the mo

gareth bale will not be moving to the chinese super league after his spanish club, real madrid cancelled leaving" but he is now set to stay at teh spanish club. great britain has won the men's ax100m medley relay at the world aquatics championships. james guy, luke greenbank, duncan scott and adam peaty set a new europena record. it was peaty‘s thrid gold of the championships. and it has been an eventful german grand prix in the rain. in the last few minutes chales leclair, who had just moved up to second place, has crashed n to eh rbarriers while hamilton who started on pole also carashed has just broken his front wing and had t head to the pitsw whre ether was lot of confusion hamilton has dropped down to 5th place. plenty more on that in the next hour for you. roads and rail lines have been closed in north—west england because of flooding, after half a months worth of rain fell in 2a hours. cars have been left stranded on roads in stockport, and sections of the m60 motorway in greater manchester were temporarily shut following heavy rain. the met office has issued a yellow weather war

pulled out of real madrid's pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super leaguetuesday in germany. it is understood the welsh winger is not in the right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. and we're always on the lookout for what's wild and wacky in the world of sport. and although tenuously linked to sport perhaps, from the south of spain here's one of the more bizarre spectacles you'll see today. this is the greasy pole game locally known as 'cucana'. competitors have to try and run up 6 metre long slippery pole — in order to try and claim flags for money. if you fail — you fall into the sea below. a few got close, not this guy obviously. although this dude was inches away, but no one managed it this year — perhaps because organisers decided to make the pole longer. size clearly matters in the world of cucana. from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. and there i was thinking a greasy pole was a uk politics thing. lets talk through our topic of the day, facebook. an investigation commissioned by

madrid to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit for $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real madrid after their board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking clapp who was made famous by eyes. but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than $83000.00 with. before kickoff they did a viking clap made famous by iceland euro 26 the. malaysia's football league claims its it and national record for the country's biggest viking play. that's all the sport of hand you back to merriman london lovely peter thank you very much well that wraps up the news hour but of course as always our web site al-jazeera dot com for the latest on our top stories but also analysis that that takes you behind the top stories i will have a full bulletin for you in just a couple of minutes time i will be back very shortly stay with us right now. in one lifetime we cannot see everything with our own eyes to provide testimony we would know very little witness documentaries that open your e

the welsh footballer gareth bale will not be moving to the chinese super league, after real madrid cancelledwas "very close to leaving", but the 30—year—old is now set to stay at the spanish club hejoined in 2013. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of another defeat for england's women in the ashes series against australia, and victory for south korea'sjin—young ko in the latest golf major the evian championships. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, this is bbc news. a man has been rescued after he got trapped in rocks saving a toddler from the water as the tide came in on the norfolk coast. firefighters cut through the rock at sheringham's east promenade to free the man after four hours. at one point he was up to his neck in water and forced to use a breathing apparatus. whether you're jetting off with the grandparents or sunbathing with the in—laws, it seems that more of us are going on holiday with our wider family members. for some, it's about cost, for others, childcare. but most say that family trips are a great

giants in a friendly against city rivals athletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super leagueave reached an agreement, to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe, from lille — in a deal worthjust over 70 million pounds. the deal is still to be finalised — but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season.

could gareth bale be about tojoin the chinese super league for a million pounds a week?. a convicted paedophile who accused some of the uk's highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51—year—old carl beech — who was known by the pseudonym nick — claimed he was sexually abused in the 19705 and ‘80s. among those he accused were the former prime minister edward heath, the former chief of the defence staff lord bramall, the late lord brittan and the former tory mp harvey proctor. his allegations led to a £2 million police investigation. but the court heard he was a fantastist who'd ruined people's lives. june kelly reports from newcastle crown court. in hours of police interviews he played the part of a victim. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. carl beech claimed he'd suffered years of sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he'd witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. but the stories were false, the

featured in a friendly against city rivals atletico last night but is expected to join the chinese super leagueshed 7—3 in that friendly in the unted states. former chelsea striker diego costa had an eventful evening — he scored four goals. but he then let his temper get the better of him, and he was sent off after a tangle with dani carvajal — the real man was also red—carded. and arsenal have reached an agreement with lille to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe. the deal, worthjust over 70 million pounds, is still to be finalised — but is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. pepe scored 22 goals last season. there was disappointment for british swimmer ben proud as he could only finish fifth in the final of the 50 metre freestyle at the world championships in gwangju. but it's been another day of success for the golden boy of american swimming caeleb dressel — he won three golds in one session to take his overall tally to six this week. earlier i spoke to mark foster and rebecca adlington, who have been following the action for the bbc all this week. michael phelps kind

giants in a friendly against city rivals atletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league that will apparently see him earn £1 million a week. arsenal, meanwhile, have reached an agreement to sign the ivory coast winger nicolas pepe from lille. the deal is worth just over £70 million, which arsenal will pay in installments. the 24—year—old scores 22 goals in france's top league last season, and the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. charles leclerc was fastest in the final practice for tomorrow's german grand prix. the ferrari driver finished just ahead of red bull's max verstappen at hockenheim. championship leader lewis hamilton ended the session in sixth. the world champion had his best time deleted for exceeding track limits. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. and they beat the same team — castleford — in the process. it was pretty close for a while, 10—10 before courtney hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go. 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. and both men's ch

he had been expected to finalise an extremely lucrative move to jiangsu suning in the chinese super leaguerid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. liverpool have won the race to sign the fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid but chose to join jurgen klopp‘s champions league winners. the england youth international cannot turn professional though until his 17th birthday, which isn‘t until next april. england‘s women are yet to win a game in their ashes series against austrlaia but they are putting up a fight in today‘s t20. after a record loss in the first t20 match last friday, they mustered 121—8 from their 20 overs at hove. but they have taken three australian wickets this afternoon — australia are 80—3 after 13 overs. they need 42 from their last 41 balls. australia have alread won the ashes series and have an unassailable 10 points to 2 lead in the multi format series. it may have been a long 2! stages but having e

he had been expected to finalise an extremely lucrative move tojiangsu suning in the chinese super leagueonfirmed that bale is staying at real madrid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. liverpool have won the race to sign the fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid but chose to join jurgen klopp's champions league winners. the england youth international cannot turn professional, though, until his 17th birthday next april. meanwhile, liverpool have been beaten 3—0 by napoli in a pre—season game at murrayfield. napoli took the lead after a brilliant solo run and finish from italian international lorenzo insigne. arkadius milik then made it 2—0 before half—time, with napoli adding another in the second half. it's liverpool's third defeat in their last four pre—season games. arsenal's preparations for the new season also took a blow this afternoon as they were beaten 2—1 by french side lyon at the emirates. the gunners ha

future has been in question and he has found a way out, he is set to leave spain and join the chinese super leaguen £1 million a week. it is all yet to be confirmed but sources close to him say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he has never seen a sir bradley wiggins says he has never seen a two difference as open as this years and he has never seen whether as crazy as it was yesterday. this was the scene at stage 19 which had to be abandoned because of a hill storm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of ace warning and the threat of landslides. all effort to date will be put behind him because he is in a position of strength and thomas may well be competing to finish on the podium alongside him. but he is the clear favourite to step onto the podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellow jersey. podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellowjersey. it is ironic in cycling that individuals are crowned yet they win thanks to the help of others and to date geraint thomas will work alongside him. perhaps if both are right there together, come the end of

wales forward gareth bale is set to move to the chinese super league.year deal. it is reported he will earn more than £1 million a week. time for the weather. new data has become available which shows at the peak of the heatwave on thursday temperatures reached 38.7dc at cambridge university botanic garden, this is a provisional recording, if the met office subsequently confirmed this, and verify this recording, it will be the highest temperature we have ever recorded here in the uk. the hottest day on record. that goes with these records that have been smashed over recent days in germany, belgium, netherlands and also luxembourg. it has an exceptional heatwave, has, because it has cleared out of the way now and instead this weekend we have low pressure in charge and this slow—moving weather front which will cause a few problems, we could see some localised surface water flooding building in, because the rain band is going to be heavy in places, and also slow—moving, so the rain we get will vary from place to place, but some areas, perhaps into scotland

the chinese super league emerges as a possible destination for real madrid's gareth bale as his agent of the government's emergency committee, cobra, to discuss iran's seizure of a british—registered oil tanker in the gulf. troops from the iranian revolutionary guard boarded the ship in the strait of hormuz on friday — after tehran said it was "violating international maritime rules". helped seize an iranian ship off gibraltar. our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. under a new flag. pictures released today show the swedish—owned but british—flagged tanker, the stena impero, flying an iranian flag. it's being held just off iran's strategic port of bandar abbas after a dramatic capture at sea on friday. this was iranian revolutionary guards fast—roping down on to her deck to take her over. only minutes earlier, this was the three—way radio exchange between the iranian guards, the tanker and a royal navy warship: the tanker was intercepted in omani waters by iranian forces operating out of nearby bases. the royal navy was too far away to intervene. the problem for the briti

defense and be in contention i'm on sunday rafael benitez has suffered his 1st loss in the chinese super league the spaniard now coaches dillion yet fact after stepping down as manager of english premier league side newcastle on tuesday he watched his team lose for want to get in swank shout ever grand result follow as big a test overseeing 2 victories. neymar has returned to training at p.s.g. for the 1st time since his unscheduled absence from the club side released this footage of the brazilian striker arriving for pre-season training a week late he wants to leave the french champions and p.s.g. who said he can go with an acceptable offer comes in neymar was signed for a world record feat of 250000000 dollars 2 years ago a few weeks ago paul pogba said he was ready for a new challenge away from manchester united or the club's record signing is still at united and is with the squad in australia head of a pre-season game against english 2nd tier team leeds. we have a strong team would players who want to give everything. there's always rumors speculations about money and i could play a sport w

and scored a big welcome for the latest big name arrival to the chinese super league peter has a detail a little later. how i once again more hot sunshine across the middle east no surprises here largely clear skies with a little more cloud over toward all the parts of pakistan a little more cloud to just sliding out of the caspian sea crusts towards the black sea have pushed way down across georgia or armenia azerbaijan is weak i want through the next couple of days mid forty's for baghdad and for kuwait city getting to around 30 celsius there in beirut $30.00 to $40.00 roos slim then warmer than that in aleppo over the next day also plenty of sunshine then as we go on into sas takes a few of those showers just spreading their way a little further southwards just around the caucuses but too much of the showers across iraq are potential little more clouds to the eastern side of me into that eastern side of saudi arabia pushing a little further south which might catch your spot of right i think it's more likely to evaporate before reaching the ground 45 celsius here in doha still quite a

he's set to leave the spanish giants and join the chinese super league side jiangsu suning, a move thate to the welshman say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he's never seen a tour de france as open as this year's, and he's never seen weather as crazy as it was yesterday. stage 19 had to be abandoned 20 kilometres from the end because of a hailstorm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of a severe weather warning and the threat of landslides. the chances of geraint thomas defending his title are all but over, however his ineos team—mate egan bernal now has the overall lead and is the favourite to win the title. all efforts today will be put behind bernal because he is in position of strength and thomas might be competing to finish alongside him on the podium. but now bernal is the clear favourite to step on the podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellow jersey. podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellowjersey. it's ironic in cycling that individuals are crowned but they win because of the help of others. today geraint thomas will w

year—old played in a friendly against city rivals atletico last night but is expected to join the chinese super leaguehed 7—3 in that friendly in the unted states. former chelsea striker diego costa had an eventful evening, he scored four goals for atletico. but he then let his temper get the better of him, and he was sent off after a tangle with dani ca rvajal. the real right back was also red—carded. south africa fought back against new zealand to claim a 16—all draw in the rugby championship. thanks to a herscheljantjies try in the 80th minute followed by a handre pollard conversion. south africa are now top of the table after the second round. this year's competition was shortened to three rounds due to the world cup in september, meaning south africa can win for the first time if they beat argentina in the final round next month. in the other round two game, australia bounced back from their heavy first round defeat by south africa, beating argentina 16—10 in brisbane. a reece hodge try was converted by christian lealiifano, who scored 11 points in his first test for three years after being diagn

one as you may have guessed there was no gareth bale for real madrid he's moved to the chinese super league collapsed earlier this week but coach sitting in the den says bell's absence here was not related. keratin travel with us because he didn't feel that well and i talked to the doctors and they said that the best thing is for him to stay in madrid he trains individually in madrid so that's a decision that we made all together with the doctors with me i would get it as well. u.s. women's team head coach jill ellis has announced she is stepping down ellis is the only coach to have won 2 world cups after leading the u.s. to victory in this year's tournament as well as 4 years ago other achievements include coaching the most games in u.s. women's national team history winning $102.00 of those along the way she was also named fee for world coach of the year in 2015 and this will officially step down in october 1 of cricket's oldest and most rivalries resumes on thursday as indian hosts a straight here in the 1st ashes test in birmingham that is if the great british summer weather doesn't rui

the footballer gareth bale could be on his way to the chinese super league, from real madrid.ose". reports suggest the deal could see bale earn a million pounds a week. the defending champion, wales' geraint thomas, is set to finish as runner—up, in this year's tour de france. with the largely ceremonial final stage to go, he's trailing colombia's egan bernal, riding in the same british team. patrick gearey has the latest. on top of the mountain, and on top of the world. egan bernal, a 22—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the third youngest winner in the history of the tour de france. born in the andes and crowned in the alps, bernal was followed all the way to the top by his countrymen, who had never seen a colombian win this race. bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his lead over the short and dirty seven mile course. last year's winner, britton's geraint thomas, and the rest of team ineos playing wingmen, protecting him from threats. like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julain alaphilippe was the chaser. but that takes a toll on these punish

he's set to leave the spanish giants, and join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning, a move confirmed, but sources close to the welshman say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he's never seen a tour de france as open as this year's, and he's never seen weather as crazy as it was yesterday. stage 19 had to be abandoned, 20 kilometres from the end because of a hailstorm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of a severe weather warning, and the threat of landslides. the chances of geraint thomas defending his title are all but over, however his ineos team—mate egan bernal now has the overall lead and is the favourite to win the title. joe root criticised the pitch at lords, after his england side skittled out ireland for the lowest ever test score at the famous old ground. root says the wicket was too much in favour of the bowlers as a topsy turvy test ended very badly for ireland, asjoe wilson reports. it's the hope — that's the problem. the beautiful, horrible hope. ireland were here to gate—crash cricket's establishment to win at lo

the chinese super league has emerged as a possible destination for gareth bale.ut of their pre—season match against bayer munich with their coach claiming it would be best for eve ryo ne coach claiming it would be best for everyone if gareth bale were to leave. in response, the player's agent has fired back saying the madrid coach is a disgrace for the way he has treated gareth bale. we understand two chinese clubs are interested and he could earn £1 million a week. danny cipriani's chances of being chances for the rugby world cup appear slim after he was left out of income's training squad. he had been named in eddiejones' official training squad for the tournament at the start of the month but his omission from the party travelling to italy, which is for reasons other than injury will be seen as significant. eddie hearn says there is a good chance anthony joshua's rematch eddie hearn says there is a good chance anthonyjoshua's rematch with andy ruiz chance anthonyjoshua's rematch with andy ruinunior will take place in cardiff. joshua lost all of his three heavy