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a sting in the tail for crystal palace.re beaten at brentford — but perhaps could feel hard done by, in their season opener. a defensive horror show for hibernian as they help celtic into the quarter finals of the scottish league cup. also coming up on sportsday: winning the hundred in style. a six seals it for london spirit, as the women's competition goes right to the wire. honestly, what a moment for our team, to do it in front of a home crowd, the biggest crowd at lord's, such a special moment and i'm so proud of the girls. and a magic weekend indeed for hull kr, back on top in superleague, on the final day of the elland road extravaganza. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. and we start in the premier league, where manchester city rested several of their key players — but still came away with a relatively comfortable win against chelsea at stamford bridge. the blues, perhaps spoilt for choice with their new summer arrivals, failing to fire, as erling haaland's goal set the tone. adam cottier reports. the g

i simply don't know. _ there�*s also been a lot of speculation about crystal palace�*s defender marc l have to pay �*superstar money�* to get the england man. but palace manager oliver glasner was happy to play guehi today. i think everyone could see he is completely focused on crystal palace, on the game today, on the performance, and we will see what is going and what is coming up in the next two weeks. we going and what is coming up in the next two weeks.— going and what is coming up in the next two weeks. ., , ., ., next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? — next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as— next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as far _ next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as far as _ next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as far as you _ next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as far as you are - the moment? as far as you are concerned he will still be here at the end of the season? in concerned he will still be here at the end of the season?— concerned he will still be here at the end of the season? in the las

i think everyone could see he is completely focused on crystal palace on the game today.very good performance and let's see what is going... coming up in the next weeks. finally, no more. news about him? as far as you are concerned he will still be here for the season? two days we did not speak about transfers. we focused on the game, what it needs. so, no news. kylian mbappe made his la liga debut on sunday but it was quite a forgettable one for the french striker, as real madrid were held to a 1—1 draw away at mallorca. carlo ancellotti started with the same forward line that won the uefa super cup against atalanta in the week, with mbappe up front, flanked by viniciusjunior and rodrigo, withjude bellingham behind them. a fairly potent mix. mbappe had a few chances saved but it was rodrygo who gave them a first half lead. they created other chances but mallorca equalised from a corner with a powerful header from their kosovan striker, vedat veriqi. and just to compound real�*s lacklustre evening, their defender, ferland mendy, was sent off for a dangerous challenge. the

staying with the transfer market, and crystal palace chairman steve parish has said clubs must pay �*erstar money,�* as he addressed newcastle's pursuit of marc guehi. bbc sport understands that crystal palace have recieved a third bid of around £60 million for the england international, but parish believes the club does not need to be forced in to selling its best players. we would like to keep hold of it. there is a price at which end a situation at which where we might consider it. we had an interview where somebody said he was a superstar so we had to pay superstar money. home—grown, sensational talent, somebody has to make it difficult for us and at the moment it isn't. but it is not impossible. real madrid head coach carlo ancelotti says new star signing kylian mbappe could be in line to make his debut for the club tonight in the final of the uefa super cup against atalanta. the 25—year—old french forward previously said it was his childhood dream come true to join the european champions, after scoring 256 goals in 308 appearances for paris saint—germain. mbappe — who led his na

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staying with the transfer market, and crystal palace chairman steve parish has said clubs must pay �*t of marc guehi. bbc sport understands that crystal palace have recieved a third bid of around £60 million for the england international, but parish believes the club does not need to be forced in to selling its best players. we would like to keep hold of it. there is a price at which end a situation at which where we might consider it. we had an interview where somebody said he was a superstar so we had to pay superstar money. home—grown, sensational talent, somebody has to make it difficult for us and at the

just let you know, crystal palace have an equaliser, it is now 1—1.been hurling personal insults at kamala harris, and accused her of unleashing devastating inflation on the united states, whilst on a rally in pennsylvania. meanwhile, chicago has been gearing up to officiate kamala harris as democratic nominee — replacing joe biden in a historic turnaround months before the us election. let's speak to shannon felton spence, us political and communications strategist. shejoins us now she joins us now from massachusetts. welcome to bbc news. how much of an advantage or disadvantage is that that kamala harris has had very little time to prepare for this convention? fist little time to prepare for this convention?— little time to prepare for this convention? �* ., , convention? at the moment, it is a hue convention? at the moment, it is a huge advantage — convention? at the moment, it is a huge advantage. they _ convention? at the moment, it is a huge advantage. they are - convention? at the moment, it is a huge advantage. they are running l huge advantage

and at the moment, it isn�*t, he�*s still as crystal palace at the moment, but it�*s not impossible.y said it was his childhood dream come true to join the european champions, after scoring 256 goals in 308 appearances for paris saint—germain. mbappe — who led his national side to the european semi—finals earlier this year — signed a five—year deal at the club injuly after the expiry of his contract at psg. atalanta winger ademola lookman says the whole team is excited about the game against real madrid, but that there�*s never a good time to face the spanish champions. however, lookman — who scored a hat—trick in may�*s europa league final — has warned that the italian side bring their own threats too. it�*s a top team of top players who are ready at any moment, you know? i don�*t think there is any best time to play real madrid. i think we�*ve been focused on us as a team, what we can do in terms of our game and how we can put our effect on the game. so, you know, obviously they have their powers and their dangers, but like i said, we also have quality. highlights from that game wi

and at the moment, it isn't, he's still as crystal palace at the moment, but it's not impossible.ide itv. england head to switzerland as defending champions after qualifying injuly with a goalless draw against sweden. northern ireland, scotland and wales will seek to make it through via the play—offs this autumn. a little over a month to wait until the start of the women's super league season. and the defending champions chelsea have a new manager. sonia bompastor, says she wants to build a legacy at the club, and follow in the footsteps of emma hayes who won 1a major honours during her 12 years in charge, before leaving to take charge of the us women's national team. our reporterjo currie was at bompastor�*s first news conference earlier. it's the start of a new error here at chelsea. for the first time in over a decade, there is a new manager in charge. the players in most of the fans, all they have ever known is emma hayes. so what connects from the new boss, sonia bompastor? today she spoke to the press to the first time. the pressure — press to the first time. the pressure is

crystal palace are closing in on the signing of arsenal striker eddie nketiah in a deal worth £30 millionrsenal accademy, had been linked with a move to nottingham forest and marseille. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. let's return to the breaking news from the middle east — israel says its forces have rescued a hostage in the southern gaza strip. a government spokesperson said 52—year—old qaid farhan alkadi was recovered during "a complex rescue operation". these are the latest pictures we have of him being transferred to a hospital in israel for further checks. his condition is described as stable. ,, . ., ., checks. his condition is described as stable_ ,,., ., ., �* as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by _ as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our— as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite _ as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite forces - as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite forces in - as stable. qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite forces in a i rescued by our elite forces in a complex operation

we've been told that crystal palace are interested in taking him there.that he's been offered to aston villa. mikel arteta was asked about bringing raheem sterling to arsenal, he said no, he's manchester city. it's definitely going to run ball on. ., ~ ., city. it's definitely going to run ballon. ., .,~ ., , ball on. you say arteta knows him well. ball on. you say arteta knows him well- let's — ball on. you say arteta knows him well. let's have _ ball on. you say arteta knows him well. let's have a _ ball on. you say arteta knows him well. let's have a quick— ball on. you say arteta knows him well. let's have a quick listen - ball on. you say arteta knows him well. let's have a quick listen to l well. let's have a quick listen to what arteta was saying. my time with raheem was exceptional, we were _ my time with raheem was exceptional, we were really strong together. he told me _ we were really strong together. he told me a _ we were really strong together. he told me a lot as well about interviewers, how we give them support— interviewers, how we give t

crystal palace are closing in on the signing of arsenal striker eddie nketiah in a deal worth £30 millionthrough the arsenal accademy, had been linked with a move to nottingham forest and marseille. the 2024 paris paralympics is almost set to get under way and athletes have continued to arrive in the village ahead of the opening ceremony at place de la concorde on wednesday. paralympics gb have named theirflag bearers as seven—time paralympic wheelchair basketballer terry bywater and wheelchair tennis athlete lucy shuker, who herself will be competeing at her fifth games. both have spoken of their pride in leading out their nation, and the warm welcome they've received in paris. goose bumps, kind of, like, just super proud. i am super proud of being part of paralympics gb. 0bviously, coming into my seventh game is kind of crazy. 2a years ago it all started in sydney and then to be named the flag bearer, it genuinely is a dream come true. we have had a fantastic welcome from paris, the village is superb, everyone is raring to go and now you can see the excitement in the village, there is a

brentford are off to a winning start after getting the better of crystal palace in the day's earlieroint was ivan toney being left out of the brentford squad. the england striker is set to leave the club by the end of the transfer window, the bee's manager thomas frank saying it's a case of when, not if he goes. they did pretty well without him — bryan mbeumo and yoan wissa scored their goals. thomas frank explained to the bbc�*s mark scott why he'd left striker ivan toney out of his squad. there's been a lot of things wrong _ there's been a lot of things wrong. rumours _ there's been a lot of things wrong. rumours and - there's been a lot of things l wrong. rumours and activity. because _ wrong. rumours and activity. because of— wrong. rumours and activity. because of that, _ wrong. rumours and activity. because of that, we - wrong. rumours and activity. because of that, we took - wrong. rumours and activity. because of that, we took a l because of that, we took a decision— because of that, we took a decision to _ because of that, we took a decision to not... - because of that, we t

crystal palace club has announced the signing of a 5-year contract worth 25 million euros with englishman eddie n. kitia from arsenal. sebastien alijam sahel ajayi from dortmund went on loan to leganes, spain. carlos soler bargagan , spain's hafek, paris saint-germain on loan to west. joined wilfred zaha, a 31-year-old winger sael aji galat stray went to lyon olympics with a transfer of 3 million euros and fulham club announced the signing of arsenal's nelson winger on loan for one season . the eighth was followed up this morning in the third round of this competition, novak djokovic won 3-1 against lorenzo muzzetti in nakashima. 46 75 67 64. in continuation of the under -17 world championship volleyball competition today, our country's junior team finished fifth at 14:30 minutes. belgium is going. in the framework of the second week of the football league the emirates team of shabab al-ahli passed in one of the 100% when sardar azmoun scored the second goal of shabab al-ahli in the 68th minute. also, al-wahdeh team defeated golfkan with a goal that ahmed nurollahi scored in the 13th minu

newcastle haven't reached that, crystal palace fc also lost his partner and her sense any deal would ly the outgoing crystal dollars, it looks like he's come in from a medical event that happened today for him, also being part of a transfer chain and nico moreno has been confirmed at the signing and arsenal, another one of those long running transfers over the summer.— one of those long running transfers over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with nick. _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with nick. where . over the summer. we'll stay on the | arsenal theme with nick. where are we at with ramsdell�*s move? unfortunately they've been priced out. unfortunately they've been priced out it _ unfortunately they've been priced out. it was always going to be as was described to me, a complicated and expensive deal and especially the wolves' financial restrictions. they— the wolves' financial restrictions. they have — the wolves' financial restrictions. they have

in the other game, branford and crystal palace passed one hundred. italy followed up with four matches last night , lazio won 3-1 against venice, hellas verona beat napuri with three goals, bologna and udinese were satisfied with the pictures and the match between cagliari and rome ended without a goal. tonight, in the last games of the week, lecce will face atalanta and juventus bakuma. the new season of league one football competition was drawn and 18 teams in the competition knew their opponents. the national football center hosted the draw ceremony of the first division football league, where 18 teams were present in the format of 34 they are going to compete with one another this week. in the order of characteristic weeks. we have a match against sanat naft abadan in the first week, and all the efforts of the team and the technical management staff have been to prepare a good team for our matches last year as the first team , according to toi d, even in the group we played in the final, we were champions of league one. we have come up in the sec

been going on in general, in my opinion, since the middle of the 19th century, for example, this crystal palaceit was also a huge expo, but in fact, orientalism was discovered there in paris, when japanese art appeared at one of these exhibitions, everyone suddenly became interested in it, and indeed they... were scattered all over the world, in america, in europe, and somehow this apparently alternated, but once again, i have not specifically studied history, but this is easy, of course, to find out, but nevertheless it turns out that in 1925 the soviet country, where the civil war had recently ended and which was in a difficult situation, nevertheless found means for in order to buy this land, build a pavilion, by the way, these women you spoke about are wonderful, lamonova, mukhina, they are so...

transfer sagas of the winter, involving marce guehi, but newcastle have not been able to meet crystal palace'son iplayer now. england's cricketers have dominated the second day of the second test against sri lanka. look closely. even with hair lightened — that's notjoe root. gus atkinson is here to bowl, primarily. his batting flattened sri lanka's mood and made anything seem possible for england. atkinson had never scored a hundred anywhere before. well, there he'd done it with a flourish at lord's, ben stokes—style. england made a27. well, just behind me there is the ground where the match is played. here is the nursery, where the teams practice, and that tall, pale building over there is a hospital. it's where they inserted screws into the vertebrae of ollie stone. all so he could bowl again — fast. gone. after so many injuries, you can appreciate the joy here, but no relief for sri lanka. england's bowlers kept coming. matthew potts and now gus atkinson. yep, he takes wickets too. shoaib bashir, perfect. gone. eight down there. it's been a tough test for england's stand—in captain, but whe

west ham won 2—0 at crystal palace, soucek and bowen with the goals. fulham beat leicester 2—1.y goal as nottingham forest won at southampton. and tottenham thrashed everton 4—0. heung—min son scored twice. korea's shinji—yai leads the women's british open heading into the final round at st andrew's. the two—time winner went round in five under for the day, and leads by one stroke on seven underthe defending champion ——and leads by one stroke on seven under. the defending champion lilia vu is second and the world number one nelly korda who had held the halfway lead had a really bad day, dropping three strokes to sit on five under. mclaren�*s lando norris has spoiled the party at zandvoort, taking pole for sunday's dutch grand prix ahead of home favourite and championship leader max verstappen. norris is the first driver other than verstappen to take pole since the race returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36—year break. norris was a third of a second quicker than the red bull, and his team—mate oscar piastri will start third on the grid. an amazing day. nice to be back, and

brentford beat crystal palace 2—1 in the earlier match.squad. the england striker is set to leave the club by the end of the transfer window, the bee's maanger thomas frank saying it's a case of when , not if he goes. when, not if he goes. they did pretty well without him, bryan mbeumo and yoan wissa scored their goals two matches in spain's la liga this sunday. real sociadad lost 2—1 at home to rayo vallecano, and real madrid start their title defence away at mallorca in the next ten minutes. this kylian mbappe will make his la liga debut. he starts, as does viniciusjunior, bellingham and rodrygo. it isa it is a strong line—up. there are four matches in serie a this sunday. bologna and udinese drew i—i. antonio conte's first match as napoli boss was an embarrassing 3—0 defeat at verona. a couple of other games have kicked off. 0—0 at the moment. lazio also won — one against venezia. the american lauren coughlin won the women's scottish 0pen at dundonald links in ayrshire finishing on 15 under, four shots clear of the field she struggled e

but first, brentford are off the mark — after getting the better of crystal palace in the earlier kickerechi eze's free kick was ruled out, and bryan mbeumo took full advantage, to then go on, and score, to give brentford the lead before half time. palace got their equaliser in the second half, ethan pinnock heading into his own net. yoan wissa's tap in later proved to be the difference. 2—1 to brentford, a solid win for them. manchester city begin the defence of their premier league title in around 15 minutes against chelsea. no raheem sterling for chelsea, who start romeo lavia, with several big names rested for city — who haven't lost in the premier league since december. city became the first team in history to win the top flight title four times in a row. but pep guardiola says it's going to take a lot of work to make it five. 114 points to play, we start from zero everyone, and we will see. if we are going to conquer, we have to conquer again. because they are not going to give us now the premier league for 211—25 season, so we have to do it. so i understand because normally when

henry a couple we've been hearing from the head of the malaysian parliament's cool, crystal palace. stine. he said that if master is not acting as and he's ready to, but it should be more transparent with the exact reasons as to why funds contact a bit that says it needs to how much as the bus they need us to. so i'm missing as much as dangerous organization and doesn't matter whether it is a condom, is this all of these? but once they, they see it. i see there isn't a nation that it's true. yeah, i see the low beast. we have a issue about banning issue about the hosting, you know, the instrument of the owners of g. then they would have offered the own justification for doing this. and i think the best thing that they can do is actually, you know, really have transparent process and make any simple how the actually ultimate or, you know, block set the context of brain partners explanation. and if, let's say for example, there are other elements or into filters that happened, then they need to be also transparent about it. and i'll flip on the default. what happened malaysia already. so so

staying with football, and crystal palace�*s england defender marc guehi has been the subject of interestken to kelly somers on football focus this week — and says he's very much still an eagles player. i'm aware of the attention, but it's not something i'm looking into, if that makes any sense. i'm still in my corner. all you can control are the controllable �*s. i can't control anything else going on outside of, any exterior noise, i can only focus on my football and give it my best at any given moment. the chairman has been very complementary of you this week, describing you as a superstar, a generational talent. how does that feel to have those words thrown around about you? yeah, it's humbling, i would say. the chairman to be saying something like that is really nice, really kind words. not sure if i'm a "superstar" or a "generational talent", but, yeah, for sure, i'm really grateful for those words. the reason that this noise has come is because of the performances you put in during the euros. you've had a bit of time to decompress, to reflect. how do you look back on how you did du

generally been going on since the middle of the 19th century, so for example, this so-called crystal palace, yes, it was also a huge expo, in fact, orientalism was discovered there in paris, when japanese art appeared at one of these exhibitions, everything suddenly they became fascinated with it and... indeed they were scattered all over the world, in america, in europe, and somehow this apparently alternated, but again, i didn’t specifically study history, but it’s easy to find out, of course, but nevertheless less likely is that in 1925 the soviet a country where the civil war ended not so long ago, which was in a difficult situation, nevertheless finds the means to buy this land, build a pavilion, by the way, these women you spoke about are wonderful, they then... exposition of the soviet union, and i know that melnikov went, and his wife with great difficulty broke out to him, because they didn’t want to let her out, that is , not everyone went there, because as i understand it, it was also an expensive large delegation from us send, so only those who left who exactly... would be neces

we're under way in the premier league, brentford against crystal palace has not long kicked off — just score there is 0—0. brentford head coach thomas frank has left ivan toney out of the squad because of the amount of speculation about him. linking him with a move away. tottenham have accepted a bid from leicester for midfielder 0liver skipp. the fee for the 23—year—old, who came through the academy at spurs, is in excess of £20 million. he is expected to have a medical on monday, before the two clubs meet in their opening premier league match. the last three places in the scottish league cup quarter—finals are up for grabs on sunday. dundee united are goalless against st mirren, motherwell are also goalless against kilmarnock. and celtic v hibs kicks off at celtic park in just under 45 minutes. holger rune ended jack draper's run to the quarterfinals of the cincinnati 0pen. the danejoining frances tiafoe, alex zverev and world number one jannik sinner in the last four of the final tournament before the us open. the british number one had come from a set down to win his previous two m

he joined the club from crystal palace five years ago, and now looks set to return to london with unitedam have signed france defenderjean—clair todibo. the centre—backjoins from nice on an initial season—long loan, with an obligation to make the transfer permanent next summer the transfer permanent next summer for £34 million. and liverpool have agreed a deal to sell fabio carvalho to brentford in a deal worth £27.5 million, including add—ons. liverpool signed the portugese forward from fulham for £5 million and fulham will receive 20% of the profit from carvalho's move. british number one katie boulter lost in straight sets to aryna sabalenka in the third round of the canadian open. the second seed from belarus won 6—3, 6—3 injust under an hour and a half, but boulter produced an encouraging performance with the us open starting in two weeks' time. kyren pollard hit five consecutive sixes as southern brave beat trent rockets to move level on points with hundred leaders oval invincibles. rockets set a target of 127 and looked to be heading for victory until pollard arrived and began his

crystal palace are closing in on the signing of arsenal striker eddie nketiah in a deal worth £30 million the arsenal accademy, had been linked with a move to nottingham forest and marseille and that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. let's return to our breaking news from the middle east, the hostage release we have heard about. these are the pictures of that 52—year—old qaid farhan alkadi, in his hospital bed, rescued, the israeli authorities said, after a complex rescue operation. big smiles from him in his hospital bed but also the family and medical teams him, his hospital bed but also the family and medicalteams him, his his hospital bed but also the family and medical teams him, his condition is described as stable and we heard more from the hospital itself. we heard a statement in the last little while from the ceo of that hospital. i am ceo of the medical centre, i am happy to inform you that today in the afternoon we received mr qaid farhan alkadi, who was returned captive from hamas tunnels, and was released from captivity, arriving by helicopter. he underwent an initia

a lucky escape for the ball boy at crystal palace as west ham's players rescue him from underneath ane of emergency, after a wave of airstrikes were launched overnight at hezbollah targets in lebanon. israel says it comes after plans to launch an extensive attack were detected. civilians in lebanon have been told to immediately leave areas where hezbollah is operating. we'll shortly speak to our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, who's in southern lebanon, but first, let's join our correspondentjon donnison who is injerusalem for us now. i think this is a significant and ongoing investigation. israel military said 100 fighterjets carried out strikes across southern lebanon hitting hezbollah targets and that is the most significant israeli attack on hezbollah in lebanon, really, since the 2006 full—scale israeli lebanese war. it is an important moment. wejust had an update on the last few hours from the israeli military spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari. ads, the israeli military spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari. a short time aao, rear admiral daniel hagari

and crystal palace - joined the show. yes, five years late.leeds and spurs. kenneth wolstenholme for some reason wasn't available. and david woke up with no voice, so they sent a car for me. crystal palace take the field at selhurst park for their first ever match in the first division. i had no notes with me, i knew almost nothing about them. i got there at about two o'clock and we were on air at three o'clock. stand we were on air at three o'clock. and for the next — we were on air at three o'clock. and for the next 35 _ we were on air at three o'clock. and for the next 35 years, you became very closely associated with the programme, with match of the day. yes. it provided fun. it provided me with a living. i am bragging if i say, but when i went to the palace on one occasion, the comment was, you've been doing this job for quite a long time, and i said, yes, i've been paid for a hobby. you became one of the most _ been paid for a hobby. you became one of the most recognised - been paid for a hobby. you became one of the most recognised voic

but he is staying here and there hasn't been an agreement made between newcastle and crystal palace as paralympics gb — who won four gold medals. in the velodrome, there was a gold and a silver in the men's c—3 3000 metre individual pursuit — jaco van gass beating team—mate fin graham in the final. lizzi jordan and her pilot danni khan came first in the women's b 1000 metre time trial. in the pool — maisie summers—newton won gold in the sm—6 women's 200 metre individual medley final. tully kearney took her second gold in as many days — winning the s5 women's hundred—metre freestyle. apparently some other countries are taking part as well. brazil'sjulio agripino dos santos got the para—athletics off to a flying start by winning the men's t—ii 5000 metre gold in a new world record. let's take a quick look at the medal table. china are top with 11 golds — and 21! medals in total. great britain are second with six golds and 15 medals in total. brazil are currently third. now, what do you make of this portrait? do you find it unsettling? well, sir keir starmer is reported to have moved this

it has been going on, in my opinion, since the middle of the 19th century, for example, this crystal palaceomething, yes, that was also a huge expo, actually, here is orientalism. it was opened there in paris, when at one of such exhibitions appeared japanese art, everyone suddenly became interested in it at once, and indeed they were scattered all over the world, in america, in europe, and somehow it apparently alternated, but i again, i did not study history specifically, but this is easy of course to find out, but nevertheless it turns out that in 1925 the soviet country, where the civil war had recently ended and which was in a difficult situation, and his wife with great difficulty got away to him, because they did not want to let her out, that is, not everyone went there, because i i understand that this was also an expense for a large delegation from us to send, therefore only those who were absolutely necessary went , well alexander, and if we return to the theme of design in mukhina's work, and what else did she do besides these wonderful costumes and this exhibition, she had very

he was less of the described as a beat crystal palace, with the manager acknowledging his interest is still be i here after the transfer window, given what's going on? that's a good question. let's see, let's see. i simply don't know. tra nsfer transfer deadline day have been reasonably quiet in recent times, but with so many players are uncertain of their futures, the one a week on friday might have a few more talking points. let's get the latest now on that raheem sterling situation at chelsea. our senior football reporter nizaar kinsella joins us raheem sterling finds himself of in a big chelsea pond, he has thrown his primes oats in that situation, what is a situation as you understand it?— what is a situation as you understand it? , ., ., , understand it? the situation is he is in limbo, _ understand it? the situation is he is in limbo, chelsea _ understand it? the situation is he is in limbo, chelsea are _ understand it? the situation is he is in limbo, chelsea are attractivej is in limbo, chelsea are attractive push them out and build a market and find a place for him to go to

championship and i'm in munich with interesting synex from the premier league, the wingerfrom crystal palacei league because window by window, they become more important in terms of the sorts of players they go after. in those initial windows it was players that were coming to the end of their careers, not the case any more and of course there window goes on longer than the european window, does it not? yes longer than the european window, does it not?— does it not? yes they are trying to be more ambitious _ does it not? yes they are trying to be more ambitious trying - does it not? yes they are trying to be more ambitious trying to - does it not? yes they are trying to be more ambitious trying to bring| be more ambitious trying to bring players in the in the prime of their career rather than towards the end. what will be interesting is how many of those players stick it out and stay in saudi arabia for multiple seasons. you've already seen some players like jordan seasons. you've already seen some players likejordan henderson come back really soon after making those moves so it will be inte

and newcastle united have made a third bid to sign centre—back marc guehi from crystal palace — whicholympic medal, making him team gb�*s most decorated diver. now 30 he first competed as a 14 year old in bejing in 2008. his only gold came in tokyo 3 years ago. it isa it is a lot but i am really happy with how everything has gone and i just think it is hard when you say goodbye to this sport and so, yeah, lots of things to process but, i think it is the right time and it feels like such a bonus i got to compete in front of my family, my kids and so, the flag bearer, yeah. bucket list ticked off on every occasion. well, daley was one of the few hundred team gb athletes who returned to london today — many showing off their medals. team gb won 65 in all — and though they were only behind usa and china in terms of the total number, only 14 of them were gold — their lowest tally since athens in 2004 — that saw them finish seventh in the paris medal table we had a fantastic outing in terms of table metals one and we would've liked to of won a few more gold medals but often it is fractions o

meanwhile newcastle united have made a third bid to sign marc guehi from crystal palace — which is believedlion pounds. two of the three clubs relegated from the premier league last season go up against each other tonight with luton hosting burnley in the championship. one championship manager is out of a job afterjust one game of the new campaign. preston north end have sacked ryan lowe . he leaves following their 2—nil defeat at home by sheffield united on friday. and the tour de france femmes has got under way today — with the winner — keeping her cool in front of her home fans. dutch rider charlotta kool won the opening stage — outsprinting her rivals to cross the line first — having raced from rotterdam to the hague. the second stage takes the riders back to rotterdam — so there will be plenty of home support for kool on day two. amount and finish on a brutal next sunday. —— mountain finish. and that's all the sport for now. for eu countries are sending urgent help to greece which is grappling to put out a raging wildfire on the outskirts of athens. they include friends in the czech re

any deal would be dependent on textor selling the 45% he owns of crystal palace.m can achieve together after he scored on his debut last night. mbappe got real�*s second in a 2—0 win over atalanta in the european super cup. well mbappe's goal in that match was set up by england'sjude bellingham — who'll be looking to pick up where he left off after an outstanding debut season for real madrid. following his move from borussia dortmund last summer. marco reus played with bellingham at dortmund and after leaving the german club to sign for la galaxy, who announced the deal today. reus says his former team—mate will only get better. the way he plays, he invests in every game everything, 100%. he never stops. the way he plays, the physicality, everything around it is very high, but i'm not worried about him. he is a smart guy and a good guy so he is a good player. he will show us the season and the next season again, that he will continue. it's a big night for british clubs aiming to reach the group stages of european competition. st mirren and kilmarnock are both in c

millions of people all over the world and by 1851 the evidence was probably on show at the great crystal palaceade enabled britain to become the workplace of the world. but was it all an accident? i don't think it was considered what happened in 1868 on the other side of the world in japan. for the preceding 300 years the japanese had lived almost complete isolation. they discourage visitors from other nations especially from the west. the result was by the standards of the west japan was backward. it was a feudal society withti lords and serves an tide anyone who try to change the order of things. women were third class citizens in 1868 a new generation of rulers decided the time had come for japan to make contact with the outside world. with the arrival ofad the first foreign traders from the west things began to change. the japanese foundnd the british trading pattern because britain was the leading nation of the world. so free-trade came to japan japan became a magnet for other people's ideas and developments. sweep from europe, the japanese imported away of a programming to control the acc

newcastle united have made a third bid to sign marc guehi from crystal palace, believed to be in thefer news on the bbc sports website. let's return to the olympics before we go. 65 medals for team gb, finishing seventh in the table. some incredible moments in paris — notjust for great britain, but for many of the athletes from around the world. let's finish the programme with a reminder of some of those lasting memories and fantastic images from the paris olympics. thanks for watching sportsday. bye. good evening. we've reportedly had around 15,000 lightning reports across the uk in the past 24 hours, a culmination of the heat and the humidity. it has been the hottest day of the year so far, following a tropical night — that's when temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius and make it really uncomfortable for sleeping. but gradually, through the day, the heat and the humidity has been pushed to become confined to southern and eastern areas. and we have seen at least 34 celsius — we may see the odd 35 popping up as the figures come in later. but at the moment, as those storms clear aw

is under way for west ham as they picked up their first win under their new manager — beating crystal palacegiving the hammers the win and condemning palace to a first home defeat since losing to man city at the start of april. at the moment, we don't score, and in the first—half we have twice won against the skipper and we didn't score. we have the crossbar and post finish, and then we can see two transitions stop in these two situations, we didn't defend very well, because we always had an overload in defenders, and then you get... if you don't use your chances for scoring. get... if you don't use your chances for scoring-— for scoring. very good team, very aood for scoring. very good team, very good players. _ for scoring. very good team, very good players. very _ for scoring. very good team, very good players, very good - for scoring. very good team, very good players, very good coach, i for scoring. very good team, very i good players, very good coach, and they lost— good players, very good coach, and they lost only one match here out of ten against — they lost only one match here out o

wan—bissaka left crystal palace for manchester united for £50million in 2019 and scored two goals inntract with chelsea by two years until 2033. palmer has impressed this season, including for england when he scored during their euros final defeat to spain. bournemouth have signed mexico full—backjulian araujo on a five—year deal for an undisclosed fee from barcelona. the 23—year—old has been on loan to las palmas where he made 25 spanish league appearances. james anderson says he's still fit enough to continue his cricket career and is considering a move into white ball cricket — despite retiring from the international game last month. anderson holds the record for the most wickets taken by a fast bowler in test history. he played his final game for england at lord's in their win against the west indies injuly. however, at the age of 42, he hasn't ruled out a move into the shorter forms of the game. anderson has taken on a coaching role for england, but says he's "open" to prolonging his career. his last 20—over match was back in 2014. the inquest into the death of former england an

is under way for west ham as they picked up their first win under their new manager — beating crystal palace win and condemning palace to a first home defeat since losing to man city at the start of april. at the moment, we don't score. we end the twice won against the keeper, we didn't score. crossbar and post finish, and then we concede two transitions. in these two situations, we didn't defend very well because we were always having an overload in defenders, but then you get punished if you don't use your chances for scoring. we we re we were able to compete and be resilient — we were able to compete and be resilient in the right moments, and overcome _ resilient in the right moments, and overcome a — resilient in the right moments, and overcome a very good team with the -ood overcome a very good team with the good players and a very good coach. ithink— good players and a very good coach. i think they— good players and a very good coach. i think they lost only one match here _ i think they lost only one match here out— i think they lost only one match here out of ten, against only city. t

it's 0—0 at half time staying with football, and crystal palace's england defender marc guehi has beento kelly somers on football focus this week — and says he's very much still an eagles player. i'm aware of the attention, but it's not something i'm looking into, if that makes any sense. i'm still in my corner. all you can control are the controllable �*s. i can't control anything else going on outside of, anything else going on outside of, any exterior noise, i can only focus on my football and give it my best at any given moment. the chairman has been very _ at any given moment. the chairman has been very complementary - at any given moment. the chairman has been very complementary of. at any given moment. the chairman | has been very complementary of you this week, _ has been very complementary of you this week, describing him as a superstar. _ this week, describing him as a superstar, a generational talent. how does — superstar, a generational talent. how does that feel to have those words _ how does that feel to have those words thrown around about you? yeah, it's humbling. — wor

fulham are on the brink of signing crystal palace centre—back joachim andersen for around 30 million the club today. the greens are being given one last manicure, the fairways a final trim and a field of the finest players in the world assembled for the final major of the golfing year. and it's all taking place the sport's spiritual home in st andrews. the women's open tees off in just over 12 hours' time and our reporter jane dougall is in position for it all. jane. we have a lovely view of the 18th green on his iconic course, but as you can probably tell, it is pretty windy. high winds are expected tomorrow for the start of play, which could affect play. also bad weather has been forecast for the remainder of the week, so it's going to be a tough few days ahead of these golfers. it's only the third time zane andrews has hosted the women's open, and the chief executive of the, martin's lumber said they have done all they could to slow up the greens ahead of the bad weather, but that he did have some concerns about her. we are going to hearfrom him injust a moment. he also spoke abou

and by 1851, the evidence was proudly on show that the great crystal palace exhibition. for free trade enabled britain to become the workplace of the world. but was it all an accident? don't think it was. consider what happened in 1868. on the other side of the world. in japan. for the preceding 300 years the japanese had lived in almost complete isolation. they had discouraged visitors from other nations, especially from the west west. the result was that by standards of the west, japan was backward. but. it was a feudal society with lords and serfs. and woe betide anyone who tried to change the order of things. women were third class citizens. in 1868, a new generation of rulers decided that the time had come for japan to make contact with the outside world and with the arrival of the first foreign traders from the west. things began to change. the japanese. the british trading pattern. because britain was the leading nation of the world and. so free came to japan. japan became a magnet for other people's ideas and developments. one of the first traditional industries

and by 1851, the evidence was proudly on show that the great crystal palace exhibition.trade enabled britain to become the workplace of the world. but was it all an accident? don't think it was. consider what happened in 1868. on the other side of the world. in japan. for the preceding 300 years the japanese had lived in almost complete isolation. they had discouraged visitors from other nations, especially from the west west. the result was that by standards of the west, japan was backward. but. it was a feudal society with lords and serfs. and woe betide anyone who tried to change the order of things. women were third class citizens. in 1868, a new generation of rulers decided that the time had come for japan to make contact with the outside world and with the arrival of the first foreign traders from the west. things began to change. the japanese. the british trading pattern. because britain was the leading nation of the world and. so free came to japan. japan became a magnet for other people's ideas and developments. one of the first traditional industries to feel th