dillian whyte fail a voluntary drugs test he _ dillian whyte fail a voluntary drugs test. ., , , dillianan whyte _ tickets for. you want to see dillian whyte against anthonyjoshua but it's not _ whyte against anthonyjoshua but it's not the first time that boxing credibility— it's not the first time that boxing credibility and doping protocols have _ credibility and doping protocols have been called into question. and anthony— have been called into question. and anthonyjoshua says the sport have a doping _ anthonyjoshua says the sport have a doping problem. after saying that sport has a doping problem, anthonyjoshua added that he doesn't know how the issue can be resolved. joshua will now fight robert helenius at london's 02 arena on saturday instead, after the finnish boxer stepped in at short notice to replace dillian whyte, who had to be withdrawn after failing a drugs test last weekend. i don't know how they're going to sort it out or what the solution is to this problem. but it clearly has a problem. and the thing is, what we see today, people do wonder, "well, how long has this been

and next weekend's fight between anthonyjoshua and dillian whyte after dillian whyte returned an adverse015 bout but a full investigation will be carried out after the results. joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. that is all from the world of sport for now. more on the bbc website. saudi arabia is hosting talks to discuss a path towards peace in ukraine. representatives from ukraine, western powers and developing countries, including china and india, will be taking part. but russia will not be attending. president zelensky of ukraine has said he hopes the initiative earlier i spoke to evelyn farkas — executive director of the mccain institute and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia and ukraine — she gave more more analysis i think the most important thing that can be achieved is a greater understanding and appreciation by the countries who are gathering here in saudi arabia of what russia has done to append the international order, to create further food insecurity and energy insecurity and of course, the human rights cost. i think

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in with a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyteled a voluntary drugs test. helenius�* last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder who could be joshua's next opponenet if he comes through saturday's nights bout. tuesday marks the return to the court of the former world number one, caroline wozniacki, after three years away in which time she's had two children. she plays australia's kimberley birrell in the first round of the canadian open in montreal, and she's aiming to peak in time for the us open, and isn't backjust to make up the numbers. i think i still have a lot to give to tennis, and that is why i decided to come back after practising for a little while i thought, i am hitting the ball well, i still feel fit, i still feel like i have a couple of good years in me, so that is why we are here. my goals are still the same, i want to be the best i can possibly be and i want to win tournaments. i want to win, no matter who is on the other side. in major league baseball, the boston red sox recorded just thei

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in at a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte, to deontay wilder, who could bejoshua's next opponenet if he wins on saturday. to rugby league — warrington wolves have made an eye—catching appointment for their new head coach. dual code international sam burgess will take over in 202a. the former england captain coached new south wales country side orara valley axemen last season in australia, and has been assistant coach at the south sydney rabbitohs this term, but it's a gamble for warrington who've under achieved in the past couple of seasons. gary chambers will continue on an interim basis for the rest of this season. switzerland successfully defended their team time trial mixed relay title at the uci cycling world championships, edging out france by just seven seconds. switzerland's combined time of 5a minutes and 16 seconds saw them leap above france, with germany taking bronze. stefan bissegger, stefan kung, and mauro schmid set the fastest time amongst the men, and then elise chabbey, nicole koller, and marlen reusser compl

he had been due to fight dillian whyte, but he failed a drugs test last weekend.in is in london for us. anthony tossal well cut a very relaxed figure after a very unusual week. on the top table behind me should have been dillian whyte, but after he returned for a banned substance, he was cut from the card and up stepped robert helenius. joshua has been here before. he's had fight cancelled at short notice. he backed in 2019, you do to face miller in new york. miller tested positive for planned subsidence. up stepped andy ruiz. what did joshua learn? ., stepped andy ruiz. what did joshua learn? . , .. , stepped andy ruiz. what did joshua learn? . , , ., �* , learn? late replacements aren't my deal learn? late replacements aren't my deal. but learn? late replacements aren't my deal- itut i'll— learn? late replacements aren't my deal. but i'll take _ learn? late replacements aren't my deal. but i'll take this _ learn? late replacements aren't my deal. but i'll take this is _ learn? late replacements aren't my deal. but i'll take this is the - deal. but i'll take this

he had been due to fight dillian whyte, but when he failed a drugs test last weekend, finland's heleniusthan a week's notice. whyte has denied taking the alleged substance. but 33—year—old joshua thinks the sport has a lot of work to do in cleaning its image up. i don't know how they are going to sort it out or what their solution to this problem, but it clearly has a problem. and the thing is, what we see today, people do wonder how long has this been going on? concern for the up—and—coming fighters, i have had a long career and ifeel like i am neither the start of the middle of it, but towards the end. so if i can make out the end healthy i'm happy. you've got some guys coming through that have got all of these problems in front of them and to do we say that this time is going to happen in boxing? who knows. two of the world's top players — rory mcilroy and jon rahm — have secured their places on the european team at this year's ryder cup against the usa. mcilroy will be playing in his seventh consecutive ryder cup. this year's edition starts at the end of september in italy. jon rahm

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in on a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte,a voluntary drugs test. helenius�* last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder, who could be joshua's next opponenet if he win on saturday. gael monfils set up a second round encounter with fourth seed stefanos tsitsipas at the toronto masters after upsetting christopher eubanks of the united states. the veteran frenchman squandered two match points in the second set, but raised his game in the decider with three breaks of serve and a series of dazzling winners to oust the recent wimbledon quarterfinalist. tuesday marks the return to the court of the former world number one caroline wozniacki after three years away, in which time she's had two children. she is aiming to peak in time for the us open and isn't backjust to make up the numbers. i think ithinki i think i still have a lot to give to tennis, and that is why i decided to tennis, and that is why i decided to come back after practising for a little while i thought, i am hitting the ball well, i still feel

helenius took the fight at a week's notice afterjoshua's original opponent dillian whyte failed a voluntaryabout it. i had to spend time... i had not to, not a physical fight, the the mental aspect of it. similar power, i think| i have better footwork though then him with that— and i more experienced and that's going to bring me victory. - of course it's going to be the world to me and - mean the world to me because i've i been chasing the world championship for many many many years so this is the perfect opportunity. - 250 bang on for anthonyjoshua. take away some of his dreams. so many different opportunities for helenius, just a new opponent, i have to find new ways basically. a sense of he's got a lot to prove, emotions are bubbling up and he said he's ready to go. very reserved, very calculated, but occasionally you can see the real aj bubbling up, the not so pr friendly aj telling helene is, find out. joshua committing himself to the cause, going out there with his mindset is to do damage, seek and destroy. that's one way to go about it, he probably could do that. i prefer him to go o

in boxing, next weekend's heavy—weight fight between anthonyjoshua and dillian whyte has been calledpair were due to meet next saturday at london's o2 arena — in a rematch of their 2015 bout, but a �*full investigation�* will be carried out after whyte's results. joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. and that's all the sport for now. bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely populated country. at least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 infected, according to official figures, making, this the deadliest year since the first recorded epidemic in 2000. live now to anbarasan ethirajan, our south asia regional editor world service. welcome to you. give us some more details about this outbreak. how serious is it? it details about this outbreak. how serious is it?— serious is it? it is indeed very serious is it? it is indeed very serious with _ serious is it? it is indeed very serious with officials - serious is

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in with a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyteest. helenius�* last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder who could be joshua's next opponenet if he comes through saturday night's bout. tuesday marks the return to the court of the former world number one, caroline wozniacki, after three years away, in which time she's had two children. she plays australia's kimberley birrell in the first round of the canadian open in montreal. she's aiming to peak in time for the us open, and isn't backjust to make up the numbers. i think i still have a lot to give to tennis, and that is why i decided to come back after practising for a little while i thought, i am hitting the ball well, i still feel fit, i still feel like i have a couple of good years in me, so that is why we are here. my goals are still the same, i want to be the best i can possibly be and i want to win tournaments. when i'm on the court, i want to win, no matter who is on the other side. and that's all the sport for now. a year—long undercover investigat

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in at a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte,ius�*s last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder who could be joshua's next opponenet if he wins on saturday. and that's all the sport for now. details of tens of millions of uk voters could have been accessed by hackers who targeted the elections watchdog. the electoral commission said there was little risk of "hostile actors" being able to influence the outcome of a vote, but apologised for the breach in its systems. chair of the electoral commission — john pullinger gave us more details of the information that has been hacked. this was a complex cyber attack that affected part of our system and the part that it affected meant that a hostile actor was able to gain access to the copy that the commission holds of the electoral register, which as you said contained details, the names and addresses of people who are on the electoral register across the uk. also e—mails and some other internal systems. cyber—security advocate jen ellis serves on uk cabinet office

in boxing, the heavyweight fight between anthonyjoshua and dillian whyte has been called off after whyteaturday at london's o2 arena — in a rematch of their fight from 2015, but a �*full investigation�* will be carried out after whyte's results. joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. and that's all from me for now — more on the bbc sport website including results from the latest rugby union warm—up matches ahead of the world cup. the children s commissioner for england has warned the fostering system needs "rocket boosting" to tackle a shortage of carers. dame rachel de souza said she was concerned that people were being put off by the level of bureaucracy. around 30,000 children enter the care system each year. the government says it's investing over £27 million to recruit more foster carers and retain existing ones. there will be no rail services in or out of brighton today as the city hosts its annual pride festival. the rail company gtr — which runs thameslink and southern services — has cancelled all trains, saying it would be unable to cope with the

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joshua had been due to fight dillian whyte, but the all—british bout was cancelled when whyte failed andy murray apologised to the crowd after he was forced to withdraw from the canadian open with an abdominal strain with him due to face italian seventh seed jannik sinner in the last 16. the injury will disrupt murray's preparations for the forthcoming us open. the first of the women's world cup quarterfinals have guaranteed that the winner this year will do so for the first time. spain and sweden are into the last four, both winning 2—1 as patrick gearey reports. along way. a different squad or mutiny, but revelation has come from the revolution. the team informed, but also in luck. var spotted dutch woman stephanie pendergrass handball in the box penalty. staying ahead less than ten minutes left. this is her 106th cap. this will be her final world cup. she wasn't going to end it like that. translation: -- commentator: scored! spain strike in extra time! is the kind of scales _ spain strike in extra time! is the kind of scales spain _ spain strike in extra time! is the kind of scale

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he had been due to fight dillian whyte, but when he failed a drugs test last weekend, finland's heleniusroblem, but it clearly is a problem and, what we see today, people wonder how long has this been going on? for the up—and—coming fighters, i have had a long career and feel like i am not at the start or middle of it, towards the end so if i can make it to the other end healthy, i am happy. some guys are coming to that have got all of these problems in front of them and... do we say this is the last time this will happen in boxing? who knows? two of the world's top players, rory mcilroy and jon rahm, have secured their places on the european team at this year's ryder cup against the usa. mcilroy will be playing in his seventh consecutive ryder cup — this year's edition starts at the end of september, in italy. the pair secured their spots on captain luke donald's panel through the european points list. in cricket, the oval invincibles thrashed manchester 0riginals by 94 runs in the men's 100 in london. on his debut, australian bowler spencerjohnson claimed remarkable figures of three wi

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in at a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte, england. there were a few sharp showers in the northeast, but look at the western isles, beautiful from earlier on, slightly different story further south across england and wales in particular. there was quite a lot of low cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain. it was misty as well through the day, and that is going to continue to drift its way steadily eastwards over the next few hours. the showers fading in scotland. we keep some clearer skies through the night. we keep quite a lot of low clouds down to the southwest. but temperatures will hold up perhaps into the mid—teens by first thing tomorrow morning. the reason being, we're starting to tap into some warmer air now as an area of high pressure is set to build. so this high pressure will move in from the southwest. yes, we've got this week weather front, which will always introduce the risk of more cloud and still some murky conditions to northern ireland, perhaps across west facing coasts of wales, south west england. again, mist

fight finland's robert helenius at london's o2 arena on saturday — he's a late replacement for dillian whyten one of the groups to watch at the women's open on thursday. she'll be teeing off for the first two rounds alongside the world number nelly korda and two—time major champion lydia ko. british number one katie boulter is through to the second round of the wta national bank open in montreal. she beat canadian wildcard rebecca marino in straight sets to set up a meeting with sixth seed, coco gauff. and federico bahamontes, the first spanish cyclist to win the tour de france, has died at the age of 95. nicknamed "the eagle of toledo" for his climbing ability, he won the king of the mountains jersey at the tour six times, and the overall title in 1959. day 6 of the cycling world championships in glasgow and great britain are the country to catch. we'll hear from one of yesterday's winners, kieran reilly, after this thrilling bmx gold, in a moment. but the action later continues on the track, on the penultimate day in the velodrome — featuring the keirin, the maddison and women's scratch ra

helenius, who fought last weekend, steps in at a week's notice as the replacement for dillian whyte, last big fight was a first round knock—out defeat to deontay wilder who could be joshua's next opponenet if he wins on saturday. and that's all the sport for now. retailers are ramping up promotions to try to persuade shoppers to spend more afterjuly�*s wet weather hit business. sales of clothing and shoes declined last month, which is usually a busy month forfashion, as shoppers held back from updating their summer wardrobes. but a report on retail sales said there was a "big rise" in offers designed to persuade shoppers back. let's speak to paul martin, uk head of retailfor the consultancy firm kpmg. it's good to talk to you, paul. let me ask you first of all, what is it that's keeping shoppers back, surely it's notjust a spot of what weather, we're used to that in the uk now, surely? weather, we're used to that in the uk now. surely?— weather, we're used to that in the uk now, surely? weather is also used as an excuse — uk now, surely? weather is also used as an excuse of _ uk now,

adverse away from him because dillian whyte with his drugs'erse away from him because dillian whytests. finding with his drugs tests. but they're having to find but now they're having to find a replacement with seven days notice. now that puts his aj's opponent in a little bit of jeopardy. in a way, yes. they'll get wade in, they'll get paid. but you have seven days to prepare for fight like that. prepare for a fight like that. it's not. and no, it's not fair . they can't. a . but they can't. there's a whole that two whole show that the, oh, two people bought tickets. the people have bought tickets. the main now is main event has been is now is now but there's a whole now at risk. but there's a whole undercard that needs to go ahead. they need an ahead. so they need to find an opponent. think i was opponent. i think if i was a betting man, it's going to be announced morning around betting man, it's going to be annou11:00. morning around betting man, it's going to be annou11:00. we morning around betting man, it's going to be annou11:00. we morningeddie|d about 11:00. we believe eddi

, they couldn't dillian whyte, they couldn't move fight away because move that fight away becauserounds. his first stoppage and a half stoppage in two and a half years. prepares years. whether that prepares him for assignments ahead i.e. deontay in january . i deontay wilder in january. i have my doubts. >> but bloke, nordic >> but this bloke, the nordic nightmare, had nightmare, i mean, he had a nightmare. basically nightmare. he was basically a bit of a journeyman who was just wheeled card, bit of a journeyman who was just wheel> no there was no way >> there's no there was no way anthony joshua was to anthony joshua was going to lose lose that fight yesterday. but, you going to be you know, if you're going to be if you're going convince if you're going to convince casual boxing casual fans about boxing and your be your pedigree, you've got to be knocking decent opponents. your pedigree, you've got to be knockingnot decent opponents. your pedigree, you've got to be knockingnot anthony'spponents. and it's not anthony's fault because returned because dill

anthonyjoshua says boxing "clearly has a problem" with doping after dillian whyte failed a voluntaryfrance. the flanker is back from injury in one of six changes for this weekend's match in st etienne. rangers will take a 2—1 lead into next week's champions league qualifying 2nd leg against swiss side servette. and the final golf major of the year — the women's open — is underway at walton heath in surrey. commentary right now on 5 sports extra. today we are looking at the state of british politics, asking if technology is ruining football. are we too obsessed with our phones. hora we too obsessed with our phones. how hot for the planet to get? and - we too obsessed with our phones. how hot for the planet to get? and we - hot for the planet to get? and we will explain _ hot for the planet to get? and we will explain how _ hot for the planet to get? and we will explain how prices _ hot for the planet to get? and we will explain how prices keep - hot for the planet to get? and we | will explain how prices keep going up will explain how prices keep going up and up. stand will explain ho

the former heavyweight world champion's rematch against dillian whyte in london on saturday was calledy not? for half that number of residents. a claim, i don't have that fact at my fingertips. thank you for that text. if these refugees are so desperately was so wrong about living safely and being cared for unable? while the basis negativity? sick and tired of all these protesters trying to scupper any attempt to ease the problems of asylum. what is so terrifying about being on a barge, according to this? it is incredible says guys in birmingham. this barge then, watch as her country become? an attempt to garner votes and to surely disenfranchise their tough on bullies. let's speak to claire. gaad bullies. let's speak to claire. good mornine. bullies. let's speak to claire. good morning- was _ bullies. let's speak to claire. good morning. was going _ bullies. let's speak to claire. good morning. was going to _ bullies. let's speak to claire. good morning. was going to come - bullies. let's speak to claire. good morning. was going to come to i bullies. let's speak to claire. good| morni

we should say at the moment that dillian whyte issued statement yesterday issued a statement yesterdaywas done voluntarily. been picked up voluntarily. he's been picked up on this kind of thing before and then of it. then nothing's come of it. he's been , he's been exonerated been found, he's been exonerated and that he's completely innocent. don't actually innocent. and we don't actually know the substance know what the substance is. we won't probably won't know that until probably later maybe tomorrow . later today or maybe tomorrow. and the show is and then right now, the show is actually they're hoping it will go ahead next saturday. just this fight cancelled for now. this fight is cancelled for now. they're find they're hoping they can find an opponent for joshua. with opponent for joshua. but with a week's notice or six notice week's notice or six days notice that going have their that they're going to have their work contenders work cut out. the contenders would be filip hrgovic, zhilei zhang, possibly derek chisora, we might step in at short we think might step in at short noti

certainly needs a statement win because not fault that because it's not his fault that his opponent, dillian whytelayman's finding, which is, in layman's terms, a voluntary drug terms, failed a voluntary drug test. had to find an test. they've had to find an opponent, robert helenius, at very short notice to keep the show going. there's a massive undercard at the o2 show going. there's a massive undercard at the 02 this evening, so couldn't just evening, so they couldn't just aboush evening, so they couldn't just abolish but abolish the whole thing. but he's win tonight properly he's got a win tonight properly because fighting guy who because he's fighting a guy who has training . we're has had minimal training. we're talking a few days talking about a few days training. last time this happened in 2019 andy happened back in 2019 when andy ruiz stepped in at the last ruiz jr stepped in at the last minute, he floored four minute, he got floored four times he hasn't recovered times and he hasn't recovered from that since. psychologically, don't psychologically, i don't think so. needs to win so. toni

he lost to dillian i don't dillian whyte recently.how you. but it keeps the show on, though. thing. though. that's the thing. >> they >> and the last time they brought so—called outsider brought in a so—called outsider against joshua, floored him. against joshua, he floored him. >> , without doubt. >> oh, without doubt. i mean, that's i mean, that's a good point. i mean, 2019 andy ruiz jr was brought in and floored him four and i mean he floored him four times. he did come. extraordinary win. extraordinary win. he did win. and so, i mean, he did fight rematch. ruiz didn't fight a rematch. and ruiz didn't win that but it went in win that one, but it went in points. that fight points. joshua that that fight changed the trajectory of anthony joshua's career. he became he became a different fighter. he became a different fighter. he became he didn't became more withdrawn. he didn't come swinging come out swinging, swinging as often. . and often. he didn't attack. and that's career. that's derailed his career. i think damage that's deraile

helenius, here on the right, took the fight at a week's notice, after dillian whyte failed a voluntarye able to _ and i do find it incredible. you will be able to look— and i do find it incredible. you will be able to look and learn in just a few moments, we have a look at the weather first but afterwards we are looking at remix cubes. then;r we are looking at remix cubes. they don't drive — we are looking at remix cubes. they don't drive you _ we are looking at remix cubes. they don't drive you mad _ we are looking at remix cubes. they don't drive you mad if _ we are looking at remix cubes. ire: don't drive you mad if you cannot we are looking at remix cubes. iu9:1 don't drive you mad if you cannot do it. ., , don't drive you mad if you cannot do it. . , ., ., , it. helen has the weather for us, how is it looking? _ it. helen has the weather for us, how is it looking? perfect - it. helen has the weather for us, | how is it looking? perfect weather for staying in and doing aerobics cube, something i cannot do either, mike. you see the rain coming down here earlier, some sunshine in bet