less northern ireland, dina asher—smith! less than _ northern ireland, dina asher—smith!r title on the line, among those trying to topple her, fellow gb athlete darryl neita and imani lansiquot. asher—smith in lane three again pulled up, the result of the race, meanwhile, was initially too close to call, just a hundredth of a second separating the top three. finally, to everyone's surprise but the crowd's delight, a home—grown hero, and gb's darryl neita added european bronze to her medal collection. heartbreak for dina asher—smith, she has not defended her european title, but three sprinting medals for britain, so still plenty of reasons to celebrate. perhaps not the perfect picture ending they had in mind, but a perfect picture to end the night. so, respectfully, the men's and women's100 metres are usually the showpiece event at these races and just behind me tonight they did not disappoint, perhaps not the colour of the medals the domenech britain have wanted but with the four by 100 and 200 metres still to come plenty of time to put that right, and whether saying, of

so, heartbreak for dina asher—smith.ending they had in mind, but a perfect picture to end the night. nesta mcgregor, bbc news in munich. well, away from the track, britain thought they'd sealed a medal in the field. jacob fincham—dukes opening jump of 8.06 had him in the silver position at the end of competition, but he was demoted back to fifth after an appealfound thatjump was a foul. in the water, there was gold for great britain over in rome at the european aquatics championships. in the mixed relay, britain's quartet of tom dean, matt richards, freya colbert and freya anderson won in the four by 200 metre freestyle — anderson at the end holding off the challenge from france to take the title. after winning commonwealth games silver, there was also gold for britain's lois toulson and kyle kothari in the mixed ten metre synchro platform dive. it adds to the bronze success in the mixed team event in rome yesterday. rangers drew 2—2 with psv eindhoven tonight in the first leg of their champions league play—off. 1—1 at t

dina asher—smith and zharnel hughes are the defending champions but in the case of dina asher—smith,is fit but anything less than 100% and she could be in trouble because it's a very strong field. as for zharnel hughes, he had the italian olympic champion marcelljacobs to contend with and also his own team—mate, reece prescod, who has already beaten him this year. we should be in for a treat. train your whole life for the 100 metres and it can be over in less time than it takes to tie your shoelaces. at the moment the highjumps getting the to tie your shoelaces. at the moment the high jumps getting the cheers but later on the 100 metres should be in for a big treat. back to you. many thanks. the former pop idol contestant and theatre star darius danesh has died at the age of a1. #my # my loneliness is killing me... the scottish singer rose to fame when he gave this memorable audition singing baby one more time for the itv show pop stars in 2001 before finishing third in pop idol. after turning down the offer of a record deal from simon cowell, his debut single, colour—blind went stra

so, heartbreak for dina asher—smith.hought they'd sealed a medal in the field. jacob fincham—dukes opening jump of 8.06 had him in the silver position at the end of competition, but he was demoted back to fifth after an appealfound thatjump was a foul. in the water, there have been two more golds for great britain over in rome at the european aquatics championships. in the mixed relay, britain's quartet of tom dean, matt richards, freya colbert and freya anderson won in the four by 200 metre freestyle — anderson at the end holding off the challenge from france to take the title. after winning commonwealth games silver, there was also gold for britain's lois toulson and kyle kothari in the mixed ten metre synchro platform dive. it adds to the bronze success in the mixed team event in rome yesterday. rangers drew 2—2 with psv eindhoven tonight in the first leg of their champions league play—off. 1—1 at the break, psv were the better side for most of the second half until their keeper walter benitez made a mess of tom lawre

we start with dina asher-smith and comments she | dina asher—smith and comments she has made about moorend parallel bar standings before completing a high—risk routine on the high bar to secure first place. the win marks an incredible recovery for fraser — who had a ruptured appendix and fractured foot, but still came back to win three gold medals at the commonwealth games and now this title in munich. england's cricketers need to take quick wickets this morning — if they're going to fight back in the opening test against south africa. after struggling with the ball for much of the day, a late flurry of wickets in the final session had given england hope of fighting back. but some big hitting from south africa left england frustrated and the tourists in control. they'll resume this morning on 289 for seven — a lead of 12a. following his win over andy murray earlier in the week, cam norrie eased into the quarterfinals in cincinatti. it was a dominant display over the american wild card ben shelton, norrie, seeded ninth, winning the first set six games to love before taking the second 6—2.

dina asher—smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. smith says that cramping was due to her period — and wants experts to investigate how a woman's cycle can impact performance. women's sport and exercise consultant dr rebecca robinson says it's fundamental. where learning more about the menstrual cycle. it is quite a hard area to research, and traditionally area to research, and traditionally a lot of studies have not included females, for example, because of the hormones are difficult to track, or are looking for other areas of health, we have not look particularly at females because we want to exclude those changes in the mental cycle for affecting our results. of course, that changes in the month for most females, and different symptoms affect different females, and there are lots of reasons perhaps one that has not been researched as much to date. that is becoming quite exciting, because internationally and certainly in the uk, there are interesting studies that are going to be able to be applied to our female athletes at the elit

dina asher—smith says more research has to be carried out looking at how periods impact performance at — after recovering from the calf problem that saw her limp out of the 100 metres final. she explained that her period caused cramping during the race — she wants everyone to be more comfortable talking about female health. more people need to actually research this because it's, huge, and they don't always talk about it but sometimes, you see girls who have been so consistent and there's a random dip, and the behind—the—scenes, there really struggling. and it's like, what's that? that's random. just doing more because yeah, i feel like they have a million different ways to combat things but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. dr rebecca robinson specialises in sports and exercise medecine and told me about some of the problems that have held back research into female athlete health. we're learning more about the menstrual cycle. it is quite a hard area to research, and traditionally a lot of studies have not included females, for example, because the hormones

dina asher—smith there. 10,000 metres. it's been an historic day in the gymnastics in munich — joe fraser has become the first british man to win an all—around title at the european championships. he had to overcome ankle and appendix problems this year, and was ruled out of the all—around in the commonwealth games — in his home town of birmingham — after fracturing his foot just two weeks before the games. but the 23—year—old topped the pommel hose and parallel bars standings, and then nailed a high—risk routine on the high bar to make history in munich and take the gold medal. seven weeks ago, my appendix ruptured, so i had to have that out. and a week of training, two weeks before the commonwealth games, i fractured my foot. so literally four weeks ago, i fractured my foot, and now i'm here doing all six apparatus and walking away as the european champion, isjust incredible. i'm proud of myself and my team, the coach, doctor, everyone has got behind me to help meet that to this position. it's notjust my m

time to see if dina asher—smith's hamstring is holding up.tar prepares to defend her european 100 metres title. a lot of money has been spent at nottingham forest, will it help them stay in the premier league? we'll discuss their new signings. and england captain ben stokes is ready to shine a light on test match cricket ahead of tomorrow's series opener against south africa. we brought that little bit of excitement back to english test cricket, and we would've brought fans along with us regardless of if the results went the wrong way. also coming up in the programme... will he get his belts back? anthonyjoshua wants revenge, as he prepares for his re—match against oleksandr usyk in saudi arabia. welcome to the programme. the athletics season is reaching it's crescendo with gb star dina asher—smith poised to defend her european 100 metres gold medal in germany. she won three titles last time around, but has had a problematic summer, tweaking her hamstring at the world championships in eugene and having to withdraw from the commonwealth games.

dina asher—smith has called for more funding and research into how periods affect athletes performances200 metres at the european athletics championships in germany. afterwards, she explained why she suffered cramp in both calves during the 100 metres final. it's just frustrating, it's one of those things. it's a shame because i'm in really good shape. but you know, sometimes that's just the way everything is planned out. more people need to research in the science sector because it's actually huge. we don't always talk about either because sometimes you see girls being so consistent, then a dip. and behind—the—scenes, they are really struggling. with everybody else, they're like, what's that? so we could just do with more funding, because yeah, ifeel like it we could just do with more funding, because yeah, i feel like it was we could just do with more funding, because yeah, ifeel like it was —— if it was a men's issue, we have a million different ways to combat things. but with women, there just needs to be more funding in the area. norway's jakob ingebritsen retained his 1500 metres

britain's dina asher—smith was defdening her 200 metre title at the european championships in munichs disappointment for the other british runner in the race as well — jodie williams finished fourth. obviously i came here to win, so i'm not super happy, but at the end of the day, she put together a better race. congratulations. but, yeah, i came here to win, not super happy. really thought i was in, i am in better shape than that, but at the same time, second is what it is. there was a british 1—2 in the men's 200 metres. zharnel hughes, who took silver in the 100, powered to victory ahead of nathaneel mitchell blake. it was close to a gb clean sweep, but charles dobson was edged out by italy's filippo tortu for third. britain's laura muir successfully defended her european 1500m title, pushing for home with one lap remaining, taking gold comfortably ahead of ireland's ciara mageean. muir has won medals at all three major champpionships this summer. lawrence okoye followed up on his commonwealth games silver by becoming the first british discus medallist at a european championships.

dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich.fied with ease last night, recovering from the leg cramping problem she had in the 100 metres. asher smith says that cramping was due to her period — and wants more to be done to look into women's health and how periods can impact performance. more people need to actually research on the sport science perspective because it's absolutely huge. we wouldn't always talk about it, either, because sometimes you see girls that have been so consistent, there's a random dip and behind the scenes they've been really struggling. it's like, "what's that? that's random." but it would just do with more funding because... yeah, i feel like if it was a men's issue, they'd have a million different ways to combat things. but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. more success for team gb in the diving over in rome, that's running alongside the european championships. britain's grace reid and yasmin harper are through to tonight's final. in the men's, ben cutmore and kyle kothari a

it holds 70,000, hoping to see the likes of dina asher—smith.ow she limped out of those world championships. she is surely the favourite in the 100 and 200 metres. if we are the distance, you're looking at the likes of laura miller and jake white and keeley hutchinson. we like to call the norwegian mr 400 metres. there will be a pole vault superstar here as well. one of the biggest cheers will go through germany's long jump champion. an absolute superstar. plenty of happening to quench even the biggest sporting thirsts. iiit the biggest sporting thirsts. in front of that iconic munich olympic stadium, thank you very much indeed. it's european football's version of the community shield, but this year's super cup not only brings together the winners of the champions league and europa league, it also provides a rematch of one of the most famous matches in history. real madrid and eintracht frankfurt haven't met since the 1960 european cup final at hampden, won 7—3 by the spanish side. ferenc puskas scored four, and alfredo di stefano a hattrick in

championships a month ago, pulling up championships a month ago, pulling up in the 100 metres on tuesday, dina asher—smithga kambundji proved to be a thorn in her side. silverfor asher—smith — proved to be a thorn in her side. silver for asher—smith — an improvement, but not the colour medal she would have wanted. i came here to win. — medal she would have wanted. i came here to win. so _ medal she would have wanted. i came here to win, so i _ medal she would have wanted. i came here to win, so i am _ medal she would have wanted. i came here to win, so i am not _ medal she would have wanted. i came here to win, so i am not super- here to win, so i am not super happy. here to win, so i am not super happy- i here to win, so i am not super happy. i really thought i was in a bit better shape, well, i am happy. i really thought i was in a bit better shape, well, iam in better shape than that. but at the same time, i came second, so it is what it is. in same time, i came second, so it is what it is— what it is. in winning the women's 1500 metres. _ what it is. in winning the women's 1500 metres, great _ what it

and dina asher smith was in action herself a few moments ago...european aquatics championships in italy. the world silver medallist and commonwealth games champion added the european title to his collection, beating italy's lorenzo marsaglia by seventeen points. fellow briton — and commonwealth games bronze medallist — jordan houlden finished in fifth place. there's live action in european football this evening, with more qualifying rounds — there's about half an hour gone, between west ham play danish side viborg in the europa conference league... it is currently 1—0. but hearts kicked off at six in their europa league qualifier against zurich in switzerland — they did lead thanks to a penalty from lawrence shankland but zurich scored twice in the first half — adrian guerrero with their first before two minutes later blerim dzemaili put the home side ahead — that's how it stayed. 2—1 to zurich, ahead of the second leg in edinburgh next week. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you gavin. t

dina asher—smith is in the 100 and 200m final and that is something to look out for.ple watching. as for me, the only running i will be doing is away from the sun, because it is absolutely scorching, joanna. back to you. sounds sensible, thank you. the olympic curling champion, eve muirhead has announced her retirement from the sport. she led team gb to win the gold up the winter olympics in beijing in 2022. tomorrow we'll be a step closer to finding out which uk town or city will host next year's eurovision song contest. 13 places have already shown interest — but they'll be whittled down to a shortlist, which will be announced tomorrow. and the final winner will be revealed in the autumn. eurovision's most recent host was turin, and our correspondent, daniel rosney, has been to hear some of the advice on offer from there. three months ago sam ryder gave an out—of—this—world performance. 183 points. the country that wins normally gets to put on eurovision the following year, but the uncertainty of what the situation will be in ukraine meant it was offered to the bbc

dina asher—smith may have been the top attraction... in lane three again pulled up. the result of the race, meanwhile, was initially too close to call — just one i/ioo of a second separating the top three. finally, to everyone�*s surprise, but the crowd's delight, a home—grown hero — and gb's daryl nita added a european bronze to her medal collection. so heartbreak for dina asher—smith — she hasn't defended her european title — but three sprinting medals for britain, so still plenty of reasons to celebrate. perhaps not the perfect picture ending they had in mind, but a perfect picture to end the night. nesta mcgregor, bbc news, in munich. rangers drew 2—2 with psv eindhoven in the first leg of their champions league play—off. h at the break, psv were the better side for most of the second half until their keeper walter benitez made a mess of tom lawrence's free—kick. but rangers weren't ahead for long and armando obispo equalised for psv. the second leg is in eindhoven next wednesday still work for rangers to do. it goes on. for now, tha

britain's dina asher—smith was defdening her 200 metre title at the european championships in munich. really thought i was in... well, i am in better shape than that, but at the same time, came second, so that is what it is. there was a british 1—2 in the men's 200 metres. zharnel hughes, who took silver in the 100, powered to victory ahead of nathaneel mitchell blake. it was close to a gb clean sweep, but charles dobson was edged out by italy's filippo tortu for third. britain's laura muir successfully defended her european 1500m title, pushing for home with one lap remaining, taking gold comfortably ahead of ireland's ciara mageean. muir has won medals at all three major championships this summer. lawrence okoye followed up on his commonwealth games silver by becoming the first british discus medallist at a european championships. he took bronze. it's not all about the athletics — olympic champion tom pidcock has become the first british rider to win the european cross country mountain biking title. joe lynskey reports. on all types of terrain, tom pidcock barely stops for breath.

there was disappointment for dina asher—smith as she failed to defend her european 200m title. so congratulations. but i came here to win so not super happy. i really thought i was in better shape, or i am in better shape than that, but at the same time, i came second, so thatis the same time, i came second, so that is what it is. lawrence okoye found the perfect moment to produce his season's best as he became the first ever british athlete to win a medal in disus at a european championships. the former nfl player threw 67.14m with his very first throw to claim bronze — his best in a decade. it has been a tough year for me it has been a tough yearfor me in a lot of ways and to do what i did todayjust meant lot of ways and to do what i did today just meant the lot of ways and to do what i did todayjust meant the world to me. there is no other way i can describe it. you know, to win in this field after some of the things that i have, you know, been experiencing, it means the world to me. i couldn't hold back. tom pidcock produced a stunning ride to claim gold in the mountain bik

dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich.bulking up, beforehand, but he�*s around the same as last time while aj is 4le more. these are their final preparations ahead of the world heavyweight title fight in saudi arabia tomorrow night. olexander usyk defending his wba, wbo and ibf titles, the belts he took from joshua 11 months ago. very much looking forward to that. more on the bbc sport website. that�*s all the sport for now. let�*s bring you a tiny line of breaking news from sweden. the police there have issued a statement saying that they are responding to a shooting incident in malmo in the south of the country and it has happened at a shopping centre. we have no further details to bring you on this particular incident but i wasjust reading that on this particular incident but i was just reading that there have been a record number of fatal shooting so far in sweden this year. we don�*t know whether there are any fatalities or casualties of any sort at the moment but police are in attendance at this shopping centre in ma

zharnel hughes and dina asher—smith among the british sprinters going for medals in their events.fending european champion won in sweltering conditions on the second day of competition. it's a big night for rangers later — the scottish side begin their quest to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over a decade. they take on dutch side psv, in the first leg of their playoff tie at ibrox tonight. ruud van nistelrooy is in charge of psv — a former netherlands teammate of rangers boss giovanni van bronckhorst. it is going to be a big game for all of us, for both clubs, because we all want to be in the champions league but there is only one ticket in this tie left. i'm sure you will see that psp will do everything to go through and we will see rangers will do everything to go through, so i think there are all the ingredients of a couple of great games and in the end the winner will take it home. crystal palace defender joachim andersen says he's received hundreds of abusive messages on instagram after being involved in an incident that saw liverpool's da

it wasn�*t quite the fairy tale return to competition for dina asher—smith at the european athleticsbrilliant gold medal in front of her home crowd in munich. britain�*s darryl neita took bronze. i got cramp in my calves and i wasjust like... i can't be running on two cramping calves, which is crazy — i'm going to go back, have a chat with my recovery, have a chat with how i'm hydrating and stuff. but, yeah, came out the blocks... i feel good, i'm in good shape, which is why i'm frustrated. i wasn't about to go and run a whole race on two cramping calves — like, probably going to tear them, so...frustrated! in the men�*s final it was silver for the defending european champion zharnel hughes. he was beaten into second by the olympic champion from italy, marceljacobs. but although hughes couldn�*t defend his title, he was happy to get close to jacobs, and there was bronze for gb�*sjeremiah azu — the 21—year—old from cardiff was elated to get a medal. i'm very proud of myself. i'm proud of the team back there that helped me to get to this point, my coach. so everyone that was involved.

defending european champion dina asher—smith is through to tonight's final of the 100 metres at the europeanwealth games through injury she eased through her semifinal in the last half hour. she'll go up against fellow briton daryl neita in that final in just over an hour's time. the defending european champion in the men's hundred metres is britain's zharnel hughes. he cruised through in his semi final, with fellow britjeremiah azu, the 21—year—old welshman, also qualifying. they'll be joined in tonight's final by reece prescod, who won his semi, and the italian olympic champion marcelljacobs. and on a busy night of athletics in munich, the men's long jump final�*s also under way. a british hope for a medal in this event too with jacob fincham dukes the early leader after a first leap of eight metres and 6cm, a seasons best. in the last hour, there's been gold for great britain over in rome at the european aquatics championships. in the mixed relay, britain's quartet of tom dean, matt richards, freya colbert, and freya anderson won in the four by 200 metre freestyle. anderson at the end hol

thank you very much for being with us. l 0lympian dina asher smith is calling for more research into defending champion limped out of tuesday's 100m final at the european championships with cramps. more people need to actually research this because it's, they don't always talk about it but sometimes, you see girls who have been so consistent and around and the behind—the—scenes, there really struggling. and it's like, what's that? that's random. just doing more because yeah, i feel like they have a million —— mens different ways to combat things but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. for more i'm joined by georgie bruinvels, whose research looks at how periods can impact sports performance. she's worked with a wide range of athletes, including england women's football team. adapted to help with that. thank you for being with us. how big a problem is this in terms of the way sport is currently set up?— currently set up? thank you for havin: currently set up? thank you for having me- _ currently set up? thank you for having me. it's— currently set up? thank y

ahead of a huge night for dina asher smith, the british sprinter says more must be done to look into leg cramping problem she had in the 100 metres. asher smith says that cramping was due to her period — and wants everyone to be more comfortable talking about female health. more people need to actually research on the sport science perspective because it's absolutely huge. we wouldn't always talk about it, either, because sometimes you see girls that have been so consistent, there's a random dip and behind the scenes they've been really struggling. it's like, "what's that? that's random." but it would just do with more funding because... yeah, i feel like if it was a men's issue, they'd have a million different ways to combat things. but with women, there just needs to be more funding in that area. history was made at the european gymnastics championships, asjoe fraser became the first british man to win an all—around title. fraser topped the pommel horse and parallel bar stardings — before completing a high—risk routine on the high bar to secure first place. the win marks an incredi

dina asher—smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. e just needs to be more funding in that area. following his win over andy murray, the british number one cam norrie is now into the quarterfinals in cincinatti. he was playing the american wild card ben shelton and gave a dominant display. norrie — who's seeded ninth — won the first set 6—0, before taking the second 6—2. he'll now play spanish teenager carlos alcaraz, who's the third seed. but emma raducanu's run has come to an end after she was beaten in her third round match byjessica pegula. the american, having a strong year and in the world's top ten, took the first set 7—5. before going on to win the second 6—4. raducanu will now turn her attention to defending her us open title in new york in ten days' time. that's all the sport for now. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers — because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the d

zharnel hughes and dina asher—smith among the british sprinters going for medals in their events.there is only one ticket in this tie left. i'm sure you will see that psp will do everything to go through and we will see rangers will do everything to go through, so i think there are all the ingredients of a couple of great games and in the end the winner will take it home. crystal palace defender joachim andersen says he's received hundreds of abusive messages on instagram after being involved in an incident that saw liverpool's darwin nunez sent off. andersen's palace side claimed a 1—1 draw at anfield, and he was at the centre of the flash point of the match — nunez was red carded for a head butt on the dane. andersen posted examples of the abuse, some of which included death threats. he's called on instagram and the premier league to act. england's new era in test cricket continues tomorrow with the start of the final series of the summer. england welcome south africa to lord's for the first of three tests, buoyed by an unbeaten start under new coach brendan mccullum. england's

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