emma wiggs —— practically foes office. the world championships. over the last few races we've had its very tight racing but the times we are doing oui’ racing but the times we are doing ourfar in advance of racing but the times we are doing our far in advance of the rest of the world. if we are on that start line ina the world. if we are on that start line in a good shake, we can put on a show for the world. that's all the sport for now. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 6.40, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's return to the death at the age of 80 of the former un secretary general kofi annan. mr annan held the post of secretary general from january 1997 until december 2006. he was the first black african to hold the position. he later served as the un special envoy for syria, leading efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. mr annan also won the nobel peace prize in 2001, for helping to revitalise the un. as you can imagine, twitter has been active in the couple of hours si

from swimming to para—canoe — she beat fellow brit and the reigning paralympic champion champion emma wiggs gold medal at each of the previous five world championships, made the stronger start, but has been struggling with ligament damage after dislocating a bone in her wrist two weeks ago, and henshaw came through to claim the title. i really try to not focus on the rest of the competitors and just look at my rest of the competitors and just look been able to do, so it is have been able to do, so it is brilliant. this weekend, the belgian grand prix is held at spa, a track synonymous with the success of seven—time world champion michael schumacher. he dominated formula 0ne during the 1990s but suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident nearly five years ago. now, his 19 year—old son mick has aspirations to follow his father into motor racing. 0ur formula one correspondent jennie gow went to meet him at home in switzerland. his father is a sporting icon and the most successful formula one driver of all time. having started out with a go—kart in the garden when he was just three ye

and staying with para sport, paralympic canoeing champion emma wiggs will bid for her sixth successive as nick hope can tell us.. two women piling for one gold. emma, the former volleyball her turned paralympic champion canoeist and charlotte henshaw, a two—time paralympic medal winning swimmer who is now targeting success on the water rather than in it. we are in rio with team and i don't want this to be it. i need to find a way of trying to get myself another one of these things and i got in the boat and something clicked. they gave me that new lease of life that i needed. as soon as i got in the bow tie. he was right. i looked moving quickly out of the wheelchair and for me was a chance to really see what i could do with the bits of me that worked to make that boat go as fa st that worked to make that boat go as fast as possibly could. they have only been team—mates and rivals for the last 12 months are feeling the benefits. i knew of her and she had cut of won everything there is to win and she was a brilliant athlete. to have someone like charlotte is an incredible motivator but a

paralympic champion emma wiggs claimed gold ahead of team—mate jeanette chippington while there was a there for us. the british team dominated the canoeing events when the sport made its olympic debut at rio 2016 and judging by the performances here this week they will again be the tea m this week they will again be the team to beat coming the tokyo paralympics starting today. we've had breakthrough performances this week but today i was all but one of the well—known names and that is of a mile. the 30—year—old is a prolific champion but lost in that event on thursday to charlotte henshaw and despite struggling with a wrist injury which will require surgery a wrist injury which will require surgery after the championships she dominated today. winning the 200 metres by over two by five seconds from the team—matejeanette who proven the bronze medals she won yesterday. if you are lining up in the star line you are fit enough to go and today that was good enough and i'm really chuffed to be on the podium again with another female gb athlete. we are dominating the event. just overwhelmed t

paralympic canoeing champion emma wiggs will bid for her sixth successive world title in portugal next challenger having switched to the sport from para swimming. they'll go head—to—head in the kl2 class and nick hope has been to meet them. i'm 38. i've been canoeing for five yea rs i'm 38. i've been canoeing for five years and in the current european world and paralytic champion. i'm 31 and a former swimmer. i went paralytic metals at london 2012 andrea 2016. i started canoeing in 2017. two women paddling for one gold. they have very different reasons for taking up para canoeing. as soon as i got in a boat i felt something was right. i love moving quickly, it was out of the wheelchair and for me it was a chance to really see what i could do with the bits of me that worked to make that boat go as fast as i could. we are sitting at the closing ceremony in rio with the swimming team and i thought, "i don't want this to be it". i would need to find a way of trying to get myself to another one of these things. got in a boat and something clicked that gave me that new lease of life that i n

jeanette chippington is back in action on saturday going head—to—head against emma wiggs, her fellowort website. the great britain men's wheelchair basketball team are playing for a place in the final of the world championships in germany. they've reached the semi—finals where they're playing iran. they will play the usa, the rio gold medallists, after they beat australia in the other semifinal. great news there. great britain's women have reached their first ever final at the wheelchair basketball world championships in hamburg. they put on a dominant performance to beat the hosts germany 60—37. they'll face either the netherlands or china in tomorrow's final. catalans dragons are the rank outsiders to win saturday 5 challenge cup final against warrington. catalans are appearing in the final for only the second time, while warrington will be aiming to win rugby league stop prize for a ninth time. but the french club — who are only 18 years old — are aiming to upset the odds and write another chapter in their short history. dave woods has been to the club to find out more about them.