australia's cricket board described the claims as contemptible the england and wales cricket board said the allegations had no basis al-jazeera intends to hand over on edited material to the relevant police or forest issues david harrison al-jazeera london and you can see the whole of that investigation in half an hour's time here on al-jazeera and it's being repeated three more times this week and mounted political development australia where the prime minister says he won't go on call an early election despite his coalition government likely losing its one seat majority in parliament senior party and scott marston's ruling coalition has conceded defeat in a by election in a sydney seat that was earlier held by former leader malcolm turnbull. just a quick look at the top stories this hour saudi arabia's foreign minister says his government does not know how to market died or where his body is speaking on fox news other larger bear called the journalist death an aberration a mistake which crown prince mohammed bin sound man it was not aware of so we discovered that he was killed in the

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this is going to be a tough test for england. australiaked sixth in the world and have gone up the rankings. england are up to third themselves will stop in a press c0 nfe re nce to third themselves will stop in a press conference this week, phil neville said he thinks australia are one of the dark horses for the world cup. australia are without their star striker, rated as one of if not the best player at the moment. england admit they are disappointed they are not going to test themselves against her this evening. as you mentioned, they beat brazil come on saturday with 23 shots but scored only one goal. nobbs said they were doing plenty of shooting practice over the last few days. he has had us doing quite a bit because he sees that is something that we need to capitalise on. we have eight months to hopefully get better at that but in these big pressure moments and big pressure games, we need to score goals. well, jo, i mentioned the world cup in canada, but the impact of the lionesses finishing third there can't be underestimated reall

i think in england and australia, it is very strong with people attending the venue strong with peopleenue where the test matches are but i think around the world there is more eyeballs watching on the tv. i think as long as the superstar players say that test cricket is the pinnacle, and they want to achieve things in the test match arena, and they are leading the way in that, we will always have it. we have to trust the players. it is easy to ta ke trust the players. it is easy to take the money and do the t20 and i don't begrudge players doing that. but i hope that when we look back in 10-15 but i hope that when we look back in 10—15 years' time, looking to the future, we also isn't it great all those players love test cricket? it is the hardest form. the best team will always when over five days. we had the ball tampering issue a couple of months ago which has clearly damaged the australian team and damage test cricket as a brand as well. do you think it has knocked it in that way? i was embarrassed. i'm not sure how it gets to the stage in a test match where you say we will take s

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now, who could forget this — in england beating the hosts australia to win commonwealth games gold backone of the sport's biggest stars is there — sharni layton, who's dominated netball in australia, is playing for surrey storm, before leaving the sport for aussie rules. she's been very open about her struggle with mental health issues — and she spoke to emily croydon during her short trip to the uk. there you go, sweetie. absolutely. this is the buzz when one of the world's best netball players lands on your shores. during her career, sharni layton won two world cups and a commonwealth gold medal. she is widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the game but it was her character, intimidating on the court yet approachable off it, which made her a global superstar. my persona was angry, i had to go for every ball, i wanted to intimidate my player, stand in their face and annoy them. that determination is what got me into netball teams sometimes over my skill level. last year she took a six—month break after suffering from depression. the candid way in which she spoke about it only

sharni layton had promised to wear an england kit at the fast5 event today, if england beat australiaost to wasps in the semi—finals at the copperbox — and they went on to beat benecosmavericks by 42 points to 32 to take the title. will bayley provided one of the most memorable images from the paralympics in rio two years ago. his celebration after he won table tennis gold was a real highlight. next week he takes part in the biggest event on the para table tennis calendar — the world championships in slovenia. ben croucher looks at where the british medals might come from. we have already had the swimming in dublin and the european para athletics in berlin this year, where britain 120 cult medals. this time it is the turn of the table tennis world championships. not so many medals up for grabs. for athlete it is the third largest paralympic sport. slovenia is not too foreign to the team. they regularly practice and play here. the competition is around about an hour away. so who is going? 1a athletes in total. the majority of them have real medal prospects. one of them is ranked sixth

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i don't think, and england and australia it is strong with people attending the venue strong with peopleenue where the test matches are. but around the world i think there are more eyeballs watching on the tv. i think as long as the superstar players say that test cricket is the pinnacle and he wants to achieve things in the test match arena and he is leading the way and that, then i think it will stand there. we have to trust the prayers that they want to trust the prayers that they want to play test cricket. it is very easy to take the money and do the twe nty20 easy to take the money and do the twenty20 side of things i don't begrudge any player for doing that. but when we look back and ten, 15 yea rs' but when we look back and ten, 15 years' time and look in the future and say "wasn't it great that others we re and say "wasn't it great that others were still loved test cricket" because it is still the hardest form. you play forfive because it is still the hardest form. you play for five days and the best tea m form. you play for five days and the best team always wins. we had the bal

i think in england and australia it is still very strong with people attending the venue of where thevenue of where the test matches are, but i think around the world is more eyeballs watching on the tv. i think as long as the superstar players like virat kohli say that test cricket is the pinnacle, and he wa nts to test cricket is the pinnacle, and he wants to achieve things in the test match arena and he is leading the way that, then i think i'll always stay there, and we have to trust the players, that they want to play test cricket. it is very easy to take the money and do the t20 side of things, andi money and do the t20 side of things, and i don't begrudge any player doing that, but i hope that when we look back in ten, 15 years' time, we look back in ten, 15 years' time, we look into the future and we say wasn't it great that all these players still love test cricket? because it is the hardest form. you play for five days, the best team will always win. to the shorter formats of the game, and the first one day international between england and sri lanka was abandoned in dambull

after the opening round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland between australia's marcus fraser and england'satt wallace. and krasnodar shock five—time winners sevilla in the europa league, taking a 2—1 victory in russia to move top of group]. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis, and the news that us open champion naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the china open in beijing, but there was a shock defeat for the wimbledon champion angelique kerber. jim lumsden rounds up thursday's action. for those bemoaning the lack of depth in women's tennis look no further than naomi osaka, the form player. last month she stunned serena williams in a memorable us open final. she has confirmed in next month's tour finals and her progress in beijing continued on thursday. the 20—year—old eighth seed was rarely troubled, racing through the match 61, 6—2 in little over an hour. the japanese player has only dropped four games in the last two rounds, and next in the osa firing line is naomi osaka, who knocked out angelique kerber. the player took the first set 6—1 before t

he missed the winter ashes in australia and england lost four of five tests.ople's interest in what happened, and the fact you weren't playing for england when people would have loved to have seen you playing for england? yeah, that's the best thing, you know, about going forward is, you know, everything that you do from here onwards is, you know, what people will hopefully remember, and it's what i'm trying to do. england are the favourites for that world cup on home soil, but stoke's hopes of playing rest on a disciplinary hearing. the panel meet in december, four months after he was cleared. for now he's embracing the crease hoping to move forwards. let's look ahead to the weekend's football next on sportsday. the biggest premier league game is actually not at the weekend spurs play leaders manchester city on monday night, so that means by monday night three teams could be above city at the top of the table. arsenal and chelsea are two of those teams they play on sunday, so it's liverpool that get the first go on saturday. tomorrow's games also feature the

quick update, england still leads australia i—o. play. all the run—up and reaction to them in the sports day at 10:30pm. see you then. the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is a doctor and highly decorated russian military intelligence officer. that's according to an investigative website called bellingcat. it claims his name is alexander mishkin and that he received a hero of the russian federation award from president putin himself. the kremlin has made no comment. last month, bellingcat named the first salisbury suspect also as member of russian military intelligence — a claim rejected by russia. here's our security correspondent gordon corera. alexander mishkin as a young man, and more recently, alexander petrov, two names, but one person, a russian spy. arriving as alexander petrov, he was spotted on cctv in salisbury in march and accused by police of poisoning sergei skripal, himself a former russian spy, and his daughter yulia. a discarded perfume bottle used in the attack would later kill dawn sturgess. now

investigation in may when he gave advanced details of sport fixes for test matches involving england and australia. in the newly obtained recordings menow described twenty six fixes in fifteen international matches in twenty eleven and twenty twelve. the betting method and i gotta or if lucky had put it up i think the recordings indicate the two or three players are involved in each fakes the evidence points to a small group of england players carrying out sport fixes in seven matches australian plays in five matches and pakistan plays in three players from other teams carried out sport fixes in one much in some cases both teams deliver to fix additionally historically england australians first fixing matches and that will stand to christian world the recordings also include a call made by minoan to an unnamed english cricketer. or. not in. sport fixes affect only part of the match and do not determine the overall result. most of menow sport fixes all session fixes in which players underperform during a session or bracket of six eight or ten overs are not yet but they are. due to the gravity of th

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this is the first of two friendlies for england, also playing australia and tuesday, another very toughit will be brilliant today despite the weather, thatis brilliant today despite the weather, that is what the england players have said to me a a few moments ago. if you want to follow the action, listen to the full match commentary on five live, kicked off here is at 12:30pm. timing is everything in formula one, and i‘m not talking about the cam belt or any other part of the engine. in qualifying for the japanese grand prix earlier today, ferrari got their timing wrong, by sending title contender sebastian vettel, out on the wrong kind of tryes to make the most of the early dry conditions. lewis hamilton‘s mercedes team, picked the right time to send the british driver out, and on the best tyres for the dry track. he was quickest to take pole. vettel failed to get in a time after switching to dry—weather ‘slick‘ tyres, but went out this time in the rain and so will start back in 8th tomorrow. he could lose further ground then on championship leader hamilton. england‘s second warm—up ma

series in sri lanka starts in the morning hello and welcome to sportsday evening, england lionesses drew 1—all against australiaonight at fulham's craven cottage. it was only a friendly, but the teams could meet at next summer's world cup and england really should have put the game out of sight had it not been for some very poor refereeing. let's cross live now to the gorund and speak to our reporter jo currie. hijo, unbeaten in the international break but england should have made it two out of two. phil neville did pretty well to keep a lid absolutely. it was an eventful evening to say the least. plenty to be said about the refereeing, but they cannot get away from the fact that as they were on saturday, wasteful this evening. just to give you some statistics, they had 17 shots on saturday, they had 23. across two matches, the only scored one goal in each. the players all things, it isjust one goal in each. the players all things, it is just not good enough. they dominated right from the off and on the 20 minute mark, the eventually took the lead. a wonderful game, good work from her in the box from the goalke

football break, we'll catch up with some of the home nations preparations and also the england lionesses who are facing australiaw night, but we are going to start with one of the big stories from the weekend and the continuing fall—out. ufc 229, not so much conor mcgregor‘s defeat to kabib nurmagomedov in las vegas but the brawl that followed billed as the biggest mixed martial arts fight in history. mcgregor, the greatest name in the sport despite almost two years away, was forced to submit in the fourth round, after the russian caught him in choke—hold. the champion then leapt from the octagon and started fighting with some of mcgregor‘s entourage, three of his party were arrested and later released and another man attacked mcgregor inside the cage. nurmagomedov apologised, pointing towards the provocation that he had been subjected to in the build up to the fight, but his purse has been held by the nevada state athletics commission who sanctioned the fight and he may face further punishment. it was an ugly, ugly night. in a moment will get the view from a former ufc fighter who was at the fight, but let's ge

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both those england players should be involved against australia in anotherfriendly at craven cottagerrie has been with the squad today. the world cup is fast approaching. yesterday marked eight months until the tournament gets under way in france. but the lionesses have a few hurdles to step over before then — namely hosting australia at craven cottage tomorrow evening. it comes after an impressive victory over brazil on the weekend, but manager phil neville has warned his squad that the team from down under will pose a much greater threat. we've not played australia for a long time, and jody taylor plays in australia and tells me all the time how physically fit they are. i actually do think they could be one of the dark horses to win the world cup. tomorrow night's match will be the lionesses‘ first game in the capital for four years. last time out, they were thrashed 3—0 by germany at wembley. but a lot‘s changed since 2014, not the least of which the training and recovery. i will let midfielderjordan knobs explained. it involves inflatable unicorns. we started off with the ducking

australia. without him, england lost four of the five tests.ciate people's interest in what happened, and the fact you weren't playing for england when people would have loved to have seen you playing for england? yeah, that's the best thing, you know, about going forward is, you know, everything that you do from here onwards is, you know, what people will hopefully remember, and it's what i'm trying to do. england are among the favourites for the world cup on home soil but stokes‘ hopes of playing rest on england's own disciplinary hearing. the panel meets in december, four months after the play was cleared. for now, stokes is embracing the crease and having to move forward. sloane stephens has taken the first set as she bids to come past the world number two and make the semi finals of the wta finals. eighth seed kiki bertens has already reached the final four in singapore after naomi 0saka was forced to retire with injury. 0saka was down 6—3 in the first set when she took a medical timeout for a leg injury. and ended the match before the sec

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both teams begin their autumn internationals in two weeks time — new zealand play england at twickenham while australiaon after an 18 month break — and she looks in excellent form. she's looking to add to her 10 world golds, and tops the standings in qualification for tomorrow's finals at the world championships in doha. and this, 2a hours after a trip to hospital for treatment for kidney stones. it's being pretty crazy. i was an er last night and came back early in the morning like at 1:00. found out i had a kidney stone so we're going from there. but the pain is pretty ok right now. so that is good. so we can expect to see you out there going for team usa? you don't want to let the team down, do you? no, of course not. team is number one priority. absolutely nothing is going to stop her. super league triathlon is in malta this weekend, but some of britain's best are missing the action. double olympic champion alistair brownlee is one of six britons unable to take part. his brotherjonny was in the eliminator race, which sees the slowest athletes drop out after each stage. the race was won by south afr

both those england players should be involved against australia in another friendly tomorrow night.nd third, so they will offer another stern test to neville's side as they continue their preparations for next year's world cup in france. they are so fast, they are so physical, and we are going to have to have all our energy. we are going to have all our energy. we are going to have all our energy. we are going to have to show our quality, and it will definitely be a step up from playing brazil on saturday, that is for sure. i have told the players that this morning, if they think tomorrow night will be similar to brazil, they are wrong. it is going to bea brazil, they are wrong. it is going to be a real physical game, this one. the fa are investigating comments made byjose mourinho at the end of manchester united's match on saturday. united came from two down to win 3—2 at home to newcastle. mourinho appears to have sworn in portuguese and made a gesture to the camera as he walked off after the final whistle at old trafford. british number one kyle edmund has reached a career—high o

england's netballers. they've been up against, malawi, in the fast 5s. basically 5 a side netball in shorter games. so this was in the last hour, in australia and because it was in their powerplay time, it was worth double, so it meant england lost, 27-26. the roses have played now 2 out of their 3 games today, losing to new zeland in match one. . .they face south africa later. after thrashing toulon, last week in rugby union's champions cup, edinburgh suffered a disapointing loss away at zebre last night. the scottish side, who were without several players because of international call—ups, blew a 13 point half time lead, to lose 34—16 in parma. scarlets, ulster and 0spreys all won though. england's rugby league team take on new zealand in hull, this afternoon, in the first of a three match series. and they are in for a stern test. new zealand beat world champions australia just two weeks ago. and because of injuries, there are a number of new faces in the england squad, including hull's jake connor. the world cup is the next biggest thing and i'm sure they want to build that and bring some other players through. some of the other ones won

england are the defending champions but have lost all three of their games this morning. to new zealand, malawi and most recently, south africa. hoping to do better tomorrow when they play australiaon out in sri lanka this afternoon. they won the one—day series comfortably — albeit with plenty of help from the weather. and this is a one—off t20 before a three—match test series. henry moeran reports from colombo. every one of the matches has been affected in some way, shape or form by the rain. this evening's t20 ta kes by the rain. this evening's t20 takes an extra importance and gives insta nt takes an extra importance and gives instant the opportunity to get some miles in the legs, some more overs bowled as they go towards the world cup. every opportunity is so important in white ball cricket. here is the weather tends to be pretty good in the morning, it is later on we have the problems. this evening's game starts at 7pm, the same kind of time that the weather sta rts same kind of time that the weather starts to commend. fingers crossed we get what we need so that we can have a game of cricket. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather with darren bett. we have seen so

after the opening round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland between australia's marcus fraser and england'ss sevilla in the europa league, taking a 2—1 victory in russia to move top of groupj. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis, and the news that us open champion naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the china open in beijing, but there was a shock defeat for the wimbledon champion angelique kerber. jim lumsden rounds up thursday's action.

australia are ranked sixth in the world with england third so they will offer another stern test for as they continue their preparations for the world cup next year. mo farah is now likely to focus on next yea r‘s world farah is now likely to focus on next year's world championships in qatar after winning his first marathon. victory in chicago came in only his third attempt at a distance, pricking the european record in the process and taking over a minute of his own personal best —— breaking the record. i haven't seen her for a little while, in training camp for the last two months so i want to go back to london and spent some time with my kids. and then think about the next step. hopefully the world championships and other stuff, i'm not sure. in tennis, british number one kyle edmund has reached a career of 14th in the world tennis rankings. he made it to the semifinal of the china open last week and has moved up two places but he has risen from 50th at the start of the year. he has been british number one since march when he passed andy murray who is now number 262 in the world.

football and a draw for england women against australia? was very outspoken about the standard of refereeing and the impact it could have on the women's game after his side's draw with australia in a friendly last night. they drew 1—1 in london, opening the scoring through fran kirby, but as well as having a goal disallowed, england were denied two penalties. there will be no var technology at the women's world cup next year and neville is concerned that poor officiating will count against his team and damage the appeal of the game. it is easy saying you can't criticise people within the women's game because it is the women's game, no, if the standards are not right, ijust criticised the players for not being ruthless enough and they have accepted it. i think for the women's game to get better, we need to have conversations like this and be brave enough to come out and say that this needs to improve. he feels they should have won it out right with the chances they had that is frustrated and feels the standard of refereeing needs to be looked

england's netballers. they've been up against malawi, in the fast 5s, basically 5 a side netball, in shorter games. so this was in the last couple of hours, in australiand to score and because it was in their powerplay time, it was worth double, so it meant england lost, 27—26. the roses have played now two out of their three games today, losing to new zealand in match one. they face south africa later. after thrashing toulon, last week in rugby union's champions cup, edinburgh suffered a disapointing loss away at zebre last night. the scottish side, who were without several players because of international call—ups, blew a 13 point half time lead, to lose 34—16 in parma. scarlets, ulster and ospreys all won though. now, he did it at the olympics, with two golds in rio, and now max whitlock is on course for more success. he qualified top, for the final of the pommel at the world gymnastics championships in doha. he's aiming to win that title for the third time. dom cunningham and james hall are in the all—around final. meanwhile, the four—time olympic gold medallist, simone biles, had to go to hospital, suffering from kidney stones, less than 24 hours

australia. while sri lanka and england face off in the third one day international of their series. ague match in paris. pakistan will look for early wickets against australia when play gets underway in abu dhabi shortly. nathan lyon became australia's fourth—highest wicket—ta ker on day one as pakistan were dismissed for 282. his four wickets took him past mitchelljohnson to 314 test victims. usman khwaja spent nine hours at the crease to save the first test. he lasted just 13 balls this time, with australia set to resume on 20—2. sri lanka head out in the coming hours for the third one—day international against england with the visitors holding a 1—0 lead, after the first match was abandoned. dry weather welcomed the teams for training in kandy, after sri lanka lost the rain—affected second odi by 31 runs, and england all—rounder moeen ali says the conditions have proved difficult. it's not been as easy because of the rain, and the pictures are a little bit tacky, but it is not springing massively at the moment. i am sure going forward it probably will spend quite a bit. i think go

australia are ranked sixth in the world, against england's third, so they'll offer another good test e lionesses. it is gonna be a real physical game, this one, where australia i think are similar to usa in terms of the physicality. they have real running power and strength in the team. regardless of who they have brought or not, you know, they have got players that can play in any league in the world, on any stage, and our players are going to have to show all their quality. british number one kyle edmund has made it through to the second round of the shanghai masters. edmund has risen to a career—high of 14th in the world and he went into the match against filip krajinovic as favourite but he was given a stern test by the serbian, who broke serve in the opening set. edmund recovered, though, to win in straight sets and earn a meeting with andreas seppi. it looks as though marlande yarde now has no hope of regaining his place in the england rugby union side in time for next year's world cup. he'll be out of action for the rest of the season after sustaining a knee injury in sale‘s wi

england's women play australia tonight at craven cottage and australia are ranked sixth in the world ll offer another good test as they will offer another good test as they continue their preparation for they continue their preparation for the world cup next year —— third. they continue their preparation for the world cup next year —— thirdm is going to be a really physical game. australia at think are similar to the usa in terms of their physicality, they have real running power and strength in their team. regardless of who they have brought or not, they have players who can play in any league in the world and on any stage. 0ur players are going to have to show all their quality. in tennis, british number one kyle edmund it through to be second round of the shanghai masters. yet risen toa of the shanghai masters. yet risen to a career high in the world and went into the match against billy beck krajinovic as david but was given a serb that mega— stern test. he recovered to win in straight cents and earned himself a meeting with andreas seppi. wigan centre 0liver gildart has been call

england's netballers. they're playing in the fast 5s in australia — basically five a side netball — in shorter games. ut lost all three of their games this morning to new zealand, malawi and also south africa, where they got to within a point before south africa scored again with 20 seconds to go. they'll be hoping to do better tomorrow when they play australia and jamaica. great britain's male gymnasts have qualified for the team final at the world championships in doha. and one of their members is there despite school bullies who nearly made him quit. dominick cunningham defied taunts about being a male gymnast — and this year has won commonwealth and european gold medals. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter david mcdaid has more. great noise. much like his car, dominic cunningham has been firing on all cylinders. dominic cumming is the new men's european champion. it's been a breakthrough year but fixing cars could have been his career rather than a hobby had police forced him out of the sport he loves. gymnastics wasn't a male oriented sport, i'm19 and not wanting to go to school because people are callin

marta came, england conquered. next up is australia on tuesday night. interim wbo world flyweight champion and lewis hamilton's 80th pole position. many thanks indeed. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. a chilly start to the weekend, you will notice it will start to feel a little warmer next week. it all comes down to what is happening in the event, this area of cloud is hurricane leslie and there is some uncertainty. some uncertainty for what will happen, but this is what brought the rain on saturday. that is often near continent for sunday, but weeks which was worst the fortu nes but weeks which was worst the fortunes around as there is more cloud and rain into the north. the weather front is pushing cloud and rain into the north. the weatherfront is pushing into scotla nd weatherfront is pushing into scotland and northern ireland. it is cloudy and occasionally rainy in northern ireland and scotland. the heaviest rain in western scotland, with gale force winds. england will have vastly im

australia are ranked sixth in the world, with england third, so they'll offer another stern test to phile edmund has reached a career—high of 14th in the world tennis rankings. he made it to the semi—finals of the china open last week and he's moved up two places — but, even more impressively, he's risen from 50th at the start of the year. edmund has been british number one since march, when he passed andy murray, who's of course now number 262 in the world. the new zealand flanker sam cane will miss the autumn tests afterfracturing a bone in his neck. he was injured during the all blacks' narrow victory over south africa on saturday, and he'll be out for five matches, including those in england and ireland next month. he's expected to make a full recovery, but the team doctor said it would probably take about three months for the bone to get strong again. mo farah is now likely to focus on next year's world championships in qatar, after winning his first marathon title. victory in chicago came at only his third attempt over the distance. he broke the european record in the process and a

marta came, england conquered. next up is australia on tuesday night.e. also coming up in the programme we'll be live in vegas ahead of connor mcgregor‘s much anticipated ufc return to the 0ctagon this weekend. and the third edition of the summer youth 0lympics opens in buenos aires in argentina later this evening. team gb has 43 athletes in argentina. lewis hamilton will start on pole position for tomorrow's japanese grand prix. hamilton's main rival sebastian vettel will start in ninth place after a tyre mix up. while valterri bottas and max verstappen will start in second and third respectively. after qualifying, our reporter jennie gow headed for sushi, where she sent us this report. as you can see we as you can see we are as you can see we are here injapan just a few congress down and what a day it wasn't qualified. . lewis hamilton got his 80th pole position. not plain sailing for the farah retea med not plain sailing for the farah reteamed him. things seemed to go from bad to worse. and when the rains flooded down, they weren't cried on the right

australia are ranked sixth in the world against england's third. ng power and strength in the team. regardless of who they have brought or not, they have players that can play in any league, on any stage. 0ur players will have to show their quality. the fa is investigating comments made by manchester united manager jose mourinho to a television camera after saturday's win over newcastle. mourinho's remarks were in portuguese and have been interpreted as offensive. the fa will get an official translation before deciding what course of action to take. after winning rugby league's man of steel last night, ben barba has thanked st helens for allowing him to enjoy playing the club again. he joined saints last year after a speu joined saints last year after a spell with rugby union side toulon and is heading back to his native australia to play for north queensland cowboys. he was instrumental in st helens winning the league leaders shields. ajer17, eight castleford player has won woman of steel, she is one of the youngest players to be kept for her count

england with. agent force. canada and australia also issued statements blaming russia's military intelligence service the g.r.u. for some of the biggest cyber attacks in recent years the allegations came as nato defense ministers that met in brussels secretary-general stoltenberg on the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis had warnings for the kremlin russia must stop this reckless pattern of behavior including the use of force against its neighbors attempt that into fairness in the election processes and widespread this information campaigns. basically the russians got caught with their with their with their equipment with the people who were doing it and they have got to pay the piper they're going to have to be held to account how we respond to something like this. political decision by the nations involved and we will be standing by them so how will these latest hacking accusations play out is it likely that the condemnation will actually lead to tangible repercussions for russia i put that question to bed regrets in brussels. wel

in england and australia, it is popular with attending the matches.backin things. but i hope that when we look back in ten or 15 years and look into the future, we say, wasn't it great that they all loved test cricket? it is the hardest form. you play for five days and the best he will always win. we have the ball tampering issue a couple of months ago. that has clearly damage the australian team and damaged test cricket as a brand as well?” australian team and damaged test cricket as a brand as well? i was embarrassed. i'm not sure how it gets to the stage in a test match where you say, we will take sandpaper to the middle and put it on the ball. that was terrible and very embarrassing and disappointing. the australian cricket team need to regain the respect of the cricket community and the australian public especially. the only way they can do thatis especially. the only way they can do that is with how they can conduct themselves. i hope they do not lose themselves. i hope they do not lose the australian dna, which is hard, tough but fair. they are

england. this is bbc news. the headlines: australia'sal apology to victims of child sexual abuse. in a speech in parliament, scott morrison said australia had failed to listen, to believe and to provide justice. he also announced measures to better protect children. saudi arabia's foreign minister has described the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi as murder. but he insisted it was the result of a rogue operation. turkey's president says he will reveal what happened on tuesday. about 2,000 honduran migrants are continuing their march towards the united states after crossing into mexico. mexican police are monitoring the convoy but there were no attempts to block them. president trump says he's determined to stop what he called an onslaught of illegal aliens from entering the us. now on bbc news — dateline london.