he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st leger four times, this is him winning the gold cuphe was awarded an 0be. he went on to become a successful trainer. and finally tonight, he's called it the biggest sporting event to take place on planet earth. tyson fury offering his assessment of his world heavyweight showdown tyson fury offering his assessment of his world heavyweight showdown with anthonyjoshua, having confirmed today it will take place in sauldi arabia on the 14th august. boxing promoter steve bunce told sally nugent what we can expect. i'm certain now, i wasn't certain lastjune, in november, december, january february, six weeks ago when people were talking about saudi arabia, suddenly, three orfour of the key players in this fight have talked about it. someone might have said, "hold on a minute, isn't it going to be hot?" yes, it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling! it's a controversial location for them to choose for many, many reasons. actually, it's a promoter�*s dream, because of the time difference it will be and 9pm saturday nigh

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times.hat a night for britain's ax100m relay team as they took gold at the european championships for the first time in 9a years. lucy hope, anna hopkin, abbie wood and freya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 3a.17 seconds in the opening night of swimming in budapest. i'm so happy. i knew it was going to be a relatively quick turnaround after the 50, and i'm not always the best at doing that. it's just about facing on the 50 to start with and prepping ahead for the 100 after. the whole team did a greatjob, and we all pulled our weight. and i don't think any of us expected to get the gold, but it's an amazing feeling. and adam peaty also looked in fine form producing the tenth quickest time of his career to win the 100 metres breaststroke semifinal. no other swimmer has gone quicker. great timing with just two months to go until the start of the olympic games in tokyo. britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the t

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times.reya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 34.17 seconds in the opening night of swimming in budapest. i'm so happy. i knew it was going to be a relatively quick turnaround after the 50, and i'm not always the best at doing that. it's just about facing on the 50 to start with and prepping ahead for the 100 after. the whole team did a greatjob, and we all pulled our weight. and i don't think any of us expected to get the gold, but it's an amazing feeling. and adam peaty also looked in fine form producing the tenth—quickest time of his career to win the 100 metres breaststroke semifinal. no other swimmer has gone quicker. great timing with just two months to go until the start of the olympic games in tokyo. britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race's first rest day. peter sagan sprinted to victory on today's 139—kilometre tenth stage for his first win in this y

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st leger four times, this is him winning the gold cup as we've been hearing, the health secretary matt hancock has been updating mps about the indian variant of the covid—19 virus. he said there there are now 2,323 confirmed cases of the indian variant, known as b.1617, in the uk. cases have doubled in the past week and the latest scientific assessment is that the variant is spreading fast. the early evidence suggests that b.1.617 is more transmissible than the previously dominant variant, and we do not yet know to what extent it is more transmissible and while we also don't have the complete picture on the impact of the vaccine, the early lab data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant, and this of course is reassuring. but the high transmission poses a real risk. all this supports our overriding strategy which is gradually and cautiously to replace the restrictions on freedom with the protections fro

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times. obe. and he went on to become a successful trainer. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. we bbc news channel later on. look forward to it. tha very we look forward to it. thank you very much. the ban on foreign holidays, for people living in england, scotland and wales, has been lifted, and replaced with a traffic light system, grading every destination according to risk. the green list currently includes these 12 countries and territories, from which people arriving in britain don't have to quarantine. portugal, always a popular destination with uk holiday—makers, has seen a surge in bookings. our transport correspondent, caroline davies, is in albufeira on the algarve. don't worry, she has been working. we're going to portugal! we're not all going on a summer holiday, but from today, going abroad for one is no longer illegal. this, after a long time of empty arrivals halls, will be a sight for sore eyes for many in the travel indust