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britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in first.other news, the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. hello and welcome to bbc news. gb have taken their gold medal tally to 20 — with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. joe choong won gold in the men's modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep of top honours in tokyo after kate french's gold in the women's event on friday. in the last hour, britain have won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men's 1,500 metres. it's britain's first medal in the event sinc

britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took aim medal in the cycling.he united states and britain urge their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately because of the worsening security situation. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfire spread crossbreed greece, with residents moved from their homes across athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors and an end to rules on social distancing. hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk. team gb have got two more goals on day 15 of the olympic games. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division, britain's first in the weight class since 1956. he beat carlo from the philippines. and in the last few minutes, joe chung won gold in the men's modern pentathlon, giving a clean sweep in the tokyo olympics after the women's event on friday. tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, taking bronze in the

while, britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in firstkerr secures bronze and a personal best in the men's 1500m. in other news — the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece — with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. now on bbc news — the prime minister of barbados, mia mottley, answers questions from a local audience on a range of issues that affect them and what they want their government to deliver. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. i'm in the capital, bridgetown, outside parliament overlooking independent square. in november this year barbados marks its 55th anniversary by becoming a republic. queen elizabeth will no longer be head of state. what does this tell us about the identity

ethan hayter and matt walls won silver in the men's madison. in the men's 1500 metres. with more details, here's andy swiss. they're housemates back in manchester and look what they're taking home. in cycling's version of the relay, matt walls and ethan hayter proved the perfect combination, as a late burst in the madison saw them surge to this silver. it's been another superb ride! there was also success in the athletics, as norway's jakob ingebrigtsen charged to gold in the 1500 metres. not far behind him was a new british star. and a brilliant bronze medalforjosh kerr! 23—year—old josh kerr winning britain's first medal in the men's event since 1988. i know i have this weird confidence in myself. some may call it cockiness. today i felt like a world—beater and ijust had to come out and perform. there was history, meanwhile, in the javelin. neeraj chopra winning india's first ever gold in athletics. india's prime minister nahendra modi said his achievement would be remembered forever. but the day's biggest celebrations belonged to japan. for

while britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in firster news, the united states and the uk warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. now on bbc news... it is zeinab badawi's afternoon. earlier we saw her interviewing the president of barbados. now she meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera — south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha and french tenor benjamin bernheim. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to tell you about some of the names in opera who are making it fit for the future. meet south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha, who loves song contests, and is tipped to become a superstar. i

a gold medal, in the men's omnium he's now won a silver medal, in the men's madison alongside ethan haytertre race, in which points are awarded for 20 intermediate sprints and the british pair held the gold medal spot after 10 sprints, having made a strong and consistent start. then they faded in an open race, before a breathless final sprint secured silver. it wasn't quite enough to overhaul reigning world champions denmark, who won gold. josh kerr has won great britain's first medal in the 1500 metres for 33 years — after taking bronze on the track. josh kerr only scraped through qualification. he ran a personal best, and it was almost a new british record. 0nly mo farah has run faster than him. and britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning bronze in the men's 10 metre platform diving. it was a cracking final too. daley, was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair, cao yuan, and yangjian, were just about flawless and took the top two spots. daley, says a second medal was beyond his wildest dreams having already ended a long wait for olympics gold, in the synchr

britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took aim medal in the cycling.

it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the firstheers or the acclaim. it�*s not even about winning. having chosen to skip the 800 to focus solely on this, the morning run was just about making it through, which she did. yeah, so excited to get started. all my flatmates have raced already so i was itching to get going. so, yeah, it�*s really nice to get that first round out of the way and feeling comfortable. which is more than can be said for one of the favourites. sifan hassan found that staying out of trouble near the back didn�*t go to plan. 30 metres behind with less than a lap to go, feeling the heat in the heats? not really. she still finished first. katie snowden also progressed to wednesday�*s semis. beth dobbin won�*t have to wait that long for hers, she�*ll be vying for a place in the 200 metre final just after 11.30am, coming second in her heat. we thought the 100 metres bronze medallist shericka jackson would bejoining her. she�*s the jamaican in the yellow, easing her way down the home straight. a little too easy. what

and now has silver to add, after coming second today, alongside ethan hayter in the men's madison.fade a little — and it became an open race. the managed to claim the silver, turning up the heat in the final sprint. gold went to the powerful danish team — the reigning world champions. brazil retained their olympic men's football title by beating spain 2—1. hertha berlin forward matheus cunha opened the scoring for brazil just before half time at the international stadium in yokohama. real sociedad forward mikel oyarzabal levelled in style for spain on the hour. what a goal this was. but this extra time strike from zenit saint petersburg forward malcom was enough to win the gold. nelly korda now has an olympic gold medal to add to her world number one golf ranking. the 23—year—old held her nerve after a tropical storm delayed her final hole by almost an hour. level par on the eighteenth saw her hold offjapan's inami mone and new zealand's lydia ko who needed to play another hole to decide silver and bronze respectively. india's adit ashok, the world number 200 who was second after t

walls will attempt to win a second gold at this games — after victory in the omnium, he goes with ethan hayter that's at 12:1i0. plenty to look forwards to. that's all from sportsday. keep across the bbc sport website for all the very latest olympic news. for me and the rest of the team, have a fantastic weekend, whatever sport you're watching. goodbye. hello. the weather story is a bit of a lottery over the next couple of days. generally we are stuck in repeat mode under an influence of low pressure, which is producing plenty of frequent, thundery showers. that means that some of us will skip them altogether and others will see some torrential downpours which will continue for much of the day. so on saturday, most frequent showers first thing will be out to the west and then these are likely to drift their way steadily eastward, driven along by a brisk north—west to westerly wind. temperatures will struggle underneath the sharper showers, with gusts of wind in excess of 30—a0 mph on exposed coasts and just a maximum of 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit. the low pressure shifts a little bit further ea

it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the firstfirst olympic medal. the 28—year—old finished second in her heat, just behind canada's gabriela debues—stafford. muir had the option of contesting both the 800m and 1500m events in tokyo, but opted to focus on the longer distance. she says her team mates have already competed, and she was desperate to get on the track too. and away from the olympics, some football news to bring you. harry kane hasn't returned to tottenham's training ground as expected this morning, amid intense speculation about his future. kane was due to undergo coronavirus testing today, before starting training tomorrow, after a three—week break, following euro 2020. however, the striker didn't turn up, and spurs haven't explained why. it's understood kane felt he could leave the club this summer. new manager nuno espirito santo has spoken optimistically about working with the england captain. that's all the sport for now. just to bring you some news on that hockey quarterfinal. britain are through to the semis. th

it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the firsthen progress to the final. on to athletics and great britain's laura muir eased into the semi—finals of the 1500 metres as she aims for a first olympic medal. the 28—year—old finished second in her heat — just behind canada's gabriela debues—stafford. muir had the option of contesting both the 800m and 1500m events in tokyo, but opted to focus on the longer distance. she says her team mates have already competed and she was desperate to get on the track too. i was so excited to get started. all my flatmates have raised already, so i was itching to get going. so, yes, just really now to get that first round of the way and feel comfortable. the women's 87kg weightlifting is now underway — where team gb�*s emily campbell is competing in the same category as new zealander laurel hubbard, who will become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different sex category at an olympic games to the sex that they were born. it's being seen as controversial because the ioc changed the

he got that for the omnium and went on to win silver in the madison with his partner ethan hayter.ay. he has been the class of the field throughout this event. that was a brilliant display of riding. fortune favours the bold. it has led to a gold medal for great britain. matt walls is the olympic champion. and we can speak to matt now. how are you, tell us what it feels like to be a gold medal winner and a silver medal winner at your first olympics? it silver medal winner at your first ol mics? . silver medal winner at your first olympics?— silver medal winner at your first olmics? ,, _.,. olympics? it is pretty cool. it was a very good _ olympics? it is pretty cool. it was a very good experience. - olympics? it is pretty cool. it was a very good experience. you - olympics? it is pretty cool. it was. a very good experience. you sound really low- key _ a very good experience. you sound really low- key about _ a very good experience. you sound really low-key about it. _ really low—key about it. laughter. come on, give me some excitement. it come on, give me some excitement. it was pr

what a finish being provided here by matt walls and by ethan hayter.this event. matt walls, a brilliant display of omnium riding. fortune favours the bold and there were none bolder than walls in this one and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. matt walls is the olympic champion. i remember hearing it but i have no idea what i was watching there. it's so complicated! take us through, there are these four races in the omnium. so first of all, you have to do little bite size chunks, the scratch. ., ., �* , :: ., , , do little bite size chunks, the scratch. ., ., �*, :: ., scratch. yeah, that's 40 laps and basicall , scratch. yeah, that's 40 laps and basically, whoever _ scratch. yeah, that's 40 laps and basically, whoever crosses - scratch. yeah, that's 40 laps and basically, whoever crosses the i scratch. yeah, that's 40 laps and i basically, whoever crosses the line that at the end wins it. so basically, whoever crosses the line that at the end wins it.— that at the end wins it. so that's eas . that at the end wins it. so that's easy- the _ t

we have gala yafai from boxing, katie and baldwining a medal in cycling, ethan hayter, cycling, jason the steps, you can just imagine what sort of welcome they are going to have in the arrivals hall, can�*t you? it will be interesting to see how much of their family have actually made to it the airport, and of course everybody being very cautious because of covid—19. but here they come. let us have a listen in. cheering and applause beautiful team photo on the steps there of their plane. gb we have the golden couple there, the conditione, some the stories we have been hearing have been inspiring. i mean i do believe that was lauren price i just say there, her story for example brought up by her grandmother and she paid that tribute to her grandmother, yesterday when she won gold, looking up yesterday when she won gold, looking up to the heaven, a victory in the women�*s middleweight boxing event. and a second warm welcome, i suspect once she returns to wales, we also had a lot of discussion over the funding of some of the sports, we heard how some athletes were working so many part—ti