harlequins dispense with the director abruptly back injanuary. they never replace them.ne since then. the results have really turned around. they made it to fourth in the premiership to make the semifinals with a beat table top in brussels last weekend in dramatic fashion there were 28 nailed down in the first half and they came back to level a full time and when it in extra time. however they take from the exeter chiefs or in their six consecutive premiership final and they are going for back—to—back titles, the chiefs, however the headlines from the exeter today have been that once again the scotland captain stuart hogg has been left on the bench for the final. it means that england jack noel will wear 15 for the chiefs and we have to remind ourselves that jack nowell is not an squad but stuart hogg is and will be joining up with them on sunday. there will be will be to be fans there was some frustration that the capacity is being limited to 10,000 because this game hasn't been given special status. because this game hasn't been given special status-— special status. y

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harlequins pulled off an extraordinary comeback from 28 nil down at half time — as they beat bristolat the end of normal time but two tries including this from joe marchant sealed the victory, 15—36 to harlequins. they'll face exeter chiefs in the final, alex cuthbert crashed over with their last try before a joe simmonds penalty clinched the victory over sale sharks. after the disappointment of crashing out of the last race max verstappen bounced back to claim pole in qualifying for tomorrow's french grand prix. the championship leader had dominated practic and put his red bull on the top spot on the grid, a quarter of a second ahead of world champion lewis hamilton. valtteri bottas in the other mercedes will start from third. the feature race on the final day of this year's royal ascot meeting, the diamond jubilee stakes was won by the 3—1 favourite, dream of dreams ridden by ryan moore with the queen in attendance for the first time this week. it was the second time one of sir michael stoute's horses has won the race, which gives him 82 ascot wins overall, more than any other trai

end of normal time, but two tries including this from joe marchant sealed the victory, 15—36 to harlequinsl face exeter chiefs in the final, alex cuthbert crashed over with their last try before a joe simmonds penalty clinched the victory over sale sharks. after the disappointment of crashing out of the last race, max verstappen bounced back to claim pole in qualifying for tomorrow's french grand prix. the championship leader had dominated practice and put his red bull on the top spot on the grid a quarter of a second ahead of world champion lewis hamilton. valtteri bottas in the other mercedes will start from third. i'm just going to stay hopeful and do what i can. obviously, you have a fighting chance and there's going to be some interesting tomorrow. you'll potentially to see them do their thing. i'm excited. the feature race on the final day of this year's royal ascot meeting, the diamond jubilee stakes, was won by the 3—1 favourite, dream of dreams, ridden by ryan moore — with the queen in attendance for the first time this week. it was the second time one of sir michael stoute's hors

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to get here, harlequins just have to cross the road. is next to twickenham, but for so long this match has felt far away. in their first premiership finalfor nine years, they would not let it pass them by. it's a penalty try! exeter have played in the last six finals and won three of them. they are english rugby's consistent machine. first exeter drew level then went ahead, but harlequins defiantly stayed in the game. quins went back in front, then 12 points ahead. but in this thrilling match, back came the chiefs again. this is the grit and resolve that has got them this far. but still, remarkably, another twist. this match had so many stars, but the last ten minutes belonged to a 21—year—old. louis lynagh with two tries gave quins a sensational win. in its biggest match and in one of the hardest seasons, english rugby got one incredible finish. joe lynskey, bbc news. elsewhere though, conor murray says he was surprised to get the call from warren gatland asking him to replace alun wynjones at british and irish lions captain. the wales

end of normal time but two tries including this from joe marchant sealed the victory, 113—36 to harlequinsinto the third round which has just seen the first pairings head out at torrey pines in san diego. 48—year—old bland only won his first european tour event a few weeks ago and has only ever played in two majors. he's the oldest man to co lead the us open at the halfway stage. golf is all i know. when times got tough and i lost my card two or three times, i thought what would i do, go and get an officejob? i'm not that intelligent, i'm afraid. it was right, ok, i'll get my head down and work hard, and i always knew i had the game to compete on the european tour at the highest level, i have always known that. but as any golf career, you're going to have peaks and troughs of course. i think every kind of sportsman and woman they have that never die or never quit attitude. at the queen's club in london, the british number two cameron norrie is in semifinal action in the cinch championships. this game is live on bbc two. norrie won the first set 7—5, it's 3—3, norrie serving at 40—15. the n

harlequins don't know how to — high-scoring game.ours and part of— setting? i went on three lions tours and part of the _ setting? i went on three lions tours and part of the experience - setting? i went on three lions tours and part of the experience is - and part of the experience is exactly that, embracing the country, being able to get out of your environments and it can be quite intense, sport, when you're playing at the highest level, so opportunities to get down time are important. but it is the same for both sides. south africa will be doing exactly the same. south africa haven't played an international game of rugby since the world cup final in yokohama in 2019. yes, they are away from home, they are in south africa with no fans, but it is more of a level playing field because neither side has played with each other for a neither side has played with each otherfor a long neither side has played with each other for a long time and whatever restrictions are in place, you need to remember they are restrictions for both sides. w

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season with a chance of claiming a home semifinal following a a5—12 win over fellow title contenders harlequinsh in the table. former world champion hurdler dai greene says trying to qualify for the olympics games has been the hardest time of his career. greene's preparations have been hampered by coronavirus travel restrictions and the british athlete admits his hopes of qualifying for tokyo are unlikely. this is going to be my last olympic so i now it is now or never. for most people who are repeating at the highest level, you only get real and real chance, maybe when you are fully fit. it is incredibly stressful. i was bit in numerous worlds of finals and olympic finals. it's been nothing as stressful as the last report weeks really. nothing compares to what athletes are going through at the moment. —— as the last three or four weeks. two—time olympic triathlon medallist jonny brownlee will step away from the sport after this summer's olympic games. after winning silver and bronze at the two previous games, brownlee says he wants to move up in distance — and race in half—ironman and ironman

there's the premiership rugby final at 5:30 too at twickenham — defending champions exeter against harlequinsales kick off in under an hour's time against denmark — in the first of the knock out games in the european football championship. welsh fans have been told not to travel to see the match in amsterdam though — because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. fans are getting in the mood watching the preamble before the big game, watching the sunshine, having a few drinks ready for this big game. arguably it is the biggest game. arguably it is the biggest game of the weekend, isn't it? wales playing for a chance to progress further began in the euros, just like they did in 2016 when they made it all the way to the semifinals and red wall fans across the country were not able to make the journey across to amsterdam today because of covid restrictions. we'll be hoping that they can, well, sing all the way from wales and the noise will carry all the way over the arena to get in the spirit for the welsh players. it will be a tough today for the players out there today because of the lack of fu

defending champions exeter against harlequins. that's underway at half 5.e being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend, as hundreds of walk—in centres are offering covid vaccinations without the need to book. the latest figures from the office for national statistics, show cases across the uk rose by 30 % in the week to the 19th ofjune, mainly due to the delta variant. our health correspondent, catherine burns has more details. in normal times, this weekend would be the glastonbury festival. we'd be seeing huge crowds crammed together in front of the pyramid stage. this year, though, founder michael eavis is looking slightly lonely. in the country, you can actually get a jab. instead of queueing to get into a festival, the lines this weekend are a less muddy part of the government push to get people vaccinated. so more masks, not quite so many wellies. it's being called the grab—a—jab weekend. any adult in england can get their injection without booking. it's happening in stadiums, shopping centres and other venues up and down the country. these people turne

this latter-day harlequin romance things obliterating any talk of the fauci emails.t's the biggest concern and they have images of jill and doctor fauci earlier this week with masks on. why are they wearing masks when they're both vaccinated but the mixed messaging is available and the love narrative and misplacement of the fauci email is working for them. >> maybe we just need to do the full-time reality show, the whole governing thing is gotten tricky with these emails so it really should just be she could do martha stewart with table settings and the beautiful pillows and the scented candles. are you a scented candle person or do you like -- >> rebecca is the scented candle person, there are a lot of around but i don't need that. i need actual smells. >> i don't like them either. really important information from our viewers. i just wanted to get that out there, thank you. the biden administration just signed off on a global policy that will sell out american companies and workers. larry kudlow staying up late for us to tell us why this would be a total disaster.

in the club game, there was a thrilling win for harlequins against exeter in the premiership final atbeat exeter 40—38. the tour de france got under way today with french rider julian alaphillipe claiming the yellow jersey. the closing stages were marred by two big crashes — the first caused by a spectator. and the second saw britain's four time winner of the event, chris froome, go down in the pack and his team say an update will be given tomorrow on his future in the race. geraint thomas finished 8 seconds off the lead. and on the bbc sport website you can find the news of dina asher—smith booking her spot at the tokyo olympics after winning the 100 metres at the british championships. but that's it from me. that's it. tomorrow morning at nine, andrew marr�*s guests include the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis and the mayor of london, said it can't. but for me and the rest of the team, have a very good night. —— guests tomorrow include the mayor of london sadiq khan. second half promises more of the same for most of us, but not for all. across southern parts of the uk, we ca

harlequins pulled off the biggest comeback in the history of the premiership to book their place in nexttrailing 28—0 to bristol bears at half time, the match had finished at 31—31 at the end of normal time but two tries including this from joe marchant sealed the victory and a place in the premiership final. where they'll face exeter chiefs. a final try from alex cuthbert and a penalty from joe simmonds was enough to send the chiefs to twickenham as they beat sale sharks a0 points to 30. lewis hamilton will have his work cut out to make it a hat—trick of french grand prix wins this afternoon after max verstappen beat him to pole. championship leader verstappen dominated practice and qualifying at paul ricard circuit in the south of france. the dutchman was quarter of a second ahead of hamilton who's mercedes team mate valtteri bottas will start from third. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us today. with me are geraldine scott, political correspondent at the press association and

they are facing harlequins, but only in front of 10,000 spectators at the government denied permissionoes seem a bit strange, doesn't it? _ increase numbers. it does seem a bit strange, doesn't it? in _ increase numbers. it does seem a bit strange, doesn't it? in scotland i increase numbers. it does seem a bit strange, doesn't it? in scotland the l strange, doesn't it? in scotland the british and irish lions are playing in a stadium that all 67000 and they are allowed 16,500, yet at twickenham you have a stadium that holds 80000 and they are only allowed 10,000. wimbledon starts very shortly with 45,000. so who knows why the rfu are premier rugby didn't get their status as a pilot event, but as i said, the world is full of contradictions in thejo scott economic that. i guess the ability just scott economic that. i guess the abilityjust to have some fans there is crucial. m0 abilityjust to have some fans there is crucial. ~ ., ., ., abilityjust to have some fans there is crucial. a, ., ., ., , , is crucial. mo farah admits he is not sure what _ is crucial. mo farah admits he is not sure

season with a chance of claiming a home semifinal following a 45—12 win over fellow title contenders harlequinsnavirus travel restrictions and the british athlete admits his hopes of qualifying for tokyo are unlikely. this is going to be my last 0lympic so i know it is now or never. for most people who are competeting at the highest level, you only get one real chance, maybe when you are fully fit. it is incredibly stressful. worlds of finals and olympic finals. i was bit in numerous worlds of finals and olympic finals. it's been nothing as stressful as the last report weeks really. nothing compares to what athletes are going through at the moment. —— as the last three or four weeks. two—time 0lympic triathlon medallist jonny brownlee will step away from the sport after this summer's olympic games. after winning silver and bronze at the two previous games, brownlee says he wants to move up in distance — and race in half—ironman and ironman events. brownlee is back in action in leeds on sunday for the latest world triathlon series event. and that's all the sport for now. good night. hello. those

harlequins pulled off the biggest comeback in the history of the premiership to book their place in next'll face exeter chiefs — a final try from alex cuthbert and a penalty from joe simmonds was enough to send the chiefs to twickenham as they beat sale sharks 40 points to 30 lewis hamilton will have his work cut out to make it a hat—trick of french grand prix wins this afternoon after max verstappen beat him to pole. championship leader verstappen dominated practice and qualifying at paul ricard circuit in the south of france. the dutchman was quarter of a second ahead of hamilton who's mercedes team mate valtteri bottas will start from third. we are pushing and giving everything we can but they have a stronger package at the moment but we are close. i think today they by betting us mostly on the straight as far as i am aware of. the feature race on the final day of this year's royal ascot meeting, the diamond jubilee stakes was won by the 3—1 favourite, dream of dreams ridden by ryan moore — it gives sir michael stoute 82 ascot wins overall, more than any other trainer. the queen was i

there was an extraordinary climax to the english domestic rugby season as harlequins were crowned championsthe injury overshadowed the lions' 28—10 win overjapan yesterday. ireland's conor murray has been named as replacement captain for the tour. there was a moving moment before the lions' match at murrayfield — the former scotland lock doddie weir, who played for the lions on the 1997 tour and has motor neurone disease, was clapped into the stadium by the lions trekkers, including his former team—mates. olympic qualification is on the line at the british athletics championships in manchester this weekend. dina asher—smith won the final of the 100m. asher—smith ran herfastest time of the season in the semis and thought she'd improved upon her british record in the final, but the timing was incorrect and was adjusted back. asha philip came second. both runners are bound for tokyo. european champion zharnel hughes was disqualified for a false start in the men's 100m. he'd been the fastest qualifier for the final. the race was won by chijindu ujah, who gets a ticket to tokyo. hughes is now at

defending champions exeter against harlequins.n a couple of hours' time against denmark welsh fans aren't able to travel to the game in amswerdam though. dai rees is the founder of the �*coleman had a dream' podcast and a wales fan who is at the stadium now. he is allowed to be there, i stress, because he lives in the hague. how are you feeling?— are you feeling? very excited and very nervous _ are you feeling? very excited and very nervous and _ are you feeling? very excited and very nervous and the _ are you feeling? very excited and very nervous and the assumption | are you feeling? very excited and - very nervous and the assumption that not as many as danish people is made would actually travel is absolutely not true and the village had been here and we have seen about 15 welsh people all afternoon so i think we will have to do a lot to be able to out sing them but we will give it a try. out sing them but we will give it a t . ., ., out sing them but we will give it a try. how are your lungs? could you not a try. how are your