the scottish premiership later as early leaders hibernian take on newly promoted dundee united. but the country's government are warning they could bring the whole season to a halt after another breach of coronavirus protocols. celtic player boli bolingoli flew to spain without the club knowing, failed to quarantine on his return, then played in a league match on sunday. he's since tested negative, twice, and apologised. celtic say they're investigating. it comes days after eight aberdeen players broke rules by gathering in a bar after a match — which led to two testing positive. nearly four in five elite sportswomen say they're concerned about their body image — that's according to a bbc survey. 0ur reporter nesta mcgregor has been to meet one athlete who says she tried to lighten her skin, after racist taunts as a teenager. like all athletes, colours are important to annie tagoe. gold, silver, bronze. but, as a teenager, the sprinter says it was another colour,

in the three scottish premiership matches that did take place — still early days, but hibernian movengston 4—1. ross county are second, they beat hamilton i—0. and dundee united won by the same margin against motherwell. rangers and celtic both play tomorrow. it's been an action—packed day on and off the table at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the heavyweight second round match between five time champion ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui is evenly poised after today's session. nothing to separate the two who are level at eight frames all. and there was nothing to separate anthony mcgill and jamie clarke in a different sense, with the referee having to step in between the two players as tempers flared. mcgill accusing clarke of continuously being in his eyeline as he was trying to play. and what a disaster neil robertson had this morning before play could even start! he spilt coffee all over himself, and the floor and had to leave for a change of clothes before play could get under way. he currently leads barry hawkins 6—4 in the evening session. with the new premiership

hibernian go top of the table in the scottish premiership, despite a 0—0 draw against motherwell.heet with this volley from jordan white. but his celebrations were cut short by the referee as the offside flag went up. rangers play livingston tomorrow and could leapfrog hibs back into first. defending tour de france champion egan bernal has pulled out of the criterium du dauphine, the main warm—up race for the tour, with a back problem. his team mates aren't having a great race. chris froome is down in 65th place as he attempts to prove his fitness, with the tour two weeks away, while geraint thomas is 3ist. primoz roglic must be a favourite for cycling's biggest race now — he keeps his iii—second race lead, despite a crash early in the stage. the race concludes tomorrow — lennard kamna broke away to win today's stage, the biggest victory of his career. the belgian rider remco evenepoel has crashed and fallen several metres off a bridge during the tour of lombardy one—day race. he was taken to hospital in a neck brace and in the last few minutes his team have released a statement s

celtic‘s match against aberdeen postponed due to players breaking covid rules, there's a chance for hibernianrwell. and the game's into the second half... 0—0latest score. if hibs win, they go above rangers, who play tomorrow. bottom side hamilton's losing streak continues, beaten 1—0 by st mirren. an injury time winner for stjohnstone, gave them a 2—1 win away at kilmarnock. and, ross county missed the chance to move temporarily top at least. dundee united coming from behind to beat them. ross county stay third. defending tour de france champion egan bernal has pulled out of the criterium du dauphine, the main warm—up race for the tour, with a back problem. his team mates aren't having a great race. chris froome is down in 65th place as he attempts to prove his fitness, with the tour two weeks away, while geraint thomas is 31st. primoz roglic must be a favourite for cycling's biggest race now — he keeps his 1a—second race lead, despite a crash early in the stage. the race concludes tomorrow — lennard kamna broke away to win today's stage, the biggest victory of the 23—year—old german's caree

hibernian scored an injury—time winner to beat stjohnstone in the scottish premiership.ng for a goalless draw but stevie mullan scored from the penalty spot to claim the win. hibs are now tied on points with rangers but are second on goal difference. she's ranked 30a in the world, hadn't won on the lpga or ladies tour before this week and nearly quit playing last year. tonight, sophia popov is a major winner after pulling off a huge shock at the women's open at royal troon in scotland. the 27—year—old from germany shot a three—under 68 to finish on seven—under, winning by two shots. the bbc‘s golf correspondent ian carter called it an incredible end to the first women's major of the year. extraordinary story, she very nearly made her way onto the lpga tour at qualifying school but actually missed out by a single shot. at one stage she was caddying for her friend anne van dam and bit by bit she clawed her way into this field, managed because of the covid situation to get into a tournament in the united states, the marathon a couple of weeks ago, and finished top ten there

it's a new class of drugs called recombinant hibernians. dr. david johnson says without technology you can crank out millions of doses from just a few good survivors. >> we don't have to go back to the same donors over and over again. >> taking dna from the plasma of a covid survivor and then using high-end dna technologies cranks out a consistently potent antibody serum. that contains thousands of different antibodies. >> 12,500 antibodies so you can see how this is certainly a much different kind of product. >> and a newly published study, researchers tested the serum in the lab and in animals. and found that it was 100 fold more potent than donated plasma. that it binds to and detects the virus. >> super exciting, when did these trials finally start. dr. johnson told us that the company is in discussions with the fda, they expect trials to begin early next year. >>> good progress being made. thanks. >>> some of our top stores at five: 30. governor newsom speaking after the public health director resigned. it's the latest fall out from the da

in the day's other match, aberdeen beat second—placed hibernian.mpions league title. they beat bundesliga winners wolfsburg 3—1 in the final in spain. lyon featured three england players, including defender lucy bronze, who's now won three european titles with the club. the punishing schedule after rugby union's premiership restart is making for some extreme results. today, leaders exeter absolutely pummelled an under—strength worcester 59—7, including two hat—tricks in their nine—try haul. in the other games, there were wins for harlequins and gloucester. on the final day of the pro14 season, cardiff beat their welsh rivals ospreys who finish bottom. next week's play—offs will now be between leinster and munster and edinburgh and ulster. britain's adam yates just missed out on taking the leader's yellowjersey on day two of the tour de france. yates was in contention all the way to the sprint finish in nice but finished third behind julian alaphilippe, who's four seconds ahead of him in the overall standings. there's more on the bbc sport website,

at 4.30pm, second placed hibernian can move level on points with leaders rangers with victory over aberdeen tries coming from chris ashton with this impressive run to give quins a bonus point victory. how h ow ofte n how often have we seen him do this? time and again in his career. elsewhere, leaders exeter are currently in action against worcester. super league champions st helens have closed the gap on leaders wigan to just two points with victory over hull kingston rovers. they won 32—18 — jack welsby with two of their five tries. defeat leaves hull kr bottom of the table, with just one win from their first eight matches. a split is emerging in men's tennis after world number one novak djocovic resigned as the head of the atp player's council to help lead a breakaway organisation. several opther high profile players, pictured here following the announcemnet, have joined the professional tennis players' association which with the aim of securing greater prize money for themselves. roger federer, rafa nadal and currently andy murray are three notable absentees — with calls for greater unit

with celtic and rangers both playing tomorrow, hibernian have the chance to take a very, very early leadlivingston. tommy fleetwood and justin rose are in the mix at the top of the leaderboard at the us pga championship. fleetwood was in particularly good form in san francisco, shooting the joint lowest score of round two. he's on six under par, alongsidejustin rose. the british pair are a couple of shots off the leader. remember, this is the first major championship to be held since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile, the grand final of the rose ladies series golf has been cancelled because of a fire near wentworth. the fire had spread from nearby chobham common, and got very close to the tenth tee. and there's live world championship snooker and formula one on the bbc sport website and app this afternoon. qualifying at the 70th anniversary grand prix at silverstone starts at 2pm. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6:20pm this evening. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. our main story this hour and the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in le

at 4.30pm, second placed hibernian can move level on points with leaders rangers with victory over aberdeeneral other high profile players, pictured here following the announcemnet, have joined the professional tennis players‘ association, with the aim of securing greater prize money for themselves. roger federer, rafa nadal and currently andy murray are three notable absentees — with calls for greater unity. djokovic insists he simply wants players‘ voices heard. of course, i would love to have roger and rafa on board, all the players on board, but i truly understand that some of them have different opinions, and they don‘t think the time is right. this is a project that is ongoing for more than 20 years, and a lot of players attempted to do what we are attempting to do right now. i‘m hoping we can make that first step and create leadership and create the system. super league champions st helens have closed the gap on leaders wigan to just two points with victory over hull kingston rovers. they won 32—18 — jack welsby with two of their five tries. defeat leaves hull kr bottom of the table,

there's one match in the scottish premiership later as early leaders hibernian take on newly promoteday they're investigating. it comes days after 8 aberdeen players broke rules by gathering in a bar after a match — which led to two testing positive. britain's number one womens tennis player johanna konta says she was suffering from heart palpitations and felt lightheaded in a match — as her us open preperations took a blow. konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — a warm up event for the grand slam which starts at the end of the month. british number two heather watson also lost to american jennifer brady. more health problems. she will have another scan to see what is going on with her heart. fingers crossed it is nothing serious. she says she is not too worried about it. let's hope isvit not too worried about it. let's hope is v it is nota not too worried about it. let's hope is v it is not a big problem. sounds like horrendous conditions. hot and humid. add another ten degrees. former paratroope