as far as the world xv is concerned, israel folau is playing and there's been a fierce debate over the involved in the fixture overall, about his participation. folau was famously sacked by rugby australia back in 2019 for making anti—gay comments on social media. he's actually expected to represent tonga at the fast—approaching world cup later this year after he switched allegiance. and the coach of the world xv, steve hansen, he said yesterday that folau's selection could be seen as a positive thing, because the rugby football union have decided to fly the pride flag over twickenham this sunday. now even today, the rfu chairman, tom ilube, has made a statement online, saying that the rugby football union supports the lgbtq+ community. and we mustn't forget that a number of the england women's players who are part of that community, including their captain, marlie packer. sunday itself will mark the first time eddie jones himself will walk back into twickenham after he was sacked by the rugby football union as the england head coach just last december. i did ask him how he was feeling

australian israel folau starts on the wing for the world xv, who are skippered by italy's michele lamarolia in 2019 for making anti—gay comments on social media. to cricket, where the worcestershire seamerjosh tongue has been added to england's squad for the first test of the summer against ireland. the 25—year—old impressed as part of the england lions squad that toured sri lanka in february. he is not replacing anyone in the squad, but adds to the bowling attack after recent injury worries forjames anderson and ollie robinson. the test against ireland starts a week from tomorrow at lord's. honda's returning to formula one in three years�* time as engine partner for the aston martin team. they pulled out of f1 at the end of 2021 but are still used by the two red bull teams. honda said today that fi's pursuit of carbon—neutrality by 2030 was the "key factor" behind its decision to re—enter officially. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. this is bbc

israel folau was booed after scoring a try for a world 15 in their a8—a2 defeat to the barbarians ati—gay comments on social media. great britain's men beat the olympic champions belgium in the pro hockey league in london. it was an impressive performance to win 3—1, with an equally stunning goal from nicholas bandurak completing the victory. meanwhile, the women's team lost 3—1 to belgium at lee valley. grace balsdon broke the deadlock early in the first quarter but it wasn't enough. and the mixed coxed four were notable winners for britain at the european rowing championships in slovenia. cox erin kennedy shed tears on the podium after helping her crew win gold a year after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. she was given the all—clear in march after undergoing 17 rounds of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy. the second tennis grand slam of the year got under way at roland garros today — but already, the french open is over for british number one dan evans. he's out in the first round. whilst elsewhere, ukraine's marta kostyuk said "people should be embarrassed" after she was

israel folau will start for the world 15. for making anti—gay comments on social media. and a week after his own international retirement, alun wynjones will captain the bar—bars. 0ur rugby reporter sara 0rchard has been to see their coach eddie jones today. alun wyn jones alun wynjones leaving out the barbarians was always going to steal all the headlines. the coach of the barbarians, eddiejames, admitted he didn't know about that big retirement announcement, and his playing namesake hasn't even spoken to the press today, which a lot of people were disappointed, they wanted to hear from people were disappointed, they wanted to hearfrom him. but eddie jones described alun wynjones as a player he hated coaching against, but he loves having on his team. he added it was a very easy choice for him to select the welshman as his captain on sunday. he him to select the welshman as his captain on sunday.— him to select the welshman as his captain on sunday. he was one of the first ones we — captain on sunday. he was one of the first

hansen's coaching the world 15 side, with controversial australian israel folau in his squad.uence' of his stance toselect him. and the boston celtics gave themselves some hope, in nba's eastern conference finals. they beat miami to pull the series back to 3—1. no team in nba play—off history has ever recovered from a 3—0 deficit to win a series. jayson tatum top scored with 33 points for boston — jaylen brown and derrick brown were on form too as they won 116 points to 99. game 5 is on thursday. the heat are just one win away from a spot against the nuggets in the finals. we are taking it one game at a time. we are taking it one game at a time. we didn't whip that the nerve to win the first two games but we do want that to define our season. tonight was a good start and we are trying to carry this moment until thursday. and that's all the sport for now. you're live with bbc news. the police watchdog has said it will send investigators to cardiff, where there was a riot on monday night after a fatal crash. security camera footage showed a police van following two people on an

decision to fly the pride flag above twickenham is a positive consequence of his selection of israel folauhest temperature of the year so far, 23.4 degrees celsius recorded at cardiff. this also, of course, the highest temperature that we've seen so far this may. butjust how warm is that? well, if i put that in rank compared with other recent mays, you can see 23 degrees is completely bottom of the pile, in the relegation zone. normally, mays over recent years have brought us temperatures into the mid to high 20s, so we've certainly not had a heatwave and there's not one on the way either. you see high pressure's in charge. yes, there'll be warm may sunshine, but with the winds coming in off the atlantic, really at this time of the year, if you want the hot weather, you have to have the winds coming up from spain or france, and that's not going to happen. today, skies like these were pretty typical, then. a bit more cloud around, but that cloud that built up during the day is going to melt away for most of us overnight, leaving clear spells. the exception to that story, the far north of sc