pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super league side jiangsu suninge right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. daniele di rossi was officially introduced as a boca juniors player on monday. the 36—year—old former italy international — who left roma in may after 19 years with the club — has signed a 12—month contract with the argentinian club. he's expected to make his debut for boca in next month's copa argentina tie against almagro. former manchester united and france defender patrice evra has announced his retirement. the 38—year—old confirmed that he would now move into coaching. evra made almost 700 appearances for eight different clubs, including monaco and juventus over two decades. his honours included winning five premier league titles, two serie a titles and one champions league. we're more than three years away from the 2022 fifa world cup in qatar but for many nations the long and ardous road to football's flagship event is already underway after asia got the ball rolling last month

he had been expected to finalise a a three—year deal with chinese super league club jiangsu suning, worthut it now looks like he's staying at real madrid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. that's despite manager zinedine zidane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliot. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid, but chose to joinjurgen klopp's champions league winners. the england youth international can't turn professional though until his 17th birthday next april. meanwhile, liverpool have been beaten 3—0 by napoli in a pre—season game at murrayfield. napoli took the lead after a brilliant solo run and finish from italian international lorenzo insigne. arkadius milik then made it 2—0 before half—time, with napoli adding another in the second half. it's liverpool's third defeat in their last four pre—season games. arsenal's preparations for the new season also took a bl

bale had been expected to sign a three—year deal with chinese super league side jiangsu suning, wherened more than $1 million a week. let's return to our top story, a weekend of violent clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. laurie wen is a democracy advocate, and she's been telling me about how the protests have developed over the last few weeks and the progress the protestors feel they've made. in earlyjune, i didn't know a single person who thought if we marched, that would cause the government to withdraw the amendment to the extradition law, but we did it anyway. we didn't want to take it lying down. i think for most of us said came down to a sense of very basic human dignity, to be able to tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. so i tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. soi million of us came out and marched, and a few days later we peacefully occupied the streets and the government responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. of course we we re bullets and tear gas. of course we were enraged, and we organise

gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning thenow on bbc news, a look at the women making it in the world of motorsport. katherine legge is one of the very best, of the very few female racers. this season, for the first time, her team is all female. are you ready? in motorsport, it's a challengejust to make it into the car never mind the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again. i had to fight and claw my way through racing so i had to take every opportunity that was in my way and i have driven my fair share of bad cars as well, to get to where i am and i had to fight. she is also one of only a handful of women making a living behind the wheel. she is tough as nails. she has been through a lot in racing to get where she is at and she deserves to be where she is at. but chasing the highs of racing brings with it huge risks. oh, no! i am not religious but i was praying to any god that would listen that she would just be alive. now she is part of a ground—breaking team, bringing together some of the b

against city rivals athletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning. it's a move that will apparently see him, earn a million pounds a week. arsenal have reached an agreement, to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe, from lille — in a deal worthjust over 70 million pounds. the deal is still to be finalised — but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season. and it's a big day of rugby league. the women's challenge cup final is already under way, 16—10 it's a repeat of last year's final as castleford play leeds — these are live pictures from the university of bolton stadium. 16-10 to 16—10 to leeds at the moment. and there's more live rugby league for you later today( with both semi—finals live on the bbc. warrington vs hull on bbc one at 2, followed by st helen's vs halifax on bbc two at 4. that is all for the sport from us for now. it's the hardest problem in technology and one that could change everything. this

sources in spain say the 30—year—old is close to leaving them after signing a three—year—deal with jiangsu suning the tour de france, when the organisers stopped the racing part of the way through the stage. the reason was a huge hail storm in the alps, which had made the mountain roads too dangerous to ride. our sports correspondent ben croucher has the details. stage 19 taking place on friday, one of the big last couple of days in the alps. crucially for the main contenders, one of the last opportunities to go for the win of the race. about 20 kilometres before the end, at the ski resort of tignes, there was a hailstorm, and a snowstorm, and what that did is that flooded the roads and caused a landslide, blocking it so organisers were forced into the incredible decision of actually abandoning the race. it caused confusion amongst many of the riders within the race about what was going on exactly. leading is the man you can see, egan bernal, leading away at the front, behind him, geraint thomas, the defending champion, and cruciallyjulian alaphilippe, who was in the lead of the race until friday

pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super league side jiangsu suningit is understood the welsh winger is not in the right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. and we're always on the lookout for what's wild and wacky in the world of sport. and although tenuously linked to sport perhaps, from the south of spain here's one of the more bizarre spectacles you'll see today. this is the greasy pole game locally known as 'cucana'. competitors have to try and run up 6 metre long slippery pole — in order to try and claim flags for money. if you fail — you fall into the sea below. a few got close, not this guy obviously. although this dude was inches away, but no one managed it this year — perhaps because organisers decided to make the pole longer. size clearly matters in the world of cucana. from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. and there i was thinking a greasy pole was a uk politics thing. lets talk through our topic of the day, facebook. an investigation commissioned by the company found th

gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning himn pounds a week. the prime minister will announce plans this morning for a new high—speed rail link between manchester and leeds as part of what he describes as efforts to "rebalance power, growth and productivity across the uk". borisjohnson will also promise to improve what he calls "the unglamorous local services which people use every day". the plan has been welcomed by business groups but labour says it doesn't go far enough. our correspondent tom bartonjoins me now. we've heard a lot about the northern powerhouse and increased transport links but it hasn't happened, what is borisjohnson links but it hasn't happened, what is boris johnson gamy links but it hasn't happened, what is borisjohnson gamy he is going to do? this is boris johnson keen to say that obviously brexit is a big issue but he has other priorities as well. he says sorting out the infrastructure which has had many problems in the north of england, is one of his big priorities. the speech he will give in the next ho

against city rivals atletico last night but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suningndly in the unted states. former chelsea striker diego costa had an eventful evening — he scored four goals. but he then let his temper get the better of him, and he was sent off after a tangle with dani carvajal — the real man was also red—carded. and arsenal have reached an agreement with lille to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe. the deal, worthjust over 70 million pounds, is still to be finalised — but is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. pepe scored 22 goals last season. there was disappointment for british swimmer ben proud as he could only finish fifth in the final of the 50 metre freestyle at the world championships in gwangju. but it's been another day of success for the golden boy of american swimming caeleb dressel — he won three golds in one session to take his overall tally to six this week. earlier i spoke to mark foster and rebecca adlington, who have been following the action for the bbc all this week. michael phelps kind of retired and dresse

the welsh star is close to leaving real madrid and agreeing a 3—year deal with club side, jiangsu suningwith the reported wage a million pounds a week. good morning to you. it is a cooler and a cloudier weekend for all of us. there will be some rain around too, some of it quite heavy, but it's not going to be a complete washout for all of us. join me laterfor all the details. it's saturday 27th july. our top story: donald trump says the uk and united states are working on what he called a "very substantial" post—brexit trade deal. the president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times what it is now. boris and i just spoke. i congratulated him and he's all set to go. he's gonna be — i think he'll be — do a greatjob. we're working already on a trade agreement. and i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. you know, we can do with the uk — we can do three to four times — we were actually impeded by their relationship with the european union. we were very much impeded on trade. let's get more on this now from our political

against city rivals atletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning see him earn £1 million a week. arsenal, meanwhile, have reached an agreement to sign the ivory coast winger nicolas pepe from lille. the deal is worth just over £70 million, which arsenal will pay in installments. the 24—year—old scores 22 goals in france's top league last season, and the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. charles leclerc was fastest in the final practice for tomorrow's german grand prix. the ferrari driver finished just ahead of red bull's max verstappen at hockenheim. championship leader lewis hamilton ended the session in sixth. the world champion had his best time deleted for exceeding track limits. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. and they beat the same team — castleford — in the process. it was pretty close for a while, 10—10 before courtney hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go. 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. and both men's challenge cup semi—fina

he had been expected to finalise an extremely lucrative move to jiangsu suning in the chinese super leaguerid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. liverpool have won the race to sign the fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid but chose to join jurgen klopp‘s champions league winners. the england youth international cannot turn professional though until his 17th birthday, which isn‘t until next april. england‘s women are yet to win a game in their ashes series against austrlaia but they are putting up a fight in today‘s t20. after a record loss in the first t20 match last friday, they mustered 121—8 from their 20 overs at hove. but they have taken three australian wickets this afternoon — australia are 80—3 after 13 overs. they need 42 from their last 41 balls. australia have alread won the ashes series and have an unassailable 10 points to 2 lead in the multi format series. it may have been a long 2! stages but having e

gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the millon a week. and coming up, hard drive talks to katherine legge about blazing a trail with her first all female motorsport team. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has pledged to fund a new high—speed rail route between leeds and manchester. borisjohnson says it will "turbo—charge the economy". it is thought the new route is part of the government's wider investment commitment to the north of england, set to cost around £39 billion. but labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. tom barton reports. in manchester, they're expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. but the new prime minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. i want to be the prime minister who does with northern powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, i'm going to deliver on my commitment t

he had been expected to finalise a three—year deal with super league club jiangsu suning worth £1 millionane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days old. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid but has chosen to join jurgen klopp's champions league winners. and before we go, just time to tell you that kojin young has won the evian championship, the fourth women's major of the year the fourth women's major of the year, by two shots in france. that's all the sport for now. thank you. after ten weeks of qualifying tournaments and 40 million competitors, the solo final of the first ever fortnite world cup has kicked off tonight in new york. the pairs competition was held on saturday, with the winners taking home three million dollars in prize money. joining me now isjoe tidy, who is at the arthur ashe stadium for tonight's final. how big is this? very big. we've got the top 100 play

against city rivals athletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suningent, to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe, from lille — in a deal worthjust over 70 million pounds. the deal is still to be finalised — but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season.

gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, where the player willllon a week. now on bbc news, talking movies reviews this year's blockbuster season — the highs and the lows. hello and welcome to talking movies. i'm tom brook. and today's programme we look back on blockbuster season, the hits and the misses, plus a special report on ageism in the movies. on my way, woody! the season's top three blockbuster heavy hitters have been a toy story sequel called toy story 4, and live action adaptation of aladdin, and a new spider—man film, spider—man: far from home. those films have been doing fantastic business around the world. of course, that doesn't mean each represents brilliant cinema. to explore blockbuster season in more detail, i'm joined by a panel of experts. tell me, if you look at the top films at the box office right now they're either remakes or sequels, has hollywood lost originality? i think they're desperate to make money so they're trying to fill seats. and we know that nostalgia is what drives people in, which is why i think really have

gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the millon a week. the player £1 millon a week. the prime minister is about to announce plans for a new high—speed rail link between manchester and leeds as part of what he describes as efforts to "rebalance power, growth and productivity across the uk". borisjohnson will also promise to improve what he calls "the unglamorous local services which people use every day". the plan has been welcomed by business groups but labour says it doesn't go far enough. our correspondent tom barton is here. as we wait for that speech to begin within the next ten minutes, we think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is think, tell us a bit more about what boris johnson is promising think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is promising because we have of course her the conservative government under george osborne going on about the northern powerhouse rail and promising to invest and actually it has not delivered. and in fact george osborne has today been tweeting about this saying that a

he's set to leave the spanish giants and join the chinese super league side jiangsu suning, a move thate to the welshman say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he's never seen a tour de france as open as this year's, and he's never seen weather as crazy as it was yesterday. stage 19 had to be abandoned 20 kilometres from the end because of a hailstorm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of a severe weather warning and the threat of landslides. the chances of geraint thomas defending his title are all but over, however his ineos team—mate egan bernal now has the overall lead and is the favourite to win the title. all efforts today will be put behind bernal because he is in position of strength and thomas might be competing to finish alongside him on the podium. but now bernal is the clear favourite to step on the podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellow jersey. podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellowjersey. it's ironic in cycling that individuals are crowned but they win because of the help of others. today geraint thomas will w

against city rivals atletico last night but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suningdly in the unted states. former chelsea striker diego costa had an eventful evening, he scored four goals for atletico. but he then let his temper get the better of him, and he was sent off after a tangle with dani ca rvajal. the real right back was also red—carded. south africa fought back against new zealand to claim a 16—all draw in the rugby championship. thanks to a herscheljantjies try in the 80th minute followed by a handre pollard conversion. south africa are now top of the table after the second round. this year's competition was shortened to three rounds due to the world cup in september, meaning south africa can win for the first time if they beat argentina in the final round next month. in the other round two game, australia bounced back from their heavy first round defeat by south africa, beating argentina 16—10 in brisbane. a reece hodge try was converted by christian lealiifano, who scored 11 points in his first test for three years after being diagnosed with leukaemia i

he's set to leave the spanish giants, and join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning, a move confirmed, but sources close to the welshman say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he's never seen a tour de france as open as this year's, and he's never seen weather as crazy as it was yesterday. stage 19 had to be abandoned, 20 kilometres from the end because of a hailstorm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of a severe weather warning, and the threat of landslides. the chances of geraint thomas defending his title are all but over, however his ineos team—mate egan bernal now has the overall lead and is the favourite to win the title. joe root criticised the pitch at lords, after his england side skittled out ireland for the lowest ever test score at the famous old ground. root says the wicket was too much in favour of the bowlers as a topsy turvy test ended very badly for ireland, asjoe wilson reports. it's the hope — that's the problem. the beautiful, horrible hope. ireland were here to gate—crash cricket's establishment to win at lo

he had been expected to finalise a a three—year deal with chinese super league club jiangsu suning, worth best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliot. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid, but chose to joinjurgen klopp‘s champions league winners. the england youth international can't turn professional though until his 17th birthday next april. dundee have made it through to the last 16 of the scottish league cup after a 1—0 win over inverness caledonian thistle at dens park. a draw would have sent both sides through as group d winners and one of the best runners—up — but this debut goal in the first half from dannyjohnson meant that only dundee went through. queen's park beat clyde in sunday's other game, but neither side had enough points to reach the next round. arsenal's preparations for the new season took a blow this afternoon as they were beaten 2—1 by french side lyon at the emirates. the gunners had taken the l

he's set to leave the spanish giants and join the chinese super league side jiangsu suning — a move thatr's causing big problems at the tour de france — not the heat, but the hail. this was the scene yesterday, as stage 19 had to be abandoned 20km from the end because of a hailstorm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of a severe weather warning and the threat of landslides. the chances of geraint thomas defending his title are all but over. however, his team ineos team—mate egan bernal now has the overall lead and is the favourite to win the title. joe root criticised the pitch at lord's. his english side skittled out ireland for the lowest ever test score at the old ground. rooty says the wicket was too much in favour of the bowlers, as a topsy—turvy test ended very badly for ireland, asjoe wilson reports it's the hope — that's the problem. the beautiful, horrible hope. ireland were here to gatecrash cricket's establishment to win at lord's. 182 runs — that's all they needed. and every one of them would be cheered and celebrated in a way lord's was just g