"embarrassing" and "sad" — joel tomkins leaves wigan after bad behaviour in a bar — but he's snappedl kr. what next for scotland, after that win over england? — we'll hear from the side chasing test status. and he can feel it in his whiskers — meet russia's pawesome predictor, the clairvoyant cat of st petersburg. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, welcome to the programme — and the wait is nearly over. just three days to go, until this: the lethal world cup, starts 14th of june across the bbc. it is finally world cup week and gradually the teams have been travelling to russia ready to acclimatise and get started, . yes its finally world cup week — and gradually the teams have been travelling to russia ready to acclimatise and get started. england fly out tomorrow — we'll have full coverage of that on sportsday for you then — but for now ria chohan takes a look at the early arrivals. there is always a reason to celebrate when you are on your way toa celebrate when you are on your way to a world cup. the final preparations for russia are under way and as the teams arrive, i

england international joel tomkins says leaving wigan is "embarrassing" and "sad", but he's gratefulor hull kr. tomkins was suspended by wigan, less than two weeks after a video appeared on line of him abusing staff in a bar. today he officially left the warriors, but was signed by his new club. matt dean has more. joel tomkins move to hear at hull is no real surprise after reports surfaced op friday he was heading out of wigan. he was fined and banned by them after video emerged of him abusing bar staff. known has been available to be interviewed by the bbc today but tomkins who has joined on an 18 month contract is quoteded on the website as saying that the move is best for all parties, after having his resignation accepted by the warrior, he as it has been an embarrassing time for him and sad to leave wig none this way. he says after instructing his agent to find a club there were a few other clubs interested but tim sheen called him personally and he is really grateful to the former australia coach and all here for helping him get the deal done. following his move today tom kin i

the super league club say they will investigate the incident and hold discussions over joel tomkins' sevens series in london. south africa ran in five tries to england's three, including this one from stedman gans, to set up a final with fiji. fiji ran in six tries to beat ireland 38—12 in the other semi—final. that left ireland with the 3rd place place off against england which is just underway, followed by that final between fiji and south africa. wales began their summer tour of north and south america with a win over south africa in washington dc. ryan elias scoring this late try to give wales the win by 22 points to 20. they head to south america now to face argentina next weekend. novak djokovic is taking on fernando verdasco for a place in the french open quarterfinals. there was little between them in the first set as they fought hard for every point. the serbian former world number one finally made the breakthrough to go three one up, before eventually taking the set in just under an hour. verdasco seems to be suffering with an ankle problem, but he's holding on in the secon

one other line of rugby league news, and joel tomkins has signed for hull kr after being released byeing fined and suspended for being abusive to staff in a bar. football, and gerard deulofeu has signed for watford on a permanent deal. the 2a—year—old played for them on loan from barcelona last year having previously been at everton. he moves to vicarage road for a fee of £11.5m. and cesc fabregas will be part of the bbc‘s coverage of the world cup. the chelsea midfielder won the tournament with spain in 2010, but missed out on the squad this time around. and finally, it's no secret that usain bolt wants to play football following his retirement from athletics, and he had the chance to showcase his talents in soccer aid last night. he did pretty well, too, turning in a man of the match performance and scoring a penalty in the shoot—out for the rest of the world team. his side lost the shoot—out, though. england the winners at old trafford. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much. and so

on to rugby league and joel tomkins has been speaking today about his controversial move from wigan toaff appeared on social media. he says he made a huge mistake. i've got a point to prove to the hull kr fans and my fellow players to earn their respect on the field. i haven't got a point to prove anything to do with the incident happened. that was a one—off incident which i commented about in my statement. it was a huge mistake which i made. i'm not proud of it but i've held up my hands and said sorry and i'm going to move on from it now. british number one johanna konta says she feels fortunate to have beaten compatriot heather watson in straight sets at the nottingham open. konta was taken to a tie break in the second set and it took an hour and 39 minutes to get past watson, who's currently ranked 69 places lower. the fourth seed will face slovenia's dalila jakupovic in the quarter—final. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports headlines. coryn rivera edged out three—time world champion marianne vos in a thrilling sprint finish to win stage two and move into the o

onto rugby league and joel tomkins has been speaking today about his controversial move from wigan toideo of him being drunk and abusive to bar staff appeared on social media. he admits he made a huge mistake. i have a point to prove. to all of oui’ i have a point to prove. to all of ourfans and i have a point to prove. to all of our fans and fellow players to earn the respect. i have inadequate to prove to do with the incident that happened. that was a article i—hopper incident i commented about. it was a huge mistake which i made. —— a one—off incident. i am not proud of that. i said sorry. i will move on from it now. rory mcilroy is one of many players to have fallen victim to the windy conditions at the us open. the northern irishman is ten over par after his first round at shinnecock hills. good news for england's ian poulter. he shares the clubhouse lead with the usa's scott piercy on one under. but it was the 201! champion mcilroy, along with his playing partners phil mickleson and jordan speith, who really struggled. mcilroy with seven bogeys and three double bogeys in his rou

meanwhile joel tomkins has signed for hull kr after being released by wigan.sez the squad are training at sea level in durban rather than at altitude — on expert advice. england lost the first test against south africa over the weekend. the second test takes place in bloemfontein on saturday. we've made choices before we came here about what was appropriate for ourselves to test at altitude and the advice we received and we received a lot of advice, there are a lot of experts out there, we spoke toa a lot of experts out there, we spoke to a lot of rugby coaches. but that all into our thinking. eight months ago, 12 months ago, this process started and most of the players, most of the coaches as well all agree about doing the training at altitude. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. world cup sports day from thursday. tonight at 6:30 p:m., catherine will be with you for sports day. within the last hour — theresa may has been updating mps on what she described as "very candid" discussions at a "difficult"

joel tomkins moved here to hull kingston rovers, no surprise he was heading out of wigan. staff in wigan following abusing bar staff in wigan following a night out with his brother, sam. neitherjolt tomkins and nor anyone from hull kingston rovers has been available for interview but tomkins is quoted on the hull kr website saying the move is best for all parties after having his resignation accepted parties after having his resignation a cce pted by parties after having his resignation accepted by the warriors. he added has been an embarrassing time for him and it is sad to leave wigan in this way. however he says after instructing his agent to find a new clu b instructing his agent to find a new club for him there were —— there we re club for him there were —— there were other clubs interested in him. he's very grateful to the former australia coach at craven park for helping him get the deal done here. following his move, tomkins is in contention for his hull kr debut. they are in action against castleford on saturday and he hopes to draw a line under a period in his ca

one or line of rugby league new, joel tomkins has signed for hull after being released from wigan.on from north africa. a few minutes ago italy's interior minister matteo salvini tweeted "victory" in response to the spanish offer. richard lister reports. marooned in the mediterranean, these are some of the 629 rescued migrants denied entry to the closest european ports, among them, more than 120 unaccompanied children. they were picked up in a series of dramatic rescues off the libyan coast at the weekend. the conditions were difficult. at least 50 were said to be at immediate risk of drowning. after being transferred to the asquares are they were allowed to leave the rescue zone and head north, but they were stuck between two countries both adamant they were not obliged to take them in. we will oblige and work around the legal obligationses that are expected of us, but for the moment it is not the situation. italy's new government backs tougher immigration rule, the interior minister has closed all italian ports to the aquarius, he said today malta takes in nobody, france pushes p

on to rugby league and joel tomkins has been speaking today about his controversial move from wigan to have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. amelia reynolds is in cambridge who can tell us more about a community organisation that is asking for the public‘s help to address the problem of knife crime in luton. rebecca wood's in birmingham where 50 years ago work started on one of the most complicated road junctions in the country — called spaghetti junction. first to amelia. so what's being done related to knife crime and stabbings in luton? it has got national attention. figures out today show that bedfordshire has the fourth highest rate of knife crime in the country, just behind the big urban areas of merseyside, cleveland and the west midlands. there was a stabbing in luton in broad daylight on monday and last month a 20—year—old was stabbed to death with a single knife wound. so the police and the cancer had a big public meeting and hundred