hejoins have appointed justin holbrook as the new coach.brook as the new coach. hejoins from sydney roosters with saints lying seventh after their win over lee. the european patent can challenge sop is the best results from britain in 17 yea rs. the best results from britain in 17 years. the four medals, two of them we re years. the four medals, two of them were killed. a complete funding extra uk sport came into full effect last month and it saw half the players and coaches lose theirjobs. those who remained have launched a crowdfunding campaign to try to safeguard the future. after months of struggles which have seen athletes and coaches lose their jobs, british badminton players finally have something to celebrate. it has been a very tough time that everybody back at home has been resilient. we have stuck together and we have set plans and goals that we still want to achieve and we will push on, despite what has happened. historic european gold medals are a timely reminderfor historic european gold medals are a timely reminder for those

elsewhere if new st helens coach justin holbrook got up early in australia to watch their game againstot sure he would like what he saw, saints beaten 40—18 at warrington, ryan atkins running in a sixth try for the wolves. holbrook was appointed yesterday and is waiting for his visa to start the job. st helens are seventh, after 13 games. rugby union's premiership reaches the end of its regular season tomorrow. still so much to play for — three teams can finish first. leaders wasps face third placed saracens . exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a top four spot at bath's expense? the tigers are at worcester. bath are at sale and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot, a chance for saints to make up for a frustrating season. it's been very disappointing. the squad we've got and the players have got, was not really done as well as we should have this year and i think if we can just scrape in top six, and rebuild for the boys who are staying here and the coaches rebuilding next year, hopefully picking u

former super league champions st helens have appointed australian justin holbrook as their new coach.rrently lying seventh in the super league after last week's win over leigh. england's men start their busy summer tomorrow in bristol, with a one day match against ireland. the two will also play at lord's, on sunday. the england captain, says his side are in good shape, as they prepare to host the eight team, champions trophy next month. the strength and depth we've had for this side has been extremely strong over the last 18 months. i think the squad we've selected in the champions trophy reflects that. the guys that have missed out, we could have picked a squad of 18 or 19 guys that could all take the field. that bodes well for us in the competition. i hope it continues over the next two years as we build toward the world cup. so yeah that's a huge positive. last week's european badminton championships saw britain's best results for 17 years. there were four medals — two of them gold. but uk sport's complete funding axe came into full effect last month and it saw half of the players

former super league champions st helens have appointed australian justin holbrook as their new coach.g seventh in the super league after last week's win over leigh. former saints scrum—half sean long will be one of holbrook‘s assistants. he had been holding the reins. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. as we've been hearing, buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip, who is 95 years—old, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision. she will continue with all her duties. the duke is the longest—serving consort in british history. let's return to buckingham palace and my colleague sophie long. it is business as usual at buckingham palace, a constant run of tourists behind me. it has been business as usual for the queen and the duke of edinburgh carrying out an engagement at the james palace. there is more media here than on our usual thursday afternoon. they began to assemble this morning when speculation was rife on social media after

rugby league's magic weekend lived up to its billing for the new st helens head coach, justin holbrooke game. yet he clearly had an impact, as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games, wakefield beat widnes, while wigan and warrington drew 2a—2a. dutch rider tom dumoulin has extended his lead at the giro d'italia to just under three minutes. britain's adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday's crash, to go second in the competition for best young rider, while dumoulin was outstanding, as he won a mountainous stage 1a. he is now two minutes and a7 seconds ahead of his main challenger, nairo quintana, with seven stages to go. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervonta davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion, who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round, and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock—down. despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic brushed asid

rugby league's magic weekend lived up to its billing for the new st helens head coach, justin holbrookthe game, yet he clearly had an impact, as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games, wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 2a—2a. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervanter davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round. and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock down. despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic brushed aside dominic thiem to reach the final at the rome masters. having earlier finished off his rain—delayed quarter—final againstjuan martin del potro, djokovic beat thiem 6—1, 6—0. he will play germany's alexander zverev, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. it's one of the world's most popular flower shows — and as the blooms of colour and creativity go on