keely hodgkinson is in the perfect place. back again. noidea quick and mara is coming back again. no idea what sort of race she's running, but keeley had skin skin —— keely hodgkinson. and going right to the back of the field, this is what keely hodgkinson is good at. she can just celebrate —— accelerates from here. she will always tend to beat her, she is going to come strong, the canyon has got something extra. she's the strongest i've ever seen in the home straight, and she is going to come away to take the gold medal, mary morrow with an incredible performance keely hodgkinson has two settle for silver again. laura muirthrew hodgkinson has two settle for silver again. laura muir threw herself over the line for the bronze, but what a race for or two. cons of 400 metre paste and i'm just not sure she still knows how to run an 800 metres. —— amazing race for mary moraa. goodness me, when she starts to get more experience with how she raises, and by the way, that dance move is brilliant, by the way. just, when she went to the

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it's been a bittersweet summer for keely hodgkinson. the world championships was followed by silver at the commonwealth games in the 800 metres. in the last few minutes, it was third time lucky as she took a convincing gold medal at the european championships in munich — herfirst major international outdoor title. hodgkinson started as favourite and was joined in the final by two other britons, jemma reekie and alex bell. at the bell, hodgkinson was in third place. let's pick it up with paula radcliffe and andrew cotter as they moved down the back straight. hodgkinsonjust moved hodgkinson just moved almost effortlessly clear of herring. fell behind, i now bell will strike. hodgkinson, although silver medals, turning them now to gold, surely. finishing strongly, it's hodgkinson, reekie fading! hodgkinson for gold! just ahead of hoffman of switzerland. but silver this time behind one of the very best in keely hodgkinson, the world championships, the commonwealth games, brought a certain frustration. this championships brings gold. afterwa

and keely hodgkinson wins one of three gold medals for great britain, on the penultimate day of the europeaning. ukrainian troops are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian forces in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in sevastapol. moscow claims it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 — there've been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. james waterhouse reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. it's what and where this is which makes this smoke significant. another apparent strike in russian occupied crimea. over the last 11 days, there have been a series of explosions on mostly military targets. out of all of the ukrainian territory which moscow has taken, crimea is where its grip has been strongest. but that grasp appears to be weakening. translation: russia's commanders aren't saying what happened, - but it is either a failure of russia's air defences or of russia's intelligence services. regardless of who is causing these explosions, for ukraine, the re

joining keely hodgkinson in that semi final will be her teammatejemma reekie who qualifed fastest indnt make either final at the world championships or commonwealth looked pretty comfortable throughout. great britain's alex bell is also through. over to rome where the european aquatics championships are taking place. and the defending champion jack laugher is safely through to the final of the men's one metre springboard. he qualified in second place below italy's lorenzo marsaglia. great britian�*sjordan houlden will also be in the final which takes place at three forty this afternoon. british businessman jim ratcliffe is interested in buying premier league side manchester united. side manchester united. news of his interest follows a bloomberg report that the glazer family are willing to sell a minority stake in the club. ratcliffe — here on the left — whose company sponsors the ineos grenadiers cycling team — is one of the uk's wealthiest people. he also owns the french ligue un side nice, and the swiss club lausanne—sport. in response, manchester united supporters�* trust cautiou

keely hodgkinson won silver at the world championships and hopes were high in the 800 metres, but when kenya's mary moraa turned the burners on, there was no stopping her. bronze for scotland's laura muir and boogie wonderland for moraa. 10 years ago, keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running. she now has world silver, 0lympic silver and commonwealth silver. i'm not quite sure i could do anything. it went so quick, i gave it all but came up with silver again. world championship wins don't automatically guarantee commonwealth ones, as jake wightman found out. with all eyes on the world champion, the scot found himself fading in a rapid 1500 metre final and having to settle for bronze. it's going to be - australia, the gold! but for england's nick miller it was hammer time. he gave everyone an early scare with two no throws, but he made up for it to successfully defend his commonwealth title. four years ago, england's zharnel hughes won the 200 metres only to be disqualified during his victory lap. this time he was denied again by trinidad and

in the women's 800 metres, kenya's mary moraa broke local hearts, outpacing england's keely hodgkinsonr successfully defended his men's hammer titles, a throw of 76 metres, 43 centimetres was enough to see off canada's ethan kazberg. there was a clean sweep for england in the men's three—metres springboard diving final. dan goodfellow taking the top spot on the podium. but the hosts will not defend their title in the women's netball, england losing to australia in the semifinals. it was a similar story in the cricket, this time india's women coming out on top. yeah, i am just gutted, really. gutted that i couldn't get my team over the line. there was a moment to savour for wales, gemma frizzelle winning the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final. it was the principality�*s first ever gold. let's take a look at the top of the medal table. australia lead the way with 58 golds and 154 medals over all. england are second 011146 medals, and canada are third. and one other historic moment to take note of, alastair chalmers is taking bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, the first athletics medal guernsey

two weeks ago, keely championships two weeks ago, keely hodgkinson, on the track in the 800 metres heats. she was very strong, controlling it till the very end, and looking comfortable as she qualifies into the final that will take place on saturday. her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in that final. thanks so much, kate. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. it looked cloudy in birmingham, a rather muggy feeling day. we knew july would be dry, it is the driest on record for some parts of southern and eastern england, but as you can see, the brown on the map shows less than average rainfall. it has been dry across the board, so we did have some welcome rain through the night. that is because we have low pressure with us for a change. it is quite windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily star

olympic silver medalist keely hodgkinson has qualified for the women's 800 metres final.b star looked relaxed as she won her semi—final heat in a time of 2:00.67. she will be desperate to take gold in the final on saturday after coming second at the commonwelath games and the world championships last month. and more success for great britain in the second semi final asjemma reekie and alexandra bell also qualified with renelle lamote of france crossing the line first. in the women's 4x400 metres, gb women finished first in their heat, comfortably qualifying. the team of ama pipi, zoey clark, nicole yearginm and laveli nielsen are through to the final on saturday. and both the women and the men won their heats in the 4x100 metres, easing through to qualify for the finals, which are both on sunday — the last day of the competition. and morgan lake cleared 1.87 metres to move into the high jump final. it wasn't to be for laura zialor though who had three faults on the first jump. dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. she

but they are preparing the stadium for tomorrow because tomorrow, we have keely hodgkinson in the 800 is also more in the canoe sprint. from munich on day nine, back to you, clive. many thanks. it's been a sobering day for england's cricketers, beaten comprehensively by south africa in the first test at lords. the tourists won by an innings and 12 runs in just three days. joe wilson watched the wickets tumble. lord's has seen it all, but rarely witnessed a day when england were so outplayed. first, south africa extended their lead to 161. england could already sense trouble. so, england's turn to bat again, facing a south african bowling attack of great quality and variety. zak crawley missed again, lbw. spin bowler keshav maharaj took the early wickets, then the fast bowlers took over. joe root gone there, soon followed byjonny bairstow. the bigger the names, the wilder the south african celebrations. ben stokes embodies the new england mentality — in all eventualities stay bold, attack. caught. in this approach, the new captain and coach may press ahead, but before 4pm on the third

we also saw the silver medallist from the world championships two weeks ago, keely hodgkinson, on theal that will take place on saturday. her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in that final. thanks so much, kate. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. it looked cloudy in birmingham, a rather muggy feeling day. we knew july would be dry, it is the driest on record for some parts of southern and eastern england, but as you can see, the brown on the map shows less than average rainfall. it has been dry across the board, so we did have some welcome rain through the night. that is because we have low pressure with us for a change. it is quite windy out there

keely hodgkinson is well practised, she has bronze and silver, beaten both times by an american, so inne, and much more to come as well. big names in the women's 400 metres. we have the netherlands, and the norwegian in the men's race, who is the current olympic champion and record—holder. if we are talking about british interests, laura amir will be trying to defend her 1500 metre title from berlin. we hearfrom dina asher—smith, who will be keen to get back on the podium. dina asher—smith says more research has to be carried out looking at how periods impact performance at elite level. asher—smith defends her 200m title this evening — after recovering from the calf problem that saw her limp out of the 100 metres final. she explained that her period caused cramping during the race — she wants everyone to be more comfortable talking about female health. more people need to actually research this because it's, huge, and they don't always talk about it but sometimes, you see girls who have been so consistent and there's a random dip, and the behind—the—scenes, there really struggling. and

fellow briton keely hodgkinson, one of the favourites for the women's 800 metre title, also advanced for substantial renovations to the stadium, and also, the training ground, which are the lasers are not going to fund themselves, and i've been informed is unlikely to come through further loans because the debt is already around £500 million —— glazers. i expect in the short time the key question is whether the family would look to get rid altogether. that's all the sport for now. as we've been hearing, the proportion of top a—level grades in england, wales and northern ireland is down on last year —— but remains higher than before the pandemic. despite this, most students applying to university have had their places confirmed. you've been sending in some of your questions on exam results. with me to answer some of them is professorjane harrington, deputy chair of universities alliance —they represent a group of professional and technical universities. she's also vice chancellor at university of greenwich and went through clearing herself. a busy day for you. can i start with the sort

this crowd was also welcomed by the silver medallist from the world championships, keely hodgkinson,ortable and controlled her race from start to finish, wanted to make sure she comfortably made it through to the final that will take place on saturday later on this week, and she will bejoined by her saturday later on this week, and she will be joined by her team—mate alex bell, along with scotland's or a mere, and interesting 800 metres —— laura muir. also there was the 100 metres on the track. it is worth mentioning many of the big names were not featured in this event, decided not to compete here, many of the jamaican athletes, but that allowed many of the home nation runners to feature in the semifinals. we had in the women's mate the fastest english qualifier... asher phillips making entry to the semifinal, and in the men's event, we saw nethaneel mitchell—blake along with this team—mate making it through for england and scotland's adam thomas and jeremiah from wales making it through to the semifinals of this 100 metres. it will happen over the next few days. a busy morning, lot

jake wightman and keely hodgkinson are both safely through to the semi—finals of the 800 metres.come and will champion. he never won a medal in the 800 — he ran the fastest heat to qualify for the semi finals. that's a man running with authority, 1500 metre man who knows when to keep the pace moving. b, 1500 metre man who knows when to keep the pace moving.— keep the pace moving. a season's best time for _ keep the pace moving. a season's best time forjake _ keep the pace moving. a season's best time forjake wightman - keep the pace moving. a season's best time forjake wightman who | keep the pace moving. a season's i best time forjake wightman who will best time forjake wightman who will best time forjake wightman who will bejoined by ben patterson and daniel brown and in tomorrow's semifinals. a trouble free run for keely hopkinson. the world and commonwealth silver medallist is hoping to round off 2022 with european gold. it’s hoping to round off 2022 with european gold.— hoping to round off 2022 with european gold. hoping to round off 2022 with euroean old. 3 , . , ., europea

joining keely hodgkinson in that semi final will be her teammatejemma reekie who qualifed fastest inked liv golf series injune — says "calculated, malicious, false and reckless attacks" have caused him major damages, and cost him several multi—million—dollar sponsorship deals. chamblee and the golf channel have yet to respond to reed's accusations. that's all the sport for now. n be back soon with another update. the new host of university challenge has been announced this morning. it'll be this man, the bbc�*s media editor, amol rajan. he'll take over from jeremy paxman from autumn 2023 onwards, and will begin filming next year. he'll also step down as media editor for bbc news later this year year, but will continue to be present on the radio 4 today programme. we can speak to tv critic scott bryan. did morning, scott. what you make of this appointment? i'm in, he seems incredibly honoured to be taking this because it's such a hard role to fill. just because university challenge has only had two people having this role in the entire show�*s 60 year history. jeremy paxman, the 28 ye

fellow briton keely hodgkinson, one of the favourites for the women's 800—metre title, also advancedfeel like heats are always a little bit uncomfortable, you don't know what pace people will go, but i ended up taking control of the race and got thejob done. happy days. it's been a very long season, my body is feeling it but the semis tomorrow and hopefully the final we'll give it all we've got. how have you be managing your body? just trying to sleep, to be honest. we are doing the best we can. we will see what happens. the sheer amount of sport is starting to catch up with some of the athletes. great britain's daryll neita has withdrawn from the 200—metre and 4x100 metre relay. she took bronze in the 100 metre from these championships despite suffering from cramp just before the race. team mate deena asher smith has also suffered with cramp at these championships. with the commonwealth games and the world championships — the competition in munich is the third major championship in one summer. in cycling — colombia's nyro kintana has withdrawn from the bwelta espana which gets under

keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running.talie pirks, bbc news, birmingham. away from the athletics, veteran northern ireland bowlers martin mchugh and ian mcclure rolled back the years, winning gold in the men's fours — 24 years after they first took the title. this time sam barkley and adam mckeown made up the foursome. and gemma frizelle made history for wales, winning their first ever gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics, with a sensational hoop routine. so, how does all that leave the medals table? australia have pulled away from england again at the top — england with 50 golds now. scotland have 8, wales 5. and northern ireland are on 2, but that's bound to go up later, with a host of boxers through to gold medal bouts. we have 17 home nations boxers who will battle for medals across the day. joining me now is jack laugher, winner of two gold medals and a bronze in the diving at these games. thank at these games. you for taking the time to join thank you for taking the time to join us. this has been extraordinary, just hav

take you to munich now for an update on the european championships. 0lympic silver medalist keely hodgkinsonying. the team of ama pipi, zoey clark, nicole yearginm and laveli nielsen are through to the final on saturday. and both the women and the men won their heats in the 4x100 metres, easing through to qualify for the finals, which are both on sunday — the last day of the competition. dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. she qualifying with ease last night, recovering from the leg cramping problem she had in the 100 metres. asher smith says that cramping was due to her period, and wants more to be done to look into women's health and how periods can impact performance. more people need to actually research on the sport science perspective because it's absolutely huge. we wouldn't always talk about it, either, because sometimes you see girls that have been so consistent, there's a random dip and behind the scenes they've been really struggling. it's like, "what's that? that's random." but it would just do with more funding because...

in the semifinals as they come up over the next few days —— lots of home nation interest will keely hodgkinson qualified for the final. the final takes place on saturday. along with her english team—mate alexandra bell and laura muir of scotland. the action is really under way. there is a lot of para—athletics including the t34100 metres, so it really is kicking off on the first day of action here at the track and field —— t34, 100 metres. the track and field -- t34, 100 metres. . ~ the track and field -- t34, 100 metres. ., ~ , ., the track and field -- t34, 100 metres. . ~' , ., , the track and field -- t34, 100 metres. ., ~ , ., , . in the women's 20/20 cricket, england have beaten south africa at edgbaston by 26 runs. south africa won the toss and put england into bat. alice capsey hit a superb 50 from 37 balls to help england finish on 167—5. south africa slipped well behind the required run rate early into their chase and always seemed second—best, finishing on 141—4. england will reach the semi—finals if new zealand beat sri lanka on tuesday. that's all the sport for now. we will have m

olympic silver medalist keely hodgkinson has qualified for the women's 800 metres final., the belts ade adedoyin is injeddah for us. once champion, now challenger, anthonyjoshua is a man on a mission. i've got to go and change the narrative. that's up to me. i'm the author of my own movie, so i can kind of change it. what gives you the confidence that this time round it will be different? because i've been in there with him before, i know his tricks, i know what he's doing, and i know what i have to do. standing in his way is this man, the fearsome and formidable oleksandr usyk. eccentric, entertaining and an exceptional boxer who hasn't lost in 13 years. he outboxed and outfoxed joshua in their first fight last september. our new heavyweight champion of the world... in the last few months, though, he has been fighting on a different front. usyk there, back in ukraine, where he was part of the war effort, before being given special dispensation to resume his boxing career. the priority for now is retaining the titles, with this bout being shown on free—to—air tv in ukrain

often said gold is neverfar in the sky it is often said gold is never far away but it would keely hodgkinson the men topped their podium in the same event. if the hat fits, wear it well! at the european aquatics championships in rome, the penultimate day of diving saw a further two medals added to great britain's growing tally lois toulson and andrea spendolini sirieix claimed gold on their maiden platform synchro outing together ahead of ukraine and germany. a second gold for each of them to cap off their european championships in style. we have been quite lucky this was our first time together. we dived together once before the competition for it to go that well, it's proved to us we are pretty good. i am really pleased with how that went. i really pleased with how that went. i was going to see you again in a major championship? i’m was going to see you again in a major championship?— was going to see you again in a major championship? i'm up for it if ou are! britain'sjordan houlden claimed his first european medal with silver in the mens three metre springboard. jack laugher came into th