i think this is playing out well for laura muir. mary in the back of the _ well for laura muir.or laura muir. mary in the back of the field, so now - well for laura muir. mary in the back of the field, so now trying | well for laura muir. mary in the l back of the field, so now trying to do what she loves to do, stretch it out, looking much better coming to these championships. keely hodgkinson is in the perfect place. laura muir could be there to strike him up at the pace is fast and it's quick and mara is coming 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 aga

in the last few minutes, scotland's laura muir has won 1500 metres gold. f northern ireland's ciara mageean who finished second, and jemma reekie of scotland who took the bronze mendal. it's scotland's 12th gold medal of the games — the same amount they won in melbourne in 2006. but a fantastic run from laura muir. she has wanted this for a long time and adds to her 800 metre bronze medal that she won a few days ago. the england women's hockey team took gold after beating australia in the final. there was also a thrilling gold for the england men's 4x 100 metre relay, plus a first ever medal in the beach volleyball with the bello twins winning bronze. jo currie has a round—up of the action so far. four years ago it was england's netballers who stole the show at the commonwealth games on the gold coast. today it was the turn of the women's hockey team to light up birmingham. the team's first ever commonwealth gold medal came after a 2—0 win over australia. goals from holly hunt and tess howard securing the victory and a place in history. elsewhere on the pen

scotland's laura muir dismantlin: determination.uir dismantling the field _ determination. scotland's laura muir dismantling the field and _ determination. scotland's laura muir dismantling the field and cruising - dismantling the field and cruising to gold in the 1500 metres with northern ireland boss mick kieran mcgeary and picking up silver. this has meant a _ mcgeary and picking up silver. this has meant a lot _ mcgeary and picking up silver. ti 3 has meant a lot to me. missing gold coast as well. it's so nice to come here and notjust get one but two in such a competitive field. these girls are fast.— such a competitive field. these uirls are fast. . ., �* , girls are fast. having won the men's 400 metres — girls are fast. having won the men's 400 metres four _ girls are fast. having won the men's 400 metres four years _ girls are fast. having won the men's 400 metres four years ago - girls are fast. having won the men's| 400 metres four years ago england's sites were set firmly on defending their title. they clinched in some st

scotland's laura muir, the i 1-2, wasn't it?ra muir, the most high—profile athlete here in action, fresh from winning bronze at the championships a fortnight ago, she did nothing more than she had to, she knew she had to get into the top five to get an automatic spot into the final and she came fifth. behind england because katie snowden, laura muir is feeling good and also in the 800 metre final tomorrow. as you say, all for home nations will be represented in sunday's final because england's katie snowden made it through, and northern ireland's cara mcgee, and the fastest losers spots went to wales and scotland's gemma ricci. ispoke spots went to wales and scotland's gemma ricci. i spoke to her after the race and she said she hadn't made it easy for her, but she's had to be patient after overcoming glandularfever to be patient after overcoming glandular fever earlier this year, she hopes to get onto the podium on sunday. earlierthis she hopes to get onto the podium on sunday. earlier this morning there was success in the hurdl

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bronze for scotland's laura muir and boogie wonderland for niakhate. now has world silver, 0lympic silver and commonwealth silver. i'm not quite sure. i could do anything. so quick. silver. i'm not quite sure. i could do anything. 50 quick.— silver. i'm not quite sure. i could do anything. so quick. silver again. and now the _ do anything. so quick. silver again. and now the world _ do anything. so quick. silver again. and now the world champion... - do anything. so quick. silver again. i and now the world champion... world championship wins don't automatically guarantee commonwealth once, as jake wightman found out. with our eyes on the world champion, the scot found himself fading in a rapid 1500 metre final and having to settle for bronze. it’s rapid 1500 metre final and having to settle for bronze.— settle for bronze. it's going to be australia, the _ settle for bronze. it's going to be australia, the gold! _ settle for bronze. it's going to be australia, the gold! but - settle for bronze. it's going to be australia, the gold! but for - australia,

i must start the morning and have to agree that laura muir and have to agree that laura muir and mattlly comfortable in their seats and qualifying for their respective finals. i think you would agree as well, another thing that looks good, far fewer prettier sites than a night—time session. you should just be able to see the 100 metre lanes beside me as well, as you mentioned, what a night we could have in store. great britain has the defending champions in the men's and women's 100 metres, but, to add to the drama, smith we know was injured a month ago in the world championships in oregon, not a fact that she is here would point to the fact that she's 100% fit, and anything less, she's 100% fit, and anything less, she could be in trouble, because it is a very, very strong field. as for as our now he is communicatively�*s champion to contend with and also his own gb team—mates as well. either way, we should be in for a treat. amazing that a lifetime of training and it could all be over in less than the time it takes to tie your shoelaces. less than the time it takes to tie yourshoelac

scotland's laura muir qualifies for the women's 1500 metres final.ternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year — and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation — to more than 13%, the highest for more than a0 years. it's because of that, that the bank set interest rates at 1.75% — the increase of half a percentage point was the biggest rate hike for 27 years. as our economics correspondent andy verity reports, the hope is that making it more expensive for us to borrow money will make us less likely to spend. even during hard times. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. can i sort a food parcel, please? the community centre gave out 200 f

her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in thatinal. 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 starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, st

and laura muir are _ going on at the moment. and laura muir are still winning medals. opean - championships, 1500 metres, we the scene for us. european _ championships, 1500 metres, we know it is a _ championships, 1500 metres, we know it is a race _ championships, 1500 metres, we know it is a race. but when it comes to raising _ it is a race. but when it comes to raising laura _ it is a race. but when it comes to raising laura muir, you need to feel sorry— raising laura muir, you need to feel sorry for— raising laura muir, you need to feel sorry for her— raising laura muir, you need to feel sorry for her competitors because no-one _ sorry for her competitors because no—one else is there to wind and graceful— no—one else is there to wind and graceful gold because know laura muir witi— graceful gold because know laura muirwillwind. graceful gold because know laura muir will wind. the big one graceful gold because know laura muirwillwind. the big one is graceful gold because know laura muir will wind. the big one is for silver _ muir will wind. the big one is for silver i

and laura muir is through to the final of the 1500 metres after qualifying in the heats at the alexanderm earlier. that's all on sportsday at 6:30pm — now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we're getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt's new starring role in an action thriller based on a japanese novel. then we've got fadia's tree, which is a documentary about a palestinian refugee, by the artist sarah beddington. and then, we've got maisie, which is a documentary about britain's oldest performing drag queen. it's a fantastic mixture — let's start with brad pitt, though. we've got to start with brad pitt. i'm a big fan, i think he's terrific in almost everything i've seen him in, to be honest. he's great in bullet train — as i said, it's based on a novel, ajapanese novel, and it's directed by david leitch, who actually used to be brad pitt's stunt do

britain's laura muir successfully defended her european 1500m title, pushing for home with one lap remainingd up on his commonwealth games silver by becoming the first british discus medallist at a european championships. he took bronze. it's not all about the athletics, olympic champion tom pidcock has become the first british rider to win the european cross country mountain biking title. joe lynskey reports. on all types of terrain, tom pidcock barely stops for breath. he spent the first part of the summer on the road on the tour, and won on an iconic tour de france stage. the superman tried something else. he had raised just twice this year on mounting bike, and so it's our way down the field. but still, on tracks like this, he went past 30 riders and from the front pushed again. this time through the alps but around labs of munich's skyline. by the last few laps, he was so far clear. watch the top of the screen. it is not a bird or a plane. pidcock won this race at the olympics. now he is european champion. he does it all, and select 23, is understated. yeah, it was a pretty hard race. i

laura muir is finally a commonwealth champion. s been bugging me. it's so nice to come here and not just get one but two in such a competitive field, these girls are fast, so it means a lot. scotland's eilish mccolgan couldn't quite repeat her 10,000 metres gold. she took silver in the 5,000m, behind kenya's beatrice chebet, but mccolgan was upbeat, saying how grateful she was for the support she's received in birmingham. england stormed to gold in the men's four by 100 metre relay, retaining their title. an upgrade on the medals already won by matt hudson smith and zharnel hughes. and it looked as though it would be a relay double whenjessie knight just edged out canada's anchor in the four by 400 metres, but they were disqualified for a lane infringement, jodie williams just straying across on the baton exchange. in table tennis, england retained the men's doubles title. paul drinkhall and liam pitchford saw off india, winning 3—2, to take gold against the very same opponents. and joshua stacey became wales' first commonwealth ga

zharnel hughes took gold in the men's 200 metres, and laura muir won the women's 1500 metres.e most successful, or should that be six sessful day. gb are second in the medal table. here are a few reasons they have that friday feeling. for zharnel hughes, gaining the 200 metres title would be some consolation, having lost his 100 metres crown earlier this week, coming down the home straight, the 27—year—old held on as the rest of the field closed in. 27-year-old held on as the rest of the field closed in.— the field closed in. nethaneel mitchell-blake _ the field closed in. nethaneel mitchell-blake is _ the field closed in. nethaneel mitchell-blake is coming - the field closed in. nethaneel- mitchell-blake is coming through, mitchell—blake is coming through, zharnel hughes coming through! this is my event- — zharnel hughes coming through! this is my event- i — zharnel hughes coming through! this is my event. i love this event. i'm very— is my event. i love this event. i'm very happy— is my event. i love this event. i'm very happy to _ is my event. i love this event. i'm very ha

her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in thaty. 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

scotland's laura muir is finally a commonwealth champion after winning the 1500m final.nished 11th at glasgow 2014. following her fabulous gold, she was asked for a message to her younger self after those previous disappointments. your time will come. you know, it is rotten at the time, but you learn from it and you come back stronger. it sounds cheesy, but you do and this has meant a lot to me running here because missing gold coast as well, eight years the commonwealth games has been bugging me, so it is so nice to come here and notjust get one, but two, and in such competitive fields. these girls are fast, so yes, it means a lot. but it was diappointment for scotland's eilish mccolgan, who couldn't follow up on her dramatic 10,000m win. she took the silver medal in the women's 5,000m it is just amazing, i can't thank everyone enough for their support, it has been wild and... that is what drove me today because i was so tired, physically and mentally. but i was surprised myself, i literally lead out 400, 800 metres of that race, so to still come and get a silver medal,

channel: we'll bring you up to date at the european championships, with commonwealth games champion laura muir winning her heat this morning in munich. one year after the taliban takeover of afghanistan, women's rights have been rolled back, poverty and malnutrition are rising — but levels of violence have fallen significantly. our correspondent secunder kermani has been travelling across the taliban heartland in southern afghanistan and sent this report. along what used to be the front lines, a wrestling match. the only fighting taking place now. we are in sangin, scene of some of the fiercest clashes of the war. in this deeply conservative part of afghanistan, women are kept from public view. many supported the taliban insurgency. others are simply relieved the violence has finally come to an end. translation: life is very good now. people are very happy. there is freedom and no fighting. all of you here, most of you lost someone in the war? translation: not just one but two or three. i there is not a single house in the district that hasn't suffered. reminders of the war are everywhere. the

commonwealth games champion laura muir won her heat in the 1,500 metres.n friday's final by ellie barker, who got a personal best time and katie snowden. defending champion and commonwealth games silver medallist matt hudson—smith is through to the final of the 400 metres. he just got under 45 seconds. alex haydock—wilson is also through. commonwealth games silver medallist victoria 0huruogu is through to the final of the 400 metres. her time of 50 point five zero seconds is a personal best and moves her up to joint eighth on the british all time list. and the swimming is continuing at the european aquatics championships in italy. the world and commonwealth games 50 metres freestyle champion ben proud won his heat. he clocked the second quickest time overall, as he reached the semifinal. britain are looking for more medals in the diving this afternoon. these are the scenes from the outdoor swimming pool in rome at the moment. this is the italian side diving as we speak. it is live on bbc two and the bbc�*s award website. —— sport website. this is a smack t

bronze for scotland's laura muir. _ incredible performance! bronze for scotland's laura muir.to focus on running. to now has world silver, olympic silver, and commonwealth silver. it world silver, olympic silver, and commonwealth silver. it happened so auick! i commonwealth silver. it happened so quick! i gave — commonwealth silver. it happened so quick! i gave it _ commonwealth silver. it happened so quick! i gave it all, _ commonwealth silver. it happened so quick! i gave it all, and _ quick! i gave it all, and unfortunately came home with silver again. unfortunately came home with silver aaain. ., ., . ., , ., but again. now, the world champion. but world championship _ again. now, the world champion. but world championship wednesday i again. now, the world champion. but world championship wednesday and | world championship wednesday and ultimately guarantee commonwealth winds as jake whiteman found out. with all the eyes of the world champion, the scott found himself fading in a rapid 1500 metre final and having to settle for bronze. it's going to be australia for gold! fo

tonight laura muir and keeley hodgkinson will go for gold in the women's 800 metres final.t event at the commonwealth games, and takes place this weekend in birmingham. the event will have separate medals, but the commonwealth games foundation say they want to trial new events that will encourage younger audiences to engage with the games. miriam walker—khan reports. e—sport history. the inaugural commonwealth e—sports championships will run alongside the games, but the hope is that it could become part of the full programme by 2026. and now it is my pleasure and honour to open the commonwealth e—sports forum and the very first commonwealth e—sports championship. thank you. it means a huge amount to each of the video games and the e—sports in their categories. it means a huge amount to the communities, the players, because it's recognition, it's prestige, it's something different, and it's like, you know, a medal and your country and your friends and your family — how proud, you know? their parents are not going to realise until these kids go, "look, mum, i won this." and t

we also have laura muir completing, so plenty happening and we'll keep you updated with all the resultsults as we always do. nesta mcgreaor, the results as we always do. nesta mcgregor, alvina _ the results as we always do. nesta mcgregor, alvina seen. _ idid not i did not get a i did not geta b and g csc i did not get a b and g csc german! well, alongside the europeans, we've also got the european aquatics championships in rome, taking place at the same time. and britain won bronze in the mixed team event on the opening day. the team combined of grace reid and james heatly, who won gold for scotland at the commonwealth games a week ago, and andrea spendolini—siriex and noah williams, who also won golds in birmingham. it was this final synchronised dive by spendolini—siriex and williams that moved them into third in the outdoor pool in the italian capital. is the first time competing outside. i'm here to do my best, have a great experience and try something new. it's really hot so that pushes you to go a bit faster. it's different to go a bit faster. it's different to diving indoors, bu

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 tobago�*sjereem richards. smiles, though, for this silver lining. and this is what it is all about. alastair chalmers with an unexpected 400 metres bronze, guernsey's first

joined by her team—mate alex bell, along with scotland's or a mere, and interesting 800 metres —— laura muir 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, lots going on. next few days. a busy morning, lots auoin on. �* , next few days. a busy morning, lots auoin on. �* _ ., next few days. a busy morning, lots uuoinon. �* , ., ., ., next few days. a busy morning, lots auoin on. �* _ ., ., .,, _ going on. busy morning at a busy niuht to going on. busy morning at a busy night to look— going on. busy morning at a busy night to look forward _ going on. busy morning at a busy nig

britain's laura muir successfully defended her european 1500m title, pushing for home with one lap remainingl types of terrain, tom pidcock barely stops for breath. he spent the first part of the summer on the road, on the tour, and won on an iconic tour de france stage. now, cycling superman tried something else. he'd raced just twice this year on mountain bike, so would start way down the field. but still, on tracks like this, he went past 30 riders and from the front pushed again, this time not through the alps but around laps of munich's skyline. by the last few laps, he was so far clear. watch the top of the screen. it's not a bird or a plane. pidcock won this race at the olympics. now, he's european champion. he does it all and still, at 23, is understated. yeah, it was a pretty hard race. i mean, i kind of made it hard for myself, because on this course, with that speed, yeah, riding out front by myself, it makes it all that much harder, but, yeah, i felt pretty good. so it's yeah, nice to be back, i guess. he is the first british man to win this title, and he wants more this year. ne

commonwealth games champion — laura muir — won her heat in the 1500 metres on the second day of athleticsonwealth games silver medallist victoria ohuruogu is through to the final of the a00 metres. her time of 50.50 seconds is a personal best and moves her up to joint eighth on the british all time list. england's new era in test cricket continues tomorrow with the start of the final series of the summer. england welcome south africa to lord's for the first of three tests, buoyed by an unbeaten start under new coach brendan mccullum. england's captain ben stokes says they'll continue to focus on how they play — it's after south africa's captain questioned the "longevity" of the attacking style they've taken on under mccullum. but stokes says they're not letting the opposition distract them. we play cricket how we play cricket and they play cricket how they play cricket but we're not the ones talking about it all the time. it's them. i don't know, we're doing the right things, but as i said, people know how we are going to play. it is up to the opposition to respond to that. it is all abou

while earlier today on the track, the commonwealth games champion, laura muir, sealed her spot in friday'sor rangers later — the scottish side begin their quest to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over a decade. they take on dutch side psv, in the first leg of their playoff tie at ibrox tonight. ruud van nistelrooy is in charge of psv — a former netherlands teammate of rangers boss giovanni van bronckhorst. it is going to be a big game for all of us, for both clubs, because we all want to be in the champions league but there is only one ticket in this tie left. i'm sure you will see that psp will do everything to go through and we will see rangers will do everything to go through, so i think there are all the ingredients of a couple of great games and in the end the winner will take it home. crystal palace defender joachim andersen says he's received hundreds of abusive messages on instagram after being involved in an incident that saw liverpool's darwin nunez sent off. andersen's palace side claimed a 1—1 draw at anfield, and he was at the centre of the

laura muir is finally a commonwealth champion — she won the 1,500m after missing the games four yearsdisappointments. scotland's eilish mccolgan couldn't quite repeat her 10,000m gold — she took silver in the 5,000 behind kenya's beatrice chebet, but mccolgan was upbeat, saying how grateful she was for the support she's received in birmingham. the crowd roaring her own and appreciating that second medal. england stormed to gold in the men's a by 100 metre relay, retaining their title — an upgrade on the medals already won by matt hudson smith and zharnel hughes. and it looked as though it would be a relay double whenjessie knightjust edged out canada's anchor in the a by a00 metres, but they were disqualified for a lane infringement, jodie williams just straying across on the baton exchange. in table tennis, england retained the men's doubles title — paul drinkhall and liam pitchford saw off india, winning 3—2, to take gold against the very same opponents. and joshua stacey became wales' first commonwealth games para—table tennis champion, when he beat australia's lin ma in the classe

commonwealth games champion laura muir won her heat in the 1,500 metres.semifinal. england's cricketers are preparing for their final test series of the summer, the first of three matches gets underway on wednesday against south africa at lord's. included in the squad is ao—year—old james anderson. the bowler is aiming to make history by becoming the first ao—year—old englishman to take a wicket since graham gooch in 1994, but he's not worried about his age. it'sjust a number and next to my name, it's not how i feel. i don't feel old or like i'm slowing down or anything, so... you know, the last few weeks i've been training hard and trying to work on my bowling again and just keep that ticking over. and then the last couple of days' practice here, i feel in great rhythm, so hopefully i can show that form on the field. birmingham phoenix maintained their excellent start to the hundred, beating the trent rockets by 7 wickets. liam livingstone passed 50 as he hit the winning runs while moeen ali top scored with 52. phoenix have won three out of four games, as

scotland's laura muir booked her place in the final of the 1500m with the minimum fuss.on friday morning, before kicking sufficiently to ensure an automatic qualifying spot without pushing herself unduly. she finished fifth in the final automatic qualification spot in four minutes, 1a.11 seconds — northern ireland's ciara mageean winning the heat. jemma reekie, katie snowden, are also through to sunday's final as well as melissa courtney—bryant. it's been amazing. a lot of frustration and patience, which i'm not good at, so i'm learning. but i'd love to go up on their toady on dutch podium, it'll be tough. meanwhile, some superb running from england's cindy sember has seen her secure her place in the final of the women's 100 metres hurdles. with a time of 12.67 seconds, she got the better of jamaica's danielle williams. megan marrs of northern ireland finishes fourth in 13.37 seconds. and in the women's long jump qualifying, england's jazmin sawyers here and lorraine ugen both made the automatic qualifying standard, while abigail irozuru also made the top 12 and will be

in the last few minutes, england�*s keeley hodkinson and scotlands laura muir made it through to theruss, has backtracked on her plan to save billions of pounds by paying public sector workers less in poorer parts of the country. the idea faced strong criticism from some tories, who�*ve suggested it flies in the face of the levelling up agenda, with one conservative mayor saying the idea left him �*speechless�*. but in the last hour, mrs truss said she�*s been misrepresented. let�*s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley at westminster. so why the backtrack? quite frankly, it was the absolute _ so why the backtrack? quite frankly, it was the absolute panning - so why the backtrack? quite frankly, it was the absolute panning that i it was the absolute panning that this policy was getting from the labour party but also from a lot of conservative politicians who are deeply worried that it gave the impression that the levelling up agenda was gone and that this would lead to lower pay for civil servants and ultimately, potentially, for teachers, for nurses, for members of the a

good for the home nation so far on this final day. 0n the final night of athletics, scotland�*s laura muirt the audience as well, it was just a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity and i was so glad i was able to do it. in a table tennis, women's double a table tennis, women�*s double bronze. that is a lot going on there, after 0lympic for going for gold in the men�*s singles final. we have squash medals up for grabs for the home nations too. it is feeling pretty busy at the moment but we will keep you updated. let�*s get more now on the commonwealth games — the closing ceremony takes place in birmingham this evening, bringing to an end 11 days of competition. let�*s speak now to lechezdani luza, he�*s a former botswana boxer who won silver at the 2002 manchester games. he�*s now the africa representative for the commonwealth games federation and carried the commonwealth flag into alexander stadium for the opening ceremony. thank you forjoining us. what are your reflections on these games, particularly for the african countries?— particularly for the african countries? ., ,, , ., ., , countries?

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