yeah, in the women's race, laura muir— finals? yeah, in the women's race, laura muir and _ finals?the women's race, laura muir and katie snowden, - finals? yeah, in the women's race, | laura muir and katie snowden, they were in a very tough semifinal. they got through, laura muir in fourth place, katie snowden in fifth, but the two people in front of the real favourites for this race. faith kipyegon and the fantastic dutch athlete, the winner of the london marathon, they are the favourites for the 1500 metres in the women, melissa courtney—bryant also got through the earlier semifinal. a fantastic fighter, she battled all the way, and although laura muir was fourth in this semifinal, you cannot count her out for a medal in that final. in the men's race, josh kerr got through to the final. he was in front, leading in the front, unusual for him. he says he did not mind doing that and in the end comfortably getting into the final. neil gurley had to fight a bit harder, finished in fifth place, said he did not know what happened to come up using to the final. thanks to alex capstick fo

and laura muir has the chancejoin britain's medallists this evening, but there's a that small job of better of the current, champion. to the world athletics championships — and the action continues as we speak. look at the latest with our correspondent alex. this 1500 metres women's final. what a season she is happening the current world and olympic can anyone get the better of 0lympic can anyone get the better of her in this race? certainly the british trio led by laura muir will be under no illusion how difficult it isjust to be under no illusion how difficult it is just to get a metal here. despite all in the past getting a metal in this race will be a fantastic performance. it is lead as you mentioned by this remarkable kenyan runner who is vying for an unprecedented third 1500 metre title at the world championships broken three world records during the summer in the 1500, the mile and the 5000 metres. cracking form is very comfortable in qualifying. up against another remarkable athlete the dutch runner who spectacularly fell in the final of the 10,000 metres on saturday will lo

laura muir has shown over the years she is a contender.e person who won an olympic silver and bronze medal year at eugene. ade, thank you very much indeed, bbc two for coverage of the world athletics championships. owen farrell's game didn't go the way he wanted it to. no owen farrell in the match day squad, his father hoping to mastermind yet another ireland victory. while england search for their identity, ireland are heading to france as top dogs — a team that knows its game inside a out. simple, cutting, and the first try. one try eventually became two as the men in green eased into something approaching top gear as the half progressed. ringrose, tumbling. ireland have two. another week, another england player finding himself on the naughty seat. yellow to red. billy vunipola is gone. yellow to red. billy vunipola is one. �* . , yellow to red. billy vunipola is one. �* ., ,~ ., . ., gone. and with him, any chance of victo in gone. and with him, any chance of victory in dublin. _ gone. and with him, any chance of victory in dublin. engl

as for laura muir, the british captain, she is through to the 200 metres semifinal, she has run veryater on in the 10,000 metres final, but it was disappointing for jasmine sawyers. and we have known about laura muir�*s chances for a potential medal for a long time, but she wasn�*t the only one who managed to get through. what are the prospects for those of the middle—distance runners? yes. are the prospects for those of the middle-distance runners? yes, we have 'ust middle-distance runners? yes, we have just had _ middle-distance runners? yes, we have just had the _ middle-distance runners? yes, we have just had the first _ middle-distance runners? yes, we have just had the first round - middle-distance runners? yes, we have just had the first round heats| have just had the first round heats of the men�*s 1500 has as well, josh kerr, the olympic bronze medallist was in great form, he qualified fairly comfortably behind jakob ingebrigtsen of norway. the contrasting fortunes for the other two british athletes, neil cawley and elliottjarvis, they made it through to the semifinals, butj

among the contenders is great britain's laura muir. she'll be chasing gold in the women's 1500m.won bronze at last year's championships in oregon her only medal at the worlds. that's under way at around 8:30pm british time, but there's full coverage on bbc two, the iplayer and the bbc sport website. meanwhile soaring temperatures in budapest have pushed back the women's 5,000 metres heats from wednesday morning to wednesday evening. the temperature in in the hungarian capital is expected to reach 32 degrees. "world athletics" have been highlighting issues faced by pacific island nations in relation to rising sea levels due to climate change. here's simone fe�*ao who's president of athletics cook islands. i think there is enough influence not to say that they cannot ignore it any longer and they need to look at ways to change the heavens of not just our grass roots but at our league level of support to make it more sustainable going forward. otherwise you will hear of some of our pacific nations saying they will be unable to participate in sports much longer. see be unable to part

team gb's laura muir finished back in sixth.as expecting to defend my title, and i've done so and i am really, really grateful and thank god for this. i was well prepared, knowing that the defending champion is me and yeah, i was really working hard for it. morocco�*s olympic champion soufiane el bakkali left ethiopia's world record holder lamecha gearma trailing as he went on to win the 3000 metres steeplechase. 22—year—old gearma had to settle for a third consecutive silver after losing contact at the final waterjump. steven gardiner of the bahamas pulled up injured in his 400 metressemi—final. gardiner— fastest in the world this year, was well—placed coming off the final bend but stopped, grimacing in pain clutching the back of his leg. former olympic and world champion wayde van niekerk who's also world record holder was the chief beneficiary as he advanced as a fastest loser. italy's olympic champion gianmarco tamberi won the world high jump title in a dramatic finish against young american juvaughn harrison. tamberi who sh

britan's laura muir finished back in sixth.as expecting to defend my title and i have done since i am really grateful and thank god for this. i was well prepared, knowing that the defending champion is me. yes, i was really working hard for it. glasgow rangers and psv eindoven's hopes of playing in this season's champions league group stages remain in the balance after a 2 all draw in the first leg of their qualification tie at ibrox. elsewhere there were two other matches taking place with copenhagen taking a one goal advantage back to denmark next week while royal antwerp will also take a slender lead to greece when they play aek athens. while the champions league is in it's qualification stages, the copa libertadores — south america's equivialent — is down to its final eight. internacional won 1—0 away at bolivar in the first leg of the quarter finals at the la paz stadium — which is 3 thousand 6 hundred metres above sea level. ecuador�*s enner valencia scored the games only goal to give them a slender advantage in the secon

scotland's laura muir goes for gold in the 1,500 metres at the world atletics championships in budapeste commonwealth games in birmingham last year. great britain will be hoping to add to their medal tally which currently stands at one gold, one silver and a bronze. earlier, we spoke to three—times world champion dame jessica ennis—hill. it was a difficult one for dena, i don't think we saw the dean asher smith were used to seeing, especially in the semifinals. in the final her startling reasonably good, but she didn't have that pick—up in the latter part of the race that we normally see, so it was disappointing for her. she will go away and pick that race apart and will come back stronger, hopefully, in the next couple of events. commentator: come on, you can do it! that'll be a goal medal!— that'll be a goal medal! katerina was incredible. _ that'll be a goal medal! katerina was incredible. we _ that'll be a goal medal! katerina was incredible. we were - that'll be a goal medal! katerina i was incredible. we were screaming that'll be a goal medal! katerina - was incredible. we were sc

and coming up on bbc news: laura muir will have her eyes on a medal, but a strong field awaits in theetres at the world athletics, in budapest later. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. two children and their teacher remain trapped in a cable car that is dangling precariously almost 1,000 feet above a ravine in pakistan. they were on their way to school in a remote mountainous region in the north of the country when a cable snapped. five children have been rescued by the military in a difficult operation, but it's dark there now, and the helicopters can't fly again until the morning. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the latest. hanging over a perilous drop, was just a rope to safety. as an army helicopter hovers over the cable car, a leap, then swept away to safety, as the crowd cheers. this was the moment many hoped for, the first rescue after hours. makeshift cable cars are common in the rural mountains of pakistan, taking minutes over ravines while roads take hours. children were on their way to school when one cable snapped. at first, army helicopters c

fourth in the semifinal, you cannot counter operations for the meadow in that final —— you know what laura muirl gurley had to work harder. finished in fifth place. said he was not at his best, did not know what happened, but he is in the final. for now, thank you very much indeed. alex capstick in budapest, on a double medal winning day for england. chelsea losing 3—1 at west ham. the hammers took the lead in the seventh minute, james ward—prowse to providing the delivery. chelsea equalised with a brilliant goal. in the fernandez had a chance to give them from the but could not convert. michael antonio was not so wasteful as he struck any second have put west ham to one up. despite being down to ten men, lucas paqueta sealed the wood late penalty —— west ham 2—1 up. after being hammered on the opening weekend, aston villa did the same to everton this afternoon, winning 4—0 for their first win of the season. winger leon bailey laid on the first forjohn mcginn, who said afterwards they were hurting after their defeat at newcastle. a second came from the penalty spot, before bailey scored himself

disappointment last night for laura muir who said she was happy with her performance in the 1500 metresth eventual winner faith kipyegon but fell away as the race reached its climax finishing sixth overall. elsehwhere, britons katie snowden and melissa courtney—bryant came eighth and 12th respectively. you know what, i felt like i won before i even came into this race because i'm happy. and ijust can't, sorry... it's been hard. but i can't thank the number of people who have supported me, it's been amazing. these two have been great, i'm so proud of them. you know, the only nation to have three in the final. i'm proud of the performance, i gave everything that i could today and that's all i could ask for myself. iran 3.56 in the semifinal so it's been hard but i'm really excited for the future. it was a much better night for fellow british athlete matthew hudson—smith. he broke the british and european records with a time of 44.26 seconds to win his 400 metre semifinal. the final is tomorrow night. rangers are still in with a chance of reaching the group stage of the champions league af