somewhere in there, leinster had their try. somewhere in their leinster had their try.further, it seems a matter of time. but saracens are a side with a point to prove, and these points put them beyond reach. the celebrations of the site refusing to go quietly. it's finally been confirmed. gareth bale has returned to his former club, tottenham hotspur who have re—signed him from real madrid on a season long loan. bale scored more than 100 goals and win four champions league titles with real. now it is time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's premier league results as there's an abundance of goals on match of the day which follows soon on bbc one. crystal palace had their biggest ever win at old trafford against manchester united. goals from andros townsend and two from wilfried zaha giving palace a 3—1win. leeds claimed their first win in the top flight in 16 years in a seven—goal thriller against fulham, winning 4—3. also today everton beat west brom 5—2. and arsenal beat west ham 2—1. seven english football league games were allowed to have up to

somewhere in there, leinster had their try. the comeback?, it seemed a matter of time. but saracens are a side with a point to prove, and these points put them beyond reach. the celebrations of a side refusing to go quietly. in rugby league, wigan warriors are into the semifinals of the challenge cup after thrashing hull fc, while warrington wolves remain on course to defend the trophy after beating st helens — but only just, as michael redford reports. the challenge cup trophy on show, but not up for grabs yet. nearly 13 months passed since warrington took control of it after beating st helens. now the same opposition stood in their way once more, with revenge firmly on their minds. their intent was clear early on — just seven minutes gone whenjonny lomax scored. warrington were unfazed and they soon had their first try, anthony gelling jumping highest and hitting the right notes. it was far from a solo performance asjosh charnley breezed his way to the try line. matty ashton found a clear route to score as well. warrington in control. once

rugby union's covid—delayed proili season has finally come to a close with leinster winning the titleor the third year in a row they beat ulster 27—5 in the dublin final. ireland centre robbie henshaw scored one of their three tries. not too long to enjoy it though...the new season will start on the opening weekend of october. rugby league fans returned

leinster and ulster have kicked off in rugby union's pro 14 final in dublin.... 7—5 to leinster, theugby league — for the first time since march, a super league match has been played in front of a live crowd. 5000 supporters watched on in france as catalan dragons were beaten 28—12 by wigan warriors. the win moves wigan up to third in the table. galileo chrome won the st ledger at doncaster today. trained byjoseph o'brien, son of the legendary aidan, galileo chrome won by a neck. the victory gives o'brien a rare double as he also won the race as a jockey back in 2013. denmark's soren kraugh andersen was the surprise winner on stage 14 of the tour de france from clermont—ferrand to lyon after a late solo attack. peter sagan was fourth, cutting into sam bennett's green jersey lead. primoz roglic retains the overall lead. there's live golf going on right now. the third round of the ana inspiration in california, it's the second women's major of the year... and it's the canadian brooke henderson who now has the outright lead. she's having a cracking round, six under today — 11 under over

but still, leinster will not be taking them lightly. two weeks ago.lylj know they have lost some players but they have built a legacy. a reputation and an identity that they are very proud of so they will not let that go. this is their finale in order to try and prove that they are still worthy of their european ci’owfi. still worthy of their european crown. a crown that others have their eyes on. premiership leaders exeter are the team to beat in england. they face a northampton side ravaged by injuries, but that is known in reason to be complacent. it isa is known in reason to be complacent. it is a competition we want to do well in. we have not gone beyond the stage before. this is something we have been targeting as a team and i would like to think, regardless of the opposition, we would have the ability to focus on ourselves. these players should be prepared to have the best game of the season. exeter have been here before and failed to convert their good form into european success, but so far the signs have been good for the chiefs. so often the

a trip to dublin to face leinster, the tea m trip to dublin to face leinster, the team they beat in lastites. before saracens win, he still gives his team to chat, or chat. will this game and hinder them or help them? both. i think they're lacking the motivation in the premiership. there's more than enough experience to understand the situation of what it is and not take the game too much on emotion. but my experience tells me you don't really write off a saracens team as good as this one, even without 0wen farrell. that's another competition for saracens. without england captain 0wen farrell, he is currently serving a five—game ban for a dangerous tackle against wasp to dust wasps two weeks ago. but still, lei nster dust wasps two weeks ago. but still, leinster will be taking them lightly. they left a legacy and built a legacy, they built a ragged, current reputation. they won't let that go. this is for them to prove that go. this is for them to prove that there are still worthy of the european crown. a crown that others have their eyes on too. it's been more than eight years since they

leinster will defend their pro14 title in next saturday's final after beating munster 13—3 in the semifinalan kelleher. you can just see the ball being touched down in the bottom right of your screen there. st helens thrashed huddersfield giants to go top of the superleague for the first time this season. giants have been struggling with injuries and they were swept aside as saints ran in nine tries. possibly the pick of them was this one from dominique peyroux. it finished 54 — six to the reigning champions. in the late match warrington beat hull fc 37-12. british rider adam yates has retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france. there was a thrilling sprint finish in lavaur and jumbo—visma rider wout van aert further strengthened his claim as rider of the season, with a stunning burst to win the stage — his second of the race so far. yates kept up with the leading pack and has hello. it will feel relatively cool this weekend - some shows; most this weekend with some showers. most in the north and the west and there will be some sunshine. the best of that will be

full—back won four six nations titles, played in three world cups and was european champion with leinsters sports across the country have been coming to terms with the possibility of operating without crowds for at least the next six months. from grassroots to elite sport there are huge challenges, with no income from ticket sales leicester riders basketball club say they could fold if help doesn't arrive from the government. charlie slater reports. training as usual, well, almost, for the leicester writers, head of a british basketball season, that may never arrive. the reason why these quys never arrive. the reason why these guys are allowed to train given the new restrictions is because they are deemed to be elites. so they are allowed to play but can they afford to play as a club if no fans are going to be allowed here at the arena? no. 1 million persons, we rely on spectators, our secondary spend, game day income, and without that, wb bl will not be able to deliver programmes at the elite level. the harsh reality is without fa ns level. the harsh reality is without fans in attendance

rugby union's covid—delayed pro14 season has finally come to a close with leinster winning the titlehenshaw scored one of their three tries. fans have returned to super league rugby for the first time in six months. wigan were given special dispensation to travel to perpignan in france, where they beat catalan dragons 28—12 in front of 5,000 specatators. patrick gearey reports. it's taken six months to get these people into their seats. 5000 fans in perpignan making up super league's first clad since march to 15th, and the catalan fans hadn't waited that long just to watch oliver gill thus scored for wigan warriors inside seven minutes. that was a sound we had almost forgotten, the locals booing the rest. if there we re the locals booing the rest. if there were doubts of a forward pass, no such excuses here. we can skip through south—west france as if to rub it in, there score a's name devon french. 16—0 then at the break. wigan were allowed to travel to this without quarantine, and they played without restriction. joe burgess got his second try of the game. then sam powell helped ma

website, including details of a dramatic win for ulster that saw them reach the pro 1a final to face leinsterss many northern and western areas and further south in devon at great torrington through the afternoon, we had some sunshine whilst across in northern ireland, you can see a lot more cloud. here it is from earlier on in the day, the cloud with drizzly rain, we‘ve got showers breaking out ahead of it and that generally is going to push slowly southwards and eastwards and into the south west of scotland, showers in the north—east through this evening, those showers also filtering southwards across some parts of england and wales, the cheshire gap into the midlands, potentially towards london, as well. a lot of dry weather to be found here and that continues through the night. it will turn quite chilly, as it will, the showers will diminish across parts of scotland and where we keep more cloud, still on the cool side but probably holding at ten or 11, so into double figures. but that does mean we will start sunday with quite a bit of cloud on this weather front here and showers but high

atkinson appeared to be ok, but farrell could well miss saracens' champions cup quarterfinal against leinsterbritish interest at the us open, afterjamie murray and neal skupski reached the men's doubles quarterfinals. in the singles, serena willams came from a set down to beat fellow american sloane stephens and reach the last 16. stephens — the champion here in 2017 — took the first set before williams fought back to win in three. she'll face maria sakkari next, the woman who beat her at last month's tournament at flushing meadows. tyrell hatton is the leading briton at the halfway stage of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in atlanta. he shot a second round of 66 to move to nine under par, four shots behind world number one dustin johnson, who's still out in front. rory mcilroy slipped back to eight under. there's £11 million on offerfor the winner. sussex batsman phil salt willjoin england's one—day squad as a reserve ahead of the series against australia, which starts on friday at old trafford. they have two more t20s to play before that, though — the first of them this afternoon in

the 34—year—old was also a four—time european champion and a six—time pro—14 champion with leinster.or has set out new measures to protect millions ofjobs and the economy over the winter. rishi sunak described the measures as radical interventions, never before attempted in the uk. for employees working a minimum of 33% of their normal hours, furlough will be replaced by a newjob support scheme, lasting six months, where government directly supports the wages of workers in viable jobs. government will cover a third of workers‘ lost pay, with the employer making up the other third. support will be targeted at firms that need help the most, that is businesses facing lower demand overwinter due to covid—19. mr sunak has announced a pay as you grow scheme to allow firms to repay bounce—back loans over a period of up to ten years. the chancellor said he would keep vat at 5% for hospitality and tourism until march the 31st 2021. for labour, the shadow chancellor said the government‘s response was too slow to help businesses and employees struggling with the coronavirus crisis. annaliese do

rugby union's covid—delayed proili season has finally come to a close with leinster winning the title beat ulster 27—5 in the dublin final. ireland centre robbie henshaw scored one of their three tries. not too long to enjoy it though...the new season will start on the opening weekend of october. rugby league fans returned to the terraces for the first time since march as 5000 were able to watch wigan warriors beat catalan dragons. the match was held in the south of france in perpignan but wigan spoiled the home coming for the dragons. joe burgess scored two tries in their 28—12 win. tom marquand earned his first classic victory at the st leger at doncaster, despite being the replacement jockey. he only found out he'd be riding galileo chrome 2a hours beforehand after regularjockey shane crosse tested positive for coronavirus on friday. i know it's early in the season, but i think we already have a winner for the worst miss already.. whilst playing for kv mechelen in belgium, midfielder aster vranckx — from a yard out — somehow trips over the ball. to make thinks worse the other team

they beat leinster 25—17. alex goode scored their only try.ur. leeds united have won their first premier league game in 16 years, beating fulham 4—3 at elland road. there were also seven goals in the lunchtime kick—off, as everton came from behind to beat west brom 5—2. nesta mcgregor has the details. in the end, it was a magical day at goodison park, although afterjust ten minutes, everton's defence could have been accused of pulling a disappearing act. west brom's grady diangana with this beauty from his bag of tricks. colombian james rodriguez is a player known to have fans on the edge of their seats but with the stadium empty, this long—range effort surely had the toffees jumping from their sofas. then, going into the break, a card trick west brom fans won't have liked. slaven bilic sent off, upset after one of his defenders was shown a red card for an off the ball incident. forced to watch the second half from the stands, bilic would have been optimistic. just two minutes in, matheus pereira with a fabulous strike. but as the game went on

leinster will defend their pro14 title in next saturday's final after beating munster 13—3 in the semifinaled down in the bottom right of your screen there. st helens thrashed huddersfield giants to go top of the superleague for the first time this season. giants have been struggling with injuries and they were swept aside, as saints ran in nine tries. possibly the pick of them was this one from dominique peyroux. it finished 54—6 to the reigning champions. in the late match warrington beat hull fc 37-12. british rider adam yates has retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france. there was a thrilling sprint finish in lavaur and jumbo—visma rider wout van aert further strengthened his claim as rider of the season, with a stunning burst to win the stage — his second of the race so far. yates kept up with the leading pack and has an overall lead of three seconds with the race heading into the pyrenees tomorrow. that's all the sport from us for now. hello there. it's going to feel rather cool this weekend, certainly for the time of year, and that's because of where our

the 34—year—old was also four—time european champion and six—time pro—14 champion with leinster. has tested positive for coronavirus. the announcement came just hours before the italian giants were due to play in the europa league third qualifying round. ibrahimovic is the second player at the club to test positive this week. and ibrahimovic, who‘s never short on confidence, tweeted about the situation this afternoon. "i tested negative to covid yesterday and positive today. no symptoms whatsoever. covid had the courage to challenge me. bad idea." and that‘s all the sport for now. more on the bbc sport website, but that is all for now. goodnight. hello again. if you went outside on thursday, i‘m sure you noticed a certain autumnal chill in the air. but was it really cold enough for snow? well, actually, this wasn‘t snow, it was a massive hail storm that went through the bradford area and the 0tley area, quite close to leeds in west yorkshire. and you can see the roads and the pavements turned white as those accumulations of hail built up. it must‘ve been quite some storm. now, th

the 34 year old was also 4 time european champion and 6 time pro—14 champion with leinster.e hope will have the latest from the national league. what are they going to do? will they start the season next week and without fans? until then, start the season next week and without fans? untilthen, go start the season next week and without fans? until then, go to have a look at our bbc sport website. i will see you at half past six. 0llie, thanks very much indeed. now on the news cannel, it's time for bbc your questions answered. with me is our economics correspondent dharshini david, and mike brewer is the deputy chief executive of the resolution foundation — a research and policy organisation whick works to improve outcomes for people on low and modest incomes. it's great to have you with us. lots of questions coming in following the chancellor's announcement about the job support skin, but the fact that furlough is coming to an end. we will drive straight in. mike, let me start with you. a question from sam, who sounds like him i don't know if it's you or she, is in quite a pi

reigning champions saracens pulled off an extraordinary victory away at leinster to go through to the remain on course to successfully defend their challenge cup title, but only just. they're through to the semifinals after beating st helens 20—18. josh charnley with two of warrington's four tries. wigan are also through to the last four, after beating hull fc 36—4. now, we've seen cats, dogs and even the odd misplaced parachuter appear unexpectedly on football pitches over the years, but non—league side ilkley town in west yorkshire had a surprise guest yesterday. in their match with carlton athletic, an alpaca made a surprise appearance and halted play temporarily. he looks like it would be quite handy upfront. he does! he has a good turn of speed.|j handy upfront. he does! he has a good turn of speed. i like this player, i will deal with this alpaca, hang on a second, he's coming for me! that is 0scar the alpaca at ilkley town yesterday, making a bit of a spectacle of himself stop fantastic. well done, 0scar. himself stop fantastic. well done, oscar. well done, oscar! it might be k

the 34 —year—old was also 4 time european champion and 6 time pro—14 champion with leinster. uk‘s big cities are having to adjust to changing government advice on coronavirus and the workplace. after people were encouraged to return to the office a month ago, they‘re now being told it‘s safer to work from home again. phil mackie reports from one of the worst affected cities — birmingham. packing everything away again. it‘s probably the last day in the office for a while. i didn‘t steal one! there will be no more banter for staff at this pr agency who had just got used to seeing each other face—to—face again. but from today, it‘s back to working from home. i‘m really gutted because i feel like i work best when i‘m with people, you can bounce ideas off of people a lot more, i‘m quite social, so, i do miss the social aspect of it. i feel like i didn't realise how much i missed it until we came back and then i was, like, "oh, no, i've really i've really "missed this, actually." back and then i was, like, "oh, no, i've really missed this, actually." being able to, like, speak to a

it is a repeat of last year's final, which means saracens and leinster, sarries won that one, but it seven english football league grounds today after being shut out of stadiums for the first time in history. but for teams used to welcoming thousands of loyal followers every week, like here at sunderland, the game still won't feel the same. i have been to meet photographer stuart roy clarke, who has been capturing nostalgic images of the football community now for decades. ever since football began, the fans have been its beating heart. coming together from all walks of life to share a common goal. until this year, when grounds fell silent. their absence brought into focus by stuart roy clark. all these photos of people hugging people they would never normally hang outwith, getting emotional with. now it is beginning to look like the era has passed. will we ever be within two metres again? stuart manages to spot things that most of us take for granted and walked past, and he has been travelling the country for 30 yea rs been travelling the country for 30 years getting snapshots of wh

rugby union's covid—delayed pro14 season has finally come to a close with leinster winning the titleorge—anderson adetola peaty was born on friday. he posted this onto instagram yesterday evening. congratulations from everybody here. was it water both! he will be doing pullups by the time he is six months. it wasn't quite business as usual at this year's last night at the proms. with barely a flag in sight, the impact of the pandemic was clear. there was nobody there for a start. apart from a few people. traditional songs, including rule britannia and land of hope and glory were performed following a controversial and public row. however, the talking point of the night is likely to be the reworking of prom favourite jerusalem by composer errollyn wallen. we'll speak to her in just a moment. but first, let's take a last night's performance. (music playing) errollyn wallen joins us now. good morning and thank you. what reaction if you had to your reworking of jerusalem ? reaction if you had to your reworking ofjerusalem? it reaction if you had to your reworking of jerusalem? it has bee