gareth bale has agreed to join major league soccer side los angeles fc.an initial one—year deal after nine years with real madrid. bale won five champions leagues and three la liga titles while in spain. the head of referees in english football, mike riley, is to step down after 13 years in the role. the 57—year old has been responsible for the implementation of var in the premier league but will leave next season. great britain have won a bronze medal in the men's 4x100 metre 4x100 metre medley relay at the world championships in budapest. tom dean swam the final leg securing team gb a medal, with italy claiming gold. leeds rhinos have won wheelchair rugby league's challenge cup for the third year in a row. a hat trick from player coach james simpson helped them to a 48—31; win over catalans dragons. today is the ao—year anniversary of one of the most infamous matches in the history of the world cup. west germany and austria's players engineered the result of their group match at spain �*82, so both would progress to the next stage. there was uproar, esp

gareth bale has agreed to join major league soccer side los angeles fc.rs in spain. during that time, he won five champions leagues and three la liga titles. bale had been linked with a return to tottenham hotspur as well as a move to home—city club cardiff. a big move for bale. it's day two of the uk athletics championships in manchester. dina asher—smith will race in the women's 100m final later. and scotland's laura muir will also compete in the women's1500m. you can watch live coverage of the championships via the bbc sport website and app. wonderful, thank you very much, gavin, from the bbc�*s sports centre. the third day of strike action this week on the railways is taking place. thousands of rmt union members at network rail and 13 train operating companies have walked out in a dispute aboutjobs, pay, and conditions. our reporter, yunus mulla, told me what was happening at leeds railway station. the advice was only to travel if necessary and leeds station is much quieter than usual, no problem getting that space in the usually very busy car park. a

gareth bale has agreed to join major league soccer side los angeles fc.when his contract expires at the end of the month. in nine years, he won five champions leagues with real and three la liga titles. he'd been linked with a move to his home club cardiff city, but is heading to the us. inji chun continues to lead the women's pga championship in maryland. the south korean has a three—shot lead in the third women's major of the year. she is currently playing the final hole of her third round. the two—time major winner shot a course record 8—under in the first round. —— in gee chun continues to lead the women's pga championship in maryland. a number of high—profile sportswomen and men have used their voices to denounce friday's us supreme court decision to remove constitutional protection for those seeking abortions. us women's forward megan rapinoe described friday's ruling as "sad and cruel". abortion was made legal across the us after a landmark ruling in 1973, often referred to as the roe v wade case, but that has been overturned, a move that is likely

gareth bale is going tojoin major league soccer side los angeles fc.inning five champions leagues and three la liga titles, but has been a fringe player for the past few seasons despite leading his country to this year's world cup in qatar. bale, who's now 32, had been linked with a move to his home city club cardiff. at the british athletics championships in manchester, darryl neita won the women's 100 metres. neita won bronze with dina asher—smith in the 4x100 metre relay at the tokyo olympics last year, but beat her team—mate in a wind—assisted time of 10.8 seconds. there was a surprise win forjeremiah azu in the men's100. the european under—23 champion beat reece prescod and zharnel hughes to the line, with a time of 9.9 that was also wind—assisted. great britain have won a bronze medal in the men's that's all the sport for now. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war in the east of the country. ukraine's army has already pulled its troops out. weeks of heavy russian shelling

seconds, beating reece prescod gareth bale is heading to the usa tojoin major league soccer side los angeles fcar, especially from algeria, who missed out on qualification. fifa would change their tournament rules, so that final group matches would have be played at exactly the same time. olly foster looks back at the match that became known as the disgrace of gijon, and has spoken to the scottish referee who was in charge. the 1982 world cup was the biggest to date. 2014 taking part, england, northern ireland, scotland them. italy would be champions for a third time. who can forget this goal celebration and a final against the west germans? west germany also lost their opening game. algeria, world cup debutantes, one of the early stories of the baking spanish summer. then beat chile and had every chance of going through. they just needed the final game in the group the following day to go their way. germany and austria made sure it went their way, i wonder when seeing the germans progress at algeria public expense. the referee was helpless as the two sides' integers became clear. it was helple