manchester city say their new signing riyad mahrez could be available to play against chelsea in thenity shield this weekend. having arrived from leicester earlier this month, mahrez injured his ankle in a pre—season friendly against bayern munich over the weekend...but a scan has shown there is "no significant damage". newly—promoted premier league side fulham have announced for around £22 million. he moves to craven cottage from newcastle on five year contract, having spent last season on loan at fulham in the championship. the decision to play the pro“; final outside of a traditional rugby venue, has been hailed as a "truly historic step" by the league. celtic park will play host to the match next may. now, staying with rugby union, the women's game in england could be fully professionalised as early as this season says rugby football union chief executive steve brown. contracts for the women's 15s squad were not renewed after the 2017 world cup with the rfu controversially choosing to prioritise the 7s players instead. but brown has told bbc sport, the women's game is now top of

munich 3—2 in miami — although there are concerns about an ankle injury suffered by new signing riyad mahrezite this, pep guardiola was impressed by his young side. for these guys, a huge experienced to realise, 0k, we can do it, were able to play in our way against good teams. the result, of course, now we have five or six days for the first title, and i don't know which players will be able to play, but we come back to manchester in the best way. british heavyweight dillian whyte says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua again, after beating former world champion joseph parker at london's o2 arena. parker fell to the canvas in the second and ninth rounds, but ended the fight strongly. whyte though took the fight on a points decision. it's his eighth win in a row since losing to anthonyjoshua in 2015.

munich 3—2 in miami, although there are concerns about an ankle injury suffered by new signing riyad mahrezitish heavyweight dillian whyte says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua again after beating former world champion joseph parker at london's o2 arena. parker fell to the canvas in the second and ninth rounds but ended the fight strongly. whyte though took the fight on a points decision. it's his eighth win in a row since losing to anthonyjoshua in 2015. that's all the sport for now. many thanks. see you later on. storms and flooding have continued to disrupt road travel and cause flight cancellations as the uk heatwave came to an end. some air passengers experienced delays of up to 20 hours, and travellers queued for miles on the m20 to board eurotunnel trains after the air—conditioning failed. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts

away from the world cup, riyad mahrez has been speaking to the media for the first time since signing paid a club record $80 million, and riyad mahrez says he wanted to leave leicester and play under guardiola because he dreams of winning the champions league. he was close to completing a deadline day move to manchester city in january, completing a deadline day move to manchester city injanuary, but completing a deadline day move to manchester city in january, but the deal fell manchester city in january, but the dealfell through at manchester city in january, but the deal fell through at the last minute. my my destiny. it happened like this. ifi my destiny. it happened like this. if i moved tomorrow, maybe i wouldn't be happy. now, i am very happy to have moved to manchester city, and it is the most important. i don't want to talk about the past too much. now i'm here, and that is the most important. staying with football, david beckham has been presenting plans for a new 28,000—seater football stadium at a council meeting in miami city. the former england captain, who spent five ye

mahrez says he wanted to leave leicester to play under pep guardiola because he dreams of winning the pfa player of the year was close to completing a deadline move to the ethiad injanuary which fell through at the last minute. it is the destiny. it happened like this. if i move, iwould not it is the destiny. it happened like this. if i move, i would not be happy. now i am very happy to have moved to manchester city, and it is the most important thing. i don't wa nt to the most important thing. i don't want to talk about the past too much, iam here want to talk about the past too much, i am here now, want to talk about the past too much, iam here now, that want to talk about the past too much, i am here now, that is the most important thing. steven gerrard takes charge of rangers for the first time in a competitive match tonight when macedonian side shkupi visit ibrox in the first leg of their europa league first qualifying round tie. gerrard has said his team talk for tonight was done 12 months ago — a reference to rangers' shock defeat at this stage of the same competition when they

manchester city say their new signing riyad mahrez could be available to play against chelsea in theweekend. he arrived from leicester earlier this month and injured his ankle in a pre—season friendly against bayern munich over the weekend but a scan has shown there is no significant damage. the decision to play the rugby union pro14 final outside a traditional rugby venue, has been called a truly historic step by the league. celtic park will play host to the match next may. now, staying with rugby union, the women's game in england could be fully professionalised as early as the coming season accordng to the rfu chief executive steve brown. contracts for the women's 15s squad were not renewed after the 2017 world cup with the rfu controversially choosing to prioritise the sevens players instead. but brown has told bbc sport, the women's game is now top of their list of priorities. we are very keen to professionalise the women's game. to have a half and half situation for the last season. as quickly as we can afford it. the women's game is not completely commercialised yet. that is n

which has gone through today, manchester city have broken their transfer record to sign winger riyad mahrezive—year deal to become their first recruit of the summer. he says city's style of play is "perfect" for him and he wanted to be part of a club which is "redefining the english game". elsewehere, arsenal have agreed a deal to sign uruguay international midfielder lucas torreira from sampdoria for £26 million. the 22—year—old, who played in all five of his country's world cup matches before the quarterfinal defeat against france. he'lljoin on a five—year deal. lorient midfielder matteo guendouzi, is also having a medical with the club. celtic have beaten alash—kert of armenia 3—0 in the first of four champions league qualifying rounds, thanks to goals from odsonne edouard, james forrest and callum mcgregor. onto tennis, and serena williams survived a scare to reach the wimbeldon semi finals. the 23—times grand slam champion lost her first set of the tournament but came through 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 against the italian camila giorgi. williams will face 13th seed yulia gur—gus on thursday. eleven

manchester city have broken their transfer record to sign winger riyad mahrez from leicester for aroundned a five—year deal. he says city's style of play is perfect for him, and he wanted to be part of a club which is redefining the english game. elsewehere, arsenal have agreed a deal to sign uruguay international midfielder lucas torreira from sampdoria for £26 million. the 22—year—old, who played in all five of his country's world cup matches before the quarter—final defeat against france, will join on a five—year deal. lorient midfielder matteo guendouzi is also having a medical with the club. the way seems to be clearing for serena williams to claim an eighth title at the all england club. on tuesday at wimbledon she made it into the semi—finals, although she didn't have it all her own way. here is austin halewood. another day, another grand slam quarterfinal for serena williams, her 13th at wimbledon, to be exact. it isa her 13th at wimbledon, to be exact. it is a tale we have all seen before, but italy's georgi was determined not to follow the script, hammering home the advantage

but record signing riyad mahrez had to come off in the first half with an ankle injury tottenham's anthonyillessen. barca's new signing malcom scored the winner. tottenham had come from two goals down to force the shoot—out, losing 5—3 on penalities. and it's been a mixed day for wayne rooney. be warned — some blood and gore coming up. wayne rooney scored his his first goal for his new club, dc united, in their 2—1 win over colorado rapids in the mls. but then he broke his nose whilst helping to defend a corner. he ended up with five stitches. before we go, time to tell you that england's women are in action at the hockey world cup. they are playing ireland. it is 0—0 at half—time. they have to win or draw. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now it is time for the travel

concerns about an ankle injury suffered by new signing riyad mahrez.hyte says he's ready to take on anthony joshua again after taking on and beating his opponent, parker, he finished the fight strongly, taking it on finished the fight strongly, taking itona finished the fight strongly, taking it on a points decision, eighth win ina row it on a points decision, eighth win in a row since losing to anthony joshua in 2015. blustery day yesterday, gusts reaching 30 mph, this eagle chip thatis that is all the sport for now, more on the bbc news later but for now, time for the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning edition of the news paper review. with me are henry mance, political correspondent for the financial times, and kate devlin, deputy political editor for the sunday express. let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph says that theresa may has been warned by her own constituency chairman that she must not concede any further ground to the eu in any brexit deal. the sunday mirror has a full—page splash on the possibility that

manchester city have broken their tra nsfer manchester city have broken their transfer record to sign mahrez, and he wanted to be part of a club which is redefining the english game. elsewehere, arsenal have agreed a deal to sign uruguay international midfielder lucas torreira from sampdoria for £26 million. the 22—year—old, who played in all five of his country's world cup matches before the quarter—final defeat against france, will join on a five—year deal. celtic have beaten alashkert, of armenia, 3—0 in the first of four champions league qualifying rounds, thanks to goals from 0dsonne edouard, james forrest and callum mcgregor. 0nto tennis, and serena williams survived a scare to reach the wimbledon semi—finals. the 23—times grand slam champion lost her first set of the tournament, but came through 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 against the italian camila giorgi. williams will face 13th seed julia gorges on thursday. angelique kerber also reached the semifinals with a 6—3, 7—5 win over russia's daria kasatkina. kerber, the highest—ranked seed left in the women's competition, will face jelena 0stapenko on

munich 3—2 in miami, although there are concerns about an ankle injury suffered by new signing riyad mahrezto take on anthonyjoshua again, after winning his latest bout against new zealand'sjoseph parker, coming out on top on a points decision in london last night. 0n the undercard of that fight, irish boxer katie taylor defended her wba and ibf lightweight titles in a third—round stoppage win over usa's kimberly connor. it's her tenth professional win. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the tour de france, and as we've been hearing in sport, geraint thomas is on the brink of becoming the first welshman and the third british cyclist to win the event. sir dave brailsford, the man in charge of geraint thomas and team sky says their plan was to have him ready to perform strongly this month. we decided with him for the first time that his entire season should be built around peaking injuly. previously, he'd done the tour of italy in may, he'd hit the racing peak sooner and dropped off and come back up forjuly, but this season was all about july and building for july. a little e

manchester city say their new signing riyad mahrez could be available to play against chelsea in the to eight the total number of people who have been killed in blazes which have forced 50,000 people from their homes. more than 5,000 people have been told to evacuate the town of lakeport in northern california where two wildfires are closing in and parts of the city of redding have been devastated. our correspondent tom burridge reports. a large part of northern california, ravaged over the weekend. firefighters have been brought in from other states to tackle a wildfire that seems to have spread at unprecedented speed — destroying an area bigger than san francisco in just one week. across california, there are currently 17 wildfires burning, with 12,000 firefighters battling to contain the flames. brian hughes is the latest firefighter to be killed. he was struck by a tree. and this is the aftermath in redding. parts of the city now resemble a giant scrapheap, with homes and belongings completely destroyed. this was alyce macken's house. the wind just took off. i don't remember exac

but record signing riyad mahrez had to come off in the first half with an ankle injury.ed the winner. tottenham had come from two goals down to force the shoot—out, losing 5—3 on penalities. and it's been a mixed day for wayne rooney. be warned some blood and gore coming up. he scored his his first goal for his new club, dc united, in their 2—1 win over colorado rapids in the mls. but then he broke his nose whilst helping to defend a corner. he needed five stitches. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for click. the eight planets in our solar system, all unique and instantly recognisable. and don't they look amazing from our viewing podium here in outer space? now what we really wanted to show you here is just how good visual effects have become. not only does the graphics computer generate all of these lovely images but, as the cameras move about, the objects and the background appear to stay in their correct positions. now this is not easy. now this technology originally came from the movies and now it has come to tv. so, here we are in the bbc‘s virtual studi

riyad mahrez can return to training for manchester city later this week after coming off with an anklehas been using some unorthodox training techniques. here he is showing off with his dog. in the back garden. he is back to training with barcelona tomorrow, and he doesn't actually let his dog get a look in. the dog is called hulk. paul hulk. we will be back at our posix. but that is of the sport from me, goodbye. rail passengers travelling with the operator, northern, have again complained about late and cancelled services following another round of timetable changes. this morning, dozens of trains that were withdrawn to manage the severe disruption caused by an earlier timetable overhaul were reinstated. manchester mayor andy burnham has written to theresa may asking her to intervene. let's remind ourselves of the timeline of events leading up to today. on the 20th may this year the biggest overhaul of the railway timetable began. butjust over two weeks later serious problems with that new timetable led to 168 northern rail services being removed— including all services to the lake d

ederson on holiday after the world cup, hart has been included along with new record signing rhiyad mahrezelp us make sense of it all and answer your questions is our reality check correspondent chris morris. welcome. chris via email: which parts of the chequers agreement will be unacceptable to the eu negotiators? we are all concentrating on what is going on in westminster, there is a small matter of the eu agreeing to this. yes, and it's a long document of about 100 pages, and if you go through it there‘s all sorts of part they will want to talk about and essentially negotiate further on. taking a step back, there are two big things both referring to the economy. number one, the proposed customs arrangements, the facilitated customs arrangement. i don‘t think many people in the eu think it will work and they will wa nt to think it will work and they will want to renegotiate parts of that. secondly, probably more important, the british idea really that they can pick and choose between the four freedoms of the single market, the freedoms of the single market, the freedom of movement of goo