as red bull's max verstappen wins the team's home grand prix in austria. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fifa world cup in russia and another of the big names has gone out, this time to the hosts. spain were beaten on penalties as were denmark in the late game when they succumbed to croatia, and olly foster has been keeping tabs in moscow. the celebrations when russia simply made it out of their group were something special, but what we're seeing here in the city is a whole new level and the whole country is in dreamland at their own world cup. no one gave them a chance against spain, the 2010 world champions, but they defended heroically and their goalkeeper, akinfeev, was their hero in the penalty shootout. claire ponton reports. 2010 champions against the host nation seemingly writing their own script at this world cup. but the russian roar was silenced 12 minutes in by an own goal for sergei ignacevic, who appeared to be more interested in wrestling sergio ramos than winning the ball. at the other end, gerard pique handed ru

today, though, max verstappen laid down the surprise early marker in practise and jennie gow was watchingl, the german grand prix took a break last year but we are back here at the hockenheim, and what a fantastic weekend it is going to be. we have already had a lot of action on and off the track, both of the mercedes drivers signing new contracts, lewis hamilton on a multi—million—pound deal for two years and valtteri bottas, his team—mate, signing up for another year with an option for another year on top of that. so, good news for mercedes but on the track it was red all who dominated, daniel ricciardo the fastest in the first session, max verstappen fastest in the second. however, there is a slight problem in that daniel ricciardo has to change some elements in his engine, and that power unit change means a grid penalty and he will start from last. that means there will be lots of overtaking hopefully from his point of view. however the qualifying, whatever he does, he will start from behind. max verstappen, however, does have a realistic chance of poll position, as do the varietys an

max verstappen went on to take an unexpected victory for red bull. joe lynskey reports.you have to master every landscape. the hills and turns of austria meant no easy route for lewis hamilton this time. his first task was getting front from the grid. it was all going to plan at turn one but this race would soon unravel. when hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas pulled up, most of the team took a pit stop chance. hamilton stayed out there but paid the price. in one tyre change of his own, he slipped from first to fourth. i will not be able to pass these guys. it was a tactical error which left the briton wound up. as he toiled down the field, a bigger problem was coming. eight laps to go, engine failure, grand prix over. the end of a 33 race record, the rarest of sights. hamilton's points were wiped out. so was his driver's championship lead. it left an opportunist victory for red bull's max verstappen and on a day when the hills came alive with dutch delight, for so many others, so much went wrong. at the moment, when you are on the track, it is not easy. right now i fe

max makes his mark at hockenheim. verstappens fastest after second practice ahead of this weekend's german grand prix. lucky for some — mr sprint peter sagan takes the 13th stage at the tour de france in a photo finish. and with the women's hockey world cup coming to london tomorrow, can the england squad replicate their medal successes on home soil? hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. well, the action at the 1a7th open championship is hotting up as we enter the weekend, even if the temperatures on the east coast of scotland seem to be going in the opposite direction. day two has seen zachjohnson, tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy play themselves into contention as all three recorded rounds in the 60s, despite some very testing conditions at carnoustie. john watson is at the course for us. john, even at this early stage, it's looking like it could be a tough one to call this year? yes, absolutely. welcome to carnoustie, good evening. incredibly tough to call. incredibly tight as well as the top of the leaderboard sugges

and the formula one title race is thrown wide open again as red bull's max verstappen wins the team'slo and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fifa world cup in russia and another of the big names has gone out, this time to the hosts. spain were beaten on penalties as were denmark in the late game when they succumbed to croatia, and olly foster has been keeping tabs in moscow. the celebrations when russia simply made it out of their group were something special, but what we're seeing here in the city is a whole new level and the whole country is in dreamland at their own world cup. no one gave them a chance against spain, the 2010 world champions, but they defended heroically and their goalkeeper, akinfeev, was their hero in the penalty shootout. claire ponton reports.

the great was the closest the rest got to him, and max verstappen's chance to challenge was taken away. powerfailure, breakdown. daniel ricciardo started from 12th on the grid, but his race was a series of moves through the field. he finished in fourth, but thinking what might have been. hamilton's main rival now is sebastian vettel but, with races running out, he's been forced to ta ke running out, he's been forced to take risks. sebastian vettel‘s contact with bottas could have ended his race. in the end, it got him into second. hamilton's championship leader would be 2a points. into second. hamilton's championship leader would be 24 pointsm into second. hamilton's championship leader would be 24 points. it was a tough race for us, but we've come out with some good points, so proud of you. consistent but not conclusive. but this race tells the rest of the field hamilton's hard to stop. what a beautiful day, what a great crowd we've had, and an amazing team. we came out knowing ferrari would be really quick this weekend, but to take these points was a bonus for us, so we deserved it.

max verstappen has set the pace in practice for sunday‘s german grand prix.ight point. that is the sport for now. some breaking news which isjust coming through in the last few moments from salisbury. we are hearing that charlie rowley has been discharged from hospital. you will remember he was being treated in salisbury district hospital after novichok poisoning and you will remember that his girlfriend dawn stu rg ess remember that his girlfriend dawn sturgess died after the pair were hit with a nerve agent. just to bring you some specifics which are just coming through. coming from the district hospital, which says it is pleased to confirm that he was discharged earlier today. he has been through an appalling experience that most of us could never imagine, says the hospital. both of them had been poisoned by a powerful nerve agent, the statement goes on to remind us. as part of their care that we gave to charlie and to the other victims of this nerve agent, we decontaminated them. we did this both to help them get better and to ensure that there would be n

max verstappen went onto take an unexpected victory for red bull. joe lynskey reports.his time. his first task was getting front from the grid. it was all going to plan at turn one but this race would soon plan at turn one but this race would soon an plan at turn one but this race would soon an raffle. when hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas pulled up most of the team took a pit stop chance. hamilton stayed out there but paid the price. in one tyre change of his own, he slipped from first to fourth. i will not be able to pass these guys. it was a tactical error which left the britain wound up. as he toiled down the field, a bigger problem was coming. eight laps to go, engine failure, grand prix over. the end of a33 failure, grand prix over. the end of a 33 race record, the rarest of sites. hamilton's points were wiped out. so was his driver's championship lead. it left an opportunist victory for red bull's max verstappen and on a day when the hills came alive with dutch delight, for so many others, so much went wrong. so that result means sebastian vettel of ferrari t

the win instead went to red bull's max verstappen, to the delight of the watching dutch supporters at track. vettel takes the overall championship lead. he's a single point ahead of hamilton. spain's marc marquez has won today's dutch motogp in assen. the repsol honda rider managed to break clear in the closing laps and stays top of the current standings as he targets a fifth championship title. britain's cal crutchlow finished back in sixth spot. the next race is in germany in a fortnight. the final day of the british athletics championships in birmingham are taking place today. in the men's 800 metres, elliot giles managed to retain his british title after a burst of pace over the final 20 metres helped him fend off daniel rowden in second. and laura muir took the title in the women's 800 as she pulled away from the rest of the pack on the home straight to achieve a personal best of 2 minutes and 1.22 seconds. england's cricketers are taking on new zealand in the final of their twenty20 tri—series at chelmsford. the white ferns won the toss and chose to bat and that seemed an excell

red bull's max verstappen sets the surprise fastest time in second practise, ahead of this weekend'son was second quickest, with sebastian vettel in fourth. the youngest pilot in the battle of britain has died at the age of 96. geoffrey wellum joined the royal air force in the second world war when he was only 17. just over a year later he was engaged in a ferocious dogfight, in which he brought down at least three enemy aircraft, sustained damage to his own, and yet managed to escape. robert hall looks back at his life. newsreeel: the british led the challenge by throwing in everything they had. i can remember walking out with a parachute over my shoulder, helmet on, and looking at this elegant, relaxed fighter. the chap said to me, he said "go and fly it, but don't you dare break it." it was the start of a true partnership. afterjust a few months training, geoffrey wellum was in the cockpit of his first spitfire. and by the summer of 1940, he was a veteran. day after day, he and his young friends scrambled to meet german attacks. the moment the telephone rang you were absolutely he

ferrari driver took advantage of errors from other drivers to finishjust quicker than red bull's max verstappen a second slower in fifth. italy's women pulled off a shock at the hockey world cup earlier, scoring with just five seconds remaining to beat south korea. that result means italy — who are the lowest ranked side in the tournament — have guaranteed themselves at least a play—off place. and you can see how surprised they we re and you can see how surprised they were about it themselves. they'll play the defending champions, the netherlands on sunday with the winner of that match guaranteed a place in the quarter—finals. and even a delay for rain and storms couldn't dampen the spirits at the hockey world cup. the coaches for the netherlands and china enjoying a friendly game of rock, paper, scissors whilst torrential rain and lightening caused play to be suspended. that game seemed to be a predictorfor the match, with the dutch cruising to a 7—1win over the chinese. hull kingston rovers held off a second half fightback from rivals hull fc as they hung on to win 20—16 in the super league.

red bull's max verstappen won the race. at the moment, when you are on the track, it is not easy.ain, so just just lost the lead of the championship again, sojust have just lost the lead of the championship again, so just have too regrouped, reset my focus and our focus as a team and hope that we can make amends in the next race. in cricket, england women have won the tri—nation t20 series by beating new zealand in the final at chelmsford. chasing 138, england got off to a flyer with danielle wyatt scoring a quickfire half—century, before heather knight and natalie sciver saw them home, with 7 wickets in hand and 17 balls to spare. a pretty comfortable victory for england in the end. that's all the sport for now. nice to see you, thank you. there are new moves to tighten up restrictions on high street gambling. politicians from the house of lords and the commons have written to the chancellor this week urging him to speed up recently announced measures. last month the government reduced the maximum stake at fixed 0dds betting terminals from £100 to £2 — but delayed the introductio

meaning well, red bull were thrilled last weekend when max verstappen won the austrian grand prix, butalm his hopes of back—to—back victories. and after parting company with eric boullier, the mclaren had it will surprise with fernando alonso finishing fifth, but all sides eyes here will be on lewis hamilton, on whether he can win a thick time. we‘re just over an hour into england‘s 2nd t20 against india at cardiff. england 1—0 down in the series after their defeat at old trafford eoin morgan‘s side won the toss this evening, they chose to bowl first and it was a super start. jake ball has come into the side for moeen ali and ball and on debut removed rohit sharma in the first over. shikhar dhawan the dropped his bat as he was run out leaving india 22 for two in the fifth and two balls later liam plunkett bowled kl rahul. england have just taken a fourth wicket. kohli and rainia at the crease as we speak. leeds rhinos have appointed theirformer captain kevin sinfield as director of rugby at the super league club after brian mcdermott was sacked on monday following a run of 7 straight l

the win instead went to red bull's max verstappen, to the delight of the watching dutch supporters athe overall championship lead. he's a single point ahead of hamilton. that's all the sport for now. lovely to see you. and you! have a lovely evening. a notorious career thief in france has escaped from prison... in a helicopter. 46—year—old redoine faid, who is one of france's most wanted criminals — escaped from jail near paris this morning. what's even more extraordinary is that this is faid's second jailbreak. in 2013 he blasted his way out of a prison using dynamite, as richard lister reports. a career criminal, inspired by gangster movies. redoine faid is now on the run. his escape from this prison in the paris suburbs had all the hallmarks of a film script. as he waited in a visiting area, two accomplices in a hijacked helicopter landed in the grounds. using smoke bombs and heavy tools, they broke through to faid, bundled him onto the helicopter and flew him away. the helicopter was later found 60 kilometres from the prison. its pilot had been seized as he waited to give a lesson

other drivers to finishjust advantage of mistakes and other drivers to finish just quicker than max verstappenwer, back in fifth place. italy's women have pulled off a shock at the hockey world cup, school and with just five seconds remaining to beat south korea. that result means italy, the lowest ranked side in the tournament, had guaranteed themselves at least a play—off place. and you can see how surprised they were about themselves. they will play the defending champions, the netherlands, on sunday, the winner of that match guaranteed a place in the quarter—finals. and even a delay for rain and storms could not dampen the spirits at the hockey world cup. the coaches for the netherlands in china enjoying a friendly game of rock paper scissors. they suspended for the lightning. that game was a predictor for the match, with the dutch cruising to a 7—1win over the chinese. hull kingston rovers held off the second half fightback from rivals hull fc as they hung on to win 20— 16 in the super league. rovers were 16 points up at half time. that was thanks largely to two tries from craighall on hi

advantage of errors from other drivers to finish just less than a tenth of a second quicker than max verstappen'sng. queens park rangers have been fined almost 42 million pounds and won't be able to make any transfers in the january window after a football league arbitration panel dismissed their claims that football's financial fair play rules are unlawful. the championship club's case relates to breaking spending limits on their way to winning promotion to the premier league in 2014. it's believed the efl will let them settle the fine over 10 years. wolves' goalkeeper carl ikeme has announced his retirement from football. the 32 year old's decision came following advice from with medical experts following his year—long battle with leukaemia. ikeme announced last month he's in complete remission. he made more than 200 appearances for wolves afterjoining the club as a 14—year—old. the long awaited world boxing super series super—middleweight final between george groves and callum smith will take place in saudi arabia on the 28th of september. the fight was due to be held injune but it was delayed

max verstappen has set the pace in practise for sunday's german grand prix.actise in hockenheim. hamilton made a mistake on his best lap but was still clear of title rival sebastian vettel. vettel leads the drivers championship by 8 points. some the the world's best athletes will be out to put on a show at the anniversary games in the london stadium, starting tomorrow. britain's dina asher smith will run in the 100 and 200 metres, looking to compete in both at next month's european championships. i want to win. and i am at hopeful that that calibre of race is in london. where i am fortunate enough to have a high bar and i am the only bridge in the race. so when i am really tired and i hear the just a matter you think speed up, or they're getting further away. it feels really good to have that race at home. because i always like to put on a good show for a home crowd and it feels good. england's under 19s could only manage a draw in their second match at the euros in finland, they won their first match against turkey. the young lions took the lead against ukra

let me update you on a formula one, max verstappen is the surprise pacesetter ahead of the two mercedesymouth, where a mother with only months to live today is the guest of honour at a special concert featuring all four of their children, they are performing songs recorded by school friends to raise money for the hospice which has looked after their mother. and thousands of schoolchildren are seeing shakespeare brought to life on stage this summer, free of charge at the temporary theatre in york, geoff brown can tell us more about that in a moment, but first, what have these children been doing for their mum? as you mentioned, that asher is terminally ill, and children wanted to do something special for the hospice that has provided her with so much care, so her sonjosh actually provided her with so much care, so her son josh actually came provided her with so much care, so her sonjosh actually came up with the idea, decided to get the children at his cool to record songs. they have all been writing their own original songs and recording them in a studio for a cd to raise money for the

red bull's max verstappen, was the surprise pace—setter, ahead of this weekend's german grand prix.luding lewis hamilton, who'll be hoping for a good weekend at hockenheim to eat into sebastian vettel‘s lead at the top of the standings. qualifying is at 2 o'clock this afternoon. britain's geraint thomas still has the leader's yellow jersey at the tour de france. peter sagan of slovakia was the sprint winner of stage 13, as we start to look towards the business end of the tour. but thomas finished safely in the main group, and leads his sky team—mate chris froome by1 minute and 39 seconds. there was a thriller in the t20 blast at old trafford last night as lancashire beat yorkshire in the battle of the roses. after a rain delay, lancs captain liam livingstone scored 79 off 37 balls to help them set yorkshire a big target of 176 from just 1a overs. yorkshire got so close in reply. england'sjoe root and adam lyth both making 50s, but they felljust short, losing byjust one run in the end. cue wild celebrations from the home fans. a great way to spend a friday evening. elsewhere, there w

the ferrari driver wentjust quicker than max verstappen's red bull. been announced that the force india team, based near silverstone, have been placed into administration. the team, believe new investment is imminent, but that they're also facing a critical period in their history. britain's 0lympic bronze medallist vicky holland has won the edmonton leg of the world triathlon series, for her second win of 2018. it was an imperious performance from holland, who led out of the water and the bike before breaking clear of a number of athletes on the run and adding to her win in the city in 2015. a trio of british athletes, followed her in third, fourth and fifth, so well done too to georgia taylor—brown, jess learmonth and jodie stimpson. jonnie brownlee finished 5th in the men's race. hull kr held off a second—half fightback from rivals hull fc as they hung on to win 20—16 in the super league. rovers were 16 points up at half—time, thanks largely to two tries from craig hall. hull levelled in the second half but this penalty from danny tickle sealed the

red bull's max verstappen was the surprise pace—setter ahead of this weekend's german grand prix.d weekend at hockenheim to eat into sebastian vettel‘s lead at the top of the standings. qualifying is at 2 o'clock this afternoon. britain's geraint thomas still has the leader's yellow jersey at the tour de france. peter sagan of slovakia was the sprint winner of stage 13, as we start to look towards the business end the tour. but thomas finished safely in the main group, and leads his sky team—mate chris froome by1 minute and 39 seconds. there was a thriller in the t20 blast at old trafford last night as lancashire beat yorkshire in the battle of the roses in the cricket. after a rain delay, lancs captain liam livingstone scored 79 off 37 balls to help them set yorkshire a big target of 176 from just 1a overs. yorkshire got so so close in reply, england'sjoe root and adam lyth both making 50s, but they felljust short, losing byjust one run in the end. cue wild celebrations from the home fans. elsewhere there were wins for durham, somerset, hampshire and leicestershire. what a game.

the ferrari driver wentjust quicker, than max verstappen's red bull.le, overnight it's been announced that the force india team, based near silverstone, have been placed into administration. the team believe new investment is imminent, but that they're also facing a "critical period" in their history. even a rain delay couldn't dampen spirits at the women's hockey world cup yesterday. the coaches, for the netherlands and china, enjoying a friendly game of rock, paper, scissors whilst torrential rain, and lightening caused play to be suspended. that game seemed to be a rehearsal, for the match, with the dutch cruising to a 7—1 win over the chinese. in the other match in pool a, italy scored with just five seconds to go to beat south korea. hull kr, held off a second half fightback from rivals hull fc as they hung on to win 20—16 in the super league. rovers were 16 points up at half time, thanks largely to two trys from craig hall. hull levelled in the second half, but this penalty from danny tickle, sealed the derby win. elsewhere there were victorys fo

the ferrari driver wentjust quicker than max verstappen's red bull.t's been announced that the force india team, based near silverstone, have been placed into administration. the team believe new investment is imminent, but that they're also facing a "critical period" in their history. there's a big fight at the o2 arena tonight with britain's dillian whyte up againstjoseph parker. a warning that there is some flash photgraphy coming up. both fighters, need to prove a point, after they were beaten by anthonyjoshua, the only defeat in both their careers. new zealander parker is looking to re—establish himself after losing tojoshua in march, while whyte has won seven fights in a row and is nearing a title shot. it's a very risky fight, it's a dangerous fight, you know, and like i say, he's gonna come and bring it and he's gonna come and bring it and hope that he does. he said he's gonna come and throw punches at the others so we'll see what is gonna go down. it's gonna jump off at some point, you know, i don't know — first round, third round — me and hi

red bull's max verstappen won the race but sebastian vettel finished third to overtake hamilton in thescoring a quickfire half—century, before heather knight and natalie sciver saw them home. and the english golfer charley hull has been tipped to make a major breakthrough by the women's tour in the united states. she finished sixth at the pga championship in illinois, behind winner park sung—hyun, that's three top—ten finishes for hull in the last three majors. one final world record to tell you about, that is the 50 yard dash broken by carol kirkwood just a short time ago when she spotted the sniffer dogs at wimbledon. good morning. you know i love the police dogs, cute little cocker spaniels, you see them all here, the cocker spaniels, german shepherds and labradors. they are so dinky. behind me... one has just arrived. you can see the courts and how empty henman hill is at the moment. later this will be jampacked. if you're coming down later, it's worth mentioning we have high uv later, it's worth mentioning we have high uv levels and high pollen levels across the country, so bear t

ultra soft tyre, he will start from the back of the grid because of engine penalty, his team—mate max verstappenat least 11 people have drowned and others are still missing after a tourist "duck boat" capsized map on a lake in the us state of missouri. the incident happened on the table rock lake. the amphibious boat, which is designed for both land and water use, got into trouble and sank in stormy weather. 30 people, including some children, were on board. local authorities confirmed 11 people had drowned and divers are searching for more victims — at least five people are still missing. cbs correspondent laura podesta is in new york. thank you forjoining us laura. a terrible tragedy on a holiday lake. we understand though, there had been warnings about this bad weather coming in, so do we know if the warnings were picked up by the people running these duck boat tours? apparently not, we know that the accident happened yesterday evening, when a storm struck the area, in the popular lake, the duck boat was touring, now, in addition to the 11 people killed, we are now hearing that six are still

max verstappen's chance to challenge was taken away by his engine. hamilton's main rival was sebastian vettel. but with races running out, he has been forced to take risks. vettel‘s contact with valtteri bottas could have ended his race. with valtteri bottas in the end it got him into second. with valtteri bottas an overtake that meant hamilton's championship lead will be 2a points. significant but not conclusive. championship lead will be 2a points. but this kind of dominance tells the rest of the field that hamilton is hard to stop. tells the rest of the field joe lynskey, bbc news. tells the rest of the field that's it, i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. as we've been reporting, qatar has strongly denied allegations it ran a secret campaign to sabotage rival bids for the 2022 football world cup, which it won the right to host. our sports news correspondent, richard conway, has more qatar! it was a moment that stunned the sport and the watching world. ever since tha

finish less tha n errors from other drivers to finish less than a tenth of a second quicker than max verstappen'sionship club's case relates to them breaking their spending limits on their promotion winning season in 2014. now on afternoon live let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to dominic heale in nottingham, where a free and confidential drug testing facility will be available at one of derbyshire's biggest festivals this year, to try and prevent substance related deaths. and beccy barr is in salford, with news of a secret paul mccartney gig that thrilled fans in liverpool last night. or perhaps not so secret. dominik, what is the why not festival? or perhaps not so secret. dominik, what is the why not festival7m ta kes pla ce what is the why not festival7m takes place at pike hall near matlock this weekend. over 30,000 people are expected. this year's festival line—up includes jamirioquai and the libertines. it has been taking place for 13 years. last year it became a quagmire of incessant rain. but th

max makes his mark at hockenheim. verstappents to win stage three of the tour de france, britain's geraint thomas keeps hold of the overall leader's yellow jersey. good evening. well, the weather on the east coast of scotland may be cooling, but the golf at this year's open championship is red hot. americans dominated day two at carnoustie as zachjohnson and kevin kisner top the leaderboard on six under par, but tommy fleetwood had the right of the tournament so far. tim hague reports. day two of the oldest golf event going, and unlike the fine sunshine of the first round, carnoustie would offer some other challenges today. not that they affected tommy fleetwood. whatever the weather, the englishman is in fine form. his 65 puts him right in contention. and the 2014 winner may not be far off, either. rory mcilroy, two days, two rounds of 69 and two off the lead. and while there are few players as popular as mcilroy tiger woods is one of them. he had a mixed day but he will be back for more. zachjohnson will be as well. he shares