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so, relief for max whitlock. here's what he had to say. and a half ago, we didn't know if it was going ahead or not, but we're so relieved to be here. so far, the first competition has been amazing. i've been around for quite a few years, and people are still shocked when i get on. i was really pleased. that actually helps me and the team as a back—up, but also helps me keep that fitness level up and helped me prepare for pommel, so i'm happy. now, helen glover's return to another olympics was one of the standout stories from team gb ahead of the games. the two—time olympic rowing champion was back in the boat this morning, just 14 months after having twins. she was competing alongside polly swann in the women's pairs, but asjim lumsden reports, it wasn't a typical start for helen glover. great britain's glover, defender of the title! ~ , ., ., ., , the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked _ the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked as _ the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked as if— the title!

max whitlock warm up from his pommel horse final as he looks to successfully defend his title.n the all—around final alongsidejoe all—around final alongside joe frazier as all—around final alongsidejoe frazier as well for me gb gymnast it will be pleased when you consider that they have qualified in five finals as a group so far in this olympic games. and as we know, tomorrow, all eyes on the women's gb team to come as well. led by the sisters who are just 16 years old, they have impressed already on their of debut. and then a woman who needs no introduction for team usa, simone biles showed that she is human after all with some uncharacteristic mistakes on the floor and vault as well but she was impressive in qualifying making it through to all five of those individual events. but team usa will have to go some if they are to win the lipid title in they are to win the lipid title in the —— olympic title in the team event. it's all to play for tomorrow and as is always the case with simone biles you cannot take your eyes off her. absolutely — another one not to miss tomorrow. el

max whitlock tweeted young stars.eeted you have pushed boundaries time and again, rest up and take time. she has done move so complex that only she can do that. four of them are named after her. competing when she does not feel right mentally could be incredibly dangerous given the complexity of her routines. this sport has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. simon has talked about sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of the former team usa doctor. i have been told gymnastics needs to change. if biles helps to change that culture, be far more precious than any medal. thank ou. let's see how the medals table is looking. china and japan are leading the way with 11 golds each, with the united states close behind on ten. great britain are in sixth with 15 medals — their best ever start to an olympic games. the government is discussing whether to drop quarantine rules for fully—vaccinated travellers arriving in england from the european union and the united states. airlines have been putting pressure on mini

well, things were a bit more positive in the gymnastics centre for max whitlock.d the pommel horse final. he's defending the title he won in rio. and he was in third place, with the top eight progressing. whitlock said qualification was the hardest and most nerve—racking stage, because everything rides on it. he also reached the team final alongsidejoe fraser, james hall, and giarnni regini—moran. ellen white scored her third goal in two games, as great britain beat japan to make it through to the knock—out stage of the women's football competition. hers was the only goal of the game against the hosts in the sapporo dome. gb are top of their group with a game against canada to come. and sam ward made a dream return to olympic action in the men's hockey, scoring their opening goal in a 3—1 win over south africa. ward suffered a career—threatening injury 20 months ago when he was hit in the face by a ball. he was left with impaired vision when he suffered a shattered eye socket, torn retina, and numerous other facial injuries which required 31 screws, and he now pla

champion, team gb's adam peaty, is through to the semifinal of the 100—metres breaststroke, while max whitlockdvanced to the final of the pommel horse — the event in which he won gold four years ago. a daily testing scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been expanded. essential services have been disrupted after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. a 11—year—old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday. afghanistan has declared a night—time curfew in almost the entire country in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts are preparing to detonate a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 has had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. sportsday is com

champion team gb's adam peaty is through to the semifinal of the 100 metres breaststroke, while max whitlock advanced to the final of the pommel horse — the event in which he won gold four years ago. a daily testing scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been expanded. essential services have been disrupted after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. a 11—year—old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday. a night—time curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. hello and welcome to ou

double champion at the last games, max whitlock through to the pommel horse final while adam peaty lookedes breaststroke. but the games�* first shot at glory belonged to china. yang qian winning the opening gold in the air rifle. because of covid, it is up to athletes to put their own medals on, not quite the usual ceremony. but while the presentation may be different, the elation is just the same. andy swiss, bbc news. in budapest in hungary it is the annual pride march taking place. it is a very interesting time because the government has just passed legislation in parliament which has got it into some hot water with the european commission, this is over the ban on what it calls, promoting, teaching or talking about, either homosexuality, or transgender issues, to those under the age of 18, in any context, including sex education. what is interesting is the prime minister has responded by saying he will have a referendum on the subject. our correspondent was saying during the course of this week that is a suspicion in hungary that supporters of lgbt rights and the transgender community

champion team gb�*s adam peaty is through to the semifinal of the 100 metres breaststroke, while max whitlocknd has been expanded. essential services have been disrupted after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. a night—time curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out.

champion team gb�*s adam peaty is through to the semifinal of the 100 metres breaststroke, while max whitlockisolation in england has been expanded. essential services have been disrupted after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. a 11—year—old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.

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the next few hours, the likes of helen glover in rowing, adam peaty in swimming, so andy murray, max whitlockor the first time in the next few hours —— sir andy murray put it so much intrigue surrounding the next two and a half weeks, how will team to be fair after coming second in rio? how will new sports making their debuts get on, the likes of skateboarding and surfing and climbing customers who will emerge to replace the likes of michael phelps and usain bolt who have retired since rio? there is no getting away from the fact that this is happening in a state of emergency amid rising cases, the acrimony and controversy was reflected last night in an opening ceremony that was at times undoubtedly sad. when you saw the banks of empty seats, you heard the banks of empty seats, you heard the protests outside, it rather —— the protests outside, it rather —— the depleted parade of nations, there is no escaping that fact and i think organisers will be anxious that there was not any more athletes ruled out by testing positive, none of the big finals or names are affected or that it contributes to

the best shot will be on the individual finals with max whitlock and joe fraser in three of those finalsons, they havejust the women, the defending champions, they have just beaten south africa 4-1. but they have just beaten south africa 4—1. but there is no doubt that today was the day that it really caught fire here in tokyo for team gb. and those medals mean that britain are up from 19th overnight, up to fourth in the medal table. let's speak to the former british swimmer sharron davies, who is at the aquatic centre in tokyo. she won a silver medal in the 400—metre individual medley at the 1980 olympics in moscow. thank you so much forjoining us. can we talk first of all about adam peaty? a fantastic achievement. absolutely. as you mentioned in that report, he is the first british swimmer ever to defend his olympic title. i wouldn't put it past him to be here again in three years time. it's been really, really tough for him, tough for everybody, of course. normally i would go away and spend a lot of their winter training abroad, he was in his garage, and then he had a small pool shift

and max whitlock will be looking to defend his olympic title in the pommel horse final.victory will guarantee him a medal and continue great britain's proud record in the division. and there are 3 golds up for grabs at the ariake tennis park. alexander zverev, who ended novak djokovic's title hopes, takes on russian karen khachanov in the men's singles final. the winners of the women's and mixed doubles will also be decided. and european champion zharnel hughes will hope to feature in the men's100 metres final. he'll be joined by team—mates cj ujah and reece prescod in the semis, ahead of the final tomorrow afternoon. and before we go, a special part of any olympic journey is when you finally arrive home to be greeted by your loved ones. and if there were gold medals for hugs, they'd surely go to helen glover's 3 little ones. the two—time olympic champion was rowing at her final olympics and although she narrowly missed out on a medal, her remarkable comeback to get to tokyo, has been inspirational and at the end of it all, there's no place like home i'm sure they'll be

competing in the all—around final and joe frazier as well has the parallel bars final to come as does max whitlocktle at these games. tom watson there. i think there was something in my after the interview with the british gymnasts. a slight update on the situation. in another interview simone biles has said she has to do "what's right she went on to say "we have to protect our minds and our bodies and notjust go out and do what the world wants us to do." we're joined by katelyn ohashi, former us gymnast and close friend of simone biles. she is commentating on the gymnastics for the bbc. so much pressure on simone biles, this shouldn't really be a surprise? it is crazy because it is so overlooked sometimes and people don't recognise that but she has beenin don't recognise that but she has been in the public eye, she has not lost a competition since 2013, on top of the world, billions and billions of people constantly watching her so she has also had a lot of time off from gymnastics. she just recently came back in april and was off for 19 months so i think there is a lot of pressure on her and the

champion team gb's adam peaty is through to the semifinal of the 100 metres breaststroke, while max whitlockhen she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday. a night—time curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts have safely detonated

double olympic champion max whitlock was in action in gymnastics qualifying, safely through to the pommelpoint, a year and a half ago, we didn't know if it was going ahead or not. we are here, we are so relieved to be here. and how's this for a cracking start? sir andy murray and doubles partner joe salisbury had been handed a very tough opener against the french number two seeds, but in the sweltering heat the french had gone right off the boil and the britons knocked them straight out of the olympics in straight sets. nathalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. in other olympic news... ellen white scored great britain's only goal againstjapan to book their place in the knockout stages. team gb go into theirfinal game of group e on tuesday against canada, needing a draw to top the group. china's yang qian won the first gold medal of the tokyo olympics in the women's 10—meter rifle competition. in a closely—fought contest, she just held off russia's anastasiia galashina, who claimed silver. and naohisa takato wonjapan's first gold medal of the games, beating taiwan's yang yung—wei in the final of th

double champion at the last games, max whitlock through to the pommel horse final.n winning the opening gold in the air rifle. because of covid, it's up to athletes to put their own medals on. not quite the usual ceremony — but while the presentation may be different, the elation is just the same. andy swiss, bbc news. and our sports correspondent natalie pirks in in tokyo for us now. how has day one been for the hosts? there were some lovely scenes, tiers of joy there were some lovely scenes, tiers ofjoy because there were some lovely scenes, tiers of joy because japan there were some lovely scenes, tiers ofjoy because japan won their first gold in the men'sjudo, but there was shock here when gymnastics legend widely considered to be the best male gymnast of all time, fell from the horizontal bar during qualifying. it meant he failed to make the final in what is his last ever olympics. japan have also just lost to great britain in the football, 1—0, ellen white scoring her third goal in two games. the briton, tomorrow could be a good day, we have a silver medallist

british men's gymnasts have taken to the floor for the team final, you can keep up to date with max whitlockall the sport for now. thank you for that, jane. ministers and officials from more than 50 countries are holding climate talks, hosted in london by the president of the cop—26 summit alok sharma. high on the agenda is the demand from poorer countries that the rich world live up to previous commitments to do more to help them fight climate change, and develop their economies in a sustainable way. climate finance will be a huge issue in the run—up to cop—26, in the run—up to cop26, which is taking place in glasgow in november. our reality check correspondent chris morris explains what's at stake. if you think it's going to be hard for rich countries to adjust to the need to remove fossil fuels and carbon from their economies, just think about how hard it's going to be in the developing world, where there's far less money to pay for new infrastructure in the first place — but there's an awful lot of people. it's a challenge which has been recognised for some time. as long ago as 2009, the

british men's gymnasts have taken to the floor for the team final — you can keep up to date with max whitlockd their offensive against government forces — that's according to figures from the united nations. the insurgents have captured vast swathes of rural territory, after foreign troops began their withdrawal from the country. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani has the latest. 1600 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year, what is more than three and a half thousand injured. that includes a record high number of child casualties and it is amongst the highest figures of that period to ever be recorded since records began a little over a decade ago. kit it can be a little difficult at times to fully comprehend those figures, but it means basically on average, every day these nine ordinary men, women and children in afghanistan lost their lives as a result of the conflict. violence really spiked in may and june when the taliban began an offensive that has seen them capture around half of all territory in afghanistan. the united nations said the taliban were respo