what mo farah and usain bolt have brought to the sport is connecting to the public.y, a celebrity or a normal person on the street. you are able to connect with these two global superstars that they will be sadly missed for that reason. the great night of athletics ahead, thanks darren. british taekwondo history has been made today. bianca walkden has become the first uk fighter to defend a world taekwondo championship title. walkden beat american jackie galloway 14—1; in the +73kg weight class in south korea. bianca was heavyweight champion compared to two years ago when she was the underdog. she had a second career threatening knee injury but is gone on to be a bronze medallist. her star two copied by her rivals that they could not be going to be had today. she blitzed through the final. she was up blitzed through the final. she was up againstan blitzed through the final. she was up against an american and fellow bronze analyst jackie galloway. her coach said she should be considered one of the greatest of all time. that's a nice thing to say but to be honest, open

ona night likes of mo farah and david rudisha.sain bolt. good luck to him. that's all the sport for now. adam west, star of the 1960s hit tv series batman, has died. he was 88. his family said he had been suffering from leukaemia. we need him now. although batman ran forjust two years, repeats of the show made adam west an icon, and his career after batman often saw him play characters based on himself. it is said to be brighter and warmer tomorrow. the overall story is for sunny spells at some point, but the rain is still around. the rain we have seen to finish the day across the midlands and parts of south—east england works its way towards the south—east. light and patchy by the morning. away from that, we will see showers across northern ireland and parts of central and western scotland. the temperatures will be holding up, given the breeze. it will be a muggy night. in the morning, the showers become more widespread across scotland and northern ireland. not everyone will see showers to start the day. one or two may avoid the

mo farah marked his last circuit outing.hampion will not compete to defend his title at the world championships. he will concentrate on road racing. tennis and novak djokovic is through to the 2nd round of the eastbourne international — the final event before the start of wimbledon. djokovic — who's the top seed at the event — has slipped to world number four, and this is the first time he's played a pre—wimbledon event for 7 years. he cruised into the quarter—finals with a straight sets win over the canadian qualifier vasek pospisil. djokovic won 6—4, 6—3 — and now plays donald young of the usa. there was a win, too, for the women's top seed, angelique kerber, but she was made to work hard for her victory against kristyna pliskova. the world number one had to come from a set down to win. she took the deciding set 7—5 — to seal her place in the third round where she'll face lara arruabarrena from spain. kerber remains on course for a possible quarter—final against great britain's johanna konta. the number 6 seed beat romania

the four—time olympic gold medallist, mo farah, won his final 10,000 metre race on the iaaf circuit ate meet as well. he dominated the field to come home in a near world—best time this year of 27 minutes and 12 seconds. british women's number one johanna konta is through to the third round at the pre—wimbledon tournament at eastbourne. she beat the romanian sorana cirstea in straight sets 6—2, 6—2. ben croucher reports. you wait all yesterday to play in eastbourne, and then two matches come along at once. that is what johanna konta faced today. she beat sorana cirstea of romania and she didn't look like she expended to much energy to beat her. johanna konta in her hometown, her opponent more at home on clay, and you could tell, with not too much variety in a one—sided match. the last time they met was that infamous federation cup tie, wherejohanna konta was left in tears following comments by ilie nastase. this time, her opponent was more upset and not able to cope with the barrage of winners coming her way. commentator: there it is, what a way to finish things off forjohanna konta. 0n

the likes of mo farah.eer and achievements of usain bolt. england's women hockey players have been well beaten by argentina. england lost 5—1 at the olympic park to the team ranked third in the world. james burford reports. the overnight leader of the rally italia has had to quit due to a crash. look at this. they some how managed to finish that stage despite the fact that claims were pouring out the back of the car and it cost them 80 seconds overall. not surprisingly, at the end of the stage, they decided they would have to retire from the race. an historian is the new leader. —— estonian. we did say we would keep you up today on england versus scotland. scotland have discovered and there are only a few more minutes left. lee griffiths has equalised for scotland. it is 1—1 with about two minutes left. great news if you are in northern ireland fan because they have discord as well in the closing moments of that match. two very late goals in those matches. we will have a a lot more on that in sports day. so

there was an easy win for the four—time 0lympic gold—medallist mo farah too.ear world best time this year of 27 minutes and 12 seconds. british number onejohanna konta is into the third round in eastbourne. a straight sets win over romania's sorana cirstea sets up a match with the french open champion jelana 0stapenko this afternoon. that's this afternoon actually. plenty more on tennis to come as we talk last till tennis and we will reveal pa rt talk last till tennis and we will reveal part of our summer breakfast challenge, a huge mug, 30 seconds to get tennis balls into this mode from ten metres. charlie, you saw the first attempt at this when andy murray gave it a go —— this mug. rather appropriately, andy murray kicks off the game, set, mug challenge. as many balls in that mug as possible. i saw it happened and what didn't surprise me is he is so competitive about that! we will see more of that later on! here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it's been a bit rainy today, seems like this is what the gardens have wanted? that's right, good morn

and the four—time olympic gold medallist mo farah won his final on the iaaf circuit on the golden spikeof 27 minutes. british women's number one joanna contest through to the next round. she beat saronic stay straight sets. then crouch reports. you wait all day to play in eastbourne and then two matches come along at once. that is whatjohanna matches come along at once. that is what johanna konta matches come along at once. that is whatjohanna konta should face today, fair she had to overcome a romanian opponent and she didn't look like she would expend too much energy to beat her. in her hometown, you could tell with the british world number seven having too much variety in a one—sided game barely lasting half an hour. the last time these two met was the infamous federation cup tie when you click was left in tears followed by the remaining captain. this time the remaining captain. this time the remaining was more upset and able to cope with a barrage of winners heading the way. what a way to finish off a way to finish off the helicopter. one down once ago. only for rain to push a third

in the gold cup you have horseracing and long distance champions, these are the equine mo farahs of theyear and the paula radcliffe of you like is simple verse. talk to me about the queen's involvement today. does she have a runner? she does indeed. her first of the week, these five days go into the diary before anything else, as you say, she came here yesterday after opening parliament, shows how much he loved it. she has had tremendous success, and dartmouth was a big winner this year. today a horse called mass prize goes in the fifth race. she will have a chance as well. she watches from a splendid box. she has the best view in the house. it is very posh here, isn't it? it is certainly a major part of the social scene. the great thing about royal ascot is you don't have to be posh. it stretches all the way down. come 2pm, just before the first race, there will be 70,000 watching the royal procession. they don't all have to dress like we do. they are encouraged to come smartly but further down you find more normal people. we will be looking for them. you talk about the horses, they ha