he's the chairman of newcastle united, he hasn't spoken publicly since taking over the club, but he arrivedsiast, playing alongside mickelson in the opening pro—am of the day. here's what he had to say when i asked him a couple questions about this to her. dan roan, bbc news. there's been criticism about this to her, people saying it's borscht washing, but what can it do for golf? it’s saying it's borscht washing, but what can it do for golf?- what can it do for golf? it's the bi thin what can it do for golf? it's the big thing in _ what can it do for golf? it's the big thing in golf. _ what can it do for golf? it's the big thing in golf, and _ what can it do for golf? it's the big thing in golf, and we - what can it do for golf? it's the big thing in golf, and we are i what can it do for golf? it's the . big thing in golf, and we are going to enjoy it. that's why i'm here. i'm going to play the pro—am and have fun, hopefully fun playing with 55 and six players. thank you very much. . . r' 55 and six players. thank you very much. ., ., ,~' i. 55 and six players. thank you very much. ., ., ,

there's been a big signing in the premier league this evening, with newcastle united adding to their second signing of the summer, following the arrival of defender matt targett, who moved to st james' park earlier this month. sheffield united say they're disappointed that two of their players are to be charged with common assault following a pitch invasion at nottingham forest during their play—off semi—final defeat in may. rhian brewster and oli mcburnie are the two players charged, following trouble after united lost the match on penalties. in a statement, the club say the pair deny the charges. rory mcilroy will be enjoying his decision to stick with the pga tour tonight, rather than cross to the controversial saudi—funded liv series. he at the top of the leaderboard after his opening round he's at the top of the leaderboard after his opening round on the tour's latest event — the travelers championship in connecticut. mcilroy began with a bogey—free round of 62, leaving him on 8—under par. scotland's martin laird is amongst the chasing pack, a shot further back. and at the lates

newcastle united is another, of course.he liv series and told me he was looking forward to shaking up the sport. it is the big thing in golf and we can enjoy it. that is why i am here. thank you very much. can i talk to you very quickly about the suggestions of sports washing, what do you say to that, what's your response? really not sure about this. despite doubts about how popular all this will prove, with more big—name signings set tojoin the breakaway, organisers insisted can be about growth and notjust greed, but with the threat of sanctions hanging over those who take part and the prospect of a legal battle ahead, it might also tear the sport apart. dan roan, bbc news, hertfordshire. the anglo—portuguese painter paula rego has died at the age of 87. born in portugal, she came to britain as an art school student in the 1950s. many of her subjects were intimately influenced by the people, culture and folklore she'd known as a child in lisbon. her work often depicted women in a central role, challenging gender stereotype

newcastle united is another, of course.ooking forward to shaking up the sport. it's the big thing in golf, and we're going to enjoy it, that's why i'm here. thank you very much. can i just ask you quickly about suggestions of sportswashing, what do you say to that, what's your response? i'm really not sure about this terminology. despite doubts overjust how popular all this will prove, with more big—name signings set tojoin the breakaway, organisers insist it can be about growth and notjust greed. but with the threat of sanctions hanging over those who take part and the prospect of a legal battle ahead, it might also tear the sport apart. dan roan, bbc news, hertfordshire. football and sportscene in scotland follows this programme, and there's match of the day in wales later, so if you want wales were beaten 2—1 by the netherlands and cardiff, they were a goal down in added time when rhys norrington—davies equalised, only for the dutch side to score again. it brings about an unbeaten run for wales. they were unchanged from

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aston villa, and nottingham forest's first premier league match this century will be away at newcastle united. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the us open golf is under way in the pretty early stages there. the england cricket squad has been named for the third test event against new zealand, i will be back with updates throughout the afternoon. i hope you are not suggesting the fixture list is fixed in the favour of liverpool! i fixture list is fixed in the favour of liverpool!— fixture list is fixed in the favour of liverpool! i knew you'd bite! it is a bit odd, _ of liverpool! i knew you'd bite! it is a bit odd, though, _ of liverpool! i knew you'd bite! it is a bit odd, though, isn't - of liverpool! i knew you'd bite! it is a bit odd, though, isn't it? - is a bit odd, though, isn't it? thank you very much! let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the stories making use right across the united kingdom. for families coming to the uk from the ukraine there are many adjustments to make. at a school in poole, there have been many more applications and there are

kenyon has worked on a number of deals in recent years and was linked with a potential bid for newcastle unitedong to go until the third golf major of the year, the us open, gets under way. justin thomas won the uspga title this year and says it's "sad" that the build up to thursday's tournament has been dominated by chat around golf civil war, with players from the longstanding pga tour teeing off against the breakaway liv series. you can go anywhere without somebody bringing it up, but that is just one of the things i spoke to earlier, it's sad. , , ,, ., , , it's sad. this is the us open. this is an unbelievable _ it's sad. this is the us open. this is an unbelievable venue, - it's sad. this is the us open. this is an unbelievable venue, a - it's sad. this is the us open. this is an unbelievable venue, a placej is an unbelievable venue, a place with so much history, an unbelievable field, so many storylines, yet that seems to be what all the questions are about, and that is unfortunate, it is not rights to the usga, the open, as players, but that is unfortunately where we are at right now. e

newcastle united is another, of course.he sport. it's the big thing in golf, and we're going to enjoy it, that's why i'm here. thank you very much. can i just ask you quickly about suggestions of sports washing, what do you say to that, what's your response? i'm really not sure about this terminology. despite doubts overjust how popular all this will prove, with more big—name signings set tojoin the breakaway, organisers insist it can be about growth and notjust greed. but with the threat of sanctions hanging over those who take part and the prospect of a legal battle ahead, it might also tear the sport apart. dan roan, bbc news, hertfordshire. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. what sort of weather might they have when dating off tomorrow? that when dating off tomorrow? not bad, d and when dating off tomorrow? not bad, dry and sunny. _ when dating off tomorrow? not bad, dry and sunny, what _ when dating off tomorrow? not bad, dry and sunny, what you _ when dating off tomorrow? not bad, dry and sunny, what

there�*s been a big signing in the premier league this evening, with newcastle united adding to their a pitch invasion at nottingham forest during their play—off semi—final defeat in may. rhian brewster and oh mcburnie are the two players charged, following trouble after united lost the match on penalties. in a statement, the club say the pair deny the charges. rory mcilroy will be enjoying his decision to stick with the pga tour tonight, rather than cross to the controversial saudi—funded liv series. he�*s at the top of the leaderboard after his opening round on the tour�*s latest event — the travelers championship in connecticut. mcilroy began with a bogey—free round of 62, leaving him on 8—under par. scotland�*s martin laird is a shot further back. and at the latest women�*s golf major, the pga championship, south korea�*s in gee chun has had a stunning opening round, equalling the record for the lowest first—round score. she went round in 64, finishing 8—under par for the day. they ran in eight tries in all, including this one. �*s aunt helen�*s have moved clear to the top of the

formula, one benefit, rightly with the investment of the saudi money, it's driving right now. newcastle united went relegation to inside the top 10 in the space of 6 months. money can still do good things, even if people don't like where it's ultimately coming from. but again, i, i can't folder choir for wanting to make more doing that. i do. that's what professional sports is. they don't play for points in the real world. points don't buy homes or feed families or do things that allow people to live accountable existence and money does. that's the capitalism society that will limit the tampa bay lightning on our one went away from the stanley cup finals after a tempestuous game against the new york rangers gliding one game, 531 andre pallet with the go ahead go with less than 2 minutes remaining giving them a $32.00 series lead, but it ended in a brawl between liking captain steve stem cos and young rangers star forward, alexis laughed for any year. they'll have time to regain a cool game. 6 of the eastern conference finals takes place on saturday. tom brady has been speaking about his return

it's driving right now. newcastle. united went relegation just inside the top 10 in the space of 6 months. money can still do good things even if people don't know where it's ultimately coming from. but again i, i can't fault a player for wanting to make more doing that. they do, that's what professional sports is. they don't play for points in the real world points, don't buy homes or feed families or do things that allow people to live accountable existence and money does. that's the capitalism society that we live it the tampa bay lightning on our one when away from the stanley cup finals after a tempestuous game against the new york ranges, lighting one game, 531 andre pallets worth a. go ahead, go with less than 2 minutes remaining. giving him a 3 series lead and ended in a row between life capital c and stan, cos, and young ranger, stafford, alexis left for rent a year. they'll have fun to regain the cooler game. 6 of eastern conference finals is on the saturday. tom brady has been speaking about his return to the nfl a

it's driving right now. newcastle united went from relegation. so inside the top, 10 in the spices, 6 months and money can still do good things even if people don't like where it's ultimately coming from. but again, i, i can't fall to player for wanting to make law doing what they do. that's what professional sports is. they don't play for points in the real world points, don't buy homes or feed families or do things that allow people to live accountable existence an money does. that's the capitalism, society that we live it. okay. one last question for you, the saudis, being accused of sports washing the counter argument, is that this could be an opportunity for them to repay the image. how do you feel? well, there's a foot in both cans really? um, you know, the world didn't really argue when china hosted the olympic games of russia with staci as well. and as people that have done this in the past to improve their public image, sports unifies people, sports excites and entertains people. so it's natural that people do have the mains to be able t

kenyon has worked on a number of deals in recent years and was linked with a potential bid for newcastle united to feature. whilst at the birmingham classic, katie boulter is due out third on centre court yesterday 20—year—old british player jack draper produced the biggest win of his career at queen's as he beat a top—20 player for the first time in the shape of taylor fritz. and with british number one cam norrie knocked out, andy murray pulling out, draper who isjust inside the world's top 100 could be one to watch this summer as harriet dart could be, after reaching the second round of the birmingham classic, after a breakthrough year, reaching her first wta quarter—final in nottingham last week. she says being happier off the court has led to improved performances. the third golf major of the year — the us open — gets undereway on thursday and the winner of this years uspga championshipjustin thomas says its "sad" that the build up to the tournament has been dominated by talks of golf�*s civil war. players from the pga tour and the breakaway liv series will tee up together. you can't go an

aston villa, and nottingham forest�*s first premier league match this century will be away at newcastle unitedhave named 14 men for that final test. jamie 0vertonjumped 0verton jumped on my joints 0vertonjumped on myjoints his brother in that squad. thank you very much. we will see you later. lord guide wrote a pretty explosive letter of prejudice nature and —— resignation. —— lord geidt. it appears to have been the tech technical argument whether britain should continue to give help to the steel industry. that would be against wto rules unless there is a justification. it would be illegal to keep that health going. alan has been asked about his situation. in my case, it was different in that there was an investigation. i then advised on and advised that the home secretary had it breached the ministerial code and the prime minister said she hadn�*t, so i felt if the prime minister is going to reject the advice of his adviser, thenit reject the advice of his adviser, then it was nothing to do. imore reject the advice of his adviser, then it was nothing to do. were you surrised? then it was noth

aston villa, and nottingham forest�*s first premier league match this century will be away at newcastle unitedup. today, among those, competing for the latest major will be several players who�*ve signed up for the saudi backed liv series. they�*ve been banned from pga tour events but are free to compete at the moment in the majors. patrick gearey reports. brookline in the sunshine, but this is a tournament shrouded in shadow. it takes place at a time of revolution, the likes of phil mickelson and dustinjohnson arrive in boston fresh from hertfordshire and the first event of the breakaway liv tour, backed by saudi cash. mickelson in particular has been front and centre for the rebels and now he will play alongside those who stayed behind. i have been disappointed with how he went about what he has done. but i think he has come back and shown some remorse about how he has handled some things, so i think he has learned from that and who am i to sit up here and give phil a lesson on how to do things? of course the clue is in the name. the us open is open to all infants who qualify but some other

aston villa, and nottingham forest's first premier league match this century will be away at newcastle unitedhat today is going to bring about various recommendations that will be acted on by uk sport, sport england and british gymnastics to improve training conditions and competition conditions for gymnasts in the future. britain's katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic. she had the biggest win of her career earlier this week, knocking out second seed alison riske, and yesterday, the world number 1a1 saw off caroline garcia, of france, in another straight—sets victory. she has a really tough quarterfinal opponent later today, though, the former world number one simona halep. that's after the romanian beat britain's harriet dart in straight sets. that's all the sport for now. we've gut lord geidt�*s resignation letter, so let me read that to you. dear prime minister, i appeared before the public administration and constitutional affairs committee in parliament yesterday. it was glad for the opportunity to give an account of the recent changes to the ministerial co

newcastle united have signed the england goalkeeper nick pope.take over. 0nto rugby league, and defending champions st helens have moved six points clear at the top of the super league, after a dominant win over leeds. saints ran in eight tries in all, including this one from dan norman. they're going for a fourth consecutive super league title and will take some stopping after this 42—12 win. rory mcilroy will be aiming to pick up where he left off heading into the second round of the travellers championship in connecticut. he shares the lead after his eight—under par opening round, alongside the americanjt poston. that leaves him a shot clear of the chasing pack which includes scotland's martin laird. at the women's pga championship, south korea's in—gee chun is the one to catch after a record equalling opening round. chun is on 8—under par heading in to her second round — that's the joint—lowest score in the history of the event. 0nto the tennis, and there's now only one british player left standing at eastbourne. jack draper is into his first

kenyon has worked on a number of deals in recent years and was linked with a potential bid for newcastle unitedthrough. absolutely no impartiality from that person, but can you blame him? that's australia fifth world cup qualification in a row. imagine if they win it! yes indeed. >> anchor:. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has launched a fresh referendum campaign and says the country today is "even more prepared for independence". the first minister made the speech unveiling the first in a series of new papers setting out the case for change. ms sturgeon says it will be a "scene setter" which will compare scotland and the uk with other european countries and set out why the scottish government believes the country would be better off independent. we face a fundamental question, do we stay tied to a uk economic model that consigns us to relatively poor economic and social outcomes which are likely to get worse and not better outside the eu? or do we instead lift our eyes with hope and optimism and take inspiration from comparable countries across europe? comparable neighbouring countri

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johnny depp says in a statement from newcastle and united kingdom that is that his life back he thanks." we'll analyse what the case might mean for the #metoo movement. also in the programme: the us has dismissed russian warnings that arming ukraine with advanced rocket artillery could lead to a direct confrontation. and it's 2—0 to ukraine in a game, as one fan coined it, scotland against the world as they take on the war torn country

newcastle fall back, but when the captain claimed their tenth try, the remaining semifinal spot was assured. as for gloucester, they fell short again. jim lumsden, bbc news. in the unitedlayoffs quarterfinals. a week after their champions cup loss to la rochelle, leinster ran in 12 tries in dublin to win 76—1a. the victory sees them face bulls next weekend in the semi—finals, while glasgow's season ends in humiliating style. later, south african side stormers take on edinburgh. last week they won the challenge cup, today wigan got their first super league win in three games coming from behind to beat castleford tigers. liam marshall was the star man for the visitors. he scored two tries and set up another as the warriors won 32—12 at the jungle. in the day's other match, st helens are currently leading at toulouse by 26 points to 1a. that is all the sports for now. i will have more later on. this book was... writing this magic faraway tree book... we are back, and it's brilliant! after an unbelievable three years, the hay festival is back to its full glory, gathering together authors and thinkers, bookworms and those with the writing bug. it's all the same to me. ijust

, manchester united, leicester and chelsea in august then a run in of forest, fulham, brighton, liverpool. a relegation battle for the saints? we shall see. james is buzzing for newcastle'she scottish premiership fixtures are released at 9am tomorrow morning. i appreciate you forjoining us, thank you. england women announced their squad for this summer's home european championship yesterday. tonight, that squad will get an opportunity to put their hand up to be selected for the opening game of the tournament against austria in the first of three friendlies. belgium up first at molineux. 0ur reporterjane dougall is there for us. all eyes are going to be on sarina wiegman. she made a big decision leaving out steph houghton. i think a lot of england _ leaving out steph houghton. i think a lot of england fans _ leaving out steph houghton. i think a lot of england fans and _ leaving out steph houghton. i think a lot of england fans and the - leaving out steph houghton. i think a lot of england fans and the rest . a lot of england fans and the rest of the england squad are still reeling from that decision. steph houghton such a strong player, captain for eight years and to not

to what else is going on in sports, the president of the united states planned a trip to saudi arabia because -- to pump more oil and gas. newcastleld stop going? the oligarch won the championship. how do people feel about an oligarch best friends and buddies with vladimir putin. why were we going to chelsea games? manchester city is owned by one of these billionaires from the uae. going to the world cup overseas they were using slave labor to build their stadiums, they were drinking horribly, a lot on died building the stadium so in china on a regular basis the uyghurs are being tortured and destroyed. it is a genocide. we still see nonstop interaction between the nba, the nfl, major league baseball, everybody. greg norman heading it up, who is extremely popular and sergio garcia and others, not just mickelson. stuart: there' s big money to be made in this tour. greg norman is breaking the pga monopoly. that's the big picture story. where do you stand on that? brian: my goal was to have some control and we -- he felt he never had control. the pga set up his nonprofit but the only game in town. you wouldn't know this firsthand abo

newcastle 65—26. they'll play table—toppers leicester in the semi—finals. saracens will face harlequins. glasgow and edinburgh were both beaten today and miss out on the semi—finals of the united this major fixture in the horse—racing calendar, but pulled out yesterday. we're told she watched it on tv from windsor. 0ur sports correspondent laura scott sent this report. it's the jewel in the crown of the flat racing calendar and one of the queen's favourite days of the year. but whilst her majesty was absent from the derby for just the fifth time in her long reign, there were plenty of nods to her platinum jubilee at epsom, where she was represented by princess anne. the queen's love of horses is well known. this footage filmed in april at the royal stud in sandringham a clear example. today's tributes to her included a parade of some of her retired racehorses and a guard of honour of a0 jockeys who have ridden for her. she has been breeding horses for 60 years and she knows all the bloodlines. she has won lots of races and she is very knowledgeable. buckingham palace said her majesty would be watching the action from windsor castle on television. and she was sent a copy of the

but like many at united or almost everyone, it turns out very quickly and by that point it was clear he was not going to be at the club next season. former crystal palace and newcastleame the club's technical director in 2020 and had been appointed coach back in april. but in a club statement, he announced his time there was over because of the actions of a "small group of organised racist fans" at cska's league game at home to botev plovdiv on 19 may. according to reports four of cska's black players were subjected to racist abuse and had bananas thrown at them by their own fans. world number one iga swiatek is through to the french open semi—final after beating jessica pegula. it took swiatek an hour and a half to break down the american who had her chances but didn't take them. swiatek who is now on a 33 match unbeaten run. tomorrow swiatek will take on russian daria kasatkina who earlier beat veronika kudermetova to progress to her first grand slam semi—final that's all the sport for now. we will be back later with sprinsky. —— sports day. many of those attending the match are arriving around now, how busy is the match likely to be tonight? so the match likely t