she now retires with a generation of girls idolising nicola adams. michael redford, bbc news. t the only british boxer to have hung up the gloves this week. former lightweight world champion anthony crolla fought for the last time at the weekend, ending a 13—year professional career. he's been reflecting on his time in the ring with me but started by paying tribute to adams. it's unbelievable what she has done for women's boxing, the amount of young girls who have watched nicola adams on tele certainly in the olympics twice, the first having one and of the big boxing champion. she would've inspired then to go into the gym. she has inspired a generation and is one of the most influential figures generation and is one of the most influentialfigures in generation and is one of the most influential figures in women's boxing for sure and what she's achieved is unreal. people forget as achieved is unreal. people forget as a professional, you won a world title as well. but she will be remembered for the two olympic gold medals. well done to the girl and it's right, the reasons why she

commentator: nicola adams lets out a triumphant roar having been crowned an olympic champion for the oxer for 92 years to retain to retain an olympic title. her unprecedented achievements led her to buckingham palace. an mbe followed by an obe. still, she would not rest. with everything won at amateur level, she turned professional, five fights, five wins and a world flyweight title. her latest bout was a draw against maria salinas earlier this year. it would be her last as her health took priority. i got the injury in the first round of my last fight. i saw the doctors and did not think it was going to be anything too serious, but i could take the chance and risk of and keep on boxing and nothing else happens to my eye or it could be an unlucky punch and i could lose my sight. i've achieved a lot in boxing. it's time to hang up the gloves, and keep my sight. her promoter frank warren added... adams grew up idolising the likes of muhammad ali and sugar ray leonard. she now retires with a generation of girls idolising nicola adams. saracens didn't turn up to the launch of the european

commentator: nicola adams lets out a triumphant roar, having been crowned as olympic champion for thelympic title. an unprecedented achievement that led her to buckingham palace. an mbe followed by an obe. still, she wouldn't rest. with everything won at amateur level, she turned professional. 5fights, 5 wins and the world flyweight title. the latest bout was a fight against maria salinas. it turned out to be her last as her health took priority. about the injury in the first round of my last fight. i saw the doctors and did not think it was going to be anything too serious, but i could take the chance and risk and keep on boxing and nothing else happens to my eye which could be an unlucky punch and i could lose my sight. i'd achieved a lot in boxing, it was time to hang up the gloves and keep my side. the promoter frank warren added: adams grew up idolising the likes of muhammad ali and sugar ray leonard. she now retires with a generation of girls idolising nicola adams. michael radford, abc news. the first of the two tournaments as the turkish open which gets under way on thursday.

nicola adams dreamed of this moment before women's boxing was even an olympic sport.g gold. but the sport she loves has taken a toll, forcing her retirement over fears for her sight. i could take the chance and risk that anything, i keep on boxing and nothing else happens to my eyes, or, you know, it could be, you know, an unlucky punch and then i could lose my sight, so i was, like, yeah, you know what, i've achieved a lot in boxing, it's time to hang up the gloves. behind the smile lay a fierce will to win. at the rio olympics she successfully defended her title, before turning professional in 2017 and becoming wbo flyweight champion. a glittering resume for someone who's had to forge their own path to the top. phenomenal achievement in women's boxing. it would be difficult for somebody to achieve the same as nicky, certainly from the uk, but hopefully she'll have inspired girls to have a go at it and try and do that. nicola adams lit up the ring. now she steps away from the canvas, leaving a legacy few can match. katie gornall, bbc news. back to our main story this

nicola adams is made sporting history. career and ambition achieved, history men, but this was just the beginning for nicola adams. her glittering career began by accident with no one to look after adams while her mum was at the gym, 12—year—old nicola was assigned to a boxing class. she did not look back. natural ability mix with broad determination so kind microsoft adams extorted. every touch one step one to 22 over she ca ptu red touch one step one to 22 over she captured the heart of a nation. she has brought women's boxing into a new era. she was the first definite female boxer and amateur boxer that ca ptu red female boxer and amateur boxer that captured people's hearts. they wa nted captured people's hearts. they wanted to see her progression into what she had done and that was because she spoke well and she broke down a lot of the barriers and stereotypes that people have. adams was far from stereotypes that people have. adams was farfrom finished. stereotypes that people have. adams was far from finished. golds o

a sparkling career by nicola adams.p revelations. so, sarries are facing a 35 point penalty and a fine of over £5 million. it's comes after an inquiry into "business link—ups" between chairman nigel wray and some players. but now, the exeter director of rugby, rob baxter says that saracens will have won their last two titles "unfairly" if their appeal against breaching salary cap rules fails. exeter lost the last two premiership finals to saracens. here's what baxter had to say about the accusations. probably pleased that it's kind of out in public. i think most people who've been involved with building squads and doing contracts and trying to keep players, trying to recruit players, especially over a number of years, when you kind of see the changes in the market and the way things work, probably have known for quite some while that squad has not been put together and kept together and improved and added on in a way that has been possible purely within what the salary cap regulations lay out. arsenal will qualify for t

nicola adams has announced her retirement from boxing.on says the risk of going blind in one of her eyes is the main reason she is calling it a day. more on those stories just after half past. see you then. marks and spencer says its profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first half of its financial year. the retailer was hit by a sharp fall in demand for its clothes and home goods and overall sales were down by two point one percent but it reported that its food business had grown. our business correspondent rob young is here to tell us more. first of all, more detail on what the half—year sales figures are like, please. profits fell by a large amount in the six month period to the end of september. the main reason for that is not a new one, it isa reason for that is not a new one, it is a problem the company has been trying to grapple with for a number of years, falling sales of many clothes in its clothes and how my division. like for like sales were down by 5.5% compared to the same period last year. in a statement today, the compan

nicola adams became the first female olympic champion when she won gold at london 2012.ampion. in a moment we'll have more on our top story and answer some of your questions about the election but first it is time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. you will have noticed that chilled this morning no doubt. parts of scotla nd this morning no doubt. parts of scotland down below minus four degrees. but that meant plenty of crisp sunny scenes in many places. we did have some clouds around and it has generally been turning cloudy across the western side of the uk. that has brought some outbreaks of showers and will continue to do so through the afternoon. the best of the brightness across eastern and south—eastern england. further west you can see the showers living in. through this evening and tonight there's first band of showers drifting across northern england and into scotland. some of the showers wintry across higher ground in scotland. and then there is a second band could cause some problems tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow not quite as low as today. but this b

and certainly when you see people like nicola adams, who says her eyesight is in dangerand nicola adamsght is in danger and she has been able to achieve everything she has she can walk away proud and boxing took very little from her. she still ends up very little from her. she still ends up with —— if she ended up that life changing injuries that would not have been worth it. is that a conversation you have had with your family? yes, and that is why i believe now is the right time. boxing will always be a huge part of my life and i will always have the hunger of being a fighter, but i will try to sell it in different ways by coaching and stuff like that. exeter‘s chief executive says saracens should be relegated for breaching premiership rugby's salary cap rules. the european and premiership champions have received a 35—point penalty and a fine of over five million pounds — suspended pending an appeal. exeter lost the last two premiership finals to saracens and their ceo tony rowe said relegation would be a fair punishment. chiefs director of rugby rob baxter stopped short of that but h

before we go — there's lots more on the retirement of nicola adams on the bbc sport webiste. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. parts of england and wales look extremely wet on thursday thanks to an almost stationary weather front which is tied into this new area of low pressure which is going to park itself on top of the uk. after a pretty wet night parts of england and wales, that main band has been moving northwards and will end up across parts of east anglia and northern england into north wales. the north and south of it through the day, we should see sunshine but also showers. concerns for this portion of the country which could see some at times heavy and persistent rain, certainly for northern england and into north wales but they could be some travel disruption fuelled by cold and/or strong north—easterly wind. to the north of it, sunshine but the best of it across western scotland. a few showers here, wintry on the hills, blustery and the north but if you have in bunbury showers across the south and south—west but also sunshine. temperature—wise may be reaching 10 degrees in t

nicola adams — a double olympic champion — retires from boxing at the age of 37.s bayern munich and juventus have sealed their places in the knockout phase, of this season's champions league. bayern, who sacked manager niko kovac this week — continued their perfect form in europe, by beating olympiakos... butjuventus needed a stoppage winner in russia. our football reporterjohn bennett explains how bayern managed to keep their momentum, despite starting slowly. to be honest, they were a bit flat, certainly in the first half but robert lewandoski never let them down. he gave them the lead on 68

british double 0lympic champion nicola adams, has decided to call it a day, over fears she'll lose herined olympic gold at rio 2016, turned professional the year after. adams retires as the wbo world flyweight champion. manchester united welcome partizan belgrade to old trafford for thursday's europa league encounter. united claimed a 1—0 victory in serbia, in their last europa league match. win later on, and this would guarantee qualification to the knockout stages. but united's form is a cause for concern — they haven't won at old trafford, since a 1—0 victory of astana, in the europa, in mid september. the work everyone does every day, thatis the work everyone does every day, that is pleasing for me as a manager, to see them. they want to do well. and for one reason or the other, sometimes we haven't got the results. we have had margins against us, we have deserved a few more results that we haven't got and its just to keep working. we know that we are on the right track. india and bangladesh are set to play their 2nd t20 international on thursday, provided the weather doesn't get i

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the of 37 over fears she could lose her sight in one eye. good evening. borisjohnson has launched the conservative election campaign, hours after visiting buckingham palace to meet the queen following the dissolution of parliament. he addressed supporters this evening after a day which saw the resignation of one of his cabinet colleagues. the welsh secretary, alun cairns, stepped down because of his links with a man who'd sabotaged a rape trial. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, was at the conservative launch in birmingham, and we canjoin her now. this is not the backdrop that the conservatives would have chosen for theircampaign conservatives would have chosen for their campaign with the mist of political history and we cannot find any campaign when a serving cabinet minister had to quit. but campaigns are about what goes wrong but also the razzmatazz and there was plenty of that when the prime minister took to the stage in birmingham tonight. he has been one of the best—known poli

in the sport, two—time olympic champion nicola adams has retired from boxing over fears she could lose coming up, british pop superstar dua lipa on her rapid rise to fame. good morning and welcome to downing street. campaigning in the general election is officially underway after the prime minister, borisjohnson, travelled to buckingham palace for an audience with the queen to tell her parliament has been dissolved. later he will launch the conservative party campaign. but the tories are facing a tricky start with questions over jacob rees—mogg's comments on grenfell, a doctored social media video — and fresh controversy with mrjohnson comparing his rival jeremy corbyn to the soviet dictator, joseph stalin. in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson said the labour leader had a shared "hatred" of wealth creators — a claim dismissed by mr corbyn as "nonsense". so, let's take a look at what the start to the general election campaign involves: parliament was dissolved at one minute past midnight — at which point mps reverted to being members of the public. mps lost their title, and

britain's 2 time olympic boxing champion nicola adams has the target because she's worried about her site she says any more impact would likely lead to permanent vision loss. and that is always but for now more later peter our whole thanks very much for a shell is in the sea on the other side of the break i will see you from sultry. the 1st time glimpse of the challenges faced by journalists in the age of donald trump we are fighting the fake tears fake phony the enemy of the people through the eyes of a veteran white house correspondent what do you base your blacks on to caesar down the press is not after try this after the fact we're not the enemy of the people we are the people u.s.a. the current battle ground truth is it anyway on. the latest news as it breaks difficulty keeps event on point mostly young people copy a cold does get involved with the police with details coverage was meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life to a little affiliations to work together to shape their futures together from around the world not many people buy physical news type of th

really great article from nicola adams. rather nasty but essentially there is a risk that if she bites again, she could have permanent site loss. but so could have permanent site loss. but so many lovely tributes coming through from other sports when in women saying what she achieved, the first female boxer to win an olympic gold matter holds a professional belt now and could have gone to competing at the olympics or continued with a professional career so continued with a professional career so clearly there was many options ahead of her in the sport. there has been more and more work done. in terms of her worries now about her future. and still choose to get in the ring but in her case, she is to —— decided she is still young. there is so much more for her to do. she is so much more for her to do. she isa is so much more for her to do. she is a pioneer come in and out of the ring. she set the pathway for other female boxes to come into the sport. she saying they would have to fight in the same way. clearing the pathway. r

no, it wasn't through choice and we are talking about nicola adams retiring from boxing, and dyla n adamss stepping down from professional rugby. he is 33 and has not been able to recover from a knee rugby. he is 33 and has not been able to recoverfrom a knee injury which has kept him out of action throughout this year. he is england's second most capped player of all—time and northampton's longest serving player with 251 appearances over 1a years. in a statement he said that the last few months had been difficult physically and mentally and while his career was not perfect, he wouldn't have it any other way. let's look at the plus points. 97 caps, the second most capped england player andy took england on an astonishing run after the humiliation of the 2015 world cup where they went on an 18 match unbeaten run and they thrashed the wallabies awake 3—0 and a grand slam in the six nations title but before all that came the controversy, he missed a lions tour because he strayed on the wrong side of the line too many times. a controversial character but no doubt about it, the man that eddie

jeremy corbyn was adamant there will be no coalition with the snp, nicola sturgeon said can you believeambitious ma nifesto believe with such an ambitious manifesto and putting social policies to the country that he will walk away from his best shot stop he would definitely go into a coalition with the snp put up. would definitely go into a coalition with the snp put uplj would definitely go into a coalition with the snp put up. i think we are oi'i with the snp put up. i think we are on course to form a labour government with jeremy corbyn as prime ministers, we will not have a minority government, jeremy corbyn should what a compassionate and caring person he has, he has been a parliament for over 30 years and never voted against the interest of the working people. look at the re cord the working people. look at the record on borisjohnson, he could not tell us how he would eradicate poverty. one of the most fundamental questions of a time, he could not answer that question and somebody that wants to be prime minister says they didn't not to advocate that. our fully costed manifesto put

nicola sturgeon and lib dem leaderjo swinson are taking part. for the greens it's their sole mp before the election, caroline lucas, adam price, the leader of plaid and as well the brexit party chairman richard tice. nick robinson will be hosting and chairing the debate, putting questions to the party representatives. there will be questions from the audience as well. less tha n questions from the audience as well. less than two weeks until polling day for the main parties the challenge staying on message and sticking to their key promises and pledges. for the others, smaller parties, it's a bit of exposure for them and chats to cut through and perhaps grab photos' attention. these debates do have the potential to up interesting key moments which can change the dynamic of the campaign. we'll have to see if that is the case tonight. jonathan blake reporting there. and a reminder tonight's election debate live from cardiff between leaders and senior party figures starts at 7pm on bbc one. you can get live fact checking and analysis from our reality check team on the bbc news website, app and the news channel. scotland yard has agreed to pay nearly

nicola sturgeon, has challenged borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn to a leaders‘ debate. scotland‘s first minister said she would take on the conservative and labour leaders anytime and anywhere. the leader of plaid cymru, adame problems? we don‘t solve them by simply putting jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson into downing street. we solve them by actually having the strongest ever welsh voice in westminster. and contrast the way that wales is often ignored, compare that to scotland where for over a decade now, the people of scotland have been voting for their party. and that has forced scotland right up to the top of the political agenda. and that is what we need to do for wales. sinn fein has confirmed the party won‘t stand three candidates in northern ireland constituencies in the general election. the party will not field candidates in south belfast, east belfast or north down, and are urging voters to back pro—remain parties. it follows a similar move from the ulster unionist party and the sdlp, who are not standing in north belfast to give sinn fein a better chance of beating the dup‘s deputy leader, nigel dodds. the brexit party has unveiled its general election candidates this afternoon. leader nigel fara

we'll be joined by olympic boxing champion nicola adams, whose career benefited from lottery funding.onight. borisjohnson will face jeremy corbyn on itv at 8pm in a straight head—to—head between the two candidates seeking to become prime minister. an attempt by the liberal democrats and the scottish nationalists to take part in the event was thrown out by the high court yesterday. an alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to prince andrew to "come forward" and give a statement to us investigators. the duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. the prince said he would testify under oath if his lawyers advised him to. the accountancy firm kpmg has announced its withdrawing sponsorship of andrew's initiatives — a decision which it's thought was made at the end of last month. students at the university of huddersfield passed a motion last night to lobby the prince to resign as the university's chancellor. the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, has urged pro—democracy activists occupying a major