i'm olly foster. hello there, we'll start with that tottenham news that has broken this evening.te of the art 62,000 seater stadium will not be ready for its scheduled first match next month. the club say that there are issues with the critical safety systems which will delay the necessary test events required. spurs were due to play their first game there against liverpool on the 15th september but that and the cardiff city match on the 6th october and an nfl fixture on the 14th will be switched to wembley where they played all their home games last season. at least one champions league fixture will also have to be moved. spurs had already been given permission to play next saturday's home game against fulham at wembley. the spurs chairman daniel levy has said in a statement, "at the start of the project we asked for your support during what we knew would be a complex and challenging build and now we ask for your continued patience and forbearance. " this is going to be some embarrassment for the club because rumours had been circulating for weeks about the progress of the stadi

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.s are up against it in the third test against india. they were bowled out for 161 in a single session yesterday and the tourists are now building a big lead in their second innings. patrick gearey is at trent bridge. good afternoon. nothing spectacular from india this morning, but no wickets. and they are just slowly turning the screw? absolutely. pretty quiet morning in comparison to yesterday when we saw 16 wickets, all ten english wickets in a single session but no wickets falling this morning. it reflects india's position of complete dominance. almost 300 ahead going into today's play and haven't had to take risks oi’ play and haven't had to take risks or even push on the scoring, they have enough time left in this match. they gave england one opportunity but england dropped it. that is the fifth chance england have dropped in this match, another area where they haven't been up to scratch. the pujara and virat kohli pushed onto 50 and they will probably back into the afternoon, per

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.back in the england squad for the fourth test against india at southampton next week. that's the hampshire captain's home ground where he has been in good form. he was dropped by england after a poor winter in australia and new zealand, but returns as cover forjonny bairstow who has a broken finger. here's our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. it isn't just the it isn'tjust the number of runs that vince has scored but it is the manner in which they have been. important match—winning contribution is that were asked of him when he was dropped. where he plays depends entirely on their stoke‘s finesse. we know he won't be keeping wicket but batting and fielding can also be too much of a risk. there is also a chance that moeen ali could return. jennings retains his place despite growing concerns of his form and also that of his partner kick that —— cook. the gloucester fly—half, danny cipriani has been givenjust a reprimand by the rfu after his arrest injersey last week but he is free t

hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening. at arsenal. kroenke says sole ownership will be good for the club but some fans aren't happy. over the last eight years he is absent, he does not engage much and this does not give us confidence that arsenal will be stronger tomorrow than yesterday. we'll have the latest from the european championships. . . including gold medals for british divers. and serena williams opens up about her emotional wellbeing and balancing the demands of professional sport and motherhood. hello and welcome to sportsday. evening, stan kroenke is going to take sole ownership of arsenal. he was already the majority shareholder and now alisher usmanov has agreed to sell his holding to the american billionaire. kroenke says this will mark the opening of a new chapter in the history of the club with a single owner better able to move quickly in furtherance of the club's strategy and ambitions. the arsenal supporters trust though have described this as a ‘dreadful day for the club‘ we'll hear from them in a mom

olly foster has the details. in the last hour markjohnston olly foster has the details.ny spells around we have also got some rain and some blustery showers. i will have all of the details later in the programme. thanks, mel. also coming up — boys begin to close the gap on girls, and the overall pass rate rises, as pupils across england, wales and northern ireland get their gcse results. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm rachel schofield. the charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been temporarily released from prison for three days. the british—iranian citizen was jailed in iran in 2016 after being accused of spying, with a prison sentence of five years. her husband richard ratcliffe says she has been reunited with their four—year—old daughter gabriella in the iranian city of damavand. the foreign secretary has welcomed the temporary release of mrs zaghari—ratcliffe. jeremy hunt said, "really good news that nazanin has been released on furlough. credit to tireless campaigning by husband richard and herfriends. but being in prison at all is gross injust

sport now on afternoon live, with olly foster.es, perhaps they still could, but they need a miracle at trent bridge in nottingham if england are to take the series against india, but remember they we re against india, but remember they were scheduled for 161 in a single session yesterday, that didn't help. they pinched a couple of indian wickets before the close but today india have just taken a firm grip on the third test. they did just take the third test. they did just take the wicket off pujara in the last couple of minutes. him and virat kohli had been slowly is turning the screw early on, adding to the overnight 12a—2. ben stokes made the breakthrough, caught by alastair cookin breakthrough, caught by alastair cook in the slips but still that lead approaching a00. pujara made 72. a lead of 393, that is. only the third day, so we might get an indian declaration before the close. this won't have helped england either, wicketkeeperjonny bairstow had to go off to hospital. he has a minor fracture in his finger. you might not be

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. england have made an awful start to the fourth test.7—4 against india. joe root won the toss, chose to bat. but the tourists have told beautifully. some wonderful slip catches made by the tourists as well. at lunch they are just about to come out for the afternoon session, england 57—4. not many overs bowled, but england on top. remember england are 2—1 up in the series but india have all of the momentum after the win at trent let's move on from the cricket. in the next half an hour, gareth southgate will name his first england squad since the world cup. they play spain in the new format nations league a week on saturday, then a friendly against switzerland. expect a few changes as they look to the european championship in 2020. i think you expect gareth southgate to pick a lot of young players because he wants to develop them for the next tournament, because they did so well in russia. the whole nation got behind them and that is a building block. it's a - to see building block. it's a shame to see cahill and vardy building block. it's

hello and welcome to sportsday with me olly foster and ben croucher.hese are our headlines this evening. we've had goals in every premier league match today. dele gets the spurs winner at newcastle. it's been a tough week for the scottish champions. celtic are beaten at hearts. an all—round performance from chris woakes. a maiden test century helps england take control of the second test against india. also coming up in the programme: more british medals at the european championships, including gold and silver in the bmx in glasgow. and we'll be in berlin to see if dina can do the double? asher—smith goes for 200 gold tonight. hello there, we'll be live at the european championhips a little bit later, but it's been a busy day of football in england and scotland. it's the first premier league weekend of the season. two of the three sides that came up have lost. wolves are playing right now, and they are drawing against everton. the early kick—off was at st james' park. whilst many teams have rested their players who had a busy summer in russia, tottenha

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and ben croucher. these are our headlines this evening. we've had goals in every premier league match today. wolves rescue a point on their return to the top flight. it's been a tough week for the scottish champions. celtic are beaten at hearts. an all—round display from chris woakes. a maiden test hundred puts england in charge of the second test against india. also coming up in the programme: more british medals at the european championships, including gold and silver in the bmx in glasgow. and we'll be live in berlin to see if dina can do the double? asher—smith goes for 200 gold before the end of the programme. good evening. we'll be live at the european championships later in the programme, but it's been a busy day of football in england and scotland. it's the first weekend of the premier league and today we saw all three promoted sides in action. fulham and cardiff both lost, but wolves managed to get a draw. the championship winners were at home to everton. both sides have had busy transfer wind

hello there, you're watching bbc news, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre the eighth day of competitionort european championships is under way, and katarina johnson—thompson currently is leading the heptahlon after two events fourth after the opening sprint hurdles. she went to top of the standings in the hithump. it is one of her strongest events and she managed a season's best of1 metre 91 centimetres. she's 51 points ahead of world and olympic champion nafi thiam. the belgian was ten centimetres off her personal best. the shot putt and 200 metres are coming up this evening. one of the final events of the championships is the men's cycling road race in glasgow on sunday. but after taking medical advice, mark cavendish has withdrawn from the british team. the former world champion on the road and the most successful sprinter in the history of the tour de france failed to finish last month's tour, and the team say that the exertions of competition after a combination of injuries and illness has taken it's toll. he'll be replaced by mark christian. we're still waiting for play in the sec

coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly foster. this is afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. it‘s already been dubbed the ‘scallop war‘ — as the row between uk and french fishermen boiled over in the sea off the normandy coast last night. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares — and some of their boats are reported to have rammed ours — after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of scallops. british boats are legally entitled to fish in the area. our correspondent sarah ransome is in brixham in devon, which is home to some of the boats involved. smoking flares and stones. this video from french television shows british boats being rammed in a bad—tempered opening salvo in yet another clash between french fishermen and british boats off the coast of normandy in a row over scallops. insults accompanied the hull ramming while 35 french boats or so chased a handful of british vessels out of the scallop—rich fishing ground, claiming they were looting the lucrative stocks. translation: they have no hours, n

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster.ng up at the championships in berlin with the british of the men and women's 100 berlin with the british of the men and women's100 metre final. dean smith is qualified fastest from her semi final clocking ten 193 seconds just 100 short of her own british record. she's targeting the four by 100 m title one with the defence of her 200 metre crown after the 100 metre final which will take place at half past eight. prerace favourites are now the queues to the men's final eye winning his semi clocking in template a one second. reese prescott and the cj made a clean sweep of british qualification finishing second in their semi finals. 0ver finishing second in their semi finals. over in an embrace of a successful day for the british divers of the commonwealth. jack lop showed why he is pretend's was decorated diver winning gold in the one metre springboard final. you liver champion won by 13 points and a repeat in the hat trick. lewis tolson... a repeat in the hat trick. lewis tolson. .. they

olly foster is at the bbc is the centre. good morning. it was a golden night for britain last night? it certainly was. it is a multisport events split between berlin and scotland. the athletics in berlin, what a night. three british men were in the 100 metres final. zahn l hughes, cj ujah reece prescod. they got two onto the podium. hughes just pipping reece prescod. they got two onto the podium. hughesjust pipping prescod by 100th of a second on the line. 9.95 seconds. that is a european championship record. a great way for him to get over the disappointment in the commonwealth games earlier this year. he thought he had won the 200 metres was celebrating but was disqualified. he is now the one metres european champion. azeez dina asher—smith. hot favourite going into the women's one of the metres final. 10.85 seconds. easy win. the joint fastest time in the world this year. that also bettered her own british record. was she happy? judge for yourself. i am so happy. to run a 10.8 is a really big deal. i am really, really happy. i wanted t

time now for the sport with olly foster.came just hours after he was found not guilty of affray at bristol crown court. dcp yes, minna rhee commission will now need to decide if they should take any action against stokes and his teammate alex hales, who was also present at the fight outside the nightclub in bristol in 11 months ago. two—time world champion fernando alonso is going to retire from formula 1 at the end of the season. his mclaren tea m the end of the season. his mclaren team has again failed to give him a competitive car. he has been with them five years. he won the title in 2005 and 2006 with renault and he says it is time for change after 17 yea rs says it is time for change after 17 years in f1. a move to in the united states could be in the offing. it has long been his ambition to win the monaco grand prix, the le monde 2a—hour and the indy500, the last of which is the only one he has not yet won. he would become only the second driver to achieve that feat after graham hill. celtic have to score tonight in t

olly foster is at the bbc sport centre.u last night, still paying the price for that night out in jersey. yeah. he spent five hours in front ofa yeah. he spent five hours in front of a rugby football union disciplinary panel in bristol last night, following his appearance in front ofjersey magistrates last week, he pleaded guilty to common assault and resisting arrest there after a nightclub incident on a pre—season tour with his club gloucester. his club also hit him with a fine and also a bit of community service, for ten hours. then the rfu got involved, charging him with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game, in their words. the players‘ association told the rfu to stay out of it because the rfu to stay out of it because the player had already been sanctioned twice, they said but the rfu stuck to their guns. here he is going into the panel yesterday. they reminded him of his position as a role modelled. remember this year he had been recalled by england, made his first start for ten years over the summer for

coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster.. england captainjoe root says they have a lot to learn after defeat to india by 203 runs. thanks olly, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. ben rich has all the weather. across southern and eastern parts of the uk, this is the last day of high temperatures. further north and west things have already started to change and all of us will have a significant cool down as we head towards the end of the week. all the details coming up. also coming up — plans to ban pet shops and dealers from selling puppies and kittens. the aim is to reduce health problems stemming from keeping animals in poor conditions. this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. donald trump is under mounting pressure after his former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws and implicated the president in his crimes. mr cohen — who once said he'd take a bullet for the president — said he was ordered to use election funds during the 2016 presidential race to pay

sport now, on afternoon live with olly foster european championships are still ongoing — great nightng place in edinburgh. another medal for great taking place in edinburgh. another medalfor great britain. the diving is taking place in edinburgh, and there was another medal for great britain in the mixed 3 metre diving event in edinburgh — grace reid and ross haslam took silver. they were beaten to gold by lou massenburg and tina punzel of germany. tampa crisis backend elite. he dropped to second after this morning, but he finished well ahead of his german competitor. tee events left for those decathletes. the judgment gets going in the next 20 minutes or so. and the 1500 metres. we saw the start of the goal. and we saw the start of the golf today at gleneagles. it's a team event and the new british open champion georgia hall who is 22, is paired with the four—time major winner and hall of famer dame laura davies, who is 54 and they won their first group match 5 & 4 against spain. all the other sports, for golf to be involved in that, it feels like a mini olympics, which i am sure is

coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly foster. there he is. a busy afternoon.southgate has just named his england squad, the first since the world cup and england's cricketers are in all sorts of trouble, five down in the fourth test against india. more gloomy news later i suspect. and darren has all the weather — no gloomy news here. a pleasant few days and most places will be dry and warming up. nothing extreme unlike the weather we saw the ten doeschate flushing meadows and we will look at that later. thanks, darren. also coming up — it's raining fish in utah in the usa. a lake that needed restocking gets its supplies from the skies. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. an unmarried mother has won the right to a widowed parent's allowance, after taking the case to the supreme court. siobhan mclaughlin was refused the benefit after her partner died in 2014, because the couple, who had 4 children and had been together for 23 years, weren't married. but supreme courtjustices ruled this morning that denying her the benefit was unlawful. the