the rfu says they will offer full—time contracts to england‘s women.e for a first look at cricket‘s new and controversial format, the 100. also coming up on sportsday... after the world record was smashed in berlin, how close are we getting to a sub—two—hour time? hello and welcome to sportsday. this is a golden era for british cycling — simon yates‘ win in the vuelta a espana on sunday confirmed a clean sweep of victories for british riders in this year‘s grand tours. io, is—years ago you‘d could never have imagined such a scenario — the uk had never won a tour de france, a vuelta espana ora giro d‘italia... it means in the last 6—years british cyclists have won 9—titles. yates told our sports correspondent david ornstein that his win was the result of disappointment and sheer determination. i never really believed it would arise because i have had so many setbacks. i guess also it gives you that little bit of motivation to really keep plugging away, persistence, keep trying. yeah, it has pulled off. how has britain done this? a decade ago, you would

contracts were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on 7s rugby.contracts available plus seven elite player agreements. the sport's governing body said it demonstrates their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. prior to this actual news being out there, a lot of players wanted professional contracts. it is a big thing for any player to have regardless of sport. you want to be able to be paid full—time for doing the sport you love. so i think for all the players involved in this, they will be absolutely over the moon to hear this is because this will change the focus for the lead up will change the focus for the lead up to the next world cup. and some sad news from the world of boxing. trainer enzo calzaghe has died at the age of 69. enzo calzaghe was the father of the former world boxing champion joe, and had guided his son to becoming a world champion in two different weight classes in an undefeated a6—fight career as a professional. he was self taught as a trainer and won the bbc‘s coach of

the kiwi has worked for the rfu before, he had three years as forwards coach for sir clive woodward, job with the all blacks and the usa and had experience of english club rugby with sale and wasps. 0ur rugby union reporter is chrisjones, his hand was forced here by paul gustard's departure to quins, is mitchell a good fit. england are on a dreadful run, could a defence coach i don't know if it's a good fit. we will have to wait and see, it's certainly a different fit. paul had done wonders at club level so it was a natural step when eddiejones came calling in 2015, 2016, butjohn mitchell, for his wealth of experience, usa, england's the all blacks, the biggestjob in world by, blacks, the biggestjob in world rugby, loads of club and provincial jobs but he's never coached defensively before. he's never been a defensive specialist. add to that his record over the last few years, it's certainly a chequered one. he's got all this experience and is bound to bring a lot to the table, on the other hand his confrontational and doesn't have a faultless track record. a fascinating appointment

cipriani admitted common assault and avoiding arrest last month and was reprimanded by his club and the rfu union reporter chris jones has more with just over a year to go the countdown for the world cup injapan is on. england have confirmed they will play for world cup warm up matches next summer. the final one here at saint james matches next summer. the final one here at saintjames ‘s park. matches next summer. the final one here at saint james ‘s park. it'll be the first time in two decades that england will have played a home test match away from twickenham. it isa test match away from twickenham. it is a huge moment for rugby in the north—east. with a year to go, what kind of shape our england then? it has been a difficult year on and off the field. eddie jones has been a difficult year on and off the field. eddiejones has a few holes to fill in his backroom team. we are organised, we have improved the stuff, it has never been any different. we still have the defence and attack coach we have those guys in process and we can confirm them hopefully in the next couple of weeks. it is alw

contracts for the england women's squad were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfuns rugby. two english players dominated major league soccer on sunday, as dc united and new york red bulls drew 3—3. wayne rooney scored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second half, but he was outshone by bradley wright—phillips, whose hat—trick was even more impressive, as each time he scored he was equalised for the red bulls — the last coming in the 90th minute. wright—philips has scored 19 goals this season, to rooney's five. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his 500th goal in la galaxy's match against toronto fc — and it was an absolute cracker, his six foot five frame twisting to sneak the ball past the keeper, hejoins lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo as the only active players to reach the half—century mark. and although his side lost, zlatan, being zlatan, he felt he gave both sets of fans something to enjoy. it is not the first time i get a standing ovation from the away team. it's nice because whenever i came here in mls i have not given them these goals. bu

we can speak to the director of professional rugby at the rfu.ion side? absolutely. in the past we have flip—flopped from sevens to 15, i have also given contracts building onto a big tournament and pulled back and this time we can keep things moving as we go forward. 0k, keep things moving as we go forward. ok, thank you for your time this afternoon. simon yates is on the back pages of most of the newspapers today. but the new vuelata a espana winner insists he‘s not a star. he will though, return to britian knowing he has made history. yates win at the vuelta means that three different cyclists from the same country have won the three grand tour titles in the same year for the first time. in fact, british cyclists have now won the last five gran tour titles. and yates believes we‘re starting to see the resujlts of the investment in the sport at the turn of the century. i came through the national system with a huge increase in funding from the lottery and that sort of stuff, so for me i've always been looked after in that sort of way and direct

he was fined by his club and given a warning by the rfu.ryo ne never close the door on anyone, everyone makes mistakes. he has realised he has done the wrong thing and we move from that. enjoy the rest of your evening. hello there. the weather conditions are set to turn on settled was the end of the week as high—pressure meets low pressure which will continue to build over the north sea. with the high pressure to the south—west of the country. a couple of weak weather fronts a round, the country. a couple of weak weatherfronts a round, as the country. a couple of weak weather fronts a round, as you the country. a couple of weak weatherfronts a round, as you can see. is one weatherfronts a round, as you can see. is one across weatherfronts a round, as you can see. is one across northern scotland is producing the most rain at the moment across the north—east of scotla nd moment across the north—east of scotland and moving on into shetland. a few showers overnight pushed into western scotland, we have got this week whether front bringing cloud

they were controversially scrapped after last year's world cup, as the rfu focused on sevens rugby. of reaction from the england captain, welcoming that move and it is welcoming that move and it is welcoming to know that young girls will spy to take up a career. there was that move towards sevens for a while, i think they had realised they made a bit of a mistake because people do want their little girls to grow up and watch their stars and not worry about getting a job as well as playing rugby! thank you very much indeed. we will get to the papers ina very much indeed. we will get to the papers in a moment, before that lets get to the weather. i think it feels season get to the weather. i think it feels season ugly get to the weather. i think it feels season ugly warm, get to the weather. i think it feels season ugly warm, let's find out whether that is true or not. as unusually warm. a real look of autumn. even if it doesn't feel quite like it. we see some strongest winds of the week that there this morning, it's blowing a lot. this area of low pressure, the remnants of what was h

he was also fined by his club and given a warning by the rfu.thing and we move from that." that's all your sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30pm. holly, many thanks. the bbc presenter rachael bland, who was a well—known voice on radio 5 live, has died at the age of a0 — less than 2 years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. rachael, who tweeted on monday that she had been told she had just days to live, died in the early hours of this morning — surrounded by her family. she was married with a young son. after being diagnosed with cancer, she began writing a blog and then recorded a frank yet witty podcast about dealing with the disease. judith moritz looks back at her life. we are three friends, we're also bloggers. we have one thing in common, we all have or have had cancer. rachael bland changed the conversation about cancer. the newsreader whose own story became the most important. diagnosed with breast cancer, rachael created the podcast you, me and the big c, three women with cancer in common, talking about it i

contracts were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on sevens rugby.nts. the sport's govering body said it demonstrates their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. it is the direction we planned coming out of the 2017 rugby world cup. we decided to take the sevens route whilst we contested for our rugby world cup in sevens and also the commonwealth games. as visinia new competition in place to build our player pool to enable us to have a larger player pool. elite pool we could choose from the best players to ta ke could choose from the best players to take into the 20 to 20 21 world cup. we are going into contracts for the 15th game as well as the sevens. liverpool begin their champion's league campaign tomorrow night at home to paris st—germain. .. where they will face this man... neymar is just one of psg's riches in this team full of superstars — the brazilian is the world's most expensive player but he plays alongside the equally talented french teenager and world cup winner kylian mbappe up fr

contracts were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on 7s rugby.n elite player agreements. the sport's governing body said it demonstrates their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. it is the same direction we planned coming out of the rugby world cup. we decided to take the sevens route while we contested at the same time put a new competition in place that could build the player pool to enable to us have a larger player pool enable to us have a larger player pool, and a more elite pool we can choose from, the best players to ta ke choose from, the best players to take them through into 2021 world cup. we are going indon tracts for players in the #15s game as well as the sevens. sevens. england and great britain goalkeeper maddie hinch is taking a break from international hockey. hinch has won gold medals at the olympic games and european championships, with more medal success at two commonwealth games. but the 29—year—old says she needs time out of the sport both physically and emotionally,

the rfu are saying there is no more cash.ery respected. he does have a big team around him. he does, and he wants them to stay. maybe there is a bit of brinkmanship, you are going to have to pay for this. does he have to give them appraisals? maybe, because he is on an hourly rate. i've got a story here about spectacular trousers. scientist trousers. they are making huge strides with smart trousers. very clever. these are called the right trousers because of the wrong trousers and british scientists are developing smart trousers with artificial muscles to keep elderly people mobile for longer and ensure that fewer of us have to rely on wheelchairs and mobility scooters in old age. is it similar to compression leggings? it's as they have inflatable muscles and each of them can lift up to six kilograms. in the knees, there is a pneumatic stiffening device, it stiffens your knees and that means it can hold that position rather than having to sit back down. it helps you with the scanning sit back down. it helps you with the scann

gloucester and was fined by his club as well as the magistrates on the island and given a warning by the rfuo have lost a high court battle over plans to reorganise dorset‘s nhs. and in norwich is amelia reynolds, where bees in the east of england have had a bumper yearfor honey production. so steve, this is the biggest change for the nhs in your region since its inception. yes, they call it the biggest change the way the health services are in dorset since the nhs was set up in 19a8 and it will affect everybody from here in dorchester up to bournemouth and poole and one of the biggest talking points has been over the plan to close accident and emergency and emergency services in paul hospital and transfer them to bournemouth hospital. today i've been talking to people in dorset to get their reaction to the fact that today the high court has signalled that the big changes can go ahead. what do people like us do if we have to travel all the way to bournemouth. for accident to happen and somebody go to bournemouth, let alone local people with emergencies, i think it is really bad. that is deva