rugby australia have described his appointment as a massive coup.bbie deans. —— deans. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it was a very cold start to tuesday — widespread frost up and down the country, particularly across scotland, far north of england. now, for this morning, it's not going to be quite as cold to start. that's because we've had more of a breeze, and variable amounts of cloud too. there's still a few chilly spots across the north—east of the country, where a few clear spells linger. but further west, we'll have more of a breeze, and these weather fronts bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain affecting parts of south—west england through the day, maybe western wales, along some irish sea coasts, northern ireland, and affecting western scotland at times. there could just be the odd shower, as well, running into the eastern coast of england, perhaps into north—east scotland, but most places will be dry. variable cloud, so

he was sacked by rugby australia earlier this year for making homophobic comments on social media.ster scott morrison says folau's latest comments are appallingly insensitive. he can see what he likes, but he needs to have regard for the people whose homes have burned down. for many christians around australia, thatis many christians around australia, that is not their view at all. there are thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering, let me stress that. football now, and there's a huge game for wales in cardiff tomorrow night. beat hungary and they will qualify automatically for next summer's european championship. they missed out on the world cup last year and euro 2016 in france was their first major tournament appearance in 58 years and they exceeded all expectations by reaching the semi—finals. gareth bale was a key part of that side and will be fit for the winner—takes—all match against the hungarians. he feels that they can draw on the experience of 2016 and also the pain of missing out on russia last year. we can use both of them to our advantage. 0bviously, we c

former australia player israel folau has increased his compensation demand from rugby australia.ation after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. temporary concussion substitutions could be introduced for the first time at the euro 2020 finals. the proposal to replace players if they are suspected of being concussed is on the agenda for the international football association board's annual business meeting next tuesday. britain's bryony page is setting her sights on a medal at this week's world trampoline championships in tokyo. page won silver at the 2016 rio games but is yet to win an individual medal at a major championships, outside of the olympics. she says she feels in an even better place now than in rio, despite having to get over ankle injuries. i have overcome certain obstacles, obviously the injury but also just technical knowledge and practising skills so they year of the rio 0lympics, i went to an intense time of learning and picking up about sport psychology and just the technical knowledge and modern more training and visualisation. i'd a lot of

former australia player israel folau has increased his compensation demand from rugby australia.igious discrimination after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. england captainjoe root has the backing of the whole squad according to all rounder ben stokes. it comes after the batsman was criticised for making two low scores in the first test defeat to new zealand. his captaincy hasn't escaped scrutiny, either. root himself insists leading the side doesn't affect his batting — even if the numbers suggest otherwise and his vice captain has tipped him to return to top form. he has the backing of everyone in the changing room. that is the most important thing, to him as a captain and to us as players in general. the only thing that matters is the changing room vibe. everything else outside of that is just noise. he's england captain. he is the best player in england. he knows that. he has the full support of us in the changing room. four years ago, great britain's bryony page made history as the first brit to win an olympic medal on the trampoline. now she's target

former australia player israel folau has upped his demands for compensation from rugby australia followings suing after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. he's now demanding the equivalent of {7.4 million. folau — who is a christian — argues that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. wbo super—middleight champion callum smith says it would makes sense to fight wbc champion billyjoe saunders next. smith narrowly retained his title, seeing offjohn ryder on saturday. both he and saunders want to fight saul "canelo" alvarez next, but smith believes an all—british match—up would be a great alternative. he isa he is a world champion, i am a world champion. we are both british and undefeated. it is a fight that has generated a lot of interest in the public. i think a fight with each other makes sense. i will sit down with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, with my team and see what fight we can deliver. eitherway, it with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, it should bea can deliver. either way, it shoul

he was sacked by rugby australia in may for making homophobic comments on social media.n says folau's latest comments are "appallingly insensitive". stefanos tsitsipas is now targetting next year's grand slams after becoming the youngest winner of the atp finals since 2001. he came from a set down to beat austria's dominic thiem on a tie break in the deciding set. the 21 year old from greece is the youngest winner of the event in almost 20 years, and is part of a group of players trying to break the dominance of roger federer, rafa nadal and novak djokovic. there are so many new generation players coming up, we have so many players coming up, we have so many players that i can compete with and have a rivalry with. i've played many times against several of them. something really exciting for the sport because we in so many different shapes and sizes, different shapes and sizes, different sizes, different personalities, different characters, and that makes it really exciting. there is lots of different players that will keep our sport is growing and interesting in the next

and i'm leah harding with sports australia's prime minister slams rugby star israel folau for his comments on the country's bushfires claim the fires are god's way of punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion laws. saudi arabia says yemen's who's these have hijacked a ship towing a south korean drilling rig in the red sea but the rebels they've captured military vessels the official has told al-jazeera they will release the drilling rig once they can confirm that belongs to south korea the saudi government is called the incident a terrorist operation who these have in the past targeted vessels off yemen at the southern mouth of the red sea. joins us from yemen's capital sana take us through this and try to clarify exactly what's happened here is this the hijacking of a saudi ship and a south korean oil rig or are we still trying to ascertain. yes according to the office full statements by the whole thing is that the he said that they have already can be skated by the cost guards of. 2 military vehicles but they haven't given more details about the about these vehicles

and i'm leo harding and sport australia's prime minister slams rugby star israel folau for his comments on the country's bushfires claim the fires are god's way of punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion law. protesters are confronting police in hong kong as they try to rescue people caught up in a university standoff demonstrators have been holed up inside the campus now for several days before dawn on monday police entered the grounds and faced a barrage of petrol bombs and arrows they responded with tear gas and water cannon . most alarming. they did weapons were used in the 43rd at university rich has become a bit unfair treat despair as a refugee for extremely violent viruses 50 betterman so really this reached a critical level rochus. so intention. or cost well later a number of demonstrators fled the university building some on motorbikes several were arrested but it's not known how many remain inside now large groups of people have been marching to the campus to try to break through the police cordons and free people inside well let's cross now to rob mcbr

in sport australia's foreign minister slammed the rugby star israel folau over his comments on the country's push far as scott morrison calling for old words appalling to hitler in the far goldsworthy of punishing australia for passing. an abortion law. will begin with a 10 standoff in hong kong between riot police and pro-democracy protesters at a university where demonstrators have barricaded themselves inside the polytechnic campus for several days before dawn on monday police entered the grounds they were met with a bag of petrol bombs and arrows they responded with tear gas water cannon laced. they did weapons were used in a poorly attended university which has become a weapon factory as well as a refugee for extremely violent viruses that development so rare is has reached a critical level rogers. has so intention murder officer at all costs or later a number of demonstrators fled the university's building several people were arrested it's unknown how many remain inside and there are large groups of people on the streets of the city reportedly making their way towards the university ca

for passing same sex marriage and abortion laws flaws currently in the legal battle with rugby australiaafter being sacked for anti-gay remarks on social media i thought these were appallingly insensitive comments. vajra polling comments and you know he's a free citizen he can say whatever he likes but that doesn't mean he can't have raghad to that to the grievous offense this would have caused to people whose homes have been burnt down and i'm sure to many christians around distracted for him that is not their view would hold. calling copper next former teammate eric reeves as the quarterback has proved that he is still capable of playing in the n.f.l. capper nick held a private workout on saturday to attract a new team it was originally organized by the n.f.l. but kaplan it change the venue so that the media could attend the league said they were disappointed and rapper jay z. who's partnered with the n.f.l. accused capper nick of turning a legitimate opportunity into a p.r. stunt eric reed disagrees the n.f.l. wants to control the narrative by not letting. independent media into the w

israel folau, is demanding more compensation from rugby australia. for making anti—gay remarks on social media. folau, who's a christian, argues that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. he wants £7.11 million arguing that australia would have achieved a "superior performance" at the rugby world cup in september if he had been in the side. that is it from me — but i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. thank you for that. now, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn says he has has obtained hundreds of unredacted documents appearing to show the nhs would be on the table in trade talks with the us after brexit. borisjohnson has repeatedly denied this — and this morning described the fresh claim as ‘total nonsense' . robbie turner is the director of pharmacy and member experience for the royal pharmaceutical society. welcome. how does the nhs keep top places affordable? we are rightly proud of how affordable ourjob places are. there are two classes of drugs, branded drugs which are the ones that people take in

chiefs will officially start in july once he's finished with the glasgow warriors in scotland rugby australiass rarely in councils happy with the appointment but says they did approach current england coach and 4 wallaby boss a teacher. we had some discussions with lady behind you know the saints but also at night he was contagious and clinton he had a very tight contact with england and brought him out from our discussions and we looked really hard at the strain in options and he wasn't the one that's leaving that way i believed was available to come into this role it's something that we've identified as near a that we need to spend more on time focused on to grow and develop our young coaches coming through to las vegas now where the anti while there are limits ortiz have a ride for the heavyweight rematch this there is the big w.b.c. champion he beat cuban fighter oddities in their 1st meeting back in march 28th and that was in brooklyn now they're fighting at the m.g.m. grand while there has never lost in 42 fights and won 40 barnacles i'm a fighter that fight gostin 2030 even 4050 pounds

are chiefs is officially start in july when he's finished with the glasgow warriors in scotland rugby australia boss reilly in castle is happy with the appointment but says they did approach the current england coach and former wallaby boss eddie jones we had some discussions with the behind you know the saints but also at night he was country to england and he had a very tight contract with england and i wrote him out from our discussions and we looked really hard at the australian options and he wasn't the one that's leaving that we believed was available i succumbed to the strong it's something that we've identified as it is nearly that we need to spin on time focused on to grow and develop and our young coach is coming through ok to las vegas now with the anti wild and lewis ortiz have arrived for their heavyweight bout this saturday while there is the un baten w.b.c. champion who beat cuban 5 to ortiz in their 1st meeting that was back in march 28th but 5 was in brooklyn now they are at the m.g.m. grand while there was never last in 42 fights and he's won 40 a vote. i'm a fighter that figh

for policy sex marriage and abortion laws flower is currently in a legal battle with rugby australia after being sacked for anti-gay remarks he made on social media. i thought these were appallingly insensitive comments. vajra palling comments and he's a free citizen he can say whatever he likes but that doesn't mean he can't have regard to the to the grievous offense this would have caused the people whose homes have been burnt down and i'm sure to many christians around australia for him that is not their view at all right now after 119 years the davis cup is introducing a new format starting today in madrid the event is now rebranding itself as the world cup of tennis and fittingly it's the brainchild of world cup winning football in general this was the official launch in new york last year now originally the davis cup was played with a series of matches between 2 countries held throughout the year with the final taking place in the country of one of the finalists well that's now been scrapped in favor of this new week long event some big names involved include world number one r

with these characteristics in my staff or israel folau has upped his compensation claim against rugby australia to nearly $10000000.00 for loss of earnings he's searching for religious discrimination after being fact over anti-gay comments here originally wanted $7000000.00 but increase it because he says he could have become australia kept. the southeast starts in the philippines on saturday but organizes having to do with complaints that have been forced to sleep on floors and some even going hungry remember i'm a dog and has more from manila at a press conference here in manila organizers in charge coming from the government actually denied that they have been disorderly in their management of the sea games here in the philippines they even said that they will investigate reports that some athletes have suffered food poisoning have been brought to the hospital and there is an adequate food for athletes and members of the changing team from different countries the even went as far as leaving journalists local and international for what they described as exaggeration of reports coming in on so

eight times against papa new guinea and 17, but papa new guinea does have a sprinkling of rugby players from australiare tough, it's how they play, they find themselves into the line, there are very vigorous, their kicking game is good, and they are physically engaging. i think that's where the lions have the advantage, i think the size of the britain team should get them over the line, but if they're off in any way, shape or form they're trouble. it will be a sell—out, they said they could have sold it three orfour times over, 8 million people in the country will be watching the match, they say it's a game that will bring the country to a standstill. from great britain's point of view, they simply need a win to end the series was a smile on theirfaces. let's hope so. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. next up, it's the papers. bye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster john stapleton and the telegraph's women's editor claire cohen. lovely to have you both here. and really, there is

he was sacked by rugby australia in may for making homophobic comments on social media.ached cricket australia's anti—corruption code by putting the team on social media around an hour before it was permitted. she accepted a year's suspension, but nine months of the ban are suspended. it rules smith out of the remainder of this season's women's big bash. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. great, i will see them. john watson. let's get more on our top story now — the escalating violence between police and protesters in hong kong. we can speak now to patricia thornton, associate professor of chinese politics at merton college, oxford. are we seeing something which suggest this has to come to an end at some point, or is this file is just going to go on and on? well, obviously, we all hope for an end to the violence, but the situation in hong kong is very dire and it doesn't appear that the hong kong sar government has really been able to bring it under control. put this in some perspective for us because there are people living elsewhere

others in the changing room a former australia player has upped his demands for compensation from rugby australiaisine, gary rhodes was a regular on television, presenting programmes including masterchef. lets see a little bit of gary rhodes in action. if you are worried about those eight weights, why not just if you are worried about those eight weights, why notjust make some meringues? nothing wasted, really tasty. —— those eight weights. baked custard ta rt, let‘s tasty. —— those eight weights. baked custard tart, let‘s put him to one side, let‘s finish the dish. this is the moment i have been waiting for. we are going to take a lovely slice from this! now, of course, all we need is the extreme. here is another little tip, whenever you are putting a scream onto a flat plate and not able, just touch it with —— dusted with icing sugar, which is a nice garnish, but. you‘re a scream rolling all over the plate. there we are. “— rolling all over the plate. there we are. —— pure ice cream. well, in a statement, his family said they were "deeply saddened to announce the passing of a beloved husband, f

former australia rugby star israel folau ups his demands for compensation from the country's governingedia. the director of blue story, the new film about london gangs which has been banned by some cinemas after a mass brawl in birmingham, has said the violence in cinemas had nothing to do with the film. the vue chain has stopped showing blue story, because it says there have been incidents in 16 of their theatres. rapman, who also wrote the film, has questioned whether there are ‘hidden reasons' for the ban — vue insists its decision had nothing to do with race. our arts editor will gompertz has been speaking to the filmmaker. fictional trouble on the streets of london. real trouble on the streets of birmingham. the urban drama, blue story, has become a news story, after vue cinemas decided to pull it from all its screens for what they claimed was security reasons. a decision which has astonished the director. i was thinking, what is the reason? does the owner have an issue with the urban youth. it's it prejudiced? is this a colour thing? you start going through all these things. it w

eight times against papa new guinea and 17, but papa new guinea does have a sprinkling of rugby players from australiak the size of the britain team should get them over the line, but if they‘re off in any way, shape or form they‘re trouble. they‘re off in any way, shape or form they're trouble. it will be a sell—out, they said they could have sold it three or four times over, 8 million people in the country will be watching the match, they say it‘s a game that will bring the country toa a game that will bring the country to a standstill. from great britain‘s point of view, they simply need a win to end the series was a smile on theirfaces. joshua buatsi is a name boxing fans will already be familiar with. he over came to britain from ghana as a boy and went from ghana as a boy and went on to win a bronze medal at the rio olympics. but buatsi then decided to go back to university to finish his degree before turning his professional and he‘s now the british light—heavyweight champion. our reporter sumbal syed sat down with him to talk about his journey. i‘m here today to speak to a man who even floyd m

so who is sonny bill williams well he started out playing rugby league in australia where he won thedomestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 and the roosters in 24th st he was widely criticized when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season to play for french rugby side too long upon returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks a 12 world cups in his bid for olympic rugby sevens gold i was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the rio tournament and in another unlikely twist career twist he won the international heavyweight boxing title in 2030 russia sports minister has denied that any of the data handed to the world anti-doping agency was manipulated russia faces a fresh ban ahead of next year's to carolyn pitts if what i find the information from moscow is anti doping rob had been edited. cross-cuts the experience consider that there were no deletions at all there it's a purely technical issues related to how the system itself works at the next meeting between experts from wada the lowes and laboratory and from outside all

israel folau is demanding more compensation from rugby australia.lyjoe saunders next. smith narrowly retained his title, seeing offjohn ryder on saturday. both he and saunders want to fight sorl canelo alvarez next. but smith believes an all british match—up would be a great alternative. he is a world champion, i am a world champion. we are both british and undefeated. it is a fight that has generated a lot of interest in the public. i think a fight with each other makes sense. i will sit down with my team and see what fight we can deliver. either way, it should be a good fight. you tend to hear about sportsmen and women taking ice baths — well, we‘re going to show you something that takes things to the next level. this is professional skier tyler wallasch, who decides to take to the ice in a different way than usual. in he goes, and there‘s bit of swim involved. he‘s got to find his way out with no goggles... but up he pops... check the hair... and showing us all how ice baths are done properly. that‘s all the sport for now. now on afternoon live,

and understand to be successful ourselves well somebody'll williams started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice he was it widely criticised when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season to play for a french side to lol well upon returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks who want to well cops his bid for olympic rugby sevens gold i was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the rio 2016 tolerance and in another unlikely career twist he won the w.b. a international heavyweight title in 2030. russia's sports minister has denied that any of the dates are handed to the world. was manipulated russia afresh banned ahead of next year's tokyo olympics if the information from. the experience consider that there were no deletions at all there it's a purely technical issues related to how the system itself works at the next meeting between experts from wada the lowes and laboratory and from outside all of these issues will be discussed and i'm sure all of these issues will be explained. i think. all. of this people ringb

britain to be successful ourselves so who is sonny bill williams when he started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 and the roosters in 2014 he was widely criticized when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season to play for the french rugby side to learn from returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks and want to rugby world cups his big toe for olympic rugby sevens gold was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the rio 26 tournament and then another unlikely career twist he won the w.p.a. international heavyweight boxing title in 2013 south africa's world cup winning rugby team have started a 5 day with victory lap of their home country day one saw sickly team taking the trophy throughput soria johannesburg and so west so police is the 1st black caps in in the team's 127 year history and the cup travels to his hometown of sweden on sunday south africa beat england in japan last saturday to win this title for a 3rd time. this is actually be one of the most days in the history of s

well here is sonny bill williams he started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 in the roosters in 2014 he was widely criticised when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season it's a play for french rugby side too long upon returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks and wants to rugby world cups his bid for the olympic rugby sevens gold was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the london 2016 torment in another unlikely career twist he won the double be a international heavyweight boxing title in 2013. the 2 time olympic triple jump champion christian sailor is urging athletes to unionize and demand a greater say in how the sport is run it follows a world athletics decision to drop several disciplines from its elite series of events the 200 metres 3000 metres steeplechase and triple jump and just 3 of the 8 disciplines being axed from next year's diamond league organizers of radically reshape the format so it can fit into a 90 minute television window the 5 in 10000 mete

we cannot have a successful season on the field sonny bill williams started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 and the roosters in 2014 he was widely criticised when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 season to play for french rugby side to dawn upon returning to new zealand he played 58 matches for the all blacks and won 2 rugby world cups his bid for a limb pick rugby sevens goal that was short lived when he was injured in the opening game of the rio 2016 tournaments and another unlikely career twist he won the w.b. a international heavyweight boxing title in 2013. and finally the u.c.i. urban cycling world championships were filled with plenty of firsts it was the debut for b.m.x. freestyle flatland where dominic connect wholly of the czech republic took gold in chengdu china on the women's side austrian arena stud on vick took home the top hardware herself urban cycling as a whole will also be making it save you at the olympics next year. well that's all you sport for now headed back over to dream all right lea

it will be his third spell and rugby league making him the highest—paid player in the history the code stopping all blacks previously played league in australia, purely selfish, it really helps in the dynamics to where we are in the super league. the ancillary staff, a less bothered about than anybody else but everywhere they go a hit them with a baseball bat with legends of new zealand rugby let alone new zealand by zealand rugby let alone new zealand rugby league. justin rose will be looking to close a politic is open leaders, rose will start the second day two shots of the lead after a late 30s saw him firing an opening round of 67. he is having to be the first player 19 years to when a european tour title three is in succession stopping the milwaukee bucs will attempt to continue their impressive start to the season. giannis antetokounmpo, has been in particularly good form, having scored 38 points last time, and having just missed out on a triple double. all the buzz on social media, in the sporting world, is over these two at the moment. youtube stars ksi, and logan paul — and their boxing rematch in los angeles this weekend. the pair h

the man who won two rugby union world cups with the all blacks — previously played league in australia winning nrl titles with both of them. now 3a, williams joins toronto as one of their two permitted "marquee" players. he's signed a two—year deal, believed to be in the region of 6 —— $6.5 million. it'll make him the highest—paid player in the history of either code. wolfpack‘s director of rugby, says signing williams is great business for the club — and for super league. is this is ——is the decision good for the game of rugby league? i think first and foremost, as a director of rugby, being purely shop. he can play. the ancillary stuff, less bothered about that everywhere i go, i get hit with baseball bats, let alone legends of new zealand were there. the former england rugby union captain — dylan hartley — has annouced his retirement from the sport — after failing to recover from a knee injury. the new zealand—born hooker, played 97 tests for england — winning two six nations titles, and playing 251 games for northampton saints in the english domestic league. hartley's he's been out

saying he could have been captain of the national side and that australia would have achieved a "superior performance" in his words at the rugbyhe latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. we will have all of the reaction there for the football, and more in there for the football, and more in the next hour. but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. yesterday we saw scenes like these across parts of scotland and the north—east of england, relentless rain. today the picture is going to gradually become drier, but that dryness comes with another change. much colder airflooding in across the uk. this is the low to thank for the wet weather. this front will clear south through the day. eventually the wet weather moving away, but behind it, the wind turns northerly and the cold arctic air sinks its way south into all parts of the uk, in fact, by the end of the week. here we start on thursday still with wet weather across north—eastern england, but also extending into northern ireland, parts of wales, eventually reaching southern england come the afternoon. by then the skies st

the men's rugby world cup final takes place on saturday with south africa facing england in yokohama in japan now england are on a high after defeating 2 time champions australia and holders new zealand in the last 2 rounds south africa have had an easy route to the final welcome back a key player from injury. it's finally crunch time at the rugby world cup after the tournament spread over 3 months england coach eddie jones will send his side out as clear favorites for the final against south africa we just want to imply the great thing for us is that we've now done the preparation we now we've done the preparation we're ready for this occasion you know we have spent 4 years getting ready for this occasion so that's why the players can be relaxed can be relaxed because we now have done the work rugby can be a brutal business 2003 winners england have been forced to do it the hard way this time around and victory in your karma will therefore feel extra special according to one former player. if they were to be trying to recall the father who's in the semifinals and after the father anyone could. probably including new zealand's efforts you know for the last 8 y

speaking it's a big a sport and it's cousin rugby league but it's still only popular in individual countries dotted around in western europe a bit in australia new zealand of course where it's huge but it's not got that mass a pale of football and rugby really needs new territories like asia with hundreds of millions of people and they'll be ecstatic that japan did so well reaching their 1st rugby world cup quarter final and the belief that they inspiration that japan have given that people can really help the game grow here inspire young players to start a career rugby and hopefully make japan a force paul thank you with updates from outside the stadium earlier paul sentence details from inside the stadium of all of the action from the final. england in south africa were meeting in a world cup final for the 2nd time in history but this time the weight of expectation was on an england team would be underway the all blacks semi. there was to be none of the electricity of that display in the early exchanges here england losing col sinclair to an injury in just the 2nd minute of the game. south africa pressed home their advantage through this p

australia and new zealand in the last two rounds. south africa has had an easier route to the finals and welcome back a key player from injury. reporter: it is crunch time at the rugbyorld cup after a tournament spread over three months. the england coach will send out his clear favorites for the final against south africa. >> we want to get out and play. the great thing for us is we have done the preparation and we have done it, we are ready for this occasion. we have spent four years getting ready. that is why the players can be relaxed and i can be because we have done the work. reporter: rugby and be a brutal business. 2003 winners england have been forced to do it the hard way, and victory will feel extra special according to one former player. >> if they were to beat australia anand new zealand and south africa i don't think anyone could begrudge them, including new zealand's efforts, the last eight years, probably be one of the best achievements ever. reporter: south africa still have a chance, forged in the image of the rainbow nation, produced a series of dogged displays in japan. the springboks tilt at a third world cup title has been given a boost by the

australia last week and disappointed in defeat. probably not up to the standards that they set for themselves either and more interest in for rugby leaguehe mercurial shawnjohnson who has been a linchpin and kingpin from them for many years. let's see how it goes. it will be a terrific game and one of three matches in the stadium tomorrow. great britain versus new zealand, then fiji against samoa and then. can the lions roar a second time? you can watch that match live on bbc two from 3.30pm tomorrow morning. highlights will be on bbc one later in the day at 1.15pm. england cricket's new head coach, chris silverwood, has made a winning start to his role, beating new zealand by seven wickets. the match was the first t20 of their five match series in christchurch. james vince scored his maiden international t20 half century with 59 off 38 balls. this was the first meeting against the black caps since england beat them in the one—day world cup final in the summer. we have a busy weekend of hockey ahead as great britain's men and women, plus ireland's women look to book their place at tokyo 2020. all three have double—headers. great britain

well the rugby world cup final gets underway in just under an hour when england take on south africa england are favorites after beating you zealand and australia in the last 2 rounds the fans are making their way into the stadium of the japanese city of yokohama for the big game england are aiming to win their 2nd world cup title a win for south africa would see them lift the trophy for the 3rd time. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our out from google play or from the apps to that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the d w app to send your photos and videos. i'll have another news update for you at the top of the hour and for me and the entire news team here in berlin and thanks for watching. the world. from church to bring us naturalist and explore. your son the racial politics on the phone it's 250th birthday we were embarking on a 4 huge discovery. expedition voyage.

4th news now and the rugby world cup final gets underway in just a couple of hours when england take out south africa england are the favorites after beating new zealand and australia in the last 2 rounds fans are making their way to the stadium in the japanese city of your bahama for the big game england are aiming to win their 2nd world cup title a win for south africa would see them lift the trophy for the 3rd time. you're watching d.w. news don't forget you can always get t w news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the app to send your photos and videos. coming up next is t w arts and culture they would love to talk to a bond guard composer dropped on surekha and i'll be back at the top of the hour for another news update from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching.

australia last week and disappointed in defeat. probably not up disappointed in defeat. probably not up to the standards that they set for themselves either and more interest in for rugby league dropped the mercurial shawnjohnson who has been a linchpin and kingpin from them for many years. let's see how it goes. it will be a terrific game and one of three matches in the stadium tomorrow. great britain versus new zealand, then fiji against samoa and then. that matches live on bbc two tomorrow morning. getting back to the rugby union great britain's rugby league side have a really tough match this is the japan's most mountain and getting here is the high point of theirjapani and getting here is the high point of theirjapan i we had a number of things to tickle off when we came to japan. we only had two left in our list as of this morning and one was to see mount fuji, done. the only fine i want to take off now is watching england win the world cup final. andy and scott are the lines and pink, a group of british rugby super fans. for the last month, they have been crisscrossing japan, making friends everywhere they have gone. the whole expense has been crazy. friends everywhere

rugby was at an all—time low after being knocked out of the 2015 world cup. and thejones/hartley combination turned things around with an historic series win in australia, 18 straightn a six nations grand slam in 2016 before a championship win the season after. as i mentioned before, hartley was never too far from controversy in his career. most famously he was red carded in the 2013 premiership final, which cost him a place on the lions tour that summer. in total, he was banned for a total of 60 weeks throughout his career for things like gouging, biting, and striking. but international referee nigel 0wens, summed him up well today... and he certainly made his mark with his club northampton. they tweeted this today. he's a player who's certainly had his moments over the years, jane, but a career to admired none the less. —— to be admired nonetheless. austin, thank you very much. there was a bizarre end to manchester city's match against atalanta in the champions league. their first choice keeper ederson went off injured, then his replacement claudio bravo was sent off for a sliding tackle. so, outfield player kyle walker stepped up and put the gloves on. and he di

he started his career playing rugby league for the canterbury bulldogs in australia, winning the nrl back to league and reached the final of the world cup with new zealand in 2013. and he even tried his hand at boxing, and of course, he was great at it, winning new zealand's heavyweight title in 2012. you kind of want him on your side. yes. that's probably safe to say. thank you, sally. you are welcome. we all know at this time of year our heating bills can start to soar, but imagine you're sharing a rented house and your landlord locks up the thermostat so you can't turn it on. that's what a tenant in london claims happened, and his photo of a cage over the heating dial went viral on social media this week. so what are landlords allowed to do to cut their bills? let's ask property lawyer giles peaker, who is in our london newsroom. we will show that picture well we have a chat with you. is that legal? can landlords do that, putting a cage around the thermostat so te na nts cage around the thermostat so tenants can't touch it? good morning. 0nly tenants can't touch it? good morning.