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the catalan side tonight, sam tomkins. we captained england at the world cup last year.ll go on to play and the grand final next week. what about tomorrow? how much of an upset would a hull kr win be? this is the other semifinal tomorrow lunchtime. hull kingston rovers had never been to a grand final. six weeks ago they got to the challenge cup final and were narrowly beaten. they will go in as underdogs. they are playing wigan warriors at wigan. wigan have had a week off and that may well prove crucial. the woman's grand final, that is on sunday. it's a huge weekend of rugby league. it all begins tonight in perpignan, catalan against saints. you can listen to that one on bbc radio. preparations are well under way for the paralympics in paris next year — one of the biggest sporting events in the world. but it all started out as a small competition at stoke mandeville hospital in buckinghamshire. there has been a very special launch going on there today, as john maguire reports. it's incredible to think that what was called preparations are well under way for the paralymp

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it could also be former england captain sam tomkins final game.the end of the season. there is live commentary of this one on bbc five sports extra. just the one game in the women's super league this evening, but it's a big one. manchester united are heading to arsenal and that means a first game against her former club for england star alessio russo. she joined the gunners on a free transfer in the summer. arsenal are looking to bounce back from that rather surprising defeat on the opening day of the season. there's an exciting night of boxing ahead this weekend with the all—british clash for the wba super featherweight title between champion leigh wood and the challenger josh warrington in sheffield. warrington is confident of winning the title for the third time, but will have a job on his hands against wood, who defends the belt for the first time since regaining it in may. i'm not going to bank on my third to knock out, but i'm going to be dominant. josh is very tough. i have been ringside for a number of his last fights. in his last fight he

in an incredible finish, they beat st helens 12—6 in the first of the play—off semi finals — sam tomkinsampaign with a comfortable win over the netherlands. they beat them by 81 runs in hyderabad, asjoe lynsky reports. just to be here is a breakthrough for cricket in the netherlands. they have not reached this world cup since 2011 and through their squad is spirit. paul spent the lockdown is a delivery driver. much of this team are now full—time, and serving up this kind of bowling. that ball took down muhammad rizwan. although pakistan lost all their wickets, they did enough, just, to make a score. to reach 287 would take all of dutch courage. when he set them off, they had made a start with style. but then they made misjudgments. bas de leede got to 67. when he was bowled, pakistan could sense a gentle finish. the dutch all out and more than 80 runs short. but this world cup as their platform and through it all they will keep smiling. 0nto football and paul pogba's failed drugs test has been confirmed with a positive result in his b sample. the former manchester united and nowjuventus

it'll also be the final game in a glittering career of their star player, sam tomkins.south of france after he retires tonight, and it's fitting for his finale that he will be up against his former club, wigan warriors, who many of his mates support. could not have predicted an ending like this. getting here is amazing. it is not the dream ending, the dream ending as winning here. i have played a lot of games for wigan and have a lot of friends at the club. to be able to share my last game with those guys on the biggest stage is an amazing opportunity. one match to tell you about at the cricket world cup, bit of a big one. india taking on pakistan in front of a massive crowd — the stadium in ahmedabad holds over 130,000. india won the toss and put pakistan into bat. they passed the 100 mark a short time ago thanks to their captain babar azam. they're currently 122—2. --123-2. no pakistan fans allowed in the stadium. 130,000 indianfans cheering on. we'll have more on the israel gaza war later in the bulletin. but let's turn our attention briefly to australia, where a pro

there was no fairy—tale ending for the catalans dragons and their star man sam tomkins as they were beatenold trafford. catalans only finished behind wigan on point difference in the regular season. but this defeat means their wait to lift the trophy for the first time goes on, while wigan have theirfirst title in five years. and that�*s all the sport for now. we will talk to you a little later, hughes, thank you very much. the rafah crossing at the southern end of gaza is the sole crossing point that doesn�*t border israel. it runs between egypt and the gaza strip. it�*s currently closed but, as we�*ve been reporting, the us government today advised its citizens in gaza to move towards the rafah crossing to be ready for its possible reopening. among the foreign nationals who�*ve made their way there is a young british girl who�*s waiting there with her mother. they�*re hoping to leave gaza and she spoke about her fear of being killed in the bombing. just a warning, some viewers may find her account distressing. hi, i�*m mariam and i came from britain and i came to visit gaza to just like

the fairy tale finale of a glorious career as rugby league legend sam tomkins gets ready for his finalday. all of the deet is coming up on breakfast. it's friday the 13th of october. our main story. the israeli military has told more than1 million people living in the north of gaza to relocate to the south within the next 24 hours. the united nations says the order included those sheltered in schools, health centres and clinics and warned the movement could transform what is already a tragedy, into a calamitous situation. our reporter nickjohnson has the latest. israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. israel says it's dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. with every fallen building, stories of human suffering. we're told this girl has lost all her immediate family. doctors say the entire health system here is close to breaking point. i think the whole medical sector and the health department maybe will collapse maybe in two or three days. i don't think that

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a fairytale perhaps — at least that's what catalan's sam tomkins was were searching for. he sin bin. moments later, down the same side, the game's decisive moment. wigan winger liam marshall crossing for the only try of the game. catalan's quest for history ended in bitter disappointment. but for the warriors, a stunning finish to a superb season. the dragons will be back, but for now it's the warriors who emerge as heroes. a contest for the ages for the night, but the season belongs to wigan. once again they're super league champions. adam wild, bbc news, old trafford. bbc sport has been told that qatari banker sheikh jassim is withdrawing his bid to buy manchester united. owners the glazer family have invited bids for more than a year now, but no one has met their valuation, which is believed to be in excess of $6 billion usd. british businessmanjim ratcliffe is now the only bidder. they may not be able to qualify for next summer's european championship, but northern ireland have got back to winning ways after five successive defeats. they beat san marino 3—0 at windsor