sophie hitchen has got the bronze medalfrom rio sophie hitchen has got the bronze medal from rio andplace on the podium. she has been at the forefront of british hammer throwing and is the first female medallist in the event at the olympics last year. we spoke to the former coach of jessica ennis—hill who knows all about the throwing and he had this to say about her. the coach is a superb coach and she has great prospects. the way she qualified is superb. it is a tough competition, it is not a given that she will get a medal even though she got a bronze in rio, but she is amongst it. sophie will love the 60,000 crowd, she will love the noise and the support from this partisan british crowd. i think the crowd has a part to play. people who are coming, support sophie. what else can we look forward to this evening? we have got four gold medals this evening, the final of the women's triplejump and evening, the final of the women's triple jump and the 110 metres final with no brits in that, but two brits in the final of the women's1500 metres, which will be the last event on the track. la

sophie hitchens, laura muir... target of six to eight, we would have three or four in the bag by now. there are not that many more medal chances left. it is not going to plan but it is the world championships, sport is brittle and it is a reminder of that. it is not going to plan but what can we expect tonight? just the one briton going in a final tonight, the 800 metres. he won an impressive semifinal. he has nothing to lose. this is the first major final for him and he will want to impress in front of the home support. the team captain for the british team is on tonight and also before hundred metres hurdles. athletics fans are infora metres hurdles. athletics fans are in for a treat because the world champion, the olympic champion in the 400 metres will also be in action. lots to look forward to on the tractor night. thank you very much. —— on the track tonight. she is suffering from a side strain and so will not be part of the team on thursday. it is thaw she will recover in time. it is set to be the biggest wo

keep an eye out for sophie hitchen in the final of the women's hammer.arena. she won braun is at the olympics in rio last year and she looked very impressive in qualifying, a single throw was all it took for sophie hitchen to get through to tonight's final and it gets underway at about 7pm. also in action the british team captain. she goes and heats of the women's 400 meter hurdle. plenty to look forward to this evening. the coverage gets underway at 6pm on bbc two. brilliant stuff. thank you for that. a story that has been developing this morning. to have been sent home from englandtraining camp on what the rugby union is calling cultural issues. rugby union reporter chris jones hasjoined us now to talk issues. rugby union reporter chris jones has joined us now to talk a little bit about this. what do you know so far? yes, they will not be commenting further speaking about those cultural issues but my understanding is that this is alcohol related. they train normally on saturday and sunday. this three—day preseason training camp in london but on sunday

britain's sophie hitchen was going in that ru ns sophie hitchen was going in that runs medal at the rion if she had had a personal best, it would have got into the medal places. that was 72 32, to managers of runs. a woman from poland has won yet another global gold. no medal here for selfie but still plenty to look forward to and an awful lot has happened already. we had the early rounds of the men's 200 metres here. and all i is really on the south african who is going for the 400 final tomorrow. they have changed the whole schedule for him. but look at his shoulder, that is danny talbot, one of the three british sprinters qualified for the final. but danny talbot, the race of his life, a personal best, he really enjoyed running alongside van newkirk there. and he spoke to bbc sport after. that is what a day's all about. and i've just sport after. that is what a day's all about. and i'vejust got sport after. that is what a day's all about. and i've just got to recover and try and do it again. you we re recover and try and do it again. you were you recover and try and do it again. you

sophie hitchens a medal last year and lara meer...re on that target first six to eight, we would have more in the bag by now. there are not many chances left. it is not going to plan. sport is brutal and it isa going to plan. sport is brutal and it is a reminder of how tough it is out there. not many medal chances left. the 800 metre final tonight and the heats of the 200 women is today. the big final is that 400 metre final with the world record holder. will isaac makwala beat there? i will keep you updated. england's world cup star anya shrubsole will miss the start of the women's super league this week because of injury. she's suffering a side strain so won't be part of western storm's first fixture against southern vipers on thursday. the 25—year—old turned last month's world cup england's way with a brilliant late spell and victory over india at lords. more in the next hour. thank you very much. good afternoon. the lawyer for a british very much. good afternoon. the lawyerfor a british model very much. good afternoon. the lawyer

highjump as ever, and is also being going nicely in the high jump as well. 0lympic bronze medallist sophie hitchengh to the final of the hammer, but later on, it's allabout the 100 metres and usain bolt. the semifinals are at seven o'clock, the finals at 945. it could be another night to remember. it could indeed. thanks very much for that. the united nations will vote later today on a proposal to toughen economic sanctions against north korea. a resolution drafted by the us — in response to recent missile tests — aims to cut north korean exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood. if approved, this could deprive pyongyang of more than a billion pounds a year. a british computer expert has appeared before a judge in las vegas, charged with creating software to steal bank details. prosecutors said 23—year—old marcus hutchins had admitted writing and selling the malware code, but his lawyer said his client denied all the charges against him. james cook reports from las vegas. marcus hutchins appeared before us federaljudge nancy koppe in a las vegas courtroom. the prosecution said he admitted writing c

sophie hitchen took the bronze last year in the hammer and just needed one throw to qualify for a monday'sl best. so she goes straight into monday's final. but the final would looking forward to is tonight, it is usain bolt, but he has to get to that final, and when have we ever said that about usain bolt? he looked pretty ropey in the heats yesterday. he wasn't happy with the blocks, he said they wobbled a little bit. it is not what he's used to, he says it's the worst he has ever had. he cruised through to win his heat, but it was a slow time and he wasn't happy. that chink of wea kness he wasn't happy. that chink of weakness saying he's not happy, that bulk of his rivals a little bit of hope. he goes in the third of the semifinals. with the top two quickest to go through to the semifinal later and the two fastest losers. that will be fascinating to see if coleman tries to beat usain bolt in the semifinal or leaves a little bit in the tank, because surely they will reach that final, both of them. it would be wonderful to get some of the british sprinters into the final. that is still ple

also in action for great britain, sophie hitchen in the hammer.for good be a more successful day for the british athletes. coverage gets underway from 6pm on bbc two. some breaking news. in the last 30 minutes, the england rugby union squad, denny solomona and mani tuilagi have been sent home for what the rugby union say our team culture issues. the rfu have not added any comments on the story but it is thought to be alcohol—related, the players are understood to have gone out on sunday evening and broke the team's standards. both were sent home this morning. we will have more on that story for you coming up in the next hour. thank you. in venezuela president nicolas maduro congratulated the army for successfully stopping a pre—dawn assault on an army base in the city of valencia. two people died in the assault and now a search is underway for ten men who escaped with weapons. earlier, a video posted on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a murderous tyranny. greg dawson reports. venezuela has grown used to rebellion,

there isn't but i'm very excited to see what sophie hitchen can do, she is the hammer thrower and canthe outside and if you've seen the hammer, incredible sport, they spin at 360 degrees at such speed and then they released the hammer to the field as you can see and sophie hitchon will hopefully be in the medals. we don't know yet, we will have to see how she gets on. she comes on to the field a bit later this evening and it will be interesting to see how she gets on. you can see how the ballet helps! experiment, see you later! ellie doyle and also laura milne and lori wakeman in action, a busy evening but no morning section. a bit of switching tonight between bbc one and bbc two. i don't mind when that happens. i go with the switching! in the future, social media firms will be forced to delete information about you, if you ask them, it is part of a raft of new measures aimed at giving people a greater "right to be forgotten" online. from next may, the data protection bill, should make it simpler for people to control how companies use and store their personal details. brian lord is t

we had our eyes on the hammer as well, sylvie hitchens, she got a bronze at the olympics, a surprise bronze. —— sophieingle throw, the third longest of the day. she has cruised straight into monday's final, a fantastic morning's work for sophie hitchin. she is through to monday's final with every chance of a medal in that, unlike katarina johnson—thompson after the morning she had. lots of other british interest, we saw some real superstars. with usain bolt bowing out of global athletics, any athletics, for that matter, wayde van niekerk, the olympic champion over 400 metres and the world record—holder, we saw him for the first time in london in the heats, he cruised through his heat, looking very comfortable indeed. a pretty good day for the british men in the 400 seats as well, matthew hudson also made it through. wayde van niekerk is also going in the 200 metres as well. we've got three british men threw in the 800 metres heats as well, talking about the 100 men's any minute. we saw the speedy women comes up as men's any minute. we saw the speedy women comes up as well, elaine thompson, a real supe