hello and welcome to sportsday.ng, thanks forjoining us on this opening weekend of the premier league season. fans are back, in both home and away ends, and that saturday feeling has returned. seven premier league games today, all with their own fascinating sub—plots, but we begin with today's early match at old trafford, as manchester united put on a show, beating rivals leeds united by five goals to one. patrick gearey was watching. two uniteds sharply divided. if you wanted a game to demonstrate the difference having a capacity crowd makes, here it was. a chance to feel the expectation that followed paul pogba's pass to bruno fernandes. the goal and the reaction a long time coming. but under marcelo bielsa, leeds attack in faith and numbers. the man coming onto the ball is in their right back, luke ayling. absolute mayhem. commentator: there's an early contender for goal of the month. what a moment, butjust a moment. mason greenwood was born in bradford but came to manchester, here completely bypassing leeds. 2-1

still to come on sportsday...ring if i was scared because _ i'm wondering if i was scared because sometimes i would see headlines of players losing, and in the headline the next day would be a collapse _ the headline the next day would be a collapse or— the headline the next day would be a collapse or they're not great any more _ the manchester united and scotland legend denis law has revealed today that he's been diagnosed with "mixed dementia". the 81—year—old says he has alzheimer's and vascular dementia. he's the latest former player to reveal he has the degenerative brain disease, and he and his family are now getting support from the alzheimer's society charity. he says he wants to remain as optimistic as possible and added in his statement... manchester united have sent their best wishes to denis and his family and said... kate lee is the chief executive of the alzheimer's society, and she told me that she hopes law's bravery in coming forward will encourage others to seek the help they need. getting a deme

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.sfer all the football world is talking about — lionel messi is set to be confirmed as a paris saint germain player. rangers hope to flip the mood at ibrox — they need a win to have any hope of progressing in their champions league qualifier. and moeen ali is back in the test squad — as england's cricketers juggle the new hundred, with test matches this summer. hello there and welcome to sportsday. lionel messi was part of the fabric of barcelona. their iconic star player — inspiring the club to multiple spanish and champions league titles over a glittering 21 year association. but in an emotional press conference over the weekend — the argentine superstar confirmed the news to devastate barca fans — he was leaving. would make joe would makejoe wilson has more. being promoted in england, you'll make the shortest version in the river tennis match, the longest form. what do those two formats have to do with each other? how can they be linked. he's been enjoying himself for the birmingham

still to come on sportsday.otball, the verdict on wolves striker rauljimenez after suffering a fractured skull last season. he says he never doubted he'd be back. i never thought about the playing. there was a chance of that, but i was always confident that i was going to return. england have rung the changes for the third test against india which starts at headingly next week, following their defeat at lords which left them 1—0 down in the series. yorkshire batsman dawid malan has been recalled to the squad. he's been a mainstay of the t20 side but last featured in test cricket during the 2018 season against india. meanwhile dom sibley has been dropped. his highest score in four innings against india in the current series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the 15 man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today. the men have just got under way but in the women's match london spirit beat welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealed the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminato

hello and welcome to sportsday.one day left at the tokyo olympic games and great britain have won a further five medals, including two golds, on day 15. the flyweight boxer galal yafai won britain's first gold in the men's flyweight division, since 1956, whilejoe choong triumphed, in the men's modern penthathlon. and there was more success, for the diver tom daley. here's natalie pirks. what a moment for galal yafai. from working in a carfactory in what a moment for galal yafai. from working in a car factory in solihull to fulfil your olympic dream. it has been quite the six—year ascent for galal yafai. been quite the six—year ascent for galalyafai. in been quite the six—year ascent for galal yafai. in the men's flyweight final, carlo paalam stood on his way. tokyo represented galal yafai's shot at redemption, and he was determined to deliver a master class. his aggressive start won him the first round unanimously, with the first round unanimously, with the judges, the first round unanimously, with thejudges, and he

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.nd's bowlers on fire at headlingley — ollie robinson stars in the third test against india as they level the series. teamwork makes the dream work — married couple neil and lora fachie bring home golds, in their respective paralympic events on another golden day for gb. and it's a demolitionjob at the etihad, as manchester city score five past arsenal. hello, and welcome to sportsday. england have levelled their test series against india. they did it with a huge win at headingley by an innings and 76 runs. eight wickets in the morning session meant it was all done by lunchtime and they go into the fourth test next week all square. adam wild has this report. in leeds, they came ready for a carnival. what they got, in fact, was a procession. history tells us to expect the unexpected at headingley. england here springing the surprises. cheteshwar pujara didn't seem to see that coming. indeed, even the umpire thought it was missing. a review... ollie robinson and england up and running. pu

hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.ne hannah cockroft storms to victory in her 100—metre sprint — setting a new world record on a bumper day of golds for gb. it's seven unbeaten for rangers in the old firm derby — as they once again get the better of rivals celtic. and who needs ronaldo! mason greenwood fires a far from impressive manchester united to victory against wolves. hello there, a pleasure to have you with us on sportsday. and it's been another day to be proud of british performance in tokyo. paralympics gb won seven golds on day five of the games — another remarkable achievement, capped off by an historic wheelchair rugby win, redemption in the triathlon and the golden girl of the track doing what she does best. andy swiss reports. it's become one of british sport's most gloriously familiar sights. hannah cockroft has never lost at the paralympics and once again she did what she always does. a new world record! a sixth paralympic title for her, who prepared the heat of tokyo in a plastic greenhouse at her home

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. cricket's newest crown. it's tough at the top in carnoustie — with 8 different leaders on day three of the women's open. and manchester city are out of the blocks as jack grealish gets his goal with a thunping win over norwich at the etihad. hello and thanks forjoining us. and after 66 matches, it all comes down to the two games that really matter. the finals of cricket's newest tournament — the hundred. both the men's and women's taking place at lords today — for the latter— an historic day — the first ever domestic women's final at this famous ground. it was southern brave vs oval invincibles — did fortune favour the brave or were the invincibles unstoppable? stuart pollitt reports. going out with a bang. lord's hadn't seen anything like this before.notjust the music and the fireworks. but — after two centuries — the hundred became the first female domestic final held at the home of cricket. the oval invincibles were put in to bat by favourites southern brave who dominated the group

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. — 0llie robinson stars against india as they level the series. teamwork makes the dream work. married couple neil and lora fachie bring home golds for gb in their respective paralympic events in tokyo. and it's a demolitionjob at the etihad, as manchester city score five past arsenal. hello, and welcome to sportsday. england have levelled their test series against india. and they did it with a huge win at headingley by an innings and 76 runs. eight wickets in the morning session meant it was all done by lunchtime and they go into the fourth test next week all square. adam wild has this report. in leeds, they came ready for a carnival. what they got, in fact, was a procession. cricket history tells us to expect the unexpected at headingley. england here springing the surprises. cheteshwar pujara didn't seem to see that coming. indeed, even the umpire thought it was missing. a review, though, suggested otherwise. 0llie robinson and england up and running. pujara gone for 91, but the big

hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday.ever gymnast after he retained his olympic title with a sublime performance in tokyo to win gold in the men's pommel horse. it's a victory that sees the 28 year old become just the sixth briton to win at least six olympic medals. john watson was at the ariake gymnastics centre to witness whitlock�*s wonderful world class win. max whitlock defending his title he won in 2016. it was a nerd nerveless display. which be toppled. he has been the man to beat. he's had i had targets on his back but he couldn't be overhauled. he was naturally delighted to have won a third olympic gold. i delighted to have won a third olympic gold-— delighted to have won a third olm-uicold. �* ,. , olympic gold. i can't even describe the feeling- — olympic gold. i can't even describe the feeling- i _ olympic gold. i can't even describe the feeling. i feel— olympic gold. i can't even describe the feeling. i feel completely - the feeling. i feel completely overwhelmed and it feels very, very surreal. it was an inc

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that's all from sportsday. good evening.erstorms around today. but there is some slightly better news in the forecast for the week ahead. fewer showers around, a little bit more sunshine and for some of you, after a rather cool spell it will start to turn a bit warmer too. to get there though we need to get rid of this area of low pressure. it's still with us into the night and into tomorrow. still be some showers around, a little weather system pushing across southern counties of england, south wales so some wetter weather here to take us through the night. and the showers keep going across scotland, far north of england, northern ireland and also into shetland. in between those areas, with clear skies temperatures could drop down for one or two spots particularly across the highlands. but most double figures if not early teen temperatures to start monday morning. a bit of a damp start to east anglia and the south east. those outbreaks of rain will clear away but showers get going across the south and once again, area of lo

hello there, and a warm welcome to sportsday.t anyone who can top team gb when it comes to sailing. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre are the latest to claim glory, finishing off the final race of the regatta with gold in the a70 class. it's a landmark moment for mills, who was a flag bearer for britain coming into the games and is now the most successful female sailor in the history of the olympics. our sports editor dan roan has more. after silver at london 2012 and gold in rio in 2016, hannah mills has triumphed yet again. her gold today means she is now britain's most successful ever female olympic sailor. her and successful ever female olympic sailor. herand her successful ever female olympic sailor. her and her partner, successful ever female olympic sailor. herand her partner, eilidh mcintyre, whose father claimed olympic gold in sailing in the star class 33 years ago, came into today knowing they were already guaranteed a medal, a 1k point lead. theyjust had to keep their nearest rivals, france and poland, at bay. they man

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. reaches boiling point — as oval invincibles claim cricket's newest crown. it's tough at the top in carnoustie — with 8 different leaders on day three of the women's open. manchester city are out of the blocks as jack grealish gets his goal with a thunping win over norwich at the etihad. hello and thanks forjoining us. and after 66 matches, it all comes down to the two games that really matter. the finals of cricket's newest tournament — the hundred. both the men's and women's taking place at lords today — for the latter — an historic day — the first ever domestic women's final at this famous ground. it was southern brave vs oval invincibles. did fortune favour the brave or were the invincibles unstoppable? stuart pollitt reports. going out with a bang. lord's hadn't seen anything like this before. notjust the music and the fireworks. but — after two centuries — the hundred became the first female domestic final held at the home of cricket.the oval invincibles were put in to bat by fav

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.in's first gold of the games in boxing — galal yafai wins in style in the men's flyweight. another day, another gold in the modern pentathlon for team gb — thanks to history makerjoe choong. and tom daley adds a bronze to his collection as the medals keep coming on the penultimate day of tokyo 2020. also coming up in the programme... it's the deciding test, we'll have the latest from the lions against south africa in cape town. and a maginficent century from joe root gives england a chance against india. hello and welcome to sportsday. team gb have theirfirst boxing gold of the tokyo olympics. galal yafai won the flyweight olympic title to add to his family's honours — his brothers are both professional boxers, something the younger yafai might now be considering. craig templeton has this report. galal yafai is the olympic champion. it's been a successful olympics for team gb in the ring. galal yafai made it golden. the man from birmingham was working in a car factory six years ago, so

here's what's coming up for you on sportsday this evening. glory for sarah storey — she's made a golden start to the paralympics. what a start for england at headingley, bowling india out in the third test and already building a first innings lead. after a whole summer of speculation, harry kane says he's staying at spurs. and coming up in sportsday as well... serena williams has pulled out of the us open. that's another blow for the final grand slam of the year, with the tournament already missing some of the top players. good evening. we've had the first day of competition at the paralympics. a solid start for the british team in tokyo with six medals. only one of them was gold, but a what a win for dame sarah storey in the velodrome. she broke her own world record on the way to successfully defending her individual pursuit title and completing the first part of her quest to become the greatest british paralympian. patrick gearey reports. the seemingly never—ending story. dame sarah storey won her first paralympic medal in barcelona in 1992

hello and welcome to sportsday.ks forjoining us, we'll be live at brentford shortly, but we start at lords, where england have been trying to fight back on the opening day of the second test. india slipped from 267—2 to 364 all out. the man who only passed a late fitness test — jimmy anderson — taking five wickets on another momentous day for him. but england's reply didn't go exactly to plan as our sports news correspondentjoe wilson reports. lord's on friday was about a man, or rather a cause, andrew strauss wore red for his late wife ruth and her foundation, which supports in particular bereaved families. and the two teams and the ground and the strauss boys joined the two teams and the ground and the strauss boysjoined in. opening batsman, that was dad'sjob. rahul�*s too. he batted all of thursday, one minute of friday. can you believe that? no, i don't think he could. remember, you did score 129. five minutes later england had another. delight on james anderson's face. surprise too. hang on, weren't we being ou

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday evening.'m chetan pathak. coming up on tonight's programme... a games like no other. the tokyo olympics come to a close. but not before jason kenny makes history, becoming the first briton to win seven olympic gold medals. laura kenny can't add to her record haul though after crashing in the omnium. but there is gold in the ring again as lauren price becomes the first welsh fighter to win an olympic boxing gold. also coming up tonight away from the olympics... rain ruins the final day at trent bridge. the first test between england and india is abandoned, ending in a draw. and the end of an era. lionel messi gives a tearful final press conference, as he leaves barcelona after 21 years. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. so the tokyo olympics have drawn to a close. the games that were delayed by a year and held amid the worldwide pandemic are over. it's been a very different olympics and was marked by a very different closing ceremony in the olympic stadium. no spectators as has been the case

hello and welcome to sportsday.he oval invincibles, eliminating birmingham phoenix to make it through to the hundred final we the hundred final will head live to carnoustie and georgia we will head live to carnoustie and georgia hall, very well—placed at the halfway stage for women's open. we will hearfrom the halfway stage for women's open. we will hear from that chelsea striker about his fundraising for the german red cross after all the devastating floods in his country. hello there, well, along to the programme. we are expecting joe biden to speak shortly. we will bring you that address live here in bbc news as and when it happens. let's see how far we can get with sportsday. it's the hundred eliminators day at the oval. we've already had a thrilling match in the women's competition. birmingham phoenix were chasing 115 for victory but in front of their home crowd, the invincibles were brilliant in the field, bowling phoenix out for 94 and will face southern brave in tpomorrow�*s lord's final. lydia campbell repo

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hello, welcome to sportsday. it's that time of the season again.transfer deadline day is upon us. the summer window closes in england and scotland at 11 o'clock this evening. plenty of deals have already gone through this window — we've seenjack grealish to manchester city, romelu lukaku to chelsea and just this afternoon cristiano ronaldo�*s return to manchester united has been made official — but one or two clubs are still hoping to do some late business, and who better to talk through it all with me than the bbc�*s football reporter, simon stone. big news of a signing for tottenham in the last few moments? yes, a dealfor emerson royal, £25 million, a five year deal. what else could we be looking at in the last few hours? salli what else could we be looking at in the last few hours?— the last few hours? soul me goes, the last few hours? soul me goes, the athletico — the last few hours? soul me goes, the athletico madrid _ the last few hours? soul me goes, i the athletico madrid midfielder,... arsenal trying to secure a deal for the japanese defen

still to come on sportsday.thington joins us with her medal and her bmx. stuart broad is out of the rest of the test series against india. he tore a calf muscle in training yesterday. james anderson is also struggling for tomorrow's second test with a thigh strain. our sports correspondent joe wilson is at lord's. look, an england bowler training at lord's. he at least looks fit and ready. bigger images everywhere of the all—time greats but as the practice day pass without stuart broad and without james anderson began to picture a test match without them. it's a weird thing to imagine. can england coat? thea;t without them. it's a weird thing to imagine. can england coat? they can coe, es imagine. can england coat? they can cape. yes was _ imagine. can england coat? they can cape. yes was a _ imagine. can england coat? they can cope, yes was a but _ imagine. can england coat? they can cope, yes was a but also _ imagine. can england coat? they can cope, yes was a but also the - imagine. can england coat? they can

that's all from sportsday.gh. there will be cloudiness and rain, but on balance it's not looking that bad and there is a lot of cloudiness heading in our direction in the southwestern parts of the uk. this is early in the morning on saturday and we have showers in scotland with clear whether further east you are. this cloudiness is a link to a low pressure and it will bring damp weather to coastal areas and outbreaks of rain. peeking across wales on the irish sea and generally a lot of cloudiness in the sky which will break during the afternoon. southern coast of england should have a fine afternoon and scotland and the lowlands should not have a mostly bright or sunny day. the second half of the weekend could be cloudy across southern parts of the country further north and monday they would be little change. this is bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: fears for kabul — as taliban militants now control a third of all regional capitals in afg

and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.s for britain in the track cycling to celebrate — as jason kenny becomes the leading british olympian, with silver in the velodrome. keely hodgkinson gets britain's first track the past couple of days and supporting you from home especially in the past 18 months it has been crazy. i can't believe it! and plain sailing to gold medal glory — two more wins on the water for britain, as their dominance continues. also coming up in the programme, the bronze that means more than gold in rio forjack laugher, after the diver says he almost quit the sport this year. the man in charge of denmark's euro opener tells us about the harrowing moments in christian ericksons cardiac arrest. hello there, and a warm welcome to sportsday. where we have another packed show show full of medals for team gb to bring you, show show full of medals we'll start in the velodrome, where jason and laura kenny were hoping to make history in their team races today. they had to settle for silvers — but the medalforjason

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel...tlines his ambitions for paris saint—germain. the premier league chief executive says he is fully behind players taking the knee in the new season begins on friday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. we begin tonight with a conflict happening thousands of miles away but one which has cost british lives and resources for the best part of the last 20 years. afghanistan is, once again, falling apart. and again it is the taliban, the hardline islamists that once harboured osama bin laden, that are gaining ground. a us—led military coalition to oust the taliban first began in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, but now most of the foreign troops have pulled out. a54 british forces personnel or mod civilians lost their lives. nearly 2,300 us troops have been killed. and over 120,000 afghan military, police and civilians have died in the conflict. as the taliban continue to capture territory — more on that in a moment — the question's being asked — what did we achieve, and what no

so that's where we start on sportsday today and drew savage's report.tish anthem heard for the first time in the velodrome at this 0lympics, four days into the track cycling programme and the first british gold in the men's omnium. laura kenny has dominated the women's events in 2012 and races on sunday, but today would be all about matt waltz. he got off to a flyer, victory in the scratch race giving him maximum points. an victory in the scratch race giving him maximum points. an excellent start format _ him maximum points. an excellent start format matt _ him maximum points. an excellent start format matt walls. _ him maximum points. an excellent start format matt walls. the - him maximum points. an excellent| start format matt walls. the format has changed — start format matt walls. the format has changed over _ start format matt walls. the format has changed over the _ start format matt walls. the format has changed over the years - start format matt walls. the format has changed over the years stop - start format matt walls. the format has changed

hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. whitlock has been hailed as britain's greatest ever gymnast after he retained his olympic title with a sublime performance in tokyo to win gold in the men's pommel horse. it's a victory that sees the 28—year—old become just the sixth briton to win at least six olympic medals. john watson was at the ariake gymnastics centre to witness whitlock�*s wonderful world class win. to witness whitlock�*s wonderful world class win. max whitlock defending his pommel horse title, it was a nerveless display when you consider he was first up of the eight finalist posting a huge score of 15.583, which could not be toppled. he has been the man to beat. he's had a target on his back ever since rio, but couldn't be overhauled on the biggest stage once again. he was naturally does lighted to have won a third olympic gold. i naturally does lighted to have won a third olympic gold.— third olympic gold. i can't describe the feelin: third olympic gold. i can't describe the feeling i _ third olympic gold. i c

hello and welcome to sportsday.m gb head in to the final weeknd of the olympics after another brilliant day in tokyo. they are up to fourth in the medal table, with two more golds. we'll start with the one in the velodrome, that saw laura kenny become the most successful female british olympian of all time. victory in the madison, alongside katie archibald. her fifth gold across three games. no british woman has done that before. adam wild reports. the perfect ride, the perfect result. gold for great britain, take a bow. they were outstanding. even by laura kenny's impossible standards, this was a masterclass. along with katie archibald, they were entirely dominant, and for kenny, no more fitting way to make history. kenny, no more fitting way to make histo . , ., , ., kenny, no more fitting way to make histo . , . , ., ., history. unbelievable, i am so glad. i've never wanted _ history. unbelievable, i am so glad. i've never wanted to _ history. unbelievable, i am so glad. i've never wanted to win _ history. unbeli

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we'll have the latest from theundred eliminators. which teams will make it into tomorrow's finals? good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. amid reports of executions and torture in afghanistan thousands of people continue to mass at kabul�*s airport, in the hope of being airlifted out of the country. at times, soldiers guarding the perimeter struggled to keep all the desperate people at bay. nato says so far, more than 18,000 have been airlifted this week, amid criticism of the west's handling of the crisis, while here, the ministry of defence says the uk has flown out nearly 2,500 people, among them 599 british nationals, with many more who are eligible still trying to leave. borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says latest reports suggest the situation at the airport is now improving. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul and reports on the despair of those still trying to escape. you may find some of the scenes distressing. get back! panic and chaos close to kabul airport

that's all from sportsday. have a very good evening.stan has new masters, 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end, the taliban are back, hours after arriving in cobble, sitting at the president's desk. earlier, cling to power but the man down in the streets is gone. afghanistan has new masters. 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end the taliban are back. hours after arriving in kabul, they were sitting at the president's desk. earlier, president ashraf ghani clinging to the last vestige of power. he has fled to uzbekistan, saying he left to avoid bloodshed. as the taliban moves in, the west moves out. helicopters ferrying diplomats to the airport. this disorderly end was not planned. hundreds of british troops have now arrived in kabul to help with the evacuation of thousands of british and afghan civilians. the operation is well under way. these troops may not be on the ground for long. kabul is in chaos. people desperate to leave, taking what they can, fearing a bloody a

coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel...w. he's says he's not going to leave spurs this summer and is 100% focused on helping the team. the cyclist dame sarah storey moved a step closer today to becoming britain's most decorated paralympian, after she won britain's first gold medal at the paralympics in tokyo. the gold was the 15th of her career and she broke her previous world record in the process. in total, great britain claimed six medals on the first day of the games. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, has been watching the action in tokyo. a golden start from one of britain's most golden athletes. for dame sarah storey, it seems winning is just a way of life. storey arrived here with 1a paralympic titles, and the 15th was never in doubt. in the pursuit, she'd set a world record in qualifying, and her all—british final against crystal lane—wright was more a victory procession as she caught her team—mate with laps to spare. and dame sarah storey! nearly 30 years after her paralympic debut, storeyjust keeps getting bet

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel... have the latest from headingly ahead what promises to be a fiery third test bewteen england and india. good evening. with the united states today refusing to budge from its deadline of august 31st for withdrawing its troops from afghanistan, a g7 virtual summit chaired by borisjohnson appealed to the taliban to allow safe passage beyond that date for anyone who wants to leave. but in a hardening of tone, the taliban today indicated they would not allow afghans to be evacuated, and the us should stop encouraging afghans to go to the airport to be airlifted out. it also said that all international evacuations had to be completed by the end of the month. more on that in a moment, but first here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reporting from kabul and the situation at the airport. her report contains some distressing images. stay calm, orders this taliban guard. there is no calm here. not in a crowd too big to count, too big to control. but the days are numbered now be

and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel...no atheltics golds for team gb, but relief for laura muir who has won herfirst outdoor global medal. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain's most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team—mate, katie archibald, won the women's madison event in the velodrome. they dominated the 120—lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, now reports on a historic achievement. two special athletes who complemented each other beautifully. when nine years of brilliance culminates in one record—breaking moment. joy for katie archibald, history for laura kenny — the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. the madison was a new olympic event for women, requiring tactics, endurance and speed — something this dream team have in abundance. so, away we go... but this lengthy relay race, with a slingshot twist, is a game of

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme...t new boys norwich. five star performance — bruno fernandez hits a hat trick as manchester united hammer leeds. and another stunning century from joe root powers england on day three of the second test against india at lords. welcome along, thanks forjoining us on this opening weekend of the premier league season. fans are back, in both home and away ends, and that saturday feeling has returned. seven premier league games today, all with their own fascinating sub—plots, but we begin with today's early match at old trafford, as manchester united put on a show, beating rivals leeds united by five goals to one as patrick gearey reports: two uniteds sharply divided. if you wanted a game that highlighted the difference having a capacity crowd makes, here it was. a chance to follow the expectation with this goal. the reaction a long time coming. the man coming onto the ball is in their right back, luke ayling. absolute mayhem. commentator: there's an early contender for goal of the month. wh

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. — as galal yafai wins in the men's flyweight. britain are now on 20 golds.

that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news, it's click.try was once the heart of british automotive manufacturing, dubbed britain's motor city. but it's moved with the times — now hosting the institute for future transport and cities at coventry university, playing an important part in the future of autonomous, sustainable and connected transport. for a few years now, we've been told that driverless cars are just around the corner. and on this programme, we've taken a few for a spin. but before they can truly become a reality, we need to know that we can trust them just as much, if not more, than a human driver. and if this driverless world comes about, it will be transformative — not just for the drivers, but also for the cities, so we may need to rethink some of the basics. we're used to a lot of congestion on our roads, but it seems here, like this model of autonomous vehicles, seems to actually overcome some of that congestion. so we know that people spend a lot of time driving around cities, creating congestion, looking for a parking

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, there's a busy night of europeanead, celticjust one of the british sides involved in europa and europa conference league qulaifying. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than half a million gcse students in england, wales and northern ireland have achieved another set of record results, with both the proportion of students getting top grades and those achieving pass rates rising slightly from last year. it follows a second year in which exams were replaced with the assessments of teachers. as with a—levels a couple of days ago the numbers offer new insights into secondary education. girls moved further ahead of boys, with a third of them scoring top grades, while for boys it was roughly a quarter achieving the same grades. there were also some clear regional differences. in london over a third of results were top grades. while in yorkshire and the humber, for example, it was more like a quarter. from leeds, our eduction editor branwen jeffreys reports on the results and the implications going forward

and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: is this the end for roger federerother knee operation for the 20—time grand slam champion. he'll be out for many months. good evening. there have been chaotic scenes at kabul airport, as desperate afghans tried to flee the country by hanging on to departing aircraft, after the taliban's final takeover yesterday. several people are reported to have been killed. american forces fired into the air to disperse crowds attempting to force their way onto planes. in the centre of kabul, there's been an uneasy calm, as armed insurgents flying the taliban flag patrol the streets. us and uk troops are engaged in evacuating their citizens, although all military and civilian flights have been halted because of the crowds. meanwhile, the international community is trying to define its response to the taliban's lightning—speed victory. ourfirst report tonight is from our south asia correspondent, secunder kermani. running for their lives, frantically trying to escape afghanistan on this us military plane. this is how desperate some

yeah, we spoke to everton fans on sportsday when rafa benitez was appointed manager last month.eing him in blue felt like a practicaljoke gone wrong — this something they never thought they'd see when benitez was leading their arch rivals liverpool to the champions league title 16 years ago. it all means he needs a good start to get some credit in the bank early. and that's just what his team got against southampton — they were behind at half time but they turned it round through richarlison who equalised, he was playing just a week from winning gold for brazil in the olympic football final — before winning goals from abdoulaye doucoure and england's dominic calvert—lewin made sure it was joy at goodison on day one for benitez. thanks to the fans for the support for me in the team. i think it is an important situation this year with the fans behind not like last year. we saw determination and character and belief. and we know it is the beginning and we need to improve but we are pleased with the reaction of the team and the support of the fans. we saw brentford make a winning st

that's all from sportsday. we'll see you again next time. good evening.hanging in a hurry, just subtle changes in terms of cloud amount and temperature. this was the picture on the isle of wight on saturday, and sunday brings us more of the same. again, it's looking dry with spells of sunshine, but what we are seeing at the moment is more cloud working in from the north. so, through tonight, it'll be clouding over for scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england, too. further south across england and wales, clearer skies and it's here that temperatures will fall lowest first thing sunday. could be the odd misty patch around first thing. through the day, best of any sunshine will be across the southern half of the uk, generally cloudier further north. still quite a brisk breeze down the east coast, particularly for east anglia and for the southeast as well. temperatures between about 15 in aberdeen to 21 in cardiff on sunday. no great changes into monday, which is a bank holiday for much of the uk, not everywhere. we have got quite a lot of clo

that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello.ch of scotland, england was wetter than average last month but many have stayed trade today but there have been some torrential downpour is around in courts of the hundred millimetres on the isle of wight with some flooding and the thundering downpours have developed after rumbling around to the evening will die away as we get into the night and by morning, most places are dry with clear spells and away from the town city centres, down into single figures and so fresh feeling start and there will be plenty of sunshine around and there is a ridge of high pressure at there is a ridge of high pressure at the moment but despite that, there the moment but despite that, there the shadows to contend with in the frontal system is nudging its way towards the western in most western parts of england and with the isle of cornwall with the chance of seeing some rain and showers into the western aisles. a greater chance of catching a shower and scotland of most want, a brighter day and a chance to

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall.ble party scenes as team gb�*s athletes touch down to celebrate with friends and family for the first time. a record—breaking move — jack grealish is unveiled as a manchester city player, but what will that mean for moves elsewhere? well, this man is certainly on the move — messi leaves barcelona after 21 years, as he prepares to say bonjour to a new club. also coming up in the programme — we try to find out what it takes to be an olympian with max whitlock and adam peaty. they tell us why winning gold second time around is far harder. welcome to the programme. it brought us some magical moments, tears as athletes stood at the top of a podium and heartbreak when they faltered through injury. it gave us a passion for sports we've never watched before, but most of all it left us with a pride in our countries and in the athletes representing them. the olympics in tokyo are over and, despite so many problems affecting them, they were a huge success, particularly for team gb, winning 65 med

pre—race favourite hamish was earlier declared a non—runner that's all from sportsday. hello. wearing heavy rain for some. quite a contrast, then, for sunday as we look to sunnier skies and a loss of dry weather as well. the reason for the change, we move an area of low pressure away to the east of the uk, it pushes into the continent and that will allow for high pressure to build from the south—west and that high pressure looks set to continue building through sunday into monday and then really establish across the uk for the week ahead. some of the rain we see through the remainder of the night could be some of the heaviest we see now for a good few days in some parts of the uk. there will be some parts of the uk. there will be some heavy showers into the small hours across northern and eastern england but for the majority it becomes dry, a little misty and merck in places with lows of 13-15 c. merck in places with lows of 13—15 c. sunday, the low quite slow to make its way into the continent, will see some showers and a bit more cloud into eastern england through the course

that's all from sportsday.competition lie ahead. we've had the opening ceremony, go to the bbc sport website for the full timetable, and there will be commentary on all the key events on five live radio. but for me and the rest of the team here, it's goodbye for now. hello. the weather is expected to remain settled for the foreseeable future, at least the next 7—10 days. and certainly for the rest of this week, it's a case of sunny spells, but for some of us, cloudy at times, as well. now this is a blocking area of high pressure — it stops the weather fronts, the rain fronts from making any progress eastwards, so hence it'll keep things dry for us. but it's not gin clear within this high pressure — you can see areas of cloud earlier on, but many areas of the country seeing some sunshine. so through the course of this evening and overnight, it's a case of clear skies across many western and southern areas. closer to the north sea coasts and also inland, it once again will turn cloudy as that north sea cloud drif

that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. for now, goodbye.and really, not an awful lot of change on the way. tomorrow, so, this week we're calling it "sunny spells, cloudy at times" — because that's the kind of weather high pressure builds. and the high pressure is over us right now, and it's not going to budge probably for around seven days or so at least. this is the satellite picture from earlier on. you can see various areas of cloud floating in this area of high pressure, but big breaks in the cloud, too — so some of us have had clear blue skies, others have been stuck underneath the cloud. for example, one bank of cloud here drifting on the wind off the north sea into eastern and central areas of england. so, for example, here first thing on tuesday, it will be fairly cloudy, whereas many other parts of the country will be waking up to sunshine. let's have a look at the morning and early afternoon then. so, this is around midday, central scotland in the very centre of the high—pressure, so the best of the weather here. here's a bit of c

hello there and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. root says he'll learn from the defeat to india, after his england side crumbled on the final day to go one—down in the series. multiple world champion hannah cockroft talks to us ahead of the paralympic next week and whether she can bring more gold for team gb again. also coming up in the programme, we catch up with former heavyweight champion david haye, who's back in the ring again next month. could it be the start of bigger fights to come? this is not a come back, this is an anomaly, this is a one—off, this is just proving a point to a friend of mine. hello there and welcome to the programme. there is work to do for england captainjoe route, despite a momentous score of 180 in their first innings of the second test against india, he said he is taking the blame for defeat at lord's. england crippled on the final day. india take the ascendancy in the series. abelson looks at what went wrong. this test match looked up to any that haven't played on that famous ground, certainly the con

that is all from us here on sportsday. thank you for watching.ening. take care. hello, you're watching i'm lu kwesa —— you're watching bbc news. the data watchdog is warning pub customers to think carefully before handing over personal information when signing up to apps before ordering drinks. app and web—based ordering has become pretty commonplace during the pandemic — and despite the easing of restrictions, the big pub chains are continuing to offer them as an option, but there are concerns about the amount of personal data being collected. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the story. i'll wait until we've all ordered. the lads are out for pints — but which will be quicker, the app or the bar? the race is on. table service sweeps in with the phone orders before the slow coaches make it back. if this place was packed, i would be dreaming for the app, i wouldn't go anywhere near the bar. you end up with ten different passwords — greene king, wetherspoons, i've got so many different apps. postcode, e—mail, there seems like a

from me and the rest of the sportsday team, goodbye for now.ad to take part in emergency exercises in case agent concrete —— ageing concrete causes structure to collapse. an interesting one says health managers have to provide safe services for patients. nikki fox has this exclusive report for steel posts holding up the roof on a children's ward, on a maternity unit, where mothers lie with new babies. seven hospitals in england, all constructed with a type of lightweight concrete. but it is failing and all need to be rebuilt. so we are currently on one of our service corridors. what you can see above you as a latticework of structural timbers. should a plank fall, they will cradle them and support them. the west suffolk hospital was built with concrete rack planks. they were never meant to last and are 15 years beyond their expected life span. the trust's risk assessment is clear — without the safety measures, the threat of planks failing is immediate. but they will take two years to install, so they have commissioned a corporate manslaughter r

hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming on sportsday.c flame is shining bright in tokyo. we'll look ahead to 12 days of competition. will dame sarah storey leave japan as the best british paralympian? from the track to the road, she's looking to make history. i'v e i've got really big mental strength, and i'll be calling on that every day. no doubt, i'm expecting it to be tough. and barrow back in the bigtime — it could be a very special night for them in the league cup. also coming up in the programme... one of c] ujah�*s relay teamates breaks his silence about the possibilty of losing their olympic silver medals. and england and india turn up the heat ahead of what could be a fiery third test at headingly. good evening. 364 days later than planned, the tokyo paralympics are under way. japans emperor naruhito and the country's prime minister yoshihide suga were inside an almost empty stadium for the opening ceremony. the city is the first to host the paralympic games for a second time — they also staged the games in 1964. just like the

still to come on sportsday- -- _ there's an emotional return to leeds rhinos for rob burrow. it's still a long way to wembley, but we'll be live at the worlds oldest club ahead of their fa cup prelimiary round tie. the paralympics start on tuesday. 0ur reporter sally hurst has spoken to a number of athletes before they flew out to tokyo — today we hear from two members of the gb rowing squad — ellen buttrick making her paralympic debut with the mixed coxed four and laurence whiteley who's looking to defend the gold he won in the mixed double scull in rio. congratulations press pop. he must be thrilled. this is your oppressed paralympics. has quite sunk in yet? now. it's been a long time coming. sojust really now. it's been a long time coming. so just really excited to get out there. �* , ., , so just really excited to get out there. �*, ., , , so just really excited to get out there. �*, ., i, , .,, so just really excited to get out there. it's only seven years since he been diagnosed _ there. it's only seven years since he been diagnosed with - there. it's only seven years s