they're super league team, you would make them clearfavourites.t they are all pa rt—timers, in halifax, but they are all part—timers, it they've been training in the night time during this week. st helens are fully professional. it could be a landslide. should be, on form, a landslide. should be, on form, a landslide. you cannot make a case for halifax winning that game. i would suggest to you that an upset is not going to happen tomorrow. at halifax will try their best, they will give it their all, but not good enough. they have a baker in the side, i love it! it would be a fairy tale, because halifax haven't appeared at the challenge cup final since 1988, but also a fairy tale for the head coach? halifax had success in the 805, winning the file mill in 87, they lost an 88 to wigan. they have been third in the league in the late 905 as well, but slipped out of super league in 2003 and never been back. simon greg only took over the reins late to the 5ea5on, took over the reins late to the season, three times as a player at warrington he missed out

the club are also 10 points clear at the top of super league.out the rest of this season with saints. back to cricket now and with the ashes just days away and australia looking to succeed in england for the first time since 2001, one englishman has been leading the way down under. and you've probably not heard of him. charlie hemphrey was spat out of the english game eight years ago without playing county cricket. after working as a baggage handler in brisbane, he's since gone on to become the first english player to score a first class century in australia since 1978, winning their domestic competition. now at the age of 29, he's finally getting his first shot at the county game over here. ben croucher has been to meet him. i had had enough here. i thought cricket has passed me by. i did not see anything for me. timing is everything in cricket. in 2013 having rejected by kent, derbyshire, and essex, charlie hemphrey thought his time had run out. he decided to head out to australia, play some clu b head out to australia, play some club cricket

then as you may have guessed there was no gareth bale for real madrid he's moved to the chinese super league collapsed

players on close to 3000000 euros on average last season in the women's super league average to just 30000 euros and the following number really brings it home the brazilian star name makes more than 36000000 a year if you average out the earnings over the world's top 7 women's leagues you could pay $1700.00 female players with that amount now let's talk about this a bit more with me in the studio is done in barcelona from our sports desk and also the previous life a professional football player a self played foot in norway spain and it's no play in germany albeit not professional any more welcome than we've heard a lot about this huge pay gap in football but isn't that down to economics the she had numbers tickets sold viewing figures merchandise you would think that but then again i'd say why women say that the u.s. women's national team earns more from games than their men their male counterparts and nike just released a statement today saying that the u.s. women's home jersey is now the most sold soccer jersey ever on nike dot com yet they still make far less still though they st

next season as you at the women's super league next season as well.ercial interests and build the grassroots game. good work has been done on the grassroots game but there is always more to be done. lots of this will mean money, people have pointed out the disparities, the woman players earn compared to the woman players earn compared to the men but in terms of development how much does it need from the fifa, from the fa? how long is a piece of string? the fa have done a good job, clubs in the country have done a greatjob in backing their within's teams but at the moment within's football does not pay one thing we've got to get to is make sure it at least can wash its face. money needs to come from various sources. we've seen much greater commercial interest now shown by barclays with the landmark deal with the fa for the super league. it is hoped we can build attendances and audiences so gates money will increase, the commercial reve nu es money will increase, the commercial revenues will rise and all these things and drive each other, with greater m

, so years, we've played with them in the super league, so we years, we've played with them in the super performance we did yesterday and we are looking to keep doing that throughout the tournament. northern ireland picked up their first win of the tournament earlier. after losing to the reigning champions australia yesterday, they got off the mark with a 67—50 victory over sri lanka this morning. lewis hamilton's missed out on pole position and will start behind his mercedez teammate valterri bottas at tomorrow's british grand prix. the finn beat the world champion to pole by the tiniest of margins in qualifying, as azi farni reports. all eyes are on lewis hamilton this weekend as he looks to become the most successful driver at the british grand prix. before that was the chance to extend his record of six pole positions at silverstone and he started strongly with a new track record in the first qualifying session, breaking it in the third despite a mistake on his opening lap. but as so often this season, his team—mate, valterri bottas was hot on his wheels. hamilton bears the weight of

bale's not in the right frame of mind to play after real prevented him from moving to the chinese super league club hasn't produced the outstanding information it requires to show how they'll be funded moving forwards. the efl says bury will now be referred to an independent disciplinary panel. meanwhile bolton wanderers opening match against wycombe which was also in doubt will be going ahead bolton have been in administration since the middle of may, with a proposed takeover of the club still not complete. but the efl says it's satisfied after a meeting that the necessary requirements will be met so the game will be played as scheduled on saturday. and st helens head coach justin holbrook is expected to be named the new coach of the gold coast titans in australia's nrl within the next 24 hours. holbrookjoined saints in 2017 and guided them to a first challenge cup final in 11 years after they beat championship side halifax on saturday. the club are also 10 points clear at the top of super league. holbrook‘s expected to see out the rest of this season with saints. that's all the sport for now

the chinese super league has emerged asa the chinese super league has emerged as a possible destinationtwo chinese clubs are interested in signing the well star and that he could be paid £1 million a week there. he has three is in his contract in spain but was left out ina contract in spain but was left out in a match against bayern munich. include zinedine zidane that it would be better for everyone include zinedine zidane that it would be betterfor everyone if he leaves. in response his manager says it isa leaves. in response his manager says it is a decrease. he is statistically one of the best players of all time. but he clearly has no future there under zinedine zidane. a p pa re ntly apparently in montreal last week, perez made... it did not quite pan out. on wednesday he made a big play to zinedine zidane and some of the directors to try to convince him about giving him one more chance. sedan who has more power of the club since coming back and having to be persuaded to come back has been steadfast. i was surprised just how starkey made it as well. it's a rest day in the tour de

after 23 rounds of super league, they are split by two points. but it was the wolves who bit first.om six wins into the last eight, hull were filled with confidence — so much so that they tried things like this. sheer brilliance! a pinpoint cross field kick from albert kelly into the corner. there's been nothing between the sides this season, and warrington showed that anything hull could do, they could do to. ben curry rising highest to give the wolves the lead into the break. into the second half, it started just in the same way. warrington going to the sky, this time toby king rising highest to score. hull continued to bat against the warrington defence, but in the end it was the wolves who had the final say. a chip, a chase, and a spot in the final. hometown boyjoe philbin, the man to take warrington to wembley. austin halewood, bbc news. a former big bash cricketer was the hero as leeds rhinos retained the women's challenge cup. captain and half—back courtney hill scored the only try of the game as leeds came from behind against castleford tigers to win16—10. imran sidat report

leaving for the chinese super league, the league leaders winning 4—1 with its barcelona spurs player,ng a hat trick, having won his first two league games. england and saracens told the bbc that he is going to make that his christian beliefs do not disrupt england's world cup plans. he was warned by the conduct after liking the homophobic social media posts. one of the stars the australian game was sacked. he was booed while playing towards the end of last season and he regrets the effect that it had on his team—mates. effect that it had on his team-mates. the only regret i would haveis team-mates. the only regret i would have is bringing my team—mates into disrepute. i addressed the group myself and i said that was done with that there and everyone knows where i stood and where i stand and i think but we had coming out of there was, it is unfair to bring everyone else into it, which is probably something that i didn't really think about. that is not something i want to have happen here either. i brought this on myself and i'm not going to hide the way from the fact that i did, but it

the footballer gareth bale could be on his way to the chinese super league, from real madrid.ose". reports suggest the deal could see bale earn a million pounds a week. the defending champion, wales' geraint thomas, is set to finish as runner—up, in this year's tour de france. with the largely ceremonial final stage to go, he's trailing colombia's egan bernal, riding in the same british team. patrick gearey has the latest. on top of the mountain, and on top of the world. egan bernal, a 22—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the third youngest winner in the history of the tour de france. born in the andes and crowned in the alps, bernal was followed all the way to the top by his countrymen, who had never seen a colombian win this race. bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his lead over the short and dirty seven mile course. last year's winner, britton's geraint thomas, and the rest of team ineos playing wingmen, protecting him from threats. like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julain alaphilippe was the chaser. but that takes a toll on these punish

huddersfield giants beat hull kr 18—12 in the betfred super league. crashing over, they win four points playing world number ones australia in their netball world cup semifinal — but still face a tough task when they take on new zealand at the liverpool arena tomorrow. just one point separated australia and new zealand in their intense match yesterday. kate grey is there for us. this time tomorrow we'll know if england has made it through to their first ever netball world cup final, they have been fighting in this tournament so far with six wins from six matches and they significantly have two win against south africa yesterday by 11 goals. they were now faced new zealand in the semifinals, we look very much on form at this tournament, they only lost to the defending champions, australia by one goal in the earlier stages, so in the top of the game if they want to make it through to the finals. so let's hear from the new zealand coach and the england coach coach added that semi final

and there was a big win for wigan in the super league tonight.ll scored a hatrick of tries as they thrashed wakefield trinity by 46 points to 16. that moves wigan up to fourth in the table. it went down to the line but the british rider, simon yates has won stage 12 of the tour de france in a sprint finish. the race entered the pyrenees for the first time today with many expecting this to be where geraint thomas made his move. but frenchman julian alaphillipe is still in the leader's yellow jersey for now, with thomas in second. joe lynskey reports: it heads for the hills, these are the areas where they are stretched out or pulled apart. for the man in yellow, the home fans cannot stop those behind him. the climbs aware thomas was going for the front. but this mountain stage will be remembered for a different britain, and black and yellow, simon gates was in the pack of three, the first to the top with the dissent, this would be a long sprint finish, taking into the final straight for one to make a move. for yates, his job listed help is brother

reaching the super league with a 35—22 victory over the london broncos, six tries and the wind, whichn 24 points. ferrari driver charles leclerc has told the bbc that he was determined to pursue a career in formula one despite the death of his godfather and close friend jules bianchi. he died in 2015 from injuries he suffered in an accident at the previous year's japanese grand prix. but leclerc said he never considered quitting the sport: there was definitely no thoughts any time in my career to stop my career for that. from the beginning, when you going to the sport, you know how dangerous it is. it will never be a safe sport, it is not getting safer. and we are going at 340 kph, it cannot be safe. i knew it from the start and yeah, i do not know, i just want him to do good for him because he has learned many things and he has learned a lot of ways to push me forward and get better and yeah, the only thought they had when this happened was to do it for him to make him proud. we have had some very good moments and get matter that, it was good times and we had a good fight two weeks a

and huddersfield giants moved away from the bottom of super league with a thumping win over salford. won 30—18 at the aj bell stadium. onto cricket, and england have lost their second one day international of the women's ashes, comfortably beaten by australia by four wickets. after winning the toss at leicester, england started well, opener tammy beaumont hitting 114 — her sixth odi century. but beaumont‘s dismissal sparked an england collapse, where they went from 187—6 to 217 all out, delissa kimmince the best of the bowlers with a five—forjust 26 runs. in reply, australia never really looked like losing, ellyse perry top scoring on 62, and they wrapped up the victory with more than four overs to spare. australia now lead the multi—format series 4—0 with one more odi, three t20s and test match still to play. at the cricket world cup, there was a consolation win for the west indies over afghanistan in both side's final match at the tournament. the windies won by 23 runs at headingley and afghanistan leave without a single point. four years ago, the great britain women's basketball t

the chinese super league has emerged as a possible destination for gareth bale, who's set to leave real madrid. two chinese clubs are reportedly interested in signing the welsh star with wages around a million pounds a week. bale has three years on his contract in spain. but he was left out of their pre—season match against bayern munich and coach zinedine zidane said it would be best for everyone if he leaves. bale has won four champions league titles with the la liga champions, but he clearly has no future there under zidane. apparently, in montreal last week, gareth bale was basically hired as a vanity project is successive to ronaldo, and it didn't pan out like that, but in wednesday he made a big play with the zinedine zidane to try and convince him to give him more chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more power chance, and zinedine zidane, who has so much more power at the club since being persuaded to come back, has been steadfast. i was surprised at how stop zinedine zidane made it

out of real madrid's pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super leagueod bale is not in the right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. daniele di rossi was officially introduced as a boca juniors player on monday. the 36—year—old former italy international — who left roma in may after 19 years with the club — has signed a 12—month contract with the argentinian club. he's expected to make his debut for boca in next month's copa argentina tie against almagro. former manchester united and france defender patrice evra has announced his retirement. the 38—year—old confirmed that he would now move into coaching. evra made almost 700 appearances for eight different clubs, including monaco and juventus over two decades. his honours included winning five premier league titles, two serie a titles and one champions league. we're more than three years away from the 2022 fifa world cup in qatar but for many nations the long and ardous road to football's flagship event is already underway after asia got the bal

and manchester city will play their first game of the women's super league season against manchestere'll be free entry at stamford bridge for the chelsea—tottenham game on the opening weekend. before england play australia on thursday, india and new zealand will battle it out for a place in the final of the cricket world cup at old trafford tomorrow. india topped the final group table having lost just once, whilst new zealand sneaked into the semis having lost their last three matches. our sports correspondent joe wilson's been looking at both side's preparations. i was of the atmosphere among both teams here has been it relaxed today on the v first cricket world cup semifinal. india's session was at times jovial. certainly optional. but the indian captain insisted this tournament is about to reach another level of seriousness as finally we get to the knockout games. this is the stage or you know you need to qualify and the group is a bit more relaxed and you can go out there and try a few things. i think knockout games, you have to be very precise and at the same time be intense i t

rafa benitez had enjoyed an unbeaten start to life in the chinese super league, at dalian yifang.st his first match on tuesday. a 4—1 defeat to guangzhou evergrande, ending his honeymoon period sincejoining from newcastle united. paulinho scored a hat—trick, evergrande go top. guangzhou r&f moved 5th in the table after their win over tianjin teda. eran zahavi with both of their goals in a 2—1win. all goals coming in the first half. let's bring you up to date, with some of the other sports stories today. 19—year—old dutch centre back matthijs de ligt is set to finalise a move to italian championsjuventus for nearly $85 million. the ajax player, one of the most coveted defenders in the game, had been linked with transfers to manchester united, psg and barcelona. kieran trippier is close to sealing a move to atletico madrid for $25 million. the england right back has been with tottenham, in the english premier league, since 2015 and has played more than 100 times for the club. the 28—year—old would become atletico's third major defensive signing of the summer. clarence seedorf has be

england and you'll see men and close to 3000000 euros on average last season plays in the women's super league averaged 30000 euros and it's really brings it home the brazilian stuff i'm sure you know a name on makes a 36000000 a year. if you average out the earnings of the world's top 7 women's leagues that take almost 1700 female players to make up well it's still to do you know used your boss a lot of he's played professionally in italy spain no way and now germany is pretty amazing you've been everywhere you know what this game is all about and how it works business wise what's the feeling when you put in all that hard work the same hard work that the men's are and get paid a pittance for. well it's frustrating ok now i have need to start this with i play football and most women play football because we love but it is frustrating to see for example you know when i was playing in spain or in italy they were professional men's teams and 1st league as well and you know you're riding your bike to training and taking the bus and they're driving by and they're for ari and you. so and they would

he had been expected to finalise a a three—year deal with chinese super league club jiangsu suning, worthut it now looks like he's staying at real madrid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. that's despite manager zinedine zidane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliot. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid, but chose to joinjurgen klopp's champions league winners. the england youth international can't turn professional though until his 17th birthday next april. meanwhile, liverpool have been beaten 3—0 by napoli in a pre—season game at murrayfield. napoli took the lead after a brilliant solo run and finish from italian international lorenzo insigne. arkadius milik then made it 2—0 before half—time, with napoli adding another in the second half. it's liverpool's third defeat in their last four pre—season games. arsenal's preparations for the new season also took a bl

gareth bale could be latest player attracted by the riches of the chinese super league with the welshmand although zinedine zidane says it was bale‘s decision not to play on sunday against bayern munich. daniel ricciardo‘s former manager is claiming he's owed more than $11 million from the formula i driver in unpaid earnings. glenn beavis says he's due money from ricciardo‘s contract with renault, but the australian's lawyer said there was no merit‘ in the claim. defending champion geraint thomas won't compete against his team ineos leadership partner egan bernal in the final week of the tour de france. thomas lies second, 95 seconds behind frenchman julian alaphilippe. i'm sure it's really a big honour to be in yellow during the tour. so we change the plan and we defended. i'd give everything every day. like you see, i don't go in the breakaway now. eye ride like the leader of the tour de france. so i don't know what will happen in the next day, but for sure i will continue to defend the joe zee. anthonyjoshua's promoter thinks the former world heavyweight champion shouldn't be fighting

a couple of strange results, castleford beating warrington in the super league.xed weekend weatherwise but as we head through this coming week, it's going to be all eyes on the temperature because things are turning increasingly hot and humid too. not dry for all of us. some rain in the north—west during the course of monday and later in the week, we're expecting some thundery downpours to develop. and the reason for the heat and humidity is that we've got high pressure sitting to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europe, and it is particularly hot. in fact, in paris, we could see temperatures up to 42 celsius later this week, which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. south, a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so qui

physical activity in other sports, that encourages more more people to go and watch the women's super leaguein which there has been a great effort to professionalize and invest more and more in top—flight teams. and that intern i think leads hopefully to more progress when comes to financial equality in overcoming the undoubted disparity in football to the two genders when it comes to paper and prize money as well for example. i think that will be the true long—term measure of what england have achieved here. i think they got to the final for the first time, them achieving those things would have become more likely but that can still happen, they could still be this team's legacy and as phil neville second when there is still an awful lot to look forward to and be proud about. england represented of course within team gb at the olympics next year in tokyo. neville is due to be the coach for that team. that will be a big moment for this football again as for the euros which england hosts the following year in 2021 and already you can see the effects of this run to the semifinals is having. fo

after 23 rounds of super league, the science is split by two points.bryce and goodwin creep into the corner. but with six wins from their last eight, they are filled with confidence. so much so they try things like this. a pinpoint cross kick from albert kelly into the arms of beretta for remo, and into the corner. there's been nothing between the sites this season, and warrington show that anything hole can do, they can do to. ben curry rising high to give the wolves the lead into the break. in the second half started in just the same way, with warrington going to the sky, this time toby king rising highest score. hole continue to bat the warrington defence, but in the end it was the wolves who had the final say. a chip, chase, and a spot in the final. joe philbin, the man to ta ke the final. joe philbin, the man to take the wolves to hampton. warrington don't know who they will face in that final at wembley on august 24. st helens and halifax are playing their semi final at the moment. st. helens are leading 8—2. the women's challenge cup final was w

he is under contract until 2022 but is now linked with moves to the chinese super league perhaps.g two clubs are interested with speculation he could earn £1 million a week if he wants to. there is speculation around buying munich, paris saint—germain, tottenham and manchester united. premier league interest will always be there but it is up to gareth bale. and his manager has pointed out, that zinedine zidane is a disgrace and shows no respect for the player who has done so much for real madrid. they are working on a few possibilities. gareth is a real madrid player but if he does leave, it will be his own decision and not zinedine zidane's. so he has a choice, sit tight at zinedine zidane or go for a huge amount of money. now to another superstar who may well be leaving their club — paul pogba. he's been linked with a move away from manchester united, not least because of what both the midfielder and his agent have had to say over the last few weeks. however, on their preseason tour in singapore, his current teammate juan mata says he hopes pogba stays. we all know paul and he i

bale had been expected to sign a three—year deal with chinese super league side jiangsu suning, wherened more than $1 million a week. let's return to our top story, a weekend of violent clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. laurie wen is a democracy advocate, and she's been telling me about how the protests have developed over the last few weeks and the progress the protestors feel they've made. in earlyjune, i didn't know a single person who thought if we marched, that would cause the government to withdraw the amendment to the extradition law, but we did it anyway. we didn't want to take it lying down. i think for most of us said came down to a sense of very basic human dignity, to be able to tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. so i tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. soi million of us came out and marched, and a few days later we peacefully occupied the streets and the government responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. of course we we re bullets and tear gas. of course we were enraged, and we organise

to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit over $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real. heard of the board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking was made famous by iceland fans of you know 2016 but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than $83000.00 were there in koala before kick off they performed the traditional celebration. malaysia's football league claims it's a new national record for the country's biggest vikings. most sport coming up from us again. and that's the news hour but before we go every miner you can always find much more on our website all the day's top stories sports and features that dot com. said for the team here and there for this news hour but don't go away i'll be back in just a moment. 0101 must investigate illegal loggers a plundering some of cambodia's long stream aiming saw is marking 2 years since the start of myanmar's military campaign that schools hundreds of thousands of lives into exile how you'll be in countr

keep your eye on the goalkeeper in black, who plays for beijing renhe in the chinese super league.des. stay with bbc world news. hello. well, after a fine end to the weekend, the forecast for monday is looking pretty decent across most of the uk. a lot of sunshine in the forecast. however, the week ahead is going to be quite changeable. i think many of us, at one point or another, will get at least a little bit of rainfall. now, here's the latest satellite picture, and clouds are gathering just to the north—west of the uk, in fact, streaming in into ireland right now, so that means that the skies will be pretty hazy across some western parts of the uk. and the high pressure is moving away and giving way to these weather fronts here in the atlantic. but the high pressure will be back later on, once these weather fronts push through. so the forecast on monday morning, then — a lot of hazy weather there first thing across many western parts of the uk, but i think it'll start off clear across much of scotland, eastern and southern parts of the uk. in fact, pretty chilly very early in t

to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit over $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real madrid of the board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking was made famous by iceland fans at unit 2016 but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than 83000 were there in koala lumpur and before kick off they performed the traditional celebration. malaysia's football league claims its fate and new national record for the country's biggest viking clapp. most sport coming up from us again later we'll see you then. and before we go we can take you to gilroy and savages these are live pictures from there where a shooting has taken place and 11 people have been reported injured some seriously to stay with us so head raman will be here with all the latest and more of the day's news every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the mo

is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he was set to work over $1200000.00 a week however the transfer has been blocked by around madrid after their board dana transfer fee insufficient file now looks set to stay despite the fact the royals manager's in against it and saying publicly very long that wanted the player at the club. some great pictures and sounds from the malaysia f.a. cup final what a world record was broken by the fans more than 3000 in kuala lumpur before kickoff and they did a viking class made famous for icing that year a $26.00 thing. in my history when they use but will the claims it set a national record for the country's biggest viking club. imagine how big the world record is all swimming australia has then are trying to cover up one of its athletes filing a doctor to shine a jack tested positive for a banned substance 2 weeks before the world championships in south korea but the news only broke on saturday in our east taking the substance knowing the strain has had some encouraging since they were bound by strict rule

gareth bale will not be moving to the chinese super league after his spanish club, real madrid cancelled leaving" but he is now set to stay at teh spanish club. great britain has won the men's ax100m medley relay at the world aquatics championships. james guy, luke greenbank, duncan scott and adam peaty set a new europena record. it was peaty‘s thrid gold of the championships. and it has been an eventful german grand prix in the rain. in the last few minutes chales leclair, who had just moved up to second place, has crashed n to eh rbarriers while hamilton who started on pole also carashed has just broken his front wing and had t head to the pitsw whre ether was lot of confusion hamilton has dropped down to 5th place. plenty more on that in the next hour for you. roads and rail lines have been closed in north—west england because of flooding, after half a months worth of rain fell in 2a hours. cars have been left stranded on roads in stockport, and sections of the m60 motorway in greater manchester were temporarily shut following heavy rain. the met office has issued a yellow weather war

the welsh footballer gareth bale could be on his way to the chinese super league from real madrid. say the move hasn't been finalised but is "very close". the deal could see bale earn £1 million a week. the england men's cricket squad to face australia in the ashes series has been announced and 24—year—old jofra archer has been included for the first time. jofra took 20 wickets during england's recent world cup—winning campaign. ben stokes has been re—appointed as the vice—captain. the first test starts on thursday at edgbaston. leeds rhinos have retained the women's challenge cup after defeating castleford tigers in bolton. it was a close encounter with the scores level at 10 points all at half—time. courtney hill ran in from 60 metres to seal a 16 points to 10 victory for leeds in what was the first of three games at the university of bolton today because... ..the two men's semi—finals were played afterwards. and it will be a st helens versus warrington challenge cup final at wembley. st helens thrashed halifax to continue their bid to win a domestic treble of trophies this seaso

the wales forward gareth bale is set to leave real madrid for a move to the chinese super league.ning a three—year—deal with jangsu suning. it's reported he will earn more than a million dollars a week. bale was real madrid's record signing when hejoined the club from tottenham in 2013 there was confusion at the world's biggest cycling race, the tour de france on friday, when the organisers stopped the race part of the way through the stage. the reason was a huge hail storm in the alps, which had made the mountain roads too dangerous to ride. 0ur sports correspondent ben croucher has the details. stage 19 taking place on friday, one of the big last couple of days in the alps. crucially for the main contenders, one of the last opportunities to go for the win of the race. about 20 kilometres before the end, at the ski resort of tignes, there was a hailstorm, and a snowstorm, and what that did is that flooded the roads and caused a landslide, blocking it so organisers were forced into the incredible decision of actually abandoning the race. it caused confusion amongst many of the rid

out of real madrid's pre season trip to munich following the collapse of his transfer to chinese super leaguetuesday in germany. it is understood the welsh winger is not in the right mental state to play after real president florentino perez prevented him from moving to china. and we're always on the lookout for what's wild and wacky in the world of sport. and although tenuously linked to sport perhaps, from the south of spain here's one of the more bizarre spectacles you'll see today. this is the greasy pole game locally known as 'cucana'. competitors have to try and run up 6 metre long slippery pole — in order to try and claim flags for money. if you fail — you fall into the sea below. a few got close, not this guy obviously. although this dude was inches away, but no one managed it this year — perhaps because organisers decided to make the pole longer. size clearly matters in the world of cucana. from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. and there i was thinking a greasy pole was a uk politics thing. lets talk through our topic of the day, facebook. an investigation commissioned by

to chinese club jenks to signing is off the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit for $1200000.00 a week but the transfer has been blocked by real madrid after their board deemed the transfer fee insufficient the viking clapp who was made famous by eyes. but it's been perfected by the malaysians at the f.a. cup final more than $83000.00 with. before kickoff they did a viking clap made famous by iceland euro 26 the. malaysia's football league claims its it and national record for the country's biggest viking play. that's all the sport of hand you back to merriman london lovely peter thank you very much well that wraps up the news hour but of course as always our web site al-jazeera dot com for the latest on our top stories but also analysis that that takes you behind the top stories i will have a full bulletin for you in just a couple of minutes time i will be back very shortly stay with us right now. in one lifetime we cannot see everything with our own eyes to provide testimony we would know very little witness documentaries that open your e

giants in a friendly against city rivals athletico last night, but is expected to join the chinese super league side, jiangsu suning. it's a move that will apparently see him, earn a million pounds a week. arsenal have reached an agreement, to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe, from lille — in a deal worthjust over 70 million pounds. the deal is still to be finalised — but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season. and it's a big day of rugby league. the women's challenge cup final is already under way, 16—10 it's a repeat of last year's final as castleford play leeds — these are live pictures from the university of bolton stadium. 16-10 to 16—10 to leeds at the moment. and there's more live rugby league for you later today( with both semi—finals live on the bbc. warrington vs hull on bbc one at 2, followed by st helen's vs halifax on bbc two at 4. that is all for the sport from us for now. it's the hardest problem in technology and one that could cha

the champions of the chinese super league showing i.s.i. p.g. have been showing off their new star striker marco now to bitch ill if the premier league club west ham united for a $29000000.00 fee to play in china the austrian is being paid a reported $350000.00 a week by shanghai. there's a new leader of the tour de france after thursday's 6th stage the 1st in the mountains for this year's race belgian dillon t. and some of the bahrain merida team took the victory after the grueling 160 kilometer trick but the italian rider julio. grabbed the overall lead overall race leaders yellow jersey with a 6 seconds advantage over julian. ahead of sunday's british grand prix lewis hamilton has praised the decision to renew silverstone's contract through to 2024 and keep the race on the f one calendar feature of the event had been in doubt with the sport's owners looking to take races to new circuits it's clear that from one can it really exist without. sports which is the british crown prince so. really really happy i think it's great for the for the fan

off the extra time and so it went to a penalty shoot out one for 3 the champions of the chinese super league shanghai aside p.g. have been showing off the new star striker mark or are now out of it she left premier league club west ham united for a $29000000.00 feeds a plane china the austrian is being paid a reported $350000.00 a week by shanghai brazilian pay oscar and hope are among the club's other big name imports. there's a new leader of the tour de france after thursday's 6th stage the 1st in the mountains for this year's race belgian dillon t. and some of the bahrain merida team took a victory after the grueling 160 kilometer trick but the italian rider julio chikane grabbed the overall race leader's yellow jersey with a 6 seconds advantage over julian a left leap ahead of sunday's british grand prix lewis hamilton has praised the decision to renew silverstone's contract through to 2020 for the future of the race on the f one calendar had been in doubt with the sport and is looking to take races it's a new circuits it's clear that from one really exists without. of spores which is th

to chinese club junk sunning is all from the 30 year old had been expected to join the chinese super league club where he will sit at over 1200000 dollars a week however the transfer has been blocked by real madrid of the bay board dean the transfer fee insufficient bail no look set to stay. and out of some great pictures and sounds from the malaysia f.a. cup final where a woold record was broken by the fans more than 83000 were there in koala lumpur and before kick off they did a viking club made famous by ice when the euro 2016. malaysia's football league claims its state of national records of the country's biggest viking. and that's all the sport for me more coming up again later phil to thank you very much for this news hour on al-jazeera from me fully back to bill and i'll take the high end watching live from london next. i've been looking at your instagram account and reading takes into the apples fall behind the scenes base is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president everyone laughed at them everyone has a voice the best chance the democrats have to beat don

wales forward gareth bale is set to move to the chinese super league.year deal. it is reported he will earn more than £1 million a week. time for the weather. new data has become available which shows at the peak of the heatwave on thursday temperatures reached 38.7dc at cambridge university botanic garden, this is a provisional recording, if the met office subsequently confirmed this, and verify this recording, it will be the highest temperature we have ever recorded here in the uk. the hottest day on record. that goes with these records that have been smashed over recent days in germany, belgium, netherlands and also luxembourg. it has an exceptional heatwave, has, because it has cleared out of the way now and instead this weekend we have low pressure in charge and this slow—moving weather front which will cause a few problems, we could see some localised surface water flooding building in, because the rain band is going to be heavy in places, and also slow—moving, so the rain we get will vary from place to place, but some areas, perhaps into scotland

could gareth bale be about tojoin the chinese super league for a million pounds a week?. a convicted paedophile who accused some of the uk's highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51—year—old carl beech — who was known by the pseudonym nick — claimed he was sexually abused in the 19705 and ‘80s. among those he accused were the former prime minister edward heath, the former chief of the defence staff lord bramall, the late lord brittan and the former tory mp harvey proctor. his allegations led to a £2 million police investigation. but the court heard he was a fantastist who'd ruined people's lives. june kelly reports from newcastle crown court. in hours of police interviews he played the part of a victim. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. carl beech claimed he'd suffered years of sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he'd witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. but the stories were false, the

development with news that the premier league are in talks about a potential takeover of the women's super leagueitives to take from this journey england have been on butjust a sense of what might have been here today. thank you. and also a must win game for england today if they are to make the semifinals of the cricket world cup. after winning the toss and batting against new zealand they've made a great start. a short time ago they were 32 for a. andy swiss has been watching the action at chester—le—street. for all the optimism for england fa ns for all the optimism for england fans it would be a big bash it would bea fans it would be a big bash it would be a day to test the nerves for may be a day to test the nerves for may be true to the semifinals if they win but if they lose this game could be the last. you would hardly have guessed that they were under pressure as the england batsmen made a blistering start for the jonny ba i rstow a blistering start for the jonny bairstow set the tone and jason roy quickly followed for the blazer boundaries as england raced past the 100 mark, so far so g

has been in question and he has found a way out, he is set to leave spain and join the chinese super leaguen £1 million a week. it is all yet to be confirmed but sources close to him say the move is very close. sir bradley wiggins says he has never seen a sir bradley wiggins says he has never seen a two difference as open as this years and he has never seen whether as crazy as it was yesterday. this was the scene at stage 19 which had to be abandoned because of a hill storm. today's penultimate stage will be significantly shortened because of ace warning and the threat of landslides. all effort to date will be put behind him because he is in a position of strength and thomas may well be competing to finish on the podium alongside him. but he is the clear favourite to step onto the podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellow jersey. podium tomorrow and put on that mythical yellowjersey. it is ironic in cycling that individuals are crowned yet they win thanks to the help of others and to date geraint thomas will work alongside him. perhaps if both are right there together, come the end of

the welsh footballer gareth bale will not be moving to the chinese super league, after real madrid cancelledwas "very close to leaving", but the 30—year—old is now set to stay at the spanish club hejoined in 2013. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of another defeat for england's women in the ashes series against australia, and victory for south korea'sjin—young ko in the latest golf major the evian championships. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, this is bbc news. a man has been rescued after he got trapped in rocks saving a toddler from the water as the tide came in on the norfolk coast. firefighters cut through the rock at sheringham's east promenade to free the man after four hours. at one point he was up to his neck in water and forced to use a breathing apparatus. whether you're jetting off with the grandparents or sunbathing with the in—laws, it seems that more of us are going on holiday with our wider family members. for some, it's about cost, for others, childcare. but most say that family trips are a great

he had been expected to finalise a three—year deal with super league club jiangsu suning worth £1 millionane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became the youngest player to feature in the premier league last season, atjust 16 years and 30 days old. elliot had attracted interest from real madrid but has chosen to join jurgen klopp's champions league winners. and before we go, just time to tell you that kojin young has won the evian championship, the fourth women's major of the year the fourth women's major of the year, by two shots in france. that's all the sport for now. thank you. after ten weeks of qualifying tournaments and 40 million competitors, the solo final of the first ever fortnite world cup has kicked off tonight in new york. the pairs competition was held on saturday, with the winners taking home three million dollars in prize money. joining me now isjoe tidy, who is at the arthur ashe stadium for tonight's final. how big is this? very big. we've got the top 100 play

but these players know each other well and have played in the super league, they know each other‘s style be a cloud pleaser, a lwa ys certainly will be a cloud pleaser, always a sell—out, and throw in the scotla nd fa ns always a sell—out, and throw in the scotland fans as well, it will be a fun one to watch. —— crowd please. how relieved while northern ireland found to watch. —— crowd please. how relieved while northern ireland fans be? their match came to an not long ago, they beat sri lanka. it was not an easy go, a bit of a surprise because like i the lowest ranked tea m because like i the lowest ranked team in this competition. northern ireland managed to power through to the end, getting that first win under their belt wage means they have a very good chance of making it through to the second stage of this tournament. it was hard coming away from a big loss against the defending champions, australia, who we re defending champions, australia, who were in action again today, looking incredible once again. they did not haveit incredible once again. they did not have it easy against th