the second point about a super league, i go just briefly what they call a franchise league. it's the same teams every year. locomotion and relegation. my suggestion to the european guys of a franchise system. okay? but does not help promotion. [inaudible] fan identity to the teams you know? that has come to define fan loyalty. which is all been problematic. a little fans have little or no saying the running of these team. their stakeholders and shareholders. and the shareholders still emerge. >> ironically it's a little different in germany which has the most inequality within its league probably. they are in control. i want to give you a chance to talk. >> if i can give a french point of view on this. what is at stake is americanization of the war. to the national league for good. [inaudible] it is the same now which is to say the passivity of the club in europe has to be linked. went stake in the super league is to transform linked to a community some aware in a specific place. which plate everywhere. i know very well i some years ago. there was a broad brand. they worked

second part about a super league , i go to cricket briefly. e union which what they call a franchise league so it's just the same teams-- [inaudible] my suggestion is a franchise system. that will surely start issues with fans identity to teams and the-- it comes to fandom and fan loyalty which has always been problematic. and a lot of fans-- i mean, there are stakeholders-- shareholders and shareholders too much-- >> ironically it's different in germany which has the most inequality within its league, probably, on the entire continent where fans are in control. >> if i can give a french point of view. what is at stake is americanization the world and the tradition to first publish the league in england at the end of the 19th century-- [inaudible] the club in europe ishe to be linked to a committee, not to be considered as a brand, but the money to win what is at stake in the super league is to transform the club linked to a territory somewhere in a specific place which could play everywhere. i know very well, i live in torrance years w ago and

and after the failed breakaway european super league. rules are introduced to stop something like it happening again in the premier league. also on a packed sportsday this evening. we'll have the latest from edgbaston asjoe root and england try to focus on cricket — with the storm over historic offensive tweets still lingering over them we are going to have to own up to what has happened, excepted and ultimately move forward in a positive way. and the defending men's champion is through — as usual — in paris. but would rafa nadal be joined by the women's one? hello, and welcome to sportsday. good evening. there's just 48 hours to go now until the delayed euro 2020 gets under way. wales are the first of the home nations in action on saturday. we'll be live inside their training camp soon. but first, as england prepare for their opener against croatia on sunday, all the talk continues to be about the players taking the knee. yestrerday, marcus rashford told us that the team will continue to make the anti—racism gesture throughout the tourn

there is one person so attached to the idea of the super league that failed.lo ancelotti is supposed to have said recently that he saw the super league as a bit of a joke, so we will have to see how the management and the italian get along this time around. mark: indeed. maybe that assessment was tied to the fact of the football club were not getting involved in it. thank you very much, indeed. we need to leave it there. we could talk about it all night because interests me anonymously as a fan, but then again, football is football, and we need to move onto other things, so thank you very much indeed. best wishes to carlo ancelotti. that is it for me. stay with us. more to come. live from paris. ♪ >> when you think about stereotypical french person, you think that certain things, but does france deserve its reputation? >> tourists say it is a culture shock. the number of people smoking is dropping dramatically. >> what has the government done to get people to stop smoking? why is the cliched so hard to stamp out? >> join us. >> fringe connections plus. >> when

referring to fans' influence over the demise of the ill—fated european super league, he said it's importantbigger voice in some things i think that is something we will look at and i think their role in helping stop the super league was incredibly important as well so i think fans have reasserted their authority. we are all aware of their importance. we were before, but it has been a useful reminder and i think we need to make sure that fans are part of key decisions that affect the heritage of clubs, so there have been some instances in the past were names of clubs might be changed and things like that, well, we need to make sure that fans do have a real voice on such issues. the second round is under way at the us open, and defending champion bryson de chambeau is moving in the right direction after a disappointing first round. he began the day two over par, dropped two more shots in the first three holes — but he's since made up five shots, and moved up to one under par overall four shots behind richard bland. the 48—year—old englishman has had a great day and has just taken the overall

but european football crisis, which we saw in, in stark life during the reason super league, we ask where brick 12 believe those try to bridge farmer breakaway league. that crisis is rooted in the inflationary spiral of wages and transfer, feeding the gamma dot at the root of that particular crisis and getting funds back . and it's not going to particularly end up problem that will endure long after the pandemic is over. right or the sullivan d w business. thank you very much. now at the center of the european championship and all the whole blue is this, the humble football itself. already dos is providing this year's model as it does for each of the championships. and like many footballs around the world, it's being made in pakistan. now, production standards there have improved over the years. but some say they can still get better if the customer is willing to pay for it. she own coat in pakistan . for decades, the city has been the world's largest producer of soccer balls. thousands of local people work in the industry. in the past, all the balls were sown by hand, but times have chan

but european football crisis, which we saw in, in stark life during the reef and super league, we asked where brit 12 believe it was. try to bridge the former breakaway league. that crisis is rooted in the inflationary spiral of wages and transfer, feeding the gamma dot in the root of that particular crisis and getting funds back . and it's not going to particularly end up problem that will endure long after the pandemic is over. right or the sullivan d w business. thank you very much. now at the center of the european championship and all the whole blue is this, the humble football itself. already dos is providing this year's model as it does for each of the championships. and like many footballs around the world is being made in pakistan. now, production standards there have improved over the years. but some say they can still get better if the customer is willing to pay for it. see coat in pakistan. for decades, the city has been the world's largest producer of soccer balls. thousands of local people work in the industry. in the past, all the balls were sown by hand, but times have c

now, the english premier league has find its 6 clubs that tried to join the ill fated european super league total of $22000000.00 pounds arsenal. kelsey liverpool, tottenham manchester, united in manchester, city, all launch to bid to join the new league of european super clubs of the project collapsed within 2 days when the english clubs pulled out after intense backlash from their fans. and the british government there watching dw news live from berlin or cove at 19 special is up next, next by sir. thanks for watching the news. in the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say? information and context. the corona virus. 19 special next on dw. how does a virus spread? why the repairman? and when will all this? 3 of the topics that we covered and our weekly radio. if you would like for information on the cronum virus or any other science topics, you should really check out our podcast. you can get it wherever you get your podcast. you can also find us at w dot com, forward slash science. let me ah, ah, vaccines a

friday's super league game between hull kr and st helens has been postponed after three move rovers playersat follows two cases last week, and nine others have been forced to self—isolate. british cyclist mark cavendish will return to the tour de france for the first time since 2018 this weekend. he's been named in the eight—man squad for deceuninck quickstep after irishman sam bennett was ruled out through injury. india and new zealand were frustrated by the weather again as another day of the world test championship final was completely washed out by rain. a reserve sixth day is in place, so two days remain, but a draw is now the clear favourite. and anyone who has watched a cricket match knows you need to keep your eye out for the ball, especially when a big hitting batsman is at the crease. illingworth st mary's asif ali knew he'd hit this one well... window smashes ..a little too well. that sound you might have heard was the ball smashing a car windscreen, and before long, he realised it was his car windscreen. a shot that was expensive for the bowler, but even more so for the batsman.

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hull kr have had two further super league fixtures postponed after a covid—i9 outbreak at the club saw been postponed, while the derby against hull fc has now been pushed back a fortnight and the fixture with catalans rescheduled. on the field tonight warrington cruised to a 44—18 win over bottom of the table leigh. josh charnley picked up one of seven tries against the centurions who remain winless this season. catalans dragons remain top of the table after grinding out a win at castleford, while wigan minus a host of first team players went down to wakefieldand drop to fourth. britain's katie swan is one win away from the wimbledon main draw, after coming from behind to beat american caty mcnally in the second round of qualifying. she plays australian arina rodionova tomorrow for a spot in the grand slam, which starts on monday. bad news in qualifying elsewhere though. naykta bains is out, and in the men's draw arthur fery lost in 5 sets, while 20—year—old anton matusevich, who's ranked 454th in the world, also lost in five sets to world number 125 bernabay miralles of spain. meanwhi

warrington moved to within a point of the super league's top three teams with a 38—18 over wakefield.the pick of their seven tries. sue barker has been made a cbe in the queen's birthday honours list with director of the women's game at the fa, kelly simmons, made an obe. former england and crystal palace manager roy hodgson has been awarded a cbe. former leeds rhinos player kevin sinfield has been made an obe for services to rugby league and charity for his fundraising efforts to help former team—mate rob burrow and motor neurone disease. and two england internationals — raheem sterling and jordan henderson — have been awarded mbes for their campaigning work. a full list can be found on the bbc website. and that's all the sport for now. this event will see the highest temperatures of the so far and it's sunday that the hotter of the two days with highs peaking at 30 celsius. sunday will be very humid. those humidity levels are dropping across parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. it's across the far south where it will stay quite soupy as we start saturday morning. some fog patc

and there was one game in super league tonight, with fifth—placed hull fc coming from 10—0 down at half—timeitle due to a calf injury. the 29—year—old had been at the all england club this week, raising hopes she'd be fit. but she was unable to recover from the injury she sustained earlier this year, which also forced her to miss the french open. the draw for wimbledon took place earlier, and there are some exciting matches to look forward to, including the return of andy murray. he'll face the 24th seed nikoloz basilashvili in the first round. murray, who was beaten by italy's matteo berretinni in the second round at the queen's club last week, will play his first singles match at wimbledon since 2017. he had to rely on a wild card after his ranking dropped outside the top 100 due to injury. 0nto cricket. jos buttler will miss the rest of england's white—ball series against sri lanka. he led them to a comfortable win in the first t20 game on wednesday but picked up a calf injury during that match and missed yesterday's second win. there's one more t20 tomorrow, followed by three one—day int

now many of you will remember football's infamous european super league. including the premier league's "so—called" big six, had signed up to start their own european competition. well, the plan was criticised by many — the backlash from fans was fierce. in the last two hours, we've heard that uefa has barcelona, and juventus — the three clubs involved that didn't pull out of the failed project. and also today, we've learnt how the six english clubs — so arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham will be penalised by the premier league. they're set to be fined £22 million between them — so just over £3.5 million per club. now, we've already heard a lot of the owners involved will pay the fine rather than the club itself. and that money is expected to go to help fund grassroots and community projects. and in a statement today the premier league, and the fa, said that "the six clubs involved have acknowledged once again that their actions were a mistake, and have reconfirmed their commitment to the premier league and the fu

there was one super league match this evening with a crowd of a,000 witnessing hull fc coming from behindwift and mahe fonua both notched doubles to see them move level on points with fourth—placed warrington. england have been beaten in the semifinal of the euro hockey championships. they lost 3—2 to germany, with brendan creed's mistake allowing the germans to score what proved a decisive third in the first quarter. they'll play belgium for the bronze medal. wembley stadium could be half full for the knockout stages of euro 2020, under plans currently being worked on by the government and the fa. it's understood a0,000 supporters could be allowed into the ground, though that's yet to be finalised. for the first two group matches, the capacity will be 22,500. and it's less than 2a hours to go now until the start of the long—awaited tournament. wales are in action saturday, england croatia is on sunday, with scotland playing the czech republic on monday. plenty of build—up on bbc news tomorrow, and you can follow the opening game of the tournament, turkey versus italy, on bbc one from 7 o

there was one super league game this evening with castleford breaking a four match losing streak withthe hour mark from peter mautautia and they remain seventh on the table with a 15th straight win over their near neighbours. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. over the next few days, bouts of thunderstorms will be affecting parts of england, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. now, wednesday was another very hot day in the capital. 29 degrees celsius, that was the highest temperature recorded in the whole of the uk. it was also very muggy. but we had some thunderstorms that started to break out as well across northern france, and these have been tracking across the english channel into southern and eastern areas of england. really anywhere from around about dorset, somerset north—eastwards at risk of a storm overnight, but really it's a more general area of rain with some thunderstorms mixed in. that's kind of what we'll have over the next few hours. now, across the north west, it should become largely dry here. a fresh night, ten degrees, comfortable for sleeping,

salford's next two super league games against wakefield and hull fc have been postponed after two playersade it six successive wins, with jake mamo scoring a hat—trick in their a0—1a win over wigan while the warriors have now last their last four. for more on that and every thing else, you can head to the bbc sports website. but that's all your sport for now. hello there. the first couple of days ofjuly look pretty similar to how we ended the month ofjune on, and that's with quite a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine. but there will be some showers around, too. generally isolated, but they will be quite heavy and slow moving where you catch them, as there will be very little wind to move them on. that's because we're in between weather systems, as you can see here, this weak area of high pressure building in. this is the area of low pressure which has brought a lot of grey, damp weather across eastern parts of the country throughout the week so far. it will still be close enough to bring further grey, damp, drizzly weather from east anglia up towards northumberland, but a much d

subjectivist won at 13—2 trained by markjohnstone and ridden byjoe fanning. 0ne match in rugby league's super leaguelves making it four consecutive wins over saints who drop to third in the table. don't forget the third men's golf major of the year, the us open is underway at torrey pines in san diego, after an early delay due to fog, coverage on 5 live sports extra from 10pm but for all the latest so far head to the bbc sport website. the driest and brightest georgia north and the rest of the uk. further south and east once again the risk of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. you could see the cloud and the rain affecting eastern and southern parts of england perhaps up into the midlands, greatest chance of thunder and lightning across the far southeast. forwestern and lightning across the far southeast. for western parts of england will certainly ignore ireland and scotland there's gotta be quite a lot sunshine. 0ne ireland and scotland there's gotta be quite a lot sunshine. one or two rogue sonjack was in the far north. a keen breeze mean temperatures will be lower

be more receptive to the club's supporters following the controversy around the failed european super leaguerfootball reporter simon stonejoins me now. what was said at this forum? well, it was very interesting because right at the start of a meeting that lasted two hours and 22 minutes, one of the fans who represented or was speaking on behalf of the other 11 who were part of the meeting, explained what manchester united meant to them and the devotion that they have with the club. i'm told that tom glaser was generally moved by this statement. he went on to articulate his desires for manchester united which were to win trophies and be successful. he also defended the amount of money thatis also defended the amount of money that is being spent on players by the glaser family and said that would continue this summer. in addition, he said that money was going to be spent on the training ground and also said that money was going to be spent on the stadium. but most importantly, he said that it was going to be a fan advisory board created which would give fans a say in the running of the club wh

proceedings against real madrid, barcelona and juventus, the three clubs involved in the european super league the failed project. it means they'll not face sanctions until further notice. meanwhile, the six english clubs involved have been fined a total of £22 million and threatened with further financial and sporting penalties by the premier league. it's understood the money will go to grassroots and community projects. arsenal, totttenham, liverpool and manchester united arsenal, tottenham, liverpool and manchester united have already said their owners will be covering the costs. as england prepare for their opening game at the european championship, the fa's chief executive has been speaking for the first time about the controversy surrounding players taking a knee. england take on croatia at wembley on sunday and they've been very clear they will continue to make the gesture. mark bullingham says the booing by fans at their last two games was "very disappointing". this is not political gestures. the team _ this is not political gestures. the team are — this is not political gestures. the

friday 5 super league game between hull kr and st helens has been postponed, after three move rovers covid—19 over the weekend. that follows two cases last week, and nine others have been forced to self—isolate. training has been postponed until wednesday, when another round of pcr testing will be carried out. it's the fourth fixture to be lost to the pandemic this season. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website... the prime minister has been speaking this lunchtime about whether people who have had both doses of a covid vaccine will be able to avoid self—isolation, and if that will make foreign travel easier. he's also said the date of 19thjuly is still �*looking good' to lift restrictions in england. let's have a listen. i think it's very important that we look at the opportunities for all of us over the coming months, from two jabs, we're one of the most vaccinated countries in the world now. i think if you look at today, everybody over 50 should have been offered their second jab by now, actually, everybody was vulnerable, the

they failed european super league project united way, one of 15 european clubs, but wanted to break away to form an elite leave. but the move box huge protests from supporters in england, calling for the glazer family, which runs the club to step down, jo glaze said the fan advisory board would give fans more say in the running of the club authorities in munich. se $14000.00 found will be allowed to attend each match at the football european championship, which stops next friday. the german city is one of 11 hosts for the pan european tournament and had until now refused to give guarantees on numbers. i reported max marrow went to munich to have a close look at what's in store 4 times there. munich, one of the original hosts for the postponed euros. you a for wanted old 12 cities to guarantee fans could attend matches. dublin then bowed out bill bow was replaced by seville, and the bavarian capital was love to confirm its participation. meaning kept of guessing for a while, but eventually they gave the green light for, for matches to be played here. so let's take you inside one of the eu

john duffy has left super league side leigh centurions, following their eight—game losing streak.y bottom in rugby league's top flight, having lost all their matches this season. and eilidh doyle has retired from athletics. she won bronze as part of britain's 4x400 metre relay team at the rio olympics in 2016. the 34—year—old planned to return to the track after having her first child, but said it's the right time to leave the sport. tennis now — and to the french open, where serena williams is in action for her second round match against mihaela buzarnescu. williams still in search of that elusive record—equalling 24th grand slam title. there was an upset earlier, with one of the top womens seeds crashing out. he now talk to our correspondent in paris. how is williams getting on, and what are her chances in the grand scheme of things for this competition? a long, long way to go as far as she is concerned, given that she has had very little tennis over the year. that is not unusual, 39 years of age. returning to the clay at the very end of april in rome. today she started well, sh

the actions of their owners, especially also they find the come up for the now defunct european super league following a found form job lays agreed to establish a fun scheme that has the same voting rights as the owners of fund advisory board would also be stablish to allow support to place darkly united senior leaders and owners for your support. for now, i'm back in a few hours. cool. thank you for that. sorry, i'm not. i'm out of here. and mary, i'm the mom of the team in london. no long in a moment, a in ah, ah, welcome to portal your gateway to the very best to volunteer or an online content that you may have met. a new program that this for our platforms makes a connection and present a digestible scene, each the award winning online content on their audience. portal with me founder gotten on to 0. me is a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there. white supremacy, in fact, all of our completion, you're putting more money into the hands with some workers taking money out of the hands of other workers. everyone goes to their campus, it becomes a us versus down. this is a deal

should remember it was the fashion of fans in this country that's off the threat of the european super leaguegraceful betrayal. another called for something else to be taken into account. will the minister tell us how- many of these delegates coming here have been fully vaccinated? - surely, that is a factor- we should know before making any other decisions. 0thers questioned why the loosening of restrictions was being considered for football matches, but not elsewhere. why is there such a disconnect between the government rules for football and those for culture? quite apart from the terrible problems facing artists, happy revelers of matches on tv inside bars and pubs over the weekend. the points i made in my ap pg classical music letter to 0liver dowden last week are all the more germane. is it not of the lead ridiculous they shouting, chanting and drinking fans can congregate and hug each other with a small vaccinated and socially distance crowd cannot meet to reverse? these are exemptions that if you, we saw similar in the g7. creating cynicism of where the policies are based on evidence

e has already stage the final of the pakistan super league. and we also host the final, the indian premium, which was suspended last month because of the code that it was a big update on day one of the wimbledon tennis championships the food feed and fringe open. finally, several of the bus was knocked out in the 1st round by the unseeded front, sir, for the american rank. 57 in the world. never drop serve on route to the biggest will be korea defeating a top 5 plan for the 1st time in 12 attempts. 50 said living outside a quarantine bubble is taking it so it's certainly very difficult when you go from one. but when you know mentally you're going to go from one bubble being that bubble 2 and a half weeks. maybe even more than that, almost like close to a month, to be honest. and just like 2 weeks later, you still have to, you have to undergo the same procedure and the same thing again. and it's just not easy to the n b a and the clippers have kept themselves alive in the western conference finals that needed to beat the phoenix suns in game 5

the so—called big six clubs involved in the failed plans for a breakaway european super league have been of £22 million by the premier league. there were major protests afer arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham announced themselves as founder members of the competition in april, and they quickly withdrew. uefa have already issued fines — it's understood the premier league money will go to grassroots and communnity projects. england have been training ahead of their opening game at the european championship, against croatia at wembley on sunday. former defender rio ferdinand says he's excited to see the side's young players in action — but he's aware of the pressures that social media can bring. he says he'd probably switch it off if he was playing now — and the platforms still aren't doing enough to combat abuse. we need to get to a place where online hate is dealt with the way that it is being dealt with at times in the stadium. there has to be a consequence. at the moment people can go online and spout the abuse they want to spout but they are h

chelsea and manchester city have dominated the pfa's women's super league's team of the year. including fran kirby, who has already been named as the football writers' assosication's player of the year. manchester city have four players on the list and arsenal make up the rest, which means all players come from the top three clubs. less than a week after winning the champions league, thomas tuchel has agreed a new contract with chelsea. the deal will run until 2024 after he initially replaced frank lampard from paris saint—germain on an 18—month contract. as well as beating manchester city in last week's european final, tuchel led chelsea to a fourth—placed finish in the premier league. trent alexander—arnold says he's "absolutely gutted" to miss the upcoming euros through injury. the liverpool defender posted the short message on twitter this morning. he was ruled out of the england squad after picking up an injury in wednesday night's win over austria. gareth southgate will name his replacement after sunday's match against romania. jesse lingard, james ward—prowse and ollie

subjectivist won at 13—2 trained by markjohnstone and ridden byjoe fanning. 0ne match in rugby league's super league winners over saints in both the cup and a league game last season. at the moment, it is currently 6—2. don't forget the third men's golf major of the year, san diego after an early delay due to fog, coverage on five live sports extra from 10pm, but for all the latest so far, head to the bbc sport website. and that is your sport for now, i will be back with more a bit later. the number of children in care in england has risen by a quarter in the last decade to more than 80,000, but an independent review has found that social services are too often focused on investigating struggling families, when they should be providing them with support. the number of inquiries into whether a child is at risk of significant harm has more than doubled since 2010, rising to 201,000 investigations in a year. but the report said 135,000 — that's 67% of investigations — led to no child protection plan. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. it's young people like jade who need us to get th

but european football crisis, which we saw in, in stark lives during the reason super league, we ask where a brit 12 lee. i was trying to break farmer break really. that crisis is rooted in the inflationary spiral of wages and transfer phase in the game. that is the root of that particular crisis and getting funds back, and it's not going to particularly end up problem that will endure long after the panoramic is over. right, arthur sullivan, d w business. thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. italian financial police are investigating one of the largest providers of online travel bookings for tax evasion, possibly amounting to 150000000 euros, prosecutor se netherlands based booking dot com did not declare any value added sales tax between 201320. 19. after lunch, we manipulating the billing procedure. booking dot com says it plans to cooperate with the investigation. any european 1st, the french ends with central banks are to trial cross border money transfers using crypto currency. the pilot project will see large number

and there was one game in super league tonight, with fifth—placed hull fc coming from 10—0 down at half—timehe sustained earlier this year, which also forced her to miss the french open. the draw for wimbledon took place earlier, and there are some exciting matches to look forward to, including the return of andy murray. he'll face the 24th seed nikoloz basilashvili in the first round. murray, who was beaten by italy's matteo berretinni in the second round at the queen's club last week, will play his first singles match at wimbledon since 2017. he had to rely on a wild card after his ranking dropped outside the top 100 due to injury. onto cricket. jos buttler will miss the rest of england's white—ball series against sri lanka. he led them to a comfortable win in the first t20 game on wednesday but picked up a calf injury during that match and missed yesterday's second win. there's one more t20 tomorrow, followed by three one—day internationals. dawid malan has been added to the odi squad. max verstappen was quickest in both practice sessions ahead of this weekend's styrian grand prix in aust

but european football crisis, which we saw in, in stark life during the reef and super league, we ask where brit, 12 belief those try to break the former break. really. that crisis is rooted in the inflationary spiral of wages and transfer, feeding the gamma dot in the root of that particular price, as i'm getting funds back. and i'm not going to particularly end up problem that will endure long after the panoramic is over. right. or the sullivan d w business. thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. italian financial police are investigating one of the largest providers of online travel bookings for tax evasion, possibly amounting to $100.00. 50000000 euros, prosecutor se netherlands based booking dot com did not declare any value added sales tax between 201320. 19. after lunch, we manipulating the billing procedure a booking dot com says it plans to cooperate with the investigation. any european 1st, the french ends with central banks are to trial cross border money transfers using crypto currency. the pilot project will see

there was one super league match this evening with a crowd of 4,000 witnessing hull fc coming from behind with brendan creed's mistake allowing the germans to score what proved a decisive third in the first quarter. they'll play belgium for the bronze medal. wembley stadium could be half full for the knockout stages of euro 2020, under plans currently being worked on by the government and the fa. it's understood 40,000 supporters could be allowed into the ground, though that's yet to be finalised. for the first two group matches, the capacity will be 22,500. and it's less than 2a hours to go now until the start of the long—awaited tournament. wales are in action saturday, england croatia is on sunday, with scotland playing the czech republic on monday. plenty of build—up on bbc news tomorrow, and you can follow the opening game of the tournament, turkey versus italy, on bbc one from 7 o'clock, with coverage on bbc radio 5 live, too. plenty more on that website. you can download the app as well. but that is all your sport for now. bye— bye. hello. another warm and muggy night, quite uncomf

warrington moved to within a point of the super league's top three teams with a 38—18 over wakefield.player kevin sinfield has been made an obe for services to rugby league and charity for his fundraising efforts to help former team—mate rob burrow and motor neurone disease. and two england internationals — raheem sterling and jordan henderson — have been awarded mbes for their campaigning work. a full list can be found on the bbc website. and that's all your sport for now. hello there. the hottest weather of the year so far awaits us as we head into the weekend. it's sunday that will be the hottest day of the two, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees in the very hottest areas. it's pretty humid across parts of england and wales on friday, but that humidity will be easing somewhat as we head into the first part of saturday morning. fresher air moving in for most. that said, it will stay pretty humid around the channel islands, still with some low cloud and some fog patches here to start saturday morning. otherwise, we've got broken cloud, and these are the kind of temperatures we'll

there was one super league game this evening with castleford breaking a four match losing streak withe sport for now. hello there. over the next few days, bouts of thunderstorms will be affecting parts of england, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. now, wednesday was another very hot day in the capital. 29 degrees celsius, that was the highest temperature recorded in the whole of the uk. it was also very muggy. but we had some thunderstorms that started to break out as well across northern france, and these have been tracking across the english channel into southern and eastern areas of england. really anywhere from around about dorset, somerset north—eastwards at risk of a storm overnight, but really it's a more general area of rain with some thunderstorms mixed in. that's kind of what we'll have over the next few hours. now, across the north west, it should become largely dry here. a fresh night, ten degrees, comfortable for sleeping, but very muggy in eastern england. 18 degrees as we start the day on thursday. now, through thursday, a wet start, i think, across the south

the actions of their owners especially after they signed the club to the now defunct european super leagueting rights as the owners. that's all your support for me. back to you, london. anchor: thanks so much, sarah. just one more story to bring you. air passengers could be traveling faster than the speed of sound again before the end of the decade. united airlines says it will purchase 15 jets from a company called buma supersonic which says it's planes can fly twice the speeds of today's major aircraft. that will cut travel time from new york to london to 3.5 hours. united airlines plans to launch the service in 2029. the high-speed travel market failed to recover from an accident involving air france's concorde in the year 2000 which killed 113 people. that's it for the newshour. i will be back in a couple of minutes with more of the day's news. i will see you shortly. ♪ tragedy strikes everyone. it's what you do with it that determines where you're gonna end up the rest of your life. natasha del toro: as a teenager, rodney stotts led a life on the streets. ♪ now stotts is a master falc

salford's next two super league games against wakefield and hull fc have been postponed after two playersport for now. hello there. the first couple of days ofjuly look pretty similar to how we ended the month ofjune on, and that's with quite a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine. but there will be some showers around, too. generally isolated, but they will be quite heavy and slow moving where you catch them, as there will be very little wind to move them on. that's because we're in between weather systems, as you can see here, this weak area of high pressure building in. this is the area of low pressure which has brought a lot of grey, damp weather across eastern parts of the country throughout the week so far. it will still be close enough to bring further grey, damp, drizzly weather from east anglia up towards northumberland, but a much drierand brighter day, ithink, for the southeast of england. elsewhere, early cloud clearing to allow for some sunny spells, but we could see a few isolated showers here and there. perhaps a bit of low cloud and mist lapping on to western engla

hull kr have had two further super league fixtures postponed after a covid—19 outbreak at the club sawin over bottom of the table leigh. josh charnley picked up one of seven tries against the centurions who remain winless this season. catalans dragons remain top of the table after grinding out a win at castleford, while wigan minus a host of first team players went down to wakefieldand drop to fourth. britain's katie swan is one win away from the wimbledon main draw, after coming from behind to beat american caty mcnally in the second round of qualifying. she plays australian arina rodionova tomorrow for a spot in the grand slam, which starts on monday. bad news in qualifying elsewhere though. naykta bains is out, and in the men's draw arthur fery lost in 5 sets, while 20—year—old anton matusevich, who's ranked 454th in the world, also lost in five sets to world number 125 bernabay miralles of spain. meanwhile the reigning us open champion dominic thiem, has withdrawn from this year's tournament. the austrian will be sidelined for several weeks after hurting his wrist at a tournament i

subjectivist won at 13—2 trained by markjohnstone and ridden byjoe fanning. 0ne match in rugby league's super league coverage on 5 live sports extra from 10pm but for all the latest so far head to the bbc sport website. hi there friday is said to be another day of weather fortunes with another day of weather fortunes with a mostly dry and sunny weather for the celanese well the chance once again for some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. feeding up from the dear continent, you can see this weather system just fringing into southeastern area. where as this ridge of high pressure is going to be keeping things mainly dry and settled across a good part of scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and wales in the far south after a very cool fresh start they will be put spells of sunshine that just 0choa. start they will be put spells of sunshine thatjust 0choa. down towards the southeast you could see more in the way of cloud and sporadic outbreaks of rain. don't take the detail on this chart too literally. it's often hard to pin down the detail in these boundary scenarios

the so—called big six clubs involved in the failed plans for a breakaway european super league have been, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham announced themselves as founder members of the competition in april, and they quickly withdrew. uefa have already issued fines — it's understood the premier league money will go to grassroots and community projects. as england prepare for their opening game at the european championship, the fa's chief executive has been speaking for the first time about the controversy surrounding players taking a knee. england take on croatia at wembley on sunday and they've been very clear they will continue to make the gesture. mark bullingham says the booing by fans at their last two games was "very disappointing". this is not a political gesture that the team is making. they are standing upfor the team is making. they are standing up for equality and they are using the gesture that has been around now for hundreds of years, they are using it to make a stance against racism. we are not asking every fan to copy that gesture, we are just asking them

there's one super league match this evening with castleford hosting hull fc and a win for the tigers gary with a debut try at 17 years of age — adam swift for hull. england have been beaten in the semi final of the euro hockey championships. they lost 3—2 to germany with brendan creed's mistake allowing the germans to score what proved a decisive third in the first quarter. they'll play either belgium or the netherlands for the bronze medal. laura muirfinished third in the 1500m at the florence diamond league in the last 10 minutes. the race was won by dutch star sifan hassan in a world leading time — well clear of muir in third. hasan recently broke the 10,000 metre world record — only to have that mark beaten two days later. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. let's return now to our main story. the g7 summit taking place in cornwall. one subject that has overshadowed preparations is the row between the eu and uk over post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. joe biden is expected to tell borisjohnson that the dispute

proceedings against real madrid, barcelona and juventus, the three clubs involved in the european super leagueice. meanwhile, the six english clubs involved have been fined a total of £22 million, and threatened with further financial and sporting penalties by the premier league. it's understood the money will go to grassroots and community projects. arsenal, totttenham, liverpool and manchester united have already said their owners will be covering the costs. new zealand captain kane williamson will miss the second test against england, which starts tomorrow at edgbaston, as he's resting his injured elbow. england have been practising today, amid controversy over a number of offensive social media posts made in the past by members of the squad. tweets by eoin morgan, james anderson and jos buttler have been highlighted. the ecb have said they're looking at each case individually, after suspending bowler ollie robinson on sunday. we have right now very much committed to moving the game forward and making ita committed to moving the game forward and making it a better place, making it more incl

the three clubs involved in the european super league you might remember they did not pull out of thefurther financial and sporting penalties by the premier league, it is understood the premier league, it is understood the money will go to grassroots and community projects in arsenal, spurs, liverpooland community projects in arsenal, spurs, liverpool and manchester united have already said that their owners will be covering the costs. now to parents, —— parents were up for an adult, is through to another semifinal but the defending champion was pushed all the way to argentina and they were delighted today. some might of thought that they were inferred up said when there was one all but rafael nadal came in with four meanwhile, we have semifinals at the favourite in defending champion was dumped out in straight sets by maria. she will face barbara who did start well but she lost the first set on a tie—breaker and things went downhill from there. the american really struggling at times and eventually winning it 7—6 6—3. kane williamson will miss the second test against england which st

close to a multimillion dollar financial settlement with six rebel clubs over the failed breakaway super leagueld be finalized on wednesday with settlements seen as quicker than a formal disciplinary process. the epl is planning rule changes to block future breakaway bids. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. >> look at you straight to the markets. >> asian stocks are mixed. bonds are higher tracking overnight. holding steady around a month low in the asian session. the kospi losing 0.2%, losing ground with the korean won as we digest the latest read on gdp for the first quarter which did come in faster. jobs data coming through showing us 3.8%. korean airlines along with ana in tokyo gaining. asi shares staying at the upper limit for a second day. we are seeing consumer staples leading the region along with energy stocks. oil prices are staying elevated. higher commodity prices have also boosted the appeal of credit. ocbc's andrew wong investing in commodities despite opportunities in t

centurions head coach john duffy has left the club after an eight—game losing run in the 2021 super leaguel warming up for euro 2020 with friendlies tonight. there�*s more on the bbc sport website and you can join gavin for the build—up on sportsday from 630, along with the rest of the day�*s sports news, but that�*s it from me. more now on our main story. the health secretary matt hancock has announced that three—quarters of adults in the uk have now received a first dose of a covid vaccine. in a speech at thejenner institute, in oxford, he praised the work of scientists in helping britain out of the pandemic. he also confirmed that the government is negotiating with pharmaceutical giant, astrazeneca, giant, astrazeneca, over a so—called variant vaccine that can deal with the strain of the virus first identified in south africa. professor adam finn from the university of bristol — sits on thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. let�*s talk to him now. that figure, 75% of uk adults, pretty impressive. surely that means the government can go ahead with his road map, lifting all

leigh centurions head coachjohn duffy has left the club after an eight—game losing run in the 2021 super leaguetes ilkay gundogan, kevin de bruyne and ruben dias. bruno fernandez and harry kane are also on the list. foden is up for young player of the year too. that�*s all the sport for now. a full list of those nominations is over on the bbc sport website. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. the prime minister has defended a cash injection for "catch—up" learning in schools in england and confirmed this lunchtime there will be more money later, in addition to the one point four billion pounds announced this morning . that amount has been condemned as a �*damp squib�* by teachers�* leaders. labour also says the plans don�*t go far enough. it�*s understood the treasury was unwilling to commit to a more ambitious plan, costing about ten billion pounds. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. now how are we doing? at this rima now how are we doing? at this primary school. _ now how are we doing? at this primary school, some - now how are we doing? at this primary school, some of

the swede joins the women's super league side from rosengard, where he won back—to—back titles in 2013s said the situation could be reviewed at any time. hong kong has announced it will be banning all travellers from the uk after putting the country back on its extremely high risk list in response to rising numbers of cases of the delta variant. the ban will take effect from this thursday. we can speak now to lisa, travel editor for the sand. welcome, thank you for joining us. that sands are shifting again. joining us. that sands are shifting alain. , . ., , again. very much so, we are seeing country after _ again. very much so, we are seeing country after country _ again. very much so, we are seeing country after country across - again. very much so, we are seeing country after country across europe | country after country across europe and now of course further afield, introducing quite drastic restrictions on british people coming into the country. we have also had spain today saying they will be demanding that you either double vaccinated or present a negative pcr test to spain, th

friday s super league game between hull kr and st helens has been postponed, after three move rovershave warned ministers that they need to start planning now if they want to roll out a covid vaccine booster programme in the autumn. they want to know whether the vaccines need to be tweaked because of new covid variants, and whether to combine them with flu jabs. the health secretary matt hancock has said that plans will be set out in the next few weeks. it comes as the prime minister borisjohnson says the data is still "looking good" to end covid restrictions in england on the 19th ofjuly. on foreign travel, he says he is "looking at" an exemption from quarantine for people who have had both doses of a covid jab — but warned it will be a difficult year for trips abroad, and that the "emphasis is going to be on making sure we can protect the country from the virus coming back in". he went on to confirm that cases of the delta variant are rising at a rate of about 30% a week with hospitalisations and intensive care admissions "roughly the same". meanwhile, england's young adults contin