test world cup.own tokyo, you do get the sense that japan is embracing this world cup. there are posters and adverts for the big stars all around here but of course, what will really help capture the public‘s imagination is excitement on the pitch and there are signs that this could be the most open world cup yet. so this is probably the tightest competition with ever had, the tightest world cup and it's great for the viewers, great for us to be watching, that's what builds excitement when you know it's just not a foregone conclusion. ijust can't wait to watch it. it's unfamiliar territory but in the neon glow of japan, rugby unfamiliar territory but in the neon glow ofjapan, rugby might‘ve found new home. katie gornall, bbc news, tokyo. as katie said there, this is considered to be the most wide—open world cup in recent years. our reporter tulsen tollett says half a dozen teams are in with a chance of lifting the trophy this year. so the rugby world cup is injapan, the first time ever it's been held

these boys here are in the minority, and they hope the world cup will change that. 't know much about rugby i hope we get a better understanding. all the best players from all of the world are coming tojapan so i am going to watch them play and try to learn something from them. four years ago they taught south africa a lesson when they beat the champions in their opening game. went down of the biggest upset in the history of the tournament and has raised expectation at this world cup. here in downtown tokyo you get the sense that japan is embracing this world cup. posters and adverts for the big stars all around here, but of course we will really help capture the public imagination is excitement on the page, then there are signs this could be the most open world cup yet. new zealand may be favourites but ireland currently top the world rankings however, their form has dipped this year. england could be peaking atjust the right time. scotland fans will the craving consistency from a team that too often swings from the ridiculous to the sublime and grand slam winners w

this world cup is going to be japan on—site world cup. well.ng to be japan on-site world cup. japan take on russia on friday and they're expected to beat them. it also kicks offa expected to beat them. it also kicks off a massive weekend at this world cup. there is that blockbuster opening game for new zealand against south africa, two teams there with five world cups between them and then the next day there is ireland against scotland. ireland currently ranked the number one team in the world hoping to regather a bit of their that one. you really can make a case for four their that one. you really can make a case forfour or their that one. you really can make a case for four or five teams at this world cup. england and wales will see themselves as contenders as well. that is why many people are calling this the most open world cup yet. that is on the output to the former all backs —— blacks captain. the way teams have played over the world recently, there is definitely not one clear cut. number one at this stage. ireland is number one in the s

scientists is getting ready to go to the t 20 world cup in the west indies afghanistan ranked as one of the 12 best sides in the world but i draw well that could hardly be toughened up against it 6007 world champions india and one of the favorites to win the tournament south africa i think these 2 countries in the in the in the in the in my mind number one in number 2 in the morning and right now cricket bowling batting feeling everything is 100 percent but our players is very mature and they appeared in different conditions but we will be not easy for the. for india facade we give our top tank every single one of them and i'm hearing them when they're talking among themselves they want to talking about winning the game our nation has all it wants to win the world cup that's another sometimes i take it as a pressure sometimes i think it's good for the players as well because the players are not thinking about anything else they just weren't thinking about winning. game's every member of the wider cricketing world has heard much but seeing little of afghanistan up to now that is all ab

ahead for you on al-jazeera we are minutes away from the unveiling of the new logo for the fifo world cup it will be held in qatar in 2022 and we're going to see it actually at that exact time 202222 pm here and in locations right around the world . before that the iranian oil tanker the one seized off gibraltar before being released appears to have turned off its tracking beacon the one formerly known as the grace one switched off its tracker on monday ship tracking websites had previously shown the vessel off the coast of lebanon and heading north wittes the u.s. secretary of state mike with said they have intelligence the ship is heading to the syrian port of tartus more from dosage of. the area one formally known as the grace one super sized oil tanker that is carrying $2100000.00 barrels of rainy and crude oil worth over $130000000.00 was last spotted near tripoli in northern lebanon now since this vessel was released by the authorities in it has been known to go to near greece turkey and now lebanon but has not been located since monday evening the iranian officials have not disclos

and sport football fans get their 1st look at the captain 2022 world cup and glen damage has been being done to famous buildings around the world as the middle east the biggest ever sporting event gets closer. we begin with another momentous day in british politics where the battle over bricks said could lead to a snap election in the u.k. just a few hours ago prime minister boris johnson lost his parliamentary majority after one of his own m.p.'s the fact that to the pro e.u. liberal democrats johnson has divided people across the political spectrum with to leave the e.u. . on october the 31st even if it means crashing out without a deal but dozens of m.p.'s are hurting many for results conservative party want to stop that they're currently debating a motion to prevent or no deal breaks it if the motion passes johnson has suggested he will push from election now we're going to be live outside parliament in just a moment 1st though this for port from. britain's democracy is at war. with itself. as protest as march to westminster. returned from the summer recess poised to seize control o

our top story: the rugby world cup isjust hours from starting, with japan the first asian country to ny of the previous eight tournaments. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has again apologised for wearing blackface make up on several occasions decades ago. he faces renewed pressure ahead of next month's general election after pictures and footage emerged. and this story is popular on bbc.com: protesters are preparing for friday's climate strikes in around 100 countries across the world. organisers say there could be up to a million people taking part.

the rugby world cup isjust hours from starting, with japan the first asian country to host the competition. the world's top rugby nations are poised for the start of the cup with the outcome as uncertain as any of the previous eight tournaments. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has again apologised for wearing blackface make up on several occasions decades ago. he faces renewed pressure ahead of next month's general election after pictures and footage emerged. and this story is popular on bbc.com. protesters are preparing for friday climate strikes in around 100 countries across the world. organisers say there could be up to a million people taking part. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: the supreme court is expected to rule early next week on whether the prime minister acted unlawfully, by seeking to suspend parliament for five weeks. it's heard three days of evidence, with the government's lawyers insisting prorogation is not a matter for the courts. now on bbc news we're crossing live to singapore for asia business report. amazon go is g

has revealed the official logo for the 2022 world cup with a worldwide media campaign the image was beamed on to building similar all over the world including and dealings in contrast capital doha and across the middle east a 2022 no go is also welcomed in moscow russia of course was where the last world cup was held and the 2026 world cup will be held in north america united states will cause the tournaments with canada and mexico the logo was unveiled in new york city in the very heart of times square and the richardson has more. well in some ways the details of this emblem answer is important as the wider symbolism of the timing of this launch as we build up to the 2022 world cup here in cattle the timing of this launch is no accident it was september the 3rd 1971 when cats or became an independent country having previously been a protectorate of britain and it's now as an independent country the cat's old me bringing the world cup to the middle east for the very 1st time and after all the conversations and contrivances we've had since katz i was awarded the world cup in 2010 the global

devin toner has been left out of ireland's 31 man squad for the rugby world cup injapan.nster lock has made 60 appearances under head coach joe schmidt, that's more than any other player during schmidt's six year tenure. munster‘sjean kleyn has been given the nod ahead of toner. it couldn't be more tense — the ashes series is drawn at one—one with two left to play. ahead of the fourth test at old trafford, england have reshuffled their batting order and say the win at headingley is the momentum they need to go on and regain the urn. australia though, must bounce back from letting the third test slip from theirfingers. they both trained today at old trafford asjoe lynskey reports. they were the hits that shaped the test match and an hour that change the summer. for english cricket a day they will not forget here at headingley. without that theatre the ashes now would be an exhibition. instead these sides go to old trafford with one win each. england have had that week off. eight mercy ina summerthat have had that week off. eight mercy in a summer that feels like it has not

do you think after this rugby world cup the popularity of the sport will go cup the popularity of thep the popularity of the sport will go up and the number of students playing as well? i would like to think so but it is the "not in my backya rd" think so but it is the "not in my backyard" phenomenon feel —— because it isa backyard" phenomenon feel —— because it is a very dangerous spot. —— sport. i would like to think that the popularity will go up because the popularity will go up because the camaraderie and all of these wonderful things that would suit the japanese culture as well. i would like to think it would be an increase in popularity in rugby here. at the university, they were hoping for top eight forjapan‘s ralph possums. how far do you think the japanese team can go? ralph possums. how far do you think thejapanese team can go? —— ralph possums. how far do you think the japanese team can go? —— brave blossoms. they have a good chance and while it would give a vast route to the japanese would be seen, i hope it is the case. thank you for staying with us throughout newsday. r

successful start for samoa as they see off russia in their rugby world cup opener. 'll meet the three scandinavian siblings competing at the world athletics championships in doha. hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today. we start with football, and the italian championsjuventus maintained their unbeaten start to the new season by winning at brescia on tuesday night. that's four wins and a draw from their first five games. but they had to come from a goal down, after the home side took a shock lead through alfredo donnarumma after only four minutes. look at that for a finish! by half—time, juve were level when a cornerfrom paulo dybala was deflected in by brescia's venezuelan defenderjhon chancellor. midway through the second half, miralem pjanic won it forjuventus with a low drive fromthe edge of the penalty area. the win takes the champions back to the top of the table, a point ahead of inter milan. in the night's other game, verona were held to a goalless draw by udinese. both sides remain in the bottom half of the table. barcelona are back to winning ways fo

their 2019 journey disastrous world cup, england.against tonga on sunday. eddiejones has named a strong side for the match they expect to win but with this said to be the most open world cup yet, nothing is certain. glorious weather so far this week. will it continue? chris fawkes... barely a cloud in the sky today and we have more of that sunny weather to come, at least for the start of the weekend before we see that slide into more unsettled conditions. this isa into more unsettled conditions. this is a satellite picture which shows how glorious it has been. even shetland enjoying sunshine. over the past couple of days it has been grey and cloudy. we have had wind gusts of around 50 mph around the headlands of cornwall and they will likely continue into tomorrow, increasingly blustery winds with the headlines towards pembrokeshire. otherwise it is a quiet night, breezy so not as much mist and fog and still a few patches through the vale of york and through the valleys of scotla nd vale of york and through the valleys of scotland an

you are up—to—date with the world cup.ater in the programme, we speak to two of the stars of the domestic game with the women's premier 15's season starting tomorrow. to the football, the next round of matches in the premier league actually starts tonight down on the south coast, southampton against bournemough, commentary on 5live, lets have a quick look at some of the other fixtures this weekend. 5 matches tomorrow starting with 5th against 3rd, leicester at home spurs in the lunchtime kick—off. champions manchester city lost at norwich last weekend, they're at home to watford. sunday really sees the pick of the games. chelsea and liverpool both lost in the champions league this week, they face each other at stamford bridge, and there's a lot of respect bewteen the two managers. it is not polite it is the truth. i am not surprised he is doing a really, really good job with chelsea like with abu dhabi but it is a difficult league and we have to prove our quality in a three—day rhythm so sometimes it works out and sometime

scientists is getting ready to go to the t 20 world cup in the west indies afghanistan ranked as one of the 12 best sides in the world but i draw well that could hardly be toughened up against it 6007 world champions india and one of the favorites to win the tournament south africa i think these 2 countries in the in the in the in the in my mind number one in number 2 in the morning and right now cricket bowling batting feeling everything is 100 percent but our players is very mature and they play are doing then and in the different conditions but we will be not easy for them. for india or for some. every single one of them and i'm hearing them and they're talking amongst themselves on their own or talking about when they get our mission as all of us to win the world cup that's another i would sometimes i take it as pressure sometimes i think it's good for the players as well because the players are not thinking about anything else they just weren't thinking about. and in the games there are members of the wider cricketing world has heard much but seeing little of afghanistan now that

in the run—up to this world cup, assistant coach rob howley has been sent home.nament has not had an ideal start. on it, things seem more straightforward. in fact, jonathan davies did not even encounter a georgian tag on his way to scoring his first try, two minutes in. wales were fuelled by a pent—up energy which, when coupled with all 16 stone ofjustin tipuric, is hard to resist. many feel this could be wales‘ best chance to win a world cup and they began to motor in toyota. jet powered justin adams hurtled through georgia, three welsh tries in less than 20 minutes. they had the bonus point by half—time, liam williams says this has been the best rugby of his career. maybe it is just getting started. 29—0 at the break. georgia have hopes ofjoining the six nations in the future. when they get a chance, they make their case with force. somewhere in there was a mamukashvili, and somewhere in there, the ball was grounded for a try. they wrestled a second later in the half but even though wales had lost momentum, they always had breathing space and chasing space. tho

australia also ended their world cup preparations with a win.haylett—petty and matt to'omua crossed in the last 10 minutes to see the hosts home comfortably. still to come on sportsday: we look ahead to what could be a career defining us open final for serena williams at flushing meadows. and mike bushell dances down to sussex to take on his fellow strictly contestant and paralympic table tennis champion will bailey. to the us open now. and in just over an hour's time serena williams can put herself in the history books — with a record—equalling 24th grand slam, if she can overcome her opponent in the women's final. the 37 year old will take—on the canadian teenager bianca andreescu — exactly two decades after winning her first title in new york — before andreescu was even born. but in her pre—match interview, williams said the record isn't her only motivation to keep playing. i would definitely still be playing if i had already passed it. but i've had so many chances to pass it and to have a lot more, so... but it's cool because i am playing in

on the road to 2022 cats unveils its logo the fee for world cup beaming it out in several countries for all the world to see. welcome to the program britain's prime minister has suffered a major political setback an attempt by m.p.'s to prevent a no deal breakers that has passed its 1st hurdle and the ruling conservatives are now in turmoil boris johnson has kicked out 21 members of his own party after they voted against him to seize control of the parliamentary agenda when a 2nd vote will take place on wednesday and johnston says if he loses that one he'll call for a general election well here's how the numbers stacked up early on tuesday in the house of commons the opposition rebel tories came together to get 328 votes whereas the government could only muster 301 m.p.'s to support it so the government lost by $27.00 votes. britain's democracy is a war. with itself. as protesters marched on westminster politicians returned from the summer recess poised to push new legislation through parliament to block always johnson ring that. a number of m.p.'s including prominent politicians in joh

world cup qualifying match. over the decades millions of arabs have moved from the middle east many refugees but others economic migrants taking the skills uproot. al-jazeera world meets to talk to us to forge new lives in the story and the us. never forgetting their roots . but each committed to building a new life helping things. arabs abroad. on al-jazeera. television time for the sports news with her thanks very much african countries have taken their 1st steps on the road to catch our 2022 the 28 bottom ranked teams have begun their world cup qualifying campaigns somalia which is the lowest ranked team on the continent pulled off a shock one male victory against zimbabwe ranked 200 and 2nd in the world somalia stopped a run of 19 defeats in a row stretching back 8 years to clinch their 1st ever world cup qualifying win the 2nd leg will be in harare on tuesday where one debate host seychelles in the 1st leg of their qualifying tie the dominant force in the match scoring 3 unanswered goals the 2nd leg takes pl

the lead up to the world cup is a four—year cycle.s been there for more than two of those. he took charge of the team when warren gatland was away on sabbatical and isa gatland was away on sabbatical and is a trusted integral figure for the last two decades. of course, we haven't heard from him what his response is to these allegations, but we know that the welsh players have been informed. we have heard from former team—mates, saying this isa from former team—mates, saying this is a bombshell and totally unexpected and clearly something that the welsh players will be thinking and talking about. there is a replacement on the way. he is being parachuted in, but with only six days before their first game, against georgia, they will have to look clearly at game plans and potentially take on some new ideas in this final week. thanks for that. the champions league is back — with start of the group stages of the competition. english sides are among the favourites once again — with liverpool hoping to do what only one team have managed since

and ahead of the world cup, we'll tell you why thousands of japanese rugby fans turned out to welcome wales. welcome to the programme, thank you forjoining us. it's the biggest club football competition in the world and it returns for the start of the group stages on tuesday. 32 teams from across europe will battle it out to win the uefa champions league. liverpool won the trophy for a sixth time last season, and begin their defence away at napoli. and it's not the only mouth watering tie to look forward to this week. richard mcelvanney reports. the champions league is back, and so, for the first time this season, could be leonel messi. the barcelona star has been missing with injury but is included in the squad that goes to borussia dortmund. without him, bassa have struggled, winning two of therefore league games so far. defending champions liverpool have a tricky game at natalie. they lost their in the group stage last season lost their in the group stage last season but that didn't stop them winning their sixth time no title in june and though huge celebrations followed, jurgen kl

wales run away with it to edge out australia at the rugby world cup edging closer to another world titlemilton finishes on top in russia. also coming up in the programme: leicester city knock newcastle forfive in the premier league. as the men's world road race title's settled on some very wet streets in yorkshire. day three of the world athletics championships is under way in doha. five gold medals up for grabs this evening and one of those could go to british sprinter dina asher smith who's hoping to become the first british woman to win sprint gold at a world championships. sshes just qualified for tonights final. our reporter ade adedoyin is in the stadium. we've spoken about dina asher—smith before a great deal. she looked really impressive qualifying for tonight's final. she really did, she looked very, very relaxed. she's really grown in confidence in the last few seasons, she accelerated her way from 50 metres, cruised at 10.87, a seasoned's best time for her are not far off her best time which shows she is in great shape when she can challenge the best athletes in the world. bef

do you have world cup fever today? absolutely world cup fever. tonight at the tokyo stadium. everyone is excited for the very first game. and of course, organisers are excited as well, victoria, because they are forecasting a potential windfall from this rugby world cup, which can bring in around $4 billion to the economy. and that will mean nearly 500,000 foreign visitors visiting japan during the six—week tournament. and they think, victoria, rugby fans will spend an average of 200 us dollars per day giving their time average of 200 us dollars per day giving theirtime in average of 200 us dollars per day giving their time injapan a sizeable economic impact. and it is not just sizeable economic impact. and it is notjust big sizeable economic impact. and it is not just big cities sizeable economic impact. and it is notjust big cities like tokyo and 0saka which will experience a boost. the matches are spread out over 12 venues in 12 different cities, and one of the key factors observers are looking out for is whether the japanese can offer conveni

just the one game at the world cup on tuesday.ign, hoping to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 1995 against russia. they're back in action just four days after losing to japan but aren't concerned by the quick turnaround. some of our players are very strong individually, very big, so we understand this and we are preparing for this game. they are feeling good, feeling 0k, and ready to play. it's been great from day one, we wa nt it's been great from day one, we want to go beyond, we are going to treat every game like a rugby world cup final. if we can make so we calm the nerves a little bit and stick to what we're doing, hopefully we will get the result we are looking for. staying with rugby now. there seems to be some confusion over the future of the former australian rugby union international israel folau, with rugby league's world governing body denying they've given clearance for his return to the sport. earlier, the tonga national rugby league said folau had been cleared to play for them at next month's oceania

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japan have lit up at their world cup party. andy swiss, bbc news, shizuoka.esult that has blown pool a wide open. it'll give confidence to scotland who will now really believe they can make the quarter finals. for a shell—shocked irish — they knew it wouldn't be an easy match against japan. they just couldn't do anything about it ww knew how tough it was going to be. anyone that was utterly shocked has not seen how good they are. we felt we were really prepared to but give credit to that team, they played really well. we made a few mistakes and unforced errors. i thinkjapan played really well and they post a lot of questions to us and unfortunately we cannot come up with the right answers. a tough defeat for us to take with the strength of the team will be how they respond and rebound from this. a tough defeat for us to take with the strength of the team will be how they respond and rebound from this. a six—day turnaround into this game was a little bit tough and we have got a five day turnaround now the russian game on tuesday. so another challenge for us. s

scientists is getting ready to go to the t 20 world cup in the west indies afghanistan ranked as one of the 12 best sides in the world but i draw well that could hardly be toughened up against it 6007 world champions india and one of the favorites to win the tournament south africa i think these 2 countries in the in the in the in the in my mind number one in number 2 in the morning and right now clifford bowling batting feeling everything is 100 percent but our players is very mature and they played today and then and in the different conditions but we will be not easy for them. for india or for. every single one of them and i'm hearing them and they're talking amongst themselves they want to talking about winning the game our nation has all it wants to win the world cup that's another i would sometimes i take it as a pressure sometimes i think it's good for the players as well because the players are not thinking about anything else they just weren't thinking about when. the games there are members of the wider cricketing world has heard much but seeing little of afghanistan now tha

improvement but new zealand start the defence of their title with a win against south africa at the rugby world cupnd there's drop goal drama in tokyo as france scrape past argentina in england's group manchester city wallop watford again, it's 8—nil to the champions, a club record also coming up in the programme. ferrari's sharl leclair is on pole for the third race in a row. we'll have the latest from singapore we'll have the latest from singapore and a bit closer to home, ahead of the world champiosnhips that start tomorrow, the world's top paracyclists take to the yorkshire roads to the yorkshire roads hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we'll have manchester city's record breaking afternoon and details from today's other premier league matches a bit later, but let's start injapan with the rugby world cup. three matches today and the pick of todays group matches was a clash of the southern hemisphere heavyweights. the reigning champions new zealand against the 2 time winners south africa, the all blacks coming out on top, 23 points to 13. from yokohama, here's our sports correspondent

the perfect send off with the squad flying out to the world cup on sunday.d ultimately pulled away from a stubborn georgia in their final world cup warm up match. ali price was one of the try scorers in a close first half. scotland showed their dominance after the break though, with tries from darcy graham and the home brothers george and pete sealing a 36 nine win at murrayfield. raphael and the dog chasing a grand slam title, that would bring him within one of roger federer and semi final action of the us open tonight. before his match though, daniel and gregor were playing their semi, and the first set was a close one, our reporter russell fuller is at flashing meadows for us, wrestle, what's the latest? the latest is that the first set went daniel's way, the fifth seed who has one more matches on the atp tour this year than any other man. took it on a tie—break by seven points to five, who has dropped to the world number 78 spots, but has been an endorsement grand slam semi finals before, and he had his opportunities in that sense, he actually won more p

fought for and probably you know we heard in the report that qatar is also staging the football world cup in 2022. what we've seen here this this doesn't bode well for them and it is not looking good is it but i do have to say there are some differences between the world championships that we've got now and the world cup so firstly the world cup naturally just draws a lot more international fans than the athletics world championship does that we can expect to see pretty much full stadiums and the other thing is of course the world cup is going to take place in december when temperatures are law than they are right now in qatar so that will make a difference but clearly there are a lot of big problems for guitar and organizers and faith are to solve in the next 3 years of the mooted of loose book thank you for 30 years ago thousands of east germans fleeing communism made their way to the channel to evacuate the capital prague heading for the west german embassy there the hope was to use the embassy as a staging point to get to freedom in west germany they gamble paid off and on the 30th of

the rugby world cup is one of the biggest sporting competitions in the world. start off with, not like the all blacks and south africans yesterday, one hell of a game to kick off the world cup. massively heavy favourites, cannot expect anything but an england win. one thing is for sure, playing against the south sea island boys, the following day, it is like being ina car the following day, it is like being in a car crash. lehman's question, peace in the sunday times this morning, talking about one player nicknamed big ben, 23 stone... that is the winger. combined weight is 255 stone, and indian rhinoceros. my question is, how much does it matter being vague? you might feel a bit rough the day after, but how much does it matter? —— being big. rough the day after, but how much does it matter? -- being big. in all sports, speed and weight, natural elements, always give you a slight advantage. i think in this case, england will be too good. strength and depth, quality of players, take nothing away from tonga, skilful by nothing away from tonga, skilful rugby playe

have taken their 1st steps on the road to catch our 202228 bottom ranked teams have begun their world cup qualifying campaign. somalia which is the lowest ranked team on the continent pulled off one victory against zimbabwe ranked 200 and 2nd in the world somalia stopped a run of 19 defeats in a row stretching back 8 years to clinch their 1st ever world cup qualifying when the 2nd leg will be in harare on choose day or one to beat host seychelles in the 1st leg of their qualifying tie rwanda the dominant force in the match scoring 3 unanswered goals the 2nd leg takes place in cape gali on september the 10th i have tricks from about my grab led sudan to a 31 win over chad the hosts though did manage their consolation goal from a late penalty. liberia were winners on the opening day of qualifiers on wednesday supported by foremost world player of the year and now president george way up they were up against sarah leone but needed 2 penalties to beat them sri one liberia have never qualified for world cup current finals before a 2nd round of asian qualifiers for the 2022 world cup is underwa

one more win in a world cup.place would be there as. the high stakes were reflected in some visibly nervy performances. the u.a.e. scored just 100 runs in that 20 overs. i. afghanistan had chased ball biggest schools all over the world but never with saw much riding on the outcome. it was now that all their hard earned experience of life and cricket can together they held their collective nerve and the winning runs were scored with just 3 balls to spare. afghanistan were on their way to the world cup. the kept in the world among them told me that. scratch me that i'm dreaming or know if you qualify for the world cup . i said there was one guy who qualified for the work of a new play in the world cup. so now this team is getting ready to go to the t 20 world cup in the west indies afghanistan ranked as one of the 12 best sides in the world but their draw well that could hardly be toughened they're up against it 6007 world champions india and one of the favorites to win the tournament south africa i think these 2 c

following a string of mass shootings and the row to 2022 caught on veils the logo of the future world cup beaming it out in several countries for all the world to see. thank you for joining as britain's prime minister has suffered a major political setback an attempt by m.p.'s to prevent a no deal breaks it has passed its 1st hurdle the ruling conservatives are in turmoil boris johnson has kicked out 21 members of his own party after they voted against him to seize control of the parliamentary agenda a 2nd vote will take place on wednesday johnson says if he loses that one he'll call for a snap election here's how the numbers talk temporarily on tuesday in the house of commons the opposition and rebel tories came together to get 328 votes whereas the government could only muster 301 m.p.'s to support it so the government nost by 27 votes need to report some. britain's democracy is a war. with itself. as protesters marched on westminster politicians returned from the summer recess points to push new legislation through parliament to block always johnson ring that. a number of m.p.'s includ

james pearce, our headlines this evening off and running new zealand start the defence of their world cupitle with a win against south africa. a late drop goald helps france survive a second half fightback by argentina to win by two points back with a bang. manchester city respond to last weekend's defeat by scoring eight against watford also coming up in the programme, ferrari's sharl leclair is on pole for the third race in a row. he'll start tomorrow's singapore grand prix ahead of championship leader lewis hamilton. and a bit closer to home, ahead of the world championships that start tomorrow, the world's top paracyclists take to the yorkshire roads. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we'll have all the news about manchester city's record breaking afternoon and the details from today's other premier league matches a bit later, but let's start injapan with the rugby world cup. of the day's three games it was defending champions new zealand against two times winners south africa that stood out as being the really big one, and the all blacks came out on top 23 points to 13. f

fans cycled with it all the way from england in a further 6 weeks the destination of this year's world cup title will also be decided on the richardson al-jazeera. the president of world football gianni infantino house reiterated features demand that iranian women be allowed to attend matches in their home country fifa says it's expecting positive developments starting at iran's 1st time qualifier for the 2022 world cup on october the 10th they'd previously been given a deadline of august 31st to begin measures allowing iranian women to watch domestic going to in a statement issued on thursday fisa said our position is clear and firm women have to be allowed into football stadiums in iran we understand there are steps and processes that need to be taken before this is done in a proper and safe way but now is the moment to change things while the movement to allow rainy and women to attend the matches really gathered pace in 1997 that's when iran qualified for the men's world cup male and female fans breach police barriers to enter iran's national stadium to celebrate the victory in an apri

to get a bonus point in yourfirst world cup game is fantastic.e grand slam, we had the lowest dry conversion rate so slam, we had the lowest dry conversion rate so it was great to see the boys expressing themselves and hopefully that glut of scoring tries will continue especially when we face australia. they are not going to be giving us the kind of gaps georgia were giving us in the defensive line. thank you for joining us. ireland won their opening match of the tournament against scotland, of course, and they take on the tournament hosts japan next. the conditions have been tough for the northern hemisphere sides. perhaps the biggest challenge, according to ireland‘s cian healy, is the humidity. it just takes your itjust takes your breath in a different way. it is not like playing in the sun or anything like that. your breasts goes, but you get it -- your breath goes. you can get it back pretty quickly but those extended periods of play puts pressure on, and we‘ve done lots of extended training. it is in the head, then. it is not a shock. we ha

all eyes on the rugby world cup.with political adverts about brexit, according to research by bbc news. in contrast, younger facebook users are being shown ads by the party on issues such as policing and mental health. let's get more on this with our reporterjoe tidy. the bbc has been looking at these ads for a while, what did you find? the first thing to notice the conservative party were running way more ads than other parties, about 700 from them during this period, around mid september compared to almost 300 for the labour party and lib dems only 100 adverts running at a time. other parties had even fewer ads running but the other trend we noticed was the conservatives were mainly going on brexit and they were mainly going on brexit and they were mainly using age to distinguish between the different advertisements. they were going for over 45, between 45 and 55, targeted with adverts like this, the messaging is things like these politicians want to ignore a brexit, don't let them get away with it and then as you

for the rugby world cup. thank you japan's rugby captain michael leach says his team is ready to inspire the nation the country is hosting the world cup for the very 1st target more than a hof a 1000000 fans are heading to japan for the 6 week event the hardest by russia in the toll on friday i do richardson reports. organizers hope this world cup will result in 1000000 new players taking up rugby in asia as the game aims to establish more than just a loose foothold outside its traditional heartlands. japan of every edition of the world cup but never before has the game's biggest international events come to their consonant the host nation play russia in the tournament's opener. first of all i feel that i am shouldering a lot of responsibility were playing in the opening match which comes with a lot of pressure there's expectations of the team and also those of the japanese people so i want to play well. at the world cup 4 years ago japan pulled off their most famous win a victory over south africa. the 2 tim

trained in bangkok that would be a dream with the world cup expect to sneak place in the key is finding this isn't supposed fun they already have the skills. and training from a true rodolphe legends to come to this experience international issues still as make us become team tynan's claiming to recruit players they feel the same grow dobby's growing crew found an agent to help them do that. i think people are hungry they want it they want to know what. they want to be able to get out of their bodies take up space and that's. all well so. yeah. it has. been a. team bangkok are already playing in asia neat tonight's the big game against rivals hong kong and last year's world cup the number of asian teams competing jumped from one to 3. and with more bins like this thailand should be run civil side the next time around the world many asian taints in the last world cup but everyone really enjoyed watching team to pass and the team korea team philippines. so i think. team thailand will be very exciting to watch in that shop up the hill yeah it's a nice ending to go by these guys are 86 hand

they hope the world cup will change that. gest upset in the tournament‘s history and has raised expectations at this world cup. here at downtown tokyo, you do get the sense that japan is embracing this world cup. there are posters and adverts for the big stars all around here. but of course what will really help capture the public‘s imagination is excitement on the pitch and there are signs that this could be the most open world cup yet. holders new zealand may be favourites but it‘s ireland who currently topped the world rankings. however, theirform has dipped this year. england, meanwhile, could be peaking atjust the right time. commentator: finn russell under the post! scotland fans will be craving consistency from the team that too often swings from the ridiculous to the sublime and grand slam winners wales are a big threat on the world stage. this is probably the tightest competition that we‘ve ever had, tightest world cup. and which is great, it‘s great for the viewers, it‘s great for us to be watching, it‘s exciting, th

australia also ended their world cup preparations with a win. sydney. dane haylett—petty and matt to'omua crossed in the last ten minutes to see the hosts home comfortably. still to come on sportsday: we look ahead to what could be a career defining us open final for serena williams at flushing meadows. and mike bushell dances down to sussex to take on his fellow strictly contestant and paralympic table tennis champion will bailey. yeah! in my ear! that was fine! want a shot! i think we should stop there. f1 championship leader lewis hamilton was pipped to pole position at tomorrow's italian grand prix by charles leclerc, but the headlines from monza are all about the final period of qualifying, where several failed to finish before time was up. mercedes boss toto wolff said it made everyone looked like idiots after a crash sparked a bizarre game of brinkmanship between the drivers. jim lumsden has more. the third round of qualifying at monza got off to a disastrous start. after a few moments, kimi raikkonen shunted into the wall, the second tim

david denton played for scotland at the last world cup. of concussion. he is still feeling the effects of a head injury sustained 11 months ago while playing for leicester. there is a pa rt playing for leicester. there is a part of me that is relieved. i had been going through this for so

this is a somewhere they have also won the world cup.ught, if i've just matches have been played in front of huge crowds. the ashes, significant to the whole concept of test match cricket game seems as significant, as important, and is valuable as it ever has been. the man of the series was always going to be steve smith — his only batting failure coming on the final day. but still 774 runs in four test matches at an average of more than 110 — isn't too bad going. it would have been nice if they had a few more runs under my belt in this game as they walked off. but, yah, look, it was a nice reception. they have given it my all since they have been here. the last four x five months. and every test match we have played, and i did not have much left to give today, i'm pretty cooked, to be honest, mentally and physically —— fourand half be honest, mentally and physically —— four and half months. i'm looking forward to a nice couple of weeks rest before getting back into the australian summer. he's been a pain really, for me, yeah. he's playe

argentina have reached the men's basketball world cup semi—finals for the first time in 13 years afterone place ahead of them at fourth in the world rankings, a medal with a hard—fought 97—87 victory in the chinese city of dongguan. luis scola top scored for argentina with 20 points, and they'll now face either the usa or france in friday's semi—finals, s while spain are also through to the last four. stacy lewis has withdrawn from the us solheim cup team with a back injury and will be replaced by ally mcdonald. the 3a—year—old, who has played in four of the biennial tournaments, was one of two captain's picks to face europe in the three day event at gleneagles in scotland starting on friday. 26—year—old mcdonald, will make her solheim cup debut for the united states who've won five of the last seven tournaments while europe last won the trophy in 2013. you don't have to say anything to chilly. i think we both kind of knew that it was the decision to make and told her to get ready. that is really all it was. i didn't want to make the decision but it is what is best for the team and wha

is wreaking havoc across the country qatar has revealed the official logo for its 2022 football world cup with a worldwide media campaign the image was being famous buildings across the globe at the same time with unveilings in qatar its capital doha and around the middle east and in russia the 2022 logo was welcomed in the capital moscow russia of course was where the last world cup was. and the 2026 world cup will be held in north america the united states will co-host the tournament with canada and mexico a logo was unveiled a new york city in the heart of times square 0 richardson has more. well in some ways the details of this emblem answer is important as the wider symbolism of the timing of this launch as we build up to the 2022 world cup here in cattle the timing of this launch is no accident it was september the 3rd 1971 when cattle became an independent country having previously been a protectorate of britain and it's now as an independent country the cat's always bringing the world cup to the middle east for the very 1st time and after all the conversations and contrivances we'

another unique experience on this world cup journey. great for japan. erience on this world cupjourney. great for us in yokohama to play a home match. the amount of green jerseys and support we had. we might be in the minority this week, and they will have to give us as much volume as they can. it may be for quite at the moment, but the fans are starting to flood into this region. after such a good start to the tournament, the form is pretty good. hot and sweaty. but people are really nice. everyone is kind of quiet and serene and very well mannered, apart from when the irish fans get together. all very friendly. we are looking forward to tomorrow. last week, we have the japanese fans are supporting us. tomorrow will be a different story. i don't think there will be as many irish here is japanese. we love sport in ireland, and i suppose they are so sport in ireland, and i suppose they are so strong at the moment. for such a small country to be doing so well at any sport, we just get a buzz. the stadium is preparing for a party to remember tomorrow. gavin

have taken their 1st steps on the road to capture 2022 the 28 bottom ranked teams have begun their world cup qualifying campaigns somalia which is the lowest ranked team on the continent pulled off a shot one victory against zimbabwe ranked 200 and 2nd in the world somalia stopped a run of 19 defeats in a row stretching back 8 years to clinch their 1st ever world cup qualifying when the 2nd leg will be in harare on choose day or one to beat host seychelles in the 1st leg of their qualifying tie rwanda the dominant force in the match scoring 3 unanswered goals the 2nd leg takes place in cape dolly on september the 10th. and a hat trick from ramadan i grab led sudan to a 31 win over chad the hosts though did manage their consolation goal from a late penalty. a 2nd round of asian qualifiers for the 2022 world cup is underway among goliad top group after upsetting myanmar the only goal of the game coming in the 17th minute so as mongolia scored against the run of play one nil win is mongolia's 1st ever victory at this stage of the world cup qualifiers. malaysia twice came back from a goal down t