Told me why they had made that decision. Ben has come a long way, it has been a difficult period for him. I have seen nothing but somebody who is professional, disciplined, works hard on his fitness. 0n disciplined, works hard on his fitness. On and off the field he is a talisman for this group of players. He will be a great lieutenant. We think it is just reward for the hard work he has put in over that period. The weather here in birmingham, as you can see, may be glorious today, but the forecast is a little unsettled for the remainder of the week. All being well the action will get under way here at edgbaston on thursday morning. A huge amount at stake. One thing is for sure, if england have already won a first ever world cup, cap that off with the ashes, that will surely go down as the greatest summer in the teams history. The new premier League Season gets under way in less than two weeks where liverpool play newly promoted norwich, a week on friday. Before that though theyll play
Was down to three. Not for long, though. Soon it was the shane show lowry back to his best, and how the crowd loved it. With conditions bordering on the farcical, his only challenger, tommy fleetwood, saw his hopes slipp away and from there, it was a march to glory, lowry lapping up the moment before a tap in for triumph. Portrush could start the party, and after embracing his wife and daughter, he paid tribute to his parents. What can i say, my mum and dad. They sacrificed so much for me when i was younger and im so happy i can hand them this trophy tonight. And 150 miles south at his home club in esker hills, the celebrations were also in full swing for them and their star player, an unforgettable day. Well, the long awaited return of the open here to Northern Ireland was always going to be emotional but this was something else. Rarely has this famous event seen a more popular champion. Andy swiss, bbc news, royal portrush. New zealand have won their first netball world cup since 200
Good evening. Welcome to sports day, i met sarah stone. Shane lowry is the open champion. The irishman extended his overnight lead to finish six shots clear of Englands Tommy Fleetwood to win his first major amid raucous scenes at royal portrush in northern ireland. Lets get more from our reporter adam wild. Yeah, despite the rain and wind here at royal portrush, the party is starting. We have seen some quite extraordinary scenes on the links this afternoon, as shane lowry became the 2019 open championship winner. In fact, the celebrations began long before he reached the 18th, once he sunk that birdie putt at 15, i think there was never any doubt that anyone would catch him. Tommy fleetwood, the closest man, but six shots behind. Some extra ordinary scenes as shane lowery walked down those final holes, 20 deep, the spectators were from t to fairway to green, the open championship in its 148th addition, i dont think has ever seen scenes quite like the ones we saw this afternoon. And a
And coming up, ireland celebrates as local hero shane lowry wins the british open at portrush. Hello and welcome to world news today. Britains defence minister has branded the seizing of a british flagged oil tanker by iran as a hostile act. His comments came as a recording emerged of radio exchanges between a Royal Navy Warship and irans revolutionary guard, moments before the tanker the stena impero was seized in the strait of hormuz on friday. Both sides have called for de escalation of the situation. But Iranian State television also been showing the tanker with the iranian flag flying from its masthead. Paul adams reports. Iranian revolutionary guards boarding the stena impero on friday afternoon, carrying out a two week old threat to seize a british vessel. Iran said the tanker broke the law, the ships owners and the British Government say this simply isnt true. Earlier, tense exchanges as a british warship, hms montrose, attempted to stop the ship being taken. But the revolution
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