joe lynsky, bbc news. an 8 month investigation into the chaotic scenes at last year s champions league final between real madrid and liverpool in paris has found that uefa should take primary responsibilty for the failures that almost led to disaster. the report into dangerous overcrowding, ticketing issues and heavy handed policing around the stade de france was commisssioned by uefa. at the time, the governing body blamed liverpool fans with fake tickets, but the report says that is manifestly innacurate and has exonerated the fans. they say it s remarkable that no one lost their life. liverpool say they are disappointed the report was leaked to the media before it was officially released. the supporters reactions saved lives, first and foremost. secondly, that uefa, the french authorities had so many questions to answer. it ll take some time to get those answers. there is no fault on the liverpool fans at all.
wales can still make the knockouts and play australia next week. new zealand go here for a sixth world title, and at some point should face england. this time this sport s great force are on home soil and based on this morning, they are hard to stop. joe lynsky, bbc news. rugby union executive has promised to start the game up after the financial problems that have seen where star is suspended and relegated from the premiership and wasps expected to follow them, claims clubs have been living beyond their means for too long in a domestic system that he has described as being broken. meanwhile, this afternoon s membership again, lester overcame harlequins 27 points to 19. the meaning champions bouncing back from their defeat at home in the previous week. they ran in four tries. his first of the season. great britain finished the rail track cycling championships with three gold medals. the third of which provided by nina evans and the points race.
proud east midlands person, lenny henry. these games are the biggest sporting event to be staged in the uk since the olympics ten years ago, and there are hopes that it will provide a major boost for the city and the region, as our correspondent joe lynsky now reports. birmingham has builtjust one new venue for these commonwealth games and it s here in sandwell, one of the most diverse and densely populated parts of the city. this place has never had a resource like this before, but now, it s got an aquatic centre. it is a very diverse community and it s got a growing economy but there are still quite high levels of deprivation in the area and we are quite keen to use the games as a springboard to create opportunities and invite investment into the area. the centre has been stitched into smethwick in sandwell borough, and by next year, it will be a multipurpose facility. for this community, it s a gateway to sport
this was the release. denmark s second grand tour winner will ride into paris and know it was worth it. joe lynsky, bbc news. so vingegaard is poised to become just the second danish cyclist to win the tour. as we just saw though he had a wobble on yesterday s stage. here s how he reacted afterwards. i think i also almost had a heart attack when that happened. i had the feeling i was not really taking big risks. and, yeah, i think ijust made a mistake going into the corner. in the end i saved it luckily. i always believed i had a chance of winning the tour de france, but now to actually do it is, yeah, it s really incredible. canada s brook henderson has a two shot lead going into the final round of golf s evian championship the penultimate women s major of the year taking place in france. england s charley hull is tied sixth. she s six shots off the lead after a brilliant 67 yesterday. no doubt about the highlight just take a look at this. her second shot at the 11th
ground saw marcus smith spin for australia and england turn it around. they had been behind in the series and bided matched to come to when both, changing the mood. back then england were at a low point when england had lost to wales in italy. another had a chance to break new ground in south africa but the world champions break resistance. in this series they had too much at the end, but wells came close. there are now 1a months to the rugby world cup. this day of deciders has set the tone. joe lynsky, bbc news. day two of the world atheltics championships in oregon as dina asher smith sets out her mission of intent in the women s 100 metres. it was a case ofjob done for laura muir too who eased