hello from the bbc sport centre. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after world rugby confirmed bans for both players. farrell has been handed a four match ban after a lengthy process and will miss the opening two games oft the rugby world cup in france next month. vunipola has been banned for three games but it can be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england s chances at the tournament. well, ultimately it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage in the argentina and japan being the
and japan are the strongest in their group, however, the rugby world cup draw was done in a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely lopsided, meaning teams are ranked 1 5 in the world are at the opposite side of the draw to england are, so despite this disruption, you would expect england to get to the pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, they do not have any more disciplinary issues, they could well be going further and deep into that tournament. football now and the copa libertadores quarter finals are under way. internacional won 1 0 away at bolivar in the first leg of their last eight clash at the la paz stadium, which is 3600 metres above sea level. ecuador s enner valencia scored the games only goal to give them a slender advantage in the second leg. former argentina striker carlos tevez is back in coaching taking over at struggling independiente.
and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely lopsided, meaning teams ranked 1 5 in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england are, so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through the pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they do not have any more disciplinary issues, they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. it s been a good day for great britain so far at the world athletics championships in budapest. some of the big names doing what they need to do. keely hodgkinson made a winning start to her bid for world gold. the reigning olympic and world 800 metres silver medallist taking victory in her heat in one minute, 59.53 seconds. zarnel hughes meanwhile has won his 200m heat.
here s chetan. hello from the bbc sport centre. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. he ll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england s chances at the tournament. ultimately, it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage, and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely l
strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and it means that those polls are extremely lopsided. and that means that the team is ranked one to five in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england actually are. so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through that pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they don t have any more disciplinary issues, then they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. next to the world athletics championships where the favourite, kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres in budapest the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field and take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe wel tayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan in third. britan s laura m