Of the duchess of cambridge. Prince george was one of the pageboys while his Sister Charlotte was a bridesmaid. Now on bbc news. Its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. Exeter Dash Saracens dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. They will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. What a difference a year makes. After Play Off Heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. And how britains top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. Plenty coming up this evening. Including rugby leagues Magic Weekend, the Womens Super League, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. But well start with rugby union. And exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby unions aviva premiership. They beat the two time European Champions Cup w
Botswa nas welcome to outside source. This is botswanas isaac welcome to outside source. This is botswa nas isaac makwala. Welcome to outside source. This is botswanas isaac makwala. One of the favourites to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships taking place here on monday. But he has been struck down by the norovirus as have many athletes at the games. Officials are trying to limit the spread of the virus which has already affected many competitors and staff. This is the time when the worlds best athletes should be concentrating on their rivals. Instead these competitors and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus at this team hotel. Yesterday the worlds best 200 metre runner, Issac Makwala, was forced to withdraw from the event. The botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and support staff reporting illness. I felt heartbroken yesterday. I worked hard for this and it is sad for me because i wa
Botswa nas welcome to outside source. This is botswanas isaac welcome to outside source. This is botswa nas isaac makwala. Welcome to outside source. This is botswanas isaac makwala. One of the favourites to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships taking place here on monday. But he has been struck down by the norovirus as have many athletes at the games. Officials are trying to limit the spread of the virus which has already affected many competitors and staff. This is the time when the worlds best athletes should be concentrating on their rivals. Instead these competitors and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus at this team hotel. Yesterday the worlds best 200 metre runner, Issac Makwala, was forced to withdraw from the event. The botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and support staff reporting illness. I felt heartbroken yesterday. I worked hard for this and it is sad for me because i wa
First time in Court Forfive men charged over the hillsborough disaster. The financial crash that changed our lives. Ten years on, the couple who are still rebuilding their lives. We have cash and cash only and thats that. If we cant afford it, we dont have it. And the womens Rugby World Cup is underweight in dublin with a win for the defending champions, england, a defeat for wales and the host nation ireland. And the host nation ireland. And coming up in athletics on sportsday, we look at all the action on the fourth day of these championships with five more gold medals to be one. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. 17 men and one woman have been convicted of Sexual Exploitation and drugs offences in newcastle. Most of the men were from pakistani, indian and bangladeshi backgrounds. Their youngest victim was just 14. The convictions are the result of operation sanctuary. Controversially, Northumbria Police paid £10,000 to a convicted child rapist for information that hel
To pay their respects as the world remembers him. Russia says the bodies of 11 victims of the Military Plane crash in the black sea have been recovered and flown back to moscow. All 92 passengers and crew on board died when it came down shortly after taking off from sochi. At least four people are killed in the manila area as a powerful typhoon crosses the philippines capital. Bargain hunters turn out for boxing day sales, but its thought many have stayed home after already splurging on pre christmas discounts. Now on bbc news, its been a fantastic year for gbs olympians and paralympians. Nick hope looks back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016 gold rush in rio. Coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south americas first ever olympic and Paralympic Games. The