Forecast. A reminder of our top story. Another new vaccine has been shown to be effective, the second and 2a hours. If approved the uk has millions of doses on order. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me. On bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up tonight. Well look at two of the biggest issues in football west broms Romaine Sawyers the latest to be racially abused online, we speak to the chair of kick it out. Were also talking about concussion, as the Premier League takes further steps to protect players. Also coming up in the programme. Premiership rugby is back after an enforced break caused by the pandemic, well be with Northampton Saints to find out how theyre coping with covid. And Tracey Neville joins us on sportsday to tell us about her return to netball. So a busy sportsday for you tonight and were starting with more on the distressing story this week that se
In the 60m and as the bbc s athletics commentator steve cram told me earlier, its just great to be able to see top quality athletics and its on the bbc like everything in life of the many, people are really challenged to make things happen, for all of us to enjoy, and i think they have done an incrediblejob, and i wont even bore you with some of the things that have to do. So the athletes want to do things differentlyjust to be there. It will be a different experience for deena. Shes been out there for a few days because of the protocols. She normally wouldnt do that but she wants to compete and we want to watch her. Im so pleased i have something to commentate on. We havent seen you for such a long time. She has been mothballed since this all started. What do you expect to see . It this all started. What do you expect to see . ,. , ,. This all started. What do you expect tosee . ,. , to see . It is an olympic year. She hasnt raced to see . It is an olympic year. She hasnt raced really
Traveling again. And the layers of pakistans a rapid transport project has many blaming the Prime Ministers provincial government for corruption. And im peter some of these sports as you heard the 2020 Olympic Games in tokyo or later this news of a look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021. Well we begin this hour with breaking news out of torture the 2020 and then fix have been perspire and the announcement was made just in the past alibi Prime Minister shinzo he says he has asked the i. O. C. For an up to one year postponement of the tokyo island fix and now appears likely that theyll be held in 2021 nowadays are vassal followers weeks of insisting it would go ahead in july as planned its like you know the whole. First of all once again i confirmed with the i. O. C. President back that there will be no cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics or paralympics furthermore as the host of the tokyo lympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the
Is the death toll surges again and more than 5000. 00 Health Workers are infected. Easing restrictions where the outbreak began in the chinese province of people will allow some people to start traveling again. And im paestum for the sport as you heard the 2020 games in turkey all will look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021 that a moment later this news out. To say then the worlds biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese Prime Minister for the Tokyo Olympic games to be put off saying when it happens itll be proof of victory over the coronavirus Alexia Bryant as this report. Theres been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus pandemic thats caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japans Prime Minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 i feel the money as the host of the Tokyo Olympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the athlet
Plans to withdraw the remaining us troops in Northern Syria. Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for the womens marathon, beating paul radcliffes time set 16 years ago. The family of 19 year old harry dunn who was killed in a motorbike accident are on their way to the United States in the hope of a meeting the woman involved in the crash. Ann sacoolas, the wife of an intelligence officer, left for the us after the accident in northamptonshire. Police say theyre liaising closely with the Foreign Office. Heres andy moore with the latest. On her way to the states, harry dunns mother. She now has an apology from the woman who killed her son. But she said sorry just wasnt enough. Harrys father is on the same flight. The parents want to lobby politicians and raise the profile of their case in america. They also hope to meet anne sacoolas, who now has agreed to a meeting. In a statement, through her lawyers, she said. Harry dunn was riding his motorbike when he was hit by mrs