For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
week, high pressure drifts about further east so it will sit right on top of the uk. there could be a bit more cloud at times but generally they are click through thursday and friday at the weekend is looking fine and settled and it can warm up a touch further towards bank holiday monday. thanks, sarah. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, welcome along to sportsday. i m checking empathic. coming up on the programme. as real madrid footballer viniciusjunior is racially abused by opposition fans again, is spain s top division la liga doing enough to deal with racism? two games to save their season leicester city go to newcastle tonight knowing a win can move them out of the premier league s bottom three. 0ne one of britain s most succ
in the feelings they ve got and that you can talk to people, it doesn t make you weak to get help. catalans dragons have extended their lead at the top of rugby league s, super league, to a points, with a win at st helens. the french side opened the scoring and led throughout. their english winger, tom johnstone, scored the pick of the game s four tries, with this lung bursting run. it was enough to seal the 1a 12 win and was a 7th defeat of the season, for the champions, st helens, who are 6 points off the top now. it s bastille day at the tour de france, which means there will be a lot of partying along the roadside today for stage 13. reigning championjonas vingegaard, still leads by 17 seconds ahead of tadej pogacar. ion izagirre won yesterday s stage seven years since his last tour stage win. the basque rider covered the last 30 kilometers all on his own to finish ahead of the pack.
tour de france stage victories is among his incredible achievements in the sport. at 38, he says it s time to stop but not before he attempts to break the tour stage win record later this summer. he s currently tied on 34 with eddy merckx. he did confirm that. it wasn tjust his dinner plans. he has decided enough is enough. he said yesterday it was his son s brother. the opportunity to spend more time with his family is one of the key motivating factors as well. they can go for a bike ride together. thank you. the uk s ban on the sale of ivory is to be extended from covering just elephants. five species targeted by poachers or classed as being vulnerable will also be protected. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, is at heathrow airport for us this morning. it is interesting, the part of the