joining us on sportsday. we start at the world athletics championship in budapest, and what a day for great britain sjosh kerr, he s taken gold in the men s 1500 metres after a thrilling race in hungary. the olympic bronze medallist, timed his surge to perfection, he was neck and neck with norway s jakob ingebrigtsen going into the final 200m, before breaking his rival in the final50. the 25 year old clocked a season s best 3.29.38 seconds to make his first podium at a world championships. but it was history repeating itself for ingebrigtsen. the reigning olympic champion, beaten into silver as he was in similar circumstances at the last world championships in eugene. the day and the gold though belonging tojosh kerr. it s been a long time coming. it s been a long time coming. it is quite an overwhelming experience. but i m so proud of myself, i m so proud of my team and my family, they got me here. they didn t feel like they ran the best race either, ijust they ran the best
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 e
rangers match, head to bbc sport website. winners of the champions league last year, manchester city, will have to do without manager pep guardiola until after the international break following surgery on his back. the club confirmed their manager has had a routine operation and will complete his rehab in barcelona. assistant managerjuanma lillo will take control of the first team for city s games against sheffield united and fulham. before taking leave it seems pep was busy securing a new signing. manchester city have agreed to deal for belgium wingerjeremy doku from rennes for over £55 million. the 21 year old is set to become city s third major signing of the summer, after mateo kovacic and josko gvardiol. 0wen farrell and billy vunipola will discover sometime today if they can play at the rugby world cup. both face disciplinary panels over their recent red cards. for farrell, it s the second time in a week he s been through it, after world rugby appealed the decision to
into his conduct he was arrested injanuary last year, before all charges against him were dropped. the next move in encouraging more children to play chess a million pound funding boost, and a hundred boards to be installed in public parks. good morning. some low cloud and mist around this morning. that will lift and we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. most of the showers in the north and west. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 22nd august. our main story. president biden has paid tribute to the resilience of the people of maui during a visit to the hawaiian island which was devastated by wildfires earlier this month. mr biden said the country would stand with them for as long as it took, and pledged to respect the traditions of local people as they rebuild their lives, homes and businesses. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. almost two weeks after wildfires swept through this hawaiian island, a scene of utter devastation
rehab in barcelona. assistant managerjuanma lillo will take control of the first team for city s games against sheffield united and fulham. before taking leave it seems pep was busy securing a new signing. manchester city have agreed to deal for belgium wingerjeremy doku from rennes for over 55 million pounds. the 21 year old is set to become city s third major signing of the summer, after mateo kovacic and josko gvardiol. thierry henry has been confirmed coach of france s under 21s on a two year contract. henry scored 51 goals for france, and was most recently an assistant coach with belgium. he ll lead a france under 23 side at the 2024 paris olympics. rangers manager michael beale has full confidence that his players can move past psv eindhoven and in to the group stage of the champions league. the sides clash at ibrox in the opening leg of their qualifying match this evening and beale believes his players can replicate what they did at the same stage last year. we knew we