on playerjenni hermoso. it all happened after spain won the world cup over a week ago. rubiales said the kiss was consensual. hermoso said it wasn t. and now, after a week of criticism, rubiales has now lost the support of the country s football federation. in a statement, the rfef said. the president s request that mr luis rubiales immediately present his resignation as president. they went on to say. well, that all came at the end of a long day of developments where spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into whether the conduct of rubiales amounts to sexual assault. the spanish government earlier asked for the country s sports tribunal to suspend him. and lastly, it s been reported the mother of rubiales has locked herself in a church and gone on hunger strike over what she says is an inhuman hunt against her son. before the resignation was requested, hundreds of supporters of hermoso lined the streets of madrid to show their support and to protest agains
heatwave in june for 20 years. but as the temperature soars a health warning is issued to those struggling to stay cool. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll take a look at the chancellor philip hammond s speech this morning at mansion house alongside the governor of the bank of england mark carney. is an alleged hard brexit now off the table? we ll join christian fraser and katty kay for 100 days plus who are looking at the death of a us student who had been detained by north korea. we ll be looking at how long the heatwave affecting large parts of the uk will last. that s all ahead on bbc news. hello, you re watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury the headlines tonight. a shock at queens as defending champion andy murray crashes out in the first round. the british and irish lions win big in their last warm up up match, ahead of the first test against the all blacks. there was defea
Going and hopefully qualify, and hopefully i can do some good. britain s recent pa ralympic form britain s recent paralympic form bodes well. they finished second, winning 41 gold, so what can they expect in paris? early this month, the city held a test event. it wasn t entirely smooth after covid meant there were no fans in tokyo, they hope for more than 3 million next year. to give to the athletes the platform they deserve, stadium, spectators, he was around the world, spectators, he was around the world, but spectators, he was around the world, but you feel the warmth of the world, but you feel the warmth of the crowd will be amazing, and i of the crowd will be amazing, and i do of the crowd will be amazing, and i do believe these grains gains and i do believe these grains gains will be transformational. i can t wait for these transformational. i can t wait for these games to happen. britain s for these games to happen. britain s most decorated
From the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website, facebook and instagram. now though, it s back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. coming up on breakfast this morning. after a successful games in tokyo, we ll be joined in the studio by britain s most decorated paralympian, dame sarah storey, and seven time gold medallist, hannah cockroft. we ve been closely following the story of former leeds rhino player rob burrow on breakfast, after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. later this morning, we ll be hearing the latest development in his inspirationaljourney. # and if you should see dave, say hello. and we ll be joined by jj burnel and baz warne from rock