In the womens lightweight Double Sculls final. And coming up on Bbc News, another gold for Team Gb in the rowing. Emily craig and Imogen Grant taking first place in the lightweight womens Double Sculls. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Theres growing controversy over two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the Womens Boxing in paris, after having been disqualified from last Years World championships forfailing to meet eligibility criteria. Yesterday algerian boxer Imane Khelif qualified to the quarterfinals after her opponent, italys Angela Carini, abandoned the bout in 46 seconds. This afternoon, taiwans Lin Yu Ting, who was stripped of a Bronze Medal at last Years World championships, is due to fight. In the last couple of hours the Culture Secretary Lisa nandy said Biology Matters when it comes to sports like boxing. Our Reporter Matt Graveling has more. In red, from algeria. The fight which lasted in red, from algeria. The fight which lasted just in red,
i will be back with you at 8pm. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and jane dougall. the headlines this evening. the champions manchester city make a great start to the defence of their title but var is the talking point as two major decisions hinge on the new technology. aston villa give tottenham a scare but a harry kane double sees spurs take the three points. in the scottish premiership, a ruthless celtic are victorious in a seven goal thriller against motherwell. also coming up on the programme, ireland comfortably beat italy in their warm up match, but concerns forjoey carbery ahead of the world cup who went off injured. and we meets nabila tejpar the british rally champion driving to be the best in the world. hello and welcome to the programme. manchester city have certainly laid down a marker in their opening game of the season. the champions thrashed west ham 5 0 at the london stadium. raheem sterling to
after it emerged he made anti semitic comments apparently in a local meeting. the conservatives say it shows labour is unfit for government . labour say that sir keir starmer took a swift decision in withdrawing backing for mr ali. our political correspondent peter saull has the story. this is azhar ali, he was until recently expected to become the next labour mp for rochdale. the election was expected to be a slam dunk for labour but what happened here in april caused fury, he said israel allowing the hamas attacks that killed 1200 people and killed spot the following conflict. labour said it was standing by its man until a recording apparently from the same meeting emerged and in it he discusses the treatment of the mp andy mcdonald who was suspended by the labour party for an alleged anti semitic remark. that was the final straw in the labour party has withdrawn its support. labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, . labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, ., ,
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