the week, but further than it looks like things will be a little bit cooler. if you look at the weather icons, not a drop of rain in sight, and that is of course bad news especially for the southern areas. so hot and dry is the story. 50 hot and dry is the story. thank ou ve so hot and dry is the story. thank you very much- that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 4th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it is goodbye but the news hello and welcome to sportsday was this the moment that geraint thomas lost the gold medal? wales s star cyclist comes up short in the time trials. it s gold number 40 for england as zoe newson shows her strength and joy in the women s pa ra powerlifting final and world champion wightman is in control once again as he eases into the 1500m final and he isn t the only athlete from the home nations to watch out for. well, what a dramatic day in the men s time trial with crashes, misj
And an Olympic Committee member refuses to rule out the 2020 tokyo games being cancelled completely, amid the spread of coronavirus. Hello and welcome to the programme. Chelsea have a seemingly impossible mountain to climb if they are to have any hope of making the Champions League quarter finals. The English Premier League side were outclassed in london by Bayern Munich, the German League leaders cruising to a 3 0 win. Ian dennis has more. Bayern munich were outstanding and outclassed chelsea. They were the superior side, but chelsea them at bay in the first half, caballero twice denying robert lewandowski. Mullers header hit the crossbar. The shot from Marcos Alonso were skipped away. But there was no escape in the second half of the ruthless Bayern Munich held off their advantage. Lewandowski set
them off in the second half. They combined minutes later for serge gnabry in the second before lewandowski tapped on the third and the knockout blow. Alonso was sent off seven minutes from
City of milwaukee. Its at the premises of the brewing giant molson coors. The home secretary warns Police Chiefs there must be no excuses for not cutting crime, and signals a return to National Policing targets. 5 time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova says she is retiring from tennis at the age of 32. And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, Caroline Wheeler and susie boniface. Stay with us for that. Good evening. For the first time, there are more new cases of coronavirus being reported outside china than within. Dozens of countries are now affected, with several including brazil and pakistan confirming their first cases today and germany declaring its on the verge of an epidemic. Italy, the main focus of the infection in europe, has tonight reported a surge in cases. Here, Public Health england says tests for coronavirus are being stepped up to get a better picture of whether the virus is spreading. So far, just over 7,000 people in the uk
In the face of a two year ban from european football, Manchester City rolled up their sleeves and delivered at the bernabeu with two away goals in the Champions League against real madrid. Gabrieljesus and Kevin De Bruyne found the net in a night where the activities on the pitch were overshadowed by issues off it. Watching that match and the other european ties was our reporter rob schofield. One rob did we expect city to perform to that standard . It was a bit of surprise especially with the team news, not of notable names with the team news, not of notable na m es left with the team news, not of notable names left out. A lot of. Still that was left out. This was a huge night for Manchester City as you mentioned there. With the european band the mink this is the day their appeal was lodged with the court of arbitration for sport and went to their and one. It all got up to a terrible start and going behind and losing more here in defence and a mix up scoring the third goal of the seas