To power on the straights. Yes! diving into the history books a first female medal in the sport for gb in more than 60 years, after a dramatic final round. And. The three peat s on track, as adam peaty qualifies for the semi finals in 100m breaststroke. Also coming up on sportsday. England are back on top against west indies, after superb showings from jamie smith and joe root, who climbs the record books, jumping above a windies legend. And max verstappen was quickest in qualifying for the belgian grand prix, but the formula one championship leader won t start the race from pole. Hello there, and welcome to sportsday. They say it never rains, but it pours, and that s certainly been the case on the first day of medal action at the paris olympics. It s been chucking it down in the city, as we saw from the opening ceremony last night on the seine. Rain s caused delays, and even postponement of the skateboarding. But the weather hasn t put a dampener on team gb, who were in the medals o
It was a grind through the corners, but it paid off and i used power on the straights. Yeah! diving into the history books a first female medal in the sport for gb in more than 60 years, after a dramatic final round. And. The three peat s on track, as adam peaty qualifies for the semi finals in 100m breaststroke. Also coming up on sportsday. England are back on top against west indies, after superb showings from jamie smith and joe root, who climbs the record books, jumping above a windies legend. And max verstappen was quickest in qualifying for the belgian grand prix, but the formula one championship leader won t start the race from pole. Hello there and welcome to sportsday. They say it never rains, but it pours, and that s certainly been the case on the first day of medal action at the paris olympics. It s been chucking it down in the city, as we saw from the opening ceremony last night on the seine. Rain has caused delays, and even postponement of the skateboarding. But the weat
in 1973, a new career beckoned. theme music plays. he joined forces withjimmy greaves and the tv show saint and greavsie was a huge hit. well, hello and good afternoon. the programme ran for nearly a decade, stjohn winning millions of new fans with his warmth and wit. hello there. well, euro 92 is all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. among the tributes, sir geoff hurst described him as a great footballer who d been fantastic on saint and greavsie. as the sport remembered both a player and a ground breaking broadcaster. he was the anchor but he was also the straight man but he also had the jokes as well. people said it wasjust a light hearted show, as you know, that s sometimes the hardest thing possible to do. he completely changed the way punditry was done in sport. a man, then, whose versatility was matched only by his popularity. both on and off the pitch, one of football s finest. andy swiss, bbc news. ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82. time for a look a
suffered with andy murray over the years, there was so much that was familiar. the first set setback, the second sets, come back. then a triumph of will to finally defeat robin in the third. murray rising under pressure once more. we know the story, but do we really understand it? it s not easy, like, every time i lose a match, you know, it s. everyone thinks that i m getting told to retire, that i should stop playing, that, you know, that i m finished and, you know, i ve got nothing left or whatever, and it s sad. all of these things, and it s like, it s not easy. feel like i m playing for my careerjust now. each time i step on the court, which you know commits a motivation in some ways, but it s also adding a bit of, yeah, extra stress, there is a bit of extra doubt there. you know come on top of that, i m playing with a metal hip. on top of that, i m playing with a metal hi -. ., on top of that, i m playing with a metal hip- on top of that, i m playing with a metal hi. .,
the south west we have showers developing from a low pressure point here. it looks as though temperatures will sit close to freezing in many places so a chilly start and before i look at wednesday, let s look ahead and see the general trend and a couple of weather fronts to clear away, and this one will allow another area of high pressure to drift down from the north and that will be quite significant because a north easterly flow will drive in a cooler air mass across the country and a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather over the next few days. back to wednesday, however, it looks likely it will start off with showers around across parts of cornwall, devon and into south wales and they will gradually drift north and they will gradually drift north and east along the m4 corridor. the low cloud, mist and murkiness perhaps just drifting but lingering along the north sea coast and some brighter skies out to the west, but a difference to the feel of the weather furth