Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im jane dougall. Incredible party scenes as team gb s athletes touch down to celebrate with friends and family for the first time. A record breaking Move Jack Grealish is unveiled as a Manchester City player, but what will that mean for moves elsewhere . Well, this man is certainly on the Move Messi leaves barcelona after 21 years, as he prepares to say bonjour to a new club. Also coming up in the programme we try to find out what it takes to be an olympian with Max Whitlock and adam peaty. They tell us why winning gold Second Time Around is far harder. Welcome to the programme. It brought us some magical moments, tears as athletes stood at the top of a Podium And Heartbreak when they faltered through injury. It gave us a passion for sports weve never watched before, but most of all it left us with a pride in our countries and in the athletes representing them. The olympics in tokyo are over and, despite so many problems affecting them, they were a huge
Look at that, look at the way. Where are the scores . Just yes, es and jubIlatIon for DIver Tom Daley wIth hIs new Partner Matty Lee four olympIc games and hes fInally won gold. All day today, Its lIke everythIng Is fallIng Into place. We found that sense of flow. We dIdnt really say anythIng to each other. We just knew what we had to do to get the job done. And more brItIsh success a gold for Tom PIdcock In the Mens MountaIn BIke Cross Country and sIlver for Alex Yee In the Mens TrIathlon a bIt bIzarre, really. That Its me thats doIng ThIs. Im just a normal guy from south east london. So Its just crazy. Dreams really do come true. Well brIng you all the latest from tokyo as Team Gb shoots Up To fourth place In the medals table. Also on the programme. WIll more key workers In england be gIven the rIght to test daIly for covId Instead of self IsolatIng . MInIsters are meetIng to decIde. Flash floods and wIldfIres In a year of extreme weather globally, scIentIsts meet to assess the full
Weather is approaching some Western Parts of the uk, particularly the South West here through the night, this is Showery Rain, Showery Means On and off, one minute it is quiet, then heavy then quiet again, but the vast majority of the country early on tuesday morning, pretty clear, with some morning sunshine. Now here is the problem with tomorrow. So, low pressure often brings strong winds but this is large and there is very little wind in it, and that is not necessarily a good thing, because with the strength of The Sun all of the moisture, will see big showers forming inland. Some will be thunderstorms, some will be downpours as well and there is very little wind to push this round, so where the storm forms it dumps that rainfall and that leads to Flash Flooding, but Flash Flooding the localised. Sud, most of us dont get it. It will be in spots round the country. On wednesday there will be more of a breeze in the southern half of the uk and the centre of that low transfers to more no
An olympic title. Well have full details of Team Gbs impressive day and well be looking at their prospects for the days ahead. Also tonight. Another fall in the daily number of covid cases in the Uk Theyve more than halved in the past nine days. The Afghan Army tries to contain the taliban, but high numbers of civilians have been killed or injured since the start of the year. And Canterbury Cathedral discovers that some of its magnificent Stained Glass is among the oldest in the world. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel. Tom pidcock wins great britains third olympic gold at the tokyo games with a dominant performance in the Mens Mountain Bike cross country. Good evening. Its already being called magic Monday Thanks to the impressive achievements of britains olympians injapan. Three Gold Medals were won in the space of five hours, including one for Tom Daley and his Diving Partner Matty lee. It was daley s fourth olympic attempt and lees very first. The swimmer Adam Peat