And keep working. Hello, and welcome. The first Gold Medal of the Tokyo Olympics has been awarded to the chinese Air Rifle Shooter Yang Qian. Ten others are being contested on the first full day of action including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. Organisers are hoping that the Sporting Drama will spark enthusiasm among the japanese public and dispel some of the anxiety about holding the games in the midst of the pandemic. Lets cross to the bbc Sports Centre and speak to our Sports Reporter mike bushell, whos there and has been watching the action in tokyo. We finally have medals on the board. China havejust we finally have medals on the board. China have just got there a second Gold Medal, so they won the second Gold Medal, so they won the second Gold Medal, so they won the second Gold Medal of these games. It has come in the weightlifting, in the under 49 kilograms category, and its another chinese athlete. A second gold for china. This follows the first prestigious Gold Medal of
Hello, welcome to a packed sportsday, after Day One of the Tokyo Olympics. Im austin halewood. Heres whats coming up in the programme. Theyre under way, and its been a solid start for some of Team Gbs biggest medal hopes on Day One in tokyo. Two from two Team Gb are through to the Knockout Stage of the Womens Football Competition after a win overjapan. But the hosts are up and running, their first gold of the games coming in thejudo. Also coming up in the programme, away from the olympics. Time for the talking to stop. The first Lions Test Match against South Africa is under way in Cape Town. And hope for Hull Charlie shoots a brilliant round on day three of golf s evian championship. Good evening, welcome to sportsday. Well, we are under way. After a year long delay, the Tokyo Olympics are now in full swing, and weve had an action packed first day from japan. 11 Gold Medals were up for grabs. The first of them went to china, in the womens ten Metre Air Rifle shooting, while ecuador s
of coronavirus has already arrived within their borders. the world health organization says early evidence suggests the variant named omicron poses an increased re infection risk. in the netherlands samples from 61 people who tested positive for covid after arriving from south africa are being examined to see if they contain the new strain. and germany and the czech republic say they have suspected cases. our correspondent caroline davies has more. it is all taking. stuck on an aeroplane as the authorities grapple with what to do next. jack was one of 600 passengers who were stopped at shippable airport yesterday after flying from south africa. they were kept in the terminal for hours waiting for the results of new pcr test. jack is one of 61 people the authorities have said are positives despite being double jabbed and testing negative before flying. people were crying, babies were trying, and the said, you re going to a quarantine hotel in amsterdam and we were put into the
and barcelona s bid to get rid of the wild boars besieging the city and stealing people s sandwiches. now the sport with sarah mulkerrins, let s start with the news a manchester united are set to get rid of ole gunnar solskjaer. there has been no official confirmation but we understand that the club s senior figures, including owners the glazers, have discussed solksjaer s future and decided the watford loss would be his last game in charge. everyone was waiting to see if there would be a reaction for manchester united after the international break. not the one they would have wanted they conceded four goals at waford and captain harry maguire was sent off. it s been a terrible run of results, united have won just four of their last 13 games. looked like a wave goodbye afterwards. strong comments from players saying it was a nightmare. technical director darren fletcher is set to take over as there s a big week ahead with a champions league trip to villarreal. at the to
channel migrant crossings as more than three times as many people have crossed from france to the uk by boat this year compared to 2020. the women s tennis association says videos released by chinese media showing missing player pung shuai, including one at a tennis tournament, don t prove she s genuinely free. showing missing player peng shuai, including one at a tennis tournament, don t prove she s genuinely free. and the taxi driver from the liverpool terror attack has released a statement saying it s a miracle he is alive, and thanking the public for their amazing generosity. one of the biggestjobs in football management has become vacant after manchester united sacked ole gunnar solskjaer. he s been in charge for almost three years , but the team has suffered a run of poor results, with a 4 1 defeat by watford yesterday. joe lynskey looks back on solskjaer s time at manchester united. for manchester united, he was the coach with the connection, the playing icon