Britain are now on 20 golds. It was tense and nervy, but ultimately heartbreaking for the lions in the decider in south africa. Jack grealish makes his manchester city debut but leicester take the community shield. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Just one day left at the tokyo olympic games and great britain have won a further five medals, including two golds, on day 15. The flyweight boxer galal yafai won britain s first gold in the men s flyweight division, since 1956, whilejoe choong triumphed, in the men s modern penthathlon. And there was more success, for the diver tom daley. Here s natalie pirks. What a moment for galal yafai. From working in a carfactory in what a moment for galal yafai. From working in a car factory in solihull to fulfil your olympic dream. It has been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. Been quite the six year ascent for galalyafai. In been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. In the men s flyweight final, carlo paalam stood on his way. Tokyo r
The situation in afghanistan is becoming increasingly perilous, after the taliban seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. The deputy governor of sheberghan in jawzjan province, says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where they re preparing to defend themselves. The us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. Richard galpin reports. In this fast moving offensive the taliban are claiming a second province is in their hands. This video appears to show them releasing inmates from the prison and the afghan authorities admit some parts of the city have been taken. Just a day ago the taliban captured a city in the south west of the country, now it seems the north is also coming under their control. In the wake of the fighting many civilians are being treated at local hospitals with serious injuries. Amongst them young children. Governm
once the world s largest iceberg but now its broken apart satellite images show the mega berg has virtually gone. time to catch up on the sport. jane dougall is at the bbc sport centre for us. good morning. we are starting with the fa cup. 4,000 fans will be inside wembley to watch the fa cup semi final between leicester and southampton this evening as part of the latest government pilot event. the winner of that match knows that they will face chelsea in the final after they beat manchester city 1 0 yesterday. before kick off, there was a minute s silence for prince philip, the duke of edinburgh asjoe wilson reports. wembley in sunshine and in silence for the duke of edinburgh. two talented teams in good form competing to reach the fa cup final, dark blue of chelsea flowing until the finish. a manager who expected better. the second half again with kevin de bruyne in pain. the star in manchester city s galaxy, his match was over. and soon, chelsea were ahead, timo wern
and across the nation, at 3pm, gun salutes and a minute s silence took place. and we ll be looking at the papers with our reviewers eve pollard and peter hunt stay with us for that. in a few minutes viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round up of the day s events with huw edwards. but before that the duke of edinburgh was laid to rest at windsor castle earlier today. although the service itself was small, due to covid restrictions, the duke s love of the military was reflected in the pageantry, before the funeral in st george s chapel. inside the chapel, there were only 30 mourners, all members of the family or close friends. the queen sat alone again due to covid rules as she said goodbye to her husband of 73 years. the service was opened by the dean of windsor. we are here today in saint george s chapel to commit into the hands of god the soul of his servant, prince philip, duke of edinburgh. with grateful hearts we remember the many ways in which his long life has
opportunity is now chelsea s, as the season stretches towards trophies. joe wilson, bbc news. premier league highlights are coming up on match if you want to know what happened. sheffield united have been relegated with six games still left to play. a 1 0 defeat at wolves confirmed their return to the championship after two seasons in the top division. norwich city have made it back into the premier league at the first attempt. they lost to bournemouth this evening but were already sure of promotion with other championship results going their way. the world snooker championship is underway and with the latest easing of lockdown, a limited number of specators have been allowed in. that meant that the crowd favourite, ronnie o sullivan had a crowd to watch him win his first match. laura scott reports from sheffield. an iconic venue for a significant moment. opening its doors to a few hundred snookerfans, the crucible was tasked with kick starting a science led programme of crow