hello, i'm marc edwards, welcome to sportsday. here's what's coming up on our show. as they take on france in a hugely anticipated opening match. at the party with a straightforward window for the republic of ireland and the qualifier. turmoil in the top tier of remnants football in spain, playing to walk out ahead of the new season. hello and thank

you forjoining us. the sports showpiece extravaganza takes over france for the next seven weeks and what a mouthwatering title to look forward to as the hosts take on the all blacks in paris on friday. both changes and replaced and france really is a bigness as the spot taken by chairman working and with the key players in sight centre and barrett and in his place at player of the year, and still out injured. dan rowen getting

ready to turn and bound. already one of the most in love with the rugby union, france's playing host to the games biggest stars and millions of fans. and as last—minute operations continue to paris, the man in charge told me this was a moment for the sport to cherish. g was a moment for the sport to cherish. �* . _ , ., cherish. a real rugby capital and france _ cherish. a real rugby capital and france and _ cherish. a real rugby capital and france and it _ cherish. a real rugby capital and france and it is - and france and it is everywhere. we know this will be the most watched and engaged rugby of involved time this would be the most competitive world cup ever and are generally more teams i can make the knockout stage and get to the knockout stage and get to the final and ultimately wind up the final and ultimately wind up and we've ever had before. and the six nations champion rank the top team in the world and thousands of locals welcomed them in their base and tour this week. we welcomed them in their base and tour this week.— tour this week. we been working on the last _ tour this week. we been working on the last four years _ tour this week. we been working on the last four years and - tour this week. we been working on the last four years and it - on the last four years and it is finally— on the last four years and it is finally here and we are

embracing the nerves and got to play our— embracing the nerves and got to play our best. embracing the nerves and got to play our best-— play our best. kicking off the campaign — play our best. kicking off the campaign the _ play our best. kicking off the campaign the area _ play our best. kicking off the campaign the area on - play our best. kicking off the l campaign the area on saturday before england starts against argentina as underdogs after the trip would build up and on sunday, to be top list of openers with the rating champions and whales meet a dangerous eg taking place in the sweltering heat. and meanwhile, what is new zealand have been preparing for a blockbuster opening match against the hosts. these players know if they can beat the all—blacks here tomorrow, they will get there internment off the perfect start and a challenging time for rugby union with the sport more generally under unprecedented scrutiny over its handling of head injuries. much is at stake for the host country is one of the olympics coming to paris next year. last year, liverpool

fans were tear gas and chaotic scenes here are the champions league final report from the authorities responsible and raise concerns over the with record numbers of police not being deployed. can you guarantee events coming into this world cup that there will be safe? , , , be safe? yes, they will be saved will _ be safe? yes, they will be saved will be _ be safe? yes, they will be saved will be ready - be safe? yes, they will be saved will be ready on - be safe? yes, they will be saved will be ready on all| saved will be ready on all fronts we have learned a lot from what happened one year ago and i think in terms of governance in terms of anticipating the risks, coordinating the response, we are more ready than ever before. :: ., , are more ready than ever before. :: . , , ., before. 20 teams will play over seven weeks — before. 20 teams will play over seven weeks and _ before. 20 teams will play over seven weeks and across - before. 20 teams will play over seven weeks and across nine i seven weeks and across nine venues in the hopes to put on the show at the first of her victory. there was plenty of football on thursday with various countries in euro 2024 qualifying action including world cup runners up france. they beat the republic of ireland 2—0 at the parc des princes in paris and it was two players who featured in the world cup final last year who gave france their 5th

win in a row. aurelien tchouameni with the opener before inter milan's marcus thuram made it 2—0 shortly after the break the hosts lead group b with 5 wins out of 5 and are yet to concede in qualifying. while in the same group 3 goals in just over 20 minutes saw the netherlands thrash 2004 champions greece 3—0 marten de roon, cody gakpo and wout weghorst with the goals. so, here are the rest of thursdays qualifying results, robert lewandowski with both goals as poland squeezed past minnows the faroe islands, worth noting thatjust 3 points separates the czech republic at the top of the group with moldova in 4th. in group g serbia slumped to a 2—1 home defeat to hungary who stay top 3 points clear of the serbsit was raining goals in group h ii in total finland with a crucial away win who stay top 3 points clear of the serbs. it was raining goals in group h ii in total finland with a crucial away win in kazakstan, they're now top of the group ahead of their nordic cousins denmark who are 2 poins behind them thanks to hammering san marino.

christian eriksen with a hattrick of assists. the women's top division in spain — liga f, is due to start on friday but the players from all 16 teams have gone on strike over pay and conditions and won't play for the first two rounds of fixtures despite a year of negotiations. the spanish players are asking for the minimum wage to be 25,000 euros, rising to 30,000 next season but the women's league say it would lead to "economic failure". earlier our presenter olly foster spoke to the spanish football journalist semra hunter. i can't say it comes as a surprise because it does feel as though it's been a long time coming up these negotiations stayed up way back to january 2022 rejected by the year and eight months they've been trying to reach some kind of agreement and now, because of the climate, women's football in spain feels as though this is the time to really put their foot down and make some demands that they feel they deserve.

event three days of negotiations between the women's football league in spain and this syndicates that come together as the unions and one of the side and they been negotiating for the last three days, ten hours in total and it comes down to the minimum wage and there is a discrepancy of per year that they're talking about and really standing from what they believe is right for these women and unfortunately, neither side is willing to stand aside at this points will carry on with the strike and it's not the first time it's happened. it it's not the first time it's happened-— it's not the first time it's hauened. , , ~ , . it's not the first time it's hauened. , , ~ ,. ., happened. it seems like such an on call between _ happened. it seems like such an on call between a _ happened. it seems like such an on call between a half _ happened. it seems like such an on call between a half from - happened. it seems like such an on call between a half from the l on call between a half from the glorious moment for spanish football on the world cup final and we've seen what's happened internationally in the provision suspended, sacked this week but this return to the domestic which should've been a celebration of the spanish game. it feels like an

opportunity missed here. we describe it — opportunity missed here. - describe it as an own goal in my field so many ways right now across the spanish football landscape in general, people keep shooting themselves in the footin keep shooting themselves in the foot in the physics of sabotaging to scratch her head and think what on earth is happening here. why does this keep happening and why can't we just come together and find a way to forge a proper path to go forward and make things better. and it's unfortunate that we are not at the moment but we should be celebrating good national team for the in the world cup, we should be celebrating the growth of women's football in spain and this really is a very bad look effectively decided to take a stance and go on strike. i understand why they're doing and i think you have to stand up and i think you have to stand up for your rights and values and your morals and ethics and someone and i really admire that they're taking that stance because they understand this nonsignificant blowback on the women's game in spain. but by

the same token you just think, this really is a missed opportunity to really try and find their way to reach common ground and continued to grow women's football. the countdown is on to the start of the ryder cup with the bi—annual competiton under way injust over three weeks' time. earlier this week polish player adrian meronk said he was "shocked, sad and angry" not to be named as one of six wild card picks by europe captain luke donald, and he underlined his good form in today's irish open first round with a 3 under par 69. of the players that have been included rory mcilroy also made 3 under par — four shots off the lead held by india's shubhankar sharma. sharma's one shot clear of a group including englishmen ross fisher and jordan smith. finally, wbc world heavyweight champion tyson fury and former ufc champ francis ngannou have been promoting their fight next month in saudi arabia. ngannou says he's been waiting to meet fury in the ring for three years. they'll fight under boxing rules on october 28th in riyadh. the pair squared up

to each other at a news conference in london. jellinek and we trained six weeks for deer hunting wild and i'm doing 12 weeks or francis ngannou. and i need to be on my a game and it's more than a boxing fight if i lose to a number one contender another champion, i lost to a champion, whatever, but if i leads to an mma fighter, i'll never be able to show my face in public you be ridiculing people are going to throw it at me forever. there's a lot riding on this. —— deontay wilder. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day—by—day and on thursday, we saw the warmest day of the year so far in wisley in surrey. 32.6 celsius, rounding up to 33 degrees. now, most places ended thursday on a dry, warm and muggy note, but some pretty ferocious thunderstorms, northern ireland through scotland have been raging. they will continue to clear the way northwards of the early part of friday and then we'll start to see some low cloud, mist and fog rolling in off the north sea, affecting eastern scotland and north—east england. a very warm and muggy nights come for all areas, particularly across the south. so we start off with this grey, misty, foggy weather across eastern scotland through the firth of forth and across north—east england. it will gradually burn back to the north sea coast as we move through the morning. so sunshine will make an appearance here fairly quickly, but for most it's another dry, sunny and hot and humid day. a bit of high cloud building across england and wales later on. then we could start to see some thundery showers pushing into the south—west of england

as we push into the evening. mid to high 20 celsius, up to 29 degrees or so for north—east scotland, low 30s for south—east england, another hot day to come. through friday night, we could see these showers, thunderstorms becoming a bit more extensive across central and northern areas, but of mist and murk around some coasts. otherwise, for most, it's another dry and a warm, muggy night. so into saturday then, we start off with plenty of sunshine around it'll feel very humid at this point. start to see more wind, cloud, breeze picking up for north—west of scotland with this weather front. ahead of it will start to see some showers and thunderstorms breaking out. certainly across scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern parts of england and wales. very hot on saturday, we could be up to 33 celsius again in the south—east. temperatures will be coming down, though, in the north—west. for sunday we start to see some changes — the air starts to destabilise from the atlantic as these weather fronts encroach in. so although much of england wales will have another hot and sunny day, there is the threat of showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread in the north and the west. temperatures will be coming down across scotland and northern ireland closer

to the seasonal norm, but still another hot day for england and wales with 30 celsius or so in the south—east. the heat lasts for monday across south—eastern areas, but then all areas will be cooler with sunshine and showers for the rest of the week.

live from washington, this is bbc news. president biden heads to the g20 summit in india. leaders will discuss sustainable development and economic issues. state tv in mali announces two attacks by islamic militants on civilians. dozens are feared dead. plus, apologising for a predator injapan. the family and company of a late boy—band promoter acknowledge his crimes. hello, i'm carl nasman. in the coming hours, world leaders will begin arriving in new delhi ahead of this weekend's g20 summit. recent meetings have been dominated by russia's war in ukraine, but india has chosen to shift the group's focus to issues affecting the developing world.

the capital is preparing for the most high—profile event