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The Education Secretary Michael Gove apologises to David Cameron over a

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As Michael Gove says sorry, an advisor to the Home Secretary

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The row comes just two days before a report into claims Muslim

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hardliners tried to take control of schools in Birmingham.

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Also tonight - more pressure on FIFA just days before the World Cup

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as new allegations emerge over Qatar's bid for the 2022 tournament.

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Ukraine's new president is sworn in. He says Crimea will always

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Police are to question suspects in the very near future over the

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And it's a thrilling finish at Epsom as Australia wins the Derby.

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The Education Secretary Michael Gove has apologised to the Prime Minister

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after what Downing Street described as "unauthorised" comments to

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the media about the Government's approach to tackling extremism -

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comments which resulted in a bitter public row with the

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At the same time, Mrs May's special advisor has resigned

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It comes two days before the inspection reports are published

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into claims that Muslim hardliners tried to take control

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Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, reports.

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Earlier today, Michael Gove was trying to change the subject. Yes,

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he was talking about schools, but not directly about this row. The

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last couple of weeks have been a fascinating time in the education

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debate. His public spat with the Home Secretary was over this

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question - how do you combat the extremism that leads people born

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here to carry out terrorist attacks? The row broke out because of the

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allegations still hovering over 21 schools in Birmingham, the

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suggestion there has been a takeover plot there by hardline Muslims. On

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Wednesday, the previously private views of Michael Gove and Theresa

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May burst into the open. The Education Secretary had lunch at the

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Times last Monday and told them some had been very wary of drawing

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attention to the alleged events in Birmingham as it might be seen as

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Islamophobic. In reply, the Home Secretary wrote him a letter asking,

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"Is it true the Department of Education was warned in 2010? If so,

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why did nobody act?" There was more. This woman, the Home Secretary's

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special advisor, told me the Department for Education has got a

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problem and they are trying to make it someone else's. This former

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special advisor said she had broke a golden rule. It is vital that

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special advisors don't become the story and that is the mistake she

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has made here. This is a story about manoeuvring for the Tory leadership

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between Michael Gove and Theresa May and that is why Fiona has ended up

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losing her job. And this is not yet the end of the matter. After today's

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humiliating apology, Michael Gove has to face questions from MPs on

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Monday. Chris Mason joins me now. Chris,

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there is some conclusion to this particular row today but it isn't

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the end of the matter, is it? Quite. This was a genuine disagreement

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between two senior Cabinet Ministers, not just on any day, but

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the day of the Queen's Speech when the Government hoped to set out its

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plan for the year ahead and yet this ended up dominating as a story.

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Michael Gove has argued that he thinks that Whitehall has been

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reluctant to confront extremism unless it turns into terrorism. In

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effect, the Home Office was saying that is simply rubbish, you are

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trying to dump the problem on others. Tonight, both Ministers are

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wounded. The Prime Minister will hope that his pretty swift response

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to this in disciplining the two Ministers will help draw a veil over

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what has been a damaging outbreak of, well, lacking good behaviour at

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the top of the Government. But, as you say, questions still to come.

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The inspectors, the school inspectors publish their reports

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into those schools on Monday. More really tricky questions for Michael

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Gove then. Thank you. FIFA's decision to award

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the 2022 World Cup to Qatar is under It's emerged that Sony - one

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of its major sponsors - has called for an investigation following

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claims the process to award Qatar New emails published in the

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Sunday Times - and seen by the BBC - suggest top level meetings between

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the man behind the claims of corruption, Mohammed Bin Hammam,

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and senior officials From Sao Paulo, our

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Sports Editor, David Bond, reports. Sepp Blatter is used to all this by

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now. REPORTER: Are you worried about more

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allegations of corruption? It was business as usual for the

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FIFA President as the men who run world football gathered in Sao Paulo

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today. Thousands of miles from the Middle East, questions about Qatar

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hang in the air. And now even the sponsors are worried. Tonight, Sony,

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one of FIFA's biggest backers, called for the governing body to

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carry out an appropriate investigation. Again, the

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allegations centre on the role played by Qatar's former top

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allegations centre on the role Hammam. Although he has

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allegations centre on the role comment, he is said to have

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allegations centre on the role help his country win the vote. Qatar

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deny he played any official or unofficial role in their successful

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bid. However, the paper says he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in

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the Kremlin to discuss bilateral relations in sport a month before

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the vote. It claims he brokered Government level talks for

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Thailand's Worawi Makudi. He denies receiving any personal concession.

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And it's alleged that European football boss Michel Platini was

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among nine executives introduced to members of the Qatari Royal Family.

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For those running FIFA, all the noise about Qatar is the last thing

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they needed as they prepare for a difficult World Cup here in Brazil.

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But the claims aren't going away. Now they need to convince the world

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that they are treating them seriously.

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Britain's most senior football official admits it's been another

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tough week, but he says FIFA is changing. Mohammed Bin Hammam has

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been banned for life by FIFA and many of these other people are no

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longer there as well. There is a lot of very good people at FIFA, they

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are only interested in furthering the game of football. FIFA don't get

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enough credit for what they do throughout the world. Amid the calls

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for a revote, in Qatar, they are pressing on with their plans. And

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unless something more concrete emerges, the World Cup is likely to

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be here in eight years' time. The new Ukrainian President,

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Petro Poroshenko, has been sworn Mr Poroshenko said he would work to

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make Ukraine a full member of the European Union - and he

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pledged that Crimea - which was annexed by Russia in March - would

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always be Ukrainian territory. Russia's President Putin has

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ordered that security be strengthened along Russia's borders

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with Ukraine. In Kiev, this was a day of pomp

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for a new President. Petro Poroshenko is the billionaire

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businessman who has promised to Hand on The Bible, he took the Oath

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of Office. Then, he announced his plan for ending the violence in

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eastern Ukraine. He promised an amnesty to those

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who lay down their arms but There would be more autonomy for the

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east and insurgents from Russia Yesterday, President Poroshenko

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met President Putin in France. Today, the Kremlin leader ordered

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tighter security along Russia's In recent days, there's been

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fierce fighting across the border. Armed separatists battling

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Ukrainian forces. It's known that some

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of the insurgents have crossed over We went to see a training camp for

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one pro-Russia militia in Donetsk. They call themselves

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The Russian Orthodox Army and they This fighter showed me an old World

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War Two relic he's restored. "With guns like this, our

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grandfathers defeated the Nazis," he tells me, "and we'll be

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victorious today." Their commander rejected any talk

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of peace. TRANSLATION: If Putin and Poroshenko

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do a deal behind our backs, we will still carry on fighting

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until we reach western Ukraine President Poroshenko may have

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presented a peace plan, there may be some signs of diplomatic activity,

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but eastern Ukraine is awash with Ending this conflict

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isn't going to be easy. For Ukraine's new leader, there is

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no greater challenge than to deliver peace and prevent his country

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splitting apart. Malaysian authorities have confirmed

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that a body found in the jungle IS that of the missing British

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backpacker Gareth Huntley. Mr Huntley disappeared last month

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while trekking to a waterfall on an island in the south-east

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of the country. His body was found on the banks

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of a stream near a conservation project where

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he'd been working as a volunteer. Portuguese police have told the BBC

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that "several suspects" are likely to be questioned

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in the very near future over the It comes as forensic teams continue

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their examination of a section of private scrubland near to where

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Madeleine went missing in From there,

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Jon Kay sent this report. After a week searching this

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Portuguese wasteland, British officers are now working

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through the weekend. But their investigation goes beyond

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the scanning and the digging. The authorities here now say it's

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likely that several local suspects will be questioned about the

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disappearance of Madeleine McCann We understand it will happen

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in next couple of weeks They have been focussing

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on one particular sighting of a man carrying a child

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down this road in Praia da Luz Last October, detectives released

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two photofit images of an A number of men whose phone records

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place them near the apartment where Madeleine was staying are also

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of interest to the police. Seven years on, I would hope they

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would actually have learnt... Robert Murat was

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the first suspect in this case. He was later cleared

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of any involvement, but still lives with the stigma and given the

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massive media interest, he believes future suspects shouldn't be

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identified unless they are charged. I would hope those people would be

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protected, but if they aren't protected and their names come out,

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that can be devastating. But before any suspects are

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questioned, next week two more areas of this resort are set

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to be searched. A boy has died and his father is

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fighting for his life after an They were working at a farm

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in County Antrim The father has been airlifted

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to hospital in Belfast. Health and safety officials

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are investigating. With all the sport, here's

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John Watson at the BBC Sport Centre. England are playing Honduras in

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Miami this evening, in what is the team's final warm-up match before

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the World Cup begins next Thursday. Our Chief Sports Correspondant Dan

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Roan is there following the team. England came here to Miami seeking

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extreme weather conditions, to prepare themselves for what lies

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ahead. What they wouldn't have been bracing themselves for is an

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electrical storm of the one that has just passed close by the stadium

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which has meant play has been suspended halfway through the first

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half. It is still goalless between England and Honduras. Raheem

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Sterling was sent off in that game on Wednesday so Roy Hodgson has

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reverted back to the side that beat Peru at Wembley. It is the side

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expected to take the field against Italy in a week's time. They leave

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for the airport straight after this game. Play here is due to resume in

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the next half an hour. Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien made

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history at Epsom this afternoon as his son Joseph rode Australia to

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victory in the Derby. The 11 to 8 favourite finished ahead

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of Kingston Hill and Romsdal. The Epsom Derby has become

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unmissable and this sport of kings has one very fierce royal supporter.

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The Queen had dashed back from France to be here for what the

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bookies had deemed a one-horse race. COMMENTARY: There they go, the gates

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clatter open. Reputation rather than results have made Australia the

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red-hot favourite. Aidan O'Brien had called him the best horse he's ever

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trained, some were sceptical but two-and-a-half minutes was all it

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took to win over the doubters as O'Brien's son steered the colt clear

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of Kingston Hill with just over a length to spare.

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COMMENTARY: These two fight out the Derby. Australia from Kingston Hill.

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Australia has won it! The favourite brings it home.

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You have to stay, you have to have pace and be well-balanced. We always

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thought that he had everything. He showed today that he has. Amidst the

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hype, the hot favourite has delivered here. Australia's victory

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makes it an historic day for Aidan O'Brien. He becomes the first

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trainer to win this race three times in a row.

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England coach Stuart Lancaster said he was 'frustrated' and 'proud'

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in equal measure as his team came close to victory in

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A late try secured a 20 points to 15 win for the All Blacks, and a 1-0

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New Zealand have set the standard, 14 wins

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New Zealand have set the standard, Eden Park in 20 years. England were

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the last team to beat the All Blacks and a win would take a lot of heart.

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Chris Robshaw showed it only for Nonu to hold England back. Freddie

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Burns Nonu to hold England back. Freddie

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ahead, but New Zealand made it 9-9. Both teams went in search of the

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try. The game was bossed by the boot and the situation for England

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worsened when Yarde was sin-binned. Further penalties were traded to

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make it 15-15 before New Zealand showed the qualities that made them

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World Champions. England's defence finally breached with two minutes

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remaining. Despite the defeat, there is a togetherness in this England

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side and they will believe they remain a force in this Test series.

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Nico Rosberg will start on Pole for tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix as

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Hamilton had been fastest in practice in Montreal, but the German

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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will line up in third on the grid.

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That is all the sport for now. That is all from me for now. Good

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night. Good evening. We have been watching

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a band of rain move north across the UK today. It started off heavy and

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thundery in the south. Some sunshine followed but as always did some

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thundery showers across the

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