auckland as thousands of lions fans arrive ahead of the first test against the all blacks. and we look ahead to the women's cricket world cup with hosts england starting things off tomorrow against india. also coming up on the programme: after 45 years in the commentary box test match special commentator henry blofeld has announced he'll retire at the the end of the summer. and we will have the latest from the european boxing championships where england's voters start with identical twins among the members in ukraine. let's bring you some big news from the world of tennis this evening. britain's dan evans has announced that he failed a drugs test in april, testing positive for cocaine. the 27—year—old, who has played for britain in the davis cup was last on court at surbiton earlier this month, and retired with a calf injury before withdrawing from events in nottingham, london and eastbourne. the british number three made a statement at a press conference this afternoon and didn't take any questions. i was notified a a few days ago that ifailed a drugs i was notified a a few days ago that i failed a drugs test in april, where i tested positive for cocaine. this was taken out of competition in a context unrelated to tenants. i do not condone the one second to anyone that this was acceptable behaviour. —— unrelated to tennis. i have let my family, —— unrelated to tennis. i have let family, my —— unrelated to tennis. i have let my family, my team, my sponsors down, and my fans and british tennis. i can only deeply apologise from the bottom of my heart. bto our from the bottom of my heart. b to our reporterjoining us now. what does this mean for evans going for it? wimbledon round the corner. . . he will definitely miss wimbledon, and he is set for a he will definitely miss wimbledon, and he is set fora ban, we he will definitely miss wimbledon, and he is set for a ban, we don't know how long. president suggests it could be lengthy. you may remember the case with richard in 2009, given ai2 the case with richard in 2009, given a 12 month ban for testing positive for cocaine, but i was later overturned on appeal. however, in 2007, another player also tested positive for cocaine and she was given a two—year ban. let's look at the detail. evans provided a sample at the barcelona open on the 24th of april and that sample was analysed in montreal and found to have come tamed cocaine. that was on one of the band lists as being a stimulant. he was charged on the 16th ofjune and accepted the findings and is serving a monetary provisional suspension pending the determination of the entire case. bad news for dan eva ns, of the entire case. bad news for dan evans, who rose from 772 in the world in 2015 to number 50 in the world in 2015 to number 50 in the world now. but this but his career in doubt. that is safe to say. thank you. our reporter there. 1971... 1971 was the last time a british and irish lions side won a series in new zealand. they take on the might of the all blacks in the first of three tests tomorrow morning. our sports correspondent katie gornall is in auckland. hello and welcome to auckland in new zealand. we are standing on the side of this mountain, overlooking the beautiful capital city, gripped with excitement ahead of the first test. lions arrive here with momentum and have had convincing wins in the last two games, but new zealand have history on their side. you might have been able to see eden park in the distance, and the all blacks have not lost their since 1994, which really does underline that, for the lions, this is the ultimate challenge in rugby. we are under no illusion about how difficult the challenges going to be against the best tea m challenges going to be against the best team in the world, and with their record at home, particularly at eden park since 1984, and it will bea at eden park since 1984, and it will be a step up to anything we have experienced. —— their record since 1994. we are pleased with progress within the team and development has gone on in the last few weeks. as a group of players... we know it will be a massive challenge and this group, as all blacks, we want to go up and take that on an embrace it. if you are worried about results and what could happen in your mind, then you're off the job, and as i said, it is an exciting time for us. we will go out there and expect to win. as probably everyone in new zealand is going to expect us to win. we have got to make sure we go and do that, and it doesn'tjust make sure we go and do that, and it doesn't just happen. when you grew up playing rugby and watch rugby, is it international games, but games of this magnitude and the lions... it's where all of these players at the weekend want to be and challenging against the best in the world. we had to come down from the mountain, getting chilly, but we are here at the harbour in the centre of auckland, and so far we have seen thousands of lions fans flooding into new zealand but there has been one problem throughout this tour that a lot of hotels are full or supporters have been priced out of accommodation. locals have come up with a solution to all that and are opening up their homes to fans the free. we met mark and either brea kfast. free. we met mark and either breakfast. —— we met mark and danny for breakfast. we are young so for breakfast. we are young so we are on a for breakfast. we are young so we are on a tight budget. just the ability to have somewhere to stay for the night and not have to break the bank means we can have a much better time. we thought we would need somewhere to stay and came across this facebook page about the lions and there wasjust facebook page about the lions and there was just hundreds facebook page about the lions and there wasjust hundreds of facebook page about the lions and there was just hundreds of offers from people giving up their homes. danny and mark, you open up your home to lions fans, what were you thinking? these guys have come a long way and they are guests in our country, so it seemed like the right thing to do, and it has been a lot of fun. i have kids in their 205 and do, and it has been a lot of fun. i have kids in their205 and i do, and it has been a lot of fun. i have kids in their 205 and i would like to feel that they could find somewhere to stay and be made welcome. has there been a lot of rugby chatter around the house and who is going to end up with the bragging rights? biggest event on the rugby calendar in this country, so, yeah, there has been an awful lot of chatter about it. i think a lot of people were pretty confident and i think some of that confidence might be a little shaky. from the outset, i think it will be 3-0. from the outset, i think it will be 3—0. sorry. to the lions? know, to the all blacks. i really hope it's not but i don't know... if we win it will be amazing. i think it will be a mass of incredible achievement, and most people would think otherwise. will you make a case for the lions? to go all this way and alec says it will be a 3—0... grin that i am the opposite and i don't think we will win 3—0 but i am confident to win the series 2—1. 0n the grounds and all the fans and everything... 0f 0n the grounds and all the fans and everything... of these guys that it has been brilliant. and if we give them the same welcome, the spirit of by. this is where it all starts tomorrow, eden park. the all blacks' fortress, of course. their training at the moment and warren gatland has said in the build—up to this that his players must be courageous and they are to leave this page with the win. he has a pacey and versatile backin win. he has a pacey and versatile back in line with williams and daily included, and will play some more established names. colin farrell is fit and will start as fly—half and an occasion for peter 0'mahony, a fringe player for ireland at the start of this year's six nations and 110w start of this year's six nations and now has risen to become a lions test captain. let's get a kiwi perspective on all of this. here is all blacks legend andrew. yellow when you see people upfront... instead of people we would have expected. it shows how they will attack the all blacks. and the selection of williams and daily in the backline, two players who stood out on the tour, and attacking an exciting rugby. ithink out on the tour, and attacking an exciting rugby. i think it brings a good balance, the emergence of them, in midfield there, that has allowed a choice of farrell or sexton, and has got them both in the squad. i think it isjust has got them both in the squad. i think it is just a well—balanced side and i'm excited. 0ne side and i'm excited. one man who knowsjust side and i'm excited. one man who knows just how topic can be here is the 2005 lions martyn williams. if you remember an actor, the all blacks whitewash the lions and he told us what the current site can expect this time. the all blacks have not lost a home game since 2009, nat says it all. it is unlike any other country we will tour because it is the national sport, so when the guys would have grown up sport, so when the guys would have grown up playing this, they would have seen front page and back page of the newspapers, all of the news... and the strength in depth as well all of the teams... we have seen the blues and calendars, how strong new zealand rugby is. it is a huge test and a huge ask for the lions but an exciting side that gatland has picked. no one said it would be easy but the lions rip are battle hardened and convinced they can do something special. so, with that in mind, we will leave you with members of the last lions side to win a series in new zealand from back in 1971. yellow mac brilliant. john williams... he has gone to outside. gibson is with him. can he get their? what a relatives. what a run it is. edwards. near the end. what a run it is. edwards. nearthe end. can what a run it is. edwards. near the end. can he get their? barry 5core5. what a try! john williams the full—back. only turn5 well. and he does it. that will be good and kicked off a 30 5am tomorrow morning in auckland. plenty of rugby going on at the moment — away from the lions in new zealand — wales beat samoa in their final tour match, to make it two wins out of two on their summer tour. several young players have been given the chance to impress with key players currently in new zealand. 22—year—old steff evans scored two tries in their 19—17 win with wales ending their tour on a high. in cricket, south africa have said england 175 to win the second he joined with the series. it is the first time england have played in taunton since 1883. the field first of all... debutant tom curran. superb start to his england career, a wicket with second delivery. taunton is a notoriously good place to bat and the south african captain smashed a 46. england's bowlers bowl bagwell in closing overs, two more wickets from that man, curran. south africa finished on 174—8. this is the scorecard. south africa with 174—8. 20 overs. england began their reply. in—play video highlights are on the bbc sport website and there's commentary from test match special on five live sports extra. the women's cricket world cup starts tomorrow. australia are the defending champions and favourites to lift the trophy again. but, as hosts england have home advantage. they start things off tomorrow morning against india in derby, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. in derby a group of professional sports women prepare for a competition which aims to be noticed around the world. they are england and england is where it began. in 1973 birmingham hosted the final of the first—ever women's world cup, one by england, and these players basically had to pay to play. —— it was won by england. heather knight isa was won by england. heather knight is a year into her captaincy of the current england team, first game against india, the winning nation this year gets $660,000. the money has come a long way. is that an incentive? will be players think about money as you go into it? i don't think so. a nice touch by the icc to show where the women's game is at. a good statement by them in terms of movement towards parity with the men, but the ultimate prize is letting that trophy and that is not changing. globally the keys to unlock the potential of india. it is the market for cricket. england have publicised new kits with women alongside the men. if that is symbolic, the world cricket authorities have talked about equal prize money coming. do you think i could happen in india? will there be a time when the authorities will take equality as a serious issue? it should happen and will happen in the coming years. and it is just a matter of indian team is doing very well in the icc tournaments, because this is a stage where most of the matches are televised and broadcast, and it increases the viewership. and india isa and it increases the viewership. and india is a country where cricket is a religion. this charity says boys in state schools in england and wales get more opportunity to play cricket and girls ina more opportunity to play cricket and girls in a new survey. inspiration comes from the top and at the world cup england's opening batter lauren winfield will miss the match to injury, but the captain is fit, calm and ready. lydia greenway won the world cup with england in 2009 and joined us in the studio. thanks to coming in. you're the perfect person to ask in what does it take to win a tournament like this? criminal finances bill eight view components to it, obviously. —— finances bill eight view components to it, obviously. -- quite a few components to it, obviously. england's women's cricket is as strong as ever, and the chances are well. you need a bit of consistency, obviously. you need players who have been performing recently to take that into the tournament. you say the women's game is at the top of that game but how strong is the england team compared to england tea m the england team compared to england team is gone by? i think they are extremely strong and very probably not as experienced and very probably not as experienced and have a lot of younger players coming through who have got a huge amount of potential. a lot of them arejust amount of potential. a lot of them are just starting to realise that now. they have got senior players in there, leading the way, which is obviously really important as well. hopefully everything will start coming together at the right time. in terms of prize—money, interesting story going into this that one, they doubled the prize—money, at a later stage from $1 million. £1.5 million, but it has gone tenfold from the last tournament, which was £150,000 prize money. how big a boost to the women's game? huge, ages shows that people are starting to take the game much more seriously. the boards around the country have invested a huge amount into the game, and as a player it just huge amount into the game, and as a player itjust gives you that bit more security, cos i know when i was playing, we had lottery funding which was brilliant, but you can't fall back on it and you have to have a full—timejob. as fall back on it and you have to have a full—time job. as a player, fall back on it and you have to have a full—timejob. as a player, i think it provides you with a bit more security, and we all know that sport is not a career that last forever, and it comes to an end. i think from that point of view, it is definitely moving in the right direction. thanks so much to coming in. great to see you. a look at some of the day's other sports news. ..southampton have appointed former alaves coach and liverpool defender mauricio pellegrino as their new manager. the argentine replaces claude puel, who was sacked earlier this month afterjust one season in charge petra kvitova beat kristina mladenovic of france to reach the semi—finals of the aegon classic in birmingham. kvitova is yet to drop a set in the tournament. giles beat sam quarry in straight sets at queens. 6—4, 7—6 to book his place in the semifinals. odds—on favourite winter was the winner, as the fillies took centre—stage in the coronation stakes at royal ascot. winter, winner of the english and irish 1000 guineas was ridden byjockey ryan moore and trained by aidan o'brien, who won the commonwealth cup in the previous race with caravaggio. and it's been a bittersweet day for red bull's max verstappen ahead of this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix. the dutch teenager dominated practice, but his afternoon session came to an embarrassing end with just seconds to go. it was a bad day for the two british drivers on the grid. jolyon palmer's practice ended early and lewis hamilton could only manage tenth. england's boxers have made history at this week's european championships by guaranteeing more medals than ever before in the competition's 90—year history. eight of the gb boxing team reached this afternoon's semi—finals in ukraine, guaranteeing medals in the process. —— seven of the great britain boxing team. richie woodhall has been commentating on the action for the bbc. richie, what's happened this afternoon? a tremendous day with eight boxers boxing in the semifinals and seven made the final. from an english point of view it has been a tremendous day. i think the objective before the tournament was to get as many boxers as we could do the world championships, so if you got to the last eight weight division you qualified for the world. we have 12 gb boxers from home nations going to world championships, but today from an english point of view was a fantastic display by english boxes. 0ne story which will catch everyone's imagination, identical twins, indifferent weight classes, both through to their finals. yellow like their food to their finals and have be the same guy. they both boxed a player from have be the same guy. they both boxed a playerfrom lithuania, and there is luke maccormack who got his victory. and pat beat a very good ukrainian boxer on his way to his final. a great performance from both boxers and a great story. is this a surprise? that many in the 19 year history of the european championship? isa championship? is a prize money thing about rio and the games, at the olympics, 11 boxers went to real and nine of them turned professional. the team england squad has been decimated to be honest. to get this team to now, a young and brilliant team. it has been a marvellous achievement by eve ryo ne been a marvellous achievement by everyone and a fantastic display. thank you to coming in. finals on the bbc sport website from 2pm tomorrow. keep up—to—date with all that. during women's sport week we've met many at the top of their game. today we're going back to where it starts — school. a recent study found girls are turning their backs on exercise before the age of nine. by then only about half the number of girls as boys manage the recommended amount of physical activity a day. we set businesswoman and campaigning mother—of—two kate hardcastle the task of finding out why and what can be done to turn the tide. as a mum, and as someone who is passionate about sport and all it can bring us, i am determined to understand how we can support our young people with getting engaged with movement sooner. research by the university of bristol shows that by the age of eight only one third of girls are making the recommended hour of physical activity per day. the figure for boys is two thirds. there is a big difference there. what that means is we need to understand more about why that is happening and how we can change it. a lot of girls don't have the same movement. the boys... they don't feel as confident is throwing and catching as the boys or taking part in team sports. we need to build their confidence and make the girl seedy activities are for them and it is not a single solution by creating a road offer. —— we need to make the girls see these activities are for them. at different stages. the youth sport trust is specifically trying to target girls. helping teachers understand what drives women's motives and engagement and how do we offer training for teachers to help them find different ways to engage women and girls? most primary schools are mixed and getting involved with new initiatives. the premier league recently launched their primary sta rs recently launched their primary stars programmed to link learning with sport and the daily mile encourages children to run a working milea encourages children to run a working mile a day. here at this school, they prioritise pe in the curriculum and it appears to have brought benefits. what is happening at the moment with dale, he is taking half a glass, and the other half are working with the class teacher, so a smaller group, and we have put our money and funds into being able to provide that. it gives them aspiration for a start, and self—esteem. and enjoyment as well. it makes them fresh for learning inside. that has helped my daughters build their convert from zero. she would not do anything until now i now will go off and play with school teams. she's not scared and stood up in front the other week and her confidence went from zero up to up to the top. probably the most important thing parents can do is talk about physical activity to children and find out why their children and find out why their children do i don't like physical activity and talk about the importance of it to them. when we play 5port we become thi5 ma55ive family, working towards winning and pulling together, and it ju5t create5 winning and pulling together, and it ju5t creates a friendship bond, and it is so nice. we know we need to engage children, particularly our goals, at a younger age to make sure movement and sport remains part of their life on going. for better well—being, better health and better social interaction... kate hardcastle reporting there as part of women's sport week. now, finally, the voice of cricket has announced his retirement. after a career spanning 45 years, henry blofeld says he'll cover three more england test matches before leaving the bbc commentary box for good. his many tms fans will undoubtedly miss his unique style and much—loved catchphrases. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss went to catch up with him. my dear old things, well, i'm afraid all things come to an end. i have decided the time is right now to hang up my microphone. even his retirement was unmistakably blowers. for 45 years, the soundtrack of a sporting summer. fli ntoff, flintoff, it has gone over! my goodness me, you won't see a bigger six in 100 years. but his descriptive powers went far further than just the cricket. there's a pigeon, he has come in on cue. how splendid. flying over proceedings, beating his wings quickly. i think he is an english pigeon. today, henry blofeld joked the lifestyles of birds would be getting rather less coverage. at 77, this summer's commentary will be his last. the harder it becomes at my age, you are in a way justifying your position with people much younger than you and so therefore you are under a bit of pressure. i thought, this is silly. i am the last of the old farts. i have been there for nearly 50 years. time to go and leave people with happy memories and they want more, rather than saying, why the hell hasn't he gone before? do you know what i mean?! his career highlight, well, it is this, england's famous win over australia in 1981. england have won! but his larger than life character appealed far beyond cricket. what i loathe more about modern life than anything, are people who want to talk to me at breakfast. henry blofeld was an entertainer. his effervescent and enthusiasm made him a broadcasting one—off. he is an incredibly colourful personality. anything wandering pa5t, he will talk about. i often say rather cheekily that there is no—one i have worked with, that brings a game of cricket more to life than henry blofeld doe5. it's not always the same game the rest of us are watching but he does bring it to life. that is what we will miss. so his long innings is nearly over. after his last commentary in september, henry blofeld will leave cricket and less colourful and less charismatic place. andy swiss, bbc news. there aren't many men who can wear lime green clothes, but he has had a fantastic career. an update from taunton, england 13 without loss in the second over. sam billings and jason wright, smacked for four. 13 chasing 175 the victory. that's all from sportsday with me, will perry. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. hello there. after the hit earlier this week it feels like things have gone back to something more like normal to take us into the weekend. there has been some sunshine, the best band across southern part of the country, and also across northern parts of the country. in between, it has been a cloudier affair of the day, courtesy of this wriggling weather front. affair of the day, courtesy of this wriggling weatherfront. not affair of the day, courtesy of this wriggling weather front. not moving quickly at all, a band of cloud bringing some outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain. quite a mix today and a mixed story into the weekend as well. sunshine and showers, breezy and times across the north, and generally a fairly cool feel. during this evening and tonight, our weather front will be very slowly moving its way southwards at times across the north, and generally a fairly cool feel. during this evening and tonight, our weather front will be very slowly moving its way southwards with the odd shower and generally cool and fresh night. into tomorrow morning, we started with sunshine and showers across much of the weather for scotland during tomorrow. northern ireland getting off toa tomorrow. northern ireland getting off to a decent start with some sunshine, getting down into northern england and north wales, likely to bea england and north wales, likely to be a bit more cloud and patchy rain, and another area of cloud and rain across part of east anglia, south—east england stretching back across the south coast, and this could make for a pretty damp start of the day at glastonbury. nothing too significant in the way of rain, and gradually as we go in through the day, things should brighten up and you may even see sunshine through the afternoon. some areas of the country. temperatures around 15 or 23 celsius. windy weather across the north comes courtesy of this fairly deep area of low pressure, and that will be drifting its way eastwards as we go into sunday. the wind will ease a bit and still quite blustery towards the north—east and seeing showers and showery rain into the south—west later, but generally actually not a bad day on sunday. lots of dry weather and sons boss of sunshine. we stick with that cooler, fresher feel, 16 degrees in glasgow and a height of 23 celsius in london. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: police are considering a range of offences in connection with the grenfell tower fire, including manslaughter. detectives revealed today the cladding and insulation used on the building failed preliminary safety tests. theresa may defends her proposals on the status of eu citizens in the uk post brexit — after they were criticised by the european council president. the uk's offer is below our expectations, and it risks worsening the situation of citizens. i think we've made a fair and serious offer, to all those, confirming and giving rea55urance to all those eu citizens living in the united kingdom. a former loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass admits 200 offences including five murders. meanwhile, in other news: the glastonbury music festival begins in somerset with security tighter than in previous years.