in the last couple of seconds. us secretary general is going to be visiting ukraine for talks with president zelensky in the next couple of days. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. there s lots happening at the various european championships, with medal events to come later, we ll start in italy first. and success for britain, in the european aquatics in italy. lois toulson and kyle kothari won gold in the mixed 10 metre synchro platform dive. the commonwealth silver medallists took it on the final of their five dives to beat the ukrainian team. it adds to the bronze success in the mixed team event in rome yesterday. the action continues in the pool later on, with several british hopefuls competing for medals. over in munich, it s100 metre finals night this evening at the european athletics championships. zharnel hughes and dina asher smith among the british sprinters going for medals in their events. while earlier today on the track, the common
he beat marcin dzienski of poland to top the podium adding to his world title which he won in moscow last september. after his victory, he held a t shirt saying proud to be ukrainian . there s plenty more action in munich this afternoon with four cycling medal events on teh trak. ollie wood, kian emadi and pfeiffer georgi amongst do to be delayed due to a minor collision. some cyclists have to be treated as well. can follow this on bbc one and see the track being repaired before hopefully, the race can continue. feifer georgia competing in this race. you can
the show kicks off 11 days of sporting action, with more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories across the commonwealth all taking part across 280 medal events. competition has already started, with lawn bowls the first sport to get under way. today will also see commonwealth games debuts for women s t20 cricket, basketball and wheelchair basketball. but it all started last night in the alexander stadium. our sports editor dan roan was there. in times of darkness. we carry a dream of light. that calls us all together. it may be known as the second city, but this was birmingham s time to shine. the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games was under way. here in the beating heart
after a ll after all the fun of last night it is really down to the serious business of sport. what is happening around you at the moment? this business of sport. what is happening around you at the moment?- around you at the moment? this is the track cycling around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day one - around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day one and i the track cycling on day one and there are six medal events here at there are six medal events here at the velodrome. we will come onto what we can expect today a bit later on, but there are 16 medal events across the schedule of day one of the games and highlights of that include the men s and women s triathlon sprints and team england have a very good chance because alex yi and georgia taylor brown both won silver medals at last summer in tokyo and they will hope to get on the po
birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched around the world. the show kicks off 11 days of sporting action, with more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories across the commonwealth all taking part across 280 medal events. competition has already started, with lawn bowls the first sport to get under way. today will also see commonwealth games debuts for women s t20 cricket, three onthree basketball and wheelchair basketball. tim allman reports on what we can expect over the next 11 days. there comes a moment in any sporting event where the preparations end and the competition begins. for birmingham, that moment was now. spectators queuing up outside the city s alexander stadium, as diverse and multicultural