the iaaf will address the issue of empty seats later today. similar problem for dina asher smith in her heat for the 200—metres. she's the world number one over the distance this season and will be one of the favourites for the gold medal. less than 24 hours after winning silver in the hundred metres — she cruised home, crossing the line in first place — that puts her through to the semi—finals. jodie williams and beth dobbin are also through. it was a must win match for scotland but win they did. and it means they could have just saved their rugby world cup campaign. they knew that defeat to samoa would have left qualification for the quarter—finals out of their hands but they won 34 points to nil injapan. that means that scotland are now third in their group behind ireland and japan who are top. scotland's remaining games are against russia and japan. that was a true reflection of who we are and what we are capable of and what playing for scotland means for these players. that was a tough challenge that they had to rise up and face

with the world championships getting under way later this week, the iaaf president lord coe says that he'd like to see caster semenya return to athletics, but within the regulations. the 800m world chamopion won't be defending her title in doha, because she refuses to comply with the new rules governing testerone levels in female athletes, but speaking to the bbc‘s alex capstick, coe says that he hopes that she hasn't given up track and field forever. we have not said those regulations to exclude people. they are actually there to allow us to maintain the presence of those athletes with that condition at international level. you would like to see her back on 800 metres or 500 metres —— 5000 metres cosmic within those regulations, of course. that is all the sport for now. on the bbc sport website, including details of the england cricket squads for the t20 and test tours to new zealand. johnny burstow has been dropped from the test squad. we will have more in the test squad. we will have more in the next hour. in a moment the latest business news. first, a look at the headlines o