mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female president. it's been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa's ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he'd like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris.

the centre of attention — jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league victory. his england team—mates say they can't wait to see him back. and success at last for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome to the programme. to the fallout at the french open first, where the concern over late finishes continues to be raised by the big names. the defending champion iga swiatek and world number three coco gauff today saying matches ending at 3am are "unhealthy". it follows the five—setter which saw novak djokovic, the men's champion, wrapping up his win to make the fourth round at 3.07am in the morning. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was covering it all the way to the end

and told me how djokovic reacted. after the match yesterday, he gave a brief press conference to a fewjournalists at 3:30am and said that he feels the scheduling could be handled differently, but now is not the time to talk about it. and he really wanted to celebrate what was a quite brilliant match, in the performances of himself and lorenzo musetti. the reason they started so late is because of all the rain we had in the first weekend. yesterday was no exception. there were other players who were not so lucky to have a roof over their heads needing a home, and it was grigor dimitrov and zizou bergs who were brought onto the philippe chatrier court to play an extra match. and that meant djokovic and musetti didn't start until 10:37pm in the evening. four and a half hours later, you can do the maths, it had gone 3am. so i think the decision was made with the best of intentions, but this is the trouble thar tennis has. it doesn't seem bothered

about what time play finishes. daniil medvedev had a match at the australian open this year which finished at 3:40am. when carlos alcaraz won the us open in 2022, he had two matches that finished well after 2am. so, it is possible to recover from these late finishes, but it's going to be even harder when you're 37 years of age, as djokovic now is. and we turn our attention to carlos alcaraz, who got the job done quite quickly today. is he the man to beat, then, at this year's tournament? i think he mightjust be my man to beat. jannik sinner would be the other obvious one, and despite the late finish last night, we saw signs that novak djokovic�*s game is improving quite dramatically. those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm coming into the french open, and jannik sinner, who plays in the night session, had with his hip, but they both have made a good start and alcaraz won very easily against felix auger aliassime today.

there was a bit of an injury problem for the canadian that he developed midway through the second set, but alcaraz was in complete control by then, and he's certainly delighted with the progress he's made over the first four rounds. he will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. he's come through against matteo arnaldi, who beat the six seed andrey rublev in the previous round. turning our attention to the women's side of the draw, russell, iga swiatek got it done in less than an hour, in great time, really — a0 minutes. impressive. yes, we've had some very one—sided matches in the women's draw today, because, actually, you had three grand slam champions and ons jabeur, three—times a grand slam runner—up, playing players who'd never been in the fourth round of a grand slam before. and in the case of iga swiatek, 6—0, 6—0 against anastasia potapova, who is the world number 41. potapova won just ten points and the match lasted a0 minutes, the quickest professional win of swiatek�*s career, we are told. so, utter demolition, and ominous for the rest of the world,

especially as swiatek was a match point down, let's not forget, 5—2 down, to naomi osaka in the third set of the second round. maybe there are other players in the draw regretting that that one got away from osaka. our tennis correspondent russell fuller there. in two weeks�* time, england will gearing up to face serbia for their opening match of the european championship in germany. and tomorrow they play the first of two friendlies, as manager gareth southgate looks to fine—tune his team ahead of the tournament the england manager will be without several key players, after a long season, for the match with bosnia & herzegovina at st james�* park, with iceland at wembley to follow on friday. and southgate has hinted at some experimentation. some players need minutes, some players are short of minutes. the holder that have been with us for five, six, days have had a couple of weeks without a game, so everybody is going to benefit from that, so there's a big physical aspects to

what we are looking at. and then an opportunity to see some combinations see people in different positions, perhaps. some players with fewer caps than others. lots of different objectives and i think the boys will play well. i like how they have trained. we have come with a really good mentality all week. we are going to be together, i think it's another 43 days or whatever, till the final. not everyone of those days is going to be a great one, not every hour is going to be perfect, but we are trying to embed some principles this week, in what we have talked about, in what we have worked on, and, yeah, tomorrow's the first sort of opportunity to display that in public. this man here, champions league winnerjude bellingham is missing both games this week — after his season with real madrid and his huge role in

the team's success. bellingham was part of the celebrations at wembley last night, helping the side beat borussia dortmund to win the european cup. he was also named la liga player of the year, scoring 23 goals in all competitions. and atjust 20 years old, his england team—mates hope he can bring some of that stardust to their campaign. it does not seem like he is a 20—year—old, he is so mature for his age, and it comes with pressure as well. especially playing for real madrid. he has took it by stride, and fair play to him. all the boys are absolutely delighted for him, notjust the champions league but the season he has had. so we are looking for to meeting up with him and hopefully he can bring that form with england. another english player involved in that champions league final was jadon sancho, but he failed to make southgate's provisional squad for germany. his coach at borussia dortmund, edin terzic, hailed him as "brilliant" and spoke highly of the impact he's had on the squad. sancho returned to dortmund on loan injanuary after a miserable time

at manchester united — and he was impressive as the german side put real madrid under heavy pressure before they eventually lost. iam i am really happy that he is with us and i think you can feel the joy that he receives in the dressing room and also the joy that he brings into the dressing room, and i am very, very happy to work with jadon, and we don't know yet, what the future will bring, but for sure, it's going to bring him another champions league final. goalkeeper mary earps has withdrawn from the england squad for tuesday's european championship qualifier against france in saint—etienne. she was forced off after just seven minutes of the 2—1 defeat at home to the same opponents on friday, with what's described as a "minor" hip injury. it was england's first defeat in euro qualifying since 2002. they're now third in their group, needing a top two finish to go on and defend their title in switzerland next summer.

the former chelsea women's manager emma hayes got her new career off to a flying start, as the united states beat south korea 4—0 in a friendly in colorado. hayes said it was good to feel she had the trust of the squad. i'm doing thejob i love, i get to enjoy all this amazing players. like, for me, i don't feel relief from that, ijust... ifeel reenergized and want to coach this group, and they want to be coached, and i think you can see we are building something. there's lots of work to do, there's lots of holes in our play, no question, but it was a good start. away from football now. england's laurie canter said it was a great feeling after claiming his first tour win at the european open in hamburg. he began the day as joint leader and was often just a shot ahead of the competition, until he hit birdies at the 15th, and then the 16th,

with this superb putt. canterfinished on 13 under par, two shots clear of the field, and said it had been difficult waiting for his maiden victory, but it would now open up opportunities for him. scotland's bob macintyre has just teed off as leader in the final round of the canadian open. he started the day four shots clear of the field, but he didn't make the best start, his first shot heading into the rough. he's been working with a number of caddies at recent tournaments, macintyre found himself without one in ontario, so his father dougie is carrying his bag this week. let's see if he brings them some luck! there was a three—way tie at the top of the leaderboard going into the final round of the women's us open in pennsylvania. but it's all changed quickly. minji lee of australia has picked up a shot at the first hole to go six under par.

as the olympic games in paris draw ever closer, athletes are continuing their preparations at the diamond league meeting in stockholm, and there's been success for laura muir in the women's 1500 metres. britain's olympic silver medallist was looking for her first diamond league victory since the end of last year, and she comfortably left the others trailing in her wake. the scot could only finish fourth in the event at last month's meeting in oregon. britain's amy hunt finished third in the women's 200—metres. the race was won by the olympic champion sherrika jackson of jamaica, the second fastest woman of all time over the distance. the women's 100 metres has been won by gina mariam bass bitaye of the gambia. britain's daryll neita withdrew from the race to concentrate on preparations for the upcoming european athletics championships in rome, which start next friday. and there was dissppointment for britain in the men's 800 metres. ben pattison was edged

out into fourth place with elliot giles sixth, and jake wightman back in eighth place. djamel sedjati of algeria won it. in super league, salford are back into the play—off places after a 311—4 win over london broncos. only one score separated the sides at the break, but five second—half tries, including two for tim lafai, led them to victory. the win takes salford above leeds rhinos and in to sixth, whilst london remain bottom of the table with one win from 13 games. england's harry brook says he has no regrets about taking a break from cricket to grieve for his grandmother, who passed away this summer. brook is part of the squad in the caribbean, as england defend their t20 world cup title, starting with a game against scotland in barbados on tuesday. brook's been building back up to fitness with county side yorkshire and is now raring to go. awesome to be back with england, and i really enjoyed my little stint with yorkshire as well. having five games, playing with some really close mates and just trying to enjoy the cricket that i was playing. it was nice to have a little bit of a break, obviously not under great circumstances. but it was nice to get away from cricket for a while and concentrate

on the family at that time and, yeah, come, like i said, play for yorkshire. and i was just rearing to get back playing, to be honest. i was really looking forward to it. yeah, it's good to be back here with that group of lads. the tournament got going in the early hours of this morning with an historic victory for the co—hosts the usa, and they had aaronjones largely to thank. they beat canada by seven wickets in texas, jones hitting an unbeaten 9a in just a0 balls, belting ten sixes along the way, as they reached their target of 195 with more than two overs to spare. that was the usa's highest ever run chase. it's obviously a great feeling when you're playing at home, obviously the majority of the fans are obviously backing us, i obviously wanted, especially because america is not really a cricketing country, in quotes, i wanted to win the first game of the tournament and against canada for our fans. and we did that. we have some great players, to be honest with you, and we just want to keep winning as much as possible.

of course we can't win every game for the rest of our lives, but we want to win as many gives as possible and beat as many teams as possible, and really show the world the usa have great cricketers in the country. and the west indies, the co—hosts of the tournament, have started with a five—wicket win against papua new guinea. west indies were, at one point, 97—5, chasing a target of 137. they needed 37 to win off the final 19 balls, but the windies, who are two—time champions, won with six balls to spare. roston chase was their top scorer with an unbeaten a2. appropriate name there! a record crowd for the darts in north america saw england's rob cross just edge a thrilling us masters final — against welshman gerwyn price at madison square garden in new york. cross hadn't been ahead at any stage of the final until the decisive leg, but he came through when it mattered and he took the match 8—7. they played in front of 3,500 fans — and cross stressed the importance of the world series, saying darts was as big as it had ever been, and they were taking

it around the globe. a day after equalling his uncle joey's record for the most wins at the isle of man tt, michael dunlop was brought back down to earth. despite breaking the superbike lap record, a problem with the visor on his helmet forced him to stop to fix it and he finished fourth. he's got another six chances to surpass the total over the coming week. meanwhile, defending champion francesco bagnaia completed the sprint and race double at the italian motogp on a "difficult weekend" for championship leader jorge martin. the spaniard saw his lead cut from 39 points to 18 after crashing out of yesterday's sprint and finishing third in today's race at mugello in tuscany. rally fans witnessed the joint closest finish in the history of the world rally championship when oit tanak secured a surprise victory at rally italy sardinia. the estonian was the penultimate driver to take part in the final stage and in his interview immediately afterwards said he thought he'd finish in second place overall.

but a puncture saw eight time champion sebastien ogier lose byjust two tenths of a second, equalling the previous closest finish from 2011. britain's elfyn evans was fourth and drops below tanak to third in the driver standings. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. and denmark's mads pedersen won the opening stage of the criterium du daughine, of the criterium du dauphine, one of the key warm—up races for the tour de france. britain's owain doull was fifth. there was a frantic end to great britain's match against india in the london leg of hockey�*s pro league. gb led 2—1, but india drew level with four minutes to go, before izzy petter scored the gb�*s winner just seconds later. britain's men also beat india 3—1. and saracens strengthened their hold on second place in the premiership women's rugby table with a 33—2a win against loughborough lightning. it was a comfortable win for sarries with a brace for tori sellors, scoring two in as many minutes.

you're up to date with the day's action here on sportsday. now we're going to take a look at the managerial situation at chelsea. they're set to appoint this man here, enzo maresca, as their new head coach, following the departure of mauricio pochettino. terms have apparently been agreed for a five—year deal. maresca joined leicester city last summer and led them straight back to the premier league, having worked alongside pep guardiola during manchester city's treble—winning campaign the previous season. for an in depth look at this, here's ben croucher and the football news show. hello there, welcome back to the football news show. quick heads up — we've recorded this episode on wednesday, before any announcement of chelsea's new manager has been made. so if it feels a little out of date, you know why. let's get into it, then, because mauricio pochettino has lasted just one year at stamford bridge, meaning chelsea's new owners have sacked

thomas tuchel and graham potter, seen frank lampard take temporary charge and mauricio pochettino leave by mutual consent. tuchel has the best record of the four, much of that success before clea rla ke took over. potter and lampard didn't fare brilliantly. and pochettino�*s record certainly improved towards the end of the season. and all of this now points towards enzo maresca. we'll dive into his credentials shortly, but first, bbc sport's nizaar kinsella told me how chelsea are now going down the head coach model rather than a traditional manager. i think they have got a real structure in place, they're trying to become this kind of modern behemoth club, with departments. so you've got the sporting directors doing transfers, managing everything, but really they're doing the transfers. it's not for the manager to have a huge input there. ok, they're supposed to have a little input, but it's really, they're the decision—makers, the sporting directors. so theyjust want a coach to sort of slot into their structure and do

the sort of, just the management of the players, just the tactics, and that�*s about it, and sort of improve the players�* and develop them — they�*re going to have young players, they�*re doubling down on that strategy of young players as well. so whatever you think, a lot of people don�*t like it, some chelsea fans don�*t like it, but certainly a lot in the wider football community are scratching their head because it�*s quite an extreme approach, but chelsea think that is the winning formula and theyjust need a coach to come in and do the coaching, and that�*s what... they maybe see in enzo maresca more of a good fit in that sort of approach. let�*s speak to someone who knows the man very well, then, guillem balague. guillem, we had you on the show a couple of weeks ago, and you said that he could very well walk away from leicester city despite getting them promoted. was it a case of him just waiting for the right offer? not at all. he went to monaco and met the owner, and the conversations were about, "how can we have a solid leicester city in the premier league?" and that went by getting

more players or different types of players or better players, if that was possible, and of course improving the infrastructure and also how the team is built behind the scenes. so that was the kind of conversation that was had. but after the success and the style of football that he put in practice in the championship, let�*s not forget that leicester city finished quite clear winners of the competition — such a tough competition — he was going to have offers. and i know of one european cup—winning side that wanted him. and chelsea is another one, champions league winners that feel that he can help. the fact that he�*s going to get a five—year deal suggests that they have seen not only somebody that is chelsea quality but somebody that has got the energy to actually keep improving on chelsea and taking them to be top four again, and all that comes on the base of two things —

one, what they saw that he had done at leicester city and, number two, the interview was very impressive. i think some people walked into the interview with enzo maresca feeling that, "yeah, we will see. he�*s a championship manager, he hasn�*t got a lot of experience," and came out of it thinking, "it has to be him." a five—year deal at chelsea — that does not sound like the chelsea we know. is it realistically a long—term project or does he need to deliver success instantly? i hear the tone of your voice and the tone of the question — "chelsea, long—term, itjust doesn�*t go together!" but in terms of what else chelsea can do to prove that they want long—term, a five—year deal suggest they want long—term. but you�*ve got a young manager with not a lot of years of experience, which means that he�*s easier to go and full of energy, one of the youngest squads, if not the youngest in the division,

with the ambition to actually go further, but also with a platform that pochettino has left of a team that�*s yet again competitive in europe, closer to the top four. so it sounds like they want a long—term project, or long enough to actually give the reins to somebody, with one idea to try to convince everyone of his idea, and with the years to make it better and better and better. guillem, just lastly, what convinces you that maresca can and will be a success at chelsea? obviously, i know enzo, and i see him being methodical. he impressed the owners of chelsea with his knowledge of notjust the first team at chelsea but the u23s and what can be brought forward. so, he studied everything.

and he�*s not going to leave a stone unturned. he is just going to go for it, because he�*s got the energy, the strength, the wish, the desire to do that, to push chelsea forward. and i�*m sure he�*s very aware of how big chelsea are, but how attractive it is also, what�*s happening to him. i�*ve got the idea that he�*s not going to be in management for a long, long time, so he wanted to choose well, so everybody�*s happy — his family�*s happy, the four kids, his wife, who did not want to leave leicester, really. chelsea is a club that�*s historic. all that, plus what he has learned through being a player, or bring a manager, next to pep guardiola... all that, it�*s enough to make this chelsea better. so what do fans want from their new boss, then? teema nicholls from the goal diggers podcast is with me. teema, i�*m going to read you a sentence firstly — "maresca has to get top four

and a trophy, otherwise he can go, nothing less." that was you on social media. so...no pressure, then! no. but i think if you look at the last couple of seasons, if you look the ambitions of the owners, if you look at the statement that they made at the end of the last game of the season, they talked about competing for trophies and regular getting into top four. so if you're going tojudge pochettino on the standards, maresca should also be judged on those standards. and i think as big a club as chelsea are, we should be competing at the very, very top of the premier league, so for me, he has got to win a trophy and get top four. but if it doesn�*t work out, you�*d be back again in this same position again this time next year? and that will be... and the fault will lie on the owners.

i think they've made an incredible decision to go for maresca. to go from tuchel to maresca within four appointments — if you include lampard — is quite something. they have taken a massive, massive risk. if this doesn't work out, this could turn toxic for them, and if we're back here again in a year's time, then i think more heads should roll thenjust the manager. how much trust you have in those running the club? not very much! why? because i think they have got every major decision wrong. i think it was wrong to sack tuchel, i think it was wrong to bring in potter, i think it was wrong to bring back lampard and i don't think that the appointment of pochettino was the correct one either. so i think it's a massive risk. it's one that, basically, it has to work. it cannot fail. i think fans will still be demanding that chelsea

are competing on all fronts. there is never a dull moment being a chelsea fan! teema, thanks forjoining us on the football news show. no problem, no problem. and that�*s about all we�*ve got time for. loads more on the chelsea page on the bbc sport website, and if you head over to the iplayer, you will find loads more football news shows to enjoy. thanks for watching and we�*ll see you again soon. bye— bye. hello there. high pressure to the west of the uk has brought most areas a dry weekend. we did see more cloud, though, work into scotland and northern ireland through the day. at the same time, sunday saw much more in the way of sunshine for central and eastern england and lighter winds, too. that had a very significant impact in the temperatures. for some, it was seven degrees warmer on sunday than it had been on saturday. and the temperatures topped out at about 23 degrees in one or two spots as well. that was the scene in poole in dorset, with beach—goers enjoying

the warm june sunshine, but cloudy skies worked in across stirling. now, overnight tonight, the cloud we�*ve got in scotland and northern ireland — thick enough for occasional spots of rain — will push southwards. so overall it�*s going to be turning cloudier through the night, and given that, it�*s a milder night compared with last night — lows of between 10—13 degrees for most of us. tomorrow, well, we start off with cloudy skies for northern ireland, western parts of england, wales, with the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of drizzle, maybe one or two mist and fog patches for coastal hills too. through the day, the cloud may well thin and break, particularly to the east of high ground, to allow some sunny spells through. and we should see some sunshine developing in scotland through the day, with just a few showers across the far north. where thejune sunshine comes out, temperatures high teens to low 20s. that should feel quite pleasant, but it will feel less pleasant as we head into tuesday and wednesday. low pressure to the north of the uk is going to be sending much colder air our way. and so with that, we�*ll see rain or showers across the northern half of the uk in particular. chilly winds here, and with the downpours working in, particularly for scotland,

quite a few of these will have hail and thunder mixed in. a few showers developing further south. now, temperatures still doing ok across england and wales, but it�*s going to be turning quite chilly for scotland and northern ireland, particularly in those brisk and gusty winds. and it�*s a very similar—looking weather picture for wednesday — showers and thunderstorms, again, some with hail across the northern half of the uk, the driest weather across good parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. temperatures, high teens to low 20s will feel ok across england and wales, but still chilly for scotland and northern ireland with those brisk winds. and there�*s no great change in that weather pattern. it stays cool and showery for scotland and northern ireland, england and wales having the best of the dry and sunny weather.

live from london. this is bbc news. veteran left—wing politician diane abbott says she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. leeds rhinos and great britain rugby league legend rob burrow has died — after a years—long battle with motor neurone disease.

south africa�*s ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples. hello, i�*m anjana gadgil. we start with the uk general election — and the veteran left—wing politician diane abbott has said she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. she was suspended from the party in 2023 following comments she made about racism — but was allowed back in last month. there�*s been uncertainty about herfuture — but on friday, the labour leader sir keir starmer said she was free to go forward as a labour candidate.