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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  June 4, 2024 2:45am-3:01am BST

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we begin with an incredible comeback from novak djokovic at the french open, which saw the world number one reach a record 59th grand slam quarterfinal. djokovic cruised the first set against francisco cerundolo 6—1, but looked in real trouble after that. his opponent levelled, then went ahead, after djokovic struggled with a knee injury. as we've seen before though, you can never rule him out, and the defending champion dug in, to win the next two sets, 7—5, 6—3. another epic five—setter for djokovic, who is chasing a record extending 25th major title this year. in the women's draw, the quarter finals are complete. aryna sabalenka continued her sparkling form at roland garros. and it was a comfortable win for second seed — she eased past emma navarro in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3 and will play 17—year—old mirra andreeva in the quarter—finals. during the matchday,
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i'm really focused and i'm feeling all the pressure, to be honest, and i'm dealing with that. but on the day off, i am able to complete the switch off and forget about tennis and go out, have fun just to, you know, for my mental health to be strong and ready for the next round. so it's all about how you're able to manage the energy. fourth seed elena rybakina is through, matching her best result at roland garros. she beat fifteenth seed and wimbledon semi—finalist elina svitolina in straight sets 6—4, 6—3 and will play italianjasmin paolini next, after she beat russian elina avenesyan in three sets. in football news — france forward kylian mbappe says it is a "dream come true" as his long—awaited move to real madrid was confirmed on monday evening. mbappe will move to the bernabeu stadium on a five—year deal when his paris saint—germain contract expires on the 30th ofjune. the world cup winner verbally
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agreed tojoin real in february and announced in may he would leave the french champions at the end of the season. mbappe posted a picture of himself as a youngster, in a real madrid tracksuit with the words, "a dream come true. so happy and proud tojoin the club of my dreams, real madrid. nobody can understand how excited i am right now. can't wait to see you, madridistas, and thanks for your unbelievable support. " leicester city have confirmed that their manager enzo maresca has left the club. the 44—year—old got the club promoted by winning the championship. he'sjoining chelsea, after the blues confirmed maresca will take charge at stamford bridge on a five year contract, replacing mauricio pochettino, who left by mutual consent in may afterjust one season. patrick geary looks back at the italian�*s career so far. time has passed quicker than planned at chelsea — another new era starts today. this time led by enzo maresca, formerly of leicester, theirfourth manager in 21 months.
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as usual, there were warm words, chelsea sporting director said of the new man... so why him and why now? maresca is flying high, having led leicester to the championship title in his first season there, and it's the way they've played that has turned heads, the patterns and passes, all influenced by pep guardiola, who maresca worked under and has long been enthralled by. when they face barcelona, when pep was there that something different happened inside the pitch. in the moment that you want to copy pep, it's a big mistake. now, in the moment that you want to learn from him, it's a big thing. chelsea are not the only club looking for a pinch of pep, but the former city assistant has more to offer than reflected glory.
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he managed the fallout from leicester's relegation, quickly, giving them a new identity. his enthusiasm has made a mark. he impressed the owners of chelsea with his knowledge of not just the first team of chelsea, but the under—235 and what can be brought forward. so he stood it everything and he's not going to leave stone unturned. he isjust going to go for it because he's got the energy. but leicester is a shelter compared to the exposure faced by whoever is chelsea manager. mauricio pochettino was the latest to try and turn nearly £1 billion worth of spending into a coherent whole. he finished sixth but won no trophies. opinion is split as to whether maresca will fare better. it's very, very mixed. i mean, there are fans that are used to having, you know, proven elite level coaches that are sort of oven ready for chelsea. but i think many people have watched his leicester side, perhaps watched, learned
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a little bit more about him and are willing to give him time and are willing to back willing to back him going forward. so summer begins with another new dawn over stamford bridge, and they will hope with maresca on a five year deal that the light lasts longer. patrick gearey, bbc news. wins for scotland and croatia, and it finished goalless between germany and ukraine, in the international friendlies on monday, in the build up to the european championship in less than two weeks�* time. england beat bosnia & herzegovina 3—0 in their penultimate friendly before the euros kick off in germany. cole palmer put them ahead at st james�* park with a penalty. and there were further goals from trent alexander—arnold and harry kane in newcastle. manager gareth southgate feels the game will have done the squad some good. some players needed the game, they needed the minutes and you know, they need the minutes again on friday. that's why we brought harry kane on, he needed some match time today,
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to back that up. so we are spinning a lot of plates, trying to get individuals into things, manage minutes, perform well and everything else, but i think today was a good night for us. south africa began their t20 world cup campaign with a six—wicket victory over sri lanka. a crowd of 12,562 watched a historic first world cup game in new york. sri lanka were bowled out for just 77 — their lowest t20 total — as just three of their batters made double figures. faced with such a low total, south africa's batters attempted to play sensibly on a tricky surface, as they eked their way to the target with 22 balls to spare. england's cricketers will get their defence of the t20 world cup under way when they face scotland on tuesday. captainjos buttler will be hoping the tournament goes better than their 50—over title defence, which saw england
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finish seventh, with only three wins from nine matches. he's been speaking to our reporter henry moeran. excited. it's a great place to be here in barbados on the eve of our first world cup game. so, yeah, very excited. different format this year, this sort of double group stage. what do you make of the challenge and the journey your side's got to take to get that get that trophy? yeah, it feels like a real world cup, doesn't it? lots of teams involved. and, you know, there's never any easy games. every game, we have to be right on it, you know, match the intensity required for for the game. all we're focused on at the moment is that scotland match. you know, that's the biggest and most important thing right now. and what of that scotland game? because they'll look at this as a free hit. yeah, absolutely. you know, we know there's expectation and stuff, but i'm fully focused on what we need to do. we need to prepare really, really well. we expect a really tough challenge. and yeah, we need to train well, prepare well and play well. there's one thing we saw from the first game here is that there is variable bounce on this surface and it
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is quite an awkward surface. the high scores may be challenging on it, what have you, your expectations from what we're going to see in the caribbean? yeah, i think as we've always mentioned with the guys is assess conditions and try and play accordingly, what does the game need? what does the team need from you? it's not always in the batter�*s favour all the time in t20 cricket and short boundaries, flat wickets. so we've got to be able to adapt and communicate that well as a team and work out what's going to be a winning score. how does that change your plans and your planning meetings when you do know a surface is going to be a little bit awkward like this? i think, you know, being aware of stuff, but we're trying not to play the game before the game is being played. you know, i'd say we plan, we prepare. it's good to be here and get a feel for conditions and practice. but on each day you have to be ready and be able to adapt in the game, in t20 cricket, be able to read the conditions and share that with the team and all. try and get on board with that. i remember head of the fifth year of a world cup. you were quite clear
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on not wanting the term "defending a title". is there a different mindset this time? oh, no, i'mjust focused on this tournament. i'm really excited for it and the team's in a good spot and that's all we're looking forward to. what have you learnt from going into that previous world cup to this one? i'm focused on this world cup. in terms of your side, do you know what your team is for tomorrow? no, really. what are you looking for? well, i know it's so i'm pretty settled with what we're trying to do as a team. i don't need to sit here and tell you. there we go, jos buttler there talking to henry moeran there. a reminder of our top story — an incredible comeback from novak djokovic at the french open, which saw the world number one reach a record 59th grand slam quarter final. novak djokovic beat francisco cerundoloin five sets. you can get more reaction to that win from djokovic as well as the rest of the french open results and of course, all the football, too, over on the bbc sport website
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at the usual address — of bbc.com/sport and the bbc sport app as well. but for me in the team, thanks for watching. we'll see you next time. hello there. things are set to turn cooler for the rest of this week as we pick up arctic air, which will spread southwards across the uk during the course of tuesday. so it's going to be pretty disappointingly cool for the time of year, with some really chilly nights to come — gardeners and growers take note — and we'll see a mixture of sunshine and showers. it's all thanks to this area of low pressure pushing southwards out of the arctic, bringing this cold air behind the cold fronts across the country as you move through tuesday and into wednesday, and thereafter for the rest of the week, this cooler air hangs around with sunshine and showers, mainly across the north of the uk. tuesday starts off mostly dry — variable cloud, a bit of brightness for england and wales. this band of cloud and showery
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rain will spread south across the country. some of it will be heavy and squally, maybe a few heavy showers ahead of it in east anglia. but skies brightening up across the north of the uk later on behind the rain band, sunshine and blustery showers, but turning chillier here. last of the warmth hanging on ahead of that rain band, which will clear through during tuesday evening. and then we're all into the cooler air, clearer skies, plenty of showers rattling into northern and western areas, some of them heavy, again, with some rumbles of thunder. but a much cooler night to come to start wednesday. we're looking at low single digits pretty widely. so into wednesday, we have that area of low pressure sitting to the north of scotland, bringing the strongest winds to the northern half of the country. and it's here where we'll see most of these blustery showers moving through. again, some could be heavy with a little bit of hail, maybe wintriness on the very high tops of the scottish mountains. better chance of staying dry with some sunshine towards the far south and east, but highs of only 17 degrees — low teens further north. factor in the wind, it'll
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feel cooler than those temperatures suggest. thursday, similar story. most of the showers will be across the northern half of the country, closer to the area of low pressure, better chance of staying dry across parts of wales, the midlands southwards. it could be up to 17 or 18 degrees on thursday afternoon. but again, another chilly one in the north. and you can see why. that area of low pressure just hangs around thursday, even into friday and the weekend, with that blue hue denoting the cooler air hanging around, especially across the northern half of the country. further south in the sunshine, it won't be too bad. may hit the 20 celsius mark as we head into the weekend. some decent spells of strong june sunshine, but it'll feel chilly in the north with further showers.
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live from washington. this is bbc news. mexico elects its first female president — we look at what it could mean for the country's future. the us ramps up pressure on israel and hamas to accept a proposed gaza ceasefire plan. a jury is selected in the trial of the son of the us president joe biden on gun charges.
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hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. it's been an historic day in mexico, where claudia sheinbaum was elected as the first woman president. ms sheinbaum claimed the presidency in a landslide victory, winning about 60% of the vote. us presidentjoe biden called claudia sheinbaum to congratulate her on the victory, and said in a statement: "i look forward to working closely with president—elect sheinbaum in the spirit of partnership and friendship that reflects the enduring bonds between our two countries. " he went on to say: "i also congratulate the mexican people for conducting a nationwide successful democratic electoral process involving races for more than 20,000 positions at the local, state, and federal levels."

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