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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  July 1, 2024 2:45am-3:01am BST

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we'll show you how george russell was handed his second f1 win. and andy murray's leaving it late: on the eve of wimbledon, the two—time champion is still to decide is he'll be fit. thank you very much forjoining us. so, as expected, spain and england into the last eight at the european championship. simple as that, right? doesn't quite tell the full story. we'll kick off sportsday in gelsenkirchen, where england were barely a minute away from crashing out of the tournament. they needed extra time to beat slovakia 2—1. despite topping their group, gareth southgate�*s side have done little to catch the imagination, so it was perhaps little surprise when slovakia led through ivan schranz.
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it took until the 95th minute for england to even muster a shot on target. not a bad effort, really — jude bellingham with the equaliser. into extra time they went with harry kane scoring in the first minute of it to setup a quarterfinal with switzerland next saturday. in the celebrations of his goal, jude bellingham appeared to mouth the words "who else" towards the crowd. he explained what was going through his head at the time. i think the adrenaline gets you, boys. it's a combination of a lot of things, you know? playing for england is an enjoyable feeling but it's also a lot of pressure. you hear people talk a lot of rubbish. you know, it's nice that when you can deliver, you can give them a little bit back, you know? it's very difficult when you talk in press conferences and interviews to talk as openly as footballers want to because they're always judged and for me,
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football, being on the pitch, scoring goals and celebrating is my release and, yeah, it was maybe a message to a few people. a very happy moment, and full of adrenaline. so, what about the manager, then? the nature of the display may not spare gareth southgate from criticism but he's remaining defiant. we've a long way to go. we're at quarterfinals but we will play against a very, very good team. everybody, i'm sure, will still quite understandably be questioning our performances. i understand that. but we've got some qualities that have kept us in this. in sunday's other match, spain also came from a goal down, beating georgia 4—1 and maintaining their 100% record. the georgians are playing in their first major tournament and went ahead thanks to a robin le normand own goal. but the spanish were level by the break and nico williams scored the pick of theirfour goals. hosts germany are up next for them on friday. much like england, france have
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yet to truly hit top form in the tournament so far, finishing second in their group behind austria. they're gearing up for their knockout tie with belgium in dusseldorf. it's a meeting between second and third in the world rankings. kylian mbappe is expected to lead the line and antoine griezmann is likely to be recalled too. mbappe admits playing with a mask to protect his broken nose is quote "absolutely horrible". that's the early kick—off on monday. it'll be followed by 2016 winners portugal versus slovenia. the frankfurt arena the location for that one. desperate and reckless — that's how lando norris described max verstappen after the two collided while battling for the lead at the end of the austrian grand prix. it cost both a shot of victory but allowed george russell through for an unlikely win. joe lynskey has the story. a formula i throwback for george russell and mercedes — the team's first race win since 2022. this driver's second victory
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of his entire career. it came here in austria, home of red bull, meant to be max verstappen�*s quiet ride to the summit. for much of this race, it looked set that way, but his team had a slip—up. the hestitation changing tires meant lando norris closed the gap. he went to take on the lead. they each got too close. norris forced out, verstappen pushed back to fifth. the rest were now left with a rare opportunity. at the point of the crash, russell trailed by 15 seconds. now, he snaked to the front with just seven laps to go. next week, it's silverstone where he will hope for the same. it's not over until it's over! chuckles. this was a day when george russell could not believe his luck. joe lynskey, bbc news. the upshot of all of this is verstappen extending his championship lead to 81 points heading into the british grand prix next weekend.
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and although the win for russell and mercedes was maybe a touch on the fortunate side, journalist inga stracke told us it wasn't undeserved. one of his first words after crossing the finishing line was saying, it isn't over until it's over," and he was cheering himself and the crew on. and as we heard, 2022 was the last victory here that mercedes had. you could tell the whole mercedes crew are really excited and boss toto wolff admitted he made a rare mistake when he got so excited when he saw the collision between verstappen and norris that he shouted into russell's radio, saying, "we can win "this", not considering that russell, at that moment, was breaking from 300km/h into a corner. but russell got the message, pushed on and drove to victory. and it also shows that mercedes are on the way back up to the front, the cars have improved,
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and that makes it very exciting. definitely very exciting. wimbledon — the third tennis grand slam of the year — gets underway on monday but will we see a final farewell for andy murray? the two—time champion is set to play his final wimbledon but he's struggling with a leg problem and recently had a minor operation to remove a cyst close to his spine. he has been out on the practice courts at the all england club over the weekend but with his first—round match fast approaching on tuesday, he says he'll make a decision on his fitness late on monday. practised on the grass last couple of days — last three days practised on the grass and then played a set today. i'm gonna play a set again tomorrow, i'm going to do some physical testing in the morning before that, just around my movement, to see where that is and then, you know, should probably be able to make a decision, you know, tomorrow afternoon—evening.
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i mean, every day, it has been getting better and better, i just don't know whether it's enough time. is it the leg causing you more problems or the back? the back�*s fine, now. the back was pretty — i mean, it was pretty bad during all the clay season and then through — a few days before queens, it started again. and it was pretty bad during queens and then, i started kind of managing but when i sort of lost control of my leg, that sort of — not easy to play like that. so, yeah, back feels much better now but, yeah, it's the leg that needs to improve now. the way you're talking, it sounds as if you think there is a genuine chance you could play singles? well, look, i played a set today and it wasn't the best set of tennis i've ever had but i was hitting the ball extremely well, you know? my team said if they didn't know what was going on they wouldn't have been, like,
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aware that i had an issue. so, if i can improve a little bit again tomorrow and tuesday, then, yeah, there's a chance. i think it's more likely that i wouldn't play singles, if i'm being honest, right now, but we will see how the next couple of days go. i'm sure the home fans will be relishing seeing him one more time. the top seed in the women's draw iga swiatek says the gruelling tennis calendar is partly behind her decision not to play any grass court tournaments into the build up to wimbledon. she took time off after winning the french open and has never been past the last eight in london. i need to take a break after this clay court season because it will be impossible for me to manage the rest of the season until november, basically, properly. so, yeah, i came here early to practice on the same grass that i'm going to play matches at, and i think that was a smart move this year, but probably every year we will try to be differently.
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to cricket, and jonny bairstow�*s international career could be over after he was left out of the england men's test squad ahead of a busy summer. he's played 100 matches in the longest format but won't add to that in the first two tests against the west indies after selectors called up the uncapped wicketkeeper jamie smith, alongside a returning harry brook. the first test is at lord's onjuly 10. smith's inclusion means there no place for surrey team—mate ben foakes, while nottinghamshire seamer dillon pennington also receives a first call—up. he and another fast bowler gus atkinson could make their test debuts as england look to a future without james anderson who'll retire after that first test at lord's. the tour de france is just two days old and already the pre—race favourite tadej pogacar has taken the leader's yellow jersey. the race is actually in italy right now but frenchmen have claimed both stages so far — kevin vauquelin winning into bologna. behind, pogacar pulled ahead of most of his main rivals to top the overall standings ahead of monday's expected sprint finish in turin. pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory in the giro d'italia last month
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and just before we go, time to point you in the direction of the bbc sport website and app for the very latest on all those stories and lots, lots more. but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, thanks forjoining us. we'll see you again soon. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, july, statistically, is our warmest month of the summer but thisjuly — at least the beginning — is looking very different. mother nature has decided to put a pause on the summer heat. it's going to be rather on the cool side, even really windy at times in the north of the uk and, of course, there is some rain on the way.
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so, let's have a look at the forecast for monday. a couple of weather fronts spreading across the uk and early in the morning, we will have had fairly cloudy weather with some rain splashing through out towards the east that morning. sunshine and temperatures of around 13 or 1a degrees celsius. ok, let's get the forecast then. that bright weather will give way to cloudier skies. as that weather front advances eastwards, most of the rain will fall across northern england, parts of scotland, too but out towards the west come the afternoon, the skies should brighten, so at least some sunny spells on the way/ and in the south two temperatures — nothing spectacular. 17 in belfast, glasgow and newcastle, the midlands too, maybe nudging up to about 21 in london — so, a little below where we normally are on average. wimbledon gets under way on monday. temperatures in london about 21, often cloudy, just about staying dry, and similar weather the following day. now, let's have a look at the forecast for tuesday.
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a weak ridge of high pressure tries to build across the uk but around it, there's a fair amount of cloud. notice where the showers go — scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. i think if you're in the south and the southeast, the weather on tuesday should be generally dry and the temperatures about the same, — even though higher than 15 degrees in the lowlands of scotland and just about 20 or so further south. then, on wednesday, a weather front. low pressure again moving across the uk. you know what that means — cloud and some outbreaks of rain. really quite grey for a time for some of us. the winds not too strong but certainly a good breeze out there. temperatures may not even make 20 celsius midweek, which is a little unusual at this time of the year. let's have a look at the week at a glance. towards the end of the week, it's actually going to turn particularly windy, i think, across northern parts of the uk. guess what? even a risk of gale force winds around some scottish coasts. that's it for me. bye— bye.
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live from washington, this is bbc news. france's far—right dominates the first round of snap parliamentary elections. after a shaky debate performance, a new poll finds more us voters are worried about presidentjoe biden�*s fitness for another term. and uk election candidates enter the final days of campaigning. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in france, where thousands of left—leaning protesters rallied in paris on sunday night against the country's far—right, after projections showed it was on track for a big win. the national rally is projected to take the most votes in the first round of the country's snap parliamentary election.
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exit polls predict it will take as much as 3a percent,

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