and nevermind jimmy, gus atkinson steals the show at lords, with a debut to rememberfor england, in the first test against west indies. hello there, and welcome along to the programme — and it's been a semi—final to rememberfor gareth southgate and england, at euro 202a. as they sealed their place in the final of the tournament for the second time in a row. they beat the netherlands 2—1, thanks an injury time winner from substitute ollie watkins, who combined with fellow sub cole palmer to send england through. fans in dortmund and in the uk here, were delirious with delight at full time, after seeing their side come back from a goal down, to secure their spot in the big match on sunday, where they'll play spain, with the chance to make history. nesta mcgregor was there.

it is incredible to believe that despite reaching the semifinals, england had been labelled boring and lacking creativity and extra care at south gate, they said it was more reactive than proactive but at that various stadium, they went to a down early because the netherlands —— gareth. on the edge of the england box before firing the shot into the roof of the net in england behind enough or long after 18 minutes, captain harry kane was deemed to have been fouled and wording the penalty after looking at the va are seeing and it was harry kane that stepped up to the penalty spot at the end, england dominated large parts of the game and gareth southgate was reluctant to make substitutions but he made a big call as the 90 minutes neared

and on came palmer and ollie watkins it was the two substitutes that combined, palmer to watkins and england winning after scoring one minute and the injury time and long after, making fans and travel to berlin to take on spain in the final industry has been made, england's men reaching the finals for the first time on foreign soil. we are both going to go on the pitching _ soil. we are both going to go on the pitching he _ soil. we are both going to go on the pitching he was - soil. we are both going to go on the pitching he was going| soil. we are both going to go l on the pitching he was going to send me up at half—time and it happened and i manifested it and as soon as he turned, i knew to make the move and you do not get that opportunity very often and said to be greedy and take it after seeing you going to the bottom corner i don't think of it a ball that sweet before and obviously in such a special moment as well. so a brilliant win for england over the dutch, their strongest opponent so far at the tournament, in which it's fair to say

their performances have come in for criticism. but the team have delivered when it matters, and are now into the final in berlin, with one more game to go. spain will go into the game as favourites, but manager knows what they need to do. to be able to take the team to the first final overseas and i'm immensely proud of that. and we've come into when and we play in the team is been the best in the tournament and we have a day less to prepare it's a huge task but we are still here and we are fighting. so, england will play spain in sunday's final in berlin. the spaniards got there thanks to their victory over france in tuesday's semi—final. but a picture of their teenage striker lamine yamal has gone viral, leading many to believe winning the trophy is his destiny. guy hedgecoe reports. spain is dreaming again, 12 years after last lifting the

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the multicultural reality. lamine yamal turned 17 on saturday, the day before the final. spanish fans are now hoping he will give them something to celebrate. to wimbledon now, where the 2022 champion elena rybakhina secured her spot in thursday's semi—finals. and rather easier time for novak djokovic in the men's draw. chetan pathak is there for us. with the withdrawal djokovic looked at take things easy on day ten. the seven—time winner is into the semifinal with a walkover. awaiting him on friday will be musetti who saw off the fritz american and five sets. the italian was beaten here by fritz two years ago but not this time for that at levelling the match he took the momentum before fritz fought back to force a decider. ultimately, musetti

got the job done. 6—1 in the fifth to reach his first grand slam semifinal. the other semifinal on friday will be between carlos alcaraz and medvedev. in the women's draw the last four line—up is complete with a 2022 champion rybakina sealing her place with ending and inspired run for svitolina alina. with ending and inspired run for svitolina. her superiority showed as she won comfortably in straight sets. her opponent in thursday semifinal will be the check semifinal will be the czech player who had all the answers for the big hitting ostapenko. both these women former french open champion but wimbledon is special to her former coach who died in 2017, famously won this title in 1998. and so she is into herfirst single semifinal here at wimbledon for the talking

on the first time in, croatia's player will play for the talking on the first time in, croatia will play — either been to the semifinals before. back to come on thursday nobody would've protected the semi finals went the draw came out. england made a superb start to the first test against west indies, on the opening day at lords. much of the talk had been around pace bowler james anderson's final test — the all time leading wicket taker was upstaged by gus atkinson's stunning bowling — who led the way with the best figures by an england debutant for 29 years. joe wilson reports. james edison kept saying he did not want any fuss, he knew there would be because the state began with the occasional montage of his greatest moments on the big screen and when anderson walked on the pavilion steps he would've been asked to look up and see his family. his daughters who rang the bell to start the day and in this test match career. anderson open the

bowling for england but because atkinson was the dominant figure on this debut in seven wickets, he bulled with real pace close to 90 mph and accuracy in conditions against their very inexperienced west indies batting line—up and players who had very little meaningful match practice in english conditions, 121 are allowed but sadly, the kind of thing he might�*ve predicted but remember, atkinson is a long—term selection for england and they reckon you'll be able to do this kind of thing in australia and the ashes, never mind english conditions in july. it is a long—term selection for england and they reckon you'll be able to do this kind of thing in australia and the ashes, never mind english conditions injuly. english conditions in july. edison english conditions injuly. edison did make a contribution to the final innings in the 700 and the crowd enjoyed that. and the reply batting and the new modern english tradition to keep the test match moving we did see a glimpse of west indies bowling potential and lovely delivery to get rid of crawley but when you board the

421 crawley but when you board the a21 and 80 test match, it is indeed a long way back. rory mcilroy is returning as defending champion at the genesis scottish open — it will be the first time we will see the world number two back in tournament play since his final—round heartbreak at the us open. where he seemed destined for another major until three bogeys in his final four holes prolonged his 10—year major drought and allowed bryson dechambeau to snatch the title. it was a tough few days after that obviously i look back on the day as i look back on some items moments of my career and i learned a lot and i will be put to good use is a great opportunity pass me by and when i get that next opportunity, it will not pass me by. just enough time to recap out top story. eng;and are through to the euros final, sparking wild scenes of celebration, thanks to a 2—1victory over the netherlands. ollie watkins' goal in the 91st minute sets up a meeting

with spain on sunday in berlin. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. to see you next time. hello. on wednesday, itjust wouldn't stop raining across parts of northeast scotland. in parts of aberdeenshire, we had over 70mm of rain in places — that's over a month's worth of rain. as well as the wet weather, it was also quite windy and cold. northeast scotland nowjoins parts of southern england and the midlands in places

of the uk that already had well over a month's worth of rain so far this month — and we're onlyjust past the first week, of course. it continues to rain across northeast scotland, as well, with our area of low pressure, slow—moving out in the north sea, it continues to be wet here. but we do have another weather front bringing some rain across northern ireland, northern england and over the next few hours thatjust sinks a bit further southwards. so heading into the first part of thursday morning, you might find a few patches of rain arrive across north wales and the north midlands. it'll be a mild start to the day, though, on thursday, at least — temperatures 11—1a celsius. quite varied weather conditions from place to place on thursday. the low pressure continues to feed rain into northeast scotland — the rain, though, turning lighter and patchier, but potentially still damp even into the afternoon here. western scotland, brighter, some sunny spells and some sunshine coming through for northern ireland into the afternoon. for northern england, wales, and parts of the north midlands, a few patches of rain in the morning, a few heavy showers into the afternoon. the south midlands, throughout southern england

and probably south wales, a lot of dry, sunny and warm weather, with temperatures widely into the low 20s, and peaking at 23 — that's going to feel very pleasant in the sunshine. otherwise, temperatures around 15—19 ceelsius. for friday's forecast, we're watching this area of low pressure as it moves across northern france. it could come close enough to bring a band of persistent rain into southeast england. it'll be there or thereabouts, so we'lljust keep an eye on the developments with that. further northwest, this ridge of high pressure should break the cloud up across parts of west scotland, northern ireland, northwest england, so they're probably going to be the driest and brightest spots. but generally, the winds coming in from a northerly direction, so temperatures will continue to run below average, about 15—20 celsius for your high. now the weekend sees low pressure get close to the northeast of the uk — so it's across eastern scotland and northeast england that will probably have some general outbreaks of rain developing. otherwise, quite a lot of dry weather on saturday, just a few brief showers. sunday, mostly fine with temperatures high, teens to low—20s. bye for now.

welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. reporting live from singapore. the headlines: england celebrate a dramatic euros semi—final win. a 90th—minute winner sees them through to sunday's final. democrats pile the pressure onjoe biden. nancy pelosi urges him to make a final decision while george clooney says he should step aside.

nato confirms it will support ukraine's "irreversible path" to membership, on the second day of the military alliance's summit in washington. and france and germany call for investigations after four israeli strikes on schools in gaza in the past four days. we have a special report from fergal keane. we begin with football and england are through to the euro 202a final. they beat the netherlands 2—1 in the semi—final in dortmund. ollie watkins was the hero of the night — somehow threading through the winner in the 90th minute. england now play spain in sunday's final. the england manager, gareth southgate, has come in for a lot of criticism from fans for the team's style of play. speaking after the game, he said this result vindicated his tactics. i was pleased with the quality of our play, it will