edna o'brien, one of ireland's best—known writers, has died aged 93. she made her name with a series of novels focusing on how young irish women were treated by their country. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. all eyes on peaty as team gb's superstar in the pool goes for a third straight gold in the 100m breaststroke at the paris olympics tonight. biles is back — the us gymnast shows the world just how good she is, as her team usa sail through in the women's gymnastics in front of a—list attendees.

and it's tense at the tennis. it goes to a deciding tie breakfor andy murray and dan evans in the doubles — it could murray's farewell. also coming up on sportsday... england get the job done, and captain ben stokes leads by example in their clean sweep against west indies. and from cheers to possible tears for george russell. the briton says it was "heartbreaking" to be disqualifed after winning the belgian grand prix. hello there and welcome to sportsday. as we move onto day two of the olympics, with attention turning to adam peaty�*s chances of making it three gold medals in as many games in the swimming later. other headliners include simone biles back out for team usa in qualifying for the gymnastics women's team event, and of course plenty

of british interest, including a bronze for kimberley woods in the women's kayaking. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. kayak slalom paddling is a whitewater, white knuckle ride. commentator: kimberly woods on her way! - where one tiny mistake can be costly. australianjessica fox had put in a stunning display for gold but britain's kimberly woods had a podium in hersights. the british fans loving that! when the champion messed up herfinal run, olympic bronze was britain's — delight for woods. and we have success for great britain! with her leotard dazzling with the light of a thousand flashbulbs, the greatest gymnast in history, simone biles, was back on the world's biggest stage. no—one brings the stars out like her, and as snoop dogg shimmied, she flew — literally...

..through her trademark moves to help team usa lead qualifying. britain's hopes for leading the final are in the balance, they had an inconsistent morning but bar specialist back in the olympics for the first time in eight years scored the highest for the team but she awaits the results to see if it is enough for the individual bar final. in the rowing, several british boats came through the heats, including the much heralded women's quartet. earlier in the pool, the gallic roar for the home favourite, leon marchand, world 400 metre record holder, was huge. he moved comfortably into the final, along with britain's max lichfield, adam peaty�*s comes tonight. natalie pirks there and we'll be

catching up with natalie at the pool shortly, ahead of the big evening of swimming finals. but first let's round up some more of today's key events starting with rowing. natalie touched on helen glover and her women's four team—mates making it through to the final. and ollie wynne—griffith and tom george reaffirmed their favourites tag in the men's pair by winning their heat to qualify for the semi—finals. team gb�*s men's fourfinished second in their heat, but also progress directly to the final. we know it is not like any other regatta, people will come hard, so we look forward to the next round. fantastic start. how do you build - through the regatta? we have got a few things to build on. we didn't really use the last 500 much, we could control the race from 1500, so we want to step on there and we know we can and have done it in training. it is about piecing the blocks together round by round. great britain's women's bid to win a hockey medal at a fourth—straight olympics started with a narrow 2—1 defeat to spain. lola riera scored spain's winner.

great britain can still advance from their pool, with four of the six teams progressing to the quarter—finals, next up are three—time champions australia on monday. great britain's women fought back to beat ireland 21—12 in their opening pool b match of the rugby sevens competition at stade de france, but were outplayed by australia in their later match. gb�*s heather cowell bagged the first try, but it was one—way traffic effectively from then on, 35—5 australia won. and they have to pick themselves up for their next pool match against south africa tomorrow lunchtime. british boxing medal hopeful rosie eccles suffered a shock early defeat to poland's aneta rygielska in the women's 66kg category, losing on a controversial split decision that drew some boos in the arena. eccles — who's from wales — appeared bewildered when it was announced she had lost 3—2 on points. eccles narrowly won the first round, was edged out in the second, and then lost the final

round despite her opponent being docked a point forfailing to keep her head up. she was understandably emotional afterwards. shock. pure shock. i'm really sorry, i don't know what to say. i'm just really shocked, gutted. she was a tricky customer but i thought i did enough today, she was just holding and spoiling in the last round. she's a tricky girl and it was a technical fight for me, not what i prefer but i did the job today and the dream is over unfortunately. i want to say thank you to everyone at home, my friends, coaches, family at home, and i'm sorry to have let you down. thank you. can you remind everyone what you have been through to come here? to make your olympic debut — you should be very proud that. i think i am proud, but i'm gutted.

missed out after the illness in tokyo and everything... i have some brilliant people around me. but i would encourage anyone to follow their dream, there will be so many experiences on the way, it has ended like this, but i've had brilliant experiences in my life and i'm very grateful to everyone. i'm obviously absolutely heartbroken, so i'm really sorry. and there was more heartbreak with chelsie giles, also suffering an early shock defeat in the judoka. she lost in the golden score round, where the first score decides the result, to brazil's larissa pimenta. giles, the 52kg bronze medallist in tokyo three years ago, was left visibly devastated after the second—round defeat. you have put in a lot of work and ekambi done in a second, that is how judo works, you only get one chance and that is it. was

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a back injury kept the 37—year—old out of the wimbledon men's singles, and he withdrew from the singles in paris here, too, opting to bring his career to a close in the doubles. but the first set today was dominated by the japanese pair and they took it by 6—2. the british players then fought back and managed to take the second set to a tie—break, which they won by 7—5. that was immediately followed by a first to ten match tie—break, currently it is on a knife edge at 10-9 to currently it is on a knife edge at 10—9 to murray and evans. if they win this point, they win the match. we will keep you updated on that one. 22—time grand slam winner rafa nadal is into the second round. he saw off the hungarian marton fucsovic over three sets. that sets up a mouthwatering clash with novak djokovic in the next round. a quick update on that andy murray doubles match, they have won that game, into round two there the

tennis in the doubles. murray passed my career goes on a little while longer. —— marie's career goes on a little while longer. let's turn out attentions back to the pool then, and to the la defense arena, normally home to racing 92 in rugby union, but over the course of the games, it's the centre of racing in the pool. it's a massive evening ahead for adam peaty, who's hoping for third gold in the 100m breaststroke in as many games, looking to level the great michael phelps by winning the same event at three successive olympics. more british interest later, too, as well as for the french home favourite. our sports correspondent natalie pirks spoke me to earlier, and said peaty�*s hoping to stay cool in the moment. what he has been talking about recently is how there is no pressure on him, that is possibly something he is telling himself because we are all here and we have got all our eyes on him, but for him it's a huge thing to be back in this arena after

what he has been through. he has talked about battling mental health issues, alcohol issues, he took a break from the sport and he is just coming back into it. he has looked very good in qualifying, he qualified fastest in the semifinal, he is the greatest sprinter breaststroke of all time on the 14th fastest time ever swum in the 100 metre breaststroke is from him. tonight he will face a big challenge, not least from the chinese swimmer, the 200 metre breaststroke world record—holder. his presence is controversial, he is reportedly among 23 chinese athletes who failed a drugs test for a failed substance in 2021 but were not sanctioned and were cleared to compete here. china's own anti—doping agency put those failed drugs tests down to contamination and the world anti—doping agency accept that reasoning. he has released a statement while we have been here accusing american and

athletes of conspiring to distract the chinese after they challenged the chinese after they challenged the world anti—doping agency over their handling of this helping. he is the second fastest 100 metre breaststroke race of all time. it should be quite the ding—dong. find breaststroke race of all time. it should be quite the ding-dong. and a lot of other british _ should be quite the ding-dong. and a lot of other british interest _ should be quite the ding-dong. and a lot of other british interest in - should be quite the ding—dong. and a lot of other british interest in the swimming later on too.— lot of other british interest in the swimming later on too. yes, duncan scott, swimming later on too. yes, duncan scott. itritain's _ swimming later on too. yes, duncan scott, britain's most _ swimming later on too. yes, duncan scott, britain's most decorated - scott, britain's most decorated swimmer, getting silver in tokyo, he and matt richards, the world champion, progressed to the semifinal of the men's 200 metre freestyle. richards is the big hope for this event as well as helping in the men's four by two relay. not as dominant as we expected, perhaps conserving some energy. 1 dominant as we expected, perhaps conserving some energy. i got dominant as we expected, perhaps conserving some energy.— conserving some energy. i got the 'ob done conserving some energy. i got the job done there. — conserving some energy. i got the job done there, very _ conserving some energy. i got the job done there, very happy - conserving some energy. i got the job done there, very happy with i conserving some energy. i got the. job done there, very happy with the result— job done there, very happy with the result and _ job done there, very happy with the result and we are safely through to the semi _ result and we are safely through to

the semi and we can see what we will do tonight _ the semi and we can see what we will do tonight. you the semi and we can see what we will do toniaht. ., , , ., ., do tonight. you guys are getting a little nervous _ do tonight. you guys are getting a little nervous in _ do tonight. you guys are getting a little nervous in the _ do tonight. you guys are getting a little nervous in the final- do tonight. you guys are getting a little nervous in the final 50. - little nervous in the final 50. where you in control? absolutely, i was racin: where you in control? absolutely, i was racing the _ where you in control? absolutely, i was racing the race _ where you in control? absolutely, i was racing the race and _ where you in control? absolutely, i was racing the race and doing - where you in control? absolutely, i was racing the race and doing what| where you in control? absolutely, i | was racing the race and doing what i needed _ was racing the race and doing what i needed to— was racing the race and doing what i needed to do. i have a heavy schedule _ needed to do. i have a heavy schedule so it is managing upload across— schedule so it is managing upload across the — schedule so it is managing upload across the week, i did what i needed to do— across the week, i did what i needed to do and _ across the week, i did what i needed to do and expended as little energy as i to do and expended as little energy as i could — to do and expended as little energy as i could. it was not easy but i am happy— as i could. it was not easy but i am happy with— as i could. it was not easy but i am happy with that, it's a good place to he _ happy with that, it's a good place to he i_ happy with that, it's a good place to be. . , happy with that, it's a good place to be. ., , , happy with that, it's a good place tobe. , , to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had gone _ to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had gone faster, _ to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had gone faster, it _ to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had gone faster, it would - to be. i was conserving energy, but if i had gone faster, it would have l if i had gone faster, it would have helped. _ if i had gone faster, it would have helped. but— if i had gone faster, it would have helped, but there _ if i had gone faster, it would have helped, but there we _ if i had gone faster, it would have helped, but there we go, - if i had gone faster, it would have helped, but there we go, i- if i had gone faster, it would have helped, but there we go, i have l if i had gone faster, it would have l helped, but there we go, i have got a good _ helped, but there we go, i have got a good lane — helped, but there we go, i have got a good lane for— helped, but there we go, i have got a good lane for tonight— helped, but there we go, i have got a good lane for tonight hopefully. a good lane for tonight hopefully and i_ a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am — a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am sure _ a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am sure we _ a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am sure we will— a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am sure we will have - a good lane for tonight hopefully and i am sure we will have fun. and i am sure we will have fun tonight — and i am sure we will have fun toniaht. a, ., ., and i am sure we will have fun toniaht. ., ., , tonight. ollie morgan and johnny marshall are _ tonight. ollie morgan and johnny marshall are both _ tonight. ollie morgan and johnny marshall are both into _ tonight. ollie morgan and johnny marshall are both into the - tonight. ollie morgan and johnny marshall are both into the 100 i tonight. ollie morgan and johnny - marshall are both into the 100 metre backstroke semifinal tonight, marshall scraped through 16 fastest to take the final spot but the british record—holder, ollie morgan, was third fastest. tokyo was britain's best olympics in the pool for over a century and hopes are

high for a repeat of that. to basketball, where team usa's nba stars, led by lebronjames, steph curry and kevin durant, were in action for the first time at the olympics. they faced a tough opener against serbia and two—time nba most valuable player nikola jokic, but they prevailed comfortably in the end thanks to 21 points and nine assists from lebron. team usa off to a strong start in paris, winning110—84. there was a lot of attention at the men's beach volleyball earlier today. convicted child rapist steven van de velde made his olympic debut to a mixed reaction in paris earlier on. van de velde — who's representing the netherlands — was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a 12—year—old british girl. here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. rarely has an athlete's selection for an olympics been quite as controversial as that of steven van der velde. the dutch beach volleyball player was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a 12—year—old british girl.

he has been back competing since 2017, but it's his participation here at the olympic games that has drawn worldwide attention and severe backlash. it has led to pressure on authorities the international olympic committee to intervene. but they've said it's nothing to do with them, that an athlete's selection is solely down to the national olympic committee. and van der velde is backed by the dutch national olympic committee. but this was the reaction when he was introduced to the crowd here at the eiffel tower stadium. crowd b00 that reaction that you heard there, the mixture of audible boos and applause, reflected the varying views of those outside on their way in to the stadium. he's been open and honest about it and he served his time, but personally i think they could have made a different choice. are you aware of his story? yes, lam. i think it's no longer an issue.

i don't think the decision is going to change now. i do you think he should be here? no, i definitely don't - think he should be here. i think he doesn't represent the spirit of the olympics. i now, after they lost to the lower ranked italian pair, van der velde made a swift exit. he's actually not allowed to speak to the media during the games and he's staying somewhere separate as well. but i did manage to speak to his team—mate about what it is like to share the sand with van der velde. you know, i know steven from today, he's a really nice guy. and for me, i've been two years, i played two years with him. there was no nothing. and now there is some people that don't like it because it's a big tournament, so i understand. but, yeah, i would like to talk more about, like, the game. you believe it is right that steven is here at the olympics? yeah, of course. yeah. we qualified. we gave two years, everything for it. i think it's right. yeah. their participation continues. they play again on wednesday.

and given the reaction today and in the build—up, you get the sense that the pressure on authorities and the controversy will only build if there is even the slightest possibility of a convicted child rapist on the olympics podium. away from the olmypics and on to some cricket, england completed a 3—0 clean sweep against west indies by cruising to a 10—wicket win at edbgaston. the third day belonged to the hosts from start to finish, as they proved to be throughly dominant with both bat and ball. mark wood took five wickets in a devastating spell of fast bowling and captain ben stokes then hit england's fastest—ever test half—century to seal a comprehensive victory. adam cottier reports a series that started with a farewell for one of england's greatest bowlers in jimmy anderson ended with a superb bowling display from the man who replaced him. mark wood showed a raucous crowd that there remains huge ability in england's bowling attack after anderson. test 50s for west indies�* batters

left england undeterred as wood took five wickets in total. they all came inside six overs as west indies were dismantled for 175 having started the day on 33—2. that left england needing just 82 with the bat, still time, though, for ben stokes to make history. after just 2a balls, he hit england's fastest ever test half—century. englan's captain had promoted himself to opener, and why not? he finished unbeaten on 57 with nine fours and two sixes. they won by ten wickets in some style. a very comprehensive win for england there. let's now hear from the captain ben stokes, and the head coach brendon mccullum, on the team's performance in this series. one of the most impressive things to take away for me as captain is how the team have responded

in periods we have been under pressure, because there have been more than a handful of times when we have fallen back in every test, and i don't think it should get lost in this test match where we were in the game. west indies got to 280 and we were 50—5 and our response at the back, so to end up with a lead of 90 and a win on day three, we should not underestimate this win whatsoever. i thought the boys were outstanding, we were tested on numerous occasions by a very good west indies bowling line—up and the way we responded, we are really pleased and it shows a progression of where we were recently to where we are now, and it's nice to be able to introduce some new guys into international cricket. five wickets for man of the match mark wood in a single session. he reveals what changed at lunch time before that lethal spell. quite relieved actually at the end

to just get some wickets, i think i was focusing on too much on the outcome and last game and this game thinking, "why is it not happening, "what am i doing wrong?" but i had a great chat at lunchtime withjimmy anderson, who taught me a lot about skill and the reverse swing ball and why we had fielders and how i could go about my business. so i forgot all about that other stuff and it was a big confidence boost to get that first wicket and once i got that, ijust bowled and it flowed through me a lot easier. the hundred is at sophia gardens in cardiff today where welsh fire are hosting oval invincibles. in the women's competition, the oval invincibles won by six wickets. opting to bat, welsh fire posted 116—5 courtesy of 30s from sophia dunkley and jess jonassen. alice capsey, in response, scored 59, to her side close to the target before marizanne kapp capped off the win with consecutive boundaries. the invincibles now have two wins from two. george russell says it was heartbreaking to be

disqualified after winning the belgian grand prix. his mercedes team have apologised to him, blaming an error on their part for him losing the victory. the briton also said he took "pride in crossing the line first" and has promised "there will be more to come" after formula one's summer break. nick parrott has more on the race that had plenty of drama on and off the track. not long after enjoying the sweet taste of champagne, things turned sour for george russell in spa, he had just held off mercedes team—mate and fellow briton lewis hamilton to claim his second win of the season, but after the celebrations died down, stewards found a problem with his car. it had ended the race 1.5 kilograms under the required weight limit, that is seen as an unfair advantage and he was disqualified. it saw a second victory of the season handed to hamilton, who'd looked likely to win for much of the race. the seven—time champion took the lead from ferrari's charles leclerc on the third lap, he briefly surrendered it to carlos sainz and oscar piastri, who changed

their tyres at different times, but russell only stopped once, and what should have been a dramatic finale to the first half of the season on the track has now been decided off it. so, after george russell's disqualification, all the other drivers move up a place in the official classification. as you heard, hamilton becomes the winner — he's the only driver aside from max verstappen to have won more than one race this season. mclaren driver oscar piastri moves up to second and ferrari's charles leclerc, who started from pole, completes the top three. verstappen moves up to fourth, but that doesn't change the two point advantage he's taken over his title rival lando norris, who's now fifth. there was a card packed with british fighters last night as ufc 30a took place in manchester. birmingham's leon edwards lost his welterwight title to belal muhammad via unanimous decision. but tom aspinall, from salford, retained his interim heavyweight title after a first round stoppage victory over american curtis blaydes. he says he wants to fight the winner

of the upcoming bout between heavyweight champion jonjones and stipe miocic next. if i hit anybody clean, they are going over, that is what is going on these days. if i hit someone clean, they are going over and there is no argument about that, it is proven now. i have nothing againstjonjones as a person, i think i'm the best heavyweight in the world and if he thinks he is, let's settle it. simple as that. it's not rocket science, its two guys who think that they are the best in the world, so let's settle it. liverpool's paddy pimblett was also victorious, beating american king green by submission in the first round. it means he'll move into the top 15 of the lightweight division for the first time, and he says he enjoyed silencing his critics with the win. the amount of people that i have seen say, "he is never going to be ranked, he is not good enough to be ranked, "he will never be in the top 15," all that, then ijust go out

there and put on a flawless performance and absolutely school him. back to the olympics quickly, and while the men's street skateboarding was postponed yesterday due to the rain, the much better conditions today saw the women's event go ahead at place de la concorde in paris. it was 14—year—old yoshizawa coco, from japan, who took home the gold with a score of 272.75, and fellow japanese boarder akama liz grabbed silver. in the last half hour, three—time grand slam champion andy murray and dan evans have beaten japan's taro daniel and kei nishikori in a thrilling match tie break to reach the second round of the olympic men's doubles in paris. so the 37—year—old murray will play at least one more match before calling it a day. the game at roland garros was one of the hottest tickets in town for british fans, with murray and evans receiving a big welcome after he confirmed he'll retire after the paris games. after battling back from a set down,

he and evans survived five match points in an astonishing one—set—all match tie break, winning that 11—9, to move into the second round. murray is the only player to have won two olympic singles gold medals and the only singles player to have retained the olympic title. and in the last few minutes at the swimming, world record holder leon marchand claimed the 400 metres individual medley gold medal at his home paris olympics to send fans into delirium at la defense arena. marchand, nicknamed the "french michael phelps", carried the expectations of a nation into his first event but shrugged off the pressure to touch home first. delightful the french crowd there in paris as leon marchand brings home the gold. more of the rest of the sports news on the bbc news website. but that is all from us. we will see you soon.

hello. well, it's been a beautiful sunday across most of the uk — very warm, scattered fairweather clouds. a little cooler and cloudier in scotland and northern ireland where we're just that bit closer to a weather front. but here's the main message — heat building over the next day or two. here's the satellite picture, and you canjust about make out the jetstream. it's way to the north of us. that means the doors have been opened to the heat coming in from the south, and the dip in thejet stream to the east there with the clouds, that's the bad weather that swept across paris during the olympic opening ceremony. so skies have been generally quite sunny through the day across the bulk of the country. thicker cloud here in the north—west. and the temperatures at 9pm still around 19 celsius in the lowlands of scotland and as high as the low 20s from yorkshire towards the midlands and the south—east. so, after a warm and sunny day, a generally clear night to come across the bulk of england and wales. a bit more cloud here in the north—west, with that weather front brushing the western isles and also northern ireland.

morning temperatures, whether you're north or south, will be about the same. so, a gloriously sunny start to the day across many parts of the country with this high pressure in charge of the weather, at least across england and wales. here in northern ireland and scotland, a weak weather front moving through, so that does mean thicker cloud at times, layers of cloud in the sky and some spots of rain around the western isles, maybe the coasts of northern ireland too. but the further east and south you are, the sunnier it'll be and in fact clear blue skies possible across east anglia and the south—east. temperatures possibly nudging up to 30 celsius in the south. and that heat will continue to build into tuesday from spain into france, where it will be very hot. in fact, in paris it'll probably hit the mid 30s. here in the uk, it's possible we'll get in excess of 30 celsius. hot spots could be 31 or 32, but for scotland and northern ireland, more comfortable here in the low, possibly even the mid—20s. now we're going to speed up the weather forecast through tuesday into wednesday and thursday.

we could see some storms breaking out across the south of the uk as early as wednesday, and certainly by thursday they could become quite widespread. so the potential for some really nasty downpours to come from around about midweek onwards. so here's the outlook. quite hot first half of the week, then not as hot and a chance of some storms. that's it from me, bye—bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. thousands attend funerals for the 12 children killed by a rocket strike in the golan heights. the white house says the attack was carried out by hezbollah. new video emerges of the events leading up to a police officer kicking a man in the head, as he lay on the floor at manchester airport last week. venezuelans are voting in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election, with president nicolas maduro trailing his rival in opinion polls. edna o'brien, one of ireland's best—known writers, has died, aged 93.

hello, i'm anjana gadgil. funerals have been held for some of the 12 young people killed when a rocket hit a football pitch in the israeli—occupied golan heights yesterday. the rocket struck a town close to the border. the israeli defence minister blamed hezbollah in neighbouring lebanon, and the white house says the group was responsible for what the us has called a "horrific" attack. hezbollah has denied any involvement. there are fears that the rocket strike, in the town of majal shams, will trigger all—out war in the region. paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights. through the streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one. a town reeling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months, they feared a disaster.

but they never imagined it would take away their children.