hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm paul scott. here's what's coming up. veteran vardy at it again. the leicester forward salvages a point for the foxes as they hold tottenham to a 1—1 draw. with ben stokes missing — it's bowler matthew potts who gets the nod for england as they prepare for the test series with sri lanka later this week. and aryna sabalenka wins in cincinatti as she beats jess pegula to lift her second title of the year.

hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with football where at 37 years of age, jamie vardy is scoring in the top flight once again. he earned leicester a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham on their return to the premier league. vardy�*s second half goal cancelled out pedro porro�*s opener. vardy�*s header in the 57th minute was leicester's first effort on target. spurs handing a full debut to new signing dominic solanke. but despite spurs having 70% possession and 13 corners, the points were shared, thanks to vardy�*s 9th premier league goal against spurs. brilliant to get the first game a lot premier league debuts and club debuts and guys not playing in the premier league for a while and that's going to cause some anxiety and so, to get the second half as it was, we had the confidence built even more to move forward if we canjust get in even more to move forward if we

can just get in the service and some good territory around it and called the spots we want and called the spots we want and get on the end of the right chances and he is not going to learn that from me, he's been doing it for decades, really. and so, it's about keeping him as fresh as we can. disappointing but i thought we were _ disappointing but i thought we were excellent half of the game really _ were excellent half of the game really dominant with a football and just— really dominant with a football and just wasteful in the second half. _ and just wasteful in the second half, getting wasteful in front of goal— half, getting wasteful in front of goal when that happens, is when — of goal when that happens, is when i've _ of goal when that happens, is when i've been zero, they scored, _ when i've been zero, they scored, and then the gods momentum plus a bit of composure again, we finish strong _ composure again, we finish strong but without a real clinicel— strong but without a real clinical edge that we needed. chelsea have agreed a fee in principle for atletico madrid forward joao felix, with conor gallagher moving in the other direction as part of the deal. the fee for the 24—year—old is undisclosed, but it

will allow him to return to stamford bridge on a six—year deal, with an option for a further season. another player who could be on his way out of the club is raheem sterling after he was omitted from the matchday squad for chelsea's defeat to manchester city. our senior football reporter nizaar kinsella has more. the agenda find a place for him to go to because they need to sell some players and make these brutal decisions around various players, being made most famous of them but we are seeing conor gallagher will probably leave atletico madrid and several others who were left out and certainly, his sutures being questioned but phillips was there, chelsea, his servant or whelming and that spell but chelsea have had to do a deal with them to get

connor gallagher out of the club and it's not because they think he's talented, it's because he is less than a year left on his contract in order to cash in on a transfer fee and help them keep spending. the ended up selling gallagher to push them out but it turns out to be phillips nor is it is him by the way is because the deal collapsed for another player who was a 20—year—old striker and atletico madrid and that expired and it allowed him to leave and he was pictured in the stadium nine days ago. it's a remarkable transfer story in itself and one that surpasses the rahkeem story earlier. elsewhere, brighton have signed georgino rutter from leeds for a fee believed to be a club record a0 million pounds, that's after triggering a release clause. he's signed a 5 year deal.

rutter made 66 appearances for leeds, scoring eight goals over an 18—month spell. oliver skipp hasjoined leicester on a five—year deal from tottenham, after spurs accepted a bid in excess of £20m. the 23—year—old has been with the north london club since 2008 and made his first—team debut in 2018, but made just 2a appearances in all competitions last season. according to spanish media, german international ilkay gundogan has expressed a desire to leave barcelona this summer, only a year after making his move from manchester city. but barca manager hansi flick says he is convinced he will stay with the club. saudi arabia's al—nassr are among the teams interested in signing gundogan. sandro tonali could make his newcastle return at nottingham forest in the second round of the league cup next week. the midfielder�*s io—month ban for breaching betting rules comes to an end on the 28th august, that date has been confirmed for

the tie against forest. england start their test series against sri lanka on wednesday at old trafford in manchester. they've already named their starting eleven with seamer matthew potts coming in for injured skipper ben stokes. dan lawrence comes in for the injured zak crawley. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. well, i know you're still digesting the hundred, but the next three weeks are an important window for test match cricket and an england team significantly disrupted by injury. now, the squad that gathered here at old trafford captained, of course, by ollie pope, but ben stokes torn hamstring, is overseeing things. now, we can only imagine his frustration to be close to the action. encouraging mightjust help his recovery as much as the team. but how to replace him? well, james anderson, in the hooded top, was advising the bowlers on his home ground, mark wood's leg under significant strapping, you will notice. but in the absence of all rounder stokes, the bowler re—emerging for england, matthew potts, who has done nothing wrong in his

test matches so far, strengthens the bowling. but the ii is less balanced. greater responsibility on batters like harry brook, the new vice captain, and dan lawrence, who gets his chance in the team after being on the fringes for a long time now as an opening batter. obviously i've had a little taste for it, um, a couple of years ago, and i really enjoyed that taste. but i'm coming back a much better player now, and i'll be able to control my emotions a lot better than i did when i played before. um, yeah, it is obviously a fantastic opportunity, but i think when you do put pressure on yourself, it makes the week worse. um, like i said, i'mjust going to really enjoy these however many test matches it is and hopefully put on a show. well, what about the touring sri lankans? well, they've had just one preparation match, a defeat against the young england lions team. around their squad, you will see some familiarfaces. ian bell, over 100 test matches for england, is helping out with the coaching alongside sanath jayasuriya from sri lankans golden era.

but amongst the current squad of players, the ageless angelo mathews, 37 years young. realistically, are you expecting to win this series? absolutely. i mean, we've got a great team. i mean, only a few guys who had played in england back in 2016. but, um, uh, our guys are shaping up really well. we were on a ten day camp as well before, um, uh, the other boysjoined us, but, um, yeah, it has been a good preparation so far. i know when the first group of guys arrived, there was a lot on the news, some terrible scenes with riots and so on. um, i want to ask you, do you feel safe? do you feel happy to be in the uk as a tourist? absolutely. we feel safe. i mean, you know, these things we cannot control. but, you know, we've been looked after so well and we're very welcomed in england. and, uh, you know, as i said,

those things, we're not bothered at all. i mean, we know that england is a very safe country to move around, and we really enjoy coming to england. well, that has to be the most important thing. right now, take a glimpse of old trafford in sunshine. that might be a rarity in the days to come. aryna sabalenka has won her second title of the year — and first since the australian open injanuary — after beating world number 6jessica pegula in the final of the cincinnatti open. sabalenka won the first set 6—3, but was taken to a tie break in the second, eventually winning it 7—5, bringing an end to pagula's 9 match winning run. cincinnati is sabalenka's 15th career title and sixth wta 1000 title. she will overtake coco gauff and return to no.2 on the wta rankings. after winning three medals for australia at the paris olympics, track cyclist matt richardson has switched allegiance and will now represent great britain.

richardson was born in kent, but moved to western australia at the age of nine and maintained dual citizenship. he said it had been a difficult decision but a personal choice, made after careful consideration of his career and future. richardson won two silvers and a bronze at paris 202a. just enough time to recap our top story. jamie vardy is scoring in the top flight once again. he earned leicester a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham on their return to the premier league. his second half goal cancelled out pedro porro's opener. despite spurs having 70% possession and 13 corners, the points were shared. 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.

hello. bouts of heavy rain and unseasonably strong winds feature in our forecast for the rest of this week. although tuesday isn't looking too bad on balance, some sunny spells, but also some hefty, blustery showers, particularly up towards the north west of the uk, closest to the centre of this area of low pressure. a lot of white lines. a lot of isobars squeezing together, indicative of some brisk winds. starting tuesday morning, with this frontal system bringing a little bit of rain across the far southeast that will clear. and then we're into that mix of sunny spells and hefty showers, the showers most plentiful across northern ireland and northern and western parts of scotland. some heavy thundery ones blown in on some brisk winds. in fact, increasingly windy across northern ireland, western scotland, the northwest of england. just 1a degrees for stornoway and 16 for belfast. compare that with 23 in norwich and then through tuesday night while things do quieten down

briefly, a ridge of high pressure killing off most of the showers, giving some clear spells and it is going to be a rather cool, fresh night, some places down into single digits. but as we head through wednesday, all change again. a frontal system bringing cloud and outbreaks of heavy rain through northern ireland into western scotland, some of that rain getting down into parts of northern england and north wales. it is going to be a windy day across these northern and western areas, could be gales around some coasts in western scotland further south and east breezy but largely dry. 22 degrees in london, 16 for aberdeen and for glasgow. and then as we move through wednesday night into thursday, we continue to see this frontal system moving through, this one containing the remnants of what was hurricane ernesto. certainly not a hurricane any more, but an injection of moisture and energy, bringing some outbreaks of heavy rain southwards and eastwards with some really strong winds. we're looking at wind gusts of 40, 50mph or more in a few exposed spots. these kinds of winds, pretty unusual for this time of year. temperatures north to south 1a to 22 degrees. we end the week on friday with the potential for more windy weather. certainly the potential

for more wet weather, and it does look like staying rather unsettled as we head into the weekend. bye for now.

we are live in chicago, where night one of the democratic national convention is underway. i'm sumi somaskanda. thousands of delegates are gathering here for a historic 4—day event that will see kamala harris officially accept the party's nomination for president. party luminaries will make the case this week for democrats to keep the white house and look forward to a potential harris administration. but tonight will also look back at the career and accomplishments of the current president, joe biden. you see the president here a bit earlier. it's been less than a month since his stunning decision to step down from the race and endorse ms harris as his replacement. these are live pictures from the convention floor just behind us. the democrats have been riding a wave of excitement around harris and her running mate, governor tim walz of minnesota. tonight kicks off with some big names in the party giving speeches, including several

high—profile members of congress, like representative alexandria ocasio cortez.