hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm paul scott at the bbc sports centre — here's what's coming up. the top seed for next week's us open, jannik sinner, is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance. ollie pope prepares to captain england for the first time, with the three match test series against sri lanka set to start on wednesday. and with the final major of the year getting underway later this week, we assess the chances of british success at the women's open at st andrews. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with huge news

in tennis, involving the men's world number one — jannick sinner. he's been cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance. an independent tribunal has ruled he bears no fault or negligence — and accepts that his samples were contaminated by a hand spray, used by his physio. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent andy swiss. it's a merge that back in march jannik centre was tested at a tournament and he tested positive for a substance called cluster ball. authorities say it was a low level but it is on the banned list and he tested positive again for a few days later. sinnersaid positive again for a few days later. sinner said the reason for this is because his physiotherapist has cut his finger and he was using a spray to treat it, a spray which he called over the counter at a pharmacy in italy. but unknown to the physio— this spray contained cluster ball. in the

process of giving massages to sinner he passed it onto his skin and effectively contaminated them. international tennis integrity agency investigated this and accepted sinner explanation. because of that is not a given any suspension. sinner has released a statement he said... i will now put this challenging and deeply unfortunate period behind me. iwill continue and deeply unfortunate period behind me. i will continue to do everything i can to continue to i have a team around me that are meticulous in their own compliance. what it does mean is that he loses the points in the prize money that he picked up the prize money that he picked up during that tournament at indian wells and more than $300,000. he indian wells and more than $300,000.— indian wells and more than $300,000. , . ., $300,000. he said such a good ear, he $300,000. he said such a good year, he the — $300,000. he said such a good year, he the ten _ $300,000. he said such a good year, he the top sea _ $300,000. he said such a good year, he the top sea going - $300,000. he said such a good year, he the top sea going into l year, he the top sea going into the us open which starts on monday. he won in cincinnati only on monday. how is this can affect his preparation going into new york was that he is entirely free to play at the us open.

entirely free to play at the us 0 en. . , entirely free to play at the us 0 en. ., , ., entirely free to play at the us 0 en. . , ., . ., open. certainly on the court thins open. certainly on the court things have _ open. certainly on the court things have been _ open. certainly on the court things have been going - open. certainly on the court l things have been going pretty smoothly for him. over recent weeks in fact last night he won his fifth title of the year, the cincinnati open where he beat france in straight sets with the earlier this year he won his first grand slam title at the australian open hoping he can win his second grand slam title when the us open gets under way next week. so, sinner cleared to play in next week's tournament at flushing meadows, but thejudgement has drawn some criticism from his fellow profesionals. on x, nick kyrgios said... ridiculous — whether it was accidental or planned. you get tested twice with a banned substance, you should be gone for 2 years. your performance was enhanced. denis shapovalov said... and britain's liam

broady said... england's test side are back in action on wednesday. after a clean sweep against the west indies, they have another three test series against sri lanka, the first of them is at old trafford in manchester. england have already named their 11 — the stand—in captain is ollie pope — in ben stokes's absence. stokes is out for the rest of the summer with a hamstring injury, but won't be too far away. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. well, this test series offers steps forward for england, but it's a huge leap for ollie pope, thrust into the captaincy ahead of schedule because of the injury to ben stokes. of course, he'll have plenty of help. he did a long practice session today with batting coach marcus trescothick, and pope still has to make his runs. very much in attendance, once again overseeing england's preparations, ben stokes. it is still his england team.

so when it comes to the match itself, iwondered how exactly the decisions are going to be made. in terms of ben stokes being around, is it a case that he will give advice when you feel you need it, or do you think he will be giving advice when he thinks you need it? um, i think probably, i think he's going to let me go do my thing over the course of this series, which is good for me. but at the same time, he's obviously going to be watching, chatting with baz and then so i can sort of have those conversations in the intervals if i think anything needs to change, and bounce a few ideas off each other. so i think he's sort of said he's more than happy to sort of let me do my thing. we've got some great coaches and obviously he'sjust another brain in the changing room. if he sees something then him and baz can chat about it as well. so i think it's only a positive having him around. well, all of ollie pope's predecessors would agree that captaincy is easy when you're winning matches. so how much resistance will sri lanka provide here? well, they are acclimatising still to english conditions

after just one warm up match here. you need more preparation than that, don't you, in england, surely, before a test match? yes, maybe. you know, the conditions are quite different to asian countries. so, yeah, i think we wanted to play a few matches as well. but yeah, that's what we get. do you think your chances of victory are better because ben stokes is not part of the england team here? uh, maybe, yeah. because he's the, i think the balance of the side, he's the key player for them. you know, when it comes to bowling and batting and everything, you know, and we have a good chance. you know, a new guy comes to play so i think, yeah, we have a good chance to win. yes, well it is a restructured england in manchester conditions and sri lanka will be relieved that james anderson is definitely coaching, not playing despite what we saw in the nets here today. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford.

manchester city's phil foden has been named the professoinal footballer�*s association men's player of the year. foden scored 19 goals in 35 top—flight appearances last season — and helped city to an unprecedented 4th premier league title in a row. he' won the award ahead of team mates rodri and erling haaland, who won it last year. it was a double for city — as khadija shaw was named women's player of the year. shaw was the wsl�*s leading scorer last season — netting 21 times. injury curtailed the jamaica international�*s season, as city finished the campaign in second to chelsea on goal difference. it's a good feeling to know that all the hard work and effort that i put in day in and out in training and all the players pushing me every day to be the best that i can be to actually get the reward of the trophy, it's a good feeling. some football transfers for you — southampton have announced the signing of midfielder

mateus fernandes from portugese club sporting on a five—year deal, believed to be worth £15 million. the 20—year—old came through the sporting youth system and has represented portugal at every age group from under—18s through to under—21s. he spent last season on loan at estoril, making 28 appearances in the top flight — helping the club reach their first cup final in 80 years. conor gallagher's move to atletico madrid could be back on, after chelsea agreed a fee in the region of £16 million for portugal international joao felix to move in the other direction. felix had a loan spell at chelsea in 2023, scoring four goals in 20 appearances. meanwhile, raheem sterling has been left out of chelsea's squad for the first leg of their europa conference league play—off with servette on thursday. it's the second game in a row he's missed after being omitted from chelsea's premier league opener with manchester city. ben chilwell, wesley fofana and tosin adarabioyo also miss out.

three time champion preemoz roglitch has taken the overall lead after stage four of the vuelta a espana. despite a summit finish, after 106 miles and almost four and a half hours of riding, it all came down to a sprint to the line. the result leaves the slovenian eight seconds clear of portugal'sjoao almeida. adam yates is the top british rider almost two minutes behind. the final women's golf major of the year starts on thursday, the women's open at st andrews. it's been six years since any of the majors were won by a british player, that was georgia hall, at the 2018 open, which was held at royal lytham. charley hull is ranked inside the top 10 and she's been talking about her chances. we've also heard from gemma dryburgh who'll enjoy plenty of local support. i think i've had seven top tens. so i've had a pretty steady season from the olympics and the ever i am but i was

injured. i shouldn't play that week. i think i had a pretty solid season. i hope i can get a couple wins and play well. i'm very excited, its most — play well. i'm very excited, its most iconic _ play well. i'm very excited, its most iconic plane - play well. i'm very excited, its most iconic plane at - play well. i'm very excited, its most iconic plane at st. | its most iconic plane at st. andrews _ its most iconic plane at st. andrews with the women's open here _ andrews with the women's open here doesn't get much better than — here doesn't get much better than that. i had it circled on my calendar for years now. it's going — my calendar for years now. it's going to — my calendar for years now. it's going to depend on the weather. it can_ going to depend on the weather. it can be — going to depend on the weather. it can be interesting because it can — it can be interesting because it can be _ it can be interesting because it can be quite windy. maybe something around nine or ten might— something around nine or ten might win _ something around nine or ten might win it. but we will see. depends— might win it. but we will see. depends on how the weather goes — depends on how the weather goes. we will see.— depends on how the weather goes. we will see. good luck to eve one goes. we will see. good luck to everyone teeing _ goes. we will see. good luck to everyone teeing off— goes. we will see. good luck to everyone teeing off on - everyone teeing off on thursday. 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.

i think it's going to feel more like autumn than august over the next couple of days, particularly across the northern half of the uk, where we're going to see some heavy bursts of rain wednesday turning very wet indeed and there will be some pretty strong winds. it's all because of this frontal system pushing in from the west, thickening up the cloud, bringing those outbreaks of rain from the word go across parts of northern ireland and western scotland, eastern scotland starting the day with a little bit of brightness. northern england, parts of north wales likely to cloud over a bit of patchy rain developing here. to the south of that, through the midlands down towards the south of england, it should stay largely dry with some spells of sunshine, but the winds will be picking up gusts of 50mph or more by the end of the day. across western parts of scotland, where the rain really will be hammering down through the afternoon. top temperatures 15 degrees in glasgow, 22 degrees in london and then through wednesday night, well, the rainjust keeps on coming across that western side of scotland.

it's possible that some places could see 100mm, giving the risk of flooding and disruption. gales are possible around some exposed western coasts as we head through wednesday night into the first part of thursday. pretty mild start to thursday morning, ia, 15 degrees in quite a few places. through thursday, we'll see this frontal system, this cold front here pushing its way southwards and eastwards, some outbreaks of rain with that, the rain, i think, tending to fizzle as that front moves southwards and eastwards, but it will still be accompanied by some quite strong and gusty winds. behind the front the skies brighten, we see some sunshine but there will be some scattered showers, some of which could be on the heavy side and temperatures north to south ia to 22 degrees. and then as we move through thursday night it looks like we could see another frontal system and another potentially quite deep area of low pressure developing that could bring a swathe of really strong winds, particularly through parts of north wales, the north midlands, northern england, that will all sweep away as we go through the day on friday.

sunny spells behind, but also quite a few hefty showers pushing into western scotland and northern ireland. so the weather continuing in that very unsettled vein. and then as we head into the weekend, well, some uncertainty about the detail, but it looks like there will be further showers or longer spells of rain. between all of that, though, there should be some spells of sunshine.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda, live in chicago at the second night of the democratic national convention. this is a look at the convention floor here at the united center. today's theme is "a bold vision for america's future". the dnc will work to chart its path towards victory for its presidential nominee, vice president kamala harris, with delegates across the country gathered here. in a couple of hours, we'll hearfrom former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama. both are key allies of ms harris. we'll also hear from her husband — second gentleman doug emhoff. he says she has done for the country what she always does for people she loves. yesterday, presidentjoe biden was celebrated, where he delivered an emotional speech defending his administration, saying, "america, i gave my best to you." joining me now

is from the dnc floor is our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue.