or add substantially annual weigh—in. more than 10,000 animals have been weighed to make sure they're getting the right care. they are just adorable. i love it, you're all caught up now. see you later. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm paul scott at the bbc sports centre. here's what's coming up. jamie smith helps england edge ahead of sri lanka on a rain effected second day, of the first test. chelsea have one foot in the europa conference league proper after winning the first leg of their play—off against servette. and wind wreaks havoc at st andrews — we'll bring you up to speed from day one of the women's open.

welcome to the programme. we start with cricket, where england have edged ahead by 23 runs, on day 2 of the first test with sri lanka at old trafford. there was a delayed start because of rain, but when play did get under way, joe wilson was watching. now, when sri lanka's players walked off the pitch here at the close of play, when the drizzle came down again, they knew they were behind in the match. they knew they still had four. england first innings wickets to take. but the captain was smiling and i think with good reason. on several occasions during the second day they out—bowled england. fernando�*s delivery to get rid of 0llie pope for six will live in his memory, and prabath jayasuriya produced two classic spinning deliveries to clean bowled harry brooke and chris woakes. in those ways, sri lanka stayed in the game and england needed jamie smith in his first test match summer to really dig deep to finish 72 not out. remember, in the absence of ben stokes, an unbalanced

england line—up, smith already seems like a crucial component. so, england will resume with the chance still to build a significant lead, but they know they're in a real game and session by session. sri lanka are adapting. so england's lead 23. smith will start day 3, on 72. he'll have gus atkinson alongside him. asitha fernando will be hoping for another fruitful day after taking 3 for 68 so far in the innings. it's also day 2 of the first test between pakistan and bangladesh in rawalpindi. the hosts declared on 448—6, thanks to a 1m from saud shakeel and an unbeaten 171 from mohammed rizwan. bangladesh are 27 without loss in reply, trailing by a21 runs. chelsea have a 2—0 lead following the first leg of their conference league playoff with servette. christopher nkunku opened the scoring with a penalty in the second half, to break

the deadlock at stamford bridge, before noni madueke doubled their lead with 15 minutes to go. but there was some concern when cole palmer went off injured clutching his hamstring, but boss enzo maresca is hopeful it's not too serious. cole, yeah, he had some. he felt something, but it looks, it looks fine. they already checked him. he looks fine. he looks 0k. so hopefully it's not a it's not any problem. and he can be available for sunday's game. and you can see all the scores from tonight's european qualifiers — and the copa libertadores — over on the bbc sport website, but more transfer news to bring you now. arsenal have agreed a deal to sign spain midfielder mikel merino from real sociedad, in a deal that could be worth up to 42 and a half million dollars. merino was part of the spain team that won euro 2024 and featured in all seven matches in the tournament, scoring a late winner against germany in the quarter—final. newcastle defender kieran trippier could be on the move — he wants to leave st james�*

park in search of first—team football. the former tottenham player has two years to run on his contract in the north—east. real madrid goalkeeper thibaut courtois says he won't play for his nation belgium while domenico tedesco remains as manager. courtois was left out of belgium's squad for euro 2024 after a season hampered by injury, and fell out with tedesco last year, leaving the squad ahead of a euro qualifier with estonia. courtois says his "lack of confidence" in the manager "would not contribute to maintaining the necessary atmosphere of cordiality." windy conditions made life difficult during the first round of the women's open golf at st andrews. world number one nelly korda is tied in second place on 4 under. but it's england's charley hull who leads the way. jane dougall reports. england's charley hull has charged up the leaderboard and ends the first day on five under at st andrews.

this afternoon the winds to drop quite significantly and some of the bigger names including hull didn't tee off until that time. the winds did drop quite considerably and some of the bigger names, including hull, didn't tee off until that time, so they benefited quite a lot from the conditions, improving somewhat. hull had back to back birdies on the ninth and the 10th, another on the 12th, and then two more, including on the last hole where she thrilled the crowd at the 18th. well, playing alongside hull was world number one nelly korda, who also had a great back nine, putting her one shot off the lead on four under. earlier on the first day, the golfers had to contend with some really difficult conditions with winds of up to 45mph. that was tough to drive into, so there were some tricky moments for them, and there was a concern that play might have to be suspended. fortunately, that wasn't the case, and coping well with the wind was england's georgia hall. she eagled the ninth and finished on one underfor the day. she spoke afterwards and said that this

was one of the windiest rounds that she had ever played. it's a mental battle and, you know, a lot of waiting on tees and, you know, discussing where the wind is coming from, what angle, which is also like very important. even the slightest angle could make a difference. so yeah, i think it's just it's really tough out there and i think it's very key to stay patient. i think the strongest winds that i've ever played in, for sure. could barely try and swing the club at times, but i think i coped pretty well. and, um, it wasjust. yeah, it was a great test of golf, and i think that's what's needed at women's open. it's still very tight at the top of the leaderboard, and it's early days for charley hull. the conditions are thought to be slightly better tomorrow. the winds will not be as high, but it is expected to rain. however, hull says she enjoys playing on links courses. she's certainly doing well on this one. the final tennis grand slam of the year, the us open, gets under way in new york on monday and the draw

has been released. after his controversial week, the top seed jannik sinner will kick off against american mackenzie macdonald. the defending champion novak djokovic faces a qualifier in round one, as does the 2022 champion carlos alcaraz. in the women's draw both iga swiatek and aryna sabalenka, who won in cincinatti last week, face qualifiers. two grand slam champions meet in the first round as 2021 champion emma raducanu takes on american sofia kenin. but there will be one notable absentee from the women's singles in new york next week. 0ns jabeur has pulled out of the women's singles. the 2022 runner—up has withdrawn due to injury, according to organisers. she was due to play veronika kudermetova in the first round, but will be replaced by elise mertens. jakob ingibritsen bounced back from his disappointing 11th place finish at the olympics, to win the 1500m at the diamond league meeting in lausanne. he blew away the field to finish ahead of olympic champion cole hocker in a time of three minutes 27.83 seconds. stage six of the vuelta a espana started inside a supermarket!

eventually, australia's ben 0'connor claimed a stunning solo victory to take the leader's red jersey from primoz roglic. it's exactly one year to go until the women's rugby world cup gets underway. england were beaten in the final last time around, finishing runners—up to six—time champions new zealand — but the head coach insists he won't be making big changes with just a year to go. as long as we just make it normal. um, as long as we just allow people to to be themselves and when it's on, it's on. when it's not, just relax and have some fun and go with it. and you know, look we've got to earn the right to play at allainz stadium in the world cup, you know. um, yeah. we don't have a right to it.

so, you know, to me that's also the way to look at it as well, because, you know, even though you've got it at home, what are the advantages. i mean, world rugby basically, um, try and create an equal playing field in terms of facilities and the way that you, you move around the country and stuff like that. so the only way that i think where there are advantages is for us to make it a very normal environment. you know, let's get away from being cooked up in hotels and let's connect with, with our communities, um, and make sure that we enjoy, enjoy the process and have fun with it rather than actually seeing it as, um, as tedium or high pressure. now, the paralympics are less than a week away. for the first time, british athletes will undergo saliva testing for concussion at the paris games. it's part of a new research project that hopes to increase the knowledge and data of the effects of concussion on para—athletes. certainly in the elite world, that that could mean for us here that we say, "i'm pretty sure, but i can't say for certain you've got concussion. you're not competing tomorrow."

that's the end of your paralympic dream. and we would have to make that call. and it's a really hard call to make. whereas if we could, you know, categorically say, i think it's concussion, let me do a test. great news. it's not. i'm happy for you to compete. that could be a game changer. before we go, just time to remind you of our top story on sportsday. england have nudged ahead of sri lanka heading into day 3 of the first test. they are 23 runs ahead, thanks in part tojamie smith, who'll return to the crease on 72 when play resumes on friday. you can stay across all of that on the bbc sport website and app throughout the match for all the latest. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, thanks for watching, goodbye.

hello there. storm lillian will dominate the first half of friday, but it's moving at quite a pace and so by lunchtime the worst of the weather will have cleared away. however, before then, a spell of heavy rain, but more importantly, some gales, unseasonably strong winds for this time of year and still many people on holiday. the strongest of the winds likely to be to the scottish borders down into north wales and the north midlands, a zone of winds gusting widely 50,60 miles an hour, maybe even stronger in one or two places up to 75 miles an hour. that front will ease its way steadily eastwards, so already we can see the first signs of an improving picture into the northwest of scotland. this is 6:00 friday morning. a spell of very heavy rain, maybe even some thunder clearing the scottish borders first thing and the gusts of wind widely 50, close to 60 miles an hour at time. a rash of sharp showers across northern england.

a trail of cloud and nuisance rain once again through the midlands and southeast england. that will ease away. the low pressure moves over to scandinavia and then a quieter afternoon, not quite as windy. still blustery winds, driving in some scattered showers to the far north and west. 1a to 18 degree the high in scotland and northern ireland. 23 degrees the high, perhaps in southeast england, but as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, there could be a pulse of very wet weather moving its way into south east and eastern england. now, we haven't seen that much in the way of rain this august, so that will bring a spell of much needed rain for the gardens out there, but it will linger for some time on saturday, only slowly easing away into the afternoon. strongest the winds further north and west. here we'll see a frequent rash of showers on and off throughout the day. top temperatures generally a little bit below par 00:12:58,041 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 for this time of year.

this is live coverage from bbc news of the final night of an historic democratic national convention here in chicago. the theme democrats chose for tonight, thursday, is for the people, for our future. in just a few hours, vice president kamala harris will take the stage to deliver the most significant address of her political career and formally accept her party's nomination for president. she's hoping to become the first female president in the country's nearly—250—year history. in the last month, the former prosecutor has faced scrutiny over her political agenda, and now both critics and supporters are waiting to see if she can inspire the nation with her vision tonight.

we'll also hear from other prominent figures to mark the moment, including michigan governor gretchen whitmer and north carolina governor roy cooper, who both represent swing states, as well as high—profile former republican congressman adam kinzinger. we're also expecting musical performances that includes country music sensation the chicks, and the r&b