hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre.e to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme — two giants of american sport. two giants of american sport shine at the olympics. simone biles and katie ledecky make it a day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era — as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career.

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme — two giants of american sport. hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme — two giants of american sport. two giants of american sport shine at the olympics. simone biles and katie ledecky make it a day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era — as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. three years ago, at the tokyo olympics, simone biles suffered the disorientating mental block that gymnasts call the twisties. she had to pull out of several finals you'll remember. the pressure of expectation was too much she said. and a two—year break from the sport followed. on thursday — in paris — she triumphantly recaptured her place at the top of the sport. she finished with an overall score of 59.131 — ahead

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm paul scott at the bbc sports centre. here's what's coming up.ie 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

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.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

yes, hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm molly stephens. world number one, jannik sinner, twice tested positive for an anabolic agent in march but will not have to serve a suspension. an independent tribunal has ruled he bears no fault or negligence, and has accepted his samples were contaminated by a hand spray used by his physio. our correspondent andy swiss is with me. andy what more do we know? it has emerged that back in march, yannick sinner it has emerged that back in march, yannick sinner tested it has emerged that back in march, yannick sinner tested positive it has emerged that back in march, yannick sinner tested positive for it has emerged that back in march, yannick sinner tested positive for a substance. the authorities say it was very low level but it is a banned substance. he tested positive for it again a few days later. sinner said the reason for this was because his physiotherapist had cut his finger and was using a spray to treat it that he bought over the counter at a pharmacy in italy. unknown to the physio, this spray

hello from the bbc sport centre.fter the european championship and the olympic games, it's time to focus back on the top—tier football again in england — with the new premier league season kicking off this evening. and we are under way. the first game is taking place at old trafford right now — manchester united taking on fulham. all manchester united taking on fulham. this and not far. all this and not much to report so far. fairly quiet and that matchup. —— no goals. around 30 minutes gone there. this the first match of the weekend, with plenty more to come on saturday and sunday. in france, ligue unis back underway tonight too — with the champions paris saint germain in action. they're up against le harve. 0—1 psg — kang in—lee with the goal. two fixtures in spain's la liga tonight too — celta viga are very new early leaders — after beating deportivo alaves — coming from behind to win 2—1. las palmas are taking on sevilla right now — that's just kicked off. barcelona kick off their la liga campaign on saturday nig

. - hello from the bbc sport centre.participation in women's sport continues after italian boxer angela carini abandoned her 0lympic match against algeria's imane khelif inside 46 seconds. khelif is one of two boxers, along with taiwan's lin yu—ting, who fights later on friday, who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's women's world championships for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria. nicola adams, the first british female boxer to win gold at an 0lympics, said on social media: "that it was hard to watch another female fighter be forced to give up on her 0lympic dreams." here's the ioc spokesperson mark adams, speaking on friday:

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.k at times. more wet and windy weather to come here, but also some sunshine in the forecast and some late summer warmth, too, especially for southern and eastern areas of england. now through the night, this front has been tracking southwards and eastwards. on tuesday morning it's still bringing heavy downpours of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain falling on already saturated ground, particularly across dumfries and galloway. so heavy downpours still here, windy up through these irish sea coast, but it's breezy wherever you are. a dry start to the day though for england and wales and very mild, particularly across northern ireland. now, on tuesday that front continues to slip further southwards and eastwards, the rain turning lighter and more patchy. behind the front things will dry out and brighten up. there'll be some sunny spells and some showers. the front, by the time we get to the afternoon, is draped down from north—west england, wales and south—west

sport first, and for a full round—up from the bc sports centre, -- bbc —— bbc sport centre, here is paulof premier league matches is under way, with leicester's return to the top flight seeing them take on tottenham at the king power stadium. spurs' new signing dominic solanke was handed his first competitive start for the club. and it spurs, the visitors, have just gone i—0 and it spurs, the visitors, have just gone 1—0 up from an unlikely source, page rapport with a

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre.oming up on the programme — two giants of american sport shine at the olympics — simone biles and katie ledecky make it a day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously—banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era, as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. three years ago, at the tokyo olympics, simone biles suffered the disorientating mental block that gymnasts call the "twisties". she had to pull out of several finals, you'll remember, the pressure of expecation was too much, she said, and a two—year break from the sport followed. on thursday, in paris, she triumphantly recaptured her place at the top of the sport. she finished with an overall score of 59.131, ahead of brazil's rebeca andrade and her us team—mate sunisa lee to win the all—around gymnastics title, just as she did in rio in 2016. it's her second ol

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. the olympics — simone biles and katie ledecky make it a day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously—banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era, as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.ould be seeing for this month. further north and west we had double the amount of rainfall, over 200% in the far west of scotland and across the lake district in fact, that's where were likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august for the potentially end of the 18 mm in the extreme northwest where there's hardly any traceable, usable grade once again across eastern england and south east england. for monday we're going to see a relatively dry, quiet day. this week weather front, a band of cloud, feud few nuisance showers across the scottish borders for england and north wales with the north and north wales with the north and south, sunny spells, breezy but the wind is not as strong as over the weekend. it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as its bank holiday weekend for the highest likely of 23 degrees. as we move into tuesday central and southern areas under this influence of high—pressure and into the near continent but toppl

sport first, and for a full round—up from the bc sports centre, -- bbc —— bbc sport centre, here is paulthank you, helena. we are going to start with football. the final game of the first round of premier league matches is under way, with leicester's return to the top flight seeing them take on tottenham at the king power stadium. spurs�* new signing dominic solanke was handed his first competitive start for the club. and it spurs, the visitors, have just gone 1—0 up from an unlikely source, page rapport with a header from ajames source, page rapport with a header from a james madison cross. —— pedro porro from a james maddison cross. meanwhile, oliver skipp hasjoined leicester on a five—year deal from tonight's opponents tottenham, after spurs accepted a bid in excess of £20 million. the 23—year—old has been with the north london club since 2008 and made his first—team debut in 2018. chelsea have agreed a fee, in principle, with atletico madrid for midfielderjoao felix, in a move that will likely see conor gallagher move in the opposite direction. the fee for the 24—year—old portugal in

hello from the bbc sport centre.ason kicking off this evening. and we are under way. the first game is taking place at old trafford right now — manchester united taking on fulham.

hello from the sports centre.an in the second heat and has qualified for the final— despite a wandering camaraman finding himself on the track. it wasn't quite so straight forward for george mills who will be in the finals but only after appeal because he fell in his heat. mills was jostling to find room and several runners hit the deck. after the race there was a angry confrontation between him and the frenchman who had been on his insight. both of the olympic champions are through to the highjumpfinals, olympic champions are through to the highjump finals, there olympic champions are through to the high jump finals, there was a bit of a stare, the qatar athlete cramped up a stare, the qatar athlete cramped up as he approached the bar. but another athlete was on hand to help them out and after a bit of a stretch he was able to qualify for saturday's final. the first gold in the athletics went to spain, the mixed relay

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, it's goodbye. hello there.ay was a perfect late summer's day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it's likely that we're going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days, despite a little bit of early morning mist and fog around exposed west coasts, an the whole, there'll be a lot of sunshine to start the day on friday. cloud will develop as we go through the afternoon, but nevertheless the temperatures will start to pick up quite nicely. we're looking at 15—19 degrees in scotland, maybe highs of 2a degrees across southeast england — that's 75 fahrenheit. high pressure stays with us into the start of the weekend. it is starting to pull its way north and east, and that will allow more of an easterly flow and this weak weather front could trigger a few sharp showers. so a little more cloud across southern england and a brisk easterly wind making it feel a little fresher on exposed coast. so west will be best for sunshi

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.s month, there's quite a marked contrast between the northwest and the southeast. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month, but further north and west, we've had double the amount of rainfall — over 200% in the far northwest of scotland and across the lake district as well. and in fact, that's where we're likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august, potentially another 18mm in the extreme northwest, whereas hardly any traceable usable rain once again across eastern england and southeast england. so, for monday, we are going to see a relatively dry, quiet day. this weak weather front, a band of cloud, a few nuisance showers close to the scottish borders, northern england and north wales. to the north and south of that, sunny spells, breezy, but the winds not as strong as over the weekend, and it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as it's the bank holiday weekend away from scotland, so highs li

hello from the bbc sport centre. the debate over the criteria for participation in women's sport continues after italian boxer angela carini abandoned her olympic match against algeria's imane khelif inside 46 seconds. khelif is one of two boxers, along with taiwan's lin yu—ting, who fights later on friday, who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's women's world championships for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria. nicola adams, the first british female boxer to win gold at an olympics, said on social media: "that it was hard to watch another female fighter be forced to give up on her olympic dreams." here's the ioc spokesperson mark adams, speaking on friday: this is a minefield and, unfortunately, as with all minefields, we want a simple explanation. everyone wants a black and white explanation of how we can determine this. that explanation does not exist. neither in the scientific community nor anywhere else. as i've said before, if we can

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.me and the team, we will see you again soon. goodbye. hello. the weather's looking fairly promising for most of us on wednesday, with some prolonged spells of sunshine, but it won't be dry everywhere. in fact, farfrom it. we are expecting a few showers and in the morning acrossi or 2 areas it actually could be pretty wet. let me show you the big picture. here's the forecast for wednesday. a couple of weather fronts bringing showers into northern ireland and western scotland, and this one here also in the north of england, wales and stretching to south—western areas. but whether you've got the sunshine or the rain in the morning, it's actually going to be quite warm first thing — 17 in london, about 15 around merseyside and similar values there for glasgow and edinburgh. so showers reaching northern ireland and western scotland. and here's that weather front stretching from northern england through the lakes, into lancashire, wales. maybe the west midlands, could be some spits and spots

hello from the bbc sport centre.y at lords and england had resumed on 358—7 against sri lanka. they've added to that tally with gus atkinson reaching his maiden century for england. he's on 108. england are 409—8 after losing matthew potts, gone for 21. it was thejoe root show on day one, with a record—equalling 33rd century helping england into a strong position after they were put into bat. root hit 143 to move level with sir alastair cook for the most test centuries for england. sri lanka are yet to bat. england won the first test at old trafford. great britain got off to a flying start on day one of the paralympics in paris, winning two gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. teenage swimmer poppy maskill created history with britain's first gold at the games. the 19—year—old took victory in the 514100 metre butterfly. she broke the world record in that race, describing it afterwards as "unreal". that was followed shortly after by another gold, also in the pool. maskill�*s team—mate tully kearney taking victor

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, it's goodbye. hello there.a perfect late summer's day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it's likely that we're going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days, despite a little bit of early morning mist and fog around exposed west coasts, an the whole, there'll be a lot of sunshine to start the day on friday. cloud will develop as we go through the afternoon, but nevertheless the temperatures will start to pick up quite nicely. we're looking at 15—19 degrees in scotland, maybe highs of 2a degrees across southeast england — that's 75 fahrenheit. high pressure stays with us into the start of the weekend. it is starting to pull its way north and east, and that will allow more of an easterly flow and this weak weather front could trigger a few sharp showers. so a little more cloud across southern england and a brisk easterly wind making it feel a little fresher on exposed coast. so west will be best for sunshine and

bbc sport centre, goodbye.hine, could be a few showers as well. on monday, though, the highest temperature of the day was in north—eastern scotland. temperatures in the moray firth got up to 27 degrees. that was in this warm and humid air ahead of this weather front here, which is bringing some rain in from the west. following on from that, we see the cooler and fresher air moving into the north—west of the uk. the rain on that weather front increasingly light and patchy, but quite a change coming into northern ireland. temperatures some ten degrees lower than at the same time on monday morning. a more comfortable night for sleeping. quite muggy, though, across the midlands and eastern england. a little rain here, could prove to be a bit hit and miss. that moves through, then we get some sunshine following. the odd shower coming in over the irish sea, but most of these showers getting blown into northern ireland and western scotland. a bit drier in eastern scotland, but we're not going to see the high temperatu

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.at came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk, for example here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid. the humidity caused by south—westerly winds brought in by a warm sector cold front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid air to start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the uk. sunny spells widespread. 0k, there could be some patches of cloud at times across england and wales, won't be completely gin—clear sunny skies, and there will be some showers,

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.month, there's quite a marked contrast between the northwest and the southeast. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month, but further north and west, we've had double the amount of rainfall — over 200% in the far northwest of scotland and across the lake district as well. and in fact, that's where we're likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close out the month of august, potentially another 18mm in the extreme northwest, whereas hardly any traceable usable rain once again across eastern england and southeast england. so, for monday, we are going to see a relatively dry, quiet day. this weak weather front, a band of cloud, a few nuisance showers close to the scottish borders, northern england and north wales. to the north and south of that, sunny spells, breezy, but the winds not as strong as over the weekend, and it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as it's the bank holiday weekend away from scotland, so highs like

hello from the bbc sport centre. olly stone will replace mark wood in the only change to england's 11 for the second test against sri lanka at lord's. england have begun their preparation, after a five wicket win at old trafford last week. stone was in the squad for that one but comes in to start forjust his fourth test cap, following wood's withdrawal due to an injury and he's hopeful he can make an impact. this year especially i have just tried not to look too far ahead, enjoying my cricket and go out there, whether it was from nottinghamshire or club cricket or whatever, i said nottinghamshire or club cricket or whatever, isaid i nottinghamshire or club cricket or whatever, i said i would go out there and enjoy it. i love playing there and enjoy it. i love playing the game and i knew if i had gone out there and put those performances together, then this cult might come and thankfully it has and i am going to go out there and enjoy every moment and play with a smile on my face. heather knight leads a is—player enga

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris.eague season starts later on friday. and while fans of the 20 clubs have been eagerly counting down the last 12 weeks... ..one of the mangers involved in the opening match says his team isn't ready. that's manchester united's erik ten hag whose side play fulham at old trafford with the familiar problem of injuries to the fore again. the team is not ready. the league starts and there are problems, we can deal with these problems but we have rules and principles and we have rules and principles and we have to make a start. we can't hide ourselves or run away from it. we have to deal with it. united can call upon new signings mattijs de ligt and noussair mazraoui... but another recent addition leny yoro is injured... as is luke shaw... again. the left back only made 15 appearances last season before going to euro 2024 with england, has picked up a different injury in preseason which is a frustration united legend peter schmeichel as he looks ahead to his former team's campaign. i think it

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.liday, i'm very aware that the vacation season is still in full swing — and if you're about to set off on yours, certainly worth bearing in mind, particularly if you're in this country, and particularly if you're under canvas. heavy rain and gales are forecast for some of us throughout this week — please keep abreast of the forecast and tune in to your bbc local radio station for further updates, as areas of low pressure start to push in from the west. we'll start off largely fine and quiet on monday. eastern england clinging onto the sunshine and, once again, the warmth throughout the day — and that's where we're likely to see highest temperatures. so, if we stretch a line from hull down to the isle of wight, anywhere south and east of that, keeping some sunshine and highs of 25 celsius. clouding over across much of southwest england and wales, with some heavier bursts of rain starting to push in. it will turn increasingly windy through the irish sea and up into northwest scotland. fo

hello from the bbc sport centre.t flushing meadows in new york — with defending us open champion novak djokovic coming through his opening round match. the serbian is going for a record 25th major and cruised past qualifier radu albot in straight sets. djokovic was on court forjust over two hours and will now face countryman laslo djere in the second round. however, after the match, the 37—year—old admitted that the late nights on court are taking their toll. i don't think that ageing helps, really. staying so late, um, and playing very late. i mean, i can feel, you know, my batteries are low now, i'm shutting down. uh, but it's been a long wait, to be honest. you know, i thought, i'm going to go out on the court, like, 8:15pm because stevens was 6—0, 3—0 serving and then all of a sudden, it turns out to be a, you know, 2.5 hour match or whatever. so, um, yeah, youjust have to accept it, i guess. 2020 champion dominic thiem saw his grand slam tennis career come to an end, as he lost in straight sets against ben shelt

hello from the bbc sport centre.—goran eriksson has died at the age of 76. eriksson was the first non—british manager of the england team, he led the three lions to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. the swede managed 12 clubs winning 18 trophies with spells at manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio — where he delivered the serie a title in 2000, the last time the capital were crowned champions of italy. injanuary he said had "at best" a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. his children lina and johan eriksson have released a statement in which they said, our father sven—goran eriksson fell

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre — coming up on the programme — two giants ofa day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously—banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era, as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career.

hello from the bbc sport centre. i�*m hugh ferris.ening match of the premier league season but declared himself fit, started, and scored the goal that gave promoted leicester a 1—1 draw against tottenham. vardy�*s scored more than 100 goals in england�*s top flight since turning 30.

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris.er revealing he won a bronze medal in the 200 metres having tested positive for covid. the american 100 metres champion was considernig running in both the sprint relays. the race was won by letsile tebogo who claimed botswana's first ever olympic gold after which their president gave the country friday afternoon off. but lyles immediately needed treatement at the side of the track before being taken away in a wheelchair. he has asthma and battled to catch his breath, later saying he'd been coughing through the night before and had taken as much medication as legally could. lyles posted on social media that despite his 100 metres title it wasn't the olympics he'd dreamed of, and he believes it's come to an end. he didn't appear in the relay heats on friday morning. i hope everyone enjoyed the show, he went on. "whether you were rooting for me or against me, you have to admit you watched, didn't you?" before signing off "sincerely, your world's fastest man for the next 4 years!" despite

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.at times. more wet and windy weather to come here, but also some sunshine in the forecast and some late summer warmth, too, especially for southern and eastern areas of england. now through the night, this front has been tracking southwards and eastwards. on tuesday morning it's still bringing heavy downpours of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain falling on already saturated ground, particularly across dumfries and galloway. so heavy downpours still here, windy up through these irish sea coast, but it's breezy wherever you are. a dry start to the day though for england and wales and very mild, particularly across northern ireland. now, on tuesday that front continues to slip further southwards and eastwards, the rain turning lighter and more patchy. behind the front things will dry out and brighten up. there'll be some sunny spells and some showers. the front, by the time we get to the afternoon, is draped down from north—west england, wales and south—west e

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm molly stephens.. ollie pope captains the side for the first time, with ben stokes ending a streak of 32 straight tests due to a hamstring injury suffered in the hundred. sri lanka won the toss and are batting first. they're1ii—3. we'll keep you up to date with the latest throughout the day. the men's tennis world number one jannik sinner has escaped a drugs ban after failing two tests back in march. the australian open champion — who lifted the cincinnati open trophyjust a day before the decision was announced — was found with traces of an anabolic steroid which can build muscle mass in his system, but avoided a suspension after successfully appealing.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. see a thundery breakdown take place across england and wales, certainly after this recent hot spell. so, a thundery day on thursday, some good sunny spells around. yes, it will continue to feel very warm and humid. if you catch some of these torrential downpours, you really will know about it. we'll start thursday morning with torrential downpours through central, northern and eastern parts of england. then, into the afternoon as a sunshine comes out, we'll see further thunderstorms developing — east wales, the midlands, southern and eastern england. scotland and northern ireland not doing too badly — variable clouds, some sunshine and comfortable conditions there, ranging from 17—23 celsius, but another very warm one across england and wales, 25—29 celsius. as we head through thursday evening, those thunderstorms fade out across central and eastern england. it turns dry with clear spells, but the breeze picks up with more cloud developing across western scotland and northern ireland.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrin.w of blue, white and red fireworks, before the patrouille de france painted the skies above with the french flag and that was quickly followed by the parade of athletes, the 4500 participants making their way down the champs—elysees before arriving at the place de la concorde. so that is ongoing. well, after covid saw no fans in tokyo and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better the paralympics in london in 2012. beyond the sport however, those involved say they're mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. it is always important, we are here hoping on winning at least medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. those performances on the field can only help us in that cause.

time now for sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.g hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. france opens an investigation into the russian born founder of the messaging app telegram the kremlin warns against political persecution.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm paul scott at the bbc sports centre. here's what's coming up.e 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.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.ee a thundery breakdown take place across england and wales, certainly after this recent hot spell. so, a thundery day on thursday, some good sunny spells around. yes, it will continue to feel very warm and humid. if you catch some of these torrential downpours, you really will know about it. we'll start thursday morning with torrential downpours through central, northern and eastern parts of england. then, into the afternoon as a sunshine comes out, we'll see further thunderstorms developing — east wales, the midlands, southern and eastern england. scotland and northern ireland not doing too badly — variable clouds, some sunshine and comfortable conditions there, ranging from 17—23 celsius, but another very warm one across england and wales, 25—29 celsius. as we head through thursday evening, those thunderstorms fade out across central and eastern england. it turns dry with clear spells, but the breeze picks up with more cloud developing across western scotland and northern ireland. a

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre — coming up on the programme — two giants ofcan sport shine at the olympics — simone biles and katie ledecky make it a day to remember for team usa. boxing controversy — a previously—banned female fighter is allowed to compete and the international olympic committee defend its eligibility rules. and the end of an era, as the curtain comes down in paris on andy murray's playing career. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. three years ago at the tokyo olympics, simone biles suffered the disorientating mental block that gymnasts call the "twisties". she had to pull out of several finals, you'll remember, the pressure of expecation was too much, she said, and a two—year break from the sport followed. on thursday, in paris, she triumphantly recaptured her place at the top of the sport. she finished with an overall score of 59.131, ahead of brazil's rebeca andrade and her us team—mate sunisa lee to win the all—around gymnastics title, just as she did in rio in 2016. it's her second olympic gold in paris, sixth gold overall, and nin

of the team at the bbc sport centre, you can see france's record already— you can see france's records — already achieved at their home games a— already achieved at their home names. �* , ., already achieved at their home names. ~ _ ., ., hello there. the weather's looking quite mixed for this upcoming new week. generally speaking, lower pressure will affect more northern parts of the country. and it is here where we'll see outbreaks of rain, whereas further south, closer to higher pressure, this is where we'll see the drier and warmer weather with some sunshine. now, this area of low pressure could bring some issues for the northwest of the uk with heavy rain. could see some local flooding in places, particularly argyll and the highlands. so a very wet, windy start to monday here. eventually, the rain begins to push south—eastwards through the day, brightening up behind it and the winds easing, but a blustery day further south and east. but much of england and wales will be dry, with variable clouds, some sunshine and feeling much warmerand humid again, up to the high 20s here, mid 2

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.y, the best of any sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. there were a few passing showers here, whereas further southwards across parts of england and wales really limited to just glimpses of sunshine. it was pretty cloudy for much of the day. looking out in the atlantic, we've got another area of low pressure that's set to bring some damp weather in initially thursday morning, as this warm front spreads its way in. mind you, we have got some drizzle around at the moment. ahead of that feature across wales and western areas of england are not patchy drizzle for the south east. we've got some showers for the north west of scotland, but the skies continue to clear in east scotland and north east england, so it's here where we're going to have the brightest start to the day on thursday with a fair bit of morning, sunshine, any sunshine for you staying there in southeast england? short—lived. it's going to turn quite cloudy, but staying on the bright side, the damp and drizzly wea

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm molly stephens. now, the first test between england and sri lanka at old trafford is underway. ollie pope captains the side for the first time, with ben stokes ending a streak of 32 straight tests due to a hamstring injury suffered in the hundred. sri lanka won the toss and are batting first. they're 14—3. we'll keep you up to date with the latest throughout the day. the men's tennis world number one jannik sinner has escaped a drugs ban after failing two tests back in march. the australian open champion — who lifted the cincinnati open trophyjust a day before the decision was announced — was found with traces of an anabolic steroid which can build muscle mass in his system, but avoided a suspension after successfully appealing. the italian player's team claimed the substance had inadvertantly found its way into his body from a cream used by his physiotherapist for a cut on his own hand. the news comes with under a week until the us open begins and sinner says... but the decision has sparked backlash

here at bbc sport centre it is goodbye for now.h some sunshine across norfolk and suffolk before we got a few light showers, temperatures reached a very warm 29 degrees. other parts of the uk have cooled down a bit already, and it's still quite mixed through the rest of the week. there'll be some sunshine at times, but we're also going to find some spells of rain, and our weather essentially is going to be coming in from the atlantic. at the moment things have slowed down a bit and this weather front still bringing some rain early in the morning, particularly across the midlands. but a sunny start and a chilly start in scotland. some sunshine for northern ireland. it will cloud over here in the afternoon and later in the day into western scotland. but more sunshine develops across northern england, wales and the southwest. and even though we've got more cloud, the midlands towards the southeast, that should tend to thin and break up a little bit. we will trigger a few showers in the southeast in the afternoon. it's not going to be

the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.ill with some sunshine across norfolk and suffolk before we got a few light showers, temperatures reached a very warm 29 degrees. other parts of the uk have cooled down a bit already, and it's still quite mixed through the rest of the week. there'll be some sunshine at times, but we're also going to find some spells of rain, and our weather essentially is going to be coming in from the atlantic. at the moment things have slowed down a bit and this weather front still bringing some rain early in the morning, particularly across the midlands. but a sunny start and a chilly start in scotland. some sunshine for northern ireland. it will cloud over here in the afternoon and later in the day into western scotland. but more sunshine develops across northern england, wales and the southwest. and even though we've got more cloud, the midlands towards the southeast, that should tend to thin and break up a little bit. we will trigger a few showers in the southeast in the afternoon. it's not going

hello from the bbc sport centre. doing well with the ball in the second day of the second test at lords against sri lanka. they finished batting in the first session on 427 and have taken three wickets already as sri lanka begin their reply. gus atkinson reached his maiden century for england. hey were put into bat. shrank have begun the reply, currently 86 fife five, england taking five wickets already —— sri lanka. england won the first test match at old trafford. blaine hunt has won great britain's first medal on day two of the paralympics, in the velodrome. hunt had posted the fastest time in the men's cit—5 1,000m time trial until australia's korey boddington went just over a tenth of a second faster to win the gold medal for australia. that meant that britain's jody cundy and archie atkinson narrowly miss out on medals, finishing fourth and fifth respectively, but cundy does have another chance on sunday of winning a medal at eight consecutive paralympics. the northern irish club larne has made history by becom

hello from the bbc sport centre.e three premier league matches on sunday. chelsea hammered wolves 6—2, while newcastle were held at bournemouth. there was also arne slot�*s first competitive home game as liverpool boss, which saw them maintain their winning start to the season. they beat brentford 2—0. luis diaz opening the scoring at anfield on his 100th appearance for the club, before mohamed salah added the second after the break. liverpool haven't conceded a goal yet either, so really it has been pretty smooth introduction to english football for the new dutch manager. for the new dutch manager. the big one coming up, though. they head to manchester united next sunday. the fans love to see the team playing really well, but they also love to see the team working really hard. and that's what we did today. and, um, i liked also what i saw. so if i like it, then mostly the fans like it as well. so it was a good day for us. but again we won against ipswich, we won against brentford — two good teams. i'm not expecting

hello from the bbc sport centre.ame to end in paris last night, with a dazzling closing ceremony at the stade de france marking the end of a remarkable fortnight. actor tom cruise flew down from the roof to collect the olympic flag as part of the handover to los angeles, who host the games for a third time in 2028. earlier, gold medalists bryony page and alex yee led great britain and northern ireland into the stadium as flag bearers at the ceremony. in a unique twist as the paris games drew to a close, the venice beach handover show featured rapper snoop dog, alongside other musical appearances from the red hot chili pepppers and billie eilish. the 2028 0lymics start on the 14th ofjuly with the opening ceremony at the los angeles coliseum and sofi stadium. taking a look at the olympic medal table, team gb finished seventh on 14 golds, their lowest position since athens 2004. while great britain matched total medals won from london 2012, the netherhands finished above team gb because they won one more gold medal. the

hello from the bbc sport centre. such a busy day in paris, 27 gold medal events.eat britains katarina johnson—thompson has made a brilliant start to her fourth 0lympics, she is top of the standings after two of the seven disciplines — with two more events to come today, the shot put and 200 metres take place later this evening. the highjump is one of her strongest disciplines and she cleared 1.92 metres, as did herfierce rival nafi thiam, the two—time 0lympic champion. that put kjt top of the standings, 24 points ahead of the belgian. we've had the heats for the 4x100 metres relay, and both great britain's men and women have made it into their finals. great britain's men's team ofjeremiah azu, louie hinchliffe, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell—blake were third behind favourites the usa in a very fast heat. the big shock is that jamaica have missed out, finishing fourth in their heat in a slow time after messing up their baton changes. team gb rested dina asher—smith and daryll neitta after their individual programmes so it was down to bianca williams, imani la

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. if you have plans for the weekend, well, it looks likely that the weather is going to behave itself. it will be largely dry, sunny and pretty warm. now, we have got a little bit of rain clearing away from the south and east as we speak and this area of low pressure to the far north—west. that's at risk of driving in a few isolated showers, chiefly to the north—west of the great glen, and here, a brisk wind with it as well. but elsewhere, a lot of sunshine. any early morning residual cloud will ease away from the kent coast. the sunshine break through and temperatures should peak between 15 and 20 degrees in the north, highs of 25 in the south. that comes at a cost if you are a hay fever sufferer. certainly across england and wales, we are likely to see high pollen levels through friday afternoon. but as we go into the start of the weekend, we'll have clear skies across england and wales. still a bit more of a breeze and a few isolated showers to the far north—west. but that means duri