, his” , blacks and lion - ,blacks and lion - kieran read is all blacks and [ion — kieran read is fit to skipper the all blacks. welcome to the programme. cristiano ronaldo showed no signs of stress over the tax fraud case hanging over him in spain, which he denies after scoring his first goal for portugal in this year's confederations cup. his side beat hosts russia 1—0 in their second group game. just 8 minutes at the spartak stadium in moscow this wednesday. the 32 year—old netted a powerful header, from a raphael guerreiro cross, which gave russian keeper, igor akinfeev no chance. it's ronaldo‘s 74th senior international goal. translation: obviously i am very happy since it is the first ever

portugal wind in russia. they played with good intensity but i think we played better and we had more opportunities. we were deserved winners. we played really well and are still fighting in the grip. i would like to congratulate the team. in the day's other game, mexico beat new zealand — but they had to come from behind to do it, after chris wood fired the kiwis into the lead just before the break. early in the second half, mexico were level — with a super finish from rauljimenez. and oribe peralta scored the goal that won it for the mexicans with 18 minutes to go. mexico face russia — who might need to win to go through. portugal will play new zealand — who've already been eliminated. angel di maria has has been handed

a one—year prison sentence and fined just over 2.2million dollars after leading guilty to two counts of tax fraud in spain. the case relates to the 29—year—old wingers image rights in 2012 and 2013, during his four—year stint with real madrid. the argentinian who now plays for paris saint germain, has agreed to repay over 1.2 million dollars and pay a 60% fine. the winger isn't expected to spend any time behind bars though, most first—time offenders receive a suspended sentence if the term is under two years. now to tennis where more of the men's big names have gone out at london's queen's club on wednesday. jo—wilfried tsonga and viktor troicki follow the top three seeds who went out the day before tsonga — a runner up here in 2011 — was beaten in straight sets by luxembourg's gilles muller. following his early french open exit, it tookjust 69 minutes as tsonga suffered another frustrating loss. muller by comparison is in great form, up to a career high 26 in the world rankings. he'll face sam querrey orjordan thompson in the quarter—finals. sixth seed grigor dimitrov

progressed by coming from behind to beat france'sjulien benneteau 4—6 6—3 6—4. the bulgarian was a semi finalist at wimbledon three years ago and with the top seeds tumbling is in a position to win a second title here following on from his 2014 triumph world number eight dominic thiem has been knocked out of the halle open in germany by the dutch player tommy haase. the 30 year—old won in straight sets against the austrian who was seeded second leaving his wimbledon preparations in disarray while for haase he moves on to a quarter final against france's richard gasquet and petra kvitova is through to the quarter—finals of the birmingham classic after a straight sets victory over britain's naomi broady in 2nd round. it's the two—time wimbledon champion's third match back as she attempts to return from

a career—threatening hand injury. world champions new zealand have named kieran read as their captain to face the british & irish lions in auckland this weekend. the number 8 hasn't played since breaking his thumb in april and will lead the all blacks in the opening match of the three test series knowing they've not lost at eden park since 1994. the lions have named their team with ireland's peter o'mahony given the captaincy amid a few selection surprises thrown in. welcome to auckland. we are overlooking the town. quite a murky day somewhere out there is eden park and that is where the lines will ta ke and that is where the lines will take on the all blacks and they have named their team today. won all to surprises. particularly in the backline. liam williams preferred full—back. not many people expect

things out. the daily on the wing as well. we thought george north ait start that but he has not even been named in the squad. a pacey line—up. the fly half, owen farrell comes in in place ofjonny sexton. a big call in the second row. alun wynjones preferring his leadership. as expected, the two captain on the bench. peter of money will lead the lions. —— peter omani. after great performances from him in the back i’ow. performances from him in the back row. they have not lost since 1994, the all blacks, at eden park. we

will see soon if the lions have what it takes to beat the all blacks. england thumped south africa by 9 wickets in southampton on wednesday to win the opening game of their three match t20 series against south africa. the tourists won the toss and chose to bat but david willey dismissed jj smuts from the very first ball and despite an unbroken partnership of 110 from ab de villers and faarhan behardien they could only manage 132 from their 20 overs while alex hales and jonny bairstow led the hosts home with more than five overs to spare. the night was a convincing performance and a really great way to start this series. with the ball, we we re to start this series. with the ball, we were outstanding, taking early

wickets and controlled the game with two experienced games and probably the best player of our generation at the best player of our generation at the crease. we controlled the game magnificently well. we held them to 140 which i thought was an exceptional effort. blood testing will be used to detect substances such as the human growth hormones in golf. if golf wants to be taken seriously, and wants to be a sport in the olympics and part of the olympic programme, in its get on board with everything other sports do. it is a massive step in the right direction and i was asked yesterday, does anyone have to fear

andi yesterday, does anyone have to fear and i do not really think we have any sort of problem at all. i do not think anyone should be fearful. i so careful in terms of what i take in terms of supplements but that is pa rt terms of supplements but that is part and parcel of being an athlete. lam not part and parcel of being an athlete. i am not sure how many people would call me an athlete but as part of being a sports person, you have these responsibilities. in formula one, the first and only team boss was appointed by founder of peters out but after disagreements, they have released this statement... the royal ascot festival continued on wednesday on a day when the queen

attended the course after travelling from the state opening of parliament in london. dressed in yellow it continues her tradition of having attended every year since her coronation in 1953. and on the track the feature race was the prince of wales stakes which saw the aidan o'brien trained highland reel take victory for his sixth group one victory with jockey ryan moore on board. it was also the 300th top—level triumph for o'brien and a first win at this year's meeting. looking splendid. that is all we have time for. go to our website for everything else. from me and the a lwa ys everything else. from me and the always splendid sports today team, have a nice evening. hello, there.

we saw the peak of the hit wave on wednesday afternoon, with temperatures across southern britain soaring into the low to mid—30s celsius. it was 35 degrees recorded at heathrow, which was the warmest day of the year, so far, but also the warmestjune day since 1976. wales also saw its hottest day with 31 degrees recorded in cardiff. further north, though, it is a little bit cooler, and we see a thundery breakdown developing, particularly across northern england and west scotland as we head into wednesday evening. that he will continue to retreat back into the near continent as cooler and fresher conditions push in off the atlantic, with a fair old breeze. this introduction of cooler air into the heat will spark off further thunderstorms through the overnight period. mainly in the northern half of the uk, tending to ease towards thursday morning. we'll have a lot of mist and murk developing across western coastal areas. it will be a touch fresher, here, but still a warm and muggy start first thing on thursday.

it means will be a warm and humid start in the south—east, but we will likely see a line of showers and thunderstorms move through the midlands and in towards the south—east during the morning period, and then clearing away. and then another ripple of showers and thunderstorms pushing in towards northern england and eastern england in the afternoon. so quite a messy picture. there will be some sunshine in the north and west — much cooler and fresher here. cooler and fresher in the south—east, 25 or 26 degrees. mid—20s instead of mid—30s. you will notice that difference. late on thursday, things will turn more unsettled across scotland and northern ireland, that's because this vigorous area of low pressure arrives. this sets the scene for things becoming more unsettled from friday onwards, with cooler and fresher air pushing in off the atlantic. so we'll have some sunshine in the south and east on friday. further north, a band of rain moving through, and some of it will be quite heavy. the scotland and northern ireland, a breezy and windy day as that low pressure sweeps through. it will feel cooler and fresher,

as well, with temperatures in the mid to upper teens celsius, here. we could make 25 degrees in the south east. into saturday, a breezy day, as you can see with these wind arrows. a few showers will develop, mainly across the north and west. top temperatures 20—23 celsius in the south—east, so still feeling cool and fresher. sunday, winds will come down from the north—westerly direction, so it will be a touch cooler still across scotland. further south—east, we could make 21 or 22 degrees. so the main message is it's turning cool over the next few days. certainly over the weekend, it will feel cooler. it will be breezy with a mixture of sunshine and showers. hello. my name's tom donkin. a warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: the american and iraqi army say the islamic state group has blown up mosul‘s historic mosque. one general calls it a crime against all iraq. a queen's speech dominated by brexit and missing some key conservative

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