hi, there, wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. the sun was hot and the strawberries ripe on day three at wimbledon. andy murray and rafael nadal picked apart their opponents with ease, whilejohanna konta came through an epic three—hour battle. but one of the favourites, petra kivitova, has been knocked out. austin halewood reports. if spectators felt shortchanged on day two centre court, they got their money's worth on wednesday when defending champion andy murray came up defending champion andy murray came up against unpredictable dustin brown and in a flash of drop shots, volleys a nd brown and in a flash of drop shots, volleys and lobs the german didn't disappoint. but the world number one then took control, taking the first set and then showing some tricks of his own. brown has upset the odds before, beating rafael nadal on centre court, but no shocks today, andy murray taking control and

cruising through to the third round. once i got the break in the third set, i could see the shots he was going to play a little quicker and that allowed me to get to some of thejob that allowed me to get to some of the job volleys and come up with some passing shots. and i played well. rafael nadal hasn't made it through to the third round since he reached the final six years ago but you would not have guessed it in the way he took the first set from american donald young. playing better on grass than he has for a long time the second soon followed before the fourth seed took the match in straight sets. game, set, match. i think i played match in straight sets. game, set, match. i thinkl played a match in straight sets. game, set, match. i think i played a solid match, serving well and till the end. but i was a little worse at the end. but i was a little worse at the end with a break before a won the match. i am pleased to be in the third round without losing a set, so, just happy now. wimbledon is special for so, just happy now. wimbledon is specialfor me so, just happy now. wimbledon is special for me and the last couple of years i have missed. two time

champion petra kvitova has a losing record against american madison brengle and after making 20 unforced errors in the first set it looked like she might be heading for another defeat. she took the second 6-1 but another defeat. she took the second 6—1 but still recovering from the knife attack that forced to miss six months, kvitova's fitness failed her and she lost in three sets. one of the favourites for the title gone in second round. perhaps the match of the day came first up on centre court, britain's johanna the day came first up on centre court, britain'sjohanna konta lost to donna vekic in the final of the nottingham open to e—cigarette and she was looking for revenge. after vekic levelled things it went to a decider and this time it was konta who held her nerve. i am looking to compete in every match i play. i have given myself another opportunity to come back at wimbledon and play another round and i will give my all in that. i am

here with the intention of wanting to be part of the event for the full two weeks but as you saw out there every single player out here plays ata every single player out here plays at a very high level on any given day, so there is no easy matter and iam day, so there is no easy matter and i am grateful konta to have another go. elsewhere venus williams had a scare in her second round match against wang qiang from china. after looking comfortable in the first set, venus lost a second bite into the third the five—time champion dominated, living to fight another day. more controversy at the all england club today when russia's daniel medvedev threw coins at the umpire's chair following his loss to belgian qualifier ruben bemelmans. that was after he's asked for mariana alves to be replaced. the coin throwing was a bizarre gesture, which he insisted was not meant to imply the official was corrupt. he's apologised for what he called his "stupidity". it was long match. obviously i was

hoping for a good wimbledon run after a difficult time. and i was very disappointed and frustrated when i lost the match, so a made a stupid thing, which i apologised for and it was a stupid thing to do. i was actually going to leave the court and then when i was packing my things ijust court and then when i was packing my things i just saw the wallet and i decided to do the stupidest thing in my life, which i am sorry for. was there any insinuation at the performance, the impartiality of the umpire? no, not at all. will you apologise to mariano? yet. with all the drama surrounding mark cavendish and peter sagan exuding the fourth round, stage five was calm with eto's fabio borini winning with one excellent attack —— italy's. it is an intense climb, 160

kilometres, featuring a 20% gradient at the end. so, powering to victory, —— fabio aroo. chris here is a racetrack. the gap wasn't big at the finish but it was enough for the leadership to change hands with chris froome taking over the yellowjersey from his teammate gareth thomas who is in second overall. the stage was won by the italian champion aru, 16 seconds ahead of dan martin, with froome in third place, along with ritchie porte, 20 seconds down on the winner, and simon yates was sixth. the overall standing skiffs chris froome a lead over thomas of 12 seconds with aru two seconds back. dan martin fourth, ritchie porte fifth at 39 seconds andy yates is

sixth, four seconds behind him. england have picked up a third straight women's world cup win, beating south africa by 68 runs courtesy of a huge first—innings total, 373-5 courtesy of a huge first—innings total, 373—5 with centuries for tammy beaumont and sarah taylor. and also at the women's world cup there was a big win for australia, they thrashed pakistan to stay undefeated. southern stars winning by 159 runs. and you know why — pakistan struggled, labouring to 131 from 50 overs. and india too maintained their 100% record with a 16 run victory over sri lanka. sharma dominating, as india made 232- sharma dominating, as india made 232— eight from 50 overs. sri lanka's reply was underpinned by manidara, hitting 61 from 75 balls,

but when she was out, sri lanka's hopes went with her, 17 runs short of the target at the end of 50 overs, but is four defeats in a row for sri lanka and four wins out four for sri lanka and four wins out four for india. new zealand and the british & irish lions have named their teams for saturday's third and deciding test in auckland. the lions will be aiming to complete a first series win over the all blacks since 1971. katie gornall reports from new zealand. well, last week graham rowntree, assistant coach, hinted changes with ill discipline shown in the second test in wellington. instead, warren gatland has chosen an unchanged 23, thatis gatland has chosen an unchanged 23, that is a rare thing indeed. it is the first time in the professional era that they have not made a change between tests. warren gatland said he wanted to reward the courage of those lions players who came to be the all blacks and forth the series

toa the all blacks and forth the series to a decider. he said this is the chance to make history in auckland on saturday. as for the all blacks, a different story — they responded to the defeat in wellington with three changes, steve hansen surprisingly overhauling the backline, bringing in the prolific winger who was left out off the first test, savea, and geordie barrett to come in for his test debut, younger brother of bowden and scott barrett, and because of the suspension to sonny bill williams, who was banned for four weeks with a shoulder charge, he was replaced at centre, with mape making his test debut. and a big occasion for the captain kieran read, his 100th appearance, he will hope to see that out with a win. everyone has been talking about the backlash, about how the all blacks are going to

respond to the rare defeat in wellington, but if the lions can deal with what's coming their way it will be the first time the lions have won a series in new zealand since 1971. and just before we go: lionel messi has agreed a new contract with barcelona which will keep him at the club until 2021. the argentine has spent his entire career with the catalan giants, having made his full debut in 2004 and has gone on to become their all—time leading scorer. he has helped them win eight league titles and four champions leagues. lots more sport from around the world at bbc.com slash sport. —— lots more sport from around the world at bbc.com/sport. i'm nick marshall—mccormack. see you soon. bye bye. hello again. we've got more of that hot and humid weather coming up across england and wales.

yesterday we had temperatures of 30 degrees in both heathrow and wisley in surrey, and we're going to see temperatures again getting to those kind of levels later in the afternoon. mind you, for some of us, there will also be some fairly big thunderstorms around over the next 2a hours. the first place that could see some storms is actually in the morning across southern counties of england, but these storms will have about two miles of dry air beneath them so there might not be a huge amount of rain despite the potential for lots of thunder and lightning first thing in the morning. away from those storms, may be a bit of murky weather around the coastline but essentially quite a bit of sunshine for wales, the midlands and northern counties of england with those temperatures rising quickly. partly cloudy for northern ireland and a disappointing start in scotland with a band of rain pushing eastwards, temperatures at 9am about 1k or 15 degrees in glasgow. now, through the rest of the day that first batch of storms works northwards. hot and humid conditions across england and wales with that humidity sparking some further storms across the midlands and northern england later in the day, and those storms could be more significant. meanwhile, for the north of the uk, temperatures creeping up

towards the 20 degree mark, so a bit warmer than it's been over the last days for some, the hottest weather further south. later in the afternoon and evening time, these thunderstorms could get really lively in parts of eastern england. not too many places seeing this happening but one or two storms could bring the best part of a months worth of rain in just a few hours, so it could cause some localised destruction. those storms will clear away to the north sea and we'll be left with a band of rain crossing scotland, rather soupy conditions then through the night with lowest temperatures around 18 in london. a quieter weather day on friday. england and wales again with the best of the hot and humid conditions. more of that sunshine to come. there'll be a few showers for southern scotland and northern england, but for many of us it's a dry kind of day. temperature wise, still a range from the north to south. about 17 in glasgow and 28, 29 or possible 30 still in parts of the south east england.

the weekend starts off with a band of rain in central areas, easing to showers. again the best of the hot conditions in south—east england but still relatively cool for the time of year further north in scotland and northern ireland because our winds coming round from quite a long way north. sunday looks like we'll be seeing the gradual change to cooler and fresher conditions across all of the country as we see low pressures tending to kind of gang up across the uk, so those temperatures dropping for example in london into next week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: after north korea's new missile test, the diplomatic fallout. russia and china say there must not be a military response. the us says it is prepared to use force. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves, and our allies. violent protests in venezuela on independence day — hundreds of demonstrators storm the national assembly and attack members of congress.

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