venus williams sees off johanna konta in the semi finals of wimbledon, she'll take on garbine muguraza in the final fabio aru grabs his first tour de france yellowjersey as froome falters in french pyrenees. look who's back! wazza with a wonder goal on his first appearance for everton. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. depending on which side of the pond you come from it was either a very good or a very bad day at wimbledon for you on thursday. america's venus williams beating britain's johanna konta in the women's semi final. williams showing that age is but a number — at 37 years old she powered her way into her 9th wimbledon final where she will take on spain's garbine muguruza who saw off unseeded magdalena ribarikova. austin halewood rounds up the action. only last june only lastjune johanna konta was ranked 146 in the world and out of

wimbledon on the second round. fast forward and she is in the top ten and a semi—final is. in her wake the five—time champion venus williams. the oldest semifinalist since 1994 but in the form of her life bidding for a six wimbledon title. having saved break point it wasjohanna konta who made the first mistake. venus taking the first set. into the second and it was the american who seemed to have luck on her side. after taking the break, venus hammered home the advantage with service like this all content could do was get out of the way. —— johanna konta. when match points came, she took them. through two are neither final came, she took them. through two are neitherfinal in her 20th came, she took them. through two are neither final in her 20th at wimbledon. i thought the crowd was

very nice to me, actually. bidgood had been more boisterous. the crowd was so had been more boisterous. the crowd was so fair i know they love joe had been more boisterous. the crowd was so fair i know they lovejoe and it isa was so fair i know they lovejoe and it is a lot of pressure and i think she handled it well and it is my experience that helped a lot. fairy tale for magdalena ribarikova. against the odds through to her first grand slam semi—final but against garbine muguraza the game turned into a nightmare. broken in her first service game. after winning the french open, she struggled with consistency but on the grass she looked back to her best and she continued with or opportunities braking for a second time. 30 minutes in and the first set points came, taken by garbine muguraza. another set, a fresh start

but still the same outcome. magdalena ribarikova's serve broken again. the rest of the set will soon follow. their semi—final proving a step too far. garbine muguraza powerful and confident ahead of the finals on saturday. i think i played very well, for sure. it was a tricky match. she is a talented player and i think today i stepped on the court superconfident and everything went well. on friday it is men's semifinals day. roger federer bidding for a record wimbledon title. lost16-

day. roger federer bidding for a record wimbledon title. lost 16- 14 yea rs record wimbledon title. lost 16- 14 years back, 64 in the thousand nine, 64 at queens. part of it is mental, pa rt 64 at queens. part of it is mental, part physical but i will go out there and do what i do. part physical but i will go out there and do what i doll part physical but i will go out there and do what i do. i think sam played really well this year, even la st played really well this year, even last year. he has the big game potential that can hurt anyone in the game so for me i have to get ready for lee and be very focused on my game. i could never really played quite so clearly last year —— play. just because i more focused on how the knee is behaving and not about how to play against my opponent. now ican how to play against my opponent. now i can focus on tactics and that is the difference. in 2010 high peak

roger and novak. this year i beat novak and rafa is not there any more so novak and rafa is not there any more so it will be interesting. fabio aru has taken the leader's yellow jersey at the tour de france for the first time in his career as frenchman romain bardet took stage 12 of the tour. aru grabbing the jersey from defending champion chris froome who seemed to crack on the brutal final uphill climb finishing seventh as simon brotherton reports. chris froome's hold on the yellow jersey evaporated on the final few hundred metres is they went up the steep pau to peyragudes. free suddenly lacking any finishing kick. 22 seconds behind and with that the yellow jersey was gone. 22 seconds behind and with that the yellowjersey was gone. aru aru now leads. romain bardet romain bardet romain bardet second. golf and they're playing again

in the first round of the us women's open at trump national in newjersey, after a lengthy delay for heavy rain and thunder earlier. feng shanshan of china leads the way after an opening round of 66. she's one shot clear of south korea's amy yang, who's in the clubhouse on 5—under—par. mexico's gaby lopez is also 5—under with 7 holes to play, so she could challenge the lead. lydia ko's in a group of players a further shot back on 4—under. the defending champion brittany lang finished level par after shooting a 72. while the women's pga champion danielle kang has moved bacjk to level par — with three to play. the day so far, though, belongs to feng shanshan. i think everything was great to day. i think everything was great to day. i think out a mean, i think i left some out there for maybe the weekend. i really love the course. i

just had a really good round. it suits my game because it really requires aggressive... especially for the second shot into the greens and that is what i did really well today. i am and that is what i did really well today. iam happy and that is what i did really well today. i am happy about the round. 66, that is my lowest score at the us open and hopefully i can keep that going. meanwhile on the european tour finland's marko ilonen leads after the first round of the scottish open at dundonald. he carded a 7—under—par 65 and leads by two shots from a group of players that includes ian poulter, rickie fowler and padraig harrington. the defending champion is sweden's alexander noren. he's well—placed after the first round. he opened up with a 2—under—par round of 70 — so he's five shots off the lead. but rory mcilroy faces the prospect of missing the cut for a second successive tournament. the world number 4 carded a 2—over—par 74 — thats nine shots off the lead. that's nine shots off the lead.

the former manchester united and england captain wayne rooney has scored his first goal for everton since re—joining the club and what a goal it was too. everton were playing the kenyan side gor mahia in a friendly in tanzania when rooney unleashed this unstoppable shot — his first goal in an everton shirt for 13 years, and it helped his side to a 2—1victory. meanwhile, alexandre lacazette was among the scorers on his debut for arsenal. the french striker, who was signed for a club record $60 million from lyon — sealed a 2—nil victory against sydney fc in the first match of arsenal's tour of australia and china. it is important that he get that off his shoulder because you are expected to score as a striker. what

we look for is to play at a good pace and develop our collect the game and for long periods in the game and for long periods in the game that was quite good, fast. they gave us tough opposition. at the end of the day, my goalkeeper was man of the match tonight. manchester city are close to signing tottenham and england right—back kyle walker. the 27—year—old is expected to undergo a medical and complete the transfer on friday, with the deal worth in excess of 68 million dollars. walker won't now join up with the spurs squad when they return to training on friday but could be in the city party that departs for a pre—season tour to the usa on monday. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye

hello, there. with the weekend fast approaching, please don't make this the last forecast you will see. we'll be fine tuning the detail and we'll have some weather fronts around. it won't be as hot as it has been in spain. on thursday we had record—breaking heat. friday looks just as hot. although then the temperatures may ease a little, the heat will be sustained. the day ahead looks mainly dry and will feel quite warm. sunshine as well. a weather front has made its way southwards at eastwards overnight. tending to fizzle out, but there is initially heavy rain on it. although that means it will be another comfortable night, not as chilly to start this morning as it was yesterday morning. there could still be the odd light passing shower around. you can see those in

the northern isles, for example one or two in the north—west. feeling a little bit fresher here. quite cool in the glens of scotland. good spells of sunshine, as there will be in northern ireland. with lighter winds the temperatures will respond through the day. still quite a breeze. still the odd passing shower in the south, with quite a bit of cloud first thing. it may well be that compared with yesterday we see the best of the sunshine through the afternoon, as the weather system clears out of the way we get the brisk north—westerly coming down behind it. it feels fresher and we have good spells of sunshine coming through most of mainland uk, until later when we have the next weather front knocking on the door of northern ireland and western scotland. feeling warmerfor some in the north, especially compared to yesterday, and it looks set fairfor wimbledon. a lot of cloud initially first thing. but it's the men's semi—final day and we should get a mostly dry day. very unlucky to catch a passing shower here. through the evening and overnight we can see the first pulse of rain coming in.

the steady south—westerly keeps throwing these further wriggles on our weather front, if you like, further enhancements of the rain across the north and west into saturday. with the influence of high pressure in the south we won't have much rain but more cloud and an increasingly humid feel on saturday. many areas have quite a bit of rain initially and it keeps going across western upslopes of scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, brighter skies into the afternoon. feeling warm in the brightness. through saturday evening and overnight the weather front starts to meander southwards and as it does it fizzles out. that means more cloud. to the south we could have really warm sunshine breaking through and a brighter day to the north as well, with just the odd passing blustery showers. again, quite a bit of cloud. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: a trip to france and a hint from donald trump that he might

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