of south islands, parts of south west england, there is the chance of picking up an isolated showers and thunderstorms. added on the breezy cyber parts of england and wales, but the wind will he says the week goes on, and it will be warmer in the west and south. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: 12 boys and their football coach, who have been missing for a week, are found alive in caves in thailand, according to the region's governor. theresa may draws up an alternative solution for the uk's post—brexit customs arrangements with the eu, as she attempts to resolve cabinet splits on brexit. we have put forward proposals and

will continue to put forward proposals. we are committed to the avoidance of a hardboard between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, and between northern ireland, and between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. firefighters warn it could take weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. limit your water use orface a hosepipe ban — the warning to households in north—west england. rural transport is in crisis — as council funding for bus services is cut by almost half, according to campaigners. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have more on the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their coach from caves in thailand. and later this evening, we'll be discussing tomorrow's front pages on the papers. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm holly hamilton,

live at the first day of wimbledon, this is sportsday and these are our headlines. she's back — serena williams returns to wimbledon for the first time since having a baby, vying for her eighth title. reigning champion roger federer eases through on centre court in his bid for a record ninth wimbledon title. and i'm olly foster, live in in moscow at the world cup. order has been restored. they weren't at their brazilliant best, but they're getting better and they were too good for mexico, neymar was the difference in samara. england have arrived here in moscow, ahead of tomorrow's game with columbia and their mindset remains the same. i want the players to continue

to attack the tournament as we have. that shouldn't change in the knockout phase, if anything we should feel freer. hello, and welcome to the 5an wimbledon championships — basking in sunshine here since play began at half 11 this morning. queues of people all prepared to stand in these temperatures to see these heroes. but people didn't come for the weather. earlier we saw roger federer kickstart his campaign to defend his title but everyone here is talking about one thing. the return of serena williams — her first time back at wimbbledon since giving birth. she's been a champion here seven times before,

a place she has descibed as being like her home. she faced arantcha russ in the opening round and james burfford watched action. several things you get used to seeing at wimbledon, cheese, strawberries and cream and serena williams walking out on court. it seemed like she had never been away. pace, power, passing her opponents. ara ntcha pace, power, passing her opponents. arantcha russ pace, power, passing her opponents. ara ntcha russ on pace, power, passing her opponents. arantcha russ on the other side of the court made her work for it. they both had to battle windy conditions but serena remains unflappable. tha nkfully but serena remains unflappable. thankfully it was only a small scare. before long williams' passage to the next round was secure. it's a

great feeling. it's been two years since i last played on grass so it's good, it's definitely different so i'm trying to find my bearings. the seven time champion is seeded 25th for this year's championships. how farcan she go? great to see her back in action. so serena through to the second round. but fans here weren'tjust queuing for hours for serena. those lucky enough to get tickets to centre court, what a treat — roger federer taking on dusan lajovic in the first round. federer‘s 20th consecutive year here at wimbledon and an eight—time champion. drew savage was watching the reigning champion. it feels like you're walking out for the finals because the excitement of

the finals because the excitement of the fans is always there and there is pressure. i feel so the fans is always there and there is pressure. ifeel so privileged to be out there. and most of centre court felt the same way about watching federer begin his quest for title number nine, against the man who'd tested him in the second round last year. different this time for dusan lajovic — federer was a set up after just 20 minutes. absolutely gorgeous. if they'd come to see some vintage federer, the 37—year—old wasn't about to let them down. another example of roger federer having fun. and so were they. lajovic wasn't. two sets down and the defending champion had hardly broken sweat. important, of course, to conserve energy in the heat. federer wasn't in the kind of mood to hang around. he's in masterful form. this could be over in an hour and 20 minutes. having missed out the clay court season seemed like a good decision. what a touch. his fans clearly pleased to see him back in the game.

there was a freshness to federer. victory wrapped up in an hour and 19 minutes. he said he felt at home out on centre court. surely that's something of an understatement. a lot of fans very happy that he is through and i am joined by former british number one sam smith. watching roger federer in action, he is definitely the fans' choice but incredible to see him in action. he makes it look so easy and it's not, his been here a week since his last tournament so he has had plenty of practice time and especially on centre court, i don't think anyone has played on that court more than roger in the last 20 years. an ideal

opponent to get under way and conserving energy, he wants to rule through this first week because it will be a tough second week. everybody wants to see him go through to the finals. ten years ago that incredible final with rafa nadal, wouldn't be amazing if we could have that again? they are the top two seeds, everyone is already talking about it but it's only day one, calm down, so many things will happen! i'm so excited, i can't wait! keep your powder dry. plenty of other players will like that up. on his route to the final, is there anyone there who could stop him? tell me about that route because there are a lot of great players. tell me about that route because there are a lot of great playerslj

think there are a lot of great players.” think this will be an especially good tournament and notjust federer, serena williams the route to the second round, a few moments when we were worried but to see her backis when we were worried but to see her back is fantastic. it's over a month since she pulled out of the third round of the french open, so she had to rest for a couple of weeks without pectoral muscle, and then she had to practice and she hasn't played wimbledon for a couple of yea rs, played wimbledon for a couple of years, so played wimbledon for a couple of years, so there has been a lot going on and even if she was in prime form, she would still be nervous. it's only roger who isn't nervous in opening rounds at all that top players are very uptight and serena would be. the most important thing was that she got the juices flowing and got through it. but tricky opponent and she hasn't played on this court for a long time so it was

re—familiarising herself with wimbledon and centre court. and someone wimbledon and centre court. and someone that funds are here to see, there is a lot of pressure but there was c0 ntrove i’sy there is a lot of pressure but there was controversy about her seeding.” think the wimbledon committee got it right. i'm nota think the wimbledon committee got it right. i'm not a great fan of making a special rule for a player on the hoof but they were fortunate because they dusted off a few rule books and found a clause which allowed them to create a balanced drawer, which gave them the capacity to seed serena in these sort of exceptional cases and where they put as 25th seed, she is just one below maria sharapova, they we re just one below maria sharapova, they were not going to upset the top players, but i would say the majority of top players were pulling for serena to be seeded and she's not my favourite here but for many she is the favourite to win. who is

your favourite? at the moment petra kvitova, i get it wrong but at the moment i would say petro. we have to talk about andy murray, no andy murray year. just not quite ready for the strains of a grand slam, he says he pulled out with a heavy heart, and speaking this morning, judy murray confirmed he is thinking about his long—term fitness. judy murray confirmed he is thinking about his long-term fitness. playing best—of—3 sets is different from playing best of five and you wouldn't want to put yourself in a situation where you couldn't com plete situation where you couldn't complete the match or maybe want your first match and couldn't com plete your first match and couldn't complete the second, and because he has been out of the game for ii months, you don't know how your body will react, not just months, you don't know how your body will react, notjust during the match but the day after, so after playing into events and then

practising for a number of days, he felt he wasn't ready for five sets yet. sam, andy murray not being here isa yet. sam, andy murray not being here is a huge loss to the tournament but fa ns is a huge loss to the tournament but fans seem to be understanding because we saw this coming. we had them back for a couple of weeks at queens and eastbourne, he has been through a lot to get back here but the staff we don't see, are as in the staff we don't see, are as in the gym, ours on the physio coach, he had a big setback for he had to stop completely for six weeks and you don't want andy to push it, this was ahead over heart decision because of course he wants to play and everyone wants to see him but he cannot cope with too many setbacks and he wants to play at least another two or three years and we saw him last year going to

tournament is not fully fit and then having to pull out and i think he has learnt that he cannot come back and compete at the highest level until he is 100% fit or as close as he will get, and that has to be where the bar is set for him, i would rather have offset andy later in the year than see him play here and not finish a match.” in the year than see him play here and not finish a match. i think a lot of people would agree with you. i know you have to rush off.” haven't even had time to put my nail polish on! thank you forjoining us. a p pa re ntly polish on! thank you forjoining us. apparently there is some sort of tournament going on in russia. olly foster is in red square.

i hope it's as nice as it is here in wimbledon. we have waved goodbye to germany and spain, former world champions checking out early, today it was brazil and their first knockout match. they were playing in samarra and for the seven world cup ina row samarra and for the seven world cup in a row they have reached the last eight, for the seven world cup, mexico have gone out at this stage, the round of 16. this has been a world cup shocks. brazil needed neymar to be at his best. mexico passed eduardo alvarez with keeping him quiet but it was an unenviable task. it seemed a matter

of time before neymar would make a breakthrough and five minutes into the second half he showed quite paris st germain broke a world transport record, with this goal. that let the touch paper in this match. brazil went close several times and mexico finally hit the target but it was neymar at the centre of things. this went unpunished but this didn't. brazil's talisman has come good just when they need him, setting up roberto firmino to secure the victory, but if they are to win this tournament, they might have to wrap him up in cotton will. john bennett was the game at the samara arena and joins us now — evening, john, do you sense brazil are just

changing up through the gears and they stepped it up again mexico? yes, with every game they are getting better. they started with a disappointing draw against switzerland at dent it was costa rica, they were excellent in patches against serbia and today i was impressed, neymar was in excellent form despite some of his antics, rolling around and diving, but i like how solid they are. you have the impressive back for lead by diego silver miranda, and then in front of them real madrid's casemiro, who i think is having a good cup world but he is suspended for the next game. fernandinho will come in in the next game in the quarterfinal, what a replacement that is. not a bad replacement, a

pretty strong brazil bench. their next match will be against either belgium orjapan. they kick off in a few minutes in rostov. talking about how tough that draw is, france or uruguay in a possible semifinal, how did they view being on that side of the draw? i don't think they mind who they play, there is a strong unity in this brazil team which sometimes we haven't seen a previous world cups. when they scored the second goal, roberto firmino, the coach ran all the way to the players and celebrated with them and the substitutes. a very strong bond, they don't fear anyone especially because neymar is finding form. when neymar is good, brazil is good and

every game, they are getting better. philip coutinho looked a bit tired after starring in the group stage but today i think we are seeing the best of neymar as he returns to full fitness following his injury. so brazil through. they will face the winner of tonights game between belgium and japan. kick off in the next ten or ii minutes. ten changes for the belgian speakers they put out that second string against england, getting that win. vincent kompany will be there alongside younger convent —— janner common. they tough out that i—0 defeat to the polls, theyjust played kickball for two minutes

because they won— zero defeat would because they won— zero defeat would be enough for them but the belgians could overpower the japanese who haven't looked especially good and fortu nate to haven't looked especially good and fortunate to get into the last 16. england have to wait to get into the last match, they are in the spartak stadium at the north—west of the city. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been with the england team this afternoon. all these matches in the last 48 hours, brazil this afternoon, england must be raring to go. especially after spain and what happened against russia yesterday, they watched spain go out, portugal,

germany, argentina, and must think this could be their time, but gareth southgate was asked several times about whether he has allowed himself to drink and several times he a nswered to drink and several times he answered that there is no way they are thinking beyond this game, they are thinking beyond this game, they arejust thinking are thinking beyond this game, they are just thinking about colombia, who wore a strong team and they have to afford them some respect but that hasn't stopped fans beginning to dream because of the way the draw has opened up and how england played against panama, a swagger that we haven't seen for a long time. gareth southgate says he is hopeful his tea m southgate says he is hopeful his team will play with the kind of freedom they had against panama and not be restricted by the failures of teams in the past. we have to concentrate on our football, playing in the style we have through the tournament, with the same mentality and making sure we show the resilience that is required but also play with the freedom we have played

with up to this point, and i want the players to continue to attack the tournament as we have. that shouldn't change in the knockout phase, if anything we should feel freer. i've spoken to both sets of fans and both believe they will win this game so both believe they will win this game so that tells you it's 50—15. if you look at columbia's team, falcao, cuadrado, and jerry mina, who plays for barcelona and scored two of their goals already. the last time england played colombia in the world cup was also the first time they faced them, in 1998, and it was goals from darren anderson and david beckham that got that win, so a

golden opportunity to reach the quarters. let's see what england's class of 2018 can write in world cup history. let's head back to the all—england club, holly hamilton there on the first day of the wimbledon championships. yes, day one, it's hard to believe we have had so much action that there is plenty more tennis going on. we talked about serena williams and roger federer but let's have a quick look at the rest of today's sports stories. chris froome's anti—doping case has been dropped by cycling's governing body, the uci. he'd been under investigation since september, when a doping test found twice the allowed level of a legal asthma drug in his sample.

he begins the defence of his tour de france title on saturday. froome says he never doubted he'd be cleared. i have always known from the outset that there is no way i broke any rules can i knew that from the beginning but i think that's why this whole process was meant to have been confidential, in orderfor us to establish the facts first and then for the uci and experts on this topic to be able to give a ruling andi topic to be able to give a ruling and i think with the information being leaked, it made it very challenging because there was information that was incorrect that was being circulated and i wasn't able to put my side of events across, so able to put my side of events across, so it was a very trying nine months but i'm so glad now that is behind us. triple world champion elise christie says she is "gutted"

after short—track speed skating was one of four winter sports to lose funding for the beijing 2022 olympic and paralympic cycle. christie will, however, receive uk sport investment through a medal support plan, despite not winning a medal at the pyeongchang olympics. bobsleigh, figure skating, and wheelchair curling are the other three sports to be "tra nsitioned off funding". it is difficult when a sport is so dependent on public funding and that's why we are being sensitive in terms of the transition out of funding but it is a policy that has been successful in terms of growing the medal success of british court, olympic and paralympic sport to inspire the nation. and after the disappointment of an early exit from the world cup with egypt, mo salah as signed a new contract with liverpool. the premier league top scored a new five—year contract with the champions league finalist.

plenty more tennis here today. as we heard earlier, roger federer eased through to the next round and serena williams made her return in emphatic fashion with a first win over aranxa rus. there was plenty more action here today — claire thornton was watching. us champion sloane stephens became the biggest casualty so far of the singles. she was beaten by croatia's donna vekic. the fourth—seeded american, who also reached last month's french open final, looked out of sorts. she won just four games as the world number 55 triumphed in straight sets. no such problems for caroline wozniacki. on a high after winning at eastbourne, the second seed only lost three games in a straight sets win over varvara lepchenko, the world number 97. last year's beaten men's finalist, marin cilic wasted no time in reaching the second round.

what an absolute peach from marin cilic. he enjoyed a comfortable straight—set win over japan's yoshihito nishioka. cilic, who's the third seed, breezed through 6—1, 6—4, 6—4. the queen's club winner served 21 aces as he won in just one hour 45 minutes. and unfortunately it's bad news for britain's liam broady — who's out at the first—round stage — losing in straight sets to the big—serving canadian, milos raonic. 7—5, 6—0, 6—1 on court number one. raonic is the 13th seed and was always going to be a difficult opponent for the british number four. hard to believe it's all finished on day one here at wimbledon but plenty still to come, two weeks to go, as sam smith stared we still have no

clue where it will go but we still have more action to come in moscow. plenty to come on the world cup but from sportsday at wimbledon, you can follow the action on line but from eve ryo ne follow the action on line but from everyone here at wimbledon it's goodbye for now. whether changes are looking slow and su btle whether changes are looking slow and subtle this week. most places stay dry with plenty of sunshine and very warm, not quite as warm tan nighters last night, most notably across the southern part of the uk, temperatures are a little lower than on sunday night. some cloud into north—east scotland and england so some of us here may start tomorrow a bit rusty. we will get more cloud

across scotland tomorrow than today and some low cloud will linger towards north sea coasts with a breeze that will keep it cooler here than elsewhere and for the channel islands and south—west england, the chance of an ice didn't shower or thunderstorm. on the breezy side for england and wales and it will be warmer in the west and south compared to a long that east coast. you're watching beyond 100 days. the global tide of populism sweeps up mexico in a landslide election. in a now familiar pattern, voters dealt a stunning blow to the country s established political parties. this is the new president — he is left—wing, in favor of redistribution and against donald trump. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on

building an open or closed the ticket —— dictatorship. the changes will be profound. the changes will be profound. andres manuel lopez obrador won because mexicans are fed up with violence and corruption. and they don t like losing in the world cup either.