i think it's dangerous territory, for me, if i start to get carried away with things. lam aslam. the key here is to do as good a job as we can. but southgate does acknowledge the effect his young team's success is having back home. football — sport — but football, in particular, can really bring connection for a country, and it feels, from what we're being told, and the little bits that we're seeing, that that is the case, so i'm delighted that we're exciting people. southgate‘s emphasis has always been on the collective, but as his players prepare for the game of their lives against sweden on saturday, his leadership has emerged as critical to england's success. dan roan, bbc news, repino. tennis now, and britain's number one, johanna konta — last year's semi—finalist — crashed out of wimbledon this afternoon, meaning kyle edmund is the only british player left in the singles tournament. joe wilson has been watching all the action at sw19. semifinal one summer, out in the second round the next. jo konta knows wimbledon‘s

highs and lows. on centre court today, she was floored. she was swatted. dominika cibulkova of slovakia bossed this match. as konta conceded, the british number one couldn't really get going, and in straight sets she was gone. katie boulter did herselfjustice against the world number 18, but naomi osaka beat her in straight sets. goodbye to her, too. kyle edmund — it's over to you. well, relax. edmund — at the bottom of the screen — largely controlled bradley klahn, forcing the american into mistakes. edmund is seeded 21, and by the end of his straight sets win centre court was believing in him. reserved by nature, edmund is now the centre of attention. if you're a british player at wimbledon, you sense that expectation. itjust grows around you. whether it inspires or intimidates, there's no escaping it. and edmund's next opponent?

the three—time champion, novak djokovic. it's notjust about the world cup on saturday, you know. joe wilson, bbc news, at wimbledon. that's it from us. newsnight‘s starting over on bbc two. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm tim hague, coming up tonight: it's a round two k0 for konta — no semi—final for the briton this year. kyle edmund had his opponent on the ropes in the men's draw though — he's booked his place in round 3. and gareth southgate‘s in fighting mode too — as england get set for their world cup quarter—final. we might not have this opportunity

again, so we got to make the most of the opportunity in terms of being as prepared as we can be. good evening to you, thanks forjoining us. lets start at wimbledon where the british number one jo konta has been knocked out of the championships by slovakia's dominika cibulkova. the player who was due to be seeded, but was bumped out in place of serena williams. perhaps she made her point today, by winning in straight sets on centre court against a home favourite, as ben croucher reports. spare a thought for dominika cibulkova, it cannot be easy to lose your seating. spare a thought for johanna konta, can't it cannot be easy facing an opponent is good, this early. playing like this could

be ill afford it. she reached the semifinals last year but has won just twice at a slam since. the lucky and look more at home, centre court subdued by cibulkova. so it was with a mix of delight and relief that the british number one roused them ina that the british number one roused them in a second set, but with every winter flowing from her racket cibulkova fired back more. wow, does getting better and better. for the. they kept on flowing, she got married women's final stage two yea rs married women's final stage two years ago on this evidence a new love of where —— love affair. years ago on this evidence a new love of where -- love affair. it is what it is, and i'mjust love of where -- love affair. it is what it is, and i'm just focusing my tennis. this is how it looks when i'm playing good, so i'm just really focusing on myself and to do well and the right thing and that is. as britain's last hope in the women's boutjobs britain's last hope in the women's bout jobs out there britain's last hope in the women's boutjobs out there about perla —— whoever has to face cibulkova in this form next. —— spare a thought for whoever has to face cibulkova in

this form next. there was better success for britain's kyle edmund though — he beat the world number 168 bradley klahn of the united states in straight sets. he will now face novak djockvic in the 3rd round. adam wild watched this one. being the last brit standing is for kyle edmund becoming a familiar feeling. such pressure could be a lower place, but on wimbledon‘s centre court he is amongst friends. still, there was at least one trying not to make them feel too at home. but for bradley, the american qualifier, that would prove a struggle. kyle edmund with the early break and in the first set that is all it would take. the second, well, probably did find from somewhere a little extra skip in his step. it helped him take kyle edmund towards a tie—break. for both, time to rethink, for others perhaps a moment to refuel. well, whatever it was, the british number one moved up a gear, now forcing the errors, winning that tie—break without dropping a single point. and from

there there would be only one winner. kyle edmund dominating and rarely troubled. this is the first time he threw to the third round. straight sets, no problems. of course, that comes with winning, success course, that comes with winning, success is a guest excitement from people, anticipation. that is all pa rt of people, anticipation. that is all part of it, like i said. the better you do, that is the way it's going to go, so that is... ijust do the best i can do every match. he may be the last brit left in the singles draw, he's getting used to that. he has now again plenty of other bridge behind him. adam wilde, bbc news. kyle edmund playing well. there was no success for britain's katie boulter today, she's out, as is the reigning champion garbine muguruza. so many seeds have fallen in these first four 4 days. and the 2017 winner is the latest. belgian world number 47 alison van uytvanck beat the third seed 5—7 6—2 6—1.

muguruza becomes the sixth top—eight women's seed to exit wimbledon inside the first two rounds! but the world number one and top seed, simona halep, is through. she didn't have it all her own way in the first set against china's zheng saisai, but the french open champion won 7—5, 6—0 to go into round three. rafa nadal will also be playing into the weekend, he had an up and down day against kazakhstan‘s mikhail kukushkin, but still won in straight sets. but marin cilic is out. he lost to guido pella in 5 sets. last year's finalist was 2 sets up when rain stopped play last night but he was unable to capitalise on that advantage. away from wimbledon, and it's nowjust over a0 hours until england take on sweden in samara for a place in the world cup semi—finals. england haven't reached the last

four since italia 90, 28 years ago, and their manager was in realistic mood when he spoke to our sports editor dan roan a little earlier on today. well, i have been involved in football for 30 years, so you have to enjoy the good moments, but also you know that you know, i'm a long way from perfect. there's plenty of m ista kes way from perfect. there's plenty of mistakes that we have made while we have been here, and we will make moving forward. so, i think it is dangerous territory for me if we start to get carried away with things. i am as i am, and the key here is to do as good a job as we can and i'm proud of the way the tea m can and i'm proud of the way the team have played, but we are being successful because we are a team. we are being successful because we've got a really good group of players who are hungry, who are taking ideas on board and a fantastic support tea m

on board and a fantastic support team of staff who are performing at a really high level, and everybody is together and that's giving us a chance to make progress, which is what we have done. you are two wins away from the biggest states that football can offer, the world cup final is now the time to change your message to them and say it is on? use that as a motivation as opposed to being afraid of that almost? well, we are not afraid of that. i think now would be a dangerous time to change what we have been doing and what's been working, and we have huge respect for sweden. they are a tea m huge respect for sweden. they are a team that i think in the past have been underestimated, and we will not make that mistake. our players come from the same background as their players, our players have been through the ranks at the likes of gnome team, bradley, bolton, blackburn, so we should not be carried away with ourselves being any better than sweden. they are older, more experienced, have a better tournament record, so we have a huge hurdle if we want to get to a

semifinal, equally it's a great opportunity for us and although our tea m opportunity for us and although our team will be individually better in two years, and with more like experiences, maybe the cards on injuries and things don't fall as kindly as they have this time and we might not have this opportunity again. so, we've got to make the most of the opportunity in terms of being as prepared as we can be. well that game is on saturday, but what a line up we have tomorrow. brazil's bid for a record extending sixth world cup title could be ended by belgium. the pair meet in kazan — and just what can this "golden generation" of belgian players do to upset brazil? the likes of romelu lukaku and eden hazard will certainly be hoping to perform better than in their last 16 tie ageing—garage} but the first quarter—final takes place tomorrow at 3pm. it's a cracker, france against uruguay, and all eyes will be

on one young player — a certain forward from paris st germain... not neymar, but kylian mbappe! his two goals and brilliant performance against argentina in the last round left many asking if he's the natural heir to ronaldo and messi. ashley—john baptiste is in russia for us. we are at france's training camp in the moscow region. you'll be able to see the french squad currently training ahead of friday's game where they play uruguay. in the mix of the players you be able to spot kylian mbappe—lottin two at such a young age has already made a remarkable impression at this world cup. we want to meet some fans in moscow to see what they make of the young rising star. i think mbappe is a future legend of football, because he's very young.|j

hope he just like messi worrall naldo, that he stays focused and does not go off because that can potentially make him lose it —— messi or run although. i hope he grows big like they are you does that she's on the right path —— cristiano ronaldo. he has the potential to be the new pele. you think you that good at messi or cristiano ronaldo? yes. and he's only 19 years old that he can continue growing and becoming even better than that. do you think mbappe could ever be as good as messi? may be better than messi, i think no. if he keeps going like this with the speed that he had and if he keeps playing well against the defence then at some point you'll be than cristiano ronaldo. as he will be better. — —

than cristiano ronaldo. as he will be better. —— he will be better. that's all from sportsday with me tim hague. coming up in a moment, the papers. thank you very much for watching, bye— bye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are baroness ros altmann, the former pensions minister, and the writer and broadcaster, mihir bose. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the financial times which carries a warning from the german foreign minister — who says that brussels is putting lives at risk with its dogmatic approach to a brexit security deal. "we must do our brexit duty." ahead of talks at chequers tomorrow

— the express reports that the prime minister tonight told her cabinet to back her latest brexit blueprint. theresa may and angela merkel take centre stage on front of the telegraph which says brexiteers are horrified as the prime minister finally reveals her hand ahead of tomorrow crunch talks. speculation in the metro who say the couple poisoned in wiltshire could have become contaminated after picking up cigarette ends off the street. that race to find the source of the novichok nerve agent covers