coming up on this programme: the shocks keep coming in the women's draw at wimbledon — now the defending champion goes out in the second round. but straight sets wins for the world number ones simona halep and rafa nadal, sees them safely through. and uruguay continue to sweat over the fitness of star striker edinson cavani, ahead of their world cup quarter final against france. we'll start at wimbeldon, where the upsets keep coming in the women's draw. now last year's champion has gone out of the tournament early on. holly hamilton has more from the all—england club. as the sun set over london, a storm was brewing. ta ken as the sun set over london, a storm was brewing. taken to a decided by an inspired alice in the. indy

ascendancy, the world number 47 continued to push, a break of serve quickly followed by a second. looking to answer is. but she didn't find any, alison calmly taking the match, the defending champion heading home. as seeds continued to fall around her, surely the world number one simona halep wouldn't be the next ago. 3—5 she trailed. but her opponent wouldn't win another game, simona halep taking the next ten. the world number one in the end, cruising through. it definitely was a tough set, she plays really well with rhythm and many slices, it was a bit tough on the. but then i started to feel the game, it was much better. much like rafael nadal, who made quick work of his opponent, the world number one taking the opener 6—4, and despite moments from rele nts opener 6—4, and despite moments from

relents —— of brilliance from the world number 77, rafael nadal always was in control. the spaniard warming up was in control. the spaniard warming up nicely. i have added termination to play with the right intensity all the time. i played a great game to come back, happy for the victory, happy for the way that i played and looking forward to tomorrow and the next round. to set up and enter to control before the rain came to an less tha n control before the rain came to an less than 2a hours later married like a completely different players. is argentinian opponent levelling the match at two sets all. marriage little as one of the favourites for the title in london but on thursday he was totally outplayed. is opponent had an watch —— one and match in wimbledon, now he has won two in four days. in under 2a hours, we'll know who two of the world cup semi—finalists are going to be. the first of friday's quarter—finals is between two former winners, with uruguay playing france.

there's still no official word on whether uruguay will have edinson cavani available, after the striker was injured against portugal. here's our sportsnews correspondent alex capstick. it isa it is a bit like a home game uruguay, they are based here and an easy commute to the stadium and like france, they are in a good place right now, their record is played four, one four, one goal conceded. their coach pulling the strings. in their last match they dealt with cristiano ronaldo, the main threat from france will came from antoine griezmann and kylian mbappe. he was too hot to handle for argentina, his

speed tormented them and it'll be interesting to see how uruguay cope him. uruguay also have a potent attack led by luis suarez, although there remains a serious doubt over there remains a serious doubt over the fitness of edinson cavani although he is training here today. apart from the rest of the group. he scored both goals against portugal before limping off late on in that match. with both sides potentially having an a list strike force it could come down to who has the best defence and so far it is uruguay with the edge in that department. the second quarterfinal on friday is just as tantalising. brazil take on belgium. all eyes will be on neymar — who has had people talking about his play—acting as much as his goals at the tournament. brazil are the favourites to lift the cup for what would be a record sixth time but forward willian knows it won't be easy to get past chelsea teammate thibault courtois in the belgium goal. it is difficult to play a against

him because he is, you know, he is very good and he is tall. but this time we have two do something special to score against him. we know the quality that he has, but i think we have to do all to score against him, that is what we want at this moment. thibault courtois is just one of the reasons why this theme has been labelled the golden generation, but he and his teammates, which include romelu lukaku and teammates, which include romelu lu ka ku and chelsea's teammates, which include romelu lukaku and chelsea's eden hazard will know they will have to improve on their performance againstjapan and roberto martinez‘s site had become a 2—0 down to win and captain

vincent kompa ny is become a 2—0 down to win and captain vincent kompany is expecting a tougher test from brazil. vincent kompany is expecting a tougher test from brazillj vincent kompany is expecting a tougher test from brazil. i would have preferred it to be the final i am being honest about it. we were in the group stages, obviously with england fighting to qualify and everybody was like, it was a big discussion, finished second or third and we knew by finishing first we we re and we knew by finishing first we were definitely go the hardest route, but this has to be our final, it is as simple as this. we would have preferred to play brazil in the final but this is our final now and thatis final but this is our final now and that is it. lose i'll remains undefeated in running. series, harrison. noor lyle

has clocked i9 running. series, harrison. noor lyle has clocked 19 points extra seconds as he won the men's 200 metres, that equalled the world lead time that he set in oregon in may and gave the american his third victory of the year. win number three two four ivory coast and learns 100 metres, she clocked 10.9 seconds to win against a field that included jamaica's double olympic champion. in the men's 110 jamaica's double olympic champion. in the men's110 metres hurdle, sir geisha bank of made up of bin scholar to scoff at in paris for a false start producing the second fastest timing of its career. he won in12.9 fastest timing of its career. he won in 12.9 seconds of. as per the field events, the reigning champion cleared a season ‘s best to win the women's polevault, two other mass athletes matched that height. and christian taylor was also among the winners on thursday, the double

olympic champion lept 17 metres 62 for his second victory of the season. golf — and ryan fox of new zealand is the surprise leader of the irish open at ballyliffin in county donegal. the son of the former all black grant fox shot a 5—under—par 67 on thursday. and he leads by one shot from a group of seven players that includes the 2007 champion padraig harrington. the three—time major winner turned the clock back as he fired in one of the shots of the day on his way to a 68. rory mcilroy — who won the irish open two years ago — is well placed after the first round. he opened up with a 2—under—par 70, so he's three shots off the lead. but it wasn't a good day for the defending champion john rahm. he's 7 shots off the lead after carding a 7k. cricket — and bangladesh are on the brink of an innings

defeat in the 1st test against the west indies in antigua. kraigg brathwaite completed his 7th test century as the home side made 406 in reply to bangladesh's1st innings total of a3. shannon gabriel inflicted further misery with the ball, taking 4 wickets as bangladesh closed day 2 on 66 for 6 in their 2nd innings. they trail by 301 runs, with only 4 wickets remaining. pakistan beat australia in the latest match in zimbabwe, a dress rehearsal for sunday's final, pakistan had first. —— battered. —— batted. australia restricted to 149—7, in reply. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

well, i'm sure you will know what i'm going to say, we're in for a hot and sunny day, no changes to our weather. in fact, the weekend is looking particularly hot across england, temperatures expected to rise. i will say, though, there is a chance of one or two storms across south—eastern parts of the country on friday, or at least a big downpours. we had that on thursday, tunbridge wells with some flash flooding. there's a lot of clear whether across the country now, no widespread cloud rain or anything like that but the heat is so intense that it has been sparking off some showers. this is a picture from thursday from east sussex where we had some downpours and we could see further downpours around sussex in kent

and maybe even greater london a bit later on friday afternoon. in the short—term, early hours of friday look fairly quiet across the uk, no rain out there. temperatures on the muggy side, 17, the starting temperature in london. 13 in newcastle. a bit fresher in rural parts of scotland. as we head through friday morning, into the afternoon, it's basically sunny. a bit of fair weather cloud developing so it may not be clear blue skies but sunny enough and those temperatures will peak at around 30 degrees in london. we had 30 on thursday, we will get that probably on friday. to the north of that, comfortably warm. the low to mid—20s and those showers around kent and sussex at some point in the day. through the weekend, familiar pattern. weather systems away to the north of us, there could be a frontjust about sneaking into wester, north—western parts of scotland later on in the weekend, probably sunday, but still a while away. here's saturday, lots of clear weather around in the morning, lots of sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures will be skyrocketing across the south,

posibly up to 30 or 31. 30 is not of question in the midlands too and in the north of the country, northern ireland and also scotland, temperatures up into the mid—20s as well. come sunday, the heat continues to build across many parts of the uk. notice the cold front, a weak cold front, it means a bit of cloud, some spots of rain, you see the yellow colours so a lot fresher for our friends in the outer hebrides and the western isles, maybe around 16, cool north atlantic air but the heat is very much present across many parts of england and wales. so, hot sunday on the way and beyond that, guess what? there's little change. the heatwave continues throughout much of next week with temperatures expected to remain on the high side. welcome to bbc news world news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my

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