and south korea's in—kyung kim is the defending champion as the women's british open gets underway in the coming hours. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket, and india have the upper hand after the opening day of the first test against england at edgbaston. the home side were 216—3 at one stage, but slumped to 285—9 at stumps. ravi ashwin took four wickets for india, leaving the match delicately poised heading into day two. patrick gearey reports. england fans will feel they have seen this a few times before over the course of england's 1000 test matches. the the course of england's1000 test matches. the position of strength turned into a position of weakness because of a clutter of late wickets. it started well for the home side, it always seems to. they w011 home side, it always seems to. they won the toss and decided to bat and although they lost alastair cook early thanks to a delivery from ravi ashwin, they didn't lose any more

wickets before lunch. although jennings and malan went after the interval, ba i rstow jennings and malan went after the interval, bairstow batted england into a position of strength. the england captain and best over the past 50 and it seemed inevitable they would both get their centuries. but ina they would both get their centuries. but in a moment which change the course of the day and will perhaps change the course of the test, root run out by virat kohli, a superb piece of fear field in which triggered that collapse. jos buttler went, ben stokes went to a shot which was pretty it makes people against the spinner and the tail collapsed after that. england finish on 285—9, not the position they wa nted on 285—9, not the position they wanted to be in, not the position they feel they should have been in given where they were in the afternoon. as for india, they will be delighted. this is a real test of whether they can win in these conditions, whether they can show the patience and discipline to do so, and it has been an excellent start. elsewhere, south africa beat sri lanka by four wickets in the second 0ne—day international in dambulla. sri lanka batted first after winning the toss. and their captain, angelo mathews,

top—scored with 79 not—out, as the home side made 244—8 from their 50 overs. in reply, quinton de kock laid the foundations for south africa's victory. he shared an opening stand of 91 with hashim amla, and went on to score 87 off 78 balls. willem mulder hit the winning runs, as the tourists reached their target with more than seven overs to spare, to take a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. the third one—dayer is on sunday. on to football, and in the international champions cup, arsenal beat chelsea on wednesday in a london derby that was played in dublin. they needed penalties to do it, after the match finished 1—1. chelsea took the lead after only five minutes, when a corner from cesc fabregas was headed home by german defender antonio rudiger. chelsea were 20 seconds from victory when alexandre lacazette prodded home an equaliser for arsenal from close range in the third minute of stoppage—time. in the penalty shootout that followed, ruben loftus—cheek was the first player to miss. that was in sudden death, with the scores leval at 5—5. alex iwobi scored the goal that won it for the gunners in their final match of the competition.

in the night's other match, benfica played lyon in the algarve, and goals from marcelo and bertrand traore helped the french side into a 2—0 lead at half—time. benfica fought back after the break and scored twice in a five—minute spell. it was an own—goal from marcelo which made it 2—2, withjust over an hour gone. but lyon rallied again, and martin terrier won it for the french team with seven minutes to go. 3—2 the final score. elsewhere, there were several games played in the european champions league on wednesday, with three former winners making it through to the third qualifying round. klaas—jan huntelaar scored twice for ajax, as they beat sturm graz 3—1 on the night and 5—1 overall. red star belgrade won 2—0 in luthuania, for a 5—0 aggregate victory over suduva. and celtic drew 0—0 at rosenborg, to go through 3—1 on aggregate.

tonight was a great demonstration that you can't always play perfect football, and especially in europe, and we are under pressure. and there are questions asked about your resilience, and i thought we stood up resilience, and i thought we stood up to that very well. so it was a clea n up to that very well. so it was a clean sheet, and that is always good to do, especially in europe, away from home. we won the game, won the tie last week, with a great attacking performance, and defended it well. and denied it was probably more aboutjust being solid and keeping a clean sheet. at the women's hockey world cup in london, spain and australia are the first teams through to the semi—finals. spain were 1—0 winners against germany, as carmen cano scored the only goal of the game. and her side will play the winners of thursday's match between ireland and india in the semis, while australia beat argentina in a penalty shootout, and will face either the host nation, england, orthe defending champions, the netherlands, in the semis. so, as we've seen, the remaining two

quarter—finals take place on thursday, with ireland up against india, who they beat in the group stage, while the hosts, england, take on defending champions, the netherlands. and, despite having to come through a play—off to get to this stage, the england coach is happy with where his team is. i think we've actually played well through the tournament, so i am carrying a lot of confidence. we respect the dutch, they are number one for a reason, but, you know, thatis one for a reason, but, you know, that is just paper. so we have to go out and do the business. it is about 60 minutes on the pitch, not all of the time before. so you have the attitude, right, see what you've got and take it on. and if you have that attitude you will be surprised that you can achieve. yes, it brings a unique challenge when you have the talented mr ripley a team, you know, less than a week later. and i am sure they will have done their homework on us, but it will be no different in reparation. we have reviewed our preparation, and all of out reviewed our preparation, and all of our matches, and there are key

learning points going forward, you can always improve and we will look to bring the same intensity and the same enjoyment. if you told us before the tournament started that we we re before the tournament started that we were going to get to a quarterfinal we would have bitten your hand off, and we would have taken it. but now we are here, we're going to get to the semi—final, and we are so. “ so going to get to the semi—final, and we are so. -- so excited. the inaugural multi—sport european championships get underway in glasgow on thursday, with some of the world's biggest sports stars in action during the 11—day competition. the event is split between two cities, with berlin hosting the track and field athletics, and all of the other events taking place in scotland. from glasgow, nick hope reports. this is the biggest sporting event to hit glasgow since the 2014 commonwealth games, and these european championships do have a lot of similarities. as a multisport event, almost a mini 0lympics. and there are similar events like this elsewhere in the world, with the pan america and pan pacific games, for example. now europe wants a piece of the action. multisport, it's almost like a the action. multisport, it's almost likea mini the action. multisport, it's almost like a mini 0lympics. commonwealth games is exactly the same,

europeans, the first of its kind. so it will be great to obviously race european stage with all the other sports as well. it kind of brings all the media attention into one place, and it kind of brings almost a team ethos together, as well. so normally we would go into a race and 90, normally we would go into a race and go, yes, it isjust europeans. now it is european but it has more behind it, more kind of prestige behind it, more kind of prestige behind it, more kind of prestige behind it, which obviously everyone wa nts to behind it, which obviously everyone wants to raise for it. now, the reason the sports have been brought together is to try and create a bit ofa together is to try and create a bit of a buzz and excitement around european competition, and also to reduce cost. because it is incredibly expensive for the individual federations to run their own individual championships. now, some of you may remember that back in 2015 there was a european games, a very similar concept bringing sports together, that happened in baku in azerbaijan, it is effectively a rival competition. these european championships in glasgow and also berlin have a bigger buy in from some of the biggest sports, athletics, cycling and swimming. they hope to host

another champ in chips in 2022, but before we can think about anything like that, this event needs to be a success “— like that, this event needs to be a success —— championships. the finals of the first of 128 medal events will begin on friday. the best women's golfers in the world are at royal lytham and st anne's this week for the fourth major of the year, the 42nd women's british open. the event boasts the most international field of the year in women's golf, and it is south korea's in—kyung kim who starts thursday's first round as the defending champion. ariya ju—tanu—garn, who is looking to make it back—to—back majors having won the us open, is also looking to make it consecutive wins on the lpga tour after winning last week's scottish open, and comes into the event as world number one. andy murray is through to the third

round of the open and will face a romanian opponent in the last 16. number four seed elise mertens of belgium beat usa's ashley kratzer in straight sets, 6—2, 6—0, to reach the quarter—finals at the silicon valley classic in san jose. the 22—year—old needed just over an hour to defeat the qualifier and was always in control of the match against the world number 251, who managed to score just six points in the second set. mertens will face either great britain'sjohanna konta or sofia kenin of the united states for a place in the semi—finals. that is about all we have got time for. 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. hello there.

temperatures over the last few days have been topping out around the middle 20s celsius. warm enough, you might think, but for some over the next two days, we'll have values into the mid—30s. increasingly warm and humid through the day ahead. some sunshine, but also a fair amount of cloud in places, because as you can see from the earlier satellite picture, we've got this pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way in across british isles, and western areas particularly, where you're exposed to that moist south—westerly flow, seeing a lot of cloud to start off thursday. some rather misty, murky conditions for some coasts and hills. a bit drizzly in places, the odd shower here and there. but, for north—east scotland and certainly for a good part of england and the south—east of wales, we start the day with some sunshine, and these areas will keep sunshine through the day. and, in some other spots, the cloud will tend to break up. the most favoured spots for sunny skies, though, in shelter to the north—east of higher ground, so the north—east

of scotland doing quite nicely for sunshine. 24 degrees there in aberdeen, but with some extra cloud in glasgow more like 21, and we could well see some showery rain just drifting across northern ireland. some extra cloud into coastal parts of england and wales, certainly in the west. but further east, more in the way of sunshine, and those temperatures in london up to 29, maybe somewhere in the south—east getting up to 30 degrees. now, as we go through thursday night, still quite a humid feel. still a lot of cloud, as well, ploughing its way in from the south—west. some outbreaks of showery rain starting to develop across parts of northern england and southern scotland as the night wears on, and the temperatures not dropping far at all, 15—18 degrees in many places. so starting friday on a muggy note for most places. what we have is this cold frontjust trying to drift its way southwards. not a lot of progress, though, and along the front, a little bit of rain. but what the front mainly does is it divides northern areas, where there'll be some relatively cool air, from southern areas, where we'll be tapping into this increasingly hot air from the near continent. so quite a split in temperatures emerging as we go through friday. here's our frontal system only very

slowly moving southwards. rain particularly across northern england, much of it light and patchy, the odd heavy burst. to the north, across scotland and northern ireland, a mixture of sunshine and showers, and temperatures around the low 20s. down towards the south—east, lots of sunshine, and temperatures up to 32 or 33 degrees. and we keep that split in fortunes as we go through the weekend. low 20s likely in northern and western areas, with a fair amount of cloud. bit of rain at times, but not all the time. further south and east holding onto lots of sunshine. 30 degrees on saturday, maybe a little bit cooler on sunday, but not by much. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: deadly gunfire from soldiers in zimbabwe as opposition supporters protest, claiming monday's elections were rigged. it has changed dramatically the atmosphere in the last 24 hours — really volatile now. we've had tear gas

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