in sport today. see you soon. team in sport today. see you soon. goodbye. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme — time to play the waiting game, as tiger woods looks set be named as a captain's pick for next month's ryder cup against europe. former world number one andy murray is knocked out in the opening round of the cincinnati masters by luca pouille. and he's won a world cup and two european championships, but david silva is calling it a day with spain. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with golfing news. the ryder cup between europe and the usa takes place next month in paris. eight players have already qualified for the 12—man american team with captainjim furyk set to name four wildcard picks in early september. tiger woods isn't among those automatic picks but given his second

place finish at the us pga championship on sunday the calls for him to be involved are growing as patrick gearey reports. never turn your back on a tiger. good advice in nature and in sport. this was the tiger woods the world in new and cast out, not a flashback but a comeback. second at the pj chep in ship yesterday. get once america's ryder cup ace, now he will need a wildcard to be involved, but he is ona need a wildcard to be involved, but he is on a running flush. what is important is how well he has played. sixth place at the open championship, a second place at the pga. i think the word he used was trending. i realise he is a story, i is that i realise he playing well andi is that i realise he playing well and i look forward to that. he is featured in seven ryder cup's. since playing in 2012, scandals, injuries and technical issues have meant he has gone out of clean picture. no,

you are a vice captain, you are not playing! two years ago he was on the sidelines as part of the support staff. that was the plan for this year might instead he could be on the tin, despite it all. it has been really ha rd. the tin, despite it all. it has been really hard. it is a lot harder than people think. i am just really pleased at what i have done so far and now, to be part of the ryder cup conversation going from where i have come from till now from last year has been pretty cool. the states are not short of stars, while the europeans want the last major is, the americans have won eight. brooks kept out was one of them, a success that has landed him second in the world. so is patrick reed. so what could stop them? well maybe the fact that it could stop them? well maybe the fact thatitis could stop them? well maybe the fact that it is in front. europeans know this golf course very well, it is a great golf course, lots of

experience around it. they will set it up ina experience around it. they will set it up in a way that they think will favour their team and they have the home crowd. when you look at these matches, it has been very lopsided in the last 20— 30 years to the home side. by this measure, the team has gotten better since their victory in 2016, do they need tiger woods? a be not. do they want him? that is different. —— maybe not. regardless of who furyk picks to make up his ryder cup team, tiger woods return to the top end of major leaderboards has energised the sport. 0ur golf correspondent iain carter thinks his addition to the usa team would give them a huge advantage. i think that his name is already inked in there. we were at the announcement this morning of the eight automatic qualifiers because the pj xavi chip yesterday was the final qualifying event. woods would have needed to win that to get one of those automatic spots, but i felt listening tojim of those automatic spots, but i felt listening to jim talking of those automatic spots, but i felt listening tojim talking to him, he knows and we know that there is no

way he cannot pick. when you look at him, he finished 11th in the qualifying table but he missed the opening section of the qualifying because he was still injured. he was later that party and still managed to get himself into the top 12 americans. so i think that sixth place finish at the open cheque in ship, a story and 64 yesterday, seeing how the crowds were reacting to him. and also how the american players react to him as well. i think he would be a big asset for the americans and he will be picked. former world number one andy murray suffered a first—round defeat to lucas pouille at the cincinnati masters. murray was broken three times in a one—sided first set, which the frenchman took 6—1 but the 31—year old briton recovered to force a decider. pouille then regained control to win the match 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. murray was playing only his fourth tournament after missing nearly a year due to a hip injury and he withdrew from the last week's toronto masters. it is going to take of time —— it is

learnt to take a bit of time and i need that consistency on the tennis court and right now i am having to balance the weeks where i am off playing, i am still spending 70— 80% of my time working on the physical side and the rehab and lot less on the tennis. quickly as the year goes on that flips the other way and when iamon on that flips the other way and when i am on the court, 70, 80% of the time of training, hopefully my tennis will get a. —— that a. —— better. kay nishikori swept aside andrey rublev in straight sets. it was the first time the two have squared up to each other and the japanese player won 7—5, 6—3 injust over an hour and a half and he'll now play either stan wawrinka or diego schwartzmann. in the women's competition

in cincinnati, serena williams has moved through to the second round. the 23—time grand slam winner beat australia's daria gavrilova 6—1, 6—2 and next plays 8th seed petra kvitova. also through to the second round is former world number one victoria azarenka who beat spain's carla suarez navarro in three sets. the belarussian will now play french 6th seed caroleen garcia. last year's us open finalist madison keys is through to the second round after battling back from a set down to beat her american compatriot bethanie mattek—sands. the 13th seed hadn't played since losing at wimbledon in the 3rd round will face either italy's camila giorgi or latvia's anastasija sevastova. india captain virat kohli says he's confident he'll be able to bat in the third test against england starting on saturday at trent bridge, despite a back problem but he's only got until saturday to get himself fit. india trail the five match series 2—0 and will be desperate for their skipper to feature. we are confident with rehab and

strengthening our should be ready for the next game, although not the same intensity in the field, but i should be good enough to hold a position in the field and be 100% with the bat. again, i will have to look at the running bit of things, which was difficult. as of now, it is sore. staying with cricket news and australian batsman steve smith has returned to the top of the test batting rankings, despite being banned from playing in the format since march. smith is serving a 12—month ban for his role in the ball—tampering scandal against south africa. india captain virat kohli who we just heard from had taken top spot, but his 40 runs in the second test defeat to england has seen him slip behind smith. jimmy anderson remains the top bowler in the world and has become the first england player to exceed 900 points in the icc rankings since ian botham in 1980. spain's top flight division la liga has announced a landmark deal with facebook which will allow viewers on the indian sub—continent to watch every game over the next three seasons for free on the social network. a statement from la liga said all 380 league matches for the new season, which begins on friday, would be available to viewers

in india, afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, nepal, maldives, sri lanka and pakistan. one man who knows about la liga having played there before moving to manchester city is midfielder david silva who's announced his retirement from international football. the 32 year old won the 2010 world cup as well as two european championship titles and played 125 times for spain. silva said he was very proud of his achievements with la roja, and that the decision to retire was one the most difficult of his career. spain's u20's women have plenty to look forward to though, after they knocked three time winners usa out of the under—20 women's world cup in northern france on monday with a 2—2 draw. european champions spain were 2—0 up by half time thanks to goals from patricia guijarro and lucia garcia. the usa equalised through sophia smith and savannah demelo, but it wasn't enough and they go out. spain top group c with the result and now play nigeria in the quarterfinals. twin brothers adam and simon yates

will race together at this month's vuelta a espana for their australian team mitchelton scott. simon — who led the giro d'italia earlier this year was always scheduled to take part in the final grand tour of the season and will be team leader in the race. adam though also decided to ride to add to his experience of competing in three week races after a modest performance in the tour de france with the race starting in malaga on the 25th of august. and finallly, if you've got a fear of heights — this may be the time to look away. that is mont blanc, the highest mountain in europe, and that is swiss extreme mountaineer dani arnold. this footage has been shared for the first time, since he completed the climb of the grandes jorasses mountain in the range last month. he passed teams using ropes that had set off the previous evening to complete the climb in two hours and four minutes. 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. it doesn't look like the widespread, hot, sunny weather will return soon, but there will be some warmth in the forecast, particularly across england and wales throughout this week. something a little bit cooler, though, at the end of the week. we start this morning on a warm note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country, but always more cloud across the west. but, even so, still double—figure values here as well.

so, for tuesday itself, always more cloud across the north and west of the country, that's because of a brisk westerly wind feeding in this moist air off the atlantic. so the best of the dry and bright weather will be in the south and east. we could see the odd heavy shower in the afternoon. to the north and the west, more of a breeze, 17—20 degrees. to the south and east, 24—25, and it will be fairly humid again as well. 0n into tuesday evening, it will be a dry one for england and wales, eastern scotland. more cloud, though, in the north—west. the reason for more cloud in the north—west, as i mentioned, we've got our weather coming from the atlantic. into wednesday, this area of low pressure will make inroads to create an unsettled day across the north—west corner. more cloud, outbreaks of rain for north—west scotland and northern ireland, perhaps north—west england, and into north—west wales, and with the best of the dry

and bright weather in the south and the east corner. the wind arrows are on because it will be a blustery day wherever you are, and certainly in the north—west with the cloud and the rain. that will impact the temperatures, 15—22 degrees. we could make 25, 26, even 27 in the south—east. but then it changes as we head into thursday. that area of low pressure pushes its way south—eastwards. it pushes the cold front across the country as well. it could be quite a wet morning across england and wales, as that band of rain makes its way southwards and eastwards, tending to fizzle out as it does so. but eventually it will clear away, and then behind it will leave cooler and fresher conditions with sunshine and some showers. most of these in the north—west. temperatures ranging between 14—21 degrees — so it will be noticeably cooler across—the—board. and then we see another area of low pressure move in on friday, particularly across the north—west of the country. once again, it will be windy. in fact, we could see gales in exposure across the far north—west. outbreaks of persistent, maybe heavy, rain here. the further south and east that you come, the drier and brighter it will tend to be, closer to high pressure in the near continent. again, we will see the split in temperatures — high—teens in the north—west, low 20s in the south—east. so, the week is starting on a warm note in england and wales.

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