hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: former england captain alastair cook announces his retirement from international cricket. novak djokovic is through to the quarter finals of the us open and could be set for a last eight clash with roger federer. and bryson de chambeau makes it back to back wins on the pga tour as he heads well clear at the top of the fed ex cup standings. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the cricketing news that alastair cook has announced he'll retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing series with india. the 33—year—old is england's all—time leading test run scorer, while his run of 159 consecutive test appearances is a world record. the former england captain has struggled for runs recently and will line up for the final time for his country when they face india in the fifth and final test at the oval starting on friday. joe lynskey has more details on a remarkable career.

well, test cricket is a sport where success well, test cricket is a sport where success is measured in the figures and in his 12 years as an england batsmen alistair cook has amassed some remarkable ones. he became england's all—time test leading run scorer in may 2015 surpassing a previous record held by grey gooch for 20 years. cook has the most centuries of any england batsmen, and has 11 scores of 150 plus, also and has 11 scores of 150 plus, also an england record. as far as the rest of the world is concerned, only five have scored more runs than alistair cook and he could move up another place with a couple of big scores in the final test of the series against india at the oval. and it is cook's massive knocks at key points in england history that make him stand out, the essex man

brought into the team at 21 on the tour of india brought into the team at 21 on the tourof india in brought into the team at 21 on the tour of india in 2006 when he scored 104 not out on debut and at the start of a formidable opening partnership for england with andrew strauss at the top of the order. the 2010-11 strauss at the top of the order. the 2010—11 ashes series will go down as cook's greatest, england's only series win in australia over the course of the last 30 years and cook scored 700 runs in that series, and his highest career test school was in england's massive win over india in 2011 at edgbaston, these are sporting memories that have been built on patients, and for england that's what will make him so difficult replace. i think he is a dying breed, sadly, the test player who can occupy the crease, who can graft for his runs and someone you know that when they go in they are going to give you everything and someone going to give you everything and someone is going to have two prise them out, in the five—day game it is

a lost commodity. i won't sit on the fence, i would like to think there is someone else, i don't see it on the horizon. in his statement announcing the retirement he said there was nothing left in the tank, his dip informed recently started with the ashes series when he only got over 50 once in the series, the massive 244 not out that saved a draw in the fourth test at the mcg for england, that was the only time they avoided defeat in the whole series. cook has struggled into the rest of 2018 including the most recent series against india, he has averaged less than 24 the whole year, but that won't stop him going down as one of england's great and as one former england captain says, michael ford, no player has more mental strength than alistair cook, more than that, he is the nicest cricketer that england has ever had —— vaughan. now onto tennis news. novak djokovic eased through to the us open quarter finals with a straight sets win over portugal'sjoao sousa in new york. the 31—year—old serb who seeded sixth is a two—time winner

at flushing meadows and could now meet 20 time grand slam winner roger federer who's set to play australia'sjohn millman shortly. he was free, what do you call it, adversity today, so it is what it is, i have experienced that in the first round. it is tough, you know. it is not easy to play in these kind conditions. at the same time, you can't do anything but try to be tough and survive, and find a way to win. also through to the last eight is kei nishikori, who outclassed germany's philipp kohlschreiber on another very hot day on monday. the japanese 21st seed, a finalist at flushing meadows in 2014, will now play the man who beat him four years ago, marin cilic, who won in straight sets over belgium's david goffin.

i tried to play one match at a time, and this week it has been great. every match i have been playing really good tennis. and, well, maybe i had more pressure a few years ago, you know. i wanted to keep top ten every year and that gave me a little bit of pressure. but i try to have... i kind of reset last year, took six months off, and this year it has been great. breaking news now, maria sharapova tsar, the former winner of the us 0pen, has been knocked out in the last 16, losing in straight sets. it is the first time she has lost a night—time match at flushing meadows. last year's runner—up madison keys

is through to the quarter—finals after she defeated 29th seed dominika cibulkova 6—1, 6—3. keys broke twice in the first set and again on cibulkova's first game in the second. she dropped serve shortly afterwards but broke back twice to win in one hour and 16 minutes on arthur ashe. i feel like today i played really well. i think i served well, other than one game. more than that, i did a really good job to stay in some important games where i was down 0— 30, 15- 40, so that important games where i was down 0— 30, 15— 40, so that is what i am most happy about and what i am looking at, just being able to stay in some really important games and play smart is what i think i have done well. japan's naomi 0saka reached her first grand slam quarter—final by beating aryna sabalenka of belarus in three sets. 0saka next faces ukraine's lesia tsurenko who was a three set winner over unseeded czech marketa vondrousova taking over two—and—a—half hours. bryson de chambeau has won the pga tour event at tpc boston by two strokes, which also moves him

into the top ten players in the world. the american shot a final round of four under to finish on 16 under to make it back—to—back wins, having claimed victory in the northern trust in new york last week. the 24—year—old is top of the standings with the bmw championship, the penultimate fed ex cup event starting in pensylvania on thursday, and then the tour championship in atlanta with a $10 million bonus for the fed ex cup winner. cristiano ronaldo, luka modric and mohamed salah are the finalists for best fifa men's player award for 2018, while barcelona and argentina forward lionel messi, a five—time ballon d'or winner, missed out on a place in the top three. there was also no place for any member of france's world cup winning squad. the winners will be announced on 24 september at royal festival hall in london. former manchester united and denmark goalkeeper peter shmeichel thinks modric is favourite. people say cristiano won the

champions league, people forget that modric won two times in a row, but his performance in the world cup was just incredible, and to watch him lee pearse just incredible, and to watch him lee pea rse —— just incredible, and to watch him lee pearse —— to lead his team and not only be the technical player that we know he is, the guy that provides mx chances for other players, score goals, but to see him be in the final, the one that tackles, the one that runs until he can't run any more, i think his performances were fantastic. and rightly so, he got the best player in the world cup, and ifully rightly so, he got the best player in the world cup, and i fully expect him to win this one. lyon's champions league winning duo ada hegerberg of norway and germay‘s dzsenifer marozsan are the finalists for best fifa women's player, alongside brazilforward marta. i think hegerberg had 41 goals, so

thatis i think hegerberg had 41 goals, so that is a record and for me i think she should win it on the pure fact of the goals that she has scored, winning the champions league with lyon is a massive feat, too, but all three of them have been outstanding this year. world champions france will play their first match since winning their second world cup when they play germany in theirfirst uefa nations league match on thursday. those such as teenage sensation kylian mbappe and influential midfielder paul pogba, took time—out to greet fans, posed for photographs and signed autographs. the uefa nations league matches against germany and at home to the netherlands on sunday mark didier deschamps' side's first competitive outings since their 4—2 victory over croatia in the world cup final in moscow on the 15th ofjuly. you probably don't know much, if anything, about him. he's only 18 years old, but british teenager lando norris is set to become a star of formula 1. he'll drive for mclaren next season. he's been the team's reserve driver, and took part in first practice sessions in belgium and italy this season. next season he'll race alongside carlos sainz, who's replacing the retiring fernando alonso. 18 years of age and racing in

formula 1, that is quite a feat indeed. that is all we have time for. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. until next time, though, goodbye. hello there. yesterday we had quite a mixture of weather. some warm, humid sunshine across parts of eastern england, but further west, we had this weather front bringing cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain. i'm showing you this weather picture from yesterday because that front is going to be with us for much of today as well. it's barely moving at all, so it's going to be quite cloudy over the next few hours across a good part of england and wales too, with the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of drizzle, perhaps misty over the hills for a time as well. but for the most part across england and wales, it's going to be a mild night. you can see the yellows here. temperatures way up into the double figures.

whereas further north and west, we've got the cooler air for scotland and northern ireland. and across sheltered parts of northern scotland, it could well be cold enough for ice touch of frost for early risers tuesday morning. tuesday, though, will dawn on a bright note for most parts of scotland with some morning sunshine. should be a bright enough start too for northern ireland. different story for most of england and wales, where it's going to be a great start to the day and the cloud will be thick enough for a few spots of rain or drizzle, perhaps across parts of north—west england, the midlands and eastern parts of wales too. for one or two, a damp start to the morning, but as we go through the day, that weather front will tend to ease and the cloud will thin a little bit, so we'll get a few brighter spells coming through. there will be a bit of sunshine for east anglia and south—east england. perhaps not quite as much as we had on monday. we'll still have some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, although the cloud will tend to bubble up a bit here a little bit as we head into the afternoon. it's going to be another quite quiet day really weatherwise on wednesday. a lot of dry weather with some bright or sunny spells coming and going. but a change in the weather to the north—west where we see a weather front moving.

that's going to be bringing more general rain into western scotland and northern ireland. that rain heavy at times. things cooler there across the far north—west of scotland. further changes towards the end of the week as the jet stream gets more wriggly, more amplified. we're on the downward stretch, the downward limb of the jet stream, and that means we'll have an area of low pressure form as we head towards the end of the week. here is the low. now, uncertainty about the exact position. it might actually be a little bit further westwards, which will bring more general rain in across the uk. either way, i think we're looking at an unsettled end to the weak. rain at times probably best sums up the forecast on thursday, particularly across the northern half of the country, but nowhere is immune from seeing some wet weather. it will be quite breezy and cool, and some of the rain could turn heavy and thundery too. temperatures ranging from 13 in eastern scotland to 18 degrees in london. i suspect it will stay pretty unsettled on friday and into the weekend with rain or showers in the forecast. that's your weather. welcome to bbc news,

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