are happening in television. and they want to be part of that. and they can build a business on the back of that. an extraordinary influx of money from technology companies, for whom cinemas are a distraction, is changing film for ever. in the movie business, the big picture is getting smaller. amol rajan, bbc news. he is england's most prolific test batsman, with more than 12,000 runs to his name and 160 test match appearances. but at 33, alistair cook announced this week he will retire from international cricket. he's been discussing his decision, and his plans, with our sports correspondentjoe wilson. one last time... the final test. by nature, alistair cook's more batter than chatter — england's best ever. so impossible to replace, isn't he? no, i'm definitely not irreplaceable, i think that's... there will be another very good player coming along i'm sure. with all the same attributes as you? i don't know...

it's not for me to say. i mean, it's, all i can say is... it's very hard when you still have another game to play and i'm determined to play well in this game. it's not easy playing international sport, any international sport, with how hard you have to work, but i have had a hell of a time doing it. cook led famous victories at home and abroad. there were big defeats, too. england's removal of kevin pietersen in his book created acrimony, with cook pitched on one side and pietersen on the other. just shows how powerful sport is and how people love stuff like that and controversy. you don't love it, do you? i'm not a big... obviously, it was a tough time... for me personally. but you know, i don't regret many things in my career. the home farm and an expanding family await. cook will still play for essex, but this ground will witness his final england match. you know, alistair, it's said when don bradman came out to bat here for the last time, 70 years ago, he struggled to see the ball, because of the tears in his eyes. is that going to happen to you?

no. definitely not? i don't think so. i mean there might be tears afterwards in the changing room, but i don't think walking out, i know i will be determined to try and score runs. solid defence to the end. joe wilson, bbc news, at the oval. a quick reminder, newsnight with ki rsty a quick reminder, newsnight with kirsty is about to start. here on bbc one it's time to the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. thomas bjorn opts for experience over youth as he announces his wildcards for this month's ryder cup. after 12 years of record breaking batting, england's alastair cook prepares for his final test match. and simon yates remains the man in red follownig the longest stage of the vuelta a espana.

hello and welcome to sportsday. when europe ryder cup captain thomas bjorn was picking his team, the usa's victory at hazeltine two years ago, their first since 2008, won't have been farfrom his mind. perhaps that's why, his team has been loaded with experience, garcia, poulter, casey and stenson all getting the nod, but he'll be hoping this man in particular can find his form. joe lynskey has been taking a look at this year's selection. the amphitheatre but the —— teens

who were those who got best talent alongside those more experienced players, you know what to expect. your get the sport every two years. a players automatically qualify for tea m a players automatically qualify for team europe through their performances in prize money earnings on the european tour throughout the year, the captains, the issue is only three of the names have played in the ryder cup before, that's rory justin and francesco, this european champion the rest of them, are just ryder cup rookies. so at that in mind is perhaps little wonder that the captain has gone for experienced in the four wild—card picks. may not be the best form of their lives but who knows what it takes to be in the ryder cup, this will be ian poulter‘s six ryder cup and the previous five, he is still yet to lose a single match. he's their match place specialist in reaching —— recent years. you'll bejoined by

sergio garcia playing eight ryder cup before, this will be number nine and he won the masters back in 2017. paul casey, who last featured in the ryder cup back in 2008, henrik the 20 16th ryder cup back in 2008, henrik the 2016th open champion from sweden also played in four ryder cups, stenson has struggled with injuries while sergio goss dear —— chris tfl to make the cut in the last five major 20 minutes so does experience make it worth a risk? earlier i spoke to our golf correspondent. garcia will raise more eyebrows because the papal and short informed, missed all four major cuts, did not make it through to the playoffs, bjorn is hoping he can find some form to take to paris for the ryder cup and if he does that, then he believes garcia will be the heartbeat of this team and provide as much influence in the locker room

off the course as he does on it. usa confirmed their all—star team on tuesday, so much star quality in their ranks, you can see here the number of major titles each of these players has one. tiger woods, phil mickelson, the three wild card picks. still one more player to come on the team, they'll be announced next week, these are some contenders who my future in his mindset when he looks to decide who is the final wild card pick. with tony, the man who finished top ten this year at the masters, he's probably the favourite to do that. remember he finished in the top ten despite breaking his ankle in the tournament before it started. interest in choice to be made in the next few days. stepping back from a job you done for 12 years. former england captain alastair cook admitted that he cried when he told his team—mates he'd be retiring from international cricket. the opener will step down from england duty

after the final test against india, which starts on friday. he's been speaking to our sports correspondentjoe wilson about his best memories of a 12 year career, and what it'll be like to walk out for england for the last time. it's been an incredible 12 years and some of the experience i experienced has just been fantastic and all good things to and do come to an end in its right for me at this moment in time that i step away from this. do think it's in a different or worse place than in 12 years ago? it's different, the advent of 2020 is changed the game massively, you don't have to play international to become a global superstar you can play franchise cricket and i think that has fundamentally changed the game andl that has fundamentally changed the game and i think it taste for the batter in the sense that everything changes, everything was on, you can not stand still because things will ove rta ke not stand still because things will overtake you and i think it's only good that they can goes on. clearly the responsibility has to protect us as well, whether we play less or

not, is it still is because it's a very special game. when you wake up in the morning in ten years, will be a memory you wake with? that'll be the winds in australia and india, that you my memory of what a great 12 years i've had, the fact that it was hard, it was tough at times. and it's not easy playing in any sport because you do have to work hard, but i've had a great time doing it andl but i've had a great time doing it and i shared some amazing experiences with great people. they said that when dawn came out about it, he struggled to see the ball because of tears in his eyes would that happen to you?” because of tears in his eyes would that happen to you? i don't know much, maybe the change room, but i don't think walking out of the crying. there might be a few tears. to the us open now and it's been an unofficialjapan day at flushing meadows, with kei nishikori and naomi 0saka

in action, the first time a japanese man and woman have been in a grand slam quarter final since 1995, 0saka went one better though. she dropped just two games on her way to beating ukrainian lesia tsurenko inside an hour, becoming the first japanese woman to reach a grand slam semifinal in 22 years. meanwhile nishikori is still battling it out on the arthur ashe stadium with marin cilic, into the 5th set. it's been a mixed day though for britain's jamie murray, having lost his men's quarter—final with brazilian partner bruno soares, the pair were beaten in straight sets by the unseeded malekjaziri and radu albot, he then went on to win the semi—final of the mixed doubles with bethany mattock—sands10—8 the score in the final set. ryan giggs says he's preparing his wales side for a match against the unknown as they take on denmark on sunday. the danish fa have had to call in players from lower leagues and futsal after a disagreement over commercial rights.

but while giggs maintained that his side are focussed on their match against the republic of ireland on thursday. his first home match as manager, the wales boss admitted that he had been surprised by the situation in denmark. top ten team, so i mean it's strange, especially in the world cup, the last two years of form has been brilliant so yeah it's strange asa been brilliant so yeah it's strange as a football player you want to just play football, bobby sleep you feel you're not getting a good deal, the other side of the federation think that they are getting a good deal is a something that you would think would have been sorted out by 110w think would have been sorted out by now but it's not and yeah, like i said just face the problem when it comes. well it was a rather unrecognisable denmark side in action this evening against slovakia in an international friendly, they were beaten 3—0. a respectable scoreline for a squad made up almost entirely of amateurs and futsol players. britain's simon yates continues

to wear the race leader's red jersey after stage 11 of the tour of spain, the vuelta a espana. italy's alessandro de marcki opened up a gap on the final uphill section on the longest stage of the race, nearly 208 kilometres and held on for a 28 second victory. yates finished with a group of the favourites in 16th place two minutes and two seconds off the pace, he still has the slimest of leads byjust one second. andre greipel picked up his second win at this year's tour of britain with victory on stage four. the german held his nerve in a sprint finish at leamington spa. italy's sacha modolo finished second, with overall leader patrick bevin third. bevin extended his advantage by picking up four bonus seconds. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator lance price and defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i leads with the two russian nationals who were named as suspects in the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. the two suspects are pictured on the front page of the metro, smiling just moments after the attack in salisbury in march. the daily mirror says that theresa may is pledging to dismantle the kremlin‘s spy network, in the wake of the poisoning attack.

the times also leads on the prime minister's promise of revenge on russia following the nerve agent attack. the same story makes the front page of the ft. but the paper also reports on the sell—off in emerging markets, sparked by currency crises in turkey and argentina. the telegraph leads on the skripal poisoning suspects. but it also carries a warning from the health secretary, matt hancock, that dangerous nhs it systems are risking the lives of patients. the express has a picture of what it calls "assassins sent by putin". but it also reports on the death of bbc presenter rachael bland, decribing her as beautiful and courageous. and the head of nhs england is accusing betting firms, that sponsor premier league football clubs, of shirking their duty to help britain 5 problem gamblers. that's in the guardian. so those are the front

pages, lets see what our reviewers make of it all. all of them featuring the two men accused openly by the prime minister of carrying out this poisoning on the streets of salisbury, a very graphic image there on the cover of the eye, wanted. absolutely these mugshots here, amazing level of detail right today by theresa may she explained that 250 detectives have trolled through 11,000 hours of cctv footage to identify the two culprits. bailey's is a two g the russian military intelligence service. yes, lance, extraordinary beast to have been named of course the chancellors brought them to justice pretty slim. very slim

indeed enough to make clear both by the prime minister and metropolitan police and the other services because it is really a matter of putting pressure to the russian government and we know they're not going to respond to that. they're not going to give these people up but they been named, their photographs not only on the british from pages but on front pages across the world. so these guys presumably will not be able to leave russia without the prospect of being arrested and the european arrest warrant has already been issued for them. what theresa may said —— did this morning was put pressure on the russians themselves she pointed her fingerand russians themselves she pointed her finger and presented very real and credible evidence to not to cctv we stop, but also traces of the novichak were found in the hotel i’ooiti novichak were found in the hotel room where they stayed in london