hello and welcome to sportsday. the chief coroner has concluded that the victims of the london bridge attacks were unlawfully killed. the family of one of the attackers has been criticised for not doing more to report his extremist behaviour. the 620 summit injapan, theresa may tells the russian president the salisbury nerve agent attack was a despicable act. and as the heatwave continues to grip parts of europe, france registers its highest temperature since records began. ina since records began. in a moment it is going to be time for the sport but first a look at

what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the inquest into the london bridge attacks concludes, we will be looking at what can be learned by the security forces and the police. a frosty meeting between theresa may and vladimir putin, or is that just theresa may and vladimir putin, or is thatjust how diplomacy works? we will pick apart some of the subtext of that meeting and the body language. and later, we will take a first look at tomorrow morning's front pages with our reviewers. i hope you will stay with us for all of that on bbc news. now it is time for the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. we will be live in paris for the champions usa against hosts france at the women's world cup. england waiting for the winners.

phil neville says they are playing their best football since he took over. they are in position in lyon ahead of next week's semifinal. like we have said, if we want to be the best, we have got to be the best, so whoever we get, we get. show me the honey. bees stopped play at the cricket world cup. there was certainly a sting in the tail for sri lanka. the british number one kyle edmund says he has got a great chance of winning wimbledon, but he's been knocked out of the eastbourne tournament in the semifinals. 6ood good evening. england travel to

their hotel today and in the next hour or so they will gather together to watch tonight's match between the usa and france. that is the pick of the quarterfinals and whoever winds will face england in next week's semifinal. we will have the latest from the england camp after last night's victory over norway, but first let's head to paris. this should be some match, shouldn't it? the us star player says she hopes it will be wild and crazy. yes, and there was another word that was an expletive within that. this is just set to bring the fireworks, i think, to the capital of france this friday night. it is france up against the defending champions the usa, the top two tea ms defending champions the usa, the top two teams in this tournament. everybody has known that if they won

theirgroup, if everybody has known that if they won their group, if they got through the round of 16, they would be meeting at this stage. it seems almost a shame that one of these two teams is going to have to go out at the quarterfinal stage. the us have never exited the world cup at this stage but france don't have a good record in tournament football. the last four tournaments they were in, they have gone out at this stage. we saw a brilliant performance from the usa, scoring 18 goals in the group. slightly trickier in that round of 16 match against spain but still many people think they have the slight edge on this match tonight. they are the favourites, the pressure is on them, let's hearfrom a head coach as to how they cope with that. the us team lives in pressure. when you are young and you come into this programme, there is always a target oi'i programme, there is always a target on your back so it is always —— almost a place where we live

regularly. i think this is a big game and the players know that but i also think it is that expectation of being ready for this moment. they are wired for this, they are built for this. very lively there, this is the last match in paris before we get into the other 2/4—finals and the semis next week. how have the french public engaged with the tournament and theirteam? public engaged with the tournament and their team? it seems to vary from city to city. yes, i think you are right to say that. in some of the smaller towns, there has been a significant backing for this tournament and the french team. in paris, it can be quite hit and miss. most of the fans here are french fans, they are expected to bring about 25,000, in comparison to about 15,000 for the usa tonight. there is a capacity of about 118,000. but in the taxi on the way over, the driver

asked des who was playing. it has been front page news, it has been on the tv channels, but it still seems to be something that hasn't quite sunk in. but potentially, if the usa win tonight, this would be a big market, because there is no doubt that this is their biggest game of the tournament so far. there is pressure on the hosts, france. they do want to go all the way, they want to match what the men did in russia. let's hear from their captain. translation: i think it is a trap. they are the reigning champions. they are the reigning champions. they have a great trophy cabinet and we have still got everything to prove that i think we have played very well over the last 18 months in terms of tournament results and friendlies. we are well aware of our ability and i think we can go toe to toe with this us side. i think we can beat them.

we do hope for something special from these two heavyweights. but let's not forget, we will only be half way through this quarterfinal stage. a busy day tomorrow as well. it certainly is. we are up early to get the train for the second match tomorrow, the final quarter final between 6ermany tomorrow, the final quarter final between germany and sweden. the earlier one in the day is between the surprise package in this tournament, italy, who are going to be taking on the european champions, the netherlands. perhaps the easier side of the draw but they are four european teams. we know that seven of the 8/li—finalists are from europe, only the usa remaining. a clear sign of the added investment in the game. but there were also olympic qualifying spots on offer for the top three european finishes here. so there is plenty at stake

over the coming hours and tomorrow and sat —— sunday. thank you very much. there semifinals and final are both in lyon. england already in position and they have got the luxury of being able to watch all the other quarterfinals and fold. some of the squad spoke to the media this morning in northern france after last night's win over norway. a very convincing performance from england last night. a clean sheet and goals. lucy bronze was given player of the match. even her manager described her as the best player in the world and she backed that up. it was thought that norway would give england a tougher test but it wasn't to be. they didn't capitalise on the few defensive errors that england made but perhaps a better team would punish that.

england are through to their third consecutive semifinal of a major tournament and they will take on either the usa or france, who take that on the night in paris. many of the players don't mind which of those two they will play. like we have said, if we want to be the best, we have got to beat the best, so whoever we get, we get. i don't think we have got our preference. america have been there and done it and when it, and france are at home with the backing of a nation. two tough teams to come up against but you have got obese —— best to be the best. 6eorgia stanway‘s best to be the best. 6eorgia sta nway‘s brother was best to be the best. 6eorgia stanway‘s brother was going to 6lastonbury so she contacted the organisers and asked if they would put the match on the big screen so he could watch it, so they duly obliged. within 20 minutes it had hundreds of retweets and thousands of likes and i thought, this is crazy, it might

actually happen, and more and more people were getting onto it. the good we are giving me stick, saying there is no chance you will get that. apparently my brother was on someone's shoulders when i came on the page and everybody was clapping so the page and everybody was clapping so he was living the glory but it is unbelievable that they even played it. the england team coach has now left the hotel in the north of france and they are now travelling to lyon, where it is a 36 degrees, so that is going to make for some pretty tough training conditions, but phil neville has said they are prepared for that, they have done a lot of training for playing in the heat. last night's performance was probably england's best so far in the tournament but they are going to have to step it up a notch if they are going to take on one of the two teams that have been tipped to win the tournament. time for a quick look at some of the other football headlines.

nottingham forest have sacked manager martin o'neill after only five months in charge and replaced him with former france international sabri lamouchi. forest failed to reach the championship play—offs last season. lamouchi helped rennes qualify for the europa league ac milan have been banned from european competition next season after breaking uefa's financial fair play rules. they had qualified for the europa league but roma will now take their place in the group stage and torino will enter the qualifying round. 6abrieljesus scored the decisive spot—kick as hosts brazil beat paraguay on penalties to reach the copa america semi—finals. they'll face either argentina or venezuela who play tonight today's cricket world cup match in durham will be remembered for two things, a swarm of bees that briefly stopped play and also the win for south africa that has done england a favour. sri lanka are one of those sides that that can deny them a place in the semifinals.

adam wild reports, for south africa, all that is left to play for is pride. the competition has been a sobering experience and may yet rank as the worst in the country cosmic history. watch sri lanka needed was a spa, something to cling on to. for sri lanka, the worst possible start. the captain gone before anyone really got started. others fade just a little better. for sri lanka, the sta kes a re little better. for sri lanka, the stakes are rising with every match. still within touching distance of a semifinal place, just. what they did not need was this. runs hard to come by, too often wickets being given away. slow which rely can progress with only fleeting respite. play eventually stopping altogether. an untimely swarm of bees in durham, but it was only a minor invasion. not enough to stop their wickets

falling. sri lanka eventually all out for just 203. but given falling. sri lanka eventually all out forjust 203. but given the kind of performance south africa have managed at this world cup, even that seemed a challenge, particularly after this wicket. but behind the poorform, after this wicket. but behind the poor form, south africa to have after this wicket. but behind the poorform, south africa to have more to offer. faf du plessis leading the charge. for south africa, finally a little pride restored. here are the world cup standings after that result for south africa. just their second win. they can't reach the semifinals but a bit of pride there. sri lanka's hopes have taken a blow because if they had won, they would have gone level on points with england. you may have seen that very public spat between england opener jonny bairstow and former captain michael vaughan.

bairstow has claimed that people want them to fail and the media aren't supportive enough. vaughan has accused him of having a negative and pathetic mindset. here's the current england playerjos buttler their mood in the camp is still very good. naturally there are some external pressures and it would be naive to say we have got our blinkers on and are not aware of things that are going on outside or the pressure of the tournament, so i think wejust have the pressure of the tournament, so i think we just have to accept those things. that is what is going to happen during tournament cricket. we know the situation we are in, nothing has changed, we are still very good side and when play our best cricket, it gives us the best chance of winning. england's final two group games are really tough, new zealand next week up in durham, bees permitting, but before that india at edgbaston. india are unbeaten and this week knocked england off the top of the one—day rankings. earlier i spoke to the cricket

broadcaster charu sharma. two weeks ago, we were talking about another sunday, india and pakistan, such a high point, but so is this. i feel sorry for england because they have walked into a situation where they have fallen from grace and now they have fallen from grace and now they are potentially struggling for a place in the final four, they are potentially struggling for a place in the finalfour, so they are potentially struggling for a place in the final four, so there isa a place in the final four, so there is a lot of pressure on the home team. i feel sorry for them is a lot of pressure on the home team. ifeel sorry for them because one thing they can do is step away from it all and just say, somewhat naively, it is notjust a game. just go in there with a certain attitude of calm because they are good enough, that is for sure, it isjust this whole word in sport called pressure and england, i suspect, are letting it get to them. and doing it so letting it get to them. and doing it so publicly when you have gotjonny ba i rstow so publicly when you have gotjonny bairstow saying everyone wants them to fail, kevin pietersen saying eoin morgan looks scared, and michael vaughan coming out and saying, what

a pathetic mindset from jonny ba i rstow. a pathetic mindset from jonny bairstow. india will be loving this. india take it or the other extreme by saying, we don't care who is saying what. i think the team needs to step away from it all. you can't be reading newspapers or listening to what people say because as a unit you should be self—contained. you know you are good enough, you know you have got the better batsmen in the world, trust yourself rather than listening to other people and listening to criticism and letting it get to you. that is about preparing for a critical match on sunday. how does this go? india have booked their semifinal place should they win and england are sweating because they have got new zealand. they have got two very tough games but their world cup has come alive. i don't with any misfortune for england, and new zealand could

struggle a bit, but sri lanka are racing ahead, bangladesh have a mathematical possibility, and too. it is great for the pakistan too. it is great for the world cup, almost every match now carries weight. i just world cup, almost every match now carries weight. ijust hope that england go in there taking it is just another match, let's not take too much on ourselves because we are good enough. they believe has to come back rather than pressure that has been mounted by prep criticism. india are tough but you can't go in there with a pressured mindset. yes, it should be a fantastic match at edgbaston on sunday. the former england batsman marcus trescothick has been explaining his decisison to retire from the sport. he's had 27 seasons at somerset but this will be his last. ijust think it is the right time. i have been left out of the 15 for a couple of games, i haven't been

playing well enough, and i guess i have been hanging on long enough to warrant being around, butjust the time is now. it is ready to go and on