and tottenham beat hosts bayern munich on penalties to win the audi cup. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket, and on the eve of the first test between england and australia in birmingham, the home side sprang a surprise by leaving jofra archer out of their starting line—up. the west indies—born pace bowler, who starred during the recent world cup, will have to wait a little longer to make his test debut. chris woakes is the preferred option, after taking six wickets in last week's win over ireland. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. cricket history lesson one — the ashes equals the ultimate. the smallest prize in literal size, they are holding it, the biggest in significance.

except that this summer, england have already achieved their goal, already made history. joe root held the world cup. so, iasked him, does that leave the ashes less significant? i think you speak to anyone that's captained england and is on the verge of an ashes series, to say that it doesn't mean as much as any other event, i don't think any of them would agree. i think it's huge. it's a great opportunity. i think cricket in this country is probably at an all—time high. it's probably got interest that it's not had for a long time, and we've got an opportunity as a team to make this summer a very memorable one. so could this be a friendly ashes series? well, australia's captain says they have been motivated by a quote they think came from winston churchill. in short, behaviour never lies. bear in mind, in this australia squad we'll find smith, we'll find warner, we'll find bancroft — all three of the men who were banned for their part in the ball—tampering sandpaper scandal. so, if you do fancy booing from the stand, there will be

plenty of chances. it's got the potential to unsettle anyone. they're human beings. they've got feelings, they're no different to anyone else. what we've spoken about is that we believe it's going to go up a notch. tim paine said he can think of 15 grounds more intimidating than edgbaston. well, england win here often. that's why they're starting the ashes here. there is a fantastic support from the fans here. the aussie said that when they've played here before. you know, they get tucked into the aussies, but also aussies give a little bit back. and i think those that can deal with it, i think, will have a better time than those that can't deal with it. jofra archer threw himself into training, but is being held back. there are five ashes test matches, and english eyes will linger on the sight of this bowler in full flow. james anderson at 37 is,

says his captain, getting better. staying with cricket, sri lanka beat bangladesh in the third and final one—day international in colombo, to complete a series whitewash. sri lanka batted first after winning the toss, and angelo mathews top—scored with 87, as they made 294—8 from their 50 overs. in reply, bangladesh were all out for 172, as sri lanka won by 122 runs with 14 overs to spare. so they take the series 3—0, and it is their first series win at home for nearly four years. elsewhere, england's women beat australia in the third and final t20 international in bristol. they won by 17 runs to claim a consolation victory in their multi—format ashes series, which australia won by i2—a. the fifth and final women's golf major of the year, the british open, gets underway on thursday at woburn, in england. the field includes 19 of the world's top 20 players, among them ko jin—young. she won last week's evian championship, but can she sustain that momentum and claim her third major of the year? ben croucher reports.

for a sport that is normally played ata for a sport that is normally played at a leisurely pace, everything has got a little frenetic in the last fortnight. time waits for nobody. four days on from lifting her second major in france, kojin—young is preparing for the next, having barely had a chance to celebrate sunday's achievement.” barely had a chance to celebrate sunday's achievement. i finish too late, 9:30 p.m., so i didn't have much time. i needed to sleep, so a couple of beers and a cheeseburger. this unprecedented scheduling hasn't pleased everyone. the appian championship was brought forward from its usual slot, but ko is treating the two as one. my feeling is major, but straight eight days, ami is major, but straight eight days, am i mentally feeling? so i think it is good —— evian championship. while it might only be a short hop over the english channel, so tight as a turnaround being that many players couldn't actually practice on monday

as their clubs didn't make it on time. it's interesting. majors are really exhausting, which is why, you know, usually you have a break between them. it is the same for everyone out here, and as she said, you are just trying to prepare yourself the best you can invest up, but as well, you you need to put the work in. and this is what all that work in. and this is what all that work is for. last year, georgia hall got her hands on it for the first time, buta got her hands on it for the first time, but a couple of months ago, so did an opportunistic thief in london. e5, smashed my back window, 12 o'clock, middle of the day, and just took it. i don't know if they knew it was me or not, because it was in the box. i had golf clubs, as well, in there. they didn't take that, so it's a bit strange. it was only a replica, and hall will get a replacement. the ko, there is a trophy shaped hole in her trophy cabinet. winning it would see her be the first to win her fifth major in

the first to win her fifth major in the year since 2013. if i win for this week, is the second? second player in korea. it is a great honour. who will have the honour of lifting the trophy on sunday, though? 0nly lifting the trophy on sunday, though? only time will tell. 0nto football, and tottenham hotspur won the preseason audi cup, beating the host club bayern munich on penalties in the final. tottenham, who beat real madrid to get to the final, went 2—0 up with goals from erik lamela in the first half and this low drive from christian eriksen early in the second. but bayern fought back to make it 2—2, alphonso davies equalising for the german champions with this long—range effort nine minutes from time. the penalty shoot—out that followed went to sudden death, with japhet tanganga scoring to put spurs 6—5 in front, while jerome boateng then had his spot—kick saved by paulo gazzaniga, sealing victory for last season's champions league runners—up.

very pleased with the performance against madrid and today in bayern munich. i think it was important to finish ina munich. i think it was important to finish in a very good way this tournament. that is a very important tournament. that is a very important tournament. 0ur tournament. that is a very important tournament. our partner, aldi, i think should be very happy with the performance of the first team, and of course, to win this tournament a lwa ys of course, to win this tournament always is important —— audi. always it is better to when they lose, and thatis it is better to when they lose, and that is why i am happy with a lot of positive things that we are going to ta ke positive things that we are going to take from these two games. earlier, real madrid beat fenerbahce to win the play—off to decide third place. karim benzema scored a hat—trick as the spanish giants came from behind to win 5—3, with nacho fernandez and mariano diaz also scoring for madrid. the result means that fenerbahce, who lost 6—1 to bayern on tuesday, conceded 11 goals in their two games in the competition.

real madrid's win was their first inside 90 minutes in five preseason friendlies. world 50m and 100m breaststroke champion adam peaty says nothing will stop him from speaking out on doping, amid a fina crackdown. the issue had taken on a new sense of urgency following the world championships in south korea, where chinese star sun yang was allowed to compete despite being under investigation for doping. peaty, whose british teammate duncan scott was among those to protest against sun's inclusion, says some countries need to change their approach to the matter. i think education is a better prevention. i mean, look at great britain. we are probably one of the clea nest britain. we are probably one of the cleanest nations, because we've invested, even though they are boring, it is something that you have. as a young person you

understand and you appreciate and you go through the whole protocol of it sounds disgusting, but p in a bottle and people have to watch you, and stuff like that. that is the whole process of having your blood taken, and it becomes a little bit more normal and you understand the process of it stop whereas a lot of countries that cannot afford that and don't have that funding in place, they don't know what they are doing. and the coach will go this will make you faster. they have no idea what is in that pill or in that, i don't know, injection or needle. they just think the coaches there for them and they trust the coach. so if you have that education, like i did, where i wouldn't even... the coach came up to me and said this will make you faster, like i'm in no way. i wouldn't even trust it anyway. it's just the way that you think. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. 0r or you 0ryou can or you can download the bbc sport app. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello. in the last couple of days, some of the showers that we've seen breaking out across the uk have been nothing short of vicious, leading to disruption to transport and localised flooding. in the next few days, not an entirely dry story, but far fewer showers, and they should also be less aggressive. the reason being the culprit for all of the showers in the last few days, this area of low pressure, pulling out into the north sea. still close enough by, though, on thursday to exert some influence. quite gusty winds along the north sea coasts, thicker cloud piling in here at times too. and there will be some showers on the outer periphery of the low, if you like, stretching probably in a line, most likely from the north—west of scotland down into east anglia. plenty of sunny spells, however. the sunshine itself, though, could produce a few homegrown

showers, for example across the north—east of scotland. one or two of the showers, again, could be heavier. i can't rule out thunder and lightning entirely, but it should be nowhere near as extensive as it has been in the last couple of days. just a chance of a few showers developing across dorset, devon and cornwall come the afternoon. up to 25 in what should be a sunny london. there's a slim chance of one or two showers breaking out across the midlands through the afternoon. we may see some evidence of those for day one of the ashes at edgbaston, but i think hopefully we're going to get away with it here, with some sunny spells and highs about 20—21 degrees. through the evening and overnight, many of the showers clear as the low pressure centre whirls across towards the netherlands. we're left with quite a bit of cloud, though, and in some spots, with just light winds, it could turn misty and murky. 0vernight lows in the mid—teens. as for friday, well, the lows away to the east. not a bad day, i think, in the making, again with a little bit of help from the sun,

though we could see one or two showers just brewing up, probably somewhere across northern england through into the midlands. but for the majority of the uk, light winds, sunny spells, and temperatures in the low to mid—20s. for the weekend, that little bit of ridging that calms things down for friday hangs on in there on saturday. but by sunday, it looks like we'll see a weather front starting to approach, so that will bring an increasing chance of rain into western areas through the course of the day on sunday. just how far east that rain makes it is somewhat uncertain at the moment, but it does look like once those fronts start to push in on sunday, they will really work their way through across the uk as we go into the following week. plenty more showers, unfortunately, in our longer—term forecast.

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