the south tfiiéi «gm ...- england. the south african will head into the second round of the women's british open. and an 18—year—old student is the first person in the uk to win a competitive horse race while wearing a hijab. welcome to the programme. a century from australia's steve smith underpin the opening days test against england in birmingham. the tourist but in the first after winning the toss a dreadful start with both openers going chiefly what they recovered from being 35/3 at one stage thanks to smith in his first test match since serving a band for his part in lusty‘s all tampering scandal. he made 144 as the australians posted a first innings total of 284. stuart broad in chris works took eight

wickets between them from england who closed the downturn without loss in reply. adam wild reports. there really is nothing in test cricket quite like the ashes. the excitement, the anticipation, the rivalry between england and australia and day one of this series has really lived up to all those expectations. we have seen some extraordinary drama here at edgbaston on day one. at a very much of two halves. the first belonging very much to england. the second, to one australian in particular. firstly, england's completely dominant in the opening stages. they chose to, having first won the toss. particularly the first two openers, cameron bancroft and david warner, due to their involvement in the ball tampering scandal. stuart broad

dismissing. the wickets continue to fall one up the other. at that point, australia were 122. it looked like the wheels were coming off. but then steve smith, the former captain, one of the finest batsmen in the world, with one of the finest ashes innings. it was quite an extraordinary innings. they eventually did, 144 for him. by that point, australia with 284. it looked like it was going to be a terrible day for them is turned into a very good scoring. they finished on ten without loss but today that seesawed from one way to the other in a set—up, a really intriguing test

match. it's been a long time coming but i'm lost for words at the moment. just really proud. i was able to help all the team out of a bit of trouble. obviously england bowled exceptionally well in the first two sessions. it was hard work out there. i was able to fight through those difficult periods. after losing the toss and bowling, bowling 300 for every day of the week. we don't know how good a score that will be until we have batted on it. i think here, data that will be until we have batted on it. ithink here, data is that will be until we have batted on it. i think here, data is normally the best debate. that is a positive.

the way steve smith played shows that runs can be gone on the pitch. we obviously wanted to bowl australia out but smith and peter siddle played beautifully. elsewhere, india are in florida where they will face the west indies into t20 matches before a third ta kes pla ce into t20 matches before a third takes place in galle. the first of the matches is on saturday with 31—day internationals and to test matches also scheduled in the caribbean. onto golf and macro —— ashleigh buhai is the leader. the south african, who was only finished once in the top 30 carded are seven underpar 65 to lead by 1—shot overnight. three shots of the lead

is the south korean. the defending champion, england's georgia hall is a further shot back on three underpar. joe curry has more. heading into this is british open had been the players may have been too fatigued to play the best golf of this tournament coming just one week after the last major but there has been no sign of it here in the opening day. all eyes are currently on world number one kojin—young, the korean fighting for her third major of the year and had four birdies ina major of the year and had four birdies in a row to play into contention. a fellow country woman who is out early set a blistering pace. the world number to finish the day on five underpar. that is to off the pace set up. ashleigh buhai of south africa who finished on seven under and is one and of the japanese

and american. defending champion georgia hall is also enjoying a strong opening round as she looks to reca ptu re strong opening round as she looks to recapture some of the form that led to her claiming it 12 months ago. but it's charlie hull who leads the british charge, playing on her home course, making that local knowledge count. she hasn't got the shot all day, finishing on five underpar, the highlight of which was three birdies ina highlight of which was three birdies in a row. not bad for 23—year—old who is chasing herfirst in a row. not bad for 23—year—old who is chasing her first major title. teenage jockey made history. 18—year—old khadijah mellah is the first person in the uk to ride occur a competitive race while wearing a hijab and went on to win, having only sat in a resource for the first time back in april. the talented

teenager is set to study mechanical engineering at university in september. i remember the three in front of me at the beginning and their kickback sort of smacking my face and then slowly creeping up behind them and hearing their, like, hooves clip and stuff and i was like, "oh, my god," and then i was aiming to find a gap so i pulled out a little bit and hejust went, but haverland just went. he did it all, he's just an amazing horse, ilove him. i hear that you are only riding fast work last week. the quarterfinals of the silicon valley classic is in california. world number 55 knocked out the number eight danielle collins of the usa losing just two games along the way to zheng saisai in the process. she will now face another american. the number four seed, anisimova beater compatriot to seal her place

in the last eight. in the other half of the draw, ahn beat the belgian, mertens. she will play in the last eight. on the atp tour, marin cilic through to the quarterfinals of the washington open. he beat the canadian in straight sets to reach the last date. he beat the number nine seed 6—3, 6—4. arsenal have arsenal have confirmed the signing of ivory coast winger nicolas pepe from lille for a club record fee of £72 million pounds. joints from around $87.5 million, having lodged 35 goals and

appearances and was only behind mbappe. in major—league baseball, three runs a piece for philadelphia to beat san francisco on thursday but it was the shock at the bottom of the fourth inning which proved the most decisive. firstly, that was a 3—1 homerun the most decisive. firstly, that was a 3—1homerun but the most decisive. firstly, that was a 3—1 homerun but also the attempt to make the catch. losing his glove over defence. while extending his arm in what looked like another painful effort. ouch. that is all we have time for. or download the bbc sport app for all the latest. until next time, goodbye.

hello. well, the good news is that it's fairly quiet on the weather front but not completely because we are expecting a few showers to develop on friday across some northern parts of the country and that does include derbyshire. the good news is the chance of any heavy rain falling in the vicinity of that reservoir where the environment agency has a severe flood warning, well, the chance of any further rainfall is very, very low and it is looking like it's going to be a mostly sunny day so some good news there, as i say, at least on the weather front. not necessarily with the situation there. the forecast or the satellite pictures shows we are in between weather systems so clear skies across western and central areas. towards the east by the early hours of friday morning, we will probably have some thicker cloud so that means anywhere from aberdeenshire all the way down into east anglia,

the weather is looking pretty cloudy first thing whereas in the west, i think sunshine pretty much from the word go. mild morning. 15, 16 degrees across the south of the uk. here is the forecast for the rest of the morning. so a lot of sunshine. that cloud in the east should disperse and give a sunny day for places like hull and newcastle and a few showers there developing across scotland, northern parts of england, maybe one or two in the midlands, wales, and the south—west. the further east and south you are, i think you are in for a dry day. 25 in london. now, how about the cricket, the ashes? it's looking sunny, at least for the most part. at least bright, with temperatures in the low 20s, just the outside chance of one of those showers developing during the course of the afternoon. so that was friday. let's have a look at the weekend now and low pressure out there in the atlantic and a weather front heading our way. that does mean things are going to cloud over and turn, for some of us, at least wet

through the course of the weekend. not immediately so. in fact, on saturday, a lot of bright weather around across england but notice in the west here, got increasing amounts of cloud and also some spits and spots of rain. a warm day, 25 in london, 20 newcastle. and then as we go into sunday, it looks as though those weather fronts will be approaching, wedging a little bit closer so that does spell some rain for north—western areas and the thinking is that in scotland and northern england, during the course of the afternoon, and that does include areas a little bit further south into derbyshire, we could see some heavy, thundery showers developing. in the south of the country, it should be dry and very warm, temperatures maybe as high as 28 in london. bye— bye.

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