and the end of an era for south african cricket, as one of their greats, hashim amla, announces his retirement from the international game. welcome along. thanks for your company. with just hours to go before the start of the english premier league season, the transfer window for the clubs involved has now closed, but not before a flurry of movement right across europe, as players find their new home ready for the start of the eagerly anticipated campaign. dozens of players on the move. let's talk through just a few of the big names involved, starting with this man, romelu lukaku. his move away from manchester united won't come as a surprise to many people. here is the belgian striker arriving in milan. he has signed with interfor a club record fee of $90 million, the third—most—expensive signing ever by a serie a club. but what will that mean for united?

bigger weight on the shoulders of marcus rushford, maybe alexis sanchez will come back into the picture. but they have £74 million in the bank for when they choose to spend it, perhaps nextjanuary or even the following summer. and you can see the welcome he received in intermilan, can see the welcome he received in inter milan, quite extraordinary that. this is a player who almost scored a goal every other game for manchester united yet never really ca ptu red manchester united yet never really captured the hart of the united fans, and he departs to link up with antonio conte, who has wanted him for a long time. some of the others on the move today — david luiz, the brazilian international defender. he leaves chelsea after two spells with them to make the short trip across london to arsenal. that is in a deal worth around $10 million. leaving arsenal is the nigerian striker alex iwobi.

he came through the ranks at the gunners, playing 149 times, but he is now on his way to everton. they have paid an initial $34 million for his services. arriving into north london, is giovani lo celso. he hasjoined tottenham hotspur from real betis on loan, although they do have an option to make that deal for the argentinian permanent. he only signed for real betis in april, but already he is on the move again. another one we should mention — a big money move for ismaila sarr. he has left rennes, in france, and joins watford in a deal thought to be in the region of $31 million. meanwhile, joao cancelo was officially introduced as a manchester city player on thursday. that follows his move from juventus. the english champions have paid $73 million for the portuguese international, who has won 14 caps for his country. the brazilian defender danilo moved tojuve for $40 million as part of the same deal. there is a full list of all the deals done on transfer

deadline day on the bbc sport website, bbc.com/sport. saturday's premier league fixtures include bournemouth against a sheffield united side who have returned to the top division after 12 years away, including a six—year spell in the third tier. the blades are one of the world's most historic clubs, former league champions and four—time fa cup winners, and this week on sport today, we are introducing you to some of the key figures who are hoping to surprise some of the premier league giants this season. chris wilder, who supported the blades as a boy and later played for them, is entering his fourth season as manager of the club. he says keeping the team in the premier league will be his biggest challenge to date.

straightforward, honest, hard—working, connected straightforward, honest, ha rd—working, connected with straightforward, honest, hard—working, connected with the players. i want to go on and win games of football. i might have to rein that in a little bit, points area rein that in a little bit, points are a little bit more precious in the premier league. gung ho at times, outspoken at times. have to trust that your way is the way that suits, and hopefully there's a few more years left in me at this club. i'm just going to be proud that, you know, lead the team out at mullane. i should imagine every week's going to bea i should imagine every week's going to be a sell—out —— bramall lane. we don't want to be the whipping boys, we don't want to fold in the competition. the biggest thing for me is the mentality of the challenge ahead. you know, our players that are used to winning games of football over the past three years have obviously culminated in the success have obviously culminated in the success that we have had two out of three years, i going to have to deal with may be losing two, three, four games on the spend. totally understand there's going to be days

where... is going to be some dark days, but hopefully there's going to be some fabulous ones as well, and life changing experiences. away from football, rafael nadal continues the defence of his canadian open title in montreal. in the last few minutes, he has defeated argentina's guido pella in straight sets. meanwhile, the number two seed, dominic thiem, is also through to the quarter—finals. colm harrison has been watching. dominic thiem! twice a loser in the final in madrid, dominic thiem finally claimed his maiden masters series title earlier this year with victory at indian wells, and the austrian remains on course to reach his allotted place on sunday's final in montreal after this straight sets victory over cilic. straight sets, yes, but hardly straightforward,

with the number two seed made to work hard for this win by the former us open champion. the first set when all the way to a tie—break, and despite going in early breakup in the second, thiem missed several chances to close out the match. he blew three match points before making the fourth count, seven — six, six haven't for the final score, but thiem is through to the final eight. and his opponent in the quarterfinals will be daniil medvedev. the number eight seed in russia, who was the runner—up last week, saw off his challenger in straight sets, medvedev winning 6—3, 6-3. also through to the quarter—finals is the number three seed and former champion alexander zverev. the german, who won the title two years ago when it was last played in montreal, was taken to three sets by georgia's nikoloz basilashvili. zverev won the decider on a tie—break, and will now face russia's karen khachanov in the last eight. to the women's singles, then, which is being played in toronto. the defending champion, simona halep, is through to the quarter—finals after thrashing russia's svetla na kuznetsova. halep won 6—2, 6—1 in just over an hour.

in the other half of the draw, the number three seed, karolina pliskova, is through to the quarter—finals. the former world number one from the czech republic beat the estonian anett kontaveit in straight sets, 6—3, 7—5, and will now face home—favourite bianca andreescu, who put out the number five seed, kiki bertens. south african batsman hashim amla has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36. he will continue to play domestic cricket in south africa and t20 franchise cricket around the world. in a 15—year career with the proteas, the former captain played a total of 349 internationals across all three formats, including 124 test matches. he scored more than 18,000 runs, including 55 centuries, and he also holds the record for south africa's highest individual test score.

well, certainly a stand—up moment would be the 311 that he made at the oval in 2012 against england. it's the first time that a south african has made a triple hundred in test cricket, and it was a wonderful moment for him. and it's a culmination of an incredible career, amazing talent, and obviously great dedication. he's had some other incredible moments where he's fought for south africa, where they've been in really tough moments, where you almost kind of forget about it, because he kind of does it quietly, in a way. people obviously praise ab de villiers a lot, the stars that stand out, like dale steyn. but sometimes people forget how good he was, and also how brilliant he was even in the shorter formats of the game. his strike rate was incredible. and there's no doubt that there'll be some very fond memories for most people who have watched hashim amla. if you look back on his career, he never, ever allow the sponsorships in terms of alcohol, betting, those

kinds of things. he never took money for that. he was always very open about the fact that he was most them, and he was very religious, and he was very dedicated to his religion as well, but he never thought of forced it on anyone else. it was just about him. that is what was good for him, that is what worked for him, and he was never compromising about that. and in many ways it made him such a good role model for anyone else within the country, whether you are muslim or not. it was more about sticking to what works for you, and what was good for you. he was so good at that f1 organisers have confirmed that next year's british grand prix will take place on sunday 19july. that date has been chosen to avoid a clash with the men's singles final at wimbledon and the final of euro 2020 at wembley. they both take place a week earlier. this year's british grand prix was on the same day as djokovic against federer at wimbledon and the cricket world cup final at lord's. that is all your support for now.

more in an hour's time. hello there. it was 27 degrees on thursday in suffolk. felt a bit more like summer, but the weather's changing now. the next few days look very different. not only will there be some rain, which is going to be heavy at times, it's the strength of the wind that's going to be more significant, and bring more impacts. now, we don't normally see a satellite picture looking like this at this time of the year. but this curl of cloud marks the position of an unusually deep area of low pressure for august, hence the strength of the wind. it's a lot further south than we'd expect, as well, and it's pushing these weather fronts northwards and eastwards, and bringing some rain as well, which could be heavy at times. as we head into the morning, northern scotland still generally dry — just one or two showers, a cooler feel here. but a wet start to the day across central, southern scotland for the rush hour. that rain is going to be quite heavy. and we've still got some rain around

in the morning first thing across northern ireland, the far north of england, and perhaps some showery bursts of rain still to clear away from eastern england. further west, though, wales and the south—west dry at this stage, and quite sunny as well, and quite a warm and muggy start across england and wales, too. that rain should clear away in the morning from eastern england, the rain band marching northwards into northern scotland, and then a lot of showers develop out across western parts of the uk. these are going to be heavy, thundery, gusty winds. very lively gusts in the south—west later on in the afternoon, as the winds really start to pick up. it's still going to be quite warm, though, for eastern parts of england, where it's going to be driest of all in the afternoon. highs into the mid—20s. but our area of low pressure is continuing to push its way northwards, and the winds continue to strengthen during the evening, overnight and into saturday. the low pressure is focusing the wettest weather in the northern half of the uk, with showers or longer spells of rain for scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england, the risk of thunder.

further south, the showers that come in will be more fleeting. there'll be lengthy spells of sunshine, and that's because it's going to be very windy for england and wales. widespread gales, and we'll be looking at gusts of 60 mph around some southern coasts of england and wales. and because of that, it's going to feel somewhat cooler and fresher, with typical temperatures into the low 20s. for the second half of the weekend, our low pressure starts to push away to scandinavia. it won't be as windy on sunday, but we've still got these weather fronts on the scene, focusing the showers into longer spells of rain, and that wetter weather will drift its way further south into england and wales. it will start to change the wind direction. it'll be breezy, but nowhere near as windy on sunday. but we're pulling down a northerly wind. it's drawing down cooler air, particularly in the north, with highs of 15 or 16 celsius.

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