to a slow start, in their attempt to seal the series against new zealand. and which big name rugby player, is switching sports to make an impact in a whole new way? england's cricketers have jofra archer to thank — for putting them in the strong position against australia, after a rain—affected start to the 3rd ashes test in leeds. archer took 6 wickets for 45 runs as australia were bowled out forjust 179 on day one. the tourists batted first after england won the toss — and their plight would have been a lot worse if it wasn't for half—centuries from david warner and marcu labuschagne. warner made 61, while labuschagne top—scored with 7a. he's deputising for steve smith, who was ruled out of this test with concussion. england will start their reply on friday morning. i guess it's a thing that

you really dream of. you train hard and you should be rewarded eventually in the game. i thought that we brought that as a team as well as lord's and if you keep bowling like that, you will get wickets and luckily enough for us, it happened today and i thought we were going to lose a day of cricket but we were on the field long enough to actually force a first—innings result. we've got to come out tomorrow and hit the right lines and lengths.” think the weather is quite hot and it could try to work it out a lot. it's a fast scoring outfit as well. we've got to hit the right line and length, as i said, and try and shut the scoreboard down but for us, it's about discipline. they had the right favours today, they had the conditions in their favour but they put the ball on the right spot all the time so that is the challenge. in colombo, they will be hoping

for better weather too ahead of the second day's play, in the 2nd test between sri lanka and new zealand. it gets underway in a few hours. only 36 overs were possible on a rain affected first day. sri lanka batted first after winning the toss, and lost opener lahiru thirimanne forjust 2, caught by kane williamson off the bowling of will somerville. kusal mendis and dimuth karunaratne then put on 50 for the 2nd wicket, with mendis scoring 32 before he was out late in the day. but karunaratne‘s still there, heading towards a half—century on 49 not out. he and angelo mathews will start the 2nd day with sri lanka 85/2. and rain also prevented a full day's play on the opening day of the ist test between west indies and india in antigua. india batted first after west indies won the toss, and the tourists were soon in trouble on 25/3. among the early wickets to fall, virat kohli, who was caught by sharmarh brooks, off the bowing of shannon gabriel forjust 9. ajinkya rahane led the fightback, with useful contributions

from rahul, vihari and pant. rahane top—scored with 81 before he was bowled by gabriel. india 203/6 when rain stoped play. golf, and there's a three—way tie for the lead after the ist round of the tour championship in atlanta, even though all three players carded different scores in their opening rounds at east lake. it's the final event of the season on the pga tour — and the 30 players in the field were given "bonus strokes", based on their position in the fedex cup points table. xander schauffele shot the low round of the day — a 6—under—par 64. he started the tournament with a four—shot bonus, so that means he's io—under par for the championship. he shares the lead with world number one brooks koepka, who birdied three of his last four

holes on his way to a round of 67. that's 3—under—par — and with a bonus of 7 shots, he's also io—under. making up the trio ofjoint leaders isjustin thomas. he'll have been glad of his two shot cushion at the start of play. thomas had to settle for a level par round of 70 but his 10 bonus strokes means he's alongside his fellow americans on io—under—par. earlier this week, st louis in missouri was awarded the 28th major league soccer franchise and they'll bejoining mls in 2022. the new set—up is also notable, for being the first to have a female—led ownership group. earlier i spoke to one of the co—owners, carolyn kindle betz, about their plans for the team and its ownership. we are so excited. a lot of hard work has gone into the last ten months and to be able to stand up on tuesday and be told we were awarded the 20th spot, it was a great day for st louis and a grade day for the ownership group. st louis has a huge soccer history and so quite frankly,

st louis is a soccer town and it's funny because i would have people come and say i am more of a soccer fan and any band but st louis also fills in a footprint in the midwest so we are fills in a footprint in the midwest so we are really hoping to create some really good rivalries and get a lot of excitement for the great sports teams that are located in the midwest. who else is on your team and what can they bring to the franchise? it's reallyjust to local families, the taylor family and the cavanaugh family. families, the taylor family and the cava naugh family. both families, the taylor family and the cavanaugh family. both are multigenerational st louis families, both have started very successful businesses in the city of st louis andjim himself businesses in the city of st louis and jim himself was actually a professional soccer player. he is a good resource for soccer knowledge. i think you probably know, we are a majority female — led ownership group, seven out of the nine individual owners are paid —— group, seven out of the nine individual owners are paid —- part of the taylor— kendall families and

we're just to have an opportunity to show really women can do whatever they want to do as long as they set their mind to it and they continue to work hard and achieve success. what short and long—term target have you got? getting the stadium built. it's taking up quite a bit of time right now but it's fun. we are going to do the design and making sure that it's very unique to st louis but also represents st louis as well. we have to put together a team and work with our corporate sponsorships and we just have to find a way to keep our fans excited and then in 2022, hopefully we will be able to play our first match at oui’ be able to play our first match at our home stadium. maria sharapova

won the champion in 2006 and she will play. also, the other matches on screen. in the men's singles, the defending champion will start out against the 76 ranked. the former england rugby union international james haskell is used to dishing out big hits on the field of play. he's perhaps going to find that useful for his new career. haskell, who's rugby life included spells in england, france, japan and new zealand and who won 77 caps for his country

is taking up mixed martial arts. the 34—year—old retired from rugby union back in may, and has signed a deal to fight in the heavyweight division — he's planning to make his mma debut next year. it's good to find that he's got a new career have had of him. when he is any good or not, i am definitely going to buy tickets to his first fight. i've already got an order in so fight. i've already got an order in soi fight. i've already got an order in so i will be sitting ringside. he could have picked it easier life, djing in ibiza, but he's chosen to bea djing in ibiza, but he's chosen to be a mixed martial artist sol djing in ibiza, but he's chosen to be a mixed martial artist so i wish him every success. there might be a few opposition members and team— mates that few opposition members and team—mates that might want to give him a little slap no, it's going to be good watching him. now we've been following tonga's pita taufatofua as he tries to become the first athlete to compete at 3 olympics in 3 completely different sports. he's hoping to qualify for canoeing at next year's tokyo games. but, as nick hope reports, his campaign hasn't got off to the best start.

you can see that as his k—i you can see that as his k—1 200 metre race got under way, a gust of wind blew his kayak out of position. he is using a bigger training kayak as he isn't yet able to balance in a narrower racing one. he finished 2a seconds behind the rest —— race one of its as you want to be giving up. the debut part is over. it can only get better from here. the same thing that happened with ski — everyone doubted it could be done. the debut was terrible. this is probably a bit worse. i have faith, i have faith that god will help me and if not i will keep asking until he changes his mind. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — but from me — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello there. just when we thought it was all over, it looks like summer is set to return. temperatures rising across the country over the next few days, really hotting up in the south—east of england where we'll find the peak of the temperatures. the last time we had 30 degrees was back in the heatwave at the end of last month. no heatwave this time and at the moment, around this area of high pressure, we've still got some moist atlantic winds and that weather front bringing some rain in the far north of scotland. that moist atlantic wind means all this cloud that we start the day with and around some of these western hills may well be a bit damp and misty. that mist and drizzle will tend to lift and the cloud thin and that rain across northern scotland should clear the mainland and head up towards the northern isles. sunnier skies coming in across southern england, then across wales, the midlands, across lincolnshire and east anglia, giving those temperatures a boost,

up to a high of 27 degrees or so in the south—east of england. further north, where we hang on to more cloud, those temperatures will be nearer 20 or 21 celsius. for the second day of the test match at headingley, it looks like it should be a dry day this time but for most of the day, i think there'll be a lot of cloud around. cloud only really breaks up later on in the evening session. we've got the cloudier skies then and they will continue with the clearance coming in from the south. but we've still got a bit of rain threatening the far north—west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well. if we look at the temperatures by the time we get into the weekend and again, they're sitting at 14 or 15 degrees. but it continues to heat up during this weekend because we've got warmer air coming in around that area of high pressure, and pushing its way northwards. still, that weather front is hanging around in the north—west corner of the uk and it threatens to bring one or two more showers into the north—west of scotland for a while and perhaps even across westernmost parts of northern ireland. elsewhere across northern areas of the uk, there'll be more sunshine on saturday and we've got the sunnier skies further south

still and that heat continuing to build its way northwards, maybe getting into the mid—20s in the central belt of scotland, 27, 28 with the midlands, east wales and 30 in the south—east of england. still the chance of the odd shower in the far north—west of scotland, a bit more cloud for northern ireland. temperatures are never going to be as high here but sunny skies pretty much elsewhere, that warmth pushing its way further north into scotland and with the peak of the temperatures on sunday around the london area, 30 or 31 degrees. into the beginning of next week, there's some uncertainty. eventually, the weather is going to change. the really high temperatures are going to be stuck in the south—east on monday. there's the potential for some thunderstorms to come up from the near continent. it's rain from the north—west that's more likely, perhaps on tuesday.

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