jason roy is among the england names to lose their place for the final ashes test. and keeping up with the kordas. we check in with the sporting dynasty, hoping to win the solheim cup on european soil. welcome to the programme. we start with a big shock at the basketball world cup, where the defending champions the united states have been knocked out in the quarterfinals. the last time they lost an international match was back in 2006, but a battling performance from france means that long, unbeaten run comes to a dramatic end in china. austin halewood has the story. when it comes to basketball, usa are the best of the best. they won their last if their international matches, but on wednesday in china, the world expected more of the same. they hadn't planned on going down without a fight hadn't planned on going down without afight —— hadn't planned on going down without

a fight —— france. into the second, withjumpers a fight —— france. into the second, with jumpers like this from top score evan fournier, even edging into the lead. with some of the nba's biggest stars pulling out from your selection before the tournament, ga donovan mitchell jumped up to the plate with 29 points in the game, helping his side toa points in the game, helping his side to a seven point lead. the difference refused to go away, with an11 point run difference refused to go away, with an 11 point run in the final quarter led by rudy hubert. the big centre with 21 points in the game, and in the end, the killer blow. france move on to face argentina in the last four, as for the us, they are left wondering where it all went wrong. meanwhile, australia are through to the last four after they beat the czech republic 82—70. they'll now face spain on friday for a spot in the final. australia will be looking to wrap up an ashes series win over england when the fifth and final test starts at the oval

in london on thursday. both sides have made changes to the line—ups. travis head is dropped for australia, with jason roy and craig overton missing out for england, who can draw the series if they win. australia have though retained the ashes after going 2—1 up at old trafford, and aim for a first series victory in england since 2001. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. a change has come to this england tea m a change has come to this england team here at the 0val, and i suppose the catalyst is ben stokes. we saw him bowl during a limb as my training session but england don't think they can trust him, he isn't fit enough to get through an entire test match with his allocation of overs. so he will play as a specialist batsmen. the knock on effect, sam curran comes into the tea m effect, sam curran comes into the team as an all—rounder. chris woakes comes on in the place of 0verton, and the knock—on effect of all this? jason roy loses his place in the test match team. he's had four chances, but it could be a long way

for him to get back into the team for him to get back into the team for now. i asked joe root whether in fa ct for now. i asked joe root whether in fact there were a number of england players who were playing for their england future. you're playing for your country, you know? that's the fundamentals of it. we've got some very passionate guys that are very proud to represent england. however you motivate yourself, whether it is getting yourself on a winter torah, trying to get, you know, trying to get yourself a test 100, doing everything you can for the guys around you, whatever it is that best motivates the individual, it's very important they harness that this weekend and it forward —— whatever it is you're trying to get. the contrast i think with australia's captain, tim paine. looking back to the start of the series, he was suddenly concerned about his own place. now here's than asses

retaining —— he is an asses retaining —— he is an asses retaining captain. it means a lot of australians to win the —— ashes, the competition between the two countries in any sport always goes upper—level and there is always a bit of a statement when the two countries play each other, i think from an australian cricketer‘s perspective, the competition is as big as it gets and that makes it even harder, but when you can do that, it makes it even better. there area that, it makes it even better. there are a lot of things we can analyse as this ashes series comes to its conclusion, we can say it is so much easier to be a captain with steve smith in the side. absolutely. philippe gilbert won the 17th stage of the vuelta a espana. the belgian made it to the front at the finish of the near 220km stage from aranda de duero to guadalajara. 0verall leader primoz roglic stays in the leader's red jersey,

but colombian nairo quintana kept his hopes alive as hejumped up into second in the general classification. former world heavyweight champion tyson fury fights in las vegas on saturday night. he's up against the unbeaten swede 0tto wallin. if he gets through that, a rematch against deontay wilder is on the cards, according to fury. but the british boxer says he now has a bigger goal that motivates him to get in the ring. i'm looking forward to putting on a show, enjoying myself and having a fight, you know? being active, that's all i ever wanted to do in my career. being active. and what about this february 22 fight with wilder? is it really on or still being talked about or is it signed and sealed? it is signed and sealed. we both know all the details of the contract, it was signed just after the time shorts fight, it's been signed for a while —— ashes five.

i've been ready for a while, i fought some of the bigger sides of my generation. so, let's have some fun fights, that have wilder again, some fun fights. i've gone as low as any man could go, and i knew the trainingi any man could go, and i knew the training i wasn't doing was giving me the void. training gives me a purpose in life. i love doing it. evenif purpose in life. i love doing it. even if i wasn't boxing, i would still train every day. i don't fight the glory, i don't fight belts, i for happiness. in two days' time, these two sisters will be teeing up for the usa in the solheim cup. the kordas certainly have the sporting genes. dad petr was a grand slam tennis champion. brother sebastian is also making his mark in tennis. forjessica and nelly, this will be a first time as teammates in women's golf‘s biggest team competition against europe.

hi,| hi, iam hi, i amjessica korda. hi, i am jessica korda. hello, i am nelly korda. we are different in the way that we think and our mentality in terms of, i'm a little more easy going and she is a little bit more, i think, going and she is a little bit more, i think, high going and she is a little bit more, i think, high strung in terms of how i would see it. personality wise, i think we balance each other out. she is the year into my yang. 0urfamily is the year into my yang. 0urfamily is really sport oriented, i think we just live for sport, that's all we pretty much talk about in the household, it's cool having my brother is a professional tennis player now in hisjuggling brother is a professional tennis player now in his juggling world with all that experience does make travelling the world. and my dad is a professional genus player —— travelling the world and my dad is a professional tennis player, so we're getting insight from both sides of

the parents. —— insights. getting insight from both sides of the parents. -- insights. having your sister in such a high stress environment, just sharing something like that is really special. i'm really excited for nelly to experience it the first time as a professional. obviously we are going to be loved, which is fine. being not on home soil and playing, it's going to be different but at the same time it was not going to be really fun. i'm pretty sure i picked up my really fun. i'm pretty sure i picked up my first club when i was two. i was that annoying little sister that wa nted was that annoying little sister that wanted to do everything that the older sister was doing. biggest piece of advice is to have fun, always go out and play with your friends, play a bunch of games, a bunch of competitions, whether it is for a quarter, ice cream, whatever it might be, be competitive, but make it fun.

we will see how they get on. rory mcilroy has been named pga tour golfer of the year after an impressive season, beating world number one brooks koepka to the award. the fedex cup champion has the won the prize three times now. pga tour members vote for the winner. this season, mcilroy was victorious at the players championship, the canadian open and the season—ending tour championship. the northern irishman registered 1a top—10 finishes from his 19 starts during this season. manchester city have announced a sculpture of former captain vincent kompany will be installed outside their stadium. the premier league champions revealed the plans before the belgian's testimonial game on wednesday. they have also renamed a road in their training complex after the defender who left at the end of last season to become player—manager at anderlecht. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello. just wanting to bring you up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. wednesday was a slow start across southern parts. and in fact, that same weather front links back to another area of cloud and rain in the heart of the atlantic. that's an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it's bringing mild, moisture—laden air across the british isles and feeling really quite humid. to the south of the weather front, in the heart of that system, the cloud at its thickest so rain from the word go for parts of northern ireland, getting into scotland, eventually across the border into the far north of england. following on behind, somewhat brightest skies to the south of that weather front, quite a bit of cloud around,

for sure, and some of it, really quite low in the atmosphere across the south—west on what is going to be quite a blustery day. but those mild, moist air are coming in from the south—west, not a cold direction by any means at all. and you'll find temperatures pushing on towards 23—24 degrees somewhere across east anglia and the south—east, just that wee bit bit fresher further to north. but all the while, once that weather front is pushed away, despite the fact skies begin to clear, it will be a slightly fresher night with temperatures down in single figures across the north, but where you keep the cloud in the south, 12, 13, or 1a degrees as the starting mark for friday. friday sees an area of high pressure building in behind that weather front as it moves in towards the near continent, and in that circulation, at this stage, the air is fairly fresh, it has to be said. so, friday is a dry, fine day for the most part, enough cloud for the odd passing shower across the north and north—west of scotland, but many areas dry. and despite the presence of the sunshine, well, is not the warmest of days over the next few days. you'll see the top temperature there in the south at around about 20 degrees, but as we move from friday on towards the weekend, the centre of that high moves a little bit further towards the east. so we then begin to tap

into those mild airs again coming from way down in the atlantic. and for the greater part for southern scotland, england and wales, and for a time, northern ireland, it's going to be dry, fine and sunny. and certainly a warmer day for many, the notable exception is that front across the northern and western parts of scotland which becomes this weakening band of weather, robbing some areas of their sunshine as we move into sunday. still, many areas will be dry but that cloud could give the odd spot of rain to the south it where the temperatures are again rising to about the mid—20s.

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