g difference there do you think?m a difference there do you think?m certainly has. victoria azarenka is another one, who plays the belgian it later. it is three things. players are planed to greater age male orfemale, so players are planed to greater age male or female, so they're players are planed to greater age male orfemale, so they're more likely to start a family and then come back and resumed their careers. secondly it has been made easier for them to resume their careers by a new rule saying they can take the ranking at the point at which they left the tour for maternity leave for the next three years so you can slot back in using your previous ranking and the other thing is facilities in terms of looking after children has improved at the grand slams over the past years. serena taking it into a battle and again you mentioned victor as her inca plays in these martins as well. the men pass a drug, it is been a while since it is been wide open and two of the sport's rising stars our first stop for the men this evening.

we wonder how they will be affected by nerves. certainly the court of final yesterday was not a classic in terms of quality for supply think it was a case opposed of them thinking novak djokovic is out, no federal, no nadal, this is our big opportunity. how would dana medvedev play? they had been playing against each other sincejunior play? they had been playing against each other since junior competitions in russia. medvedev was the better pa rt in russia. medvedev was the better part of the time but he because we get in trouble which i suppose is a big advantage for both players when you're as young as that. he will start as the favourite being the runner—up from last year. start as the favourite being the runner-up from last year. and dominic is the highest ranked left in the draw. as the number two seed left in, he must be feeling the pressure. i think he is feeling the pressure. i think he is feeling the pressure but in some ways he looks like he is ready to win a grand slam who is ready to play the 21—year—old austrian who perform well at the us open and australian open as well and is very short career. —— twice a

runner to rafael nadal he looks like he is prepared to put all that extra pressure aside and he looks ready to win one but i agree with you. pressure aside and he looks ready to win one but i agree with youm pressure aside and he looks ready to win one but i agree with you. it is wide open so. who can handle the pressure present i know what i will be doing later this evening tuning into five live in the commentary, thank you russell for joining into five live in the commentary, thank you russell forjoining us. there are five games in rugby union's premiership today leaders exeter chiefs are taking on gloucester... wasps have come from behind to lead while wasps are chasing a passport for their 26—7 up. this try among four score and by the weak leaders, they be 28—8 at the moment. saracens who are without owen farrow due to that five—game suspension, they are losing to sale sharks with simon

hammersley, 31—7. he will keep up with those on the bbc sport website. you can recap all of the latest scores, ' you can recap all of the latest scores, ‘and you can recap all of the latest scores, ' and worcester worthwhile london irish face harlequins. —— worcester warriors. the english football season will get under way in the next few days, but there may be more challenges off the park than on it. some clubs have battled with financial issues — notjust because of the pandemic, but also because fans feel they've been badly managed by the people at the very top. football authorities have an "owners and directors test" for potential buyers, but many feel it doesn't go far enough. jane dougall reports. itjust breaks your heart, it makes you want to cry. it feels like a bad dream, really. it's a big loss to the community... money talks, if you got the money, you can do what you want and it is wrong. you cannot allow him to succumb and strip the all —— assets of the clubs. some clubs have... there is a fit and proper test now call the owners and directors test

for prospective buyers but it is not full proof. add the pandemic to the equation and it has resulted in clu bs equation and it has resulted in clubs outside the premier league being placed into administration. i think football as an industry has had a pretty atrocious pandemic. if you look at the supposed — i say "supposed" — governing bodies, they have almost been absent without leave. and my view of them is they should either stepup or step aside. their approach to this problem has been woeful. you can be a good owner, or you can pass the test at the start of your tenure with the club but who's to say whether you are later on? a year down the line, ten years down the line, etc. injune, wigan in june, wigan athletic injune, wigan athletic were sold to a hong kong—based company. they went into and mistress in the next month. the fit and proper under test simply is not fit for purpose. when you buy

the club, you need to have a finance in place. that would be a trust and so in place. that would be a trust and so it would ensure people come into the codes are not there to make a quick buck and get out but are actually there. the most important factor is sufficient funds to actually buy the club but you still have to be approved. so what is the owners and directors test? well, it is kind of a checklist of disqualifying events which would prevent you from buying a club. they include, "do you have an unspent conviction or are "you on the sex offenders register?" "do you have any influence on another english club?" "have you or any company that you've been involved with gone bust?" and, "are you and your money allowed in the country?" the problem is there are some who feel that several owners have already been permitted to buy clubs when they don't seem to have passed this test. the current system is totally inadequate to keep bad owners out of the game.

i think what a football regulatory authority to do or a financial regulatory authority could do is to say, "ok, well, "we have got these rules. the percentage that you can spend on player project salaries. "we want to see that you are compliant with those "rules and guidelines, and then injecting "money into the club. "we want to know how many years that will be "there and is there a sustainable business plan including those loans "which will help the club perform at the level they want it to?" the bbc understands that the english football league following the 20/20 season but that also need would have to vote for reform. meanwhile a new season beckons and, empty stadia lie around the country, the changes may not come quickly enough. jane dougall, bbc news. slovenia's primoz roglic has kept the leader's yellow jersey after stage ii of the tour de france. with ten stages left, he's still 21 seconds ahead of egan bernal after finishing in the main bunch. today's stage in poitiers produced the closest sprint finish of this year's race. caleb ewan of australia only

just won it on the line. ireland's sam bennett keeps the sprinters' greenjersey, he was moved up to second place to after the judges relegated peter sagan for pushing. well, the 2018 champion geraint thomas isn't competing in this year's race — focusing instead on the giro d'italia, which he describes as "unfinished business" after crashing out in 2017. he's been speaking about the decision to skip the tour, and living up to expectation. not being selected, i would not put it in the sort of words really because i could go there and do a job. but at the same time, i am at the stage in my career now where i wa nt to the stage in my career now where i want to go to races and outperform myself. i don't want to go without sounding bad to go and just right for the team. i want to be fighting for the team. i want to be fighting for the team. i want to be fighting for the win myself. there are a few other guys who could have done the role, that i couldn't have done

during the tour. it made sense to continue training for another six weeks or so and then try to go to giro d'italia and try to get a best performance there for myself. that was a decision that it was deftly a conversation with them, but i had a straight after for conversation with them, but i had a straight afterfor some conversation with them, but i had a straight after for some the giro d'italia is something i have always wa nted d'italia is something i have always wanted to do well and especially after crashing out in 2017 when i felt i was in really good shape there so it feels like unfinished business anyway, so i have always wa nted business anyway, so i have always wanted to come back and this year seemed the right time to do that. do you have a point to prove and maybe thatis you have a point to prove and maybe that is too simplistic but as a former champion and ended up watching a team— mate former champion and ended up watching a team—mate go to victory at the tour last year, do you have a point to prove to your team, yourself, the wider public respect and you're still a potential winner. not to myself but maybe to a few people. but at the end of the day, i just say away from it anyway. i

worry about myself and my own performance. i have had some great results so far and now ijust performance. i have had some great results so far and now i just want to keep adding to that was while i can really. so, in the cycling world, the giro d'italia is still a massive race and if you could have a tour de france and giro d'italia, it would be huge. and geraint thomas is going well at the tirreno—adriatico race, as he prepares for the giro d'italia. today's stage three out of eight, was won by canada's michael woods who's taken the overall lead as a result. thomas finished in the group behind, to move up to fifth overall. he's 30 seconds off the lead. the summer transfer window has seen some business done today — let's round up some of the big signings. aston villa have broken their record transfer fee — signing ollie watkins from brentford for £28 million. sheffield united have signed forward oliver burke from west brom, with striker callum robinson moving

the other way. left back alex greenwood has joined manchester city on a free transfer — a day after her england team—mate lucy bronze moved to the club. she's city's fifth summer signing — arriving from champions league winners lyon on a three—year deal. and united states world cup winners tobin heath and christen press have joined manchester united. the forwards — who have a combined 306 international caps between them — have both agreed one year deals. and before we go, the british touring car championship will have its first female driver in 13 years — whenjade edwards races at silverstone at the end of the month. she'll be only the eighth female driver in the series' history when she gets behind the wheel of the vauxhall astra — she told me she's treating the opportunity as a chance to prove she's ready to step up. one weekend in this sort of category is going to be hard, it is so

competitive so it's not something that ideally you would normally do but i saw this opportunity and i have taken it purely to put myself on that platform for next year. it is something i would need sponsors for and need attention, marketing. so what better way than to put yourself out there and say "hey guys, yourself out there and say "hey guys, iam yourself out there and say "hey guys, i am here, yourself out there and say "hey guys, iam here, iam ready and i wa nt to guys, iam here, iam ready and i want to make it a mean thing in 2021?" you are following in your father's footsteps who was a touring car driver as well for subpoena must be proud as well. i am third—generation, my grandfather competed in the chip chip when it was renamed years and years ago. and then my father raised in it and then myself as a following in the footsteps, i have always wanted to do itand footsteps, i have always wanted to do it and now i'm going to live the dream and bring to edwards family back into the touring car chapter chip. and women back into british touring cars as well for somehow any women are there on the circuit? are you very much the minority? yes, so the last three years i had been racing in the championship as the

only female as well. there are more coming and there will be females raising in the same circuit but not in the same tour, it is been over a decade since we have seen a female compete in the championship and i am so compete in the championship and i am so proud it is me and i hope to do eve ryo ne so proud it is me and i hope to do everyone proud and that weekend as well. best of luck to jade edwards. that's all from sportsday. why don't you tune into bbc radio 55 for a preview of the upcoming premier league season with ali akhmedov and jurgen klopp. and the very latest —— serena williams has evened it all up. she is in a battle to chase the 24th grand slam title. that is office now. —— all for us now.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we'll report from lesbos in greece — this is the devastating scene at a migrant camp after fire that's left 1000s with nowhere to stay. the greek government is saying that the fire was started by some of the residents who had been quarantined for coronavirus. we had to take these people into a quarantine area that created disorder which led to the fires. multiple fires. boris johnson's government has published details of how it wants to override parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. this is the message from ireland. meaningful negotiations can only proceed on the basis of mutual