hello, coming up on the program: an upset at the french open as world number 43 karolina muchova puts out one of the favourites to get to her first major final. waiting for her is world number one iga swiatek determined to defend her title. and another test tonne for steve smith as australia rack up the runs against india at the oval. welcome to the programme. we now know the two finalists for the french open, women's world number one iga swiatek has been there several times before but it is a debut grand slam finalfor her opponent

karolina muchova. the czech put out the number two seed aryna sabalenka in a thrilling match lasting more than three hours. muchova has a mounted to claim as she takes on swiatek, who made quick work of her opponent beating her in straight sets. russell fuller is there for us. a memorable afternoon of grand slam tennis came to a close with swiatek still not having dropped a set but her opponent pushed her incredibly close. she had a set point to take her into the deciding set in the semi—final. but it was iga swiatek who won that second set on a tie—break so a 6—2, 7—6 win for her, what a different story in the first match which again was full of pulsating hitting from karolina muchova who saved a match point 5—2 down

to aryna sabalenka who had not lost a grand slam match all season until today. muchova coming back and winning five games in a row to win in three hours and 13 minutes. and she will play in a first grand slam final on saturday afternoon with the world number one and defending champion iga swiatek as her opponent. who knows what can happen, i think everything has its own time and in the past it was not easy and actually what makes me to appreciate this result even more now because i know what i've been through in the past and to be now in a grand slam final, it is for sure my dream and i am super, super glad that i am here and that i am going to play finals on saturday. i am just happy to be in the final again. - it was a tough match - and especially second set, like every point counted - and it was stressful in some moments so i am happy that i was really solid i

and i was able to close it in the tiebreaker. . it wasn't easy and beatrice i really played well so i am just happy. earlier in the day japan's player put the disappointment of being disqualified from the womens doubles behind her by winning the mixed doubles for her first grand slam title. she inadvertently hit a ball girl with a ball during her third round match and said after thursday's win, she hoped the points and prize money stripped from herfor the incident would be given back. india's cricketers are up against it in the world test championship final at the oval in london. steve smith completed his 31st test century on the second morning and travis head top scored with 163 as they made 469 in theirfirst innings. india have struggled to get

going in their reply, they lost a fifth wicket for 48 after they rakced up a partnership of 71. india closed the day on 151—5, henry moran was watching. india's deficit at the close of this second day is a mighty one, over 300 runs, five wickets down, this is surely australia's world test championship final to lose. the day started in emphatic fashion, back—to—back for steve smith to bring up his hundred, his partnership with travis head being a real hallmark of australia's dominance, head finishing with a score north of 150 and smith was relentless in scoring another test hundred in england. india can fight back, they do have the quality but it's australia's bowling attack that looks like such a potent threat. variety, such different skills that the bowlers have on show and of course the off—spin

of nathan lyon that continues to be such a threat. australia, not perhaps with one hand on the trophy but not far from it. they are very much on top after the second day here at the oval. i think when i first started this morning and couldn't ask for anything more than inaudible to get me going. that was nice to get me going. obviously a really good partnership with trav who batted beautifully in that middle session yesterday, i thought the way he took the game on, put the pressure back on their bowlers, got them off their lengths which i think helped me at the other end as well, set us up for a nice innings. to football now and ahead of the champion�*s league final on saturday, both teams have been arriving in turkey to prepare for one of biggest matches in european club football. manchester city who will complete a season treble if they win, arrived at istanbul and disembarked from their plane to board their waiting coaches. city have had a successful season winning the english

premier league and the fa cup, beating their rivals manchester united to do so but they have never won the champion's league. meanwhile inter milan arrived in turkey looking to pick up their second trophy of the season, this is inter milan's sixth champions league final, they won three of the previous five, most recently in 2010 underjose marino. earlier the trophy was paraded in istanbul carried by turkish football federation president and former turkish footballer. istanbul have waited more than three years to host the final due to it being moved to different cities because of covid—i9. it is finally here in istanbul, i think we are good preparated in this case and i hope both teams can show his high—performance.

we are already exciting and waiting for kickoff. it has been an evening of celebration for west ham fans with a victory parade in east london and a chance to see their team with the europa conference league trophy. it's their first major european success since 1965. joel wilson was with them. tracing the route of west ham history, from upton park, the site of their treasured former ground, towards old stratford. the bus did not rush, why would it? there has not been a trophy since 1980. i was watching it with my dad, my kids, my wife and then coming here today and watching it, where i grew up ten minutes down the road, it's pretty special. amazing, best feeling ever stop a long time coming, l it's very special to i be here with the kids as well, it's amazing.

to be honest, never felt nothing like it in my life. what a proud, proud moment for my son to watch this, to be in this with us. we are used to the idea of sport being run by the richest, most powerful regimes. well, football began in communities and this here is in east london now. west ham fans know their captain will most certainly believing. here was declan rice holding aloft a european trophy on a town hall balcony. just like bobby moore in 1965, those were the very best days. what is west ham's ambition now? so yeah, those players when you talk about a real wedge into west ham united. some of the new legends are getting made, for the players last night to perform and get a result and win the trophy is incredible. people here know that the fans who threw objects onto the pitch were wrong and must be condemned, but show the joy of this

occasion and the significance — that was the message. they have been waiting decades to express it. congratulations to them. karim benzema has been officially introduced following his move to the saudi arabian champions. thousands of fans were at the stadium to catch a glimpse of the new signing. the winner has agreed to a three—year deal after leaving real madrid where he spent 1a seasons and. during his time with the spanish giants, benzema won 24 trophies including four spanish league titles in the champions league five times. alexis mcallister says his gratitude would be eternal as he said farewell to brighton and hove. the winner has depleted his move to liverpool in a deal worth up to £55 million. he has signed a three—year contract with liverpool where he will wear the number ten shirt. he helped brighton qualify

for europe for the first time and says he will be watching and rooting for brighton except for when playing against them. the danish cyclistjonas vingegaard has won the fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine, taking over the red letter�*s yellow jersey the process. he produced a brilliant solo ride to win from julian alaphilippe said afterwards that cycling does not really matter, following the knife attack in france in which four children and two adults were injured. he leads by more than a minute from australia's ben o'connor with three stages to go. that's it from us but you can get all the latest sports news at our website, thanks for watching, goodbye.

hello. love it or loathe it, a spell of very warm weather's upon us — but what will be less desirable, i think, is the level of humidity, which will become particularly noticeable over the weekend. one thing that we do need is rainfall, and we haven't had much of it recently, and we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms through the course of the weekend. let's have a look at the satellite picture — and you'll soon see the sun setting over the storm clouds here out towards the south. initially, these storms will be very well—scattered, so not many of us will actually get them. but it's that humid air to the south that'll start arriving, ithink, friday night into saturday, and then through sunday. that'll also keep the nights really balmy, so some pleasantly warm evenings on the way, too, but quite sticky at night. so here's the forecast early on friday morning — cloudy skies across eastern scotland, eastern and central england. but out towards the west, it's sunshine, could be a few

showers, maybe the odd thunderstorm across the southwest of england early in the morning. and then, through the afternoon, it's pretty much what we've had in the last few days — so the cloud burns back to the coast, and just a few coastal strips there, hanging onto that cloud through the course of the afternoon, where it will be a little on the cool side. so maybe only 1a in newcastle and aberdeen, out towards the west, it's sunny and warmer, temperatures could be nudging up into the mid—to—high—20s in 1—2 spots on friday. then, friday night into saturday, this is the weather map, a weather front approaching — that'll spark off a few showers and thunderstorms during the day on saturday. starts off really sunny everywhere, but then, that risk of storms i think across parts of england and wales. some of the storms will bring torrential downpours, hail, and gusty winds — but very localised, and many of us will miss it altogether. temperatures low—to—mid—20s, high—20s in 1—2 spots — we could nudge up to 30 on saturday, which will be a little too hot for some.

then saturday evening, look at that, at 10pm, temperatures could still be in the high teens, perhaps even in excess of 20 celsius in bigger towns and cities. this is sunday's forecast — lots of sunshine right from the word go, and then, that increasing risk of showers and thunderstorms across some western areas. how about the temperatures? again, typically in the mid—to—high—20s, so warm enough for most of us. bye— bye.

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