after signing to become real madrid's latest star... with the price tag to match. the midfielder is the second most expensive purchase in the club's history. the two clubs agreed a fee ofjust over 100 million euros last week for the england midfielder... and that could rise even further. he's joined on a six year contract and will presented as a real player on thursday. he got the the chance to play at birmingham city at such a young age and then got the opportunity to go to germany. and he seems to, every single test that's been thrown atjude he's dealt with and i don't see real madrid being any different to that. he's got such a good head on his shoulders, just takes it all in his stride and ijust hope he does so well out there. it'd be great. great to see him play. croatia are through to the final of the nations league after an extra—time win over the host nation netherlands. it was 2—2 at full time — croatia brought on substitute bruno petkovic — which proved

to be a good move — he put them 3—2 up in the first half of extra time. and then luka modric scored from the penalty spot — his 24th goal in 165 caps for croatia — he was named player of the match. and croatia will play either spain or italy in the final — they play on thursday. european champions italy are looking to save some face after failing to qualify for the world cup last year — manager roberto mancini says the nations league would be an important trophy for his team: we're playing to win. if we were to win, it would be a trophy. we've made it to the final four of this competition for the second time, and you can't take that for granted, given the squad we had available. we've played with players and teams that are more experienced than us while we've played with young players. so i think it's very positive to be here. it's positive to be involved in matches like this, and it will be very significant if we're able to win the nations league. the women's world cup will be broadcast across europe, after the france, spain, italy, germany and the uk all

agreed a dealfor the rights. the announcement comes just five weeks before the tournament begins — as fifa president gianni infantino had threatened a european tv blackout if rights offers were not improved. but the deal now allows viewers to watch matches when the tournament begins in australia and new zealand, with european champions england kicking off their campaign on the 22july against haiti. all 64 matches will be broadcast in the uk on either the bbc or itv, with final on both. wigan athletic has been sold to local businessman and wigan warriors part owner mike danson. he steps in amid major financial issues affecting the club. the news will be a major relief to wigan fans who earlier this week learned their club had been served a winding—up petition by hmrc. wigan are currently due to start next season on minus eight points as punishment forfailing to pay their players on time — they've since missed a further deadline for payment.

elsewhere, brendan rodgers could be on the way back to celtic — the club are in advanced talks with the northern irishman about a possible return as manager. no deal has been done at this point and, while celtic have sounded out other potential candidates, rodgers is their priority. the scottish champions are seeking a replacement for ange postecoglou, who joined tottenham hotspur this summer. manchester united have had a £40 million bid for chelsea's mason mount turned down united manager erik ten hag is looking to bolster his attacking options — and will probably make another offer for mount, but they're unlikely to sign england striker harry kane from tottenham for £100 million, because they have to keep an eye on their overall transfer budget this summer. and with the transfer window now open, the switches continue —james milner willjoin brighton on a one—year contract when the midfielder�*s liverpool deal expires at the end ofjune. he won six major honours including the premier league, fa cup and champions league during his

eight years at anfield. brighton have had a busy 2a hours, having also completed the club record signing of brazil forward joao pedro from watford on wednesday. some sad news now to bring you from the world of football, the former chelsea player and managerjohn hollins has died at the age of 76. in announcing the news, chelsea described him as a player who was at the heart of one of the club's greatest teams during a career at stamford bridge that spanned two spells... including almost 600 games and three major trophies. he also managed the club in the 1980s... his firstjob after retiring as a player. to the ashes now, as england have name their team ahead of the first test against australia on friday — and the experience of stuart broad was favoured over the pace of mark wood in their bowling line up... james anderson and ollie robinson have both recovered from injuries to return, and moeen ali is in the 11 after coming out of retirement.... patrick gearey is at edgbaston

ahead of that first test. well, wherever you look here at edgbaston, they are making preparations to the pitch and around the pitch ahead of what is going to be the first ashes test, which starts here on friday. and it seems england are pretty well prepared as well, so much so that they have already announced their team in it is moeen ali, the spinner who replaces jack leach who was injured. the pace bowlers be james anderson and stuart broad with 0llie robinson. anderson and broad, the old guard reunited once again. the batting is pretty settled in. at number five will be harry brook. now this will be his ashes debut here at edgbaston. and he really personifies the new attacking approach that england have had over this past year or so, an approach, he says, that will not change even in an ashes series. ben stokes have tried to make it as relaxed as as we have been in the last few test series, so it doesn't really feel like a different series. and yeah, we're definitely

going to go out there and try and play exactly the same way and it might not come off every time, but the longevity over over the time of doing it, i'm sure that we'll come off better than than not. make no mistake about it, though, that approach, that attacking approach will be stress tested by the aussies because their attack, their bowling attack is absolutely formidable. and it is likely to feature josh hazlewood, who he says is fit now and raring to go. having missed the world test championship final victory over india, the aussies sent steve smith to come and talk to us today, a man who has seen a number of ashes series in his time, and he says the way that both sides will approach this means that we could be in for a cracker. the cricket england have played the last 12 months has been really exciting. i've enjoyed actually watching from afar. you know, isaid initially, you know, perhaps might be different coming up against our attack, but we'll wait and see i suppose. but i think, yeah, we've been playing good cricket, they've been playing good cricket, so it makes

for an exciting series. well, for all the great teams and players australia have had over the past couple of decades or so, they haven't actually outright won a series here in england since 2001. and steve smith actually said today that to do so would be on his bucket list. that's just another ingredient, i think, in the fascinating mix, which is likely to make this a really thrilling ashes series. patrick geary at edgbaston for us there. the us open gets under way at the los angeles country club on thursday — against a back drop of confusion around the future of men's professional golf. world number two and masters championjon rahm is among a number of players who have spoken frankly since the pga tour and the dp world tour announced they were merging with the saudi public investment fund — which backs the liv golf tour. players from both sides of golf�*s year long dispute are preparing to contest the third men's major of the year — and rahm was the most outspoken aboutt the merger: it gets to a point

where you want to have faith in management. and i want to have faith that this is the best thing for all of us, but it's clear that that's not the consensus. right. i think the general feeling is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management. i haven't paid too much attention to it, honestly. i've been trying to prep for this week. i'm just trying to make sure that i come into a major championship. there's four weeks a year that i really, really care about. and this is one of them and i want to play well. so i wasn't going to waste any time on any news that happened last week. ijust don't know what's going on. i think that's you know, i don't think anyone - knows what's going on. um, are we signing in with the pif orwe're not- signing with the pif? i know, i've no idea. so even though i guess - it is confusing is pretty clear that nobody knows what's - going on apart from about four people in the world.

for just the fifth time in their history gb women have qualified for eurobasket, which starts on friday in slovenia. and as part of the tournament, there are six 0lympic spots up for grabs. gb women have only made the olympics once before, and that was at london in 2012. team captain temi fagbenle has called for more support to help the team push on. i know how much more we could do if we had the backing, the support, the funding and, you know, all that. you just watch all the teams around the country, around the world who are successful. and they have funding, they have structure, they have, you know, backing and the ability to train them multiple times a year. and, you know, if we had more of that, i think we could really, really pose a big threat in the future. best of luck to gb�*s women at eurobasket. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello. the warm weather is set to continue, but you might be thinking more about the rainfall by now. it's notjust our parks and gardens that are desperate for the rain, but of course, our wildlife, and there is some rain on the horizon. if i show you what's going to be happening over the weekend — well, this low pressure here will continue to push warm air in our direction, but also a lot of moisture and perhaps more widespread storm clouds than of late. but, again, not everybody�*s going to get the rainfall. hopefully, it will be a little more widespread and hopefully it'll fall at the right time and not on your barbecue. anyway, let's have a look at the forecast for the short term, so a lot of clear weather first thing in the morning. temperatures will be around the mid—teens at 7am on thursday, and then, basically, it's blue skies steady as she goes through the course of the morning and into the afternoon.

now, fair—weather clouds will be bubbling up and some of them will form locally, at least, into a few storm clouds, and we could see some thunderstorms developing around the north and the west highlands. temperatures in glasgow up to 26 celsius, a warm day for northern ireland, too. also, perhaps, one ortwo showers and the odd rumble of thunder, maybe across wales, maybe the midlands and also in the southwest of the country. but the vast majority of us are in for another very warm and sunny day with highs approaching the high 20s. now, here's the weather map for thursday into friday — low pressure to the west and south west of us is nudging in. it's pushing that energy in, that moisture, those clouds, but you can see there's not too much rainfall at all. in fact, we'll see a few maybe reaching parts of northern ireland and western areas of the uk. but, again, many of us are in for a dry and very warm day on friday with temperatures typically in the mid 20s. and notice just how much warmer it's also getting because of a change in the shift in the wind

direction across the north sea coast. now, here's the weekend. that low pressure is much closer to us, but look at that — some storm clouds coming in from the south — and this could bring some appreciable rain to at least some parts of the country. it's not guaranteed, but i think quite a few of us will get the rainfall, so we'll have to wait till saturday, some of us sunday, and into next week. but in the very short term, it remains very warm and of course, very sunny. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines: almost 80 migrants have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their ship capsized off the coast of greece. an exclusive report from inside north korea where people tell us that food is so scarce their neighbours are starving to death. thousands gather in the line for the state funeral of the former prime minister

silvio berlusconi.