tv Sportsday BBC News June 22, 2023 12:45am-1:01am BST
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coming up on this programme... the transfer merry go round in full flow and its a major exodus at stamford bridge as project pochettino gets underway. defending champions — the usa names its squad for the upcoming womens world cup down under, its a fourth edition for morgan, o'hara and rapinoe. a comeback fit for a king, cam norrie kickstarts his grasscourt season with a win at queens. he's into the quarter finals. hello and thanks forjoining us. we're going to start with football and roma's head coachjos mourinho has been banned for four matches by uefa, following incidents after last month's europa league final. roma were beaten on penalties by sevilla and mourinho confronted referee anthony taylor in a car park after the game. mourinho — who was booked
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during the match directed a foul—mouthed rant at the referee, and that led to a charge of using "insulting or abusive language". his four—match ban is for european matches only. meanwhile, roma have been banned from selling tickets to their travelling fans for one european game next season and fined 55,000 euros after they were charged with the throwing of objects, the lighting of fireworks and improper conduct of their team. it's been a day of big moves in the football world let's bring you up to date with the tastiest of today's transfers. manchester city captain ilkay g ndogan willjoin barcelona on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the month. g ndogan was integral to the club winning the treble this season scoring six goals in his final seven games — including a double in the 2—1 fa cup final win over manchester united. chelsea have agreed a deal with arsenal to sell german international forward kai havertz for around £65m — subject to the player passing
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a medical and agreeing personal terms. the 24—year—old joined chelsea from bayer leverkusen three years ago in a deal worth about him. lots of movement out of chelsea their croatia midfielder mateo kovacic is close to joining manchester city, after they agreed a deal worth up to £30m. kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. chelsea are reducing the size of their squad, as new manager mauricio pochettino takes over. french midfielder n'golo kante is also leaving stamford bridge — he's moving to the saudi arabian champions al ittihad. it marks the end of a hugely successful run in english football for kante, he helped leicester win the premier league before moving to chelsea and winning the champions league, premier league, europa league and fa cup. defending champions the usa have announced their 23—player squad for the upcoming women's football world cup in australia and new zealand.
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it includes national team stalwart megan rapinoe, who will be making her fourth world cup appearance aged 37, and alex morgan, 33, who is another four—time world cup veteran. coach vlatko andonovski says he wants to do something that has never been done before and win three world cup�*s in a row. we wa nt we want to do it for the players, for the team, for the community. we want to do it for this country. we want do something that is never been done before. and we believe in the quality of the team, we believe in the support that we have. and we think that we have what it takes to make it possible. on to tennis and with the grass court season in full swing british number one cameron norrie came from behind to reach the queens club championship quarter—finals in london after edging world number 76 —jordan thompson. 76 jordan thompson. the 5th seeded norrie recovered from his first—set errors wresting control of the match ultimately taking the deciding set 6—2. it means last years wimbledon
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semi finalist is into the last 8 of a tournament for the sixth time this year. the number 2 seed holger rune is also through to the last eight. the dane ended the hopes of british wildcard ryan peniston with a straight sets victory. rune, who reached two masters series finals earlier this year won 6—3, 6—4, and will now face the italian lorenzo musetti. in germany, the top seed daniil medvedev is through to the quarter—finals of the halle 0pen. he beat serbia's laslo djere in three sets taking the decider 6—3 to seal his place in the last eight. medvedev — who reached the final last year play the spaniard roberto bautista agut next. but the number 2 seed stefanos tsitsipas is out. he suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of nicol sjarry of chile, who's ranked 28 in the world. tsitsipas was beaten 7—5, 7—5 — and jarry will now face local favourite alexander zverev in the quarter—finals. elswehere in germany,
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there was a shock defeat for the number 2 seed elena rybakina at the women's event in berlin. rybakina, who begins the defence of her wimbledon title in less that two weeks was beaten by croatia's donna vekic, who came from a set down to seal her place in the quarter—finals. be your best is the motto of the special olympics and on wednesday thats exactly what we got from a welsh teenager. when bleddyn gibbs took up powerlifting he could manage 20 kilos. now aged 18 he lifted over 140 kg's. the special olympics provides sport for people with intellectual disabilities and our reporterjoe wilson is at the world summer games in berlin. in berlin the powerfrom pembroke share for 18 years old, king of the combined competition. in a squat, that's 140 kilos in other words, around 20 to stone. he began the sport with his dad in wales. now as he here in berlin
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watching? 0f wales. now as he here in berlin watching? of course is for the now son lives way beyond the father's limits. after the bench press, 150 kilos and is deadly for the putting in a perfect programme and personal best to be a truly worthy winner. you are a special 0lympics world champion, young man. olympics world champion, young man. ., olympics world champion, young man, ., ., , ., olympics world champion, young man. ., ., , . w man. how does that make you feel? i myself, _ man. how does that make you feel? i myself, i— man. how does that make you feel? i myself, i moved - man. how does that make you feel? i myself, i moved to - feel? i myself, i moved to tears. ., . �* feel? i myself, i moved to tears. ., ., �* , , ., tears. you haven't burst into tears. you haven't burst into tears yet- — tears. you haven't burst into tears yet. this _ tears. you haven't burst into tears yet. this whole - tears. you haven't burst into tears yet. this whole event i tears. you haven't burst into | tears yet. this whole event is 'ust tears yet. this whole event is just phenomenal. _ tears yet. this whole event is just phenomenal. at - tears yet. this whole event is just phenomenal. at the - tears yet. this whole event is . just phenomenal. at the opening ceremony— just phenomenal. at the opening ceremony on saturday, that was something really special. it's equal— something really special. it's equal to _ something really special. it's equal to the paralympics in the mainstream olympics. they should _ mainstream olympics. they should be any difference. it is 'ust should be any difference. it is just amazing- _ should be any difference. it is just amazing. that's - should be any difference. it 3 just amazing. that's about the power of the individual. a lot of the special olympics about the power of teamwork. sometimes combining intellectually disabled
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competitors with main stream team—mates. unified partners force. for team—mates. unified partners for example, football. he is great britain versus usa. the british team is supported by the league managers association and the fa. we watch them train last month with gareth southgate are observing. now in berlin look at bradley stewart. a goal to graze this quarterfinal and in fact in total great britain 17—1. joe wilson, bbc news at the special olympics. in cricket, the battle for the ashes has already started, with australia beating england in the 1st test at edgbaston in birmingham on tuesday and on thursday, the women's equivalent gets underway. it's a multi—format series with 3 t20's and 3 one—dayers following a one—off test match in nottingham where england will begin their bid to regain the ashes for the first time in a decade. the ashes series is one that as you're a kid growing up you
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want to be a part of. or as it encapsulates all three formats for that which brings me into the game a little bit more, which is great. really great apartment, i think for the first time there's probably a sense of unknown about both sides. it's like the next generation banging on the door and given us a glimpse into what the ashes series can look like for the next ten years moving forward, which is really exciting. i feel like will have to do things— i feel like will have to do things a _ i feel like will have to do things a little differently and maximise a few things. that a slightly— maximise a few things. that a slightly strange and disrupt little — slightly strange and disrupt little bed. try and get the crowd _ little bed. try and get the crowd on our side as well. we can try— crowd on our side as well. we can try maximise home advantage is much _ can try maximise home advantage is much as— can try maximise home advantage is much as we can. if we can play— is much as we can. if we can play entertaining and exciting cricket — play entertaining and exciting cricket when we start i think that— cricket when we start i think that wiii— cricket when we start i think that will get the country and the crowd on board with us. it certainly— the crowd on board with us. it certainly can be exciting, it's gonna — certainly can be exciting, it's gonna be _ certainly can be exciting, it's gonna be a toughjob. staying with cricket and scotland have won their opening match of the world cup qualifying competition which is taking place in zimbabwe. they beat ireland by1 wicket in a thrilling match in bulawayo which came down to the final ball.
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a fabulous start to the competition from the scots but that's two defeats for the irish who now face a battle to qualify for the world cup in india later this year. ireland batted first after scotland won the toss and recovered from being 17 for 3 at one stage, thanks to a brilliant century from curtis campher. he top—scored with 120 as ireland made 286 for 8 from their 50 overs. an unbeaten 91 from michael leask underpinned scotland's reply. but it went right down to the wire. scotland were 9 down and needing 2 off the final ball but a boundary from leask saw the scots home by the narrowest of margins. they play the uae next, ireland face sri lanka. in the day's other game, oman beat the united arab emirates — thanks to a half—century from aqib ilyas. chasing 228 to win, oman reached their target with 4 overs to spare to make it two wins out of two, and thery face sri lanka on friday. in rugby union, the holders
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la rochelle and leinster — the team they beat in the last two finals have been draw together in the pool stage of next season's competition. and joining them in the pool of death english premiership runners—up sale, two—time european champions leicester, urc runners up stormers from south africa, and french side stade francais. english champions saracens are in pool a, which includes the south african side bulls. each team plays four games in their pool, and will not face the team from their same nation or league. 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. wednesday brought plenty of summer warmth and sunshine.
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but there were some showers, too, not least in the north of scotland. take a look at what happened in wick. these thunderstorms really lined up and delivered 58 millimetres of rain. that is more rain than wick would normally expect to see in the whole of a typicaljune. now for thursday, high pressure is going to be building its way in across the uk. you might think that that would mean completely dry weather. well, actually, in spite of that building area of high pressure, there will still be some scattered showers, but this time mostly across england and wales. and in between the showers, some very warm sunshine. many places will spend the day dry and certainly most will start the day dry. there'll be some early mist which will clear away some spells of sunshine, but we will see showers developing, particularly across england and wales. and with light winds, those showers are likely to be quite slow moving, not as many showers for northern ireland and the bulk of scotland will stay completely dry. temperatures north to south, 15 to maybe 28 degrees celsius.
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and then through thursday night, while we'll see increasing humidity, more cloud and some rain splashing its way and particularly to northern ireland, perhaps western parts of scotland as well by the end of the night. those higher temperatures, ten to 15 degrees, an increasingly muggy feel, which certainly will continue to be the case into friday. more cloud across the north and the west of the uk with some outbreaks of rain even down towards the south—east, a bit more cloud in the mix. still some spells of sunshine, but with that extra cloud, temperatures a little bit lower, 20 to 25 degrees, a very warm and muggy nights on friday nights. and on saturday, we will start the day with a fair amount of cloud, perhaps some mist and murk here and there, some spots of drizzle. things should brighten up as the day wears on. some spells of sunshine and if you get enough sunshine, it will feel very warm indeed, perhaps up to 28 or 29 degrees in the south—east, but glasgow, belfast, still up to 24. that wedge, a very warm and humid air. but between these weather fronts here. but as this cold front swings its way eastwards
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the us coast guard expands the us coast guard expands the search area as the five men on board a missing su—mersible have less than 20 hours on board a missing submersible have less than 20 hours of oxygen left. we need to have hope, right? but i can't tell you what the noises are. but what i can tell you is — and i think this is the most important point — we are searching where the noises are, and that's all we can do at this point. the indian prime minister narendra modi arrives in the us for a state visit. what are both sides hoping to achieve? president zelensky addresses world leaders gathered in london to discuss ukraine's economic future. he's also been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his desire for nato protection.
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