hello. i'm marc edwards. welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. here is what we have coming up. the protesters interrupted play twice at wimbledon on day three. top seed es contact continues her pursuit of a maiden wimbledon title. a victory on centre court. and england beat australia in and enthralling ashes test to keep their hopes alive. —— iga swiatek. hello and thank you forjoining us on a sportsday. we start at wimbledon where it has been an action packed day

following tuesday's washout. 23 time grand slam winner novak djokovic through to the third round. the top seed on the women's side, iga swiatek, marches on. and there is a thriller between tsitsipas and thiem. wednesday saw more rain delays here at wimbledon. there were also disruptions by not one but two separate protests taking place on court 18 next to me. the first man and a woman ran out onto the court, throwing confetti and jigsaw puzzle pieces. they are environmental processes that belong to just environmental processes that belong tojust stop oil. a man repeated the actions of another court. there are fears this could happen to other sporting events having been targeted recently. in terms of the tennis itself that was business as normal for novak djokovic.

no stopping him at the moment, through to the third round is the favourite for roger federer equalling eight wimbledon singles titles. jordan thompson, the austrian, causing some trouble at times, but nothing to worry him too much. simply through the third round is iga swiatek, well number one and top seed, hoping to win her first wimbledon title, beating sara sorribes tormo is present. did the bass ultimately beat dominic thiem in a final set tie—break. —— stefanos tsitsipas ultimately. medvedev, fritz, shelton, a couple of surprises, with pliskova going out. cricket and the english

women have kept their ashes hopes alive with a thrilling three run victory over australia in the must win second t20. england still trail six open to any multiformat series that inflicted a first t20 defeat for the world champions since march 2021. jo curry was at the oval for us. this is a momentous win for england. notjust to keep the ashes alive but for some much needed confidence. victories against the world champions don't come along very often. england opened the batting with vigor, danni wyatt shone with an unbeaten 76. but that was followed by a middle order collapse. the taliban managed to steer england to an impressive 186, their highest ever t20 total against australia, to give themselves a real chance. in front of a 20,000 strong crowd alyssa healy got a solid start, before

they lost her bought 16 runs, leaving the english fans living. they were choosing 20 runs in the final over, falling three short. they had the home side a fine victory in their first points in this series. a magical night here at the oval. the teams plate next on saturday at lord's. on the men's side the crucial third ashes test started headingly in leeds on thursday, and england, trailing a 2—0, have made a raft of changes. but england have to win. anything less than that will see the australians retain the ashes. the australian might be expecting a hostile atmosphere after the controversial final day in the second test. joe wilson wasn't headingly for us with more. the last few days it seems that anybody intimately or distantly connected to cricket has expressed opinion about the jonny bairstow stumping affair. all that matters now the series

is how do england react. jonny bairstow in particular. and all of that is the responsibility of that is the responsibility of the captain. i of that is the responsibility of the captain.— of that is the responsibility of the captain. i think we have seen on the — of the captain. i think we have seen on the buzzer— of the captain. i think we have seen on the buzzerjonny - seen on the buzzerjonny bairstow that particularly around any criticism around himself he has always managed to do something. weather uses the incident last week of some kind of inspiration to get the best out of himself this week, who knows? but to every individual, just do whatever you need to do to get yourself up you need to do to get yourself up for this week. 50 you need to do to get yourself up for this week.— you need to do to get yourself up for this week. so what right now is in the _ up for this week. so what right now is in the mind _ up for this week. so what right now is in the mind of - now is in the mind of australia's captain, looking ahead to this test, looking back to sunday, knowing that so many people in the last few days have raised this issue of the spirit of cricket?- the spirit of cricket? people were asking _ the spirit of cricket? people were asking whether - the spirit of cricket? people were asking whether it - the spirit of cricket? people were asking whether it was| the spirit of cricket? people i were asking whether it was in the long run at lunchtime and i happily taken on board. —— long room. do you think the spirit of cricket is a real thing or admit that we like to think exists? ' :: :: ' ~ admit that we like to think exists? ' :: :: , ~ , ., exists? 10096 i think it is a real thing- _ exists? 10096 i think it is a real thing. i _ exists? 10096 i think it is a real thing. i think- exists? 10096 i think it is a real thing. i think at - exists? 10096 i think it is a real thing. i think at times j real thing. i think at times there _ real thing. i think at times there is_ real thing. i think at times there is nuance to it. everybody might see a little

bit differently. which is fine. that's— bit differently. which is fine. that's part of it. but no, absolutely, i think it is one of the _ absolutely, i think it is one of the beauties of our sport. it is — of the beauties of our sport. it is a — of the beauties of our sport. it is a gentleman's sport. you want — it is a gentleman's sport. you want to— it is a gentleman's sport. you want to maintain respect for the opposition at all times, the opposition at all times, the umpires, you know, fans, the umpires, you know, fans, the game, _ the umpires, you know, fans, the game, so i think it is one of the — the game, so i think it is one of the strength of our game. sorry. — of the strength of our game. sorry, and you think that was upheld at lourdes, because some people might wonder if you had any personal embarrassment about that in the days that have followed? about that in the days that have followed ?_ about that in the days that have followed? oh, i think our -la ers have followed? oh, i think our players were — have followed? oh, i think our players were outstanding - have followed? oh, i think our players were outstanding in i players were outstanding in that — players were outstanding in that regard.— players were outstanding in that regard. then listing will be different, _ that regard. then listing will be different, mike _ that regard. then listing will be different, mike would - be different, mike would bringing pace bowling, chris woakes tried to get some wickets. moeen ali is back, bairstow at number five. above all that, in that will hope for some intangible headingly magic to win the test match. that right now is the theory. cycling and there is a new leader of the tour de france after a hard day of racing in

the pyrenees. australia's jai hindley has taken the yellow jersey from britain's adam yates, now in fifth place, having lost a minute and a half on stage five. jai hindley leads by 47 seconds from championjonas vingegaard. adam yates and his to meditate a bit larger as the day first and second but this was their first big test in the high mountains. they had to use all the team resources to chase down to breakaway groups and jane hindley who won the giro d'italia launch an attack. —— tadej pogacar. hejumped out of his spacing group, and tadej pogacar was next. jonas vingegaard lodge is above the road afterjai hindley. jonas vingegaard cut the australian lead but couldn't catch him. hindley picked up his first stage when in his first tour de france and the yellowjersey with it. drew savage, bbc news. so this is how the overall

standings look after an enormous shakeup on stage. hindley leaves a race as we heard from drew savage's peas from jonas vingegaard, by a 47 second ahead of the defending champion. giulio ciccone is in third, head of emanuel buchmann. adam yates, who had the yellow jersey, buchmann. adam yates, who had the yellowjersey, is now one minute and 3a the yellowjersey, is now one minute and 36 seconds of the league, six seconds ahead of his co— team leader tadej pogacar. and his twin brother simon. golf and former ryder cup vice captain graeme mcdowell has told the bbc that european golfers playing in the study backed live series should be allowed to play in the ryder cup. it is there in room to room with sergio garcia. i hope if one of the — room with sergio garcia. i hope if one of the european - room with sergio garcia. i hope

if one of the european players i if one of the european players are here on liv imports in a summer deserving of the ryder cup, the landscape would be available to where they could happen. for us to ignore live players because of politics and have the us have live players in their side, doesn't make any sense, it makes the affairs of the little silly. —— liv. that is only if one of our players is only if one of our players is good enough to be on the 12. and donald believes that and i think sergio garcia is probably the lead guy from that point right now. and i think the european team room would be better with a sergio garcia in it. ., ., ., , better with a sergio garcia in it. two football news and mason mount has _ it. two football news and mason mount has completed _ it. two football news and mason mount has completed his - mount has completed his transfer from chelsea to manchester united for an initial £55 million. 24—year—old midfielder came through the chelsea academy and is the first signing ahead of the new season and is signed a five year contract. england, meanwhile, average the first european under 21 championship find out since 2009 are beating israel 3—0 in georgia.

nottingham forest open the scoring. palmer made it two. larger major of smashing the third. —— archer. they will play ukraine or spain in saturday's final is able to win the competition for the first time since 1984. finally, perry st germain have confirmed that christophe galtier have left his role after a year in charge. —— paris. he finished one point clear of second place last, but they fell short in the champions league when they were knocked out in the last 16 by bayern munich. and that is sadly all the time we have left for now. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from our website at bbc.com/sport, but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport

centre, goodbye. hello. our fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue through the remainder of the week, really and we're going to be seeing temperatures gradually on the rise over the next few days. but through thursday, some sunshine in the forecast, particularly so towards the east, but also a bit of rain mainly across the north—west of the uk. down to the fact that we've got this area of low pressure approaching from the atlantic, whereas high pressure across the continent is dominating things further south and east. so for thursday, fairly fresh starts the best of the sunshine will be for eastern scotland, eastern and southern parts of england and into wales, but cumulus cloud builds through the day and that will just bring the odd shower mainly in the north and the west of the british isles. more persistent rain arrives across northern ireland during the afternoon. it'll be windy here with gusts about 40 miles an hour and temperatures 15 to 22 degrees. don't think we'll see any interruptions at wimbledon today due to the weather,

but just a very small chance of a shower in the afternoon as that cloud builds. next few days at wimbledon, hot and humid on friday, thunderstorms and showers possible for saturday and for sunday. now back to thursday in the afternoon. in the evening, that area of rain drifts out of northern ireland across parts of scotland, becoming fairly light and patchy overnight, but across england and wales, quite a warm, humid night. temperatures certainly remaining in double figures overnight. they're not quite as fresh compared to wednesday night. but what we're going to see on friday as this area of low pressure, this frontal system drifts its way northwards, it'll open the doors for this warm and moist flow coming in from the south. so a hot, humid feeling day for some of us on friday, especially so across england and wales. a bit more cloud and showery rain at times for scotland and northern ireland with a bit of a breeze blowing too, but for the warmest spots we're likely to see 28 or 29 degrees on friday, typically the low 20s further north. now heading on into the weekend, we've got that warm, moist, humid air with us and then low pressure again moving

in from the atlantic. so the combination of those two things means we could see some very lively weather on saturday. some thunderstorms possible almost anywhere where you see these heavy showers and that hot, humid air, fresh airjust returning from the west later in the day. a bit of uncertainty about the timing, location of some of those showers still quite warm ahead of them with temperatures again in the mid 20s. so a brief spell of heat to think friday into saturday, but some thunderstorms through the weekend and they're going to continue the unsettled trend into next week. bye— bye.

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