rice is bidding farewell to west ham united as hejoined rice is bidding farewell to west ham united as he joined arsenal for rice is bidding farewell to west ham united as hejoined arsenalfor a new british record of £105 million. he said it's been a tough decision but his ambition was always to play at the highest level. and in tennis, marketa vondrousova has beaten 0ns jabeur. she is the lowest ranking woman to win since rankings were introduced. now on bbc news it is time for sportsday. hello, good evening, welcome to wimbledon. saturday nights, a weather warning issued for strong winsor was underneath the roof on centre court that the women's final was played out and it was won by marketa vondrousova who makes

history, the first unseeded player to win the singles title here after beating goal. a first men's doubles grand slam title for great britain's neil skupski. he and wesley koolof are wimbledon champions. and so are alfie hewtitt and gordon reid — who win back their doubles title afterfighting back in a three—set thriller. for alfie hewett, there is a singles final to come tomorrow, too. and i'm paul scott in salford. also coming up on sportsday: arsenal get their man — declan rice signs for the gunners in a deal worth up to £105 million. drama in the alps. jonas vingegaard extends his overall lead in the tour de france to ten seconds after stage 1a.

good evening. an empty henman hill, played on for the day. and we have just come to a close on the penultimate day of this year's wimbledon 2023 championships where the women's singles winner has been crowned on centre court. it was played underneath the roof because of the severe winds that we had today. there was a potential story brewing, the same story as last year and that was for 0ns jabeur who was trying to make history. trying to make the first north african arab woman to win a grand slam title but yet again, that story eluded her. instead, it was marketa vondrousova's day. she made history by becoming the first unseeded player to win this title, seeing off

jabber 6—4, 6—4. a player nobody was talking about coming into these shabby ships. a player who was 42 in the world, a play whose only won four matches on grass before this year's wimbledon. she was close to going out againstjessica pegula. she beat five seeded players to achieve what she did here. a player who reached the french open final in 2019, she lost that but one this. when you consider her injury issues as well. it makes her achievement even more remarkable. we've been speaking to both players, you will hear from 0ns jabeur second speaking to both players, you will hearfrom 0ns jabeur second but let's hear first from the new wimbledon champion for the sixth year, we have a new name on the venus rosewater dish. after everything i've been through, i had a cast last year and this is amazing that i can stand here and hold this. tennis is crazy! i want to thank my box.

all of you guys are amazing. my little sister, she is crying up there. i just enjoyed the two weeks so much. it was exhausting but so grateful and proud of myself. i think this is the most painful loss_ of my career. it's going to be a tough day today for me, but i'm not going to give up. i'm going to come back stronger and maybe win a grand slam one day. i am here with tracy austin. thank you for being back with us. i know you were commentating on that match. let's start with marketa vondrousova. an unseeded player making history here by winning the title. what did you make of her performance? i thought she handled the moment beautifully. it is such a big deal to go out on centre court to try to win wimbledon, her first major ever.

she's only ever one one title on the wta tour and it was quite a small one a few years back so this was a hugejump up for her and she was able to hold her nerve, play beautifully with so much finesse and feel and then she would inject pace and she just really disrupted the play of 0ns jabeur and she did a masterfuljob, she really deserved to win. how much did it help that the expectation wasn't on her shoulders? she only won four matches on grass prior to these championships. beat five seeded players, was very close to going out tojessica pegula. even this final, the talk was about on 0ns, not about to marketa vondrousova and that seem to help? i agree with you. everything was on 0ns jabeur. she is the favourite, she is going to win, she has won a few titles on grass. she is the better grass court player. she lost in the final last year and how much she wants it and what this would mean to her. and for vondrousova, it was really helpful that she didn't feel the pressure.

she went out and played with freedom. she is unseeded, 42 in the world, most unlikely for her to take the final and actually win the title so i think that really helped to free her up and 0ns was tied up in knots and when you are tied up in knots, you want the ball to come at you hard and fast like 0ns jabeur has played the last three or four opponents so you are just reacting. what vondrousova did, she slows down the pace and now 0ns jabeur has to create the pace and have the racket speed which is much more difficult to do when you are tight. people like me can watch it and say that person wants it too much. can you want it too much? is that possible? i think so. often, there are some you don't have the skill level to win a major but there are some that are right... some that you think, on grass, if he doesn't win here, he is going to win so many majors. he already won the us open. but there are some that are right on the cusp and she is 28. she might be squeezing

a little bit too tight and that is where the problem is for her right now. she has grown so much because she worked with a mental coach. she says that she was winning matches here at wimbledon, the last three matches that she played, she lost the first set and came back to win. she said she has grown so much in the last six months. she just has to put to head down, blinders on and continue to try to improve. yes or no, do you think she can win this wimbledon title, ? we know she can, will she? i hope so. she was a crowd favourite and she came back and won it five is years later so i do think on stripper well. years later so i do think 0ns will. she will be one of the most popular champions we have ever have here if you can get herself over the line. you mentioned alcaraz a short while ago. let's talk a little about him. his first wimbledon final, djokovic's night. we know the numbers

are djokovic and all the different types of history he is chasing. from carlos alcaraz�*s perspective, this is his first wimbledon title. what will hill be he feeling like and how would you what will he be he feeling like and how would you rate your chances? i would say at the beginning of the tournament he was second favourite behind djokovic. djokovic the clear favourite because he has won it seven times, not when it the last four years. seven times, won it the last four years. i feel like the gap has shrunk because alcaraz is playing so well this tournament. the way he saw of holger rune in straight sets. these are top ten plays and he made it look so easy. he has adapted so well in the last three weeks since the start of queen's since he won that title. with each match i feel is more comfortable with the movement, he knows how to use all of his weapons. the drop shots, the slices, the power. i think he could really give novak djokovic a challenge tomorrow. i can't wait for that matchup, just to see how the young gun at 20 is going to play against novak who has so much experience and is going after number 24. it has been such a closed shop in terms of the men's title,

are you ultimately thinking this is going djokovic's way? at the end of the day, if i had to put £1 on it i would put it on djokovic. but i'm hoping that it is going to be competitive and i think because of how alcaraz has been playing the last three or more matches, i think it will be. tracy austin, thank you. that is tracy austin speaking to me a short while ago. let's bring you up—to—date with british success at wimbledon. 0n up—to—date with british success at wimbledon. on this final weekend and we will start with neal skupski because he has one the men's doubles title for the first time here at wimbledon. he and his dutch partner, wesley koolof, the top seeds. they haven't quite managed to do it at the majors until now. they saw off their opponents in straight sets and neal skupski becomes the first man

to win both the mixed doubles and men's doubles titles here since the 19205. men's doubles titles here since the 1920s. forthe men's doubles titles here since the 1920s. for the last two years, he won the mixed doubles title and now there is a men's double title to his name. having made that achievement, the man from liverpool spoke afterwards about exactly what it meant to him. starting off a young boy, at palmerston tennis club in liverpool, with my... applause yeah, going out there is a small boy with my dad, obviously growing up with my brother. he's been very influential in my career growing up. yeah, this feeling at the moment doesn't get better. me and wesley came together 18 months ago. this year, this was one of my goals to win a grand slam and now we have done it. it feels very special. neal skupski only the second man from britain in the open era to win that men's doubles title. incredible

stuff from him. we're not done though with british success thanks to alfie hewett and gordon reid because they have won the men's wheelchair doubles title. their fifth title here in the doubles, beating their opponents in what was a thrilling final. the top seeds coming from behind to win on court 0ne. coming from behind to win on court one. all the more remarkable, injuries. gordon reid and alfie hewett had barely played together this year. a phenomenal achievement for both of them. for alfie hewett, his wimbledon is not over because he is going to play in a wheelchair singles final tomorrow having got thejohn donne in a semifinal against his spanish opponent. took a fourth match point for alfie. this is the holy grail for him. fourth match point for alfie. this is the holy grailfor him. he has seven grand slam singles titles but wimbledon is not one of them. he wants his first wimbledon singles title and he will get to play for it tomorrow. it won't be though,

against his doubles partner gordon reid because gordon reid went out in his semifinal. the 2016 champion here, he was beaten by the top seed. by here, he was beaten by the top seed. by the 17—year—old who is lit up wheelchair tennis. by the 17—year—old who is lit up wheelchairtennis. he by the 17—year—old who is lit up wheelchair tennis. he won the french open final by beating alfie earlier 0pen final by beating alfie earlier this year. he is in his third grand slam title this year, the 17—year—old, that is who alfie hewett is going to have to get past tomorrow if he is to get his hands on that wimbledon title. we also, of course, have the small matter of the men's singles final tomorrow between carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic. more on that to come towards the end of the programme. for now, let's hand back to the bbc sport centre and paul scott. away from wimbledon and the biggest football transfer of the summer so far has been confirmed. arsenal have signed england midfielder declan rice from west ham for an initial fee of £100 million.

that could rise to £105 million with add—ons. jane dougall reports. west ham's first trophy in 43 years. the perfect way for their captain to sign off. speculation that their europa conference league victory would be declan rice's last for the club were confirmed. this is a massive club. you have to push yourself to the max. he would indeed be playing for arsenal this season. i'm really looking forward to getting started and hopefully enjoying a few trophies together. applause ricejoined the west ham academy as a 14—year—old and quickly became a poster boy for the club. making more than 200 appearances. commentator: declan rice has saved west ham united! - and earning the adoration of the fans. but even they knew his talents were taken elsewhere and today arsenal secured his signature

with a transfer fee of £105 million. with declan rice, what you have is a home—grown player. someone who understands the premier league, understands the nature of competition. there was probably an english player tax, if you want to put it that way. if it was a foreign player transferring in, we might have been talking about an £80 million transfer. i think it also draws a line in the sun for arsenal in the sand for arsenal football club in terms of their ambition and the progression that they've seen over the last few years, they are a serious player. it's been almost 20 years since arsenal won the league, coming so close in may will have only intensified their hunger to return to the top. this season, rice will be wearing a different strip and arsenal hope holding a different trophy. staying with football, there is one breaking news story to tell you. leonel messi has signed for mls side

into miami. we have been expecting that deal for into miami. we have been expecting that dealfor some time into miami. we have been expecting that deal for some time but the american club have confirmed in the last half an hour or so that the argentine world cup winner has joined the club. 1a stages into the tour de france, seven to go — and it couldn't be closer. ten seconds separate defending championjonas vingegaard from tadej pogacar after a battle royale on the first day in the alps. vingegaard extended his lead by a single second on stage 1a — won by young spaniard carlos rodriguez. drew savage reports. 1,500 miles of racing and it still couldn't be tighter. two—time champion tadej pogacar has been closing in on the man in the yellow jersey, who beat him last year. the eight second time bonus for the first rider over joux plane was pogacar�*s target. he raced away and look to leave jonas vingegaard behind but the dane hung in there and gradually clawed his way back. as the summit approached, tadej pogacar launched another of his trademark attacks

but found his path blocked. and then the tables were turned, jonas vingegaard hit the turbo button, stole the second and his lead was up from eight seconds to 12. another unexpected development on the descent to the finish. young spaniard carlos rodriguez overtook them both on the way to the stage win and third place overall. although he is nearly five minutes behind the race favourites, for them, every second counts. another time bonus at the finish saw tadej pogacar make two seconds back. jonas vingegaard now leads by ten, the ending of this years tour is still to be written. let's head to paris where the world para—athletics championships continue, great britain will be hoping for more gold medals this evening, rachael laytham is there for us. rachael, dan pembroke is at what is his first world championships competing in the javelin, has he clinched gold yet?

ican i can confirm that he has won a gold at his first world championships in the visually impaired javelin! and what a comeback story it is for him. missing out on the london 2012 olympics because of an injury. then 0lympics because of an injury. then acquiring his disability by deteriorating eyesight. getting into para— sport, jumping up those rankings and is now coming to a world championships and winning a gold medal. he threw over 70 metres which was just outside the world record. it's his birthday tomorrow so what great celebration for him being able to gold medal in the same weekend celebrate here in paris with his gold medal round his neck. he always said that he is in the best form that he has ever been as a para—athlete and he hasjust form that he has ever been as a para—athlete and he has just proven it here today on the world stage. can you bring it up—to—date with sammi kinghorn? there was success yesterday, more tonight? she

sammi kinghorn? there was success yesterday, more tonight?— sammi kinghorn? there was success yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres — yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres and _ yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres and won _ yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres and won silver. - yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres and won silver. it - yesterday, more tonight? she went on a 400 metres and won silver. it was i a 400 metres and won silver. it was a 400 metres and won silver. it was a gold medal last night in the 100 metres. that is her more favoured event but it was always going to be tougher for her event but it was always going to be tougherfor her tonight. she event but it was always going to be tougher for her tonight. she was racing a swiss athlete who is one of the best of all time. she held on right to the end to get that silvered. she entered three events in paris and she is going home with three medals so we can definitely say it has been a successful championships for her. we have also seen dan greaves, the team captain, he has won a bronze medal in the discus. he won his first medal for great britain back in 2004 at the paralympics in athens. his won medals every para— bit game since including tokyo bronze in 2021 and he has equalled that with another bronze here. it is going to give him great confidence looking ahead to the next paralympics again here in paris next year. the the next paralympics again here in paris next year.— the next paralympics again here in paris next year. the success keeps cominu it paris next year. the success keeps coming it seems. _ paris next year. the success keeps coming it seems. how _ paris next year. the success keeps coming it seems. how do - paris next year. the success keeps coming it seems. how do you - paris next year. the success keeps| coming it seems. how do you think the team will be assessing the performance so far? it’s

the team will be assessing the performance so far?— the team will be assessing the performance so far? it's been seven old performance so far? it's been seven gold medals — performance so far? it's been seven gold medals here _ performance so far? it's been seven gold medals here at _ performance so far? it's been seven gold medals here at the _ performance so far? it's been seven gold medals here at the world - gold medals here at the world championships. a gold medal every day. there is also been gold medals that great britain won at the last championships in 2019 which they haven't won here. that isn't because the gb athletes have underperformed, it is just because the rest of the world is significantly improving and from spending so much time with these para—athletes, i know that because they want the gold medals, but they also want the competition to improve. 0nes who are leaving paris without a gold medal round their neck it is just going to give them fire in their bellies to go home, get fitter, stronger and come back here to paris for the paralympics next year and win more gold for great britain.— gold for great britain. rachael, thank ou gold for great britain. rachael, thank you very _ gold for great britain. rachael, thank you very much. - rory mcilroy leads the way going into tomorrow's final round of the scottish open at the rennaisance club. the northern irishman is 13 under par, one shot clear of south korea's tom kim and two ahead of england's tommy fleetwood. tee—times have been brought forward a couple of hours for the fourth day with strong winds forecast.

the t20 blast final is undrerway between essex and somerset at edgebaston. essex won the toss and chose to bowl first. somerset are 69—4. from 11 overs. earlier in the semi—finals, there may be some tension in the 0verton household after surrey�*s jamie was caught out by his twin brother craig 0verton of somerset, whose side won by 24 runs. before that, essex booked their place in the final, beating holders hampshire by five wickets in a rain—affected first semi. daniel sams top scored with 29 for essex. that's all from us here at the bbc sport centre — so let's head back to wimbledon and chetan. with a special guest! neal skupski is here gate—crashing our programme but we are very happy to have you

with us. congratulations festival on that men's doubles title which you got your hands on. how do you feel? yeah, can't really... can't get it into my head right now that i'm the men's doubles champion with wesley koolof. won it a couple of years ago in the mixed doubles for the last two years. to win a hat—trick of titles at wimbledon means the world to me. definitely hasn't sunk in yet but it is going to take a bit of time i think. we played very well today. it is nice to, kind of, play well in a final. finals are never easy, especially against these opponents. we've lost to them the last couple of times at the french open on clay, but grass is my surface. wesley seems to like it as well so it is nice to get our own back on those guys and take home the title. ., ., , back on those guys and take home the title. ., .,, , , , title. you with the top seeds, but there were _ title. you with the top seeds, but there were questions _ title. you with the top seeds, but there were questions about - title. you with the top seeds, butj there were questions about doing title. you with the top seeds, but l there were questions about doing it at a grand slam and getting your hands on that title. how did you deal with that pressure and

expectation and the talk? there's been uuite expectation and the talk? there's been quite a _ expectation and the talk? there's been quite a bit _ expectation and the talk? there's been quite a bit of _ expectation and the talk? there's been quite a bit of talk _ expectation and the talk? there's been quite a bit of talk since - expectation and the talk? there's been quite a bit of talk since we | been quite a bit of talk since we got to world number one. people saying we have got there without winning a grand slam, but we won seven titles last year. hat winning a grand slam, but we won seven titles last year.— winning a grand slam, but we won seven titles last year. not bad! god miaht not seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad _ seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but _ seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but it _ seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but it is _ seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but it is still - seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but it is still a - seven titles last year. not bad! god might not bad but it is still a team i might not bad but it is still a team thatis might not bad but it is still a team that is developing and we are working hard to improve. we have been making quarterfinals, semifinals week in week out this year. it has been a steady progress and grand slams was our goalfor this year. there is only four grand slams in a year, to win one out of three so far has been amazing. we have one more to go, the us open in september. hopefully we can keep the form and keep going. but, yeah, it isn't easy to win a grand slam but we are full of confidence. the history of that achievement, the mixed doubles which you have won the last two years in a row, this is a third title. how much confidence does that give you going into this is championships for the men's doubles? it is championships for the men's doubles? , ,

doubles? it definitely helped me toda . doubles? it definitely helped me today- having — doubles? it definitely helped me today. having the _ doubles? it definitely helped me today. having the pressure - doubles? it definitely helped me today. having the pressure of. today. having the pressure of winning a title, serving it out, being on centre court. i definitely spoke to wesley before the match to tell on what to expect going onto centre court because it was his first run today on centre. the two titles in the mixed definitely helped me today. it definitely calmed me down going out to serve for the match today and as you can see, i served for the match today and as you can see, iserved rather for the match today and as you can see, i served rather well for the match today and as you can see, iserved rather well at for the match today and as you can see, i served rather well at the very end. 0nce apple went out from the return, it was celebrations from then. {lin the return, it was celebrations from then. ., ., ., the return, it was celebrations from then. ., ., , ., then. on the media roof, lots of conversations _ then. on the media roof, lots of conversations in _ then. on the media roof, lots of conversations in the _ then. on the media roof, lots of conversations in the first - then. on the media roof, lots of conversations in the first week l conversations in the first week about where the success was going to come from in terms of british tennis and some people will say the media are guilty of talking about talking about the singles. we have alfie hewett going strong, him and gordon winning the wheelchair doubles, you going strong in the doubles going all the way to winning it. does it frustrate you when the talk doesn't always expand out into talk about the double is a bit more or not? it can be frustrating, but i think we just get used to it. we have the

likes of andy murray, dan evans, cameron norrie, the brits that do well in the singles but we do have good success in doubles. we have a multiple grand slam winner, a top ten in the world and myself. we have other brits down the line that have had success down the line like jamie murray. 0urstubble had success down the line like jamie murray. 0ur stubble guys, we tend to do well in big tournaments, hopefully —— us double guys. it is something that is not going to get us down, we are going to keep trying to improve and hopefully the media like us in the end. we to improve and hopefully the media like us in the end.— like us in the end. we love having ou here like us in the end. we love having you here in _ like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. _ like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. thank- like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. thank you | like us in the end. we love having i you here in sportsday. thank you so much. congratulations again. we are quickly going to mention the men's final, novak djokovic, carlos alcaraz. we have been hearing from both of those plays. —— players.

judging by the performances that we have seen from all the players, i think this is the best finalists we could have, he is one of the quickest guys on the tour and can do pretty much anything on the court. we are both in good form and playing well, we are both wanting to take this title. novak it's... one more day, one more moment, he has no weakness. he is a really complete player. he does nothing wrong on the court. playing a final hearing wimbledon is something that i dream about when i started playing tennis. for me, it is going to be the best moment of my life i think. and so can carlos alcaraz stop novak djokovic? around this time tomorrow, we will have the answer. from me and the team, thank you for watching. good night.

hello there. summer holiday season in full swing. but the weather is certainly not playing ball at the moment. take a look at denbighshire a few hours ago, some of the showers really quite torrential. and they have been quite widespread as well across the country. we are now mid—way throuthuly. and you are right in thinking it's been a wet month. in fact, all of us have seen above—average rainfall, and there is little to indicate that we are going to see any significant change, certainly through this week. take a look at this. this is rainfall accumulation for the next few days, the darker blues denoting where we are going to see the heaviest of the rain. at least another 50 millimetres to come for many of us over the next few days, adding to the totals we've already seen this month. low pressure is with us, then, to the north—west and circling around that low like a catherine wheel are these weather fronts that have been driving in plenty of showers, driven along by some blustery south—west winds. so some of the showers, you can see, have merged together in bands,

organised lanes, so showers or longer spells of rain throughout the day. some of those showers will fade through the evening and overnight, but there's still the risk of the odd rumble of thunder in those showers and more widespread rainfall, perhaps, across the north—west of scotland. 0vernight lows between 12 and 14 degrees. into sunday, the low pressure finally pulls away off to scandinavia. the winds will start to ease a touch and a north—westerly direction will be more of a feature in scotland. that's going to continue to feed in rain across north and west—facing coasts. elsewhere, still the risk of some showers, but hopefully lighter and not quite as widespread as the last couple of days. the winds will be a feature, but not as strong either. so gusts of winds generally at around 35, maybe just 40 miles an hour, but certainly easing down as the day continues. top temperatures for sunday afternoon still a little bit subdued for this time of year — 17 to 21 celsius the high. looking further ahead,

as we go into monday, a little ridge of high pressure quietens things down for a time before more wet weather set to arrive on tuesday, pushing in from the west. so if you start off dry, it is not going to last. and the outlook continues with sunny spells and scattered showers and those temperatures a little bit below par for this time of year.

later this month. live from london. this is bbc news. dozens of cities in southern europe remain on red alert as temperatures continue to soar across the continent. rescue workers in south korea try to reach drivers trapped inside their cars submerged in an underground tunnel, as deadly floods sweep the country. and councils in england and wales call for a ban on the sale of disposable vapes by next year. and lionel messi completes his move to the united states — signing for intermiami. he'll make his debut