and in an interview with the bbc, labour leader sir keir starmer refuses to say whether a government led by him would spend more money on public services. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. and breathe good evening. the sunday night from wimbledon and sports day where carlos alcaraz has been crowned wimbledon champion after beating novak djokovic whose run to equal federer record comes to an

end. , ., ., , equal federer record comes to an end. ,., end. everyone here as i say it is a dream come _ end. everyone here as i say it is a dream come true. _ and heartbreakfor alfie hewett as tokito oda takes the mens' wheelchair singles title, we'll hearfrom him. he promises to be back in the final next year. the 61 year wait for a boys a singles champion as searle wins thejunior title. i'm paul scott in salford — also coming up on sportsday. australia retain the women's ashes, after the penultimate one—day match in southampton goes right to the wire. and with just a week to go in the tour de france, almost nothing separates leader jonas vingegaard from his rival tadej pogacar.

last time this wimbledon fortnight as the sun sets on the championship. that evening. from the all england club as those around us begin to make their way home after seeing this extraordinary final between carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic. all of the talk before these championships about djokovic winning a court record equalling 2a grand slam titles including federer�*s record including an eighth wimbledon title, the man dominated on grass who was going for five in a row, who could stop and we asked. when he took the first set against carlos alcaraz, we thought, well it is probably going to go djokovic�*s way again. what played out after around four and a half hours was utterly

extraordinary. we have seen a 20—year—old man only playing his fifth ever tournament on grass he crowned wimbledon champion tonight as hours worked for respondent reports. it had been billed as the ultimate final. the seven—time champion against the 20—year—old prodigy. the star—studded crowned was ready for a blockbuster. but at first it was no contest as novak djokovic plays the opening set 6—1. it seems the master was giving the apprentice a lesson. but carlos alcaraz is the world number one, remember. he began showing why. with the fans favouring the spaniard, jock behich was not happy. at one point cupping his ear, where is my applause? soap and alcaraz edged a thrilling tie—break, guess how he celebrated. —— so win. from there

one set, all, then extraordinary trauma, one game a lasted 26 minutes but alcaraz seized it and soon sees the third set. once again, it was all change as djokovic took the fourth. now he was blowing kisses to the crowd. and had alcaraz blown his chance? apparently not. in this deciding set he took control. while djokovic lost his. time for a new record —— and bracket and possibly a new post. but alcaraz was unstoppable as he sealed an extraordinary tram. —— triumph. centre court has a new king. for alcaraz, a victory and a moment he will neverforget. it is alcaraz, a victory and a moment he will never forget.—

will never forget. it is amazing. i did not meet — will never forget. it is amazing. i did not expect to _ will never forget. it is amazing. i did not expect to reach - will never forget. it is amazing. i did not expect to reach this - will never forget. it is amazing. i did not expect to reach this kind| will never forget. it is amazing. i. did not expect to reach this kind of situation, it's really fast. i am really, really proud... his first wimbledon — really, really proud... his first wimbledon title _ really, really proud... his first wimbledon title and _ really, really proud... his first wimbledon title and it - really, really proud... his first wimbledon title and it could i really, really proud... his first| wimbledon title and it could be really, really proud... his first - wimbledon title and it could be the first of many. ifi if i can let you to do anything head over to iplayer and listen to that carlos alcaraz speech in full. extraordinary. thinking of all of the weather we have had here over the weather we have had here over the last two weeks, my goodness that men's singles final make it worthwhile —— worthwhile. the quality of times was extraordinary. so carlos alcaraz is now a two—time grand slam champion. and novak djokovic�*s hopes of winning the calendar slam, that is all the majors in the same year. we'll have to wait for another year. as he will try to match the federer record. this is what novak djokovic had to say after the match. this is what novak d'okovic had to say after the match.— say after the match. obviously a tou . h say after the match. obviously a tough one _ say after the match. obviously a tough one to _ say after the match. obviously a tough one to swallow. _ say after the match. obviously a tough one to swallow. when - say after the match. obviously a j tough one to swallow. when you say after the match. obviously a - tough one to swallow. when you are so close _ tough one to swallow. when you are so close. but again, these are the

moments — so close. but again, these are the moments we work for every single day to be able _ moments we work for every single day to be able to play on the biggest sieges, — to be able to play on the biggest sieges, the biggest courts, most important — sieges, the biggest courts, most important tournaments of the world. -- stages _ important tournaments of the world. -- stages i— important tournaments of the world. —— stages. i have been blessed with so many— —— stages. i have been blessed with so many incredible matches for my christmas — so many incredible matches for my christmas isjust so many incredible matches for my christmas is just another one so many incredible matches for my christmas isjust another one in so many incredible matches for my christmas is just another one in the history— christmas is just another one in the history books for me. so am really, really— history books for me. so am really, really grateful of course i did not win today — really grateful of course i did not win today but i lost to a better player and how to congratulate him. for the _ player and how to congratulate him. for the first — player and how to congratulate him. for the first time in ten years novak djokovic beaten and centre court. it has been 20 years and someone without the surname, djokovic, federer, or murray one wimbledon. it feels like a historic day here at the all england club. carlos alcaraz the been single wimbledon champion. let me become a trusted ipad. these championships, and is some news to bring you up—to—date with. let's talk about alfie he would. he saw on court one early on this morning trying to win his first wimbledon title, a

seven—time grand slam singles title, hewitt. it was not to be for him. tokito oda the japanese haven't —year—old winning in straight sets. alfie hewett and his partner won the double title yesterday, eating grand slam doubles title but the wait for a wimbledon singles title continues for alfie hewett. he is promising he will be back again to give it a go next year. it’s will be back again to give it a go next year-— next year. it's been an amazing week. next year. it's been an amazing week- not _ next year. it's been an amazing week- not my _ next year. it's been an amazing week. not my first _ next year. it's been an amazing week. not my first time - next year. it's been an amazing week. not my first time on - next year. it's been an amazing i week. not my first time on court, honestly if you games last year. so i feel like wheelchair tennis is being put on the map at wimbledon i went to thankjamie baker in everyone in the club who make this possible and obviously took a chance with wheelchair tennis on show courts like this. it is amazing to play even with the result did not go my way. i know there will be even

more determined and motivated next year to fight in front of you guys. to see so many people on court watching that final good luck to alfie hewett and his pursuit of the wimbledon title. more british success to tell you about on the spinal state. success to tell you about on the spinalstate. henry success to tell you about on the spinal state. henry searle, the 17—year—old the first in your champion since 19... a 61 year weight and it has finally happened. henry searle winning the title beating his opponent in straight sets. that was also on court one full stuff last british youth champion was stanley matthews come the son and namesake of the former blackpool and england footballer. that was back in 1970 —— 1962. henry searle, bringing that title home. nestor mcgregor, my colleague has been speaking to his family.

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laundry— he will get a massive bag of stinky laundry to— he will get a massive bag of stinky laundry to deal with. i am hugely proud of— laundry to deal with. i am hugely proud of him. brilliant stuff and to mention mark ceban and the british 14—year—old winning the under 1a title as well. this day in terms of the men singles final bow, belonging to a supremely popular champion, carlos alcaraz. winning his first wimbledon title. all scott is back at the bbc sport centre. i know there is a biggest how to spend as well i expect your heart was pumping as loud as mine after the extremely final that we saw played out here. come back to me later in the programme but for now back to you. great drama but not the only sporting drama on the sunday. let me bring you up—to—date with everything that has happened. australia have retained the women's ashes after victory in the penultimate one—day match — in nail biting fashion in southampton. the tourists won by 3 runs after setting england what would have been a record breaking chase of 283. in the end they felljust short.

matt graveling watched it all unfold. matt? the mission for england was simple. when here and go to taunton on tuesday to win the ashes of many people had already counted the hosts out of this. after that series going 6-0 out of this. after that series going 6—0 down to australia. however, they came here with a lot of confidence after beating australia in bristol on wednesday. the first odi since 2017. a series that once looked over was now on a knife edge. england going forfour straight was now on a knife edge. england going for four straight wins started well. lauren bell with the ball, dismissed. captain alyssa healy, two gone for just dismissed. captain alyssa healy, two gone forjust 27. dismissed. captain alyssa healy, two gone for just 27. eliyse dismissed. captain alyssa healy, two gone forjust 27. eliyse perry settled australia's nerves. just as england lost theirs. dropping tenses

again. before the visitors hit 26 runs in theirfinal over and runs in their final over and threatened runs in theirfinal over and threatened to put the match out of reach. the target 283, england's highest ever run chase and and odi. the host stayed calm making steady progress until this from alana kang dismissed tammy beaumont. england started, but not steady the ship and setting up a frantic finish. but in the end england fell four runs short. the ashes were retained by estrella, the series england would be proud of. —— australia. it was with australian batterers taking 26 rows off of 26 balls which did the damage and left this match and also the ashes just out of reach for england. of course it will go to taunton on tuesday and we will see if they tie the series there. there was also a thrilling climax

to golf's scottish open at the renaissance club, as rory mcilroy birdied the final two holes to overtake local favourite robert macintyre to finish on 15 under par. all perfect preparation for the northern irishman ahead of the open which begins on thursday. our golf correspodent iain carter reflects on how mcilroy chased down macintyre. 64 in the final round in those conditions really was one of the rounds of the year. and certainly one of the shots of the year at the 18 from robert macintyre into the wind to knock it to three feet to make the birdie for the end to make it a 64 and set the target of 1a under par. rory mcilroy really did pull something out of the hat there. he battled hard around, the wind howling across the course and he needed to birdie the last two holes to win what was his first victory in scotland in his career. he came up with a superb shot

at the 17 and then a brilliant 2—iron from over 200 yards on the 18th to set up a winning birdie. a real grandstand finish that sets up the week at the open championship that is coming up absolutely perfectly. you've lead me to my next question how significant of a victory is it for rory mcilroy knots the timing, but the nature as well? he surely has to come here with confidence. there was already in his history reason for confidence given that he has one open victory came back in 2014, but with this victory now behind him and the knowledge that when he won his last major which was also in 2014 at the pga championship he won the week before. so he knows it's possible to go back to back for titles. having said that, this stokes expectation and rory mcilroy has gone into many a major with very high expectations both internally

and externally and as we know, has not one for 9 years. so how does he deal with the expectation, how does he do with all of the attention not generated with his victory, i think that is a key question for open week. there's no change at the top of the tour de france standings, with leader and defending champion jonas vingegaard and his rival tadej pogacar sticking to each other like glue on stage 15. but for the second day running there are concerns about fan behaviour. nick parrott reports. spectators can get closer to cycling than any other sport. sometimes too close. a fan holding out a phone caused this chaos. which prompted some teams to appeal to fans not to put their riders at risk and something the organisers had warned about three days ago. pleading for those on the road to pay attention. all of the riders were able to continue and race

leaderjonas vingegaard slowed the peloton for them to catch up but that let out a break away for them to get away which... while his margin of victory was more than two minutes those fighting for the overall lead, yet could not be separated. vingegaard started the day ten seconds ahead of tadej pogacar all the way up the final ascent, they played cat and mouse. the hunter in white became the hunted after all four and half hours, pogacar could not find the little lecture he needed to upset the status quo. a week today, one of them will be crunching been in paris, but which is still anyone's guess. manchester united defender harry maguire says he's been stripped of the club captaincy. in a statement on social media, maguire says he's disappointed with the decision by manager erik ten hag, but that he'll continue to give his all every time he wears the shirt. the 30—year—old was made captain underformer manager ole gunnar solskjaer —

a role he's had for the last 3 and a half years. its the penultimate day of competition at the world para—athletics championships in paris. the championships come on the back of poor crowds in dubai in 2019. but the international paralympic committee president, andrew parsons, says he's pleased with these championships, admitting there is work to do to advance the paralympic movement in france, ahead of the paralympics there next year. he's been speaking to our reporter rachael latham. i think we need a lot of promotion in the lead up to the games. remember every single host of the games in the lead up we need to do a lot of promotion, test events, promoting ticket sales, even probably london which is still the benchmark. compared to the awareness prior to the games and after the games,

it was a monumental change. this is what we want to see here. we want to start from a different position. so we are doing a lot with broadcasters here, the media but also with the french paralympic committee and the organising committee. did you think crowds would be bigger? you mention london 2012 but also in 2017 with the world athletics, they were selling out crowds. there have been crowds here but not sell—outs. no, london 2017 was five years after the games. if we had the same world championships here five years from the paralympic games in france next year i assume you would have similar crowds as we had in london 2017. so far this is the second biggest championship, paralympics from a crowd perspective. only after the 2017 but back in two by two years ago, four years ago, four years ago, and doha in 2015. it is a different event. we do not have the same global organisers, finances to support

a long—term or promotional strategy so we are happy where we are, but we are also conscious that we need to do more to promote games next year. but it is a completely different strategy and environment. ipc president andrew parsons speaking to rachel latham who joins us now. let's talk about the action — it's been a golden day for great britain, who have faced more competition this year than at previous championships. rachael — hannah cockroft — gold earlier this week. yes i have just yes i havejust seen hannah yes i have just seen hannah cockroft winning another gold medal in the 800 metres. and she absolutely stormed ahead of the rest of the field pretty much blowing everyone away. this is her sixth world championships and her second gold medal here in paris. she has been screaming from the rooftops for years wanting more competition in her classification. she is starting to get it. her team—mate, gb

athlete, won the silver tonight and the 800 metres but it is clear to see that she still is way ahead of the rest. the real cut above her class here in paris.— class here in paris. what else should we — class here in paris. what else should we be _ class here in paris. what else should we be keeping - class here in paris. what else should we be keeping an - class here in paris. what else should we be keeping an eye| class here in paris. what else i should we be keeping an eye on class here in paris. what else - should we be keeping an eye on this evening? and who doesn't love a relay? it's relay time. the four by 100 m universal so mixed gender as well as a misclassification. for gb it includesjohnny peacock and includes johnny peacock and wheelchair priests or semi includesjohnny peacock and wheelchair priests or semi kinghorn. at this morning's keep the qualified fastest. freaking the european record. will have competition from canada and japan but as always gb will be going for a gold medal. so hopefully it will be to golds to great britain after that race. that's pretty much it for the sportsday team here in salford but of course there is only one place for us to finish and that is at wimbledon. our correspondent has been there for the whole two weeks

and it has concluded interacts on this final sunday. it certainly has, paul. he feels a little bit like this at the moment is extraordinary that men's singles final that we saw and yet that is not the final thing that we will see on centre court. you to some live pictures because we have got the women's doubles final thatis have got the women's doubles final that is playing out at the moment. good to see people have stayed stayed there including martina rights in the low but she was pretty goodin rights in the low but she was pretty good in the doubles. i think it's fair to say. this is special because she is playing herfinal match here, you can see that elys e martens has her, alongside storm hunter, up a great and this one at the moment. storm hunter on stir but she has had this extraordinary career coming all to you end at wimbledon tonight along with her partner. early stages of that doubles final. you can watch

bbc iplayer. the story of course of these championships in many ways in terms of the men singles draw has been about who is going to win this title. and the sense across wimbledon fortnight was shortly, novak djokovic, the man who of course who beat nick kyrgios last year and others before that. and pete roger federer: going forfive titles in a row and win an eighth titles in a row and win an eighth title and more than that when a 24th grand slam singles have that would have brought him level with margaret court on the other so that net was carlos alcaraz. the 20—year—old from spain the world and the one who won the us open but going into wimbledon, had only played four tournaments ever on grass at a senior play. one of them was the queen's club where he won. so yes, we were talked about him as a contender, but could he release stop djokovic with mike well, one set, to

set, three sets, four sets of this epic final today passed and there was nothing to split them. so we went into this deciding set. and carlos alcaraz, you could see it here, had the opportunity to win the match on his racket. could he, at 20 years old, deal with the pressure? could he deal with putting away a 23 time grand slam champion, well yes, he could. was the overwhelming answer from he could. was the overwhelming answerfrom him. you heard cheers on centre court there. there was just as loud. i have to say on the hill next to me. credit to the fans, because we have had plenty of rain and bad weather and heavy winds across these championships and i think that final made it worth it for everyone. you can see what it means to alcaraz, 21 heart ferrera from his coach, and his family, in the closed bubble he travels with and for djokovic, the first defeat on centre court in a decade. he had never lost a match at wimbledon where he had won the first set. that

changed today. because carlos alcaraz, for some time has been talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who was talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who was going talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who was going to talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who was going to go talked about as a talent to. about the next generation in this race. about someone who was going to go on and dominate. what you have to say with alcaraz, he is perhaps doing it sooner than anybody even thought he would. 20 years, it has been, like i said at the start, without the alcaraz barely 20 years old and here he is as a wimbledon champion. so the question now is for how much longer will he go on and dominate. will if you want to cater to. will djokovic ever get the 24th grand subtitle that brings him level with margaret court, will he ever equal federal�*s record of eight titles here, you know at 37, djokovic will be back here next year, but this is not the time for novak djokovic, for once we and wimbledon fortnight. actually not talk about him but talking about a young man from spain

who came here with hope in his heart and his bag in his racket thinking he could win in and you know what, he could win in and you know what, he only went and did. from all of us at the sportsday team it is an honour to be with you and for one final time thanks for watching them tonight. hello there. it's been another day with some blustery showers, but also some sunny spells around at times, too. it is set to stay very unsettled as we head through the rest of the week and it's been a very wet july so far. some spots, particularly towards the north and the west and also across central southern england, have seen around one and a half times the average july rainfall so far. we're only halfway through the month. of course, a lot of months to come and a lot more rainfall, too, particularly over the next few days or so. this is the rainfall accumulation chart.

as you can see, around 30 to 50 millimetres more expected as we head through the next few days, especially out towards the west. now, this is our low pressure system from this weekend. it's pulling out towards scandinavia. so the winds will tend to lighten further as we head through the overnight period and into tomorrow. still a brisk north—westerly, though, for much of scotland. some longer spells of rain, plenty of cloud here throughout the night. further south, across much of england, wales, northern ireland will see some long, clear spells and temperatures will drop lower than they did last night. it's a cooler start to monday morning than we saw earlier on this morning, maybe high single figures where we keep those long, clear spells and then into monday, still plenty of cloud across much of scotland. we could see some more showers here develop as we head throughout the day. sunny spells and scattered showers elsewhere. we've still got a key north—westerly across northwest scotland, but elsewhere the winds will fall lighter. watch out for a rumble or two of thunder, particularly later on through the day across the midlands and into parts of lincolnshire, towards the south—east of england. we could stay dry

for much of the day. temperatures will be highest here 22, maybe 23 degrees celsius. now, looking at the wider picture on monday into tuesday, there is another occlusion approaching from the west that is likely to bring us some outbreaks of rain, some of which will turn out to be rather heavy at times across northern ireland. moving into north west england throughout the day, south—west england will see this heavy rain turn into showers behind the main weather front. but towards the south—east of england, i think it could stay dry again for much of the day. temperatures here 24 degrees celsius elsewhere underneath the rain in the high teens and the winds are a lot lighter. now, here's the outlook as we head through the rest of the week. wednesday, looking largely dry for many a few showers around. it won't feel too bad in the best of the sunshine. it will be turning cooler, though, on thursday with the north—westerly winds.

live from london. this is bbc news. almost 40 people have died as a result of devastating floods in south korea following days of torrential rain. the british born actress and singer jane birkin has died at the age of 76 in paris. president macron has described her as a "complete artist." and the world tennis number one carlos alcaraz beats novak djokovic in the men's final at wimbledon to become the youngest man to lift the trophy since 1986.