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three days before the women's world cup, a plea from the co—hosts as they make their voices heard over prize money. we hearfrom one of the stand out performers — hello and welcome along to the programme. we're going to start with cricket, because england have named their squad for the must win fourth ashes test against australia, which begins on wednesday at old trafford. jimmy anderson returns to the line—up in place england's win in the third test — a victory which keeps

the series alive — with the tourists leading 2—1. moeen ali will bat at number three after being promoted up the orderfor the second innings of the dramatic i don't think we're far off and i think australia — everyone knows it — they are number one in the world and i think we are doing really well taking them all the way. all their games have been fantastic, but the belief in the change room is that we can win this series 3—2 and there is no doubt about that, that we have that in the change room. the final golf major of the year begins this week. the open starts on thursday at royal liverpool in hoylake. reigning champion cameron smith has defected to the liv series since lifting the claretjug at st andrews 12 months ago. despite a proposed merger with the pga tour, he believes there is still a future for the saudi—funded breakaway series. absolutely. i'm optimistic. i think golf is in a great spot. there are obviously a lot of things that are up

in the air that no—one really knows at the moment. i don't even think the guys that are trying to sort it out really know what this outcome will be like. will be around in the future. well, four—time major winner rory mcilroy heads in to the open high in confidence, after hitting back—to—back birdies on the final two holes to win the scottish open. our golf correspondent iain carter says it was perfect preparation for the northern irishman. i would put it up there as probably his best win outside the majors and there have been plenty of them in a glorious career. ok, he has not won a major for nine years, but imagine if he hadn't won yesterday, another instance of taking a third round lead into the final round. it was very, very windy. he needed to birdie the last two holes, in either one

of the best shots of his career to set up the winning birdie on the 18th after brilliant tee shot into the par—317th. it's perfect for him in terms of stoking confidence ahead of the open championship this week. elsewhere, arsenal boss mikel arteta believes his new big money signing declan rice can be the lighthouse that makes the gunners shine. rice completed his move from west ham in a deal that could rise to £105 million and joined the team's preseason tour of the usa. he was restricted to bike work in washington ahead of arsenal's friendly against wayne rooney's mls all—stars on wednesday. i think every signing we have made brings a special thing to the team. declan is very much known in the league and has done tremendously well for west ham and england national team. it is a team that is going to bring a lot of qualities, a lot of leadership in the lead, very specific in the position with the qualities he has. we are delighted to have him.

well, staying with football, championship club leeds united are on the brink of new ownership, with 49ers enterprises cleared to take full control of the club. the english football league has approved the sale to the strategic arm of nfl franchise san francisco 49ers. paraag marathe will take over as chairman, replacing andrea radrizzani, who's been majority owner of leeds since 2017. just days before the women's football world cup in australia and new zealand, the australian team are demanding equal prize money with the men's game. around 84 million will be shared out among women's teams competing at this year's tournament — just a quarter of what the men receive. fifa's president says the ambition is for equal prize money by 2027. katie silver reports. in 2015, fifa made us play the world cup on artificial pitches. the grass was fake and the disrespect was real.

in 2013, we signed a new deal to make sure we got our laundry done for us. fifa will still only offer— women one quarter as much prize money as men for- the same achievement. members of the home team, the matildas, make their appeal to fifa and football's power brokers just days before the world cup kicks off. all: this is our legacy. the soaring popularity of the women's game in australia has been on full display. players is far smaller than the men's. the argument for why we are getting paid so much less is just kind of dwindling, it's not really much of an argument any more. if you look at the ticket sales and the interest and the tv viewing and all of that, there's just not much of an argument there any more.

in 2015 the players were paid 15 million by fifa. in 2023 it has got up to 110. improvement. for those that follow the game closely, this world cup one of the most exciting parts of the 2019 women's world cup of, "equal pay," that rang around the stadium. just women footballers are striving for, it's are over everything from basic equal pay to bonuses. some teams are even threatening to boycott matches

katie silver, bbc news, sydney. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy's valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at a global para—athletic event. petrillo has visual impairment and picked up two bronze medals at the world para athletics championships in paris. andrew parsons says the ipc won't be deciding the overall policy. it's something that we always knew. it was not a matter of if it was a matter of when. so now we have had it at the world championships. i don't think the pressure will be there, but i think, yes, our members will like some guidance because they have to run their national programmes with their athletes so they would like to know.

from a public opinion perspective, i think there will be support, i think there will be people against, as with any new advancement in society. the transgender population is growing, so we need to make sure we can get them sport opportunities but also protect female athletes. and when will the decision be made and will the ioc�*s decision come into it at all? the ioc make decisions on the olympic movement and the limbic games we make decisions on the paralympic movement and the paralympic games. again, it's a decision that will be made by the international federations. there will not be an ipc ruling on it, it will be up to each international federation to make rulings in this when it comes to transgender. so will there not be an overall for the paralympic games? no. so how will it work then when it comes to the paralympics, it won't be we have made this decision. it will not be an ipc decision, each and every spot they have an international federation. so like the rules of the sport and the classification,

for example there is a rule of the sport, they will create the guidelines, they will create their rules, they can be different from sport to sport. if you would just be able to explain to me how you could then have transgender athletes competing in athletics but not in swimming. i mean, the definition of transgender, the definition of who was allowed to compete in a female event or not is up to each international federation. so theoretically these rules can be different. i'm not saying they will be different, i'm saying theoretically they can be different. rachel latham with the questions there. well, one of the standout performances from the competition was britain's hannah cockroft. she maintained her dominance with a 14th world title in the t34 800m. but her overall highlight was sharing the podium with her british team—mates kare adenegan and fabienne andre after winning the t38100m. sometimes you can get a little blase about crossing that line in first or second position,

but when we turn around and saw fab�*s face and just the excitement it really up there on her first international podium it was so, many new faces are coming through. and that is what you have been wanting for years, absolutely. we had fabs in the 100 and we had eva in the 800, two new girls, two new podiums. plenty more girls to step up. of the overall games? i think we are really happy. of experience like myself and some really new faces onto the podium but also some new names a step up and make from the new members to kind of dig in to experience been really, really exciting.

that is all from the sportsday team. thanks for watching. hello. if you're wondering whether any of the heat that's currently affecting southern europe might head our way, well, the answer is a resounding no, but that is good news, i think, when you look at these temperatures. these temperatures which we recorded in the south of europe on monday, are very dangerous indeed. and this heat shows no real sign of letting up. now, we are stuck in a very different type of weather. the jet stream diving to the south of us that's keeping us away from this hot air, instead keeping us in something cooler, and with low pressure in charge, it is quite unsettled. this weather system pushing its way in from the west right through the day on tuesday. ireland, then swinging across the irish sea into wales, the north of england, the south

northern scotland seeing sunny spells and the odd sharp shower. and some warmth, 23—24 degrees, but stuck under cloud and rain very wet for a time through the evening, that rain then tries to pull away eastwards. i think cloud and some patchy rain may linger into the first part of wednesday. those are the starting temperatures for wednesday. and then this legacy of cloud still sticking around across parts of northern england, maybe southern with the odd spot of rain through wednesday morning. some of those could be on the heavy side. 23 degrees the high in london. forthursday, it's the sunshine and showers day. most of the showers are likely to be across the north and the east of the uk. degrees for most of us. so any big changes as we head towards the end of the week? well, not really. various weather systems, various areas of low pressure the weekend, just how

windy it's going to be, but certainly staying unsettled and relatively cool and no change in that story into the start of next week.

the international community condemns russia's decision as soaring temperatures show no signs of letting up.