hello and thanks forjoining us. there is a lot to get through. starting at the women's world cup in australia and new zealand where the lineup for the knockout stages is almost complete. the last 16 will be missing two majorfootballing nations — brazil and italy are both out after failing to leave their group on a day to rememberforjamaica and south africa. not many observers gave jamaica a chance of making the knockout stages but they knew a draw against brazil would see them qualify and soon the legendary marta went close.

it was a game of few chances but the jamaicans were hoping they would not pay for this miss. the girls held firm and they got the draw they needed and the progress would send the mighty brazilians out. as players and staff we know we have a family feel in our group and we are resilient and for months we have been saying that we are getting out of this group and we have proven just that and i am proud to everyone for sticking together and having that mentality in mind. elsewhere in the group, panama were yet to score a goal but that was soon changed with one of the strikes of the tournament. the french had their shooting boots on however and came storming back. this hat—trick from kadidiatou diani sealing a 6—3 win and the top spot in group f. in wellington, south africa and italy served up a five goal cracker. this spectacular own goal

levelled the match up. hildah magaia put south africa ahead, but the joy was shortlived as italy soon levelled. at that point italy was through, but up stepped thambi kgatlana to etch her name into south african history forever with a 92nd minute winner. an incredible show of character after the death of three of herfamily members in recent weeks. it feels amazing. i cannot explain how i feel but i think i want to thank my teammates and the coaching staff in the planning that we had. sweden won the group after a victory over argentina to set up a mouthwatering clash against the usa on monday. as the excitement builds for the knockout stages. an amazing day forjamaica and south africa but a sad one for brazil and for the legendary striker marta. her country's early exit saw her bring down the curtain on her international career,

having played in six world cups. translation: women's. soccer does not end here. brazilian women soccer does not end here. we need to understand that. people who like to watch our work and who support, they will continue to support us that those who do not like it can criticise because that is normal and we need to know how to deal with criticism. soccer is soccer and life will go on. on thursday germany will be aiming to avoid becoming another big—name nation like brazil and italy to exit the tournament early. to do that they will need to avoid a defeat against south korea to secure their place in the last 16 while a win could see them top the group if colombia lose against morocco. translation: | can only - emphasise that we have a very good atmosphere in our team. we talk about things and have constructive criticism. we do not need to create an artificial positive atmosphere. we just stay ourselves. we analyse things clearly and then take the next step.

first of all we want to enjoy the next world cup match. we want to win it. we want to progress to the round of 16. in italy it is the end of an era with gianluigi buffon announcing his retirement at the age of a5. buffon made his debut as a 17—year—old for parma. he returned to the cloud season but chose to retire one year before the end of this contract. it brings an end to a 28 year career that saw him lift the world cup in 2006 along with ten serie a titles. sadio mane is the latest of a long list of stars heading to saudi arabia. he joins the likes of cristiano ronaldo, and others in the saudi league. and as the biggest football story of the off—season continues, we caught up with an eminent sports media executive who is on the board of the saudi pro league to get

an insight into the country's football prowess. it is remarkable. i have worked in sport for a0 years now and i have never seen a project as big as this or as ambitious as this and maybe as determined as this to be a success and what attracted me to it is the fact that it is notjust about headline place and about the big players and transfer fee and wages. it is also about the whole infrastructure, whether that be women, youth, creating a whole pyramid that really transforms the sport in the country. i love the scale of that vision and seeing it come into practice is remarkable. the main ambition is to really do what every league tries to do today which is to create stories and make people excited, to really sort of invigorate this sport in the kingdom of saudi arabia. that is the first and foremost ambition.

it clearly wants to be one of the better leagues in the world but i think the best part of it is about what can we do within the country, what can we play, what dreams and ambitions can we stimulate for young women and young male players england cricketers have been docked 19 world test championship points after their slow over rate during the ashes while australia lost ten points. england went from joint first to fifth and australia have dropped down to fourth having shared the top spot with england. both sets of players also lost a percentage of their match fee depending on how slow their over rate was for each test. england's biggest penalty came in the second test where players lost 45% of their match fee. australia meanwhile were fined 50% of their match fee for the fourth test. perhaps unsurprisingly, that news is not gone down too

well with the players. usman khawaja letting this feelings be known on social media. "we don't get a chance to bowl because of two days of rain "and fines are still issued and points taken off us "for a slow over rate. "that makes a lot of sense." with a nice little emoji there. new zealand have missed their chance to book their place in the netball world cup semi—final, but they are on course to reach the final four. a win against south africa would have confirmed the progression. it was all going to plan but south africa fought back in the third and fourth quarters to draw. south africa must beat malawi in their final match on wednesday and hope new zealand lose to jamaica to stand any chance of progressing. more records were broken on wednesday at the paraswimming world championships in manchester and there was more success for the home nation, great britain. on day three of these

championships, great britain �*s maisie summers newton — who won gold in the commonwealth games last year — stormed to victory in the s6 200 metres individual medley, retaining her world title in front of the home crowd. but even world champion has to deal with a few nerves. i think i would be less nervous but ijust keep getting more and more nervous. i think that kind of shows, i guess, that i want to stay at the top and keep winning medals and, you know, sometimes i think i have a bit too much pressure on myself but i could not be happier. sticking with world champions, jessica long from the usa who is known as one of the best paraswimmers from around the world, she won gold in the s8100 metres butterfly. i spoke to the now 36 time world champion after the race about what motivates her to keep going. my love of sport, i love the paralympics and i want every single person in the world to know what the paralympic games is. i started when i was 12,

i planned to end my career in 2028 but i am just enjoying my career for the next year. and how about this? identical twins deborah and beatrix from brazil won a gold and a silver in the s14 100 metre breaststroke for athletes with intellectual impairments. finally, who does not love massive numbers for niche items? sotheby�*s is auctioning an illustrious piece of memorabilia and expects it to achieve in excess of 4 million us dollars. it is a 1972 nba finals game five la lakers jersey. if you do not know basketball that may mean nothing to you but the hall of famer wore this jersey in all play—off games but specifically on may 7 when he scored 2a points and 29 rebounds to lead the lakers to their first ever nba title. while nursing a broken hand, may i add.

that is all the time from us here at the bbc sport centre. before we go just to recap our top story, all about the reggae girls, the jamaican footballers crowdfunding their way to the world cup and knocking out brazil to reach the last 16. what a story. hello there. wednesday's weather did not look or feel particularly summer—like across large swathes of the uk, thanks to an area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. this was named storm patricia by the french weather service because of impacts it had in france, but particularly on the southern flank of that storm system, we've had some very strong winds. there have been some really heavy downpours, but that area of low pressure is now rolling away eastwards. in its wake, though,

we're going to be left with a brisk northerly wind, which will make it feel decidedly cool over the next couple of days. that cool breeze a big feature of thursday's weather, a mix of sunny spells and showers. some quite large areas of cloud, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we will see some bits and pieces of rain. but for southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, it's a mixed bag — some spells of sunshine, some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. but there will be places that avoid the showers and stay just about dry. temperatures ranging from 1a degrees in stornoway to 22 in london. and then as we head through thursday night, we will continue to see some of these showers. some clear spells here and there. i think out west, it will be mostly dry by the end of the night. temperatures typically holding up at between 11 and 1a degrees. so we head into friday, still feeling the effects of that northerly breeze. some spells of sunshine, some showers too. this time, those showers mostly across central and eastern parts of england. the odd heavy thundery one.

elsewhere, more in the way of dry weather, although we will see cloud filling the sky across northern ireland later in the day ahead of this next weather system. and temperatures 16 to 20 degrees at best. and then let me show you what happens on saturday, because this area of low pressure is going to push its way in from the atlantic, the fourth weekend in a row dominated by low pressure. this one quite a deep affair. a bout of heavy rain, could well be some thunder and some lightning mixing in. northern scotland likely to avoid it, but some wet weather elsewhere and the potential for gales, particularly around some western coasts. and with the cloud, the rain, the strength of the wind, temperatures really will struggle — 1a to 18 degrees. we would expect temperatures higher than that at this point in early august. but as we look further ahead into the middle part of next week, there are some signs that things could turn a bit drier and warmer.

live from washington, this is bbc news. former us president trump is expected to appear in a federal court on thursday after being indicted for his alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 election. fitch downgrades the united state's long—term crediting rating citing the brinkmanship on capitol hill. and grammy award—winning singer lizzo is accused of creating a hostile work environment by three former dancers. thank you forjoining us. we begin tonight with former us president donald trump, as he prepares to appear

in a court for his third arraignment. mr trump's arraignment is set to happen at a us district court in dc on thursday, after he was indicted for a third time on tuesday — this time in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the january 6th attack on the us capitol. he's denied all wrongdoing. it's unlikely we will see mr trump in dc thursday, though he is expected to appear in person. he will enter the court from the parking garage and be taken in for processing, then head to the courtroom. he will then turnaround and fly back home to bedminster. the indictment also mentions six alleged co—conspirators, but none of them have been charged. the group, includes four attorneys, a former department ofjustice official and a political consultant, that allegedly aided trump's "criminal efforts". analysts believe they are former trump lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman, and sidney powell, along with former doj official jeffrey clark and lawyer kenneth chesebro. a sixth co—conspirator, described in the document as a political consultant, has not been identified. the indictment comes as mr trump is leading the polls for the republican nominee for president, far ahead of his leading rival florida governor, ron desantis. the latest new york times — sienna poll puts trump in a head—to—head with incumbent

democratic presidentjoe biden. if the election were today, the polls show biden claiming