and as paris gets set for the opening ceremony of the paralympics — we hearjust what keeps motivating sarah storey who already has 17 medals to her name. welcome along to the programme — and we'll start with the action at the us open. the men's world number one jannik sinner survived a scare to defeat mackenzie mcdonald in his first match since being embroiled in a doping test controversy. last week, it was revealed sinner had failed two drug tests in march, but he escaped a lengthy ban when officials decided he wasn't at fault for the presence of banned anabolic agent in his system.

the italian dropped the first set 6—2 before powering through the next three sets dropping just five games against his 140th—ranked opponent on arthur ashe stadium. started a little bit in the not best way, but for sure, the first match in every tournament, they are not easy. you've got to accept it. i did well in the beginning and i tried to stay there mentally and trying to keep going. so i'm very happy to be in the next round, first time that i win here on this court after some attempts. so i'm really happy. there were a couple of upsets in the men's draw — two big names going out. number 11 seeed stefanos tsitsipas lost in four sets, beaten by autralian world number 86 thanasi kokkinakis.

while the 2021 semi—finalist and 19th seed felix auger—aliassime lost in straight—sets to the 18—year—old czech, jakub mensik. to the women's draw then and world number one seed iga swiatek was made to work hard to beat kamilla rakhimova in her opener. the 2022 champion was not at her best with 41 unforced errors in her 6—4, 7—6 victory that tookjust under two hours on the arthur ashe court. there was an emotional win for two—time champion naomi osaka. she beat tenth seed jelena ostapenko in straight sets for her first win over a top ten player in four years. numberfour seed elena rybakina is through after she won against australian destenee aiava — the world number 194, was pushed hard in the second set, winning on a tie break. cricket now, and seamer

olly stone is in line for his fourth test cap with england, remarkably five years since his international debut. he replaces the injured mark wood for the second test against sri lanka on friday. our sports correspondent joe wilson is at lords. well, here at lords this week, a remarkable story of sporting perseverance. at the age of 30, ollie stone is about to play his fourth test match, pulling at 45 miles an hour is the focus of his entire life. whether it's stress fracture, acl, his body is broken down. many players years ago, i'm sure would have given of the dream of playing test match cricket. but here he is. it's never been in my eyes to give that up and if my body then gave up on me, i may have to step away but thankfully, so far i've found a way and i can be back out there in an england shirt. screws in your vertebrae, wasn't it? there are two, one in l3 and one in l4. just to stop it cracking again.

there's no better feeling i think than bowling fast or trying to both fast so i'll never stop doing that whether i pick up a nickel or not. england are 1—0 up in the series, but at the old trafford, you can bowl left arm or right arm. and the second innings that is like a dream. you make test match cricket seem easy, how do you do it? yeah, i think it's a... i make things seem simple, so i do basic things and try to keep calm. i hope in the lord's, it will be warmer so i think our team is in a good position. first in the net for england today, ben stokes still absent for injury but by the looks

of it, getting close to being fit and probably batting away some of the boredom. we saw a glimpse as well of the big figure ofjosh hall here training with england, he is in the test match squad, 20 over squad, 50 over squad. fast bowlers will always have injuries and opportunities. my goodness, ollie stone has earned his. manchester united have agreed a 50 million euro fee with paris saint—germain for midfielder manuel ugarte. this includes a further ten million euros in add—ons, with the uruguayan expected in manchesterfor a medical, as the deal looks to move at the same time as scott mctominay�*s potential transfer to napoli. ugarte is reported to have already agreed personal terms. arsenal have completed the signing of spain midfielder mikel merino from real sociedad for a fee that could reach 31.6 million pounds on a four—year contract. merino was part of the spain squad who won euro 2024, featuring in all seven matches in the tournament.

us solheim cup captain stacey lewis has named lexi thompson as one of her three wild card picks ahead of next month's event, along withjennifer kupcho and sarah schmelzel. thompson is retiring from playing full—time at the end of the year so will be making her seventh and final appearance in the competition. she is such a gritty competitor and loves the solheim cup more than a propbably anybody on this team, and was very a very easy pick to make. truthfully, she is tenfold better in her game now then where we were going to last year. everything one of them, when i told them it was the pick, it was like, ok, good. they all wanted to be there as well. now, 28 medals — 17 of them were golds. so, you might think that dame sarah storey has completed the pa ralympics. nothing more to achieve. well, you would be wrong. because the veteran para

cyclist is aiming to add to her stunning silverware set in paris. but she also wants something far more important than some bling around her neck, asjoe lynskey explains. paris 2024, for dame sarah storey, the next remarkable chapter. at 46 years old, this will be her ninth paralympics. a journey that started in 1992 has already led to history. across two sports and more than 30 years, the three goals that she won in tokyo made it 17 in all. the most ever won by a british paralympic. but still there was the drive for at least one more cycle and again close to home with herfamily there to see it. the chance to have a normal games, have games with spectators, just being able to experience the atmosphere again was too good to turn down and of course, charlie,

who has never been to games, he won't quite be seven when we get to paris, so for him, both him and louise, they will hopefully remember these games because louise was only three when we went and she has only fleeting memories and she is not sure those memories are from looking at photographs are from actually being there. when you remind yourself that you hold these records and this will be her ninth parliament games, how do you feel when you reflect on your achievements like that? i think, the number nine is the thing that's kind of most exciting, it's not something i ever had a dream about. i remember as a young athlete calculating that i might not be too old if i did eight games, but never ever thought nine would be a possibility and i think is testament to the support i've had. are you going into it thinking it could be her last one? i've never been to any games thinking it was my last one, ijust go into it focusing on what the job is. the sort of decisions come later. for me, it's about having no distractions and focusing on absolutely everything.

and then sit back and putting my feet up and making some decisions about what next year looks like. for storey, she goes in the road race and time trial, but won't compete in the velodrome. it would take her up to 19 overall, third most won by a pair athlete at the summer games, but records for storey aren't the main motivation. two years ago, she broke her ribs in a crash. just to get to paris has been a team effort. my family, first and foremost, have been out to pick me up from the various scrapes i got myself into over the years and put me back together and help we believe in myself again. yeah, i feel really fortunate to still be contending and hopefully it inspires other people to realise that you don't have to worry about age sometimes, you canjust try and follow a dream you

didn't know you had. we will keep you right up to date here on bbc and also you can keep up—to—date with all the latest tennis, on the bbc sport website and the arpa. the latest from the us open but from me and the team, we will see you again soon. hello. the weather's looking fairly promising for most of us on wednesday, with some prolonged spells of sunshine, but it won't be dry everywhere. in fact, farfrom it. we are expecting a few showers and in the morning across one or two areas it actually could be pretty wet. let me show you the big picture. here's the forecast for wednesday. a couple of weather fronts bringing showers into northern ireland and western scotland, and this one here also in the north of england, wales and stretching to southwestern areas. but whether you've got the sunshine or the rain in the morning, it's actually going to be quite warm first

thing — 17 in london, about 15 around merseyside and similar values there for glasgow and edinburgh. so showers reaching northern ireland and western scotland. and here's that weather front stretching from northern england through the lakes, into lancashire, wales. maybe the west midlands, could be some spits and spots further south, too. so for a time some of us will catch some rain here, showers there moving into scotland. and big temperature contrasts on wednesday. eastern england, east anglia and the south—east, mid—high 20s. out towards the west, it's a lot fresher — temperatures of around 18 in belfast and for glasgow. now this is fresher air that's arriving off the atlantic. in fact, the fresher air will spread right across the country during the course of thursday. so no longer is it going to be so warm in the east and the southeast. temperatures here will be closer to say, around 22 or 3 celsius out in the west around 18 degrees, with that atlantic

breeze coming in. just a few showers for scotland. here's a look at the end of the week. high pressure is building off the atlantic. this azores high. showers are kept at bay across france, far away. so it's a day of light winds and sunny spells. really a very pleasant day. and for some of us, a perfect summer's day. neither too hot and not particularly cool either. and the temperatures will be around the high teens across western areas, maybe nudging up to 2a in london for the end of the week. so that's friday. how about the weekend? well, the high pressure is still with us weather fronts are trying to push in, but it's a substantial high so it's keeping things dry. maybe the weather going downhill a little bit with a few showers towards the south and towards the west as we head into next week. so here's the outlook, then. friday and the weekend looking pretty decent for many of us, with spells of sunshine looking quite warm too. and then into september, it does look as though we could catch 1 or 2 showers. that's it for me. bye— bye.

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