it's wimbledon time again — and brit andy murray will open centre court later, in his title defence.d in practice play on the independent, the 30 year old is said to be fit, following a hip injury. with me us is mark davies, ceo of strategy consultancy camberton. good morning. let's start with the front page of the ft. what are they reporting? the setting minister, the former city minister will go to brussels to talk about try to get a free trade deal and this comes on the back of a political lifetime away before the french presidential elections and how elections. it was said we could not expect to find financial services included in any free trade deal and that scared the city a lot. they want to be based here and they are going to negotiate their deal. whether they can do that, remains to be seen. it is not a government delegation. it is led bya a government delegation. it is led by a former minister, financial secretary finance under david cameron. we are short of negotiators that know their stuff and who are not used to negotiating on that scale and the city of london is steppin

it's wimbledon time again — and brit andy murray will open centre court later, in his title defence.be fit, following a hip injury. with me us is mark davies, ceo of strategy consultancy

we started the week with 12 brits. 0nlyjohanna quanta and andy murray remain.with skulls and his bandanna and skills on his racket pushed him hard, though. murray‘s empire was not about to crumble, though. maria stood around for the tenth year in a row. hopefully, you know, i get myself in a good way of the weekend, to place on the tennis on monday but yeah, obviously happy to get to the first week and anything can happen from there. familiar territory for him. johanna konta was ready stepping into the unknown. she had never carried british hopes so far but you would not have known. ranked inside the work‘s top ten. she dropped just five games and showed why she is favoured to win the whole thing. i think everyone is a potential winner here so i'm here to hopefully be involved until the very end but one match at a time but i'm very happy to have come through today and i've definitely got another battle coming up next. if she wins that match she could meet the former world number one in only her fifth match back from having a son. it was the furthest the luxembo

brit. and alex ward has been hitting a lot with andy murray in the past so it took some time to settle downw brit, i can tell you. sad to see alex ward go and sad we had to see alex ward go and sad we had to pick between them. let's have a look at what else has been happening at wimbledon today. one of the big crowd favourites here, juan martin del potro of argentina needed seven, yes seven match points to beat australia's tha nasi kokkinakis. del potro, no stranger to marathon matches, played that epic olympic final against andy murray last year remember, and eventually won in four sets and faces ernests gulbis of latvia next. but there was plenty of controversy on court 14 earlier where australia's bernard tomic seemed to be under the weather in his straight sets defeat to mischa zverev of germany. tomic called for what seemed like a medical time—out during the second set. but afterwards he seemed to suggest that there might not have been too much wrong with him. ijust tried, i just tried, there was ijust tried, there was definitely i just tried, there was definitely a mental issue out th

it's been a good day for the brits at wimbledon with victories forjohanna konta and andy murray.res. they also had to contend with flying ants. public information didn't mention flying ants. well, you can't predict everything. but the heat and the british success ws forecast. prepare to be dazzled. two british players — woman and man, contender and title defender, both on centre. here was a match of true intensity. johanna konta at the top of the screen, croatia's donna vekic on the other side of the net, and the ball flying. konta took the first set in a tie—break but when vekic won the second, the match altered course alarmingly. flying ants everywhere today. vekic dealt with that opponent. but the tennis was relentless, this match stretched on past three hours. look at this point in the 17th game of the third set. someone had to win, and konta broke decisively. ten games to eight in the final set. how it feels to give everything and win, and to give everything and lose. well, i think everybody at wimbledon needed a bit of a relax after that. a change of mood and tempo. nice. b

we started the week with 12 brits and onlyjohanna konta and andy murray remain.s bending the ball like, well, him. his opponents, fabio fognini with skulls on his bandanna and skills on his racket pushed him hard though five times, within a point of forcing a deciding set. the roman empire doing its stuff. murray's empire wasn't about to crumble though. what a way to finish! four set win and murray through to round four for the tenth year in a row. hopefully, get myself in a good rhythm over the weekend and come out and play some good tennis on monday. yes, obviously happy to get through the first week. anything can happen from here. familiar territory the murray but against greece's maria sakkari, konta was already stepping into the unknown, she'd never carry british hopes this far. you would not have known. ranked inside the world's top ten now, on court one she dropped just five games and showed just why she is favourite to win the whole thing. i think everyone's a potential winner here, so i'm here to hopefully be involved until the very end. but one match at

we started the week with 12 brits and onlyjohanna konta and andy murray remain.hitheatre, where he shows off his finest work. he was bending the ball like, well, him. his opponents, fabio fognini with skulls on his bandanna his opponent, fabio fognini with skulls on his bandanna and skills on his racket pushed him hard though five times, within a point of forcing a deciding set. the roman empire doing its stuff. murray's empire wasn't about to crumble though. what a way to finish! four set win and murray through to round four for the tenth year in a row. hopefully, get myself in a good rhythm over the weekend and come out and play some good tennis on monday. yes, obviously happy to get through the first week. anything can happen from here. familiar territory the murray but against greece's maria sakkari, konta was already stepping into the unknown, she'd never carry british hopes this far. you would not have known. ranked inside the world's top ten now, on court one she dropped just five games and showed just why she is favourite to win the whole thing. i think e

and two brits in the quarterfinals at wimbledon for the first time since 1973, as andy murray and johannaonta make the last eight. and coming up on bbc news, we'll have the latest on a big day for both andy murray and johanna konta. and we hearfrom and we hear from wayne rooney who has spoken to the media following his return to everton for manchester united. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there were heated scenes in the high court this afternoon as the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard returned with lawyers to present new evidence of an experimental treatment in america that they say could help him. great ormond street hospital in london, which is treating the boy, says the therapy is unjustified. but charlie's parents both interrupted the hearing, shouting out that the hospital was lying. 11—month—old charlie is suffering from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. vocal, passionate and determined. charlie gard's parents have considerable support, including the pope and donald trump. let us pray. and

however there was defeat for fellow brits let's cross live to centre court where andy murray is playinge second set. it could be a very long match. we are used to seeing some marathon matches including andy murray. andy murray has never lost toa murray. andy murray has never lost to a player ranked as low as the world by 29, like fognini. the lowest ranked player he lost two was david nalbandian, in 2005, which was andy murray's debut at wimbledon. we'll have a full sports update at 8.15pm. but in the meantime you can keep up to date via the bbc sport website — and if you are on the move the bbc sport app. but we would hate to lose you. we don't want you to go, we want you to stay with us. particularly to see the weather forecast. it is another day of mixed fortunes on the weather front. that weather front just coming in across the northern half of britain. bits and pieces of rain along its length. as it comes further south, skies will play behind and temperatures will drop away. away from that frontal zone, there may be enough cloud across the south west the old bits and pieces of rain

brits are playing today. they'll be hoping to emulate the performance of andy murray, johanna konta and heather watson, who allledon this lunchtime. we know that wimbledon is an event thatis we know that wimbledon is an event that is steeped in history on and off the court and busy it is possible a bit more could be created by roger federer them his 19th consecutive campaign beginning later this afternoon. the start of one of the greatest success stories sport has ever seen. wimbledon 2003, roger federer‘s first grand slam title, 14 years on, the tally now stands at 18 and counting. back where it all began his quest for a record eighth win on the grass begins. you may have aged but his status remains. it is strange, yes, for a 35—year—old who have not played the clay—court season at all to go in at the david, thatis season at all to go in at the david, that is what i don't believe everything i hear. it is important to me that unhealthy and ready to go and creative on the court and all that stuff and then good things can happen. federer made centre court his kingdom but since last lifting the trophy in 2012 nov

we started the week with four brits, now they are onlyjohanna konta and andy murray remaining., within five times of pushing hard, within five times of pushing them at. murray's empire was at about to crumble. the four set win and murray through to round four fullerton here in a row. hopefully have myself in a good place for the weekend and can play some good tennis on monday. 0bviously weekend and can play some good tennis on monday. obviously i am happy to get through the first week and anything can happen from there. familiar territory for murray but against greece's maria sakkari, johanna konta was diving into the unknown. she has never carried bishops as far. on court one she dropsjust bishops as far. on court one she drops just five games and showed why she is favourite to win the whole thing. everyone is a potential winner here, so i'm here to hopefully be involved until the very end, but one matter time, hopefully be involved until the very end, but one mattertime, i'm hopefully be involved until the very end, but one matter time, i'm very happy to have come through tod

injury fears unfounded as andy murray breezes into the second round at wimbledon with a straight sets victory on opening day. another brita, follows suit with no apparent ill effects from her dramatic fall at eastbourne. but number five seed stan wawrinka tumbles out on day one, beaten by a 21—year—old wimbledon rookie. away from the championships, everton continue to spend, spend, spend. burnley and england defender michael keane is their latest signing for a fee that could rise to £30 million. lots to get through this evening starting, of course, at wimbledon. there were seven british players involved on the first day — not often you can say that. andy murray allayed the injury fears that have dogged his preparations for the championships and breezed into round two with a comfortable victory. ben crowcher reports. and so begins the most quintessentially british fortnight of the sporting summer, queueing, an excuse of the sporting summer, queueing, an excuse for fancy dress and two weeks of andy murray putting us through the ringer. he already put us through that before starting, how would his hip injury stand up agains

for the audience on centre court later because another brit in action that will get packed out for, defending champion world number one andy murrayets out after the konta match taking on dustin brown of germany, a flamboyant very popular player, loves the trick shots, has the characteristic dreadlocks. everyone loves to watch him. andy murray has been on the practice courts. he still has the problem with the hip, did not bother him too much in the first round in his first match. some stiffness from murray as he walks to the baseline, a little bit of a grimace and dustin brown will prove a bit of a challenge than his first contender did. he says he isafun his first contender did. he says he is a fun guy to watch and i am hoping he is a fun guy to beat as well. thank you very much. and dustin brown is a good player. he beat rafa nadal a couple of years ago on centre court. england's women have been in brilliant form in their latest match at the cricket world cup against south africa. while they lost opener lauren winfield for 2h, tammy beaumont and sarah taylor piled on the runs for the hosts. both of them getting their centuries.

i want him even more than murray i love andy. he's the brit. i like when he gets mad but afterwards he's always very gracious he's a good guy. >> yeah, i think -- >> he's a competitor >> he would admit that he was a bit too brash in the first couple of years but now he's not too much there's an article this week saying how inexperienced he was his first time he played and he did pretty well, eating pizza between the games, and he was acting like a brat now he's focused, you know i mean he's number one seed coming into this, but he's certainly not favored coming into this. he's slipped a little bit in the last couple of tournaments >> you watching this >> no. >> okay, all right coming up -- >> wimbledon is just -- a day at wimbledon is hard to beat. >> i agree >> have you been >> i haven't been to wimbledon i go to the u.s. open, though. anyway, expect -- this is you know i read this and it probably will be $1200. you got to watch this. speculation mounting that the next iphone could cost that much we're going to speak to "usa today" tech report

along with fellow brit jay clarke, they produced the shock of the day knocking out defending champions french pair pierre—hugues herbert and nicolas mahut in a five set thriller. andy murray hingis in the mixed doubles this year and it looks like a great pairing. their first match together secured them a place in the third round when they beat britain's neal skupski and anna smith in less than an hour. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says people will look back on the new zealand tour as a success. the lions drew the final test match 15 points all, meaning the series against the world champions was shared. it was a thrilling finish to the game in auckland — 0wen farrell's late penalty kick drew the lions level in the game. a disputed offside decision denied the all blacks a further penalty so the series ended 1—all. and gatland says he hasn't ruled out taking charge of the lions for a third time. my my focus now is back on wales and looking forward to 2019. i definitely finish there, unless they get rid of me before then. and then i don't know. maybe i come back home or maybe something else. i might just go to the beach and put my feet up just go to t

brits. there is a huge day ahead here wimbledon with four british players on court aiming for a place in the fourth round. that hasn't happened in two decades. andy murrayeresting. heather watson is first on centre court against former world number one victoria azarenka. that should be a fascinating contest. but the new favourite for the women's title isjohanna konta — she plays maria sakkari of greece. konta has moved into pole position after the eastbourne champion karolina pliskova was knocked out. obviously we can't write off the number one seed angelique kerber — last year's beaten finalist, you'll remember — who beat kirsten flipkens in two hard —fought sets yesterday. there were some extremely distressing scenes out on court 17 as the american player bethanie mattek—sands suffered a really nasty knee injury. sue barker explains what happened. bethanie mattek—sands of the united states lost the second set tiebreak. this is the fourth point of the final set. suffers a really horrible fall and immediately clutching her knee and shouting, help me. her team eventually come on to help her, along with her opponent. a medical tea m along with her opponen