osaka becomes the first japanese woman to make a grand slam semi—final in 22 years, as she beats lesia tsurenkot the us open. and it is japan's day, as kei nishikori beats marin cilic in five sets, to gain revenge for his loss against the croatian in the final four years ago. and the world surf league take the lead and announce they will be paying equally across both men's and women's events from next year. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that naomi osaka is through to the semi—finals of the us open at flushing meadows in new york. the number 20 seed from japan, who was playing in the quarter—finals of a grand slam for the first time in her career, came through in straight sets against the ukrainian lesia tsurenko. osaka won 6—1, 6—1, injust 58 minutes, to become the first japanese woman to reach the last four of a major since kimiko date 22 years ago. you feel like every young person playing, they want to win grand slams and they want to be number one. so of course that's my goal. but again, i am not trying to put too much pressure on myself. i know i'm

0saka becomes the first japanese woman to make a grand slam semi—final in 22 years, as she beats lesia tsurenkove sets, to gain revenge for his loss against the croatian in the final four years ago. and the world surf league take the lead and announce they will be paying equally across both men's and women's events from next year. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that naomi 0saka is through to the semi—finals of the us open at flushing meadows in new york. the number 20 seed from japan, who was playing in the quarter—finals of a grand slam for the first time in her career, came through in straight sets against the ukrainian lesia tsurenko. 0saka won 6—1, 6—1, injust 58 minutes, to become the first japanese woman to reach the last four of a major since kimiko date 22 years ago.

quarter—final by beating aryna sabalenka of belarus in three sets. 0saka next faces ukraine's lesia tsurenkod czech marketa vondrousova taking over two—and—a—half hours. bryson de chambeau has won the pga tour event at tpc boston by two strokes, which also moves him into the top ten players in the world. the american shot a final round of four under to finish on 16 under to make it back—to—back wins, having claimed victory in the northern trust in new york last week. the 24—year—old is top of the standings with the bmw championship, the penultimate fed ex cup event starting in pensylvania on thursday, and then the tour championship in atlanta with a $10 million bonus for the fed ex cup winner. cristiano ronaldo, luka modric and mohamed salah are the finalists for best fifa men's player award for 2018, while barcelona and argentina forward lionel messi, a five—time ballon d'or winner, missed out on a place in the top three. there was also no place for any member of france's world cup winning squad. the winners will be announced on 24 september at royal festival hall in london. former manchest

she dropped just two games on her way to beating ukrainian lesia tsurenko inside an hour, becoming the reach a grand slam semifinal in 22 years. meanwhile nishikori is still battling it out on the arthur ashe stadium with marin cilic, into the 5th set. it's been a mixed day though for britain's jamie murray, having lost his men's quarter—final with brazilian partner bruno soares, the pair were beaten in straight sets by the unseeded malekjaziri and radu albot, he then went on to win the semi—final of the mixed doubles with bethany mattock—sands10—8 the score in the final set. ryan giggs says he's preparing his wales side for a match against the unknown as they take on denmark on sunday. the danish fa have had to call in players from lower leagues and futsal after a disagreement over commercial rights. but while giggs maintained that his side are focussed on their match against the republic of ireland on thursday. his first home match as manager, the wales boss admitted that he had been surprised by the situation in denmark. top ten team, so i mean it's strange, especially in the world

reach the last four of a grand slam since kimiko date 22 years ago, as she eased past ukraine's lesia tsurenkouse kei nishikori is through to the semi—finals of the men's singles. it will the number 21 seed beat maric cilic in five sets to reach the last four of a grand slam for the first time since 2014. that was the year cilic beat him in the final. experience counts for a lot, at least that's what thomas bjorn's hoping. the europe captain has given wildcards to players with plenty of ryder cup pedigree. england's ian poulter is one of them. he's not had the greatest of seasons, but he has helped europe win the event four times. paul casey, henrik stenson and sergio garcia have also been given the nod to face the americans in 3 weeks time. i have been working hard. ifeel like my game is coming along, obviously played quite nicely in greensborough couple weeks back. now iam greensborough couple weeks back. now i am trying to be as ready as i can be to help the european team win that cap back, that is the goal and that cap back, that is the goal and thatis that cap back, that is the goal and t

semi—finals of the same grand slam, for the first time, thanks to naomi osaka's victory over lesia tsurenko four places at euro 2020 up for grabs. the top—ranked countries will compete in league a. wales begin their campaign against the republic of ireland in league b. the two teams meet in cardiff tonight, in what will be ryan giggs's first competitive match in charge of wales. we know what we're up against. we know we're up against a team who's going to work hard, who's going to make it difficult for us. so a proud moment for me, can't wait. just like as a player, you know, the build—up to it, you've got to do it, but really you can't wait for the game to come. england rugby union head coach eddie jones says fly—half danny cipriani will be judged on his performances on the pitch and not his recent trouble with the law. cipriani admitted common assault and avoiding arrest after an incident injersey last month. he has been disciplined by his club and the rugby football union, but he could play for england this autumn. we feel it's been dealt with. it was a situation you wouldn't like to hav

player in the men's and women's semis at a grand slam for the first time as naomi 0saka beat lesia tsurenkothe mixed doubles final, defending the title he won with martina hingis last year. he and new partner bethany mattek sands needed a champions tie break in their semi final. murray lost in the men's doubles. europe's ryder cup captain thomas bjorn has defended his decision to pick sergio garcia as one of his wildcards for this month's contest. garcia has been in pretty poorform of late, failing to make the cut in all four majors this season, but bjorn said he was the "heartbeat" of the team. rafa cabrera bayo will probably be feeling the most aggrieved and bjorn conceded that it was horrible having to tell him and others that they hadn't made it. it was not an easy decision because so many guys have played well and tried hard and put every effort into it. they deserved that we sit down and consider them and take everything into account. but in the end, this was the decision that was reached. and yes, making those phone calls to those four was easy but it was tough to make the phone call

the semi—finals of the same grand slam for the first time, thanks to naomi osaka‘s victory over lesia tsurenkothis month‘s contest. garcia has been in pretty poor form of late, failing to make the cut in all four majors this season, but bjorn said he was the heartbeat of the team. rafa cabrera—bello will probably be feeling the most aggrieved and bjorn conceded that it was horrible having to tell him — and others — that they hadn‘t made it. it was not an easy decision because so many guys have played well and tried hard and put every effort into it. they deserved that we sit down and consider them and take everything into account. but in the end, this was the decision that was reached. and yes, making those phone calls to those four was easy but it was tough to make the phone calls to the ones that missed out. the nations league kicks off tonight. it‘s uefa‘s attempt to do away with meaningless international friendlies. 55 european nations will compete with four places at euro 2020 available. there are four leagues and wales begin theircampaign against the republic of ireland in league b. it w