in reply, australia never really looked like losing, ellyse perry top scoring on 62, and they wrapped lead the multi—format series 4—0 with one more odi, three t20s and test match still to play. at the cricket world cup, there was a consolation win for the west indies over afghanistan in both side's final match at the tournament. the windies won by 23 runs at headingley and afghanistan leave without a single point. four years ago, the great britain women's basketball team were almost at the point of extinction. they needed emergency funding after uk sport scrapped their investment — leaving the players fearing for the future of their sport. now, they've made history by reaching the semi—finals of the eurobasket tournament. they beat hungary 62—59 to not only give themselves a chance to reach the final, but also guarantee themselves a place in the olympic qualifying tournaments next year. it's something that we're really going for. so, for us, yeah, wejust got to stay focused and, like chema's told us the whole time, we're notjust happy to be here. we have goals and we want to achieve

ellyse perry and meg lanning steered them to victory by 7 wickets with more than two overs to spare. champion nikoloz basilashvili won the hamburg 0pen in germany on sunday. the number 4 seed from georgia beat russia's andrey rublev in three sets to retain the title that he won last year. basilashvili won 7—5, 4—6, 6—3 — to claim only the third tour title of his career. for the confidence, it is very good. i was coming here very relaxed it paid off. i was fresh and really happy that i got my titles with the bit means a lot to me, for sure. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning. some of us had some sunshine this weekend but others a weekend of relentless rain. in fact, it brought localised flooding. in greater manchester, rochdale, we had over 90 millimetres throughout the weekend. the rain was fairly relentless. a conveyor belt of wet weather that moved its way up through the south—east. you can see that quite clearly. some heavier bursts as well at times altho

four players made half—centuries, including ellyse perry, who is 84 not—out.stand of 105 with rachael haynes, who is 5a not—out. the tourists will resume on 265—3. they will retain the ashes if they avoid defeat, and there are still three t20 matches to come. at the netball world cup in liverpool, the semi—final line—up is now in place, following the end of the group phase. the defending champions, australia, edged out new zealand by a single point to claim top spot in group f. the diamonds won by 50—49, which means the silver ferns finish second in the group. and in the match to decide top spot in group g, the commonwealth champions, england, beat south africa 58—47. so the roses finish top, with the proteas going through in second place. and here is how they will line up in the last four. the holders and 11—time champions, australia, will face south africa, and the commonwealth games gold medallists, england, will play new zealand, those semi—finals being played on saturday. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but fr

ellyse perry takes 7—22 from 10 overs. laura marsh last out and top scoring for 21. it's england's second biggest defeat to australia in one day cricket. the men's ashes starts on the 1st of august and england's record wicket—ta ker james anderson is in a race to be fit for the first test. a scan's revealed he tore his calf muscle whilst bowling for lancashire last week. he'll miss their next two county championship matches. england play ireland in a one—off test at lords on july the 24th before facing australia for the start of the ashes at edgbaston a week later. before that, there's the small matter of england facing australia at edgbaston in the semi—finals of the cricket world cup! that match is on thursday. australia won the group game against england, of course, but were beaten by south africa yesterday, whilst england qualified for the semis with back—to—back wins over india and new zealand. i think we were playing well against england at lord's a couple of weeks ago. that will give us confidence going into that ga

ellyse perry took 7—22 from ten overs, as england imploded.england's heaviest ever odi defeat at home. they have to win the test and all three t20s to regain the ashes. jon rahm has moved into the lead in the european tour's race for dubai, after winning the irish open. the spaniard produced a superb final round of 62, eight—under—par for the day, to win by two shots. it is the second time in three years he has won the tournament. it's been a really great week. every timei it's been a really great week. every time i come, again, it is one of my favourite weeks of the year. i've said it all week. i love the people of ireland, i love the country of ireland, i love the people here and the golf course, and the sport is unbelievable. every time i come it is like being at home —— support. i'm thrilled to be able to be us open champion again for a second year, and join the likes of seve. and to be the second spaniard to win more than once, a lot of pride to ta ke more than once, a lot of pride to take on that. and what about this for a first win on t

ellyse perry top scored with 8a.are still three t20 matches to play. later we'll know the winners of the africa cup of nations. the 2019 final see the favourites, senegal, up against 1990 winners algeria, at the cairo international stadium in egypt. and senegal‘s star man sadio mane, says he would swap his champions league medal for african football's top honour. his team are the bookmakers tip for ths final — but algeria feel they owe a lot to their head coach. we do have to give it to the players. it's important that we be very — a team, as we are, and it's important for algeria, because we used to have good individualities, and now i think we feel very strongly as a team. we used to have good individuality and now we feel very strong. frenchman julian alaphilippe still holds the leader's yellow jersey, going into stage 13 of the tour de france. britain's simon yates claimed his maiden tour de france stage win on stage 12. he's now won stages at all three grand tours. friday's stage is the only individual time tria

in reply, australia never really looked like losing, ellyse perry top scoring on 62, and they wrappedhe cricket world cup, there was a consolation win for the west indies over afghanistan in both side's final match of the tournament. the windies won by 23 runs at headingley and afghanistan leave without a single point. and huddersfield giants moved away from the bottom of super league with a big win over salford. darnell mcintosh with the final score as huddersfield won by 30—18 at the aj bell stadium. the victory moves them into ninth on 16 points, with leeds, hull kingston rovers and london broncos all on 14 points below them. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. time for a quick check on the weather. if you are looking for sunshine today, your best bet was to look further south. this is from a weather watcher in central london. a bit of wispy cloud, but essentially a beautiful day. have a look at theirs. if you spent your day in north—west scotland, there was cloud, mist and drizzle and temperatures got no higher than 30 degrees. keep that cloudy, damp and murky weather across

a century for ellyse perry and australia are on course to retain the ashes. england are struggling. taking the urn. all week we've been marking the 50th anniversary of the mission that culminated in neil armstrong becoming the first man to walk on the moon. that historic moment was watched live on television by a global audience of 600 million people. the pictures were broadcast thanks to a radio telescope in rural australia, immortalised in the film the dish. hywel griffith has been to meet one of the people who helped bring those unforgettable first images to the world. they've got the flag up now and you can see the stars & stripes. it was the tv moment of the 20th century. beautiful, just beautiful. the giant leap for mankind sent 384,000 kilometres through space and onto screens around the world. it was only possible thanks to this dish, the parkes observatory was one of three receiving the signal on earth. it produced the clearest pictures and so was the main source of the tv images. david cook was the senior receiver engineer. the enormity of the occasion didn't strike him un

some sloppy fielding by england contributed to ellyse perry reaching her century — helping australiaoking very unlikely that they'll be able to regain the ashes. that's all the sport for now. just coming up to 11:56 p.m., it felt a bit like summer had been on a break today, we had some soggy weather across the uk, it was coming down heavily here in staffordshire for one of our weather watchers during this evening, it shows the pulses of rain that have been coming across the british isles. some thundery downpours now creeping into southern and south—western parts of england, some of these will continue as we have through the small hours of the morning, so don't be surprised if you are about to head off to bed, if you get woken up by lightning or thunder, some of those thunderstorms also creeping into southern and eastern parts of scotland, some patches of rain elsewhere, on what is going to be a muqqy elsewhere, on what is going to be a muggy night, those temperatures no lower than 14—17 degrees, so that could be a little bit uncomfortable. getting into tomorrow and it is a story of s

but it was the dismissal of ellyse perry which was the breakthrough.ched her century, in part, down to some sloppy fielding from england. but her staying power has helped australia get to 341 for 5 at taunton. she was later caught by the england captain heather knight off the bowling of laura marsh. she has gone for 116 now. but australia already lead england 6—0 in this multi—format series. england need to win this test to have any chance of regaining the ashes. steve bruce has held his first news conference as newcastle head coach today. his appointment was described as un—ambitious by some sections of fans, following the departure of previous manager rafa benitez. bruce, whose boyhood club was newcastle, says whoever replaced benitez would have a toughjob, and he's facing the criticism head on. iam not i am not everybody‘s cup of tea. i can understand that. i am not rafa benitez. whoever was going to sit in the seat was going to find it difficult. however, iam confident enough with my experience and the people i have brought with me, we will continu

ellyse perry hit a century before the rain stops play. metre platform world title tomorrow. he's through to the semifinal along with fellow briton noah williams at the world championships. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the dutch supreme court has ruled that the netherlands is partly to blame for 350 deaths in bosnia's srebrenica massacre. the men were murdered after dutch troops at a united nations—declared safe zone handed them over to general ratko mladic‘s forces. bosnian serb forces killed 8,000 muslim men in the town in 1995. from the hague, anne holligan has this update thejudges began by acknowledging those dutch soldiers were in an impossible position. lightly armed in the face of the bosnian serb onslaught. thousands of refugees had fled here to what was supposed to be, as you say, a designated safe zone. it was in the process of the evacuation it was found that the dutch soldiers knew there was a high chance that the muslim men would be executed. but instead of stopping the evacuation, they actually facilitated

ellyse perry takes 7—22 from 10 overs. only 3 players reaching double figures. bowling for lancashire last week. he‘ll miss their next two county championship matches. england play ireland in a one—off test at lords on july the 24th before facing australia for the start of the ashes at edgbaston a week later. before that, though, there‘s the small matter of england facing australia at edgbaston in the semi finals of the cricket world cup! that match is on thursday. australia won the group game against england, of course, but were beaten by south africa yesterday whilst england qualified for the semis with back to back wins over india and new zealand. i think playing well against england at lord‘s a couple of weeks ago, that will give us confidence going into that game. there has been a lot of build—up to the world cup and especially getting towards the pointy end, we have been in good form so we will have to be at our best to win that. it will just form so we will have to be at our best to win that. it willjust be exciting. any time australia plays england is ex

their title and they're well on their way after some sloppy fielding by england contributed to ellyse perryth four. there are three t205 to come. britain's geraint thomas might be relishing the tour de france returning to the mountains today after yesterday's time trial in pau didn't go to plan. the defending champion excels at time trials and was expected to close the gap on the leader julian alaphilippe. but the frenchman put in a stunning ride, beating thomas by 14 seconds and extending his advantage over him to one minute 26. tom daley has the chance to defend his ten metre platform title today in south korea, through to the final along with noah williams at the world championships. it means they secured two spots in the event at the tokyo olympics next year. back to the netball, and as we've been saying, england play new zealand in their world cup semifinal later today, while south africa take on the defending world champions australia. the diamonds, as australia are known, have dominated for decades, winning the trophy 11 times. mike has been to train with them to see how they do it.

their title, and they're well on their way after some sloppy fielding by england contributed to ellyse perryur. there are three t20s to come. in rugby league, huddersfield giants claimed a valuable win over fellow relegation strugglers hull kr. only two points separated the sides two minutes from time before jermaine mcgillvary crashed over, making the score 18—12 and securing the points for the giants. that moves huddersfield four points clear of bottom spot. tom daley has the chance to defend his 10 metre platform world title today in south korea. he's through to the final, along with fellow briton noah williams, at the world championships. that also means they secure two spots in the event at the tokyo olympics next year. i would love to be able to defend the world title, you know, it will be tough, the chinese guys are pretty special and you know i also have the mixed synchronised event as well beforehand so it will be a busy day but for me, like, all things, you know, said and done, like this is for me this is job done, qualification for the olympics for gigabits in the men's platform i