the final ladies golf major of the year begins on thursday with the women's open at walton heath.he favourites, as she bids for to make it three wins in a row. she claimed her first major on home soil in france at the evian championship, and then followed it up last week with victory at the scottish open. but she's not the only one looking to capitalise on the conditions at the course, according to dame laura davies who is competing in her 43rd open. it is a course for all styles of play, i think. you could obviously put nelly korda at the top of the tree, her game is suited superbly to this now the rain has come. and i like charley's chance, charley hull. she had a great us open, played some unbelievable golf on the sunday. she's not had her best year by any means, i think she would agree to that. but when she's right she's very right and i think this could be a week where her length, she is definitely one of the longer hitters, she could come through as well. at the canadian open in montreal, world number one iga swiatek is through to the third round after a 7—6, 6—2 win over cz

the purple heather was popping on the walton heath course on day one of the final golf major of the yearwho is heading up the womens 0pen leaderboard. she found 11 of 15 fairways to help on her way to a round of 68, which included an eagle on the 16th, she's 4 under. five players are joined together on the leaderboard just one shot back, including 2019 us women's open champion jeongun lee. south africa's ashleigh buhai won at muirfield last year, but had a trickier start to her title defence, ending the day 2 over par. but it's exciting to get in, you know, with a good first round. there's a long way to go from sunday. you know, it's great to put a good first round together, but major championship golf, you can never you know, you can never really lose focus. so i'll get some food and take, you know, get a good night's sleep and come back and take on the next day. nick kyrgios has withdrawn from the us open due to injurythe australian has been hampered by injuries, and missed wimbledon due to a wrist problem . he's played just one atp tour match this year, slipping 57 places down the wor

katherine downes sent us this from the walton heath course.ance from lilia vu. six birdies and just the one drop shot on the card. she and charley hull started in the lead. and the home hope here, charley hull, hoping for a second glitch win in five years it has been that long since georgia hall won the title but it wasn't to be for charley hull. she was making some early bogeys. vu was picking up the birdies, birdie on the last hole as well. a second major championship win of the yearfor three. she won her first major at the chevron championship in april. since then she has been struggling with a shoulder injury so she hasn't been making putts playing particular good golfer. —— golf. come into this last major of the year slightly under the radar even though everyone knows what a talent she is. she has a lovely back story as well because of a player who was so incredibly talented as an amateur and came into the ranks and are so many do struggle with life on tour and struggled with form as well, thought about walking away from the game and pick

katherine downes sent us this from the walton heath course.dies which is the one drop shot on the card and of course, under intense pressure playing in the final group, she and charlie started to share on nine under her partner was huge calories following charlie with the hope year, hoping for second english women five years and it's been that long since they won the title and it wasn't to be for charlie who was making some early bookies. birdies and making absolutely great and birdied the last one in his second major championship victory of the year. she won her first major championship victory of the year. she won herfirst major championship in her first major championship in april and herfirst major championship in april and since then, she has been struggling with a shoulder injury and hasn't been making cuts and playing particularly good golf and coming into this last page of the year and under the radar even though everyone knows what a talent she is in a really lovely back story and the player is incredibly talented as an temperature te

the second round of the women's 0pen is under way at walton heath in surrey.nt at the moment. the american, a short while ago, at nine under after a continuing her first round form. lillia vu has also made ground, withjodi ewart shadoff of england, back on two—under. that's all the sport for now. welcome back. you're watching bbc news. she is known as the queen of latin but surely ballas has soared to new heights this week, taking on a terrifying wing walk. she is facing herfear of a terrifying wing walk. she is facing her fear of heights a terrifying wing walk. she is facing herfear of heights in a series of challenges to raise awareness about the importance of multi —— mental health after losing her brother to suicide. my brother was my hero. he said you will push yourself to be all you can be, because i see one day you will be a great dancer, you will do something with your life. and i will never forget those words. he was always there for me, 21w. doesn't matter if i was getting bullied, he was the man who stood behind me. yeah, ijust miss him. shirley's b

the final round of the women's open is under way at walton heath, in the south of england. day so far. she's pulled clear of the chasing pack, a short while ago ten under, after england's charley hull stuttered with bogeys on the third and fourth holes. she came into this round with a share of the lead. updates on the bbc sport website. anthonyjoshua could be on course for a lucrative fight against another former heavyweight champion deontay wilder after winning his latest contest with a seventh round knockout in london. but it wasn't a perfect night forjoshua... who was also booed by the crowd during the fight with robert helenius. we collected all of them belts, defended them multiple times, done great business, stadium fights in america, saudi arabia. my team are amazing, so i put my faith in them to deliver. we just have got to hope the other team play ball as well, really. and that's all the sport for now. back with more later on. in ecuador, the wife of the murdered presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio, has blamed the state for his death. she said his person

the final round is under way at walton heath in the south of england and britain's charley hull leads where she finished yesterday. fans enjoying a drink were in for a surprise when seven time super bowl champion tom brady showed up. there was a reason for him turning up, the former quarterback is one of the new owners. an injury time winner for them to the delight of the former american football star. that is all the sport for us for now. to niger, the country is looking for help from other countries that have also suffered from military coup. the niger's coup leaders are looking for support after it was announced that a standby force would be at cent to restore order. russia has urged a block to not take action. we arejoined by the urged a block to not take action. we are joined by the ambassador for new niger to the are joined by the ambassador for new nigerto the un. are joined by the ambassador for new niger to the un. what is your reaction to the news from guinea and mali? ., ~ i. ., ., , mali? thank you for having me, this is not a surprise _ mali? thank you for having me, this

at walton heath at the women's open, lilia vu won, hull's wait for a major title goes on.its of the glasgow city streets. great britain finished top of the medal table. beth shriever has regained the women's bmx world title. she led from start to finish. that is all put for now, back in the next hour. iranian members of parliament have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors — meaning it is likely there will be no public debate on the issue. the so—called hijab and chastity bill would impose new punishments on women who fail to wear the headscarf. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri explains. the timing of the spill is what makes it so significant, because we're only a month away from the one year anniversary of mahsa amini's death, the young kurdish woman who died in custody of the morality police after allegedly violating the country's strict dress code. now, that event led to protests across the country and led to a movement that the government struggled to contain. what we're seeing now is a push and pull between a government that wants to protect the manda

it is held in south—east england at walton heath. i hit my drive really good, apart from the last hole, but it was destined. a good power and good momentum going in for the final round. the main key wasjust to keep in there, striking it well, and had a good finish, so i'm confident and looking forward to going back and having a bath! the looking forward to going back and having a bath!— looking forward to going back and havin: a bath! . , ., having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell. _ having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell, they _ having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell, they did _ having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, - having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, but - having a bath! the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, but he | 0wen farrell, they did lose, but he could... he was initially sent bend for a high tackle, but that was upgraded to radon review. in world rugby will now decide the length of any ban. england actually won the match 19—17

the third round of the women's open is under way in walton heath in south—east england.nder par. she begins her round shortly. england's charley hull has made some ground with a birdie on her opening hole. nelly korda, the world number one, is right up there to now, four under for her round so far. that is all the support for now. staying with the world cup. we can go live to essex,. the owner of a women and girls football club. an incredible game, what is your reaction? i am just thrilled to continue see them thriving. i think we have seen england become such a powerful team. it is we have seen england become such a powerfulteam-_ powerful team. it is nice to see that they continue _ powerful team. it is nice to see that they continue to _ powerful team. it is nice to see that they continue to find - powerful team. it is nice to see that they continue to find it - powerful team. it is nice to see that they continue to find it in i that they continue to find it in these challenging moments. aha, that they continue to find it in these challenging moments. a little earlier

the final round of the women's open is under way at walton heath. final round — alongside american lillia vu. they both get under way shortly. ally ewing, who had a five—shot lead after the first two rounds, remains in touch on seven under. and fans enjoying a drink in birmingham, near st andrews stadium were in for a bit of a surprise — when seven time superbowl champion tom brady showed up to join them. there is though a reason for brady turning up at the roost. the former quarterback is involved with the club's new owners and stayed on to watch them beat leeds 1—0 in the championship. an injury time winner for them, no doubt to the delight of the former new england patriots and tampa bay buccaneers star. and that's all the sport for now. we've all been using streaming services like netflix, which may end up predicting what kind of content we are more likely to watch... but can their algorithms read beyond our tv orfilm preferences? with me in the studio is our reporter ellie house, who received some particular recommendations from the streaming s

lilia vu romped to victory at the women's open at walton heath in england for her second major titled shot a round of five—under, which contained six birdies. hull's wait for a first major goes on, afterfinishing in a tie for second at the us women's open last month. belgium's lotte kopecky won the women's road race on sunday, for a third gold medal at the world cycling championships. demi vollering of the netherlands took silver, just ahead of denmark's cecilie ludwig in third, after the 154km race from loch lomond ended with six circuits of glasgow. kopecky also won golds on the track in scotland in the points and elimination races. great britain finished top of the medal table — beth shriever with their 23rd gold as she reclaimed the bmx world title. the olympic champion led from start to finish. the 2018 winner laura smulders was second for the netherlands, with us rider alise willoughby, who won the title in 2019, crossing the line in third. and that's all the sport for now. iranian members of parliament have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors, meaning

let's cross live to walton heath in surrey where our golf cortrespondent iain carterjoins us. that she might emulate her compatriot from the deep south of america, brian holland after his victory in many respects at the... five shot lead in the second round, exactly the same way as allie ewing did, bogeys at the first, the fifth, the six, she did bounce back with a couple of birdies at the start of the back nine but then drop shots of the 13th and 14th, she isjust done then drop shots of the 13th and 14th, she is just done well. then drop shots of the 13th and 14th, she isjust done well. par i4th, she isjust done well. par 15th, that drops her 14th, she isjust done well. par 15th, that drops her down to seven under par, and out of the lead. a couple of other americans at the top of the leaderboard, just finished her around and lily of who also ate under par but charlie whole still in the mix here. she under par but charlie whole still in the mix here-— the mix here. she is within a shot of a possible _ the mix here. she is within a shot of a possible first _ the mix here. she

the final golf major of the year begins tomorrow with the women's open at walton heath.tier goes in as one of the favourites, as she bids for to make it three wins in a row. she claimed her first major on home soil in france at the evian championship, and then followed it up the following week with victory at the scottish 0pen. but there are plenty of british and irish hopes too, who will look to capitalise on the conditions at the course, according to dame laura davies who is competing in her a3rd 0pen., the course for all—stars to play, i think. you can put nearly... think. you can put her the course for all—stars to play, i think. you can put her game is suited superbly now the rain has come. it'll be really interesting. it's not the traditional course. but this is a different type of test. where do you think the best coops will come for those from the uk —— the best hopes. �*? will come for those from the uk -- the best hopes.— will come for those from the uk -- the best hopes. ? obviously leona. she's won. — the best hopes. ? obviously leona. she's won, she's _ the

the final round is under way at walton heath in the south of england and britain's charley hull leadsican lilia vu. hull hit six birdies in her third round 68. now a pre—match drink is the order of the day for a lot of football fans in england, but not many visiting a pub near birmingham city's st andrews stadium would have expected a seven time superbowl champion to bejoining them. there is though a reason for tom brady turning up at the roost. the former quarterback is involved with the club's new owners and stayed on to watch them beat leeds 1—0 in the championship. what a sight. and that's all the sport for now. tom brady in birmingham, that really is a sight. thank you very much. thank you very much. to ukraine now and the government has claimed "partial success" in its counter—offensive in the zaporijia region. the ukrainian general staff says that its forces have gained ground around the village of robotyne and have successfully repelled russian counter attacks elsewhere along the front line. it is now over two months since ukraine started its counter offensive. in that time, t

it is held in south—east england at walton heath. hours away from anthonyjoshua's fight against finland's robert helenius at london's o2 arena. helenius only took the fight last weekend afterjoshua's original opponent dillian whyte failed a drugs test it's a fight thatjoshua can't afford to lose, as the former world champ looks to make it back to the top of the heavyweight division. nothing in boxing surprises me. if you beat this guy, he is going to fight while there. and not worried about that, i will focus what's in front of me. i had to spend time working on the mental aspect as well as the physical, it was notjust a physical, and i expect that. i as physical, and i expect that. i as tall as him _ physical, and i expect that. i as tall as him and _ physical, and i expect that. i as tall as him and we _ physical, and i expect that. i as tall as him and we are pretty similar— tall as him and we are pretty similar speeds and stuff like that and similar power. i think i have better_ and similar power. i think i have better footwork t

golf now and charley hull was in the running to win her home major, at the women's open, at walton heathn — america's lilia vu — who stormed the final round, to come away with a stunning 6 shot victory. kat downes has been commentating on the tournament for the bbc, and joins me now. great to see you. tell me more about vu's final round, six shots she won by. vu's final round, six shots she won b . . ., ., vu's final round, six shots she won by. what an incredible performance. it was an incredible _ by. what an incredible performance. it was an incredible performance - it was an incredible performance from vu. six birdies from just a one drop shop on the card. under intense pressure playing in the final group she and charlie hull shared the lead on nine other power. they were huge galleries following charlie hull. hoping for a second english win in five years. it's been that long since winning the title for the it wasn't to be for charlie hull while she was making early bogeys. she just carried on in that vein and made absolutely stunning, 30, what a way to seal her second major champion

hull lives just half an hour away from the walton heath course in the south of england.n lilia vu. hull hit six birdies in her third round 68. now a pre—match drink is the order of the day for a lot of football fans in england, but not many visiting a pub near birmingham city's st andrews stadium would have expected a seven time superbowl champion to bejoining them. there is though a reason for tom brady turning up at the roost. the former quarterback is involved with the club's new owners. and stayed on to watch them beat leeds 1—0 in the championship. dan pallett reports. cheering birmingham city fans are blowing it and it is due to the new american owners and the owners are pleased to be here. tom wagoner and tom brady's first game saw the blues beat leeds 1-0 with first game saw the blues beat leeds 1—0 with a penalty. the first game saw the blues beat leeds 1-0 with a penalty.— 1-0 with a penalty. the team played well. i 1-0 with a penalty. the team played well- i think — 1-0 with a penalty. the team played well. i think the _ 1-0 with a penalty. the team played wel

four under is the current score to beat at walton heath and there are around 30 players within threeh how it was in very damp conditions. the best performance from the british perspective has been charlie hull, 71 compiled this morning. the highlight for her, and eagle three. but the leader is four under par. that is the american allie ewing. she burdened the 15 with more to celebrate on that 516, making it eagle there. that has taken it four under par. she has two holes to complete. for britain's most recent champion, georgia hall, it was a struggle today. like many players strangling with the heather, it cost you shots. it resulted in a 2—over parfor you shots. it resulted in a 2—over par for georgia you shots. it resulted in a 2—over parfor georgia hall. she was playing with celine boutier. iain. playing with celine boutier. iain, thank ou playing with celine boutier. iain, thank you very — playing with celine boutier. iain, thank you very much _ playing with celine boutier. iain, thank you very much indeed. yet another successful day for great britain at the wordl cycling champio

the purple heather was popping on the walton heath course on day one of the final golf major of the yearng who is leading the womens 0pen by one shot. a round of 68, which included an eagle on the 16th, has her on four under, with five players just one shot behind. england's charley hull finished her round on one under par for the day making her one the leading home contenders along with northern ireland's stephanie meadow who is also one under. and that's all the sport for now. all right, you, sarah. west african nations have put a smalljoint military force on alert over a coup in niger. it comes as leaders of the ecowas regional bloc countries wrapped up a summit focused on finding a way to push niger back to democracy. at the same time, nigerian president bola tinubu, said the organisation was prioritising diplomacy. earlier, there had been threats of military action, if niger's ousted president mohamed bazoum was not reinstated. but the coup leaders didn't back down. instead, they have named a 21—member cabinet to consolidate power. niger's ambassador to the us kiari liman—tinguiri j

ally ewing leads the way after the first round of the women's open at walton heath. he american hit a under. she'sjoined by northern ireland's stephanie meadow. she might be 45 years old — but it seems there's no stopping dame sarah storey as she claimed her 36th para—cycling gold at the cycling world championships. racing in the c5 individual time trial, storey was more than a minute quicker than her nearest rival over the 17 and a half mile course in dumfries — to secure her 17th road world title. storey is aiming to add to her 17 paralympic golds, including five from swimming, in paris next year. i think you can see from the way i came here early to prepare on the quarry to come i wanted to make sure i didn't leave anything out there to chance. i wanted to know every neck and cranny of what was going to be the circuit. i really felt that that preparation paid off when i was out there taking the corners and a closed road, i knew what to expect and it didn't come as any kind of shock. i knew where all the bumps were, the rough surface, i knew where the change of surface was. i was so

shots in her 2nd round to move to 10 on the par evening is chasing her 1st major title at the walton heath course just outside london. and before we go, some great pictures from the cycling world championships in glasgow. this is japan, you showed the dazzling funds in scotland 21 year old going onto when demands be amex free styles, flatlined the gold medal. this is his 1st eval world championship title. and that, so for me, rob said thank you very much indeed. and our company is going to be here in a couple of minutes for me on all these stories. don't forget the website of course when use on support of 0 dot com. i'm roll madison. we're gonna have a lot more coming up in the next 90 minutes or so. so stay with us. the, [000:00:00;00] the across the us millions of americans rely on conservative talk radio shows for the use of the detainment. these are all issues for real people. the listening post tunes in us is talk radio volume america. there is no room. and that's for how democracy works is really just acknowledging differences that, that are already there. if anything, conservative t

american ally ewing had quite the round on day two of the women's open at walton heath. on the 11th hole. she is five off the lead. over to the world cycling championships in scotland, and great britain have enjoyed another successful day. gb'sjosh tarling took bronze in the men's elite time trial, with belgium's remco evenepoel taking gold. this is the first time the 19—year—old brit has competed in the men's elite at the world championships. ben wiggins won silver in the men's junior time trial. he's the 18—year—old son of five—time olympic champion and tour de france winner bradley wiggins. and he finished second to australia's 0scar chamberlain. his dad was in stirling to see his son's latest success. an impressive knock from jordan cox helped 0val invincibles edge out northern superchargers in the men's hundred. he smashed an unbeaten 73 off 48 balls as the invincibles posted an impressive total of 185—5. they eventually went on to win by nine runs and move two points clear at the top of the table. and in the women's fixture, phoebe litchfield hit 68 off 45 balls to

hull lives just half an hour away from the walton heath course and she's 9—under par alongside americandent and looking forward to going home and having a bath. england could be without captain 0wen farrell for their opening rugby world cup match against argentina after he recieved a red card in the 19—17 warm—up win over wales at twickenham. farrell was given a yellow card for a high tackle, which was later upgraded to red in the new review system. a george ford penalty later secured victory for england and brought their three—match losing streak to an end. elsewhere, a late thomas ramos penalty saw france edge past scotland by 30 points to 27 in saint—etienne. scotland's final world cup warm—up match is against georgia in two weeks' time. a historic day of rugby league lived up to its billing at wembley yesterday. for the first time, both the men's and women's challenge cup finals took place at the stadium. and after st helens beat leeds rhinos in the women's match, leigh leopards won their first challenge cup for 52 years, beating hull kr on golden point. adam wild was watching. for

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played a shot on to the seventeenth green when protesters with flares got on to the course at walton heathtestors have targeted a number of sporting events including the open at royal liverpool, the ashes test at lord's, wimbledon and snooker�*s world championship in sheffield. after they were removed, america's lilia vu went on to finish six shots clear of hull to claim the final women's major of the year. and the curtain came down yesterday on the world cycling championships, and what an 11 days it proved to be for great britain. beth shreiver won gold on the final day as she led from start to finish in the bmx final in glasgow, taking home another world title. that was their 23rd gold of the championships as they finished top of the table. a lot goes on behind the scenes that people don't see. we've been working very hard, and very grateful for everyone's support, and this home crowd, which is insane, so it tops it all off. i was dreaming about it, you daydream about it, but to actually do it, it makes it feel a bit surreal, to be honest. but i'm going to lap it all up, enjoy this momen

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