americanjessica pegula, who had lost her past six major quarterfinals before beating world number one iga swiatek

americanjessica pegula, who had lost her past six major quarterfinals before beating world number one iga swiatekthursday. she followed that up in her semi with a battling victory over the czech player karolina muchova 1—6, 6—4, 6—2. it isa it is a childhood dream, what i wanted when i was a kid. it is a lot of work, a lot of hard work put in and you couldn't even imagine how much goes into it. it would mean the world to me. i'mjust it. it would mean the world to me. i'm just happy to be in a final, but i come here to want to win the title. so here is what's to come later on friday in the men's semifinals. world number one jannik sinner goes up against the new star of british tennis jack draper on the arthur ashe court. that will be followed by the all—american clash between the number 12 seed taylor fritz and frances tiafoe for a place in sundays us open final. at the paralympics in paris, britain's sarah storey has won a record—extending 19th paralympic gold medal. she beat french rider heidi gaugain, 27 years herjunior, in a thrilling sprint finish to the cycling road race. storey is now 46. q

on the women's side, american jessica pegula defeated number-one seed iga swiatek to make it to her firsthis is the first time in more than two decades that multiple americans have reached both the women's and the men's semifinals. >>> a vigil was held in columbus, ohio, for nhl hockey player johnny gaudreau and his brother who were killed by a suspected drunk driver last week. columbus blue jackets players spoke to the crowd, lit candles, and paused for a moment of silence. >>> brian may, lead guitarist of wine can, says -- queen, says he's doing okay after suffering a minor stroke last week. >> i'm here to bring good news i think. good news is that i can play guitar after the events of the last few days. >> may says that he temporarily lost control over his arm. he called the experience a little scary but said he doesn't want sympathy because it will just clutter up his inbox. >>> we'll be right back. > we'll. what's up, you seem kinda sluggish today. things aren't really movin'. you could use some metamucil. metamucil's psyllium fiber helps keep your digestive system moving so you can

as is the women's top seed and 2022 champion in new york — iga swiatek — who eased past russia's anastasiae the match gave her a positive kick. america'sjessica pegula is also into the last 16. and charles leclerc leads the italian grand prix has won the grand prix. ahead of the mclarens of oscar piastri and lando norris second and third — norris started on pole but lost the lead on the very first lap. max verstappen is sixth behind lewis hamilton, having started seventh on the grid. all on the bbc sport website, i will have more for you later but that is all for now. let's ta ke let's take you back to israel where the funeral is taking place of one of the hostages whose body has been recovered from gossett this weekend. it is the funeral of almog, 27 years old. he had been missing since the morning of october the 7th last year when hamas attacked the nova music festival that he had been attending with his girlfriend, shaha. she died in that attack. his family and now have his body back after 11 months. of waiting. you are watching bbc news. next, we bring you special coverage of the snp�*

well, meanwhile the women's world number one iga swiatek is also safely through, thanks to a straight—setso good, but i try to stay there mentally. they went my way. and i'm happy to be in the next round. well, meanwhile the women's world number one iga swiatek is also safely through, thanks to a straight—set victory over liudmila samsonova. the last time swiatek reached quarters at flushing meadows, she went on to lift the trophy, that was in 2022. she'll play the american sixth seed jessica pegula tomorrow. againstjesse, it's never easy, it's gonna be, for sure, a tough one because she plays really, you know flat ball, with no spin and you have to work really low on your legs and she is in a good rhythm right now and she's won so many matches that, for sure, it's going to be a challenge. so this is how the fixtures line up in new york today, first up the spaniard paula badosa taking on emma navarro. cheptegui was attacked at her home in western kenya where she'd been training. it comes just months after the record—breaking long—distance runner agnes tirop was found stabbed to death in t

as is the women's top seed and 2022 champion in new york — iga swiatek — who eased past russia's anastasianorris started from pole, but was overtaken on the first lap by mclaren teamate oscar piastri — and also ferrari driver charles leclerc. it is all happening, keep across it on the bbc sports website, that is all for now. let's just return tojerusalem, one of the cities where we are seeing people coming out in a protest following the discovery of the bodies of six israeli hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip. the hostages family forum have asked the israeli public to join protests across the country. they are saying that the delay in signing a cease fire and hostage release deal has led to the deaths of these six people and those of many other hostages. this is bbc news. hello there. the weather pattern looks quite complicated for the next couple of days, we have generally got low pressure close by with weather fronts. and we are picking up quite a bit of humidity and warmth off the near continent. so, that is going to really complicate the story somewhat with showers and thundersto

she'll playjessica pegula or iga swiatek.the seventh day of competiiton. wheelchair racer sammi kinghorn has the first paralympic gold of her career, after a sensational battle with catherine debrunner in the t53 final. finally beating the swiss after finishjing second to her in the 800 and 1,500 metres, they face each other again in the 400 final tomorrow. and in wheelchair fencing, dimitri coutya is the new foil champion, beating china's defending champion feng yanke15—7. he won silver and three bronzes at the last paralympics in tokyo. we're in football's international break and nations league matches are fast approaching. england have given their first news conference since the players gathered at st george's park ahead of the matches against republic of ireland in dublin on saturday, then finland at wembley next tuesday night. they'll be lee carsley�*s first games in charge since he was given the interim head coach role. angel gomes is one of those in line for a debut after playing for carsley in the under—21s he's a ver

it's actually meanwhile, the number one seed in the women's bracket iga swiatek had a nice little chat former number one, serena williams who was visiting for the day. hey, whatever serena said, it certainly worked for city on tech. no trouble at all. advancing to the round of 16. she beats anastasia pavlyuchenkova who kovac in straight sets 6, 4, 6, 2, next up, she will face flood sampson over. that is sports. you crews from those names very well. not exactly. are you know, better than i would try to play it off when i don't know. also, we are both saying earlier. >> pearsall thank god. it was not worse because when you first heard he was shot, i mean, what is your shot in the chest? yeah, so scary mean, first and foremost, thankfully, it seems like will be okay. yeah, point just an awful situation. so see you 11 o'clock. sure. >> the oakland coliseum halfway to its new future. the a's finalize the sale of its half of this site friday. >> with the african american sports and entertainment group for 125 million dollars. the city have been. >> you know, really moving very quickly to mak

the world number one, iga swiatek, the gulag, taking her out in straight sets to reach her first everrand slam semifinals. he had been ofer six in her career in major quarterfinals i have been so many freaking times kept losing but to great players. >> i mean, so girls that went on and won tournament. so i mean, i know everyone keeps asking me about it, but i was like, i don't know what else to do. i just need to get there again, unlike when the match so thank god, i was able to do it. and finally finally i can say something the women's semis are tonight in new york and caitlin clark meanwhile, putting on a show once again last night, the fever star had it all going against the boss. he was hitting step back threes. they look at the past. she made in the fourth quarter running to break behind the back to you boston golf, finishing with her second triple double of her career, 24 points, ten rebounds and ten. it says fever when they're fitting in a row, 93 to 86 and casey i mean, it is just been amazing to see caitlin clark just figure it all out in a rookie season and she's playing jus

cincinnati open by her confidence, is just riding high right now, she already took out world number one, iga swiatek in this tournament and karolina muchova to make it to her first ever grand slam final it's a childhood dream, it's what i wanted when i was a kid. it's a lot of work, a lot of hard work, but button, and it's just, you couldn't even imagine how much goes into it. so it would mean the world to me, obviously, i mean, i'm just happy to be in the final, but obviously come here to want to win the title. so to be well to overcome all those challenges and say that i get a chance at the tidal saturday is what we play for as players and let alone being able to do that in my home country here and my home slam. i mean, it's just it's perfect really? >> yeah. so it should be a good one. fredricka sabalengka, she was in the final last year lost to coco gauff, but she's been talking about this whole tournament and how she's ned from that experience and how to deal with this new york crowd with certainly will be on pegula side here today. >> i can't wait to watch after show and michel's, they just so

men's and women's number ones jannik sinner and iga swiatek are also in action in the early hours ofpensation payments are due to be introduced. ben boulos has the details. right now, if you fall victim to a scam, you could get almost all your money reimbursed, or almost none of it, depending on who you bank with. so the regulator's introducing new rules to make things more consistent. and figures just released show how common financial fraud scams have become. the financial services ombudsman, which settles disputes between firms and customers, received a record number of complaints about such scams. more than 8,700 were made between april and june. that's 2,500 more than a year earlier, and it's the highest number in any three—month period. the watchdog says it's receiving and resolving around 500 scam cases every week. more than half of the complaints were from people who'd fallen foul of so—called authorised push payment or app scams. that's where people are tricked into making an online payment to a fraudster pretending to be a business, for example. the ombudsman says it's disa

sixth seeded american jessica pegula took down women's world number one, iga swiatek in straight setst kind of easily. the winner of the first major quarterfinal match. she'll make her grand slam semifinal debut today against unseeded carolina mukova of the czech republic where pegula will be a favorite to get to the u.s. open final. her victory guarantees the u.s. open will feature multiple american men and women in the semifinal for the first time since 2003. two on the women's side, two on the men's side. the men play tonight. >>> and the wait is over for all you nfl fans. the regular season kicks off tonight with an afc championship game rematch in kansas city. the chiefs opening their super bowl title defense hosting the baltimore ravens. live coverage begins at 7:00 eastern with a special edition of "football night in america" on nbc and streaming on peacock tomorrow night. >>> meanwhile, history as the green bay packers take on the philadelphia eagles in the league's first ever game in brazil. coverage for the contest begins at 7:00 eastern exclusively on peacock. mike, dealer'