karolina muchova knocking out pauline. what's your reaction to that? little less surprised because karolina muchova may be unseeded, but she was a semi—finalist here last year and was the runner up in the french open in 2023, then had a wrist injury which required an operation and kept her out for ten months. she only returned on the grass at eastbourne injune, but she is such a complete player and i'm not that surprised that she won today in straight sets. but it ends this glorious summer run ofjasmine paolini, runner up at roland garros, runner up at wimbledon, errani, but now beaten at the fourth round stage in new york. although i'm sure it won't wipe the smile off her face. russell fuller reporting from the us open tennis now, it's day five of the paralympics in paris, and it started with a flurry of triathlon medals — a day later than planned after a drop in the water quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. but it was better late than never for home favourite jules ribstein who took gold in the pts2 class in front of a huge c

draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive semifinal. the czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. but muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6—1, 6—4. she's yet to drop a set on the eve of the nfl season, louis rees—zammit has been speaking to the bbc about his disappointment overfailing to make the kansas city chiefs playing squad. zammit, who's 23, was one of the stars of welsh rugby but quit the sport early this year to pursue his gridiron dream. he was picked up by the super bowl champions after coming through the nfl�*s international player pathway programme, but didn't make the cut ahead of the season that starts this friday. he's now moved to jacksonville jaguars, and told our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor that he's optimistic about starting with his new side but that he will always be grateful to the chiefs. you know, they gave me my first opportunity of being able to properly learn football and also play, um, so, you know, i can't

maybe a little surprising because karolina muchova may be unseeded but was a semifinalist here last yearfrench open in 2023. she had a wrist injury which required an operation and kept out for ten months. she only returned injune but she is such a complete player and i am not that surprised that she won today in straight sets. it ends jasmine paolini's glorious summer run. a runner—up at roland garros and a runner—up at wimbledon but now beaten in the fourth round stage in new york. now its day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of triathlon medals — a day later than planned after a drop in the water quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. but it was better late than never for home favourite jules ribstein who took gold in the pts2 class in front of a huge crowd on the grand palais — one of two golds for the french triathletes today. china have had another fantastic day on the badminton courts in paris, with three more gold medals to take their total tally in the sport to eight golds. so far, the most any other nation has in badminton at th

she followed that up in her semi with a battling victory over the czech player karolina muchova 1—6,6—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. quite incredibly, she won her first paralympic gold medal way back in 1992 in barcelona. to football because thursday

karolina muchova eased past anna blinkova 6—1, 6—1 in the first round.urite yue yuan in the next match. in the us, basketball superstar caitlin clark says she will return even stronger next season after the connecticut sun beat her side, indiana fever 87—81 to end her hopes of finishing her rookie year with a wnba championship title. the 22—year—old, who was the number one overall draft pick went on to set numerous records in her debut campaign. it was special. there were a lot of things that this group accomplished that a lot of people probably didn't think was possible. i wanted to start the season after the start we had a... laughter it will definitely be a little weird for me of the course of the first couple of weeks, and i'm sure that i will get bored and pick up a basketball again. that is all of your now. elon musk has given a scathing response on x after the bbc revealed he hadn't been invited to the government's international investment summit next month. mr musk said he didn't think anyone should go to the uk when they were "releasing convicte

player karolinamoocava after stunning world number one egar svee—on—tech 6—2 6—4. about facing karolina muchova not have a lot of weaknesses. she has been deepin lot of weaknesses. she has been deep in these slams before so i am sure, ifeel like deep in these slams before so i am sure, i feel like she deep in these slams before so i am sure, ifeel like she is kind ofjust happy to be back playing. when you play players like that, they can be really dangerous. so, we had a tough match and i will try to look back at that match at what i did well and what i need to do tomorrow night. i am sure, i think our levels, both of our levels will probably be a bit higher than that match. so we will see how it goes. higher than that match. 50 we will see how it goes.— will see how it goes. exciting stuff. will see how it goes. exciting stuff- now. _ will see how it goes. exciting stuff. now, goals— will see how it goes. exciting stuff. now, goals next. - and could this be a sign that the rift between the pga and the breakaway liv golf series could now be easing?rory mcilroy and scottie scheffler will face li

american jessica pegula rallied past czech player karolina muchova to make her way to her first careerlenka advanced to the final after defeating american emma navarro. >>> and two-time world cup champion and olympic gold medalist alex morgan is hanging up her cleats. the 35-year-old posted an emotional video on social media announcing that sunday's san diego waves game against north carolina will be her last. morgan also shared that she is pregnant with her second child. we'll be right back. hild. we'll be right back. if you have heart failure, farxiga can help you keep living life with the ones you love. ask your doctor about farxiga today. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ want a next level clean? swish with the whoa of listerine. it

and karolina muchova eased past anna blinkova 6—1, 6—1 in the first round.'s all the sport for now. stay up—to—date with all the latest if you go to the bbc sport website or download the bbc sport app. sarah, thank you very much. let's return to the conflict in lebanon. bbc verify has been looking at what the latest satellite imagery and video on the ground can tell us about the damage sustained in the south of the country. richard irvine—brown has more. this is kfarmelki, in southern lebanon on tuesday. this is tamra, in northern israel, same day. and this is tyre, also in southern lebanon, on wednesday. even though hezbollah and israel have traded near daily cross—border fire for nearly a year, the intensity of strikes appears to be rising, with a lot of damage in southern lebanon. so this is fire data, which has been compiled by aurora tech — they're a german—based company who use satellites, which have special infrared sensors that monitor for temperature anomalies and help detect wildfires, which they then usually report to forestry and firefighting ser

earlier, there was a bit of a surprise in the women's draw when the unseeded karolina muchova knocked—outth fifth seed jasmine paolini. muchova, who's back from a long injury lay—off, made use of her strong serve to beat the french open and wimbledon finalist 6—3 6—3. despite the defeat, paolini was happy with a year where she also won the olympic doubles. this year went really good, but this moment, it's both the finals... of course, happy moments, the gold medal as well. i think i'm really proud of all of this kind of moments. i really enjoyed. it's day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of triathlon medals — a day later than planned after a drop in the water quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. but it was better late than never for home favourite jules ribstein, who took gold in the pts2 class in front of a huge crowd on the grand palais. meanwhile, sprint star jonny peacock missed out on winning a third 100m title in a row. the briton was fifth in the t64 final. gold went to costa rica's sherman guity, who set a new paralympic record

pegula coming from a set and a break down at one point, to see off karolina muchova and reach herfirst 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 put in. you couldn't even imagine how much goes into it, so it would mean the world to me, obviously. i'm just happy to be in the final but obviously i come here to want to win a title. so here is what's to come later on friday in the mens semis. 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 mens 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. quite incredibly, she won her first paralympic gold medal way back in 1992 in barcelona. it's been a rather frustrating day so far at the oval in lon

but the number five seed jasmine paolini is out, losing in straight sets to karolina muchova — who camee first set. and muchova, who's ranked 52nd in the world, carried on where she'd left off in the second set — winning the last three games to take the match 6—3, 6—3. britain's gold rush at the paralympics continued today. the traithletes were first on the podium — on day 5 in paris — dave ellis taking gold in the men's visually impaired event to add to his world, european and commonwealth titles. and in the women's ptsa megan richter also took gold for britain while hannah moore was third for bronze. in the boccia — stephen mcguire won the bca individualfinal and dan bethell narrowly lost—out in the badminton sl3 final. there is much more going on in paralympics today and you can follow it all on thge bbc sport website and app including amputee sprinterjonny peacock who's going for his 3rd paralympic gold in the 100m final in kist over an hour. well, britain may currently sit second in the medal table, but it appears there's still work to be done at a grassroots level. paralympics gb

karolina muchova has made it through to the semi—finals in the women's draw.ook the first set 6—1 against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia, but had to deal with illness throughout the second set, having to take a number of bathroom breaks. she said she didn't want to go into too many details. let's put it lightly. —— lightly. she still took the second 6—4 to reach the last four in new york for the second year running. nations league matches are fast approaching for the home nations. 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 as the fa continue their search for a permanent replacement for gareth southgate. angel gomes is one of those in line for a debut after playing for carsley in the under—21s. he's a very fair coach, he's very honest, he's direct in his approach. and he's very close to the squad, and

in the women's final, jessica pegula was a set and break down in her match against the czech karolina muchovao reach her first grand slam final, the sixth seed finally achieving her childhood ambition. aryna sabalenka has made it through to the final for the second year running, beating the american emma navarro in straight sets, the two—time australian open champion won a second set tie—breakthat�*s four grand slam finals in a row on the hard courts of new york and melbourne there are more nations league matches today, craig bellamy�*s first match in charge of wales is in cardiff against turkey this evening. they then travel to montenegro for a game on minday he says he's determined to enjoy it and also put his stamp on the team over time the way i am looking to try and play, it may be a little bit different to what they have done with wales before. it's not a lot. so, for me to be true to me as well, but also with the talent of players that we have, i believe that if we can just tweak and adapt one or two little bits, it will give us a benefit. going into the games of the future. and that's

karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal with a straight setsal route in paris as being far too short, the organisers decision to make it half the distance of the men's as "appalling". hers was one of three golds for para gb on 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 firs

. >> open, battling back from a set and a break down kind of take down six seed karolina muchova in three sets could rule has won 15 of her last 16 matches in route to her first ever final appearance at a major i was able to find a way find some adrenaline, find my legs, and then at the end of the second set into the third set, i started to play like how i wanted to play, and it just yeah, it took a while but i don't know how i turn that around a little face world number two, arena sabalenka beat emma navarro in straight sets in the other semi. tomorrow, it'll be a rematch of last month cincinnati open final which sabalengka one is the only law some pegula is post olympic record arthur ashe stadium going to be rocking tonight for the first all-american us open semi in 19 years, frances tiafoe, taylor fritz, guaranteeing that one of them is going to reach their first ever grand slam final. fritz, a 6:00 a.m. one all time against his buddy. they've won been close friend since in playing against each other since they were 14-years-old i'm happy for him. >> i know he's happy for me so the bes

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 much little be right back kamala harris

having been a set and a break down at one point, pegula roared back to see off karolina muchova in threeit's a lot of work, a lot of hard work put in. you couldn't even imagine how much goes into it, so it would mean the world to me, obviously. i'm just happy to be in the final but obviously i come here to want to win a title. waiting for her in tomorrow's final will be aryna sabalenka, who has made it through for the second year in a row. she beat another american, emma navarro, in straight sets to make it four consecutive grand slam finals on hard courts. last year was a very tough experience, a very tough lesson today in the match i was like, no, no, no, aryna, it is not going to happen again, you have to control your emotions, you have to focus on yourself. there were people supporting me, i was trying to focus on them. craig bellamy takes charge of his first game as wales manager later. his side take on turkey in their opening nations league game in cardiff. he says he is determined to enjoy it. tomos dafydd has more. with the new man at the helm, wales are starting afresh. the play