patrick gearey, the match, now they must survive longerstill. patrick gearey, bbc news.ns jabeur‘s remarkable run at the kremlin cup in moscow goes on. the tunisian qualifier is through to the semi—finals after beating estonia's anett kontaveit on thursday. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. another day, and another milestone reached by ons jabur. ranked 101 in the world, she followed her win over former us open champion sloane stephens by beating the number eight seedin stephens by beating the number eight seed in straight sets. she won a tight first set but lost just one game in the second set to secure a place in the semis and to is the first from tunisia to get to a wta semi—final. first from tunisia to get to a wta semi-final. i'm very happy. i started bad so i had to win at a certain point. really happy with the grass season certain point. really happy with the grass season this year and finishing like this in moscow is amazing. i keep thinking about the vacation i'm going to have after this tournament, so going to have after this tournament, so maybe this i

patrick gearey, thank you, and andy swiss _ anfield. at the etihad, - anfield. patrick gearey, thank you, | and andy swiss at the etihad, thank you. match of the day is on bbc1 at 10:30pm tonight to look back on all the action. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are to appear in a special platinum jubilee episode of eastenders. they visited the set of the bbc soap in march — it's now emerged while there they were filmed for an episode to be broadcast on the 2nd ofjune. rhaya barton reports. eastenders theme. when tv royalty meets real—life royalty. this was the duke and duchess of cornwall visiting albert square back in march. but it wasn't just a social visit. we now know the royal couple will be starring in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders to celebrate the queen spending 70 years on the throne. cheering. they won't be tangling with the mitchells or setting up on the market, though. they will be dropping in on a street party celebration as themselves. it's one of the best days of my life, honestly. and i mean that. i'm su

patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news.ighlights of today's prmier league games, but here come the results, if you want them. liverpool are now 16 points clear at the top of the table after they beat manchester united 2—0 at anfield. virgil van dijk and mohamed salah scored the goals. in the day's other match, burnley beat leicester 2—1. that's your sport. that is it for us, a first look on the paper is coming up hello. this is bbc news. the prime minister has said he will raise the ‘driving habits' of us military personnel with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, after video footage emerged of another incident of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, near the army base where harry dunn died. police also revealed details of a third incident in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. we are certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of us personnel at the base and we are continuing to work forjustice for harry dunn and for his family. the

patrick gearey, bbc news.ng the fans back gave them joy and against a big rival like leeds. i think today was almost the perfect day.

patrick gearey, bbc news. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. urban. tonight, if theresa may's sit deal is to get through, labour will be crucial. we ask keir starmer what would take for labour to back the deal. join us on bbc two. that's it from me. now on bbc one it's time to join the news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. we're live in antigua as england's cricketers take aim for the double in their world t20 semi final against india in antigua. nothing is impossible, the words of robert kubica as it's announced he'll return to formula one eight years after a life changing crash. he's not going anywhere, sadio mane agrees a new long—term contract at liverpool. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in sunnier climbs in the carribean where the semi—finals of the women's 2020 world cup are taking place. the first one is well underway with australia and the hosts and defending champions the west indies but later it's england who'll be looking for victory to move one step closer to being named double w

it's been a brilliant tournament for both, as patrick gearey reports.rhaps nothing is more unlikely than the story of nadia podoroska. behind these steps is a meandering journey of thousands of miles from rosario, argentina through battles with body and money. two or three years ago, i had too many injuries. i drop my ranking and eight months i was out of the tour. and then, i did not have money to start playing the tournament and it was a very tough moment for me. all but one of her grand slams had ended in the anonymity of qualifying, but she broke through, stunning in the quarterfinal. no qualifier has ever made it this far this event, but that is where it got complicated. opponent iga swiatek is ranked 54th in the world but clearly hurtling higher. nadia podoroska said she didn't want to wake from her french open dream, but the iga swiatek forehand was a brutal grooming alarm call. the polish woman isjust i9 and has a teenager's disregard for the speed limit. those rockets clocked 80 mph. she had already left her opponent in the dust. nadia podorosk

patrick gearey reports. sam billings had been busy.t behind the wheel, this morning behind the stumps. he had driven from canterbury to headingley to be a covid replacement. in front of him, new zealand's roadblock. tom blundell and daryl mitchell have spent three testifying england. now they build a lead. and slowly tucked in. england's scribbling for crumbs, both kiwis made 50s, always staying just out of reach, always surviving. such was there escape all that you that even being given out was no guarantee. mitchell wanted this checked, but he was in line this time. relief, belief. now, jack leach assigned opening. this one bold tim southee and bruised sam billings. the next trick she was kinder for billings. the next trick she was kinderfor him. neil wagner caught kinder for him. neil wagner caught by kinderfor him. neil wagner caught by billings, leg behind wicket. it is in here somewhere! there. leach would end up with five the innings, ten in the match, and when would be to 96 to win. when they chase, they chase hard. this englan

patrick gearey, bbc news.stretched his lead over lewis hamilton in the formula one championship after an incident—packed azerbaijan grand prix. the german was fourth but was given a time penalty for bumping into hamilton's mercedes behind the saftey car, and the british world champion had a separate fault with his car that feliciano lopez is the new champion at queens. the spaniard came from a set down to beat marin cilic in the aegon championships, and there was a very popular winner in birmingham. with wimbledon starting a week tomorrow, the two—time champion petra kvitova beat the australian ashleigh barty in three sets in the aegon classic final. it was only her second tournament after recovering from a hand injury sustained during a knife attack last year. all this week on bbc news we have been highlighting some of the issues faced by women in sport. sailing is dominated by men. only 3% of professionals sailors are female, dominated by men. only 3% of professionals be ors are female, skill, endurance, str

patrick gearey, bbc news.action to that historic point forjamaica with that goalless draw against france. massive for us. the past few weeks, past year, we faced quite a lot of stuff. together as a team we knew that we stuck together behind the scenes and we knew we wanted to come here and cause upsets and get what we deserve out of the game because we are a good team ourselves and a lot of people put us down and say we have not got a chance of getting out of the group, don't have this, don't have that. what i do know is that group of players have a lot of togetherness and are passionate about this tournament. translation: it was a frustrating match i because we had more than one chance to score. in the first half we missed too many chances. we lacked the technical accuracy to be able to put their team in more difficulty. there were a very compact, very aggressive. but we got a point. we will have to win the other two matches. three more games on monday, italy take on argentina and brazilface panama, but all e

patrick gearey, bbc news.en begin their summer tomorrow in a one—off test against south africa. it'll be the first time since 2003 the two have met in a red ball game, and captain heather knight feels the women have a big responsibility in the longest form. it honestly feels like every time we play a test match, we're fighting for the format a little bit. and it's quite hard not to think of that as a player, because, ultimately, you're trying to do the best with the situation in front of you, you're not trying to think too far ahead about the format, but i do think we are always judged on that. and there's a slightly more attritional section of players than there is in men's test cricket. i think we're judged slightly differently sometimes, and then the debate starts to go, "should women be playing test cricket?" so, yeah, we certainly feel that pressure. test match special has live online commentary of that match, which starts tomorrow at 11am. you can also watch in—play video clips via the bbc sport website

patrick gearey, bbc news.inals of the vienna open, as world number one novak djokovic suffered the heaviest defeat of his career. the serb was beaten in straight sets by italy's lorenzo sonego, who is ranked 42nd in the world and only came into the tournament as a lucky loser. afterwards, sonego described the win as the best of his life. it's the first time djokovic has ever been beaten by such a margin, winning just three games. waiting for sonego in the last four will be britain's dan evans, who overcame grigor dimitrov in three sets to reach his second atp 500 semifinal of the year. chris gayle has become the first batsman to hit 1,000 sixes in t20 cricket. the west indies batsman achieved the feat in the ipl for his kings 11 punjab side with some trademark huge hitting. how h ow ofte n how often have we seen that? it didn't end too well, though, as he was remarkably bowled out on 99 — you can see how frustrated he was — just one short of his century! he's hit over 300 more sixes than anybody else. and i'm

patrick gearey reports.the gentle slopes of centurion, you'd never guess there were such monsters in the middle. demons in the pitch that make the ball spit, that left rory burns a hapless victim — the first of many. next to be spooked, dominic sibley. watch that bounce. imagine trying to face it at 90 miles an hour. what a battle. a time for fortune and fortitude. a time to have a cushion of 284 runs on the board, as south africa did. a score that seemed colossal, when joe root succumbed. his decision to bowl first, looking ever more questionable. but there is a time in every scary movie when things seem ordinary. joe denley made it to 50, with ben stokes in support. but something was lurking around the corner. at first, it seemed innocuous. the umpire said not out. but the decision was reviewed. a slight touch showed up. it was the feather which knocked down england's dominoes. next, jonny bairstow. this winter, dropped, recalled, bowled. stokes was tempted to go where he shouldn't. the rest folded behind

patrick gearey, bbc news.ew 2024 tennis season is already under way with the united cup mixed team competition in australia and great britain beat the hosts to get the tournament off to a winning start. katie boulter secured the vital victory in the three rubber tie with a straight sets win over ajla tomljanovic. the british number one winning 6—2, 6—4just after her team—mate had beaten her boyfriend. cameron norrie is the former, australia's alex de minaur the latter. the british number one claiming a three set victory and after the tie was won, boulter said it was �*super awkward�* but she �*hopes de minaur will still have me�*. britain can reach the united cup quarterfinals if they beat the usa on sunday. meanwhile over in brisbane... rafa nadal is preparing to return to the court after a year out, ahead of a year that may well be his last in the sport. nadal�*s most recent competitive match was injanuary at the australian open, which he�*s also preparing for next week. after missing the other three slams i

patrick gearey, bbc news.is evening — lets take a look at some of the other football headlines. wales women are leading the faroe islands 4—0 in their latest qualifier for the european championships next year. they lost to norway last month so a win here would keep their hopes alive. glasgow city will host ireland's peamount united in the first qualifying round of the women's champions league. the single—leg match is on november the 3rd or 4th. and fifa's boss gianni infantino says he's not interested in a proposed european super league. fifa were said to support plans for a 18—team tournament worth £4.6 billion. liverpool and manchester united were among five premier league clubs set to be included. now to some shocking statistics which show 43% of premier league footballers have experienced targeted racist abuse. raheem sterling, wilfred zaha and adebayo akinfenwa were three of the 44 players whose social media accounts were analysed in the study by the professional footballers association over the final six

patrick gearey, bbc news. british and irish lions have arrived in new zealand ahead of their 10 match tour. head coach warren gatland has admitted they have a tough schedule ahead. they landed in auckland overnight — just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland urges players not to listen to the negativity. i've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about it now seems a little bit ironic, as we've all been well aware of it and how tough it is. you cannot well on it, we cannot change it. if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence a team. it is what it is, and we are excited about it, looking forward to it. the schedule is tough, but some of those tough games are going to get a slice preparation for the test series. it's been a long couple of months since

here's patrick gearey.his test, it's shaping up to be the best brummie drama since peaky blinders. act one, ravi ashwin‘s trap. he lured joe root to the catcher around the corner. a pattern set in. dawid malan caught in the slips off ishant sharma. jonny bairstow caught in the slips off ishant sharma. ben stokes — you know the rest. it took england's youngest player to break free. sam curran, 20 years old, in his second test match, smashed 63, set india 194 to win, and turned the noise up at edgbaston. stuart broad's fed off such energy all of his career. he removed both indian openers. the game was turning again. india were soon five down, still more than a hundred behind. but there at the end is their captain and superstar, virat kohli. 84 runs are needed. this incredible drama now has another cliffhanger. patrick gearey, bbc news, at edgbaston. great britain have won theirfirst gold of the european championships, with victory in the women's cycling team pursuit, on the track in glasgow. there was also su

patrick gearey, bbc news. the rest of the six nations after being given a five—week ban. he admitted committing an act of foul play which led to his red card during sunday's draw with italy, after he made direct head—on—head contact while attempting to tackle an opponent. he'll miss the games against wales and england. neil wagner has been talking about his decision to call time on his new zealand test career. he made the announcement after being told he wouldn't feature in either of their upcoming matches against australia. wagner is a fiery swing bowler and fan favourite — he bows out at the age of 37, as new zealand's fifth—highest wicket—taker with 260. it's never easy. it's an emotional road. it's a big roller coaster, but it's something that i feel like, yeah, the time has come to pass that baton on and leave that black cap in a good place for the rest to take it and hopefully grow their legacy forward. to the new zealand public and the fans, i can't thank you enough for their support, for making me feel

patrick gearey, bbc news.ol managerjurgen klopp said it was the best game they'd played at everton since he took over, but he was utterly baffled by that late var decision. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where you can do offside. ijust don't understand it. so, yes, obviously we should have won this game, but we didn't. so we accept that obviously. so everton stay top, with liverpool second, but chelsea missed the chance to move into the top four this afternon, surrendering a 2—0 lead to draw 3—3 with southampton. chelsea were flying thanks to two strikes from timo werner, his first premier league goals since joining in the summer. but southampton weren't about to lay down, and theo walcott‘s shot was turned in by danish defender jannik vestergaard in injury time. and their manager was pleased with the team's resilience. arsenal also lost ground today. they were beaten by manchester city at the etihad. raheem sterling with the only goal of the gam

patrick gearey reports. patrick gearey rounds up the action. hopes it was baku or bask in my victory at azerbaijan was essential so victory at azerbaijan was essential so in the lyre slowing capital city they chose to aim high, that is six foot five kieffer moore who might have retired this year with a fractured skull, nights like this need courage. bravery takes different forms and sometimes it is the decision tojust different forms and sometimes it is the decision to just have a go, danieljames did, harry wilson and wales benefited. 2—0, that sucked the nerves out of the air, and there we re the nerves out of the air, and there were chances for a third but the job was done, or at least part one. hungary on tuesday will be decisive. more than i do know michael 0'neill will be leaving but first he has something he would like to finish. like wales and northern ireland are guaranteed a place in the play—offs, so guaranteed a place in the play—offs, so why not have a go against the netherlands? the referee spotted a dutch handball, penalty. steven

patrick gearey, bbc news.d cup every two years, saying, "players are not robots." fifa will hold a summit with its member associations and various fans groups at the end of the month. they say that there is a broad consensus that the international men's and women's calendar needs to be "reformed and improved". the current programme of fixtures runs until the end of 2023. fifa's head of global development, arsene wenger, is in favour of a world cup every two years while wiegman most certainly isn't. i wouldn't do it. why is that? because i think it's not good for the players, for their welfare. in europe, we are very organised. we have good competitions. we have the euros, then the olympics. then you have the world cup, which are major tournaments for us from europe, and i think when you have all these tournaments every year, when are the players going to get some rest? and when are they going to recover from a very intense football year every year in a row? players are not robots, so i don't think it's a very

patrick gearey is in melbourne for us.by very english conditions here in melbourne, only taking two of australia's second innings wickets before the rain, and showers turned to storms after three o'clock and there was no more play. england will be consoled by the fact they are the only side with a realistic chance of winning this test, so they will avoid the dreaded 5-0 test, so they will avoid the dreaded 5—0 ashes whitewash. the only lasted one ball this morning beforejimmy anderson was out, so then alastair cook 244 not out, batting all the way through the england innings undefeated, the first enlistment to do that since 1997, and a record score for anyone who has done that ina score for anyone who has done that in a test match. england managed to ta ke two in a test match. england managed to take two of australia's second innings wickets, and then there was that really crucial period of play, england bowling to david warner and steve smith, the two best australian batsmen, and england's tactics was to dry up the runs,

patrick gearey has more... cricket is oursummer patrick gearey has more...e are in the uk isn't always suited to cricket. all too often, the weather intervenes and play is lost. it isn't just frustrating intervenes and play is lost. it isn'tjust frustrating but it costs teams, games, points, viewers and the grounds themselves money. wouldn't it be nice if we can keep that rain away? that is exactly what they have done in melbourne at the docklands stadium. it has a retractable roof and has hosted cricket and aussie rules and rugby. it is a neat solution but not one for lord's. that is a particular set of demands as these pictures make very clear. the mcc have been approached with an idea that a giant canopy could cover the entire stadium. it isn't an aprilfool as the entire stadium. it isn't an april fool as the new chief executive guy lavender told us earlier... there are a lot of technical challenges and issues but not to say that we shouldn't look at it seriously. technology is developing all the time. drop in wickets. we need to keep looking forward and

patrick gearey, bbc news, at lord's.n—affected fourth one—day international in kandy. the tourists had already won the series. south africa won the toss and put the home side into bat, and dasun shanaka top—scored with 65 as sri lanka made 306—7 in an innings that was reduced to 39 overs because of rain. further rain meant south africa were set a re—adjusted target of 191 from 21 overs. they fell just short as sri lanka won by threee runs to avoid the prospect of a series whitewash. the fifth and final one—dayer is on sunday. in transfer news, chelsea have signed one kepa to replace another. spain's kepa arriza balaga from athletic bilbao has joined the west london club for a world record fee for a goalkeeper believed to be around $79 million. the blues have agreed to sell belgium goalkeeper thibaut courtois to real madrid, with midfielder mateo kovacic arriving on loan from the spanish club. the deal is still subject to courtois agreeing personal terms and completing a medical but real plan to present the 26—year—old, w

patrick gearey reports. you cannot escape cricket in india.rist before the series even started. to win in india, body and mind must be aligned. we are to be mentally resilient in these conditions. that will be a real challenge for us, as it always is. you have to be prepared to play the long game and to outpace the other side. that will be a really important factor in the four games. england tend to be subordinate on the subcontinent. over the six series in the past 30 years, they've won only once in india. four years ago, they lost 4—0. and this time, of course, there will be a bubble. on arrival, england were swabbed up and then locked. to try and release the pressure, england in the likes of ben stokes and john for archer timeout before the tour and others will be rested during the series but not entirely noncontroversially. anyone who is criticising it has never been in a bubble for months. i think we need to get in and out because, at the end of the day, humans are social people, and if you're not having a great game or are not feeling go

here's patrick gearey. and so, to sydney.s at the moment, in the final port of this ashes series. england go into this match knowing there is no prospect of that humiliating 5—0 whitewash but also knowing that they've not been able to force a victory, in large part due to an inability to ta ke large part due to an inability to take 20 wickets, which has brought attention on their spinner, moeen ali. use only managed three wickets in the whole series. there's prospect he may be replaced by mason crane, the leg—spinner with some experience of this part of the world, having played for new south wales in the sheffield shield. whether mason crane plays depends on the pitch and we should get a better look at that tomorrow but england will take part in their performance in melbourne, it was a battle but they have the better of the draw there. i asked mark stoneman, the opening batsmen, whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england... whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england. . ij whether he felt thei

patrick gearey, bbc news.te to earn themselves a spot in the premier league's top four. ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner ina ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner in a hard—fought victory over stoke city at a wet turf moor. it increases pressure on stoke boss mark hughes. the reality is, we've got another tough game on saturday. the players have a right to enjoy this, but the next game comes quickly on a saturday, that's my focus. i'm pleased with last night. tonight we had to work hard for it, grind it out. a real moment of quality to win it. but thursday we will look to recover and look onto the next one. crystal palace left is even later, they came from behind to beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. ba ka ry sa ko beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. bakary sako and james mcarthur scoring in the last few minutes to snatch the point that moved roy hodgson's team off the bottom of the table and out of the bottom three. we've done well in the last minutes of game, really. we equalised late against w

patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news. in the premier league, leaders liverpool are currently beating manchester united 1—nil at anfield, victory would take them 16 points clear the top. leicester are still third in the table after they lost 2—1 at burnley. ashley westwood with the winner for the home side. that's your sport. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. high—pressure brought very different weather to weekend. high pressure brought very different weather to our shores this weekend. a lot of dry weather with sunshine, but it was cold with frost and fog during the mornings. monday, we start the new working week with high pressure and it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine, particularly gci’oss southern areas. further north, we've got these weatherfronts and more isobars bringing in more cloud and breeze. we start monday on a less cold note across the north and west of scotland than much of central, southern portions of the uk. a ha

patrick gearey, bbc news. of the days other sports stories: lee westwood survived a nervy finish at golf‘s abu dhabi championship, to win his first title for 1h months. he needed a par at the last to win — and he birdied it to make sur, finishing two shots clear. and ufc‘s conor mcgregor made a spectacular return to the octagon — beating his opponent donald cowboy cerrone in — just a0 seconds flat. that history has been named after the first woman won a championship. they thought women's champion beat 13 men and won a 17 four days. scottish championship leaders dundee united came from behind twice to earn replay at hibernian in the scottish cup — louis appere with the eqauliser. manchester city are top of the women's super league after a 2—0 win at birmingham city. as arsenal slipped to second after being thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. sam kerr finally got her first goal in a chelsea shirt. with the win taking them to within a point of top spot. jess softley reports. plenty at stake for these two sides, a wi

patrick gearey has the story of the day. at one game left and the series to win.ide and the captain, shovel the pack and hope for the ace. every so often that ace goes higher. the second ball dawid malan had faced. a confident mood. not risk—free, but 50. he finished with 78 and none of his colleagues threw shade on his spotlight. south africa set 182 to win. the value of runs is not what it was. inflation inevitable with batsmen like ab de villiers who can make any score unsafe, not to mention any spectator. mason crane was the bowler, a 20—year—old leg—spinner who stuck at it. with his bravery came revenge. ab de villiers became his first international wicket. south africa never fully recovered. england's victory was ultimately co mforta ble. england's experiment had worked. patrick gearey, bbc news. so the white ball kevin starc continues. 2—i, they beat south africa. but new faces in the england side. dawid malan today added to tom curran and the others. now attention turns to the test series which sta rts turns to the test series which starts at lord's on the

patrick gearey reports. day one of the paralympic games, and the story begins.arah storey will chase her first gold of the games which could see her make british paralympic history. the long miles on road and track led to this — when the three titles she won in rio, and shall become britain's most successful paralympian with 17 gold medals. janik it would be amazing to defend all medals. janik it would be amazing to defend al �* ., ., defend all three. i'm going to get close and get _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think- defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think it - close and get two. i think it would just be something that i don't know whether i would see that's believe it when i saw it. both physically and mentally, it's good, and obviously it can be a personal best time that further cements that you've been doing the right work. march 2019, and her preparations for these games were all going to play o

patrick gearey, bbc news. manchester united, who also announced the signing of rafael varane before the game. i've been getting the thoughts of anthony shaw, a manchester united fan who sells fanzines outside old trafford and was at the match earlier: it was a great performance and fitting with the fans back on the ground and a really exciting game. when you look at old trafford i7 when you look at old trafford 17 months on and seeing a lot of people today i had not seen for a long time and then a performance like that against one of our biggest rivals is against one of our biggest rivals is a very positive day and one i really enjoyed. a very positive day and one i really en'o ed. ., , ., ., ., , enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the past - enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the past 17 - enjoyed. you sell fan magazines i outside

patrick gearey, bbc news. well, there has been a lot of pressure on captainjoe root.managed to draw the match and remove the possibility of another 5—0 defeat. coming into the game, i spoke a lot about putting some pride back into english cricket and into the test performances, and i think the fight and the desire and the character shown today and throughout the five days has done that in a small way. from the position that we found ourselves in at certain points within this game, to be able to sit here, having drawn, at the start of today, it was always going to take a good performance. and really proud of the way the guys dug in and managed to do that. i would say, firstly, it was a lot of furl — i would say, firstly, it was a lot of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, _ of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, we — of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, we knew we could get pretty creative. _ board, we knew we could get pretty creative, and always felt like we were _ creative, and always felt like we were looking for wickets as opposed to try to— were loo

patrick gearey, bbc news. yeah, lots to look forward to.ng from a car crash, which this evening, the los angeles county sheriff has said was caused by "driving at a speed that was unsafe". they said he was travelling at up to 87 mph in february, when the speed limit was 45. there's lots more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, but that's all the sport for now. have a good night. hello there. it was a cold, frosty start on wednesday with sunshine, but the cloud arrived and we closed out wednesday with quite a lot of clout around, acting like a blanket through the night, so temperature is not falling quite as far. in actual fact the wind direction changing for thursday to more of the westerly, and that's going to drive something in the tool less cold across the country, with the darker blues the quarterjust being pushed out of the way for one day at least. also got some rain arriving with this area of low pressure, the wettest and the windiest of the weather always going to be into the far north—west for thursday. so, quite a lo

patrick gearey rounds up the action. has become a cold and lonely city for the british after repeated french exit, only heather watson remained at the party against fiona pharaoh, she was guiding drop shots. dodging raindrops. but there was under the peril in the air. —— fiona ferro. ferro powered back preparing the early break and then the tie—break wrestling the set from watson's grass. for now ferro must imagine the appreciative crowd. watson rate several paces before her —— pull her opponent, has failed to win... she fizzled. ferro since her chance in the game, showing me the second round here once before and advance towards it after with sleep. there will be no brits there for the first time in seven years. game, set, match from a chipper chip over and for britain, the french open is already close. —— championship over. patrick gearey, bbc news. better news for world number one novak djokovic. he took the first set six love against his opponent and the next two also went his way, 6—2, 6-3, but next two also went his

patrick gearey reports. wales are planning their world cup down to the last note.herteam him. singing lessons to help them with her team him. that is a warren gatland way, this is his final home match as wales' head coach but the first verse was set to an irish tempo. that is jacob stockdale with a new aerodynamic haircut, ireland hoping he will be their bullet train injapan. once he is off it is nonstop until he reaches his destination. they were 15—3 up at the break and then scored a penalty try in the second wales filing their final audition, a day before the world is cup squad is named. or lane taking his cue on debut and impressing his boss. probably... warren gatland said this week he doesn't care about rankings for the locals do and well is' number one spot was on the line, rhys patchell continuing the comeback charge but the momentum ended there while ireland might have found some are just the right time. from defeated dragons to georgia, scotland's next calling point on the path ofjapan. they ran in five tries in a 411—10 win and look to have found their s

patrick gearey, bbc news.ght, the fia says it'll conduct a clarification exercise into the running of the race to see what lessons can be learned. standard protocols appeared not to be followed on sunday as max verstappen beat lewis hamilton to the title. verstappen paid a visit to the red bull racing factory in milton keynes today to celebrate his first championship with the team. a warm hug from team principal christian horner. mercedes say they intend to appeal against the decision to reject their initial protest against the result on sunday. they have until 7pm tomorrow night to decide whether to press on with that appeal. races should be won on the track, and i think throughout the whole season we have been doing that. if you look at the whole season, take away the bad luck, you can say we should've already won the championship. but you're in that position and so, we will celebrate regardless but we at least won it on the track. and that's all the sport for now. welcome to newsday, reporting live from sin

patrick gearey, bbc news. celtic and we play tomorrow. —— and rangers.h, hibs manager shaun maloney in a moment, but first winning manager robbie nielson. it was a tough, tough game. credit to the hearts players, but also credit to the hibs players. i thought they battled really well. they put us under a lot of pressure, more so going down to ten men as well. and it was a real nailbiter at the end, but i'm just delighted to get through. you score a goal in that five—minute period, we did well to get a second, and then we made the wee error and letting them in, itjust gives them an opportunity. but to the boys' credit, they hung in there and deserved to go through. we had to play on an edge today, to metch— we had to play on an edge today, to match the _ we had to play on an edge today, to match the physicality of hearts and the aggression they had against us last week — the aggression they had against us last week. i asked the players to do that, _ last week. i asked the players to do that, and _ last week. i asked the players to do that, and joe just sl

patrick gearey, bbc news. was merciless in beating roger federer as he reached yet another grand slam final. he's a step closer to a 17th major title and defending his australian open crown after winning in straight sets against a man clearly struggling with injury. meanwhile, the women's final is something of a surprise. with more from melbourne, here'sjohn watson. we have the women's final complete. we'll come to that in a moment, but let's just reflect on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinals here to book his place in an eighth australian open final. it's a 26th grand slam final as he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in straight sets. federer clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set — which he lost — and then it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as he moved through in straight sets. djokovic hoping to successfully defend his title here. and we await who he will face in that final. the victor will come from the winner of alex zverev and dominic th

patrick gearey, bbc news.ed to cardiff city stadium to watch wales' final friendly ahead of euro 2020. but as hywell griffith now reports, they could only manage a goalless draw against albania. told not to travel and follow their team abroad, this may be the closest fans will get to cheering on wales this month. we'll be shouting for them back here, i'm sure they'll hear us. they certainly heard the anthem — 6,500 voices filled the stadium. but wales were never really on song. neco williams the first to find the target after more than 70 minutes. kieffer moore kept the pressure on the visitors. but albania proved to be stubborn, and not particularly friendly, opponents. still, after 19 months without a crowd, they didn't spoil wales's send—off to the euros. 0k, fine, 0—0, but in terms of the atmosphere, it's been 15 months since i was last back here, it was just incredible. and so it's on to azerbaijan, where the serious business begins next saturday, as wales look to rekindle some of that magic from 2016. hy

patrick gearey, bbc news. congratulations to new zealand. first wave of athletes selected for the paralympicsgb squad for tokyo. great britain won 33 athletics medals in rio, including 15 golds. rachel latham has been talking to some of those heading forjapan. ina in a couple months' time, around 240 athletes are expected to compete for great britain at the paralympics in tokyo. but today, we are putting the spotlight on just three of them. pair athletics made its team announcement in loughborough this morning, and first up we spoke to paralympic champions holly arnold and hannah, croft. i’nn paralympic champions holly arnold and hannah, croft.— and hannah, croft. i'm really excited. _ and hannah, croft. i'm really excited. i'm _ and hannah, croft. i'm really excited, i'm really _ and hannah, croft. i'm really excited, i'm really nervous, l and hannah, croft. i'm really- excited, i'm really nervous, people are always asking me, this is her fourth paralympics? how can you be nervous? but i'm really excited, i think it's really nice now that l

patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news.the top. leicester are still third in the table after they lost 2—1 at burnley. ashley westwood with the winner for the home side. that's your sport. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. high—pressure brought very different weather to weekend. high pressure brought very different weather to our shores this weekend.

patrick gearey, bbc news. the bbc�*s cricket correspondent jonathan agnewjoins me now.ise, but the reasons for the withdrawl might be. it's this wording, not being security reasons? i think we did expect this, and after new zealand withdrew, quoting the security threat, very specific security threat that they didn't share with pakistan, he has created a bit of a rift between the two. but i would imagine certainly that england's cricketers, the players themselves would not have been happy with the situation. it's interesting that the board has chosen not to go down that route. that piece that was on a few moments ago was correct, these two games — that's all they are for the men's, and there are some women's games at the same time — but these two men's games were added on as a thank you, but pakistan coming last year test for pakistan coming last year test for pakistan coming last year. it was a magnanimous gesture, it was in the depths of the pandemic, no crowds — pakistan came and plate, and english cricket was very grateful for that. they took on these to match —— two

patrick gearey, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. more coming at top of the hi there.england. before the rain cleared away. i think it's drier for england and wales. could even be down to lower levels but elsewhere, with clearer skies, we could see a touch of frost. the bulk of the country, though, with southerly winds, as you can see, the mild air trying to push in so, for monday, then, we'll have that area of snow it will tend to ease down and become confined to the northeast. the rest of the country, could see a bit more sunshine but still quite cold in the north and east. monday and tuesday and then, all areas will turn more one or two spots could be up to 15 degrees. took her own life. about her death. soil, and then taken back to saudi.

patrick gearey reports. sometimes you don't need scores or even words. just a face. series defeat to west indies last month, theirfourth in a row. and that would prove to be the end of his captaincy. this morning, a statement marked the close of a five year innings. root said, i have loved to leading my country, but recently it's hit home how much of a toll it's taken me and the impact it's had on me away from the game." eventually, you do start to realise that, however passionate you might be about the job, it's one of those jobs that does grab you, you never really want to give it up, no matter how bad things are. one of the things you have to say is that it's a results—driven game. if you're not getting wins, which is what basically has been happening for the last 12 months, at some stage something has to change. joe root has long been england's anchor. the outstanding batter of his generation. that is another magnificent 100 for root. ajump and a skip forjoy. he'd never been a permanent county captain when he was chosen to lead his country in 2017. a fresh and ch

patrick gearey, bbc news.y of a result made for a fantastic team to be a part of it. and for us, very proud moment in our history and a proud momentjust as team, really. four british players remain in qualifying for next week's wimbldeon championships. arthur fery and anton matusevich play in the final round of qualifying over five sets tomorrow. katie swan and naykta bains play their second round matches tomorrow. swan had a comfortable straight sets win today as she beat the australian lizette cabrera 7-5, 6-2. finally, wales flanker justin tipuric has come into the starting team for saturday's british and irish lions match againstjapan at murrayfield. he replaces scotland back—rower hamish watson, who suffered a concussion in training. watson, who was set to make his first appearance for the lions, will be cleared to play again once he passes a series of medical tests. now, for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website, but thatis head to the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for no