alex howell there. the international break starts on monday.ay four of the us open. plain sailing for both the men's and women's world number ones at flushing meadow. in the women's draw, top seed iga swiatek breezed into the third round with an emphatic win overjapanese qualifier ena shibahara. she only dropped one game in a match lasting little over an hour. jannik sinner is also through. he outclassed alex michelsen in straight sets. the italian beat the american 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 for his 50th victory of the year. it's sinners first tournament since it emerged he was cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance earlier this year. afterwards, he described his critics as "sick" and says that the experience will hopefully improve in the future. on the tennis courts, i obviously tried to do my best, i try to fight and let the spectators enjoy the show. but for me, i believe that i have grown also as a person during this period, regardless of how everything is going. which hopefully can help in the future. in cricket,

alex howell there. the international _ to the top level. alex howell there.squad today. they've got matches coming up against luxembourg and bulgaria in the nations league. paddy mcnair and george saville are back in the 25—man squad, but they had a high profile international retirment yesterday — manchester united'sjonny evans deciding not to add to his 107 caps. sad to lose him but thankful for the time we have had him as well, and what he brought to the squad and what he brought to the squad and what it brought to the team over the years. a fantastic player, top individual as well. that will be harder to replace in the squad. competition is under way at the paralympics in paris. a total of 22 gold medals were on offer today — and paralympics gb have claimed theirfirst one of the event in the last hour. let's bring in our sports correspondent andy swiss, who is there for us. the gold rush is under way. that's right was not in the last hour or so britain has its first gold medal of the games. it came in the pool for p°ppy the games. it came in the pool for p

that's alex howell. a quick look at some of the other transfer news around today.or around £30 million. the denmark international had a loan spell at craven cottage a few years ago — now returns on a five—year deal, with an option to extend for a further year. goalkeeper asmir begovic says he's "delighted to be back" at everton. the 37—year—old has signed a one—year contract having made ten appearances during his first spell on merseyside. and jelena cankovic has left chelsea after two seasons, joining another wsl side, brighton & hove albion. she won the title twice and an fa cup in her time with the blues and she's a regular presence in the serbia national side. 0n the subject of transfers, the football news show is this week taking a look at whether the premier league's financial rules are actually working. there has, it seems, been trend of clubs cashing in on young home—grown talent this summer, with the likes of conor gallagher and kiernan dewbusry—hall both leaving their boyhood clubs — so is it brilliant business or are academy graduates losing out? what ha

our football reporter alex howell is following the story for us.igned from being the senior england team manager, after defeat to spain and the euro final, and there's just that amount of time, just over three weeks, until england need to name their next squad for the nations league games against finland and the republic of ireland, so there isn't actually much time logistically to get a new manager in place, and if we look at what the fa has done historically, they have actually looked internally before. you have stuart pearce, howard wilkinson, and even gareth southgate, they got the role from the under 21's in stepping up. it fits into st george's park ethos. young players have a development path and so do coaches as well. you also look at lee carsley and what he did last summer with that england under 21 side — he won the european championships. they played really, really good football under him, exciting football. and a number of those players have stepped up to the senior squad in that time. you have players like jarrad branthwaite, levi cold

that is alex howell there. he�*s surely the fairytale story of paris 202a.days ago he had 200,000 followers on instagram — he�*s now up to 1.2 million. he�*s been refecting on his life changing games: i�*v e i�*ve felt the pressure before, of course. i think it was really tough for me course. i think it was really tough for m ~. , . ., , course. i think it was really tough form, , for me because i could feel the tressure for me because i could feel the pressure in _ for me because i could feel the pressure in my _ for me because i could feel the pressure in my lower _ for me because i could feel the l pressure in my lower shoulders. for me because i could feel the i pressure in my lower shoulders. i was more — pressure in my lower shoulders. i was more relaxed after that. i did amazing _ was more relaxed after that. i did amazing and i wasjust was more relaxed after that. i did amazing and i was just trying to enjoy— amazing and i was just trying to enjoy the — amazing and i was just trying to enjoy the rest of the week. before my favourite event, that is wh

alex howell has the latest.those deals is involving chelsea, who have been one of the busiest sides throughout this transfer window. they've spent £1 billion over the last few windows and have a large squad, and are trying to get rid of some of their players. one of those is raheem sterling. he's training away from the main group, and it didn't look as though he would be able to leave. but in the last hour, we've learned that he's in talks with arsenal aboutjoining them on loan. he knows the manager there well, but one of the stumbling blocks is whether they can find an agreement about his large wages. there's also deals going on across london. ivan toney, the england and brentford striker, is in talks with saudi club al ahli about moving there. there was a thought he would join a bigger premier league club, but those moves haven't come about and it looks like he's going tojoin the saudi pro league to play in the same division as cristiano ronaldo and neymar. there's also been moves for aaron ramsdale from arsen

here's our senior football news reporter alex howell.u said, in the statement, it does say that it's with a view to those nations league games that are continuing into the autumn. so that would be the games in september, october and even possibly november. as we have seen with previous caretaker managers, and gareth southgate himself, if interim managers do well, they are allowed to continue, and as we spoke about earlier in the week and as we reported on, the reason for lee carsley coming in as interim head coach as he does so many of those players. —— he knows. specifically in the ones who won the euros last summer who have now made the step up to the senior squad, and he has been around the senior set up and been part of that technical team, so providing analysis to gareth southgate. it is a very seamless and smooth step up for carsley. it will be interesting _ smooth step up for carsley. it will be interesting if _ smooth step up for carsley. it will be interesting if they _ smooth step up for carsley. it will be interesting if they

alex howell is the man in the moment when it comes to crystal powell. newcastle, where we at?ne of powell. newcastle, where we at? it�*s one of the longest transfers of the summer, margay he and his move this summer. i understand the talks are still ongoing between his representatives and also the two clubs are trying to get the whole value here. newcastle haven't reached that, crystal palace fc also lost his partner and her sense any deal would have to be for the right amount of money. not only the outgoing crystal dollars, it looks like he's come in from a medical event that happened today for him, also being part of a transfer chain and nico moreno has been confirmed at the signing and arsenal, another one of those long running transfers over the summer.— one of those long running transfers over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with nick. _ over the summer. we'll stay on the arsenal theme with nick. where . over the summer. we'll stay on the | arsenal theme

not least editor victoria newton, reporter scarlett howell's newsdesk boss alex goss and sun legal eagleannon and his colleagues. and do you know why this is the truth? because the sneering left couldn't ever bnng sneering left couldn't ever bring themselves to admit they were wrong and that the scummy tabloid they looked down their noses at was right. but the truth is, it was right . and it truth is, it was right. and it was the sun. what won it? let's go to my panel now . political go to my panel now. political commentator emma woolf, writer shahab mossavat and geopolitical expert doctor roger gewolb. good evening. three. my producer said i could slide over here on my chair, so i'm going to do it in fashion. there we go. okay, what do you make of the reaction from the left? we've not heard a peep from anyone like jon sopel, emily maitlis, owen jones. they they've got their tail between their legs. >> well, there's not much to react to because they haven't. yeah. we haven't heard a peep from them. it's amazing, ben, to think that it was only a year ago, 8th of july, i think it was 2023

not least editor victoria newton, reporter scarlett howell's newsdesk boss alex goss and sun legal eagle. and do you know why this is the truth? because the sneering left couldn't ever bnng sneering left couldn't ever bring themselves to admit they were wrong and that the scummy tabloid they looked down their noses at was right. but the truth is, it was right . and it truth is, it was right. and it was the sun. what won it? let's go to my panel now . political go to my panel now. political commentator emma woolf, writer shahab mossavat and geopolitical expert doctor roger gewolb. good evening. three. my producer said i could slide over here on my chair, so i'm going to do it in fashion. there we go. okay, what do you make of the reaction from the left? we've not heard a peep from anyone like jon sopel, emily maitlis, owen jones. they they've got their tail between their legs. >> well, there's not much to react to because they haven't. yeah. we haven't heard a peep from them. it's amazing, ben, to think that it was only a year ago, 8th of july, i think it was 2023 that they broke the sun,