in the women's draw, world number one angelique kerber — who was the runner—up last year — is top seeda fourth. south africa and new zealand had their women's world cup match abandoned, without a ball being bowled on wednesday. each team will each take one point after persistent rain came down. both sides recorded victories in their opening matches. south africa next meet west indies in leicester on sunday — the same day as new zealand take on rivals australia in bristol. there are two more games on thursday — weather permitting — and they include sri lanka against the champions australia in bristol, with both teams looking to make it two wins out of two. the australians began the defence of their title with a comprehensive 8—wicket win over the west indies on monday. nicole bolton — who scored 107 not out in that match — says they'd like to go through the tournament unbeaten, but admits it's a tall order. i guess we train every game in isolation and when that to hold the world cup at the end of the day we have to win the majority of our game. we look at game by game at the moment but

world number one angelique kerber faces a qualifier, as does second seed simona halep.pliskova meets evgeniya rodina. elina svitolina faces ashleigh barty. so that's the latest from the all england club ahead of next week's championships. david mentioned johanna konta and her injury worries, well after that heavy fall yesterday, she withdrew from her semi—final in eastbourne today because of a sore back. heather watson's good run is also over, she was in the other semi—final and lost to caroline wozniacki. john inverdale and sam smith are at the tournament. it was certainly an eventful day here at eastbourne which began with high hopes for two british players through to the final tomorrow but ended with both of the players not making it to the final stage. heather watson defeated by caroline wozniacki and joanna conca pulling out before her semifinal match following her fall that she out before her semifinal match following herfall that she had last night, a massive fall that she had in an epic victory over angelique kerber. this is her assessments.” did not sleep too w

angelique kerber beat kristina discover, the sister of karolina pliskova, angelique kerber is into thesh opponent. british number one johanna konta hopes to follow angelique kerber. these are live pictures on bbc two following coverage of the third round. she is playing sorana coverage of the third round. she is playing sora na cirstea coverage of the third round. she is playing sorana cirstea of romania. she's just taken the first set 6—2 and is leading 2—0 in the second set as you can see. john mcenroe has proposed a contest between men and women to prove his claim that serena williams would be ranked around 700 in the world on the men's circuit. serena williams won the last of the 23 grand slams in australia in january before announcing she was pregnant. she asked john mcenroe to leave her out of his comments but you stick to his guns and said he had a solution, men and women playing together. he said he was sure the men would be all for it. williams expects to return to tennis as early as january next year. british tae kwon do history with the first british fighter ever to successf

while in the women's draw number one seed angelique kerber and second seed simona halep both face qualifierss of course misses the tournament due to the impending birth of herfirst child. if she is fit to playjohanna konta will face shay soo way, while heather watson plays maryna zanevska. after signing jermain defoe yesterday, bournemouth have added another player today, signing defender nathan ake for a club record fee from premier league champions chelsea. ake had a spell on loan with eddie howe's side last season and scored three goals in 12 games. the fee is reported to be around £20 million. the former chief executive of mclaren, ron dennis, has formally ended his association with the team he made one of the must successful in formula one. he's sold his shares in the company bringing to an end 37 years with them. dennis was instrumental in the development of lewis hamilton's career after signing him in 2007. olympic champion jade jones has missed out on a gold medal at the world taekwondo championships in south korea. she took bronze in the under 57 kilos category. jones has won two ol

world number one angelique kerber faces a qualifier. as does second seed simona halep.iskova meets evgeniya rodina. elina svitolina faces ashleigh barty. so that's the latest from the all—england club ahead of next week's championships. david mentioned johanna konta and her injury worries. well, after that heavy fall yesterday, she withdrew from her semifinal in eastbourne today because of a sore back. heather watson's good run is also over, she was in the other semifinal and lost to caroline wozniacki. john inverdale and a sam smith are at the tournament. it was certainly an eventful day it is for that began with such high hopes and possibly two british players through to the final but ended with both the players not making it to the final stage. heather watson was beaten and joe pulled out because of if all she had last night. this is her own assessment of the radical idid not i did not sleep very well and i have not been diagnosed with concussion but we are monitoring mice in tonnes. sam smith is here to consider her course of action where it leaves are heading into

she beat the french open champion, jelena 0stapenko, and the world number one, angelique kerber, andom a heavy fall when victory was in sight against kerber. the number—five seed needed treatment for an ankle injury, and also had to have a head injury assessed before she was allowed to continue. konta won 6—3, 6—4, and will face karolina pliskova in the semi—finals. caroline wozniacki is also through to the semi—finals, after beating elena vesnina and then the world number two, simona halep. wozniacki then had to come from a set down to seal her place in the last four. the number—six seed from denmark raced through the deciding set 6—1, and she will now face great britain's heather watson in the semi—finals. meanwhile, novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the men's singles. he is playing in a pre—wimbledon event for the first time in seven years, in a bid to find some form, and he came through in straight sets against donald young of the usa. djokovic won 6—2, 7—6. he will play russia's daniil medvedev in the last four, with gael monfils playing richard gasquet in the othe

british women's number one johanna konta is doing just that as she beat the world's number one angelique kerbersemi finals at eastbourne. konta raced into a 3—love lead in the first set, before taking it 6—3. and while things were looking comfortable in the second, a nasty fall and bang to the head on match point put her place in the last four at risk. and with weather disrupting the schedule, forcing her to play this her second match of the day, she followed up her earlier victory over the french open champion jelena 0stopenko, by getting back to her feet after a stoppage of almost ten minutes, to dispatch another grand slam champion. i means imeansi i means i hit my head so i've got a bit of a sore head right now that we will see. it has been a busy afternoon so i think i'lljust for myself but for a lot of players we have played a lot today said definitely looking forward to recovering and looking forward to playing again tomorrow. also through is the british number three heather watson. again having to play her second match of the day, she beat barbora strycova. she took the first set 6—1 bu

number one johanna konta, recovers from a heavy fall at eastbourne, to beat the world number one, angelique kerber the tale of menai the tropical sea turtle found washed up on a north wales beach earlier this year, thousands of miles from home. we'll hear how she's edging closer to a return to the wild. and sarah has the weather. good morning. a cloudy day with drizzle in the north and west. sunshine and showers towards the south—east. sunshine and showers towards the south-east. details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are fresh calls for the leader of kensington council to resign in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster. a council meeting to discuss the tragedy was called off last night within minutes of starting after a row broke out over the attendance of members of the public and press. a document seen by the bbc has also revealed more details about the cladding used on the tower. our correspondent, dan johnson, is in west london for us this morning. dan, just start by telling us about some of those angry scenes at the council last night. bit by bit we are finding o

in the women's draw, top seed is angelique kerber, who was beaten in the final by serena williams lastilliams, is absent ahead of the birth of her first child. simona halep is seeded second, johanna konta is sixth seed. konta has been in action today, she won in straight sets at the pre—wimbledon tournament in eastbourne. you wait all yesterday to play in eastbourne and then two matches come along at once, that is what johanna konta faced today. she beat sorana cirstea of romania and she didn't look like she expended to much energy to beat her. johanna konta in her hometown, her opponent more at home on clay and you could tell with not too much variety in a one—sided match. the last time they met was that infamous federation cup tie wherejohanna konta was left in tears following comments by ilie nastase. this time her opponent was more upset and not able to cope with the barrage of winners coming her way. commentator: there it is, what a way to finish things off forjohanna konta. one down, one to go and not long to wait before facing the french open champion jelena 0stapenko. novak djo

angelique kerber is the top women's seed. 0ne angelique kerber is the top women's seed.to continue with chris froome on the verge of signing a contract extension with team sky. as he begins his quest for a fourth tour de france title, he believes victory this year would be his best yet.|j have so much water race for, this the fourth tour de france title that i'm here to try and get. i mean that is massive. the challenge is massive and it's even bigger this year. i feel the level of my rivals is even higher. 0n feel the level of my rivals is even higher. on a difficult course as well so i'm here with all the motivation of her before and if not more. british tae kwon do history has been made today. bianca wharton has been made today. bianca wharton has become the first uk fight to defend world tae kwon do championship title. she beat the americanjackie championship title. she beat the american jackie galloway 14—1; championship title. she beat the americanjackie galloway 14—1; in the 73 kilograms weight class. americanjackie galloway 14—1; in the 73 kilograms weight classm

because of the bad weather johanna konta is to play again and is facing angelique kerber this eveningrt. she is three games up in that first set. that matches live mcgrath at the moment from eastbourne, two matches for her today. so far going well, not feeling the effects of that. you can follow it on the bbc website. the british no.2, heather watson, is through to she beat the 14th seed anastasia pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. 6—4, 6—3 the score. she is looking good for a semifinal place as well, heather watson. in the men's draw, novak djokovic didn't have things all his own way against american donald young. it had initially looked a relatively comfortable third round outing for the serbian, as he won the first set 6—2. .. but young, who's ranked 47 in the world, was far tougher in the second, taking it to a tiebreak and pushing djokovic all the way. but the 12—time grand slam winner taking it ii—9 though, and he's into the semis. now to demands for a change in the way that 0lympic and paralympic sports are funded. eleven sporting governing bodies are calling for a complete overh

in the women's draw, number one seed angelique kerber and second seed simona halep both face qualifiers play, johanna konta will face su—wei, while heather watson plays maryna zanevska. live cricket will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 yea rs television for the first time in 21 years after a television for the first time in 21 yea rs after a new television for the first time in 21 years after a new free to air digital and radio rights deal was done with the ecb between 2020+ 24. it is tv highlights of england men's home test, 0di ‘s and t20s. andy swiss explained. in a statement, the chief executive of the ecb talked about the bbc‘s commitment to taking the game to even wider audiences. that is key. when the ecb decided to take cricket away from terrestrial television and sell it exclusively to sky, that was good for the finances, but not so good for the game's profile. it has become less visible. participation rates among youngsters have fallen. tom harrison said only last year he had no interest in being the richest, most irrelevant sport in this country. the bbc wil

johanna konta beat the world number one angelique kerber yesterday despite taking a heavy fall duringich began at 1am this morning, means that refugees and people from six named countries without close family or business relationships in the us could be denied visas and barred entry. grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces are not considered to be "bona fide" relations. the rules apply to people in iran, libya, syria, somalia, sudan and yemen. i spoke to a political commentator and a broadcaster and republican activist earlier. the travel ban is now back in place. it‘s already being challenged by hawaii. what are your thoughts on this ban now? well, the supreme court has actually ruled a partial... that donald trump can actually implement part of the ban, and so they are actually moving full steam ahead. and this is pretty amazing because when you think about it, there have been a number of courts that have already shot this down. so i‘m sure the thinking was that the supreme court, if they actually decided to take this up, would actually simply strike it down. no one actually

german angelique kerber is the top women's seed with britain'sjohanna konta sixth.n in action this morning in eastbourne. after a near wash—out yesterday on the south coast, centre court was packed, as the world number four beat vasek pospisil in straight sets. it was djokovic's first game on grass this season, and he was in a good mood as he looks to get his game in top form for wimbledon, which starts on monday. it's the first time djokovic has played at eastbourne and the first time in seven years he's appeared at a pre—wimbledon grass—court tournament. in the last few minutes the world number one, angelique kerber, has beat kristina discover. she is into the third round. she will face lara aruberina. john mcenroe meanwhile has proposed a contest between men and women, to prove his claim that the serena williams would be ranked at around "700 in the world" on the men's circuit. williams won the last of her 23 grand slam titles in australia injanuary, before announcing she was pregnant. she asked mcenroe to leave her out of his comments but mcenroe stuck to his gu

there was a win, too, for the women's top seed — angelique kerber — but she was made to work hard for to win. she took the deciding set 7—5 — to seal her place in the third round where she'll face lara arruabarrena from spain. you can keep in touch with us of course on twitter. thursday will be a particularly disappointing day with dampness in the air for the western side of wales and down into the south—west of england. it starts in a mild note. but while we have the big picture you get the sense that there is an awful lot of wet and windy weather to be had across the northern half of the british isles. out west it is still wet but perhaps notjust as windy as in the north—eastern quarter of england, south—east of scotland. cloud feeding well down on the atmosphere was still fog around, a somewhat dry prospects of the south midlands, east anglia and the south—east. we get into the north of england and the north of wales well... it is light and patchy rain here but as soon as we enter the irish sea on the eastern side of ireland, some of the rain is quite heavy, dry, perhaps bright at

johanna konta recovers to underline her wimbledon credentials, with victory over the world no.1, angelique kerber quarterfinals of eastbourne. good evening. after months of relentless fighting, the islamic state group is facing defeat in mosul — its last big powerbase in iraq. government forces say they're finally set to recapture the entire city. it is three years ago to the day that so—called islamic state in mosul declared a "global caliphate". back then, is controlled vast regions of iraq neighbouring syria. now, after prolonged battles and countless military offensives in both countries, is has been pushed back to the cities of raqqa in syria and mosul in iraq. in both places, they are now surrounded and fighting for survival. we'll be reporting from syria in a moment, but first this report from our correspondent orla guerin, and cameraman nicolas hameon in the old city of mosul. on the front line. gunfire. covering fire, as troops dart into position. wejoined them, pushing forward but keeping low. there's an is sniper ahead. they can see his hiding place, and he can see them. a heavily arme

last night, a massive fall she had last night, a massive fall she had in the epic victory over angelique kerberssessment. i did not sleep too well andl assessment. i did not sleep too well and i are not diagnosed with concussion yet but definitely monitoring my symptoms. what prevented me from playing today was playing through my pain threshold. was this the right thing to do?m jo decides it is the right decision, thenit jo decides it is the right decision, then it is the right decision. last night, she went down with hell of a bank. i night, she went down with hell of a bank. lam night, she went down with hell of a bank. i am not surprised she has some pain in her back. i imagine she will be having a scam today she plays on monday at wimbledon. she has a very difficult first—round match. does heather watson go to wimbledon renewed and replenished after the week she has had here? yes, she has had four really high quality wins, the best tennis day of her life yesterday, with wins over pavlyuchenkova and barbara strips of. —— pavlyuchenkova and barbara strips of. — — barbera pavlyuchenkova and ba

international at the semifinal stage due to a spinal injury picked up in her win over world no1 angelique kerberond, needing around 10 minutes of treatment before eventually recovering to take the match. that means today's opponent karolina pliskova goes straight into the final. where she'll face either britain's heather watson of former world no 1 caroline wozniacki, that semi final is live over on bbc two or on the bbc sport website. caroline wozniacki is currently leading 4—2, she has broken twice. the draw‘s been made for wimbledon this morning and number one seed andy murray will face a qualifier or a lucky loser in the first round. murray pulled out of his last warm up game today in london ahead of the tournament at wimbledon but he has been practising on the courts at the all—england club this morning. murray's been drawn in the same half as french open champion rafael nadal meaning they could meet in the semi finals. full details of the draw on the bbc sport website. now to rugby union and a crucial game coming up for the british and irish lions. warren gatland's selection for the second

johanna konta has underlined her wimbledon credentials with the win over world number one angelique kerberavy fall on a match point in the eastbourne semifinal, she was interethnic form in the first set going 3—0 up at one point and she went on to take it 6—3. she was looking comfortable and then there was a nasty fall which meant she was on the turf for a few minutes. she got up and received treatment and saw out the match. she took the second set 6—4 and she reaches the semifinals. well... i slipped and hit my head so i have got a sore head now, so we will see. it has been a busy afternoon, notjust for myself but for a lot of players. we played a lot of tennis today and i am looking forward to recovering the best i can and playing tomorrow. good to see her back on her feet and 0k before wimbledon. heather watson is also through. she took the first set 6—1. she managed to come through in the deciding set 6—4. concerns linger over the fitness of the world number one andy murray after his withdrawal from another match in an exhibition match at london's hurlingham club. he was due to play to

withdrew with a back injury this morning, after a nasty fall in her quarter—final tie against angelique kerberover well for today but it wasn't quick enough. i am still sore, my thoracic spine. it is a big tournament for all of us next week and it is something i have got to disregard when it comes to my health. my health must always come first and i am definitely doing everything i can to be ready for wimbledon but definitely taking it one day at a time and whatever is best for my health. coach andy farrell says the british and irish lions need to man up if they're to win the second test in wellington tomorrow and remain in the series with new zealand. the lions have made three changes from the team that lost the first test last weekend in auckland. jonny sexton is at fly half and owen farrell moves to inside centre. tour captain sam warburton returns at flanker and mauro 0toje comes into the second row for a match the tourists simply must win. bleep it is about character this week for us. it is about manning up. and putting everything on the line, because it is that situation, isn't it? it is

the briton now faces world number one angelique kerber in the last eight this evening.raight sets. 6—4, 6—3 the score. in the men's draw, novak djokovic is into the semi finals after a straight sets win over the american donald young. the world number four took the first set 6—2 but young was far tougher in the second set, taking it to a tie break and pushing djokovic all the way. the serbian took it 11—9 in the end to reach the last four. concerns linger over the fitness of the world number one andy murray after his wuthdrawl from an exhibition event at london's hurlingham club tomorrow. murray, the reigning wimbledon champion and top seed for next week's tournament, has cited a sore hip. he'd already pulled out of facing the frenchman lucas pouille on tuesday, he hasn't been able to train today and says he is also unlikely to be able to practice tomorrow. england strikerjermain defoe has rejoined bournemouth on a three year deal, after leaving sunderland. a release clause in his contract meant the 34—year—old was available as a free transfer, following sunderland's re

the women's seedings reflect the rankings, angelique kerber number one and johanna konta at number sixta is through to the third round of the aegon championships in eastbourne. she beat the romanian sorana cirstea in straight sets 6—62, 6—2. ben croucher reports. you wait all yesterday to play in eastbourne and then two matches come along at once, that is whatjohanna konta effaced, that she had to be sorana cirstea konta effaced, that she had to be sora na cirstea of konta effaced, that she had to be sorana cirstea of romania and she didn't look like she expended to much energy to beat her. johanna konta in her hometown, her opponent more at home on clay and you could tell that the british and one had too much variety in a one—sided match. the last time they met was that infamous federation cup tie wherejohanna that infamous federation cup tie where johanna konta that infamous federation cup tie wherejohanna konta was left in tea rs wherejohanna konta was left in tears following comments by ilie nastase. this time her opponent was more upset and not able to cope with the barrage of win

the watson match, but withdrew this morning after a nasty fall in her quarterfinal tie against angelique kerber sore through my thoracic spine. it is a big tournament next week for all of us. it is something i have to disregard when it comes to my health. my health has to come first. i am definitely doing everything i can to be ready for wimbledon by taking a day at a time, and whatever is best for my health. andy murray's preparation has also been hit by injury. he pulled out of his final warm—up match, an exhibition at hurlingham, due to a sore hip. he was unable to practice yesterday, but did manage to get out with his coach ivan lendl earlier — although he was showing some ominous signs, moving gingerly at the all—england club. after his session murray said he's hopeful he'll be fit for monday. live cricket will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 years after a new free to air digital and radio rights deal was done with the ecb between 2020 and 2024. it includes tv highlights of england men's home tests, 0dis and t20s. ecb chief executive tom harrison believes it will attract

german angelique kerber is the top women's seed with britain'sjohanna konta sixth.tional. and novak djokovic is back on court — he resumed 1—love up against vasek pospisil in the first set — they're still warming up on centre court. eddie boothroyd has said he is certain there are players in his under 21 england team who will go into the senior squad. once again, england have lost the semi—final of a football tournament to germany on penalties. this time it was the under 21s european championship. england came from a goal down to take the lead through chelsea's tammy abraham. but the germans equalised and it went to penalties — abraham's was saved — and so was nathan redmond's — and they follow the fate of the senior teams in 1990 and 1996. we've been practising for weeks but in the end of the two players you would put odds on to score every time, the goalkeeper makes a great save so we'll have to take that. it's been a real team effort and i think we can be pleased with a lot of things we've done. and in the end we've lost on a penalty shootout and next time we nee