. look pretty good. -- angelique kerber- she — look pretty good. -- angelique kerber.t made a - look pretty good. -- angelique i kerber. she hadn't made a grand slam quarterfinal since wimbledon in 2018, her last of her three major titles, but she is really growing in confidence. think she is a player who builds confidence really well and she is someone known remaining in the draw will want to be across the net. she is also the only former champion left in the side. irate champion left in the side. we are still in _ champion left in the side. we are still in that desire area in women stand where no—one is establishing themselves, even serena williams, let's be honest, is struggling to maintain her prowess, if you like, on the court. i think you were pointing out something like there have been 22 different women's names in the quarterfinals for the slams this year out of 2a possible places? this year out of 24 possible laces? ., �* , , this year out of 24 possible laces? . �* , , . , places? yeah! it's been really remarkable — places? yeah! it's been really remarkable a

angelique kerber reaching her first quarter—final in three years.eed aryna sabalenka in her last 16 match, but she threw to her maiden grand slam semifinal after beating elena rybakina in three sets. there she will play one of the stories of wimbledon this year. on saturday, she became the first woman to which the scene steam at wimbledon and today she battled past swiatek to ensure that she isn't going homejust swiatek to ensure that she isn't going home just yet. going homejust yet. i knew i should going home just yet. i knew i should have worked out on my left arm a bit more in the gym! i shall try and hold this umbrella. thanks you to our colleagues at bbc breakfast for their brolly. i'm joined here by the former number one anne keothavong. thank you for joining us. you are also waiting to watch emma raducanu, last up on court one. how do you think she is dealing with all of this, the anticipation of being last? well, there are benefits _ anticipation of being last? well, there are benefits to _ anticipation of being last? well, there are benefi

this win was angelique kerber�*s.bration again, novak djokovic and needed one hour and 49 minutes on court today, confidence very high, he says. still strong favourite to lift the trophy again. history here will sometimes repeat itself. that reminds me to tell you that the son of bjorn borg was in action today, he won out on court nine in thejunior singles. today, he won out on court nine in thejuniorsingles. i have today, he won out on court nine in thejunior singles. i have no news to give you about emma raducanu's match com, because there is an absorbing men's singles on the court which is put into the fourth set. on centre com, roger federer is involved in tight first set against lorenzo sanogo. by my reckoning, roger federer had played four wimbledon tournaments even before emma raducanu was born. it really is a generation game! that is a thought! coming back to emma raducanu, realistically, what hope does she have against your opponent? i think we have to be realistic and be hopeful. one reason for that, the wom

she lost out to angelique kerber. she is a former world number one.ot better and better round by round. she could just cause an upset and spoil the ash barty party this afternoon. well, grassroots football is where it all started for the england players. have a look at this photo. one of those is now an england player. can you recognise them? have a look on the left of the front row, that cute little boy with blonde hair? it's luke shaw, holding what's believed to be his first ever football trophy. that's when he played at hersham fc in surrey. earlier, i spoke with the current chairman of hersham, dave bradford, who told me more about luke shaw's relationship with the football club. he started his grassroots footballing career at hersham. he then went on to another club before being scouted for southampton. it was his first football club at hersham, his first trophy. that is kind of our accolade. we are really pleased that he started here and just went on to bigger and better things. what does it mean for the boys and girls starting out in football a

but angelique kerber knows a thing or two about playing on grass.mbledon in 2018 and put up a fight in the second set. it went all the way to a tiebreak, with p -- with barty letting three match points pass her by. it's 50 years ago gullahg ong won two wimbledon titles, and barty moved closer to following in her idol's footsteps. now, just one more match to go. >> i wasn't sure if it whatever happened, honestly. i think you have to keep putting yourself in a position. i think wimbledon, for me, has been an amazing place of learning. i think a lot of the time, your greatest worth comes from your darkest times, and that's why this tournament has been so important to me. brent: barty will now play karolina pliskova, who beat sabalenka of belarus, who won the french open back in 2019. pliskova is still searching for her first grand slam title. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. ♪ awawawmñÑñxa >> you are watching france for 24. here are the stories making headlines. august deadline -- u.s. president joe biden s

getting past angelique kerber in straight sets. barty winning the first set 6-3. ght back, but barty was able to slice and dies her way to victory. it was a tiebreak but barty got herself over the line, a player that has gotten better and better round after round. awaiting her in the final will be carolina pliskova. ♪ ros: thanks for joining me for "outside source." our lead story come from washington. president biden says the united states long mission in afghanistan will end by the end of august. let's turn to haiti and bring you the latest developments into the assassination of the president. he was shot by men who raided his residence early wednesday morning. the u.n. special envoy to haiti has given us this update. >> foura members of the group that rated the presidential residence have been killed by police, while another six are in police ctody. i am also aware that a larger group of possible perpetrators have taken refuge i two buildings in the city and that they are now surrounded by the police. ros: a day and have after the killings, it seems some of the

and angelique kerber, i saw that match — kerber looked pretty good.dn't made a grand slam quarterfinal even since winning wimbledon in 2018, which is her last of her three major titles, but she's really growing in confidence. i think she's a player who builds on that confidence really well and she's someone who — no—one remaining in the draw will want to see across the net. she is also the only former wimbledon champion left in the side in this final eight. and we are still in that bizarre era with women's tennis, aren't we, where no—one is establishing themselves. i mean, even serena williams, let's be honest, is struggling to maintain her prowess, if you like, on the court. and i think you were pointing out something like there have been 22 different women's names in the quarterfinals for the slams this year, out of 2a possible places? yeah. no, it's been really remarkable and a completely new slate of players compared to the final eight in paris. so, it's already complete 100% turnover. and one of those names who have been in two, ash barty, who is

in confidence and belief throughout these championships, and now sets up a last four tie with angelique kerberon the title here, and the start of these championships, she'd only won one title. that was in hamburg on grass last month. she's been looking absolutely fantastic, and she got past karolina muchova 6—2, 6—3. such 0n the other side of the draw, aryna sabalenka's breakthrough moment continues, and that on grass. not many people were expecting her to get this far at wimbledon, but she's finally got past that mental hurdle in her head of only reaching the fourth round of the grand slam. into the semifinals she goes after ending 0ns jabeur�*s story. jabeur, the first north african woman, the first arab woman to get this far at these championships, saw her run ended in straight sets. she didn't have all the answers she needed to get past a hard—hitting sabalenka. and sabalenka will play karolina pliskova for a place in the final. pliskova easing through her quarterfinal in straight sets. in absolute style, as we've seen her play throughout these championships so far, she won 6—2, 6—2 agains

barty getting past the 2018 champion, angelique kerber, of the two, barty winning that 6—3. y, but still, barty, when she needed to, was able to slice and dice her way to victory in the moments when it mattered the most. it was tight at a tie—break, but barty getting herself over the line — a player who's got better and better, round after round at these championships. and awaiting her in the final will be the czech eighth seed karolina pliskova who, at 29, many had written off from reaching this stage of a grand slam again. but pliskova, the 2016 us open runner—up, was too good for aryna sabalenka, the number—two seed in the end. and, despite losing that first set, pliskova fought back in the second and third, winning them 6—4, 6—4. she'd reached the semifinals of all the other grand slams before these wimbledon championships. now she's into the final here, but barty perhaps the big favourite for that one on saturday. as for friday, its men's semifinals day — the defending champion and, without a doubt, the overwhelming favourite, novak djokovic, takes on canada's denis shap

barty getting past the 2018 champion, angelique kerber, in straight sets — the first the more convincing, was able to slice and dice her way to victory in the moments when it mattered the most. it was tight at a tie—break, but barty getting herself over the line — a player who's got better and better, round after round in these championships. and awaiting her in the final will be the czech eighth seed karolina pliskova who, at 29, many had written off from reaching the stage of a grand slam again. but pliskova, the 2016 us open runner—up, was too good for aryna sabalenka, the number—two seed in the end. and, despite losing that first set, pliskova fought back in the second and third, winning them 6—4, 6—4. she'd reached the semifinals of all the other grand slams before these wimbledon championships. now she's into the final here, but barty perhaps the big favourite for that one on saturday. as for friday, its men's semifinals day — the defending champion and, without a doubt, the overwhelming favourite, novak djokovic, takes on canada's denis shapovalov. whilst in the other match, the b

in confidence and belief throughout these championships, and now sets up a last four tie with angelique kerberen for kerber. between 2018, when she won the title here, and the start of these championships, she�*d only won one title. that was in hamburg on grass last month. she�*s been looking absolutely fantastic, and she got past karolina muchova 6—2, 6—3. on the other side of the draw, aryna sabalenka�*s breakthrough moment continues, and that on grass. not many people were expecting her to get this far at wimbledon, but she�*s finally got past that mental hurdle in her head of only reaching the fourth round of the grand slam. into the semifinals she goes after ending ons jabeur�*s story. jabeur, the first north african woman, the first arab woman to get this far at these championships, saw her run ended in straight sets. she didn�*t have all the answers she needed to get past a hard—hitting sabalenka. and sabalenka will play karolina pliskova for a place in the final. pliskova easing through her quarterfinal in straight sets. in absolute style, as we�*ve seen her play throughout these champ

against angelique kerber, barty had to be at her best — she was. oh, that's gorgeous! second set went to a tie—break, and kerber was fighting to the end — not quite enough. it was a measure of the quality of this match that no—one on centre really wanted it to end, except perhaps the winner. ash barty is into the final! this is as close to as good a tennis match as i'll ever play, and i think angie definitely brought the best out of me today. you know, i'm incredibly proud of myself and my team, and now we get a chance on saturday to try and live out a childhood dream. the second semifinal was played between two women pushing themselves to new heights, and you can almost hear it out here. grunting. hmm! well, facing aryna sabalenka's serve can seem thankless. karolina pliskova tried, lost the first set 7—5. most points in this match were fierce and short, but some rallies did break free. fa ntastic stuff! pliskova took the second set 6—4. seeded eighth, the czech player has power and control. she can serve too. third set, 6—4. at 29, pliskova is through to her first wim

angelique kerber managed to make it through today, who has been out a form since she won back in 2018she won her first title since wimbledon, and it's all clicked in place again. she won in three sets. we've seen wins for daniel medvedev and alexander zverev. and nick kyrgios, who doesn't like a bit of nick kyrgios? it's looking very good for him. he's won the first two sets. he hasn't played since the australian open. all of a sudden, he's played very well. i want to mention had their watson and harriet dart. as the doubles tennis got under way. you can keep updated with all the results on the bbc sport website. but here, from me at wimbledon, where the son has shown all day, from me on the team, that is all for now. thanks for being with us. good night. hello. most of us have seen drier weather and some sunshine around for the afternoon. probably the best in scotland, although a glorious scene in cornwall. although it's been dry for most, there have been a few isolated showers around. notably across parts of the south of england. you can see some of the shower clouds forming on this

we have got ash barty taking on angelique kerberfirst we have got ash barty taking on angelique kerbermen's semifinals here on thursday. angelique kerber is no stranger to reaching the wimbledon final, she did it in 2018. she is taking on partey, the world number one, perhaps the favourite for the title here, although she has never been to a wimbledon final. partey had the better of the first set even in the games when she was down on her serve, she managed to battle her way back into contention with that slicing and dicing, and angelique kerber was unable to find the lines like we have seen her do so many times at this championships so far. no one has spent longer on court in the women's draw than angelique kerber so far, just over eight and a half hours. think back to that three setter last week which was one of the matches of the tournament last week. kerber has found her form the matches of the tournament last week. kerber has found herform in the second set, forcing a few more partey errors, she was three having zero up in this, still a break—up as you can see. 4—2 now. —— ash bar

angelique kerber has turned her career around. angelique kerber has turned her careeraround.ng for replacing the semifinals. she is probably the favourite go on and when they championships. with a breakthrough moment at the grand slam the iconic shot, the drop shots, did not really work earlier today. winning that 16-4, 6-3. and will work earlier today. winning that 16—4, 6—3. and will play the czech republic all exciting mds winnings quarterfinals. thank you very much. the anticipation is building ahead of euro 2020 semi—finals — england in action tomorrow evening against denmark. and it all gets going later, when spain face italy — a match with so much history. let's speak tojohn watson now, who's at wembley for us, where both matches take place. it's a breathtaking turn around. it's a breathtaking turn around. it's astonishing when you think they did not qualify for the well cut backin did not qualify for the well cut back in 2018 for the first time in 60 years but at a maximum point to the group stage and they weren't given that wobble in the last against austria needing

triple grand slam winner angelique kerber progressed to the quarterfinals by beating american teenagerian ons jabeur became the first arab woman to reach the last eight, coming from a set down to beat iga swiatek. in the men's draw, roger federer is through to the quarterfinals, with a straight sets victory over lorenzo sonego, while novak djokovic�*s bid for a record—equalling 20th men's grand slam title continues. the world number one enjoyed a relatively routine straight sets win against chile's cristian garin. it puts him through to the 50th grand slam quarterfinal of his career. it took a lot out of me, but at the same time, it gave me wings. it gave me the confidence booster that i needed for wimbledon, and energy levels are really good. i'm pleased, this is the quickest surfacing sport coming off from clay. it takes a little bit of time to adapt to an aggressor game and make sure you are at your best —— address your game. the further the tournament goes, i feel like i'm more comfortable playing on grass. capacity crowds could be set to return to sporting events in england from j

she will play angelique kerber in at the next round, former champion.at the front open, how far can she go wimbledon? —— at the french open. we will have manic monday where everyone will play. nick kyrgios s wimbledon adventure came to an abrupt end as he retired in his third—round match against felix auger—aliassime because of an abdominal injury. and the ladies doubles have just made it through to the next round. —— british ladies doubles. the british and irish lions�* have won their first game in south africa since 2009. they beatjohannesburg's sigma lions in their opening warm up match by 56 points to 1a at an empty ellis park. joe lynskey reports. one of sport's great events starts in the silence. this lions tour of south africa is different. the players�* life in a bubble is the hotel and the pitch, but they are here. louis rees—zammit is the youngest lines since the 80s and now scored on his debut. this warm up match was this team has micro—opportunity. in the next three weeks, they played for their place. yet, scotland�*s ali price got his platf

one barty has reached her first wimbledon semifinal with a 6—1, 6—3 win, and she'll now face angelique kerberuchova in straight sets. both aryna sabalenka and karolina pliskova are also into their first wimbledon semifinals. sabalenka beat tunisia's 0ns jabeur, who'd become the first arab woman to reach the last eight at the all england club. her adventure is over, though, so sabalenka will now face pliskova, who overcame viktorija golubic. it's going to be tough match. she's a great _ it's going to be tough match. she's a great player. her game also really well on _ a great player. her game also really well on the — a great player. her game also really well on the grass, but i'm looking forward _ well on the grass, but i'm looking forward to— well on the grass, but i'm looking forward to this match. mark... nick parrott reports. a brief respite from the mountains and the chance for mark cavendish to shine again. it was a place where he won back in 2010, doing it again was what mattered. saving his energy for the finish and a couple of lapses catching up would cost the italian vital energy. e

she has played so well here, the angelique kerber, the only former champion left in the women's draw,n one title since that wimbledon, but she is looking good after winning a grass court title in hamburg. also we have seen a fantastic story for the first north african woman to go this far at the championships. she is into the quarterfinals, a terrific win for her. we saw her against garbine muguruza and she has knocked out the french open champion in three sets today, a terrific story for her. in the men's, novak djokovic is making things look easy. the queens winner makes it through to the next stage as well and we have also seen sebastian korda, who knocked out dan evans. he has gone out to the russian in five sets. so that story comes to an end at wimbledon. there is so much that happens. you can stay across manic monday on the bbc sport website and emma raducanu against ajla tomljanovic is the big one for the british hopes on court number one later this evening. from me, british hopes on court number one laterthis evening. from me, chetan pathak, and the team at wimbledon, thatis

the australian beat former champion angelique kerber in straight sets 6—3, 7—6 on centre court.e, and it's the one she really wants. this is incredible. i think this is as good a tennis match oliver play, and i think angie definitely brought the best out of me and it was a hell of a match right from the first ball —— iill of a match right from the first ball —— i'll ever play. iim incredibly proud of myself and my team, and now we get a chance on saturday to try and live out our childhood dream. and standing in the way of that childhood dream will be the 2016 us open runner—up, karolina pliskova. the czech former world number one is also into her first final at the all england club. she did it the hard way, though, coming from a set down to see off second seed aryna sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. and after losing his men's doubles earlier on in the day, joe salisbury is into the mixed—doubles semifinals with fellow brit harriet dart. they beat compatriot naomi broady and her french partner, jeremy chardy. a quick reminder, if you needed it, that it's the men's semifinal day tomorrow.

wimbledon, where she was eliminated in 2019 she'll face off against former wimbledon champion angelique kerber with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line. >>> all right. as we promised, let's bring in nbc meteorologist janessa webb a lot to discuss in the weather she's tracking this morning. janessa, hello again >> hi. you know, these tropical alerts, they continue to expand. our immediate concern right now is central cuba. hurricane warnings put in place. you can see the center of circulation of the storm about to hit land. so we're going to be watching a landfall earlier this morn now for the florida keys right now we have tropical storm watches in effect. i do expect as the system continues north and west tropical storm warnings will be put placein and stormy conditions across that area. also, another element, wind speeds and storm surge with the storm, elsa tha thank you, janessa >>> the world's richest man is retiring today sort of jeff bezos is stepping down as amazon's ceo at age 57 with a networth hovering around $250 billion. bezos will stay on as the tech titan's executive chairman

in wimbledon, angelique kerber admitted to the quarterfinals with a straight sets when, the only formerimbledon winner left in the singles category. her opponent, coco gauff, is ranked five spots ahead of her. she will face covered in the next. in the men's singles, roger federer became the oldest player to reach the wimbledon quarterfinals in the modern era. he will be 40 in just under five weeks. he eased past the italian player in straight sets to make the last eight at wimbledon for the 18th time. he was the final player for the men to feature on manic monday. now the story of one determined youngster intent on not letting map time interfere with playtime. this young elephant is part of a world heard migrating hundreds of kilometers -- wild herd never getting through china. he could not let others get some shshut eye. eventually he appeared to give up and crawled up for a nap of his own. he will learn. you are watching dw news. a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. british prime minister boris johnson has set out a roadmap for england to emerge from the last covid-

former women's champion, german angelique kerber beat coco gauff but there was disappointment for theat the all england club. she did at times find herself really playing some of her best tennis in that first set. the world 75, she lit up these championships can arrange 338 in the world when we started, already gone up 150 places, some fantastic wins for her on route to the fourth round, including against the former french open runner—up. and against her opponent tonight, a lot of people were advancing her with the way that she has played her game, houck confident and assured she is loved and taken this whole championship in her stride, never mind it being herfirst grand slam. she's played as though she has done this many times before, but she did lose that first set, and credit to her, knowing that most of the crowd is going for emma, with such great stead throughout that process and winning it, then the match started getting away from her, she wasn't —— he was at times holding her stomach, and she went off guard to get some treatment and it became very clear she wasn't going to be a

one ash barty has sailed into the women�*s final at wimbledon after beating former champion angelique kerberdefeat aryna sabalenka. it will be the first final at the all england club for both players. and we end tonight on england�*s victory. the countdown is under way to sunday and what will be only the second major final in the team�*s history. it has been a long journey, a long wait since 1966. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks at how they got there, and what�*s different this time round. commentator: into the final of a major tournament - for the first time in 55 years. another night to savour. for generations, sunday will be the first final they will have seen england�*s men in but as fans know only too well this is no overnight success. after the failure of the 2010 world cup, building blocks were put in place. an overarching philosophy was brought in, coaching was overhauled across the age groups, and st georges park was opened as the home of all england teams. a year later in 2013, two ambitious targets were set. the first is for the england team, to at least reach the sem

the former women's champions league, angelique kerber defeated coco gauff.ng british pair in the singles, amber rudd khan who had to retire for good reasons. as i am going to show you here, she has become a feature of the headline writers at all the papers, and this is the front page of the times. she bowed out in the fourth round. and this is the front page of the daily telegraph. ben rothenberg as a writer for the new york times and hosts the no challenges remaining podcast. yeah, very abrupt, mysterious, disappointing, for sure. she was playing well and second set seem to have breathing difficulties and left court for treatment and did not come back. it's very unusual for a player to sort of retire from a match or abandon a match without coming back on the court to shake the opponent's and in that sort of thing. it was concerning for her that she was able to make it back. she was doing well. there hasn't been much information from the tournament orfrom her about how she is doing more the official reason for her withdrawal being her breathing difficulties.

former women's champion, german angelique kerber beat coco gauff on centre but there was disappointmentild card playing in her major tournament — had to retire. chetan pathak was watching at the all england club. she did at times find herself really playing some of her best tennis in that first set. the world number 75. she lit up these championships can arrange 338 in the world when we started. she's gone up 150 places. some fantastic wins for her on route to the fourth round, including against the former french open, and against the former french open, and against time tonight from a lot of people where fancying her with the way that she played her game, how confident and assured she's looked. she stake in this championship in her stride, she stake in this championship in herstride, never she stake in this championship in her stride, never mind it being her first grand slam. she has played as though she has done this many times before, but she did lose that first set 64, and credit to them, knowing most of the crowd, for holding her way in such great stead throughout that first set an

angelique kerber is who she will face next, former champion here. an abdominal injury. he may or may not continue in the mixed doubles with the venus williams. but let's head back to her room, but before we do that, will head back to jane in the studio. wish i was in rome! but in the studio. british and irish lions' first game in south africa since 2009 is nearing conclusion. they're up against sigma lions injohannesburg. and it's gone quite well, they're leading by 56 points to 14 in an empty ellis park with tries from louis rees—zammit, hamish watson, ali price and four from josh adams. there's only a few minutes left to go in that one. there were no problems for wales as they eased past canada. they ran in ten tries in a 68—12 win — jonah holmes with the last of them. he scored twice, as did taine basham and tomos williams. ireland came out on top, after a thrilling nine—try encounter against japan. the lead changed hands eight times during the match but ireland's fifth and final try from jacob stockdale here, secured a 39—31win in dublin. india

angelique kerber, champion in 2018, is the only former winner to make it this far.roger federer will be on centre court on wednesday. canada has appointed an inuit leader, mary simon, to serve as governor—general — the representative of the head of state, queen elizabeth. it�*s the first time an indigenous person has held the largely ceremonial role. prime ministerjustin trudeau confirmed that the queen had accepted mary simon�*s appointment. in her acceptance speech, ms simon referred to the recent discovery of unmarked graves at former indigenous residential schools. during my time as governor general i will work every day towards promoting healing and wellness across canadian society. to me that means stopping to fully recognise memorialise and come to terms with the atrocities of our collective past that we are learning more about each day. it means we must thoughtfully work hard towards the promise of a better tomorrow. that was mary simon — of a better tomorrow. that was mary simon the _ of a better tomorrow. that was mary simon the newly - of a better tomorro

women's semi final day at wimbledon, and what a match up on centre court between 2018 winner angelique kerber tie between karolina pliskova and second seed aryna sabalenka. meanwhile, is this the last time we'll see the great roger federer gracing the wimbledon turf? the 39—year—old was beaten in straight sets in the quarter finals on wednesday by poland's hubert hurkazs. i'm actually very happy i made it as far as i did and i was able to play at the level i did after everything i went through, so of course i would like to play again but, you know, at my age you are never sure what is around the corner. eight british and irish lions are isolating after a player and member of the management team tested positive for covid—19. this follows the news that the match against the bulls on saturday will not go ahead because of covid—19 cases in the hosts' camp. on the field for the lions though, it was business as usual as they geared up for the test series by beating the sharks in johannesburg. duhan van der merwe and josh adams ran in three tries each in the 54—7 win. wales winger adams now has eigh

she probably played the match of the championship at wimbledon against angelique kerber, and she pullsus open. another big name that featured today, simone biles. how has she done? it today, simone biles. how has she done? . , today, simone biles. how has she done? ., , ., , today, simone biles. how has she done? ., , ., done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation — done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation is _ done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation is so _ done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation is so big, - done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation is so big, she - done? it was an interesting outing. the expectation is so big, she hasl the expectation is so big, she has to be the biggest star, i can't think of anyone who has transcended the sport as much as she had who is at these olympics. the expectation every time simone biles takes to the floor in particular is so high. she was less than perfect, there were faults we don't often see from her, the pressure perhaps, she is such a cool customer, but the us gymnastics team qualifi

has reached her first women's singles final with a straight—sets win over the former champion angelique kerbero, a drawing of the bear 's head by leonardo da vinci hasjust bear 's head by leonardo da vinci has just sold forjust over $12 million. measuring only seven centimetres squared, had a bear, the very original name, is a silver point drawing on pink beige paper. —— head of a bear. it previously belonged to the british painter and collector sir thomas lawrence before being sold at $1863. it sold for $11 million in 2001, clearly well worth it. that's it for me, goodbye. hello there. the next few days look pretty unsettled, with low pressure always nearby, so we're likely to see sunshine and showers notjust for friday, but into the weekend and into the start of next week, too. so, for today, these showers will be heavy, much like they were on thursday, and you'll see on the pressure charts we're in between systems, and there's barely any isobars, so the winds are light and the showers will be slow—moving again. so, quite a bit of cloud to start this morning, particularly across scotland, wh

tenth champion and angelique kerber.ee points, so pliskova trying to get herself on the board here after a brilliant start from ash barty.- the board here after a brilliant start from ash barty. yes, she has not it all start from ash barty. yes, she has got it all to — start from ash barty. yes, she has got it all to do. _ start from ash barty. yes, she has got it all to do. all _ start from ash barty. yes, she has got it all to do. all right, _ start from ash barty. yes, she has got it all to do. all right, chetan i got it all to do. all right, chetan pathak, thank you very much indeed. a quadriplegic man who is paralysed from the shoulders down has made his uk racing debut at the goodwood festival of speed. former professional racing driver sam schmidt was severely injured in a crash 21 years ago. now through advances in technology he is able to drive a car by moving his head to steer and using his breath to accelerate and break, reaching speeds of up to 200mph. ? he explained how it all works. ? i never would have tho

inspiration from the fellow indigenous australian yvonne ghul are gone, takes on the 2018 champion angelique kerbero shortage of aggression in that semifinal. loryn scott at wimbledon, thank you. —— laurie scott. let's return to wembley, and look ahead to england's final against italy on sunday. john watson is at wembley, we are going to talk to him but we'd like to talk about the economic benefits thrown up by the football. there are predictions of an enormous boost to the economy. the economy could grow by as much as £10 billion. let's find out more from our business correspondence, ramzan karmali. cheering. not only english football fans celebrating but hundreds of publicans across the country too. it was estimated that over 9.7 .million pints were pulled during the day, and that number is set to be even higher on sunday. euro 2020 has given a much—needed boost to the pub trade but restrictions are still in place and sales could have been even higher. the british beer and pub association say a further 1.7 million pints could have been pulled — a possible hit to takings of £6.5 million. supermark

one barty has reached her first wimbledon semifinal with a 6—1, 6—3 win, and she'll now face angelique kerberrcame viktorija golubic. it's going to be tough match. she's a great player. her game also really well on the grass, but i'm looking forward to this match _ mark cavendish sprinted to his 33rd victory at the tour de france. nick parrott reports. a brief respite from the mountains and the chance for mark cavendish to shine again. a place where he won back in 2010. doing it again was what mattered. he took it easy at the intermediate sprint. saving his energy for the finish and a couple of lapses amd concentrations and classes not much you can do about mechanical problems. catching up would cost the italian vital energy. even without the setback, he would have struggled. his team set him up perfectly for the finish, and once again, he surged to victory — his third of the tour. if he can survive tomorrow's climbs, he'll get the chance to equal the record of 34 stage wins. nick parrott, bbc news. the british and irish lions�* tour match against the vodacom bulls on saturday has been postpo

it involves the world number one ashleigh barty looking to get to her first final against angelique kerberered her best form of late, the 2018 finalist who is 33 now. there is speculation she was thinking of retiring earlier this year, but she has been moving so well, we know what she is like from the baseline, expect some slice and dice from ash barty. if anyone can disrupt, it is her. this going on first on centre court, probably thinking about the australian audience at home to watch ash barty. this will get under way and then we will see the two big hitters, karolina pliskova, the number two seed aryna sabalenka. she has never been this far at a grand slam, again, moving so well. this is the only semifinal missing from pliskova's cv and another mouthwatering match that we will look forward to, ash barty and angelique kerberfirst, and the doubles as well, a big day forjoe salisbury. he is currently on court one at the moment. if we look at the minute, he is playing with his american partner in his men's doubles semifinals. a tough one against the number one seeds. there was a coronaviru

the australian beat former champion angelique kerber in straight sets 6—3, 7—6 on centre court.f myself and my team, and now we get a chance on saturday to try and live out our childhood dream. and standing in the way of that childhood dream will be the 2016 us open runner—up, karolina pliskova. the czech former world number one is also into her first final at the all england club. she did it the hard way, though, coming from a set down to see off second seed aryna sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. and after losing his men's doubles earlier on in the day, joe salisbury is into the mixed—doubles semifinals with fellow brit harriet dart. they beat compatriot naomi broady and her french partner, jeremy chardy. a quick reminder, if you needed it, that it's the men's semifinal day tomorrow. world number one and reigning champion novak djokovic will play the tenth seed canadian denis shapovalov — while queens champion matteo berrettini goes head—to—head with poland's hubert hurkacz. the countdown is already on to the euro 2020 final, and for england, there isn't a lot of time to prepare. there

angelique kerber has won wimbledon before and is delighted to reach another semifinal and may be a bitaducanu and soak at marcus rashford, who said today he had experienced something similar to what emma enjoyed when he played for the england under 16 is and said he had never experienced it again. as for wimbledon 2day, a good day to have a roof. raining at wimbledon. what is the outlook now? here's tomasz schafernaker. more showers in the forecast for wimbledon and wembley as well, so typically british weather on the way. let me show you the bigger picture and what is happening across our part of the world in the last 24 hours or so. look at this big dip in thejet stream which hours or so. look at this big dip in the jet stream which helped develop this low—pressure which swept across the country in the last day or so bringing us a fair bit of rain and strong winds across southern areas and here is the schematic of how the jet stream works and you can see the dip which brings the cooler air from the north but deflects the warmth towards eastern europe and this is where some of his, an

triple grand slam winner angelique kerber progressed to the quarterfinals by beating american teenager men's grand slam title continues. the world number one enjoyed a relatively routine straight sets win against chile's cristian garin. it puts him through to the 50th grand slam quarterfinal of his career. it took a lot out of me, but at the same time, it gave me wings. it gave me the confidence booster that i needed for wimbledon, and energy levels are really good. i'm pleased, this is the quickest surfacing sport coming off from clay. it takes a little bit of time to adapt to an address your game and make sure you are at your best. the further the tournament goes, ifeel like i'm more comfortable playing on grass. i look forward to next challenge. capacity crowds could be set to return to sporting events in england from july 19th without the legal requirement of vaccine passports. the move will be voted upon next monday and means there could be full stadiums for the start of the premier league season next month. wimbledon will be at full capacity from tomorrow for the quarterfinals, s

she lost to angelique kerber. >>> a day after ohtani pulled a double. hit and pitch in next week's game at colorado's coors field. the only remaining questions about are the logistics of ohtani's midsummer classic. wow. >> and finally in miami, dodger slugger albert pujols adds another accolade to his hall-of-fame resume with a single in the eighth inning. pujols now just the fourth player in major league history to reach 6,000 career total bases, joining greats hank aaron, stan muse yeo, and willie mays, but it's not enough to end the dodgers winning streak with a 5-4 victory last night. >>> still ahead here, we are learning new details about what cyber security experts are calling the single biggest global ransom ware attack on record including multi-million-dollar demand from hackers. we're back in just a moment. hackers. we're back in just a moment. (naj) because as a fiduciary, it's our responsibility to always put clients first. (other money manager) so you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the right thing to do. we help c

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novak djokovic is through, the german angelique kerber beat coco gauff on centre and roger federer iswildcard playing in her grand slam debut. our sports news correspondent chetan pathak is at wimbledon. she was doing really well but sadly, she was doing really well but sadly, she has had to retire. what has happened? yes, unfortunately, emma raducanu's wimbledon run ends tonight with her having to retire through breathing difficulties. at times she did find herself really playing some of her best tennis in that first set against the world number 75. emma raducanu that first set against the world number75. emma raducanu is that first set against the world number 75. emma raducanu is ranked 338th in the world when we started and she has already gone up 150 places. some fantastic wins for her en route to the fourth round. a lot of people were fancying emma raducanu with the way she has played her game, how confident and assured she has lived and she has taken these championships in her stride, never mind it being herfirst grand slam. she has played as though she has this many times befo

against angelique kerber, barty had to be at her best. she was. oh, that�*s gorgeous. that nobody on centre really wanted it to end, except, perhaps, the winner. ash barty is into the final. i think this is as close to as good a tennis match as i'll ever play. i think angie definitely brought the best out of me today. i'm incredibly proud of myself, my team and now we get a chance on saturday to try to live out a childhood dream. the second semifinal was played between two women pushing themselves to new heights in there. actually, you can almost hear it out here. she grunts. facing aryna sabalenka�*s serve can seem thankless. karolina pliskova tried and lost the first set 7—5. most points in this match were fierce and short but some rallies did break free. fa ntastic stuff! pliskova took the second set 6—4. seeded eight, the czech player has power and control. she can serve, too. third set, 6—4. at 29, pliskova is through to her first wimbledon final. her approach, she says, is super positive. that�*s her husband. this is what it is all for. so to the men�*s semifinal

barty beat former champion angelique kerber in straight sets.their first wimbledon semis. then novak djokovic continues his quest for a record—equalling 20th grand slam title, he's up against denis shapovalov. obviously, final stages of wimbledon, it's where i wanted to be and, obviously, i put myself in a good position now to go even further and get myself in a match to fight for a title. it would be his sixth wimbledon title, if he were successful. coverage across the bbc. we can talk about the olympics. a state of emergency has been declared injapan following a rise in coronavirus cases, which means spectators have been banned from all events at the tokyo games. in the early hours of this morning, the olympic flame's arrival was greeted with a small ceremony broadcast on a live stream, rather than through the typical relay. we're joined now in the studio by olympic gold medallist and cyclist callum skinner and journalist michael penn. who is with a japanese news agency. have you seen the pictures of the torch arriving and transferred? it torc