last year's men's finalist daniil medvedev saw off jj wills set 3—1.il medvedev saw off” wills in straight sets in the third round. of the russian is yet to drop a set —— jj wolf. fans made their return to the grandstands for rugby premiership action this afternoon with around 2,700 members of the public allowed to buy tickets for the match between harlequins and bath. but a bonus point victory for the visitors may have been enough however to silence the home crowds. elsewhere, england captain 0wen farrell could be facing a lengthy ban following a red card during saracens' defeat to wasps. with a round—up of all today's premiership games, here's joe lynskey. at the stoop, the sound effects have been switched off. slowly rugby can get used to the noise again. this is a crowd watching the sport in england for the first time since lockdown, nearly 3000 in, the next step on the way back. but on harlequins' home ground, bath crashed ground, bath crashed in to spoil the fun. they are on the cusp of the top four and with more at stake. they knew four tries wo

potentially winning a grand slam, dominic thiem is another name, and he is in the otherfinal against daniil medvedevy bit rough in a —— nearly beat rafael nadal. he is right about the fact he can make a grand slam final. it is about making sure it is she rather than the other three guys. russell, thank you very much forjoining us —— it is about making sure it is he rather than. well, after the shortest of breaks, the premier league returns this weekend. liverpool, champions of the top flight for the first time in 30 years, will begin the defence of their title against leeds united on saturday — another team all to aware of long waits. 16 years for them for their return to the top table, with argentine manager marcelo bielsa their hero. so, settle in and get ready for the new season with patrick gearey. cheering the show must go on, even if there is still no one there to see it. liverpool had little time to enjoy their first title in 30 years — they can their first title in 30 years — they ca n always their first title in 30 years — they can always look at the pictures later. standing still is not an

last year‘s runner—up daniil medvedev is yet to drop a set so far in the tournament.victory and the other results on the bbc sport website for you. lot‘s of football going on across europe, the uefa nations league. six results in so far. wins for north macedonia, georgia and gibraltar. there was drama in one of the elite groups as 10—man england beat iceland away with a late raheem sterling penalty. iceland missed an injury time penalty to equalise. also wins for luxembourg and montenegro. some good matches underway at the moment, belgium beating denmark, portugal ahead against croatia and france are 1—0 up against sweden. mercedes domination in formula one shows no sign of waning. it was another 1—2 in qualifying as world champion lewis hamilton took pole from his teamate valterri bottas ahead of sunday‘s italian grand prix. hamilton also broke the lap record at monza. honestly, every weekend it is very humbling to see what we do as a team. you know, we keep going from strength to strength to strength. i‘m just so grateful and happy with my guys, they do an incredibl

second seed thiem beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work hard after cruising throughtie breaks in the next two, before coming through. while zverev battled back from two sets down to beat beat spain's pablo carreno busta. it'll be the first time we'll see a male champion who was born in the 1990s, and thiem's already looking forward to taking on zverev. i guess that we both try absolutely everything to win. me, i'm desperate to win this first big title. him as well. he tries to win it in his first attempt. for me, it is going to be the fourth one. well, if i don't do it, it is getting in the head probably soon, but i will try everything to avoid that, of course. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, sarah. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's return to the government's plans to introduce legislation which overrides part of the withdrawal agreement signed last year with the eu. brussels has threatened to take legal action if downing street presses ahead with its proposals. we can speak to the conservative mp — and chair of the commons defence

he beat alex de minaur in straight sets, and will face daniil medvedev next.re throughout the afternoon. thank you. good afternoon. thank you. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'm jane hill to take you through the next few hours of all oui’ coronaviruses stories and more. the latest test and trace figures show that there were 9,864 new positive coronavirus tests in england in the week to september 2nd. that's an increase of 43% on the previous week. earlier in the commons, the health secretary outlined the latest on the government's testing strategy. mr speaker, our ability to test and trace on a large scale is also fundamental to controlling the virus, as we discussed in this house many times. the latest data shows that we are doing more testing per head than other european countries like germany and spain, and we have record capacity. we have increased capacity by more than 10,000 tests a day over the last fortnight. while there have been challenges in access to tests, the vast majority of people get their tests rapidly and are people get their tes

the second seed beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work for it after cruising austrianough, while zverev battled back from two sets down to beat beat spain's pablo carreno busta. it'll be the first time we'll see a male champion, who was born in the 1990s, and thiem's already looking forward to taking on zverev. mo farah failed to break his own british half—marathon record at the antrim coast half—marathon. the four—time olympic champion lined up in larne on the east coast of northern ireland with the aim to break 59 minutes and 32 seconds, but came up short. he still ran out a comfortable winner but finished a minute outside his british record. and the tour de france continues. you can follow it via the bbc sport website and app. more in the next hour. sir terence conran, the designer and retailer best known for creating habitat, has died at the age of 88. the design museum, which he founded in 1989, said he was a visionary who "promoted the best of british design, culture and the arts around the world". 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito looks back at his life. i b

second seed thiem beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work for it after cruising throughwo before coming through, while zverev battled back from two sets down to beat beat spain's pablo carreno busta. it'll be the first time we'll see a new men's grand slam champion since 2014. mo farah failed to break his own british half—marathon record at the antrim coast half—marathon. the four—time olympic champion lined up in larne on the east coast of northern ireland with the aim to break 59 minutes and 32 seconds, but came up short. he still ran out a comfortable winner, but finished a minute outside his british record. and the tour de france continues. they're at stage 1a, which runs 194 kilometres from clermont—ferrand to lyon. you can follow it via the bbc sport wesbite an app. more from us in sportsday at 6:30. we arejust going we are just going to give you an update on the latest covid—19 figures. it has been reported via the reuters news agency that for the united kingdom, there is confirmed cases for today, the 2a hour period, are now at cases for today, the 24 hour period

. >> meanwhile, daniil medvedev is playing on clay for only the second year in his career. believe it? the russian thinks conditions in september and october could help him do well. it was delayed from its usual may/june dates because of the coronavirus. >> maybe it can help me. it's a bit colder, so the balls do not fly as much. i think it can be an opportunity for me, actually, an advantage, but, of course, tough to say before you play your first match. another attack at barcelona's boxers. suarez has signed a two-year deal after passing his medical examination friday. the uruguayan was told by the new barcelona boss he had no future at the club. he was hoping to leave before the current season kicked off. messy but a message to suarez, saying he did not deserve for them to throw you out like they did, but the truth is that at this stage, nothing surprises him anymore. >> the coach says he is happy with the team he has. >> the squad i have is this one. i don't want anything else and i will not ask for anything. as i said before, anything can happen between now and october

and with top seed daniil medvedev already out, tsitsipas is the highest ranked player left in the tournament alexander bublik took felix auger—aliassime completely by surprise in their match. the kazakh‘s underarm serve winning one game on his way to a straight sets victory over the canadian. the first major european football match with fans since the covid—19 crisis takes place on thursday, when the champions league winners bayern munich take on the europa league winners sevilla in the super cup. the government in hungary — where the match will be played — insists it's safe, but opposition leaders there are accusing officials of using supporters like "experimental rabbits." the 67,000—capacity stadium can be a third full with strict hygiene measures in place for those attending the game. a pared—down version of the 2020 road world championships start in italy on thursday. the start and finish of each event will take place on the imola motor racing circuit, but each route will break out on to the roads of the emilia romagna region. the men's road race will be held on a punishing 260km route

second seed thiem beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work hard, for it fter cruising three grand slam finals earlier the german, alexander zverev, battled back from two sets down to beat beat spain's pablo carreno busta to set up the final against thiem. it'll be the first time we'll see a male champion, who was born in the 1990s. now, after setting a new world record for running furthest in an hour, this morning, mo farah is going to try to break, his own britrish half marathon record. the a—time olympic champion is running the race, on the antrim coast race in northern ireland. for me personally, it is a big advantage to be able to come off a marathon and straight into olympics within a year. it is difficult and the reason why we have not had as many races, you've been away a little bit longer, so in a way gives mea little bit longer, so in a way gives me a chance to do many more races. asi me a chance to do many more races. as i said, last week, to do one world record was amazing. it had stood that for a long time and to break that record and to see you still have