dominika cibulkova of slovakia bossed this match.eded, the british number one couldn't really get going, and in straight sets she was gone. katie boulter did herselfjustice against the world number 18, but naomi osaka beat her in straight sets. goodbye to her, too. kyle edmund — it's over to you. well, relax. edmund — at the bottom of the screen — largely controlled bradley klahn, forcing the american into mistakes. edmund is seeded 21, and by the end of his straight sets win centre court was believing in him. reserved by nature, edmund is now the centre of attention. if you're a british player at wimbledon, you sense that expectation. itjust grows around you. whether it inspires or intimidates, there's no escaping it. and edmund's next opponent? the three—time champion, novak djokovic. it's notjust about the world cup on saturday, you know. joe wilson, bbc news, at wimbledon. that's it from us. newsnight‘s starting over on bbc two. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm tim hague, coming up tonight: it's a round two k0 for konta — no

beat daria kasatkina in straight sets today and jelena 0stapenko is also through after beating dominika cibulkova of slovakia. you may remember that she was not seeded after wimbledon decided to offer the seeding instead to serena williams. so the semifinal

spare a thought for dominika cibulkova. to lose your seeding, but for also johanna konta, losing your place this early. contrary to the semifinals last year but has twice went out as a slam since when the are back better placed at home. it was a civil mix of dietand placed at home. it was a civil mix of diet and relief thatjohanna konta the won first set but with every pa rt konta the won first set but with every part of our racket, civil code files back on her own. —— dominika cibulkova fired back. she got married on women's final day two yea rs married on women's final day two years ago on this evidence, a new love affair. at fw 17 could be blossoming. it is what it is but i'm just focusing on my tennis. this outlook and i'm playing good so i'm just really focusing on myself and to do well and do the right things and that is it. as britain's mass to balance out, spare a thought whereas the faceless black next. —— whoever has to face cibulkova next. joining me now to discuiss that performance is former british fed cup play

followed by a women's singles match between the number 22 seed johanna konta and slovakia's dominika cibulkovaanother men's match between great britain's kyle edmund and bradley klahn of the usa. the women's top seed simona halep is in action on court no i. she plays zheng saisai from china — and that's after the conclusioon of the men's match between marin cilic and guido pella, with cilic leading by two sets to love. later in the day, juan martin del potro and alexander zverev both play their 2nd round matches. after all the excitement at the football world cup in russia, there was a chance for the teams to have a rest ahead of the quarter finals, which begin on friday. two former champions, france and uruguay, meet in the first of the matches. that'll be followed by brazil taking on belgium. on saturday, it's sweden against england. the winner of that, plays the winner of russia against croatia. from samara, john bennett reports. russian football legends don't come much bigger than this man, but against all the odds, the 2018 russian team are making themselves into russian hero ‘s. he would

champion jelena 0stapenko up game to come, former french open championjelena 0stapenko up against dominika cibulkovairst of the world cup semifinals kicked off in under2li of the world cup semifinals kicked off in under 2a hours. the 1998 champions france against belgium, the team that knocked brazil out in the team that knocked brazil out in the quarter—finals. france go in as slight favourites, winning all three meetings between the sides at major tournaments. both sides trained on monday and our reporterjohn bennett was watching. this isn't just was watching. this isn'tjust a local geographical derby, this is a game with stars that know each other very well, both stars packed with english premier league talent. 13 premier league players started combined for them in the quarter—finals. interestingly, one of the biggest stars didn't train on the eve of the match, and that they not with the france squad training at the st petersburg stadium. but the france boss, didier deschamps, said that all 23 players are fully fit. as for belgium boss roberto mancini is, he's riding the crest of a wave after bea

she will play to meet dominika cibulkova cove in the last 16.ast 16 after a comfortable victory over australian teenager alex terminal. the win also means that rafael nadal holds onto the world mumble and ranking. lewis hamilton won the battle for pole position in tomorrow's british grand prix, snatching the top spot from his title rival sebastian vettel by a fraction of a second. hamilton produced a lap record with his final run in qualifying to take his six pole position at silverstone. victory tomorrow would mean he overta kes jim victory tomorrow would mean he overtakes jim clark for the most number of british grand prix wins. more importantly for hamilton, it would mean he overtakes sebastian vettel again at the top of the drivers standings. chris froome's quest to win a record equalling fifth tour de france has started with a crash on the opening stage. the defending champion careered off the road on a left—hand bend in the closing stages, but was quickly back on his bike and said afterwards he felt fine. britain through, finishing 57 seco

she'll play slovakia's dominika cibulkova next. ?straight sets. edmund, seeded 21st, goes on to play american bradley klahn. the royal air force celebrates its centenary next week with a service at westminster abbey, and a huge flypast over buckingham palace. 100 aircraft will take part in the biggest display ever seen in the capital. and today was their final rehearsal in the skies over lincolnshire, as sophie raworth reports. they've been planning this for months. today raf cranwell in lincolnshire stood in for buckingham palace as some of the aircraft taking part in the fly—past next tuesday carried out their final preparations. all right, g—pads on. the biggest formation will be the typhoons. 22 fastjet pilots will be taking to the skies and they took me along as they practised. well, this has never been done before. we've never put this many typhoons into the same piece of sky, especially not for a fly— past over london. we're really excited about it. we've practised this for a long time, prepared, the plans are all in place. th

beat daria kasatkina in straight sets today and jelena 0stapenko is also through after beating dominika cibulkovahe was not seeded after wimbledon decided to offer the seeding instead to serena williams. so the semifinal line—up looking like this. serena williams up againstjulio burgos. — julia goerges. earlier i got the thoughts of a former british number one at croft who told me serena williams was given a work—out on centre court today. she was given a test. camila giorgi loves the grass, it is her favourite. test. camila giorgi loves the grass, it is herfavourite. she's test. camila giorgi loves the grass, it is her favourite. she's done the best on that in her career at this particular grandstand. and when she connects she is virtually unplayable and she sells at as high speed as serena williams. that surprises a lot of people. so she's someone you do not get much rhythm against and it took serena some time to get going. but then her experience shone through and she raised her level and came through. another player who has been playing particular is angelique kerber, she reached the final ba

wimbledon can turn a home player into a summer celebrity, but it's not easy, well, not when you get dominika cibulkova, she'd seethed when wimbledon removed her seeding to promote serena williams. motivated, and too much for konta, in straight sets she was gone. so, from a british point of view, kyle edmund, it's all down to you. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. time for a look at the weather... with matt taylor you've got the easyjob, nothing has it? you say that, try saying dry and sunny again and again!|j it? you say that, try saying dry and sunny again and again! i am quite happy with it, keep going! that is because today, here in northern ireland, a different feel to the day compared with yesterday. a good deal more comfortable for many of you. the dividing line between the fresh air in the north and the humid air in the south has been this fragmented area of cloud in parts of northern england producing the odd shower in the pennines, but the south it has been very humid, 30 degrees in parts of worcestershire and derbyshire. this is royal tunbridge wells, some big storms, flash flooding here. sto

two big hitters, dominika cibulkova up two big hitters, dominika cibulkova up against elena austin rovertory of the tournament that has happened. john watson, thank you. and that is of the sport for now. i will have more through the afternoon. let's remember now the life of lord carrington, a british politician who was the last surviving member of the government of winston churchill and he held many senior officers through his illustrious career. norman smith is at downing street. a man who had an extraordinary life. he did, he was a very different breed of conservative politician, today he was an old—style paternalistic tory whose views were formed in large pa rt by whose views were formed in large part by his experience during the war. i remember interviewing him once when unemployment was rising and he was very apprehensive about the levels of unemployment reached during the thatcher years because of his belief that there was a responsibility of those in government to those who work, if you like, less well off, whom he had served alongside during the war, so he had a different take on

the british number one johanna konta has been knocked out of the championships by slovakia's dominika cibulkovaeeded but was bumped out for serena williams. perhaps she maybe made her point by winning in straight sets on centre court. as ben croucher reports. spare a thought for her, it cannot be easy to lose your seating. it can't be easy facing an opponent this good this early. so playing like this to be ill afford. it's one. . . like this to be ill afford. it's one... at the slovakian looked more at home centre court subdued by sithole covell. it was with a mix of delight and relief that the british number one browse them in the second set. with every winter flying from her racket, silk ova fired back more from her own. isjust getting better and better, 14th winner. theyjust kept flowing, she got married on women's finals day two years ago. a new love affair could be blossoming. is what it is, i'm focusing on my fitness, and this is how it looks when i'm playing good. i'm just focusing on myself to do well and do the right things, and that the. as brehm ball last hope in the women's draw are

dominika cibulkova, the slovakian who lost her seating at wimbledon to accommodate serena williams, packsrm, so actually having some struggle as well with herform, so i think it will be a new match. there is very little that compares to a professional athlete's happiness levels, and when you get to be in front of a home crowd, regardless of the sport, i think it is just incredible, and i really hope i can play many matches. and she is not the only one. another busy day in south—west london, with hopefully plenty to cheer. anthonyjoshua has anthony joshua has ended anthonyjoshua has ended speculation that he might look to fight in the united states by confirming his next two fights will be at wembley stadium. having defended his world titles in cardiff on the last two occasions, joshua will fight at the national stadium on september 20 two. he is likely to face russian alexander provetkin, with talks of a unification fight with beyonce well the ongoing. let's go to russia and the world cup. england have an injury worry added that quarterfinal against sweden. our sports correspondent is at

british number onejohanna konta is out of wimbledon, eaten by dominika cibulkova in straight sets andr wimbledon champion novak djokovic. that's all from me for now. unless you've been on mars for the past few days, you'll have noticed there's excitement building for england's world cup quarter—final against sweden on saturday. the game kicks off at 3pm, and given that it'sjuly, it's hardly surprising that some extremely frustrated people already have plans. it's wedding season, of course, and we'll hear shortly from a man who is risking the wrath of his in—laws by suggesting he may watch the game on his phone during his own wedding breakfast. probably not the best idea! but first, after that penalty shoot—out win against colombia the euro 96 anthem, three lions football's coming home is once again rising up the charts. it's still a fans' favourite, and it's also been all over social media. meme—makers have been hard at work creating their own tributes to the song. here's a selection of the best. marcel? where are you going with thatis, marcel? where are you going with that is, you ar

then it's time for the brits, johanna konta plays dominika cibulkova whilst kyle edmund faces americant of his swedish coach fredrik rosengren when he takes to the court later. clear, divided loyalties in that camp ahead of england's world cup quarter final against sweden. let's focus on england then, and there's an injury concern over jamie vardy ahead of saturday's quarter final. he didn't train yesterday and had an injection after injuring his groin in the win over colombia. the leicester striker was due to take the fifth penalty in the shootout but eric dier stepped in to take, and score it. meanwhile, fabian delph has flown back to russia following the birth of his third daughter. he went home last friday and his wife natalie gave birth on wednesday morning. he also found time to watch his teammates beat colombia, describing it as "the most amazing 24 hours of his life." one other line of football news to bring you and cristiano ronaldo could be on the move. real madrid are considering an offer of about £88 million from italian champions, juventus. the 33—year—old portugal forward

johanna konta's second up on centre court this afternoon against the former world number four — dominika cibulkovaok back at what happened yesterday, she beat the bulgarian qualifier viktoriya tomova in straight sets. the seven time champion said she's "trying not to put too many expectations" on herself" for the rest of the tournament. it was better than my first round, you know? i'm happy that i'm going in the right direction. how close to think you are to your best wimbledon groove? i'm getting there. i don't think i am there yet, but i expect to get there and continue to go there, not only for wimbledon but for the tournaments to continue in the future. in the men's draw the evergreen roger federer made light work of slovakia's lukas lacko. beating him in straight sets. the defending champion has now won 26 consecutive sets at wimbledon and remains the favourite to take a ninth title. there s an injury concern over strikerjamie vardy ahead of england's world cup quarter—final with sweden on saturday. he didn't train yesterday and had an injection after injuring his groin in the win over colomb

she came through 75—76 and she faces dominika cibulkova next, who is a really good player on grass.ld trafford, in the winning by eight wickets. the second match is in cardiff on friday. is there anything like football to turn grown men into schoolboys? even the england cricket tea m schoolboys? even the england cricket team were watching the game last night, victoria, and there was a video of them singing the three lions song themselves. of course they were! i havejust lions song themselves. of course they were! i have just remembered lions song themselves. of course they were! i havejust remembered i have got an appointment to have my highlights done at half past one on saturday afternoon, miles away from where i live. we can never speak again if you attend that! i've already e—mailed them, don't you worry! i need to bring that appointment forward. sort that out! you are like my mum, every saturday! around lunchtime, she gets her hair done. i'm going to have to tell her to cancel that as well! how old is your mum, out of interest? 21, i believe. good answer! thank you very much, t

dominika cibulkova have lost two jelena 0stapenko. that was on court numberone. jelena 0stapenko.n champion. she came through in straight sets. 0stapenko has a superb game but cibulkova has been playing very well. she was not seeded when wimbledon chose to give a seed to serena williams instead. 0stapenko through and angelique kerber as well. serena williams the favourite but plenty of other dangerous players. john watson and we will see later. and that is all the sport from me. i will have more in the afternoon. thank you. more now on our main story. all 12 members of a thai youth football team and their coach have now been brought out alive and safe out of the flooded caves where they were trapped for over two weeks. it follows a massive operation involving scores of cave divers, from all around the world, as well as thai navy seals, troops and volunteers. geoff crossley is a former cave rescue diver based in the uk. he is in cumbria. ifi if i had asked you at the beginning of this mission what the chances of success of this mission what the chances of su ccess we re , of this m

sepang go will now play dominika cibulkova next.set with pliskova going out, it has been a manic monday already.” wonder about the men's draw. roger federer in action now, does it seem like there will be a shock that? no, he doesn't need much help. but the performance of adrian mannarino in the opening set certainly helped him on his way, he took it 6—0. mannarino only managed to win five points in an opening set. federer wrapped it up injust 16 minutes. hugely impressive from roger federer, chasing a ninth wimbledon title here, currently 3—3 in the second. mannarino has got his game together a little more in centre court at the moment in that second, sorry, third set. federer having taken the second, 7—5 will stop roger federer looking to close this one out. he has not dropped a set yet, looking in superb form, you would not bet against him to go through, but his place in the quarterfinals where i think the only test you will get is the semis where he is on course to play milos raonic. going well at the moment. thank you. the full

hseish will play dominika cibulkova in the last 16. because at first i was there but i was tired andrying to much. but i am happy i made it for the second set. second set. second set, there was a lot of support from outside. support from outside. they pushed me to keep fighting. thank you so much. the crowd were really behind her. no problems for men's second seed, rafael nadal. after a comfortable victory over australia's alex de minaur. it means nadal holds on to the world number one ranking. in the next round. of a second. in qualifying to take his sixth pole at silverstone. and alain prost for the most number of british grand prix wins. vettel again at the top of the drivers‘ standings. was such a hard, so close between the ferraris. the ferraris. without you guys i would be unable to do that. had hoped for... the predicted sprint finish. froome says he was fine after coming down on a grass bank. one—day international. against the kiwis. bowled out for 148. in the best of three series. that's all the sport for now. on the day england reached the semifinals of the world cup. semif