birmingham phoenix beat trent rockets by seven wickets in the men's hundred at edgbaston.n their women's hundred victory this afternoon. they beat trent rockets by eight wickets. amyjones and ellyse perry here saw the phoenix over the line with nine balls to spare at edgbaston. they go level top with southern brave. 0lexander usyk and anthonyjoshua goe toe to toe in saudi arabia in a rematch between the two boxers afterjoshua was beaten by the ukrainian just under a year ago in london, losing his titles in the process, butjoshua says he's ready for the fight on saturday. i have ticked a lot of boxes. my success in the ring, which i put to hard work, it ain't based just on talent. i have worked hard, ithink i have worked harder than i have previously, pushed myself in different areas, and those markers have definitely been ticked off. also the mental aspect as well, which can be overlooked as well. it is all physical, go to the gym, work hard for us to how bad one? all that type of stuff, right? i have also trained myself mentally in those boxes have been ticked, and hopefu

seal their place in the semi finals of cricket's t20 competition with a win over south africa at edgbastonin their first match and if new zealand beat the sri lankans today and england win then they'll be through to the last four england we can take you to live pictures now from edgbaston. here they are. you can watch the match live on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website. they need 5a for 26, south africa, 26 balls. we will keep you up—to—date on that one as we get it. there have been some special guests at the aquatic centre, the duke and duchess of cambridge were visitors along with their daughter princess charlotte, cheering on team england. the athletes very grateful for their support, i am sure. jake jarman has won a fourth gold medal in the men's vault in the past few minutes. more on that in the next hour but from a very noisy victoria square in birmingham that is all the sport for now we will of course keep you up—to—date with everything going on at the commonwealth games in birmingham. good afternoon to you, you're watching bbc news. the time is 1:38pm and we will turn to a stor

after thrashing new zealand at edgbaston, new zealand were soon in all sorts of trouble after winning 20 overs. england knocked off the runs with seven wickets and 50 balls to spare. the defeat means new zealand will have to play favourites australia in the other semi. away from the commonwealth games, but staying with cricket — the second match of the hundred saw london spirit resist a brave fightback from oval invincibles. the match marked a return to form, for former england t20 and od! captain eoin morgan. he made 47 out of spirit's 171 for 6. the invincibles recovered from a poor start, but fell four runs short of their target. japan's hinako shibuno made a flying start at the women's open. she leads by one shot going into the second round at muirfield. shibuno, who won the title three years ago, made eight birdies as she shot a six—under—par round of 65. scotland's louise duncan and england'sjodi ewart shadoff are the best—placed british players. they're tied for third and fourth place respectively. dundee united are enjoying playing european football again, for the first time i

birmingham phoenix beat trent rockets by seven wickets in the men's hundred at edgbaston.eight wickets. amyjones and ellyse perry here saw the phoenix over the line with nine balls to spare at edgbaston. they go level top with southern brave. olexander usyk and anthonyjoshua goe toe to toe in saudi arabia in a rematch between the two boxers afterjoshua was beaten by the ukrainian just under a year ago in london, losing his titles in the process, butjoshua says he's ready for the fight on saturday. i've ticked a lot of boxes. my success in the ring, which i put to hard work, it ain't based just on talent. i've worked hard, i think i've worked harder than i have previously, i've pushed myself in different areas, and those markers have definitely been ticked off. also the mental aspect as well, which is something that can be overlooked as well. because we're just going through the process, right, physical? it's like, go to the gym, train hard, put all the work in. what's your purpose? what are you doing it for? how bad do you want it? all that type of stuff, right? the mental

of winning commonwealth 2020 gold are over after a four—run defeat by india in the semi—finals at edgbastonurrie was following the action. with a place in the final at stake, england knew they would have to bring their a game if they were to have a shot at the gold medal. india won the toss and opted to bat and they made it clear early on that they also meant business. smriti mandana hit a 61 off 32 balls, including three sixes. and jemimah rodrigues made 44 as india set england the challenging target of 165 for victory. in response amyjones was run out for 31. leaving england heading into that final needing 1a runs from the final six balls, however, in the end, they fell just short, losing by four runs. india will now take on the winner of australia or new zealand for the gold medal, england now has to refocus on the bronze medal match. competitive gaming is being included as a parallel pilot event here at the commonwealth games, and takes place this weekend in the centre of birmingham. the event will have separate medals and marketing, but the commonwealth games foundation say they want t

they're taking on the men's champions southern brave at edgbaston.t, which included six sixes as the phoenix made 176 for 4. the brave, in their response, have lost captainjames vince for 17. they're currently 44—2. rory mcilroy says a us court's decision to uphold a ban on three liv golfers from competing at the fedex cup play—offs this weekend is "common sense". the three players from the breakaway series wanted to be allowed to compete in memphis, but thejudge sided with the pga tour. from my vantage point, common sense prevailed and i thought it was the right decision. and now that that has happened, i think itjust lets us focus on the important stuff, which is the golf, and we can all move forward and not have that sideshow going on for the next few weeks, which is nice. with more on the us court ruling, here's our golf correspondent, iain carter. this week is a big week for the pga tour. it's the start of their playoff series which will culminate in the tour championship at the end of this month. as we know, the rival breakaway live golf series

women will face india in the semifinals of the cricket tournament after thrashing new zealand at edgbaston favourites australia in the other semi. away from the commonwealth games, but staying with cricket — the second match of the hundred saw london spirit resist a brave fightback from 0val invincibles. the match marked a return to form, for former england t20 and 0d! captain eoin morgan. he made 47 out of spirit's 171 for 6. the invincibles recovered from a poor start, but fell four runs short of their target. japan's hinako shibuno made a flying start at the women's open. she leads by one shot going into the second round at muirfield. shibuno, who won the title three years ago, made eight birdies as she shot a six—under—par round of 65. scotland's louise duncan and england'sjodi ewart shadoff are the best—placed british players. they're tied for third and fourth place respectively. dundee united are enjoying playing european football again, for the first time in ten years. they have the advantage against dutch side az alkmaar after the first leg of their europa conference third round qu

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seal their place in the semi finals of cricket's t20 competition with a win over south africa at edgbastonura kenny overcame her self doubts to take england's first gold at the velodrome. kenny powered past scotland's neah evans in the 10km scratch race to win in an exciting final lap. the five time olympic gold medalist had struggled earlier in the week, only picking up bronze in the team pursuit. speaking to bbc breakfast this morning she said she thought she had lost her spark before picking herself up mentally and going on to win the race. kenny says she'll take her time before deciding whether to retire. iam not i am not going to make any decision she, i'm not going to set that's it, i'm done, just based on the feelings i've had over the last 48 hours but right now i basically would say what adams said, i would like to have some time away and then i can decide. 0bviously some time away and then i can decide. obviously this is my career, it is not one of those things i can just... if i step away, i step away and that is it, as an athlete you're leaving it behind literally so i just nee

edgbaston and brought the game to life.that is the legacy of these games will leave. the amount of young children i have seen around so many different venues being inspired by athletes from around the commonwealth and that is why these games have been so important. birmingham needs to be congratulated so much for how great these games have been and really making the commonwealth games a special part of the sporting landscape. special part of the sporting landscape-— special part of the sporting landsca e. ., . , special part of the sporting landscae. ., . , .,, landscape. how much interest has there been — landscape. how much interest has there been back _ landscape. how much interest has there been back home? _ huge interest. a lot of the sports have been during the middle of the night, but a lot of it has been in prime time, people are watching the 6pm news and going straight into the commonwealth games. we have noticed since the tokyo 0lympics, after the pandemic, people being locked down with covid—19, the sporting even

in the women's 20/20 cricket, england have beaten south africa at edgbaston by 26 runs.ond—best, finishing on 141—4. england will reach the semi—finals if new zealand beat sri lanka on tuesday. that's all the sport for now. we will have more updates throughout the day and because you can get the latest updates on the bbc news website. —— and of course you can get. let's get more on bp's second highest profits in its history. between april and june, it made £6.9 billion — three times as much as in the same period last year. it comes on the back of soaring energy prices which have left consumers facing big increases to their household bills. i'm nowjoined by will webster who is the energy policy manager at offshore energies uk, the leading representative body for the uk offshore energy industries. good afternoon. good afternoon. the awful contrast — good afternoon. good afternoon. the awful contrast is _ good afternoon. good afternoon. the awful contrast is millions _ good afternoon. good afternoon. the awful contrast is millions of— good afternoon. good afternoon. the awf

i always go around edgbaston reservoir, which isn't far.round and, you know, being on the canals, seeing people, it is actually effective, it makes me so proud and itjust makes me really want to work harder so that we can continue that inspiration and success for the rest of the city. i haven't had an easy road, you know, my appendix ruptured five weeks ago. i fractured my foot two weeks ago. applause. and i still managed to walk away from the commonwealth games with three gold medals, so i did it for the city, for the country, and i wouldn't have been able to do it without the support that i have had. given everything i went through, you know, i was just proud to be here, competing in my home city, but walking away with so much success, fills me with pride and i know it is going to inspire so many young athletes moving forward, i'm just really am glad that i have the opportunity to make a difference in the country in the city. you certainly have. another tunnel! i was going to say, duck, but i think we'll be all right. one last chance and

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