of frank lampard.the level of performance. i believed if we found that level we would improve from last week. last week was not good enough and the outcome, we deserved that, but this week, what we have put into the game the quality and goals we scored, maybe we could have scored more, no—one can challenge the outcome of the game. we deserved our win. defensively, when we were set, they did not give us problems, those transition moments are the case with new players or not, the reality is some players have just arrived in the last week or two weeks. he is on the bench, i want him on the pitch, so we have to be patient in the early part of the season on that front. there are five other games under way in the premier league, about 15 minutes into the second half. arsenal 3 — leicester — i. gabrieljesus has scored twice saliba own goal. man city are 3—0 up against bournemouth. phil foden, gundogan and de bruyne. no goals between wolves and fulham. the late kick—off, brentford are playing manchester united

steven gerrard once around the england midfield alongside frank lampard.st wins of the season. the visitors thought they had gone ahead through anthony gordon, only for a late call to be made by the linesman. no such confusion at the other end. villa on the break, ings on the turn. a knockout first half goal. in the second half, chances were thin on the ground. after the drinks break, villa looked the more refreshed as they pushed for a second. but one way or another, everton kept them out. and then off the line. until this move and did the defence, with lucas digne looking likely back to the three points. but everton weren't done yet and their pressure finally paid off, albeit through a own goal. it was too little, too late for frank lampard's site, as this turned out to be stephen gerard's day. a nervy finish there, but villa getting their first points on the board. let's hearfrom both managers. i am really pleased with the level of performance. i believed if we found that level we would improve from last week. last week was not good enough and the outco

now steven gerrard and frank lampard meet as managers for the first time.s after their dads slugged it out eubanks and connor been prepared to follow in their father's footsteps. —— connor been. hello again. the focus on day two of the multi—sport european championships in munich has been on two wheels at least in part. metals on two wheels at least in part. and track cycling an last metals and track cycling and in the last few minutes stanford was on a bike for the third of a triathlon thatis bike for the third of a triathlon that is brought britain its first goal. behind after both the swim and cycling stanford made up a gap of seven seconds to hold it in those ahead of her during the run. she helped wales to silver in the next triathlons reload just a couple of weeks ago in the commonwealth games. this is the first goal did a major championship for the 33—year—old son's wedding the world title back in 2013. a bit surreal to be honest. i am waiting to get a taxi and make sure i'm retiring. but maybe an incentive knowing that this is my last ever come up m

goodison park and said blue was his favourite colour, adding he's looking forward to working with frank lampardrchargers by seven wickets. the superchargers had recovered from 68 for 6, to post a challenging target of 153 courtesy of david wiese's 50, but malan's unbeaten 88 ultimately guided the rockets past the total with six balls to spare, and takes them joint—top with the london spirit, with two wins from two. lisa keightley will step down as the head coach of the england women's team, when her contract expires at the end of the summer. since taking over in 2020, she's led the team to the semi—final of the t20 and final 50—over world cups. her last series will be against india in september. and that's all the sport for now. hello. well, the heat wave is upon us, but it'll take a few days before we get those really high temperatures. the high pressure's with us, it's been here for such a long time now. hardly any rainfall, obviously, for many parts of the country — and it'll stay—bone dry at least for the rest of this week, and possibly into the weekend. here's the morning weather — so suns

day was at tottenham, as they put four past southampton, and in the late kick—off chelsea beat frank lampard's were victorious at motherwell, rangers beat newly promoted kilmarnock 2—0 and celtic were 3—1 winners at ross county. and that's the sport from me in birmingham. clive. thank you, tend dobel. hello. this is bbc news with chris rodgers. more now on the news that the 12—year—old boy, archie battersbee, has died after weeks of legal battle over whether he should be kept on life support. stephanie nimmo is a trustee of paediatric palliative care charity, together for short lives. stephanie had to make the decision to withdraw life support for her daughter, daisy, in 2017 when she was 12 years old. i asked her what it's like for families who have to make very difficult decisions about their children's lives. children's palliative care hospices services are something most of us in the course of our normal lives won't ever have to engage with but the people involved in caring for children at the very last moments of their lives are wonderful. they are very much trained to support children an

steven gerrard's aston villa beat frank lampard's everton 2—i in their first meeting as managers.wn goalfrom lucas digne gave everton hope and emiliano martinez made a smart save to keep villa in front and take their first points of the season. i am really pleased with the level of performance. i believed if we found that level we would improve from last week. last week was not good enough and the outcome we deserved, but this week, what we have put into the game the quality and goals we scored, maybe we could have scored more, no—one can challenge the outcome of the game. we well deserved our win. couple of other results brighton against newcastle was goaless. rodrigo scored twice to put leeds 2—0 up at southampton but it finished 2—2. fulham's alexander mitrovic had a penalty saved as it finished 0—0 at wolves brentford kick off against manchester united in the next ten minutes. ronaldo starts for united. hull are top of the championship ahead of watford on goals scored after beating norwich 2—1 at home. cardiff city are just a point behind after their second win of the season.

former england teamates and midfield rivals steven gerrard and frank lampard were meeting as managerslla that came out on top. they beat everton 2—1. villa lost their opening match of the season, but danny ings lifted their fans with this strike after half an hour at villa park. when emiliano buendia doubled their lead with five minutes left of normal time the game looked done and dusted. but a minute later former everton defender lucas digne scored an own goal and that set up a frantic finale, but villa held on for their first points of the season. everton have lost their first two matches iam i am really pleased with the level of performance. i believed every found that level we would improve from last week. last week was not good enough and the outcome we deserve that but this week, what we have put into the game the quality and goals we scored, maybe we could have scored more, no one can challenge the outcome of the game. we deserved our win. defensively, we were set, they did not give _ defensively, we were set, they did not give us — defensively, we were set, they did not give u

their manager frank lampard will be desperate for this to not be another season where his team are fightingeir campaign. for us to be heading for theirfirst away win their campaign. for us to be heading for their first away win in the top flight since 1999 when brennan johnson scored. 16 of those signings, keeping him could be one of their most important bits. he's stilljust 21 and he's been called brennanjohnson the stilljust 21 and he's been called brennan johnson the future stilljust 21 and he's been called brennanjohnson the future of stilljust 21 and he's been called brennan johnson the future of welsh football. to brennan johnson the future of welsh football. ., ., ., ., brennan johnson the future of welsh football. ., ., , ., , football. to get that goal is really nice. it football. to get that goal is really nice- it was _ football. to get that goal is really nice. it was a _ football. to get that goal is really nice. it was a really _ football. to get that goal is really nice. it was a really good - football. to get that goal is really nice. it was a really good feeling. j nice. it

head—to—head for the first time tomorrow as managers — when steven gerrard's aston villa take on frank lampard'sy years throughout their playing careers with liverpool and chelsea — and of course — team mates for england. we are different in personality is but we are both very driven and have a plan a nine—day of what to do. i was really pleased to see stephen do it, it's great to see good young english coaches. it's different when you had careers like stephen are mine, you get may be analysed in different ways. but we have to put that aside and work away and i know steve is a hard worker so i'm delighted for him that he has done so well at rangers and now the club with the quality of aston villa. and finally, tyson fury has confirmed he really is "staying retired". since the wbc heavyweight champion announced he was giving up back in april, he's continued to tantalise fans with offers of potential new fights, so many of the sport's afficionados, including the bbc�*s boxing analyst steve bunce — are keeping an open mind. at the start of this week, tyson fury, the main heavyweight world champion,

and in the late game, frank lampard's everton hosting his former club chelsea. of the scottish premiership season and there were wins for both old firm sides rangers and celtic. aberdeen were comfortable a—1 winners over st mirren at pittrodie. stjohnstone were 2—1 winners at motherwell. alfredo moreles was on the scoresheet as rangers beat newly promoted kilmarnock 2—nil at ibrox. celtic were 3—1winners at ross county. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories today. south africa's ashley buhai leads the women's british open at muirfield. she's had a storming round so far today, which has included seven birdies in 1a holes as she moves to 1a under par, five ——birdies in 16 holes as she moves to 1a under par, five clear of the field. french riderjohann zarco clocked a new track record in qualifying at silverstone to secure pole for the british motogp. remarkably spain's al—eish espargaro recovered from this crash in final practice to claim sixth on the grid. british number one cameron norrie is through to the final of the los cabos open in mexi

first of the season today against brentford, but a late equaliser from the home side stopped frank lampard'sternoon for everton late on on merseyside, a good day for anthony gordon, but it is the other side of merseyside, liverpool, who will remember the three o'clock kick—off the most. and triple captain gabrieljesus today. thank you very much indeed. in the lunchtime kick—off, manchester united ended their string of really poor away results. they came away with a win at southampton. two wins in a row for them now. matt graveling was watching. manchester united came to a sunny south coast looking for two league wins in a row. in their way, south coast looking for two league wins in a row. in theirway, a southampton side trying to do the same. on the visitors bench was their new £70 million man casemiro. could united finally start turning the pounds into points? 120 minutes they almost did? anthony elanga, fernandes and christian eriksen all coming close. saints manager ralph hasenhuttl has never beaten united, and half chances missed before half—time didn't help his record. the visitors cam

goodison park and said blue was his favourite colour, adding he�*s looking forward to working with frank lampardh six balls to spare, and takes them joint—top with the london spirit, with two wins from two. lisa keightley will step down as the head coach of the england women�*s team, when her contract expires at the end of the summer. since taking over in 2020, she�*s led the team to the semi—final of the t20 and final 50—over world cups. her last series will be against india in september. and that�*s all the sport for now. hello. our spell of largely dry and increasingly hot weather is set to continue for the rest of this week. over the next few days, we see those heatwave conditions building and hardly any rain in the forecast. just the far northwest of scotland, where we see a weather front close by, we�*ll see a little bit of rain, but for the rest of us, high pressure dominates. as that high pressure shifts its way slightly more towards the east, that will draw in this really hot air from the near continent, so particularly by the time we get to thursday and friday, we�*ll see those tempera

head—to—head for the first time tomorrow a managers — when steven gerrard's aston villa take on frank lampard'sars throughout their playing careers with liverpool and chelsea and of course — team mates for england. we are different and i was really pleased to see steve, great to see good, young english coaches. it's different when you've had careers like the likes of stevens and mine. you get analyse and slightly different way so that we have to put that to the side and work away and i know that steve is a hard worker. i'm delighted for him that he's done so with the rangers are now the quality of aston villa. manchester united expects rashford to stay, they met with paris asian men amid rumours there on the way to france. �* , , france. but he believes he will sta . france. but he believes he will stay- he's _ france. but he believes he will stay. he's really _ france. but he believes he will stay. he's really important - france. but he believes he will stay. he's really important in l france. but he believes he will i stay. he's really important in the usc, stay. he's really important in the

and frank lampard's everton are looking for their first win of the season against leeds. 0-0 0—0 betweenss and scott parker both paid the price for 9—nil defeats over the weekend. ross was sacked today after dundee united's thrashing at the hands of celtic. parker also losing hisjob earlier after bournemouth went down by the same scoreline at liverpool that was their third defeat in a row. in his post match interview on saturday, he criticised the club's lack of investment in the squad saying the team was "ill—equipped at this level". first team coach gary o'neil will take temporary charge against wolves tomorrow night the rift in golf continues. with this year's open champion cameron smithjoining the saudi—funded liv golf series. the world number two, who won his first major at st andrews last month, is the highest ranked player to defect to the lucrative new series that has caused a huge controvsery in the sport. he will be in the field for the fourth liv event of the year that starts in boston this friday. and finally what about this for a catch. naomi dattani and alice monaghan for l

goodison park and said blue was his favourite colour, adding he's looking forward to working with frank lampard.. lisa kieghtley will step down as the head coach of the england women's team, when her contract expires at the end of the summer. she's led the team to the semi—final of the t20 and final 50—over world cups. her last series will be against india in september. meanwhile, ireland have won their match against afghanistan in the first of their five t20 internationals, in belfast. the visitors batted first and made 168 for 7, from their 20 overs. barry mccarthey taking 3 wickets for ireland. andy balbirnie and lorcan tucker both scoring half—centuries. ireland sacored171—3. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. lets get more now on seven times wimbledon champion, serena williams, appearing to have announced she plans to retire from tennis after the us open later this month. in an article for vogue magazine — she said was "evolving away from the sport". ms williams has won twenty—three grand slam titles, making her the most successful femal

head—to—head for the first time tomorrow a managers when steven gerrard's aston villa take on frank lampard'sery similar. position to myself. to progress, move forward. but in terms of competing against each other, whether on the pitch or as a manager, you have two people that will be desperate to be on the winning end of it, that will never change. it certainly won't from a touchline point of view. natalie aspinall will become only the third woman to officiate in the premier league when she's the assistant referee at wolves v fulham. she's been promoted after six years in the efl, but she admitted to the bbc sport it's been a challenge to make the breakthrough. trying to get to the premier league was something i was told i could not do, i could not be involved in professional football. it's something i've worked hard to do, so i think, when i was given the opportunity and i knew i had a good season, for me, it was about controlling the controllable and making sure i presented myself in the best way in the interview and making sure i was prepared for the fitness test and i knew that, as long

frank lampard's everton are still looking for their first win of the season as they drew 1—1 with leedsn the top ten after a late equaliser against crystal palace at selhurst park — yoane wissa with the goal two minutes from time. rangers beat queen of the south 3—1 in the second round of the scottish league cup. scott arfield scored two of rangers' three goals. elsewhere there were wins for partick thistle, dundee, and aberdeen. the rift in golf continues with this year's 0pen champion cameron smithjoining the rebel saudi funded liv golf series. the world number two becomes the highest ranked player to defect to the saudi—backed series. the new liv series started injuly with huge prize money of around £336 million. and finally, what about this for a catch? naomi dattani and alice monaghan for london spirit helped put an end to birmingham phoenix's chances of reaching the knockout stage of the women's hundred. spirit, who were already out of the running for the the next round won by four wickets at lord's. a great double act, great teamwork and they clearly enjoyed that. all smiles for

goodison park and said blue was his favourite colour, adding he's looking forward to working with frank lamparddown has begun'. assuming she is going to retire from tennis finally, i have been talking about her career. uche amako, sportsjournalist at the telegraph, gave me his assessment of her announcement. absolutely, and it is a shock, but not a shock because she's not been playing in as many tournaments as she had as she did in the early stages of her career and had been focusing on the grand slams but injuries have taken their toll unfortunately on her and i think that her waving goodbye at wimbledon was one sign, and now this big interview in vogue where she has been open and honest about her life, this is the final signal, a clear signal that this is the end for her. she has not said it in those sort of stark terms and said she is evolving away from the sport but let's assume she is retiring and let's look back and assess what is a phenomenal career. unquestionably, not only one of the greatest and displays of tennis of all time but one of the greatest sports people and that is where she

demarai gray rescued a point for frank lampard's side. drew 2—2 at hibs. rangers were 2—1 up but had john lundstrum sent off and then alfredo morelos, for the seventh time in his rangers career. hibs equalised in the third minute of stoppage time as josh campbell struck. a point for rangers means they go top of the table for now, but celtic can overtake them if they beat hearts later. frankie dettori enjoyed another big—race success, cameron norrie's one in cincinnati is over after he lost to the world number 152 but a charge. he eased past the ninth seed in just over one minute, 603, six item four. that sets up a meeting with stefan tsitsipas in the finals. frankie dettori enjoyed another big—race success, with a dramatic victory in the prestigious ebor handicap at york. riding the 9—1 shot trawlerman, in the blue and white colours of the godolphin stable, he still had plenty to do in the final furlong but edged out alfred boocher by a nose. it's the first time dettori's ridden to victory in the race in 10 years. do you know, frankie alw

steven gerrard's aston villa take on frank lampard's everton in the premier league's lunchtime kick—offe to _ like steven gerard's and mine, we have to put — like steven gerard's and mine, we have to put that to the side and put it away _ have to put that to the side and put it away i_ have to put that to the side and put it away. i know that he is a hard worker. — it away. i know that he is a hard worker. he _ it away. i know that he is a hard worker, he has done so well at rangers. — worker, he has done so well at rangers, and now it aston villa. london spirit are top of the table in the men's hundred after a tight 9 run win over southern brave in southampton eoin morgan's side made 147—6, and in reply brave, who are the defending champions, could only make 138—7. london spirit now have 3 wins from 3. spirit's beth mooney posted the biggest individual score yet in the women's hundred. she reached 98 on the last ball of their innings. but it couldn't help the spirit to victory, with their opponents southern brave winning by 6 wickets... freya kemp hitting a six to seal it. we have real