but one big name is definitely heading home — maria sharapova's thrashed by former champion garbine muguruzad west indies bounce back to finish strongly on the opening day of their first test against sri lanka in port of spain. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from the french open. the world's elite players are gradually being wittled down to the final few and we now know the semi—finalists in the women's draw, after victories on wednesday for simona halep and garbine mugaruza. but we'll have to wait for the men's line—up, as heavy rain brought about an early end to the day as austin halewood reports. it was the clash that everyone at roland garros wanted to see that match the looks so good on paper failed to deliver, garbine muguruza taking the first set from moray —— maria sharapova. the russian enjoyed a few days off after serena williams but the rest seemed to her more harm than good, shara perare but the rest seemed to her more harm than good, shara per are garlanded outplayed in little more than an hour after garbine muguruza cruised into the last fo

garbine muguruza standing in the way of another final.s this before, this wasn't her day. and so it appeared from the beginning. a double fault to hand halep an early break. the romanian soon staring at a 5—0 lead. simona halep is known for her hard hitting, her dominance of the court and her ability to find the lines. sometimes, you just have to applaud your opponent, but muguruza soon gave her fans something to cheer about too, her response to take charge of the second set. in the parisian heat, her game evaporated. her backhand beyond the line, and simona halep with another chance to win a grand slam at the fourth time of asking. sloan stephens and madison keys contested another contest in the other semifinal. there was even boxing royalty in the house, as mike tyson was in the house. this would not go 12 rounds. before long, she delivered the knockout punch. winner of last year's us open, she now prepares to face the world number one on saturday. james burford, bbc news. it was a case of sunshine after the rain for the top seed and de

latest from roland garros now, and the meeting between two former champions, maria sharapova and garbine muguruzahis year after a 15—month drugs ban, was still not back to her best, and muguruza took full advantage. rhia chohan reports. it had been awhile since maria sharapova had been this far. she had not been in a grand slam quarterfinal since returning from her drugs ban but she could hardly have had a tougher opponent. garbine muguruza, anotherformer have had a tougher opponent. garbine muguruza, another former champion, was not planning on making it easy for the last year‘s wimbledon winner had not yet dropped a set in the tournament and that was not changing in the opener. she took it 6—2. both we re in the opener. she took it 6—2. both were well rested after injuries to their previous opponents but for sharapova, was it a bit too much time away from the clay? muguruza pack a bigger punch, seizing the advantage in the second set. sharapova broke back but could not come back. muguruza was simply can be the dominant pulls a picture would have lasted longer, after 70 minutes muguruza was thro

garbine muguruza, another former champion, was not planning on making it easy.opped a set in the tournament this year and that was not changing in the opener. she took it 6—2. both were well rested after injuries to their previous opponents, but for sharapova, was it a bit too much time away from the clay? muguruza packed a bigger punch, seizing the advantage in the second set. sharapova broke back but could not come back. muguruza was simply too dominant. a picture would have lasted longer. after 70 minutes of play, muguruza was through to the last four. sharapova's biggest day since coming back to the sport was over far quicker than she would have hoped. rhia chohan, bbc news. coming into this part of the year, i was losing a few first—round matches, matches that i wanted to be winning, of course. but to have the victories i have had and the results i have had, i'm obviously moving a step in the right direction, but today was certainly not one of those steps. muguruza will play the world number one and top seed simona halep in the semi—finals. halep came throu

garbine muguruza standing in the way of another final.he beginning, a double fault to hand an early break. the remaining were still tie soon staring at a 50 lead —— 5—0 lead. simona halep is known for her hard hitting, her dominance of the court and her ability to find the lines. sometimes, you just have too applaud your opponent, but muguruza soon gave her fans something to cheer about to take charge of the second set. in the britain heat her 40s evaporated. her backhand beyond the line, and simona halep with another chance to win a grand slam at the fourth time of asking. sloan deviance and madison keys contested another contest in the other semifinal. sloane stephens came off better. before long she delivered the knockout punch. winner of last yea r‘s the knockout punch. winner of last year's us open, she now prepares to face the world number one on saturday. top seed and defending men's champion rafa nadal advanced to the semi—finals with a four—set win over argentina's 11th seed diego schwartzman. the match was held over from last ni

on the wta tour, there was an upset in the birmingham classic where the top seed, garbine muguruza, wasbledon champion was beaten in straight sets by ba rbora strycova. the world number 24 from the czech republic won 6—2, 6—4 to reach the quarter—finals, and she'll now face lesia tsurenko, who beat the number six seed, daria kasatkina. the defending champion, petra kvitova, is also through to the last eight. the number four seed from the czech republic remains on course to retain her title after beating australia's daria gavrilova in straight sets. 6—4, 6—4, the score. kvitova will playjulia gorges in the quarter—finals. england have beaten australia by 6 wickets in durham to make it four wins out of four in their five—match one day international series. australia won the toss and elected to bat, with both aaron finch and shaun marsh notching up centuries as they finished on 310 for eight. but the hosts made light work of the target. an opening wicket partnership of 174 betweenjason roy and johnny bairstow set the foundation as roy went on to pass the 100 mark, and jos butler with an un

sharapova will now face the number three seed garbine muguruza in the quarter—finals.016 champion was leading 2—love in the first set against lesia tsurenko when the ukrainian was forced to retire with a suspected hamstring injury. it caught me completely by surprise that she withdraw. i guess she has her reasons. it was going to be a very interesting match, for sure. and to have a good quarterfinals... ididn't and to have a good quarterfinals... i didn't have a preference. i remember we played quarter—finals, like, fouror remember we played quarter—finals, like, four orfive remember we played quarter—finals, like, four or five years ago against maria, so it's good to be back there. there was plenty of action elsewhere on monday in paris and austin halewood can round it all up. seeing rafa nadal broken in the first game is a rare sight at roland garros, but that's as far as the surprises went on court philip shattering a as the world number one quickly kicked into gear and hit back to take the first set from germany's maximilian marterer. nadal easing the second set 6—

but one big name is definitely heading home — maria sharapova's thrashed by former champion garbine muguruzarst test against sri lanka in port of spain. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from the french open. the world's elite players are gradually being wittled down to the final few and we now know the semi—finalists in the women's draw, after victories on wednesday for simona halep and garbine mugaruza. but we'll have to wait for the men's line—up, as heavy rain brought about an early end to the day as austin halewood reports.

the french open and all eyes will be on world number one simona halep against former champion garbine muguruzave paris as the new world number one. both players looked in good form in their quarterfinals. halep, who's still yet to win a grand slam, had the toughest of them. she came from behind to beat germany's angelique kerber in three sets. sloane stephens takes on fellow american madison keys in the other semi—final. but rafael nadal, is also in action later on thursday. his semifinal with diego schwartzman was suspended because of rain. and the 10—time champion has plenty to do. he's a set down to the argentinian. with just one week to go until the start of golf‘s second major of the year, the us open, all eyes will be on the stjude classic this weekend, as the pga tour heads to tennessee. phil mickelson is one of the big names in the field. the american just needs to win the us open to complete a careergrand slam. he's finished runner—up at the tournament six times. the best way for me to prepare for the us open is to get in contention and to get sharp. get sharp mentally and to get shar

women's draw, maria sharapova will be well rested ahead of her quarterfinal with former winner garbine muguruzathrough injury. it's the first grand slam quarterfinal sharapova will play in since the australian open in 2016. well, novak djokovic was the big scalp on tuesday in paris. the 12—time grand slam champion was beaten by unseeded italian marco checkiinato. the world number 72, who'd never won a match at a grand slam before this tournament, took the first two sets from the serbian. djokovic then hit back with the third before checkinato came from 4—1 down in the fourth to win the match after an epic tie—break, and he'll now face austria's dominic thiem in the last four. american madison keys is through to the semifinals in the women's draw. she beat kazha kstan's yulia putinseva in straight sets to set up a meeting with fellow american sloane stephens. incidentally, the woman who beat her in the final of the us open last year. brazil midfielder fred will join manchester united. the club have reached a deal with shahktar donesk to sign the 25—year—old for a reported $70 million. neymar was

in birmingham, wimbledon champion garbine muguruza was knocked after a 6—2, 6—a defeat by czech barboraut she lost the next four games. frankie dettori won his sixth gold cup at royal ascot, after stradivarius claimed victory today. the 7—a shot, trained byjohn gosden, was pushed all the way in the closing stages but held on for a thrilling win. the colt stepping up to two and a half miles for the first time in his career. he likes the meeting — stradivarius won the queen's vase last year. and for dettori, this was his 60th winner at royal ascot. confirmation of the starting prices there. stradavarius the 7—a joint favourite, winning from vazirabad at 9—2, with torcedor third at 1a—1. well, it may have taken ten years, but this man here — danny cipriani — will make his first england start in a decade, after being named at fly—half for the third test against south africa. the springboks have already secured the series and, with england now on five successive test defeats, the pressure is mounting on coach eddiejones. 0ur reporter, chris jones, is in cape town. this is an amazing sporting

and coming up on bbc news, maria sharapova is out of the french open, beaten by 2016 champion garbine muguruzall rafael nadal make it through? we'll have all the latest. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has heard from the man who lived in the fourth—floor flat where the fire started in june last year. behailu kebede had lived in the tower block for 25 years. his lawyer told the inquiry that mr kebede did the right thing from start to finish after the fire broke out, calling 999 and alerting his neighbours as soon as he saw smoke. the hearing was also told that mr kebede had been made a scapegoat by parts of the media and had been left terrified by threats of reprisals. our correspondent tom symonds reports. it's nearly a year now. the tower is slowly being covered up. but there is an unwavering determination to remember those who called it home, with these words appearing today. one of those residents was behailu kebede. his kitchen was where the fire started. this is him making the first 999 call. his lawyer said he fled barefoot

seven—time winner serena williams plays arantxa rus of the netherlands and the reigning champion garbine muguruzarmer australia cricket captain steve smith played his first no world cup action today so time to reflect on yesterday's offence. england came second in their group and so will face colombia. england are into the last 16 hours group g's runners—up. it was last night's defeated belgium that has plotted their cause in this tournament and a cold from the further sunderland and manchester united striker that sealed belgium's cool united striker that sealed belgium's cool. england made eight changes and with the sausages they brought in, every outfield player in the squad has now featured at this world cup. that is something manager said was important as atonement goes on. not a classic match but one moment that might be remembered for is this u nfortu nate might be remembered for is this unfortunate celebration. not only could he not find the net from inside the goal mouth, but the chelsea striker also managed to put the ball into his own face. he managed to try and on it over on social med

simona halep has another chance to win her first grand slam title after beating garbine muguruza in thehrough 6—a in the second. the romanian has already lost twice in the final at roland—garros. this time she will face the us open champion, sloane stephens. she also came through in straight sets after beating her fellow american madison keys 6—a, 6—a. european champions portugal warmed up for the world cup with a 3—0 win over algeria in lisbon. goncalo guedes scored twice for the hosts. while elsewhere, england were 2—0 winners over costa rica, thanks to goals from marcus rashford and danny welbeck, and iceland accounted for ghana in reykjavik. and team sky's gianni moscon has moved into the overall lead of the criterium du dauphine after stage four. moscon finished ninth in the tour‘s first mountain stage in france. quick—step floors rider julian alaphilippe took the stage victory. there was drama aplenty at the diamond league meeting in oslo on thursday, with the barriers in the women's steeplechase having been set to the men's height. american world champion emma coburn had been ges

one simona halep has another chance to finally win her first grand slam title after beating garbine muguruzas afternoon. halep won 6—1, 6—4 against the third seed to reach saturday's final. it will be up against sloane stephens who has also won. she is also through. halep has lost three previous grand slam finals, including two at roland garros. so confirmation sheet will play sloane stephens, who beat madison keysin sloane stephens, who beat madison keys in straight sets. in the men's draw, rafael nadal completed his comeback against diego schwartzman to reach the semi—finals of the french open. one set down overnight after their match was delayed by rain, nadal was a different player in the parisian sunshine and only dropped four more games to take the next three sets. he's nowjust two wins away from a record 11th title at roland garros. and he'll have to play juan martin del potro next. the argentinian beat third seed marin cilic in four sets in a match that lasted nearly four hours. it meant so much to del potro, it left him in tears shortly after this. dina asher—smith has lowered her o

she was thrashed by wimbledon champion garbine muguruza, who'll play simona halep in the last four.last 16 before the american's withdrawal. muguruza, champion at roland garros in 2016, swept the russia away, winning the first set 6—2 before an even more comprehensive second set 6—i, condemming sharapova to her worst grand slam defeat in over six years. coming into this part of the year was, losing a few first round matches, matches i wanted to be winning of course but to have the victories that i have had and the results that i have had in moving a step in the right direction but today was certainly not one of those steps. rafa nadal, ten times a winner of the french open, will resume his quarterfinal fightback tomorrow. nadal dropped the first set to the 11th seed diego schwartzman. a rain delay gave nadal the opportunity to recover from a break down the second, and he led 5—3 when the weather returned to force an early finish in paris. in cricket, and australia captain tim paine admits they need to rebuild their reputation ahead of the one day series against england. paine leads

she was thrashed by wimbledon champion garbine muguruza, who'll play simona halep in the last four.rican's withdrawal. muguruza — champion at roland garros in 2016 — swept the russia away, winning the first set 6—2, before an even more comprehensive second set, 6—1, condemming sharapova to her worst grand slam defeat in over six years. coming into this part of the year, i was losing a few first—round matches, matches that i wanted to be winning of course. but to have at the victories i have had and the results i have had an obviously moving a step in the right direction, but today was certainly not one of those steps. rafa nadal, ten times a winner of the french open, is struggling in his quarter—final against diego schwartzmann. he lost the first set — his first in 38 at roland garros — and then went a break down in the second. play has just resumed after a breakfor rain in paris. nadal as broken back and it is 3—3 in the second set right now. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you. we have be

one simona halep has another chance to finally win her first grand slam title after beating garbine muguruzas lost three previous grand slam finals, including two at roland garros, but has another chance after beating muguruza in straight sets this afternoon. simona halep will now face stevens. rafael nadal will play del potro after both players one today. and now this has been doing good business on social media. when you head to a major league baseball game it's rare that you'll actually touch, let alone catch a ball. but in the fifth inning of atlanta's 1a one win over san diego, braves outfielder ender inciarte hit a foul ball and this happened. padres fan gabby dimarco caught it in her beer and then proceeded to drink said beer, with the ball inside the cup. i guess that's what happens when your team is being thrashed at home. that's all your sport for now, we'll have more in sportsday at 6.30pm. here is a riddle for you guys mac what is the connection between baseball and brexit? we will get more now on the government's brexit backstop appraisals. ministers say they expect a backstop c

simona halep sails through to the french open final, as she outplays wimbledon champion garbine muguruza richard galpin reports. more than 700 firefighters and other staff were involved in tackling the grenfell fire. and they faced a lot of criticism for telling residents to stay put rather than evacuating quickly as the fire spread. but at the enquiry today, lawyers representing the fire services said there had been very good reasons for that decision. firstly, the building was not designed or constructed to facilitate simultaneous evacuations through the provision of fire alarms. secondly, the absence of any practical mechanism by which to effectively communicate with the occupants of the entire building. thirdly, in the absence of a working firefighter lift, the availability of the single staircase as a fire escape route. this staircase was the only means by which firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and carrying equipment could access the other floors. the enquiry also heard that when firefighters arrived, they had no idea the tower block had been clad in highly combustible panel

are a couple of quarterfinals to bring you up—to—date with at the french open, former champion garbine muguruzane, isa hour. simona halep, world number one, is a set down to angelique kerber. the winner of that one will face muguruza in the last four. i will see soon. not if! see face muguruza in the last four. i will see soon. not if i see you first! the prime minister of norway is in london to meet the prime minister and discuss brexit and security. norway is a member of the european economic area. this group includes eu members and non—eu members like norway, iceland and liechtenstein. becoming a member would automatically give the uk full access to the single market but would also bind it to eu rules. erna solberg has been talking to my colleague christian fraser, he started by asking her if she was warming to the idea of britainjoining the european economic area. if britain would want to participate in the eea, of course i don't think we should say no, but i have also said over time that i don't think thatis said over time that i don't think that is an option that for me is natural after t

and after she beat wimbledon champion garbine muguruza, sloane stephens now stands in her way. university studies finished, she's now fully focused on athletics and it's going well — she took 0.075 off her old best time crossing the line in 10.92 seconds. she's looking good for the european championships in august. that's all the sport for now. more later. thanks. remember this? you're joking, you'rejoking, not you're joking, not another one? you'rejoking, notanother one? 0h, for gods sake, i can't, honestly, you'rejoking, notanother one? 0h, for gods sake, ican't, honestly, i can't stand this. there's too much politics going on at the moment. why does she need to do it? she says this will produce clarity and gets things out in the open and sort things out in the open and sort things out. i thought she said that initially when took over. so that was brenda in bristol's reaction when the election was called and today it's a year to the day since a snap general election saw the conservative party lose its majority in the commons. theresa may was able to hold onto power with the s

halep beat the wimbledon champion garbine muguruza in straight sets.e defending champion. dina asher—smith has broken her own british 100m record. at the diamond league meeting in oslo she took seven hundredths of a second off her old mark, crossing the line in 10.92 seconds. with her university course completed. she's now fully focused on athletics and building up to the european championships in august. wigan's woes continue in rugby league's super league. they suffered a third defeat in a row, this time against wakefield trinity, but they still retain second place in the table. it was benjones bishop, who showed the neatest footwork to score the pick of wakefield's tries in a 32—16 win. even steph is impressed by that! look at the speed! brilliant, and the footwork as well! just six seconds separate the top three riders at the criterium du dauphine, and they're all from team sky. britain's geraint thomas was edged out in a sprint finish on stage four but he moved into third place overall, with michal kwiatkowski now leading. the team is warming up n

garbine maguruza up by three games after a long rally... sharapova with an unforce error loses the first set to the spaniard muguruza shocks sharapova in straightnth match loses her sharapova 6-2 and 6-1 sharapova loses her seventh match of the year muguruza will face number one will face number one ranked simona halep in the semifinals (pam) up next... a 94 year old protester ... who is running into some trouble with the local government... for the way she is making her voice heard. (ken)a 94-year-old illinois woman has decided to let her feelings about president trump be known in a very public way-- but now the city is fighting her over it.(pam) and the reason the city gave -- has nothing to do with the sign's message.liz nagy explains. the message is unambiguous.in big bold letters the sign on myra becker's front yard blunty reads "impeach president trump now."myra becker:"this is not a frivolous thing to me. this is very serious."but at 94 years old becker says she doesn't have many outlets for expression.myra becker:"i can't march anymore, and i don't... i can't protest, there's so many things i can't do."so frustrated, in february, she cu