he beat gregor dimitrov in his quarterfinal on sunday to set up a showdown with 6th seed maron cilic.nal sees defending champion roger federer take on 2! year old hyeon chung of south korea. that's on friday morning. federer says edmund can relax ahead of his match, as he has nothing to lose. somebody is in the semifinals, to me it seems like it is two steps away, a lot of stuff can happen. you play one good one and the other guy plays one good one and the other guy plays one bad one, usually there are no bad matches any more in semifinals, but it is a good situation to be in and he can hit freely now, no expectations whatsoever. he may never be in this position ever again to have so little expectation on him. earlier, world number one simona halep beat karolina pliskova to reach the women's semi—finals. halep went 3—0 down in the first set but fought back. after saving a second break point she won nine games in a row on her way to winning in straight sets. she angelique l355? in the other women's semifinal, they will both be played overnight in the next fisher hours, a dries mertens

number one rafael nadal beat victor a string of burgos in straight sets to advance with third seed gregor dimitrov also winning through there was excitement from the home crowd as well with australia is nick kyrgios crushing brazil fifty trust silver now one of european soccer's great names has got his first permanent head coaching job former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has been appointed manager of the welsh national side as one club man gates who enjoyed a twenty four year playing career at united and won two champions league titles made sixty four appearances for wales and will hope to lead the team to euro twenty twenty. one meanwhile germany has been to sleep over turned to action from its winter break over the weekend and it featured a big result for struggling cologne up against local rivals mentioned gladbach the rock bottom team pulled off an unlikely last minute win. colognes players still believe in a miracle escape that much was clear before the right job but the game initially looked like it would run to form the black box christophe karma going close after a quarter of an

his opponent in the quarterfinal, gregor dimitrov, has been the next big thing in men's tennis for yearsoses it out at the second time of asking. —— at the second time of asking. but edmund won the third, and found himself on the brink. now, everyone has always known that kyle edmund has the power. but the most important thing in tennis is what you do with your head. the muscle between the ears. the very best players manage to stay calm, even to get better when it gets close. and this was very close. he's done it! hang on, wait and see. match point decided by a hawk—eye replay. as andy murray described it on twitter — wow! i know what it feels like to be andy murray for the last eight years... laughter and when you're on these type of stages, you know, reaching the last stage of the best tournament in the world, it's obviously very pleasing, but of course, i want to keep going. kyle edmund may have peaked on the other side of the world, but he was made right here, in yorkshire. as an eight—year—old, you mayjust have spotted him on one of these courts. and it's here in beverley where you

he beat gregor dimitrov in his quarter—final on sunday to set up a showdown with sixth seed marin cilicr federer take on 21 years old hyeon chung of south korea. federer says edmund can relax ahead of his match, as he has nothing to lose somebody who is in the semis, to me it seems like it is two steps away, you know, a lot of stuff can happen, you know, a lot of stuff can happen, you know? you play one good one, and the other one plays one bad one. usually there are no bad matches any more in semifinal place, but, you know, it is a good situation to be m, know, it is a good situation to be in, and he can hit freely now, and no expectations whatsoever. so he will be in this position ever again to have so little expectation, in some way ‘s. england world cup winner anya shrubsole has become the first female cricketer to appear on the front cover of the wisden cricketers almanack, the game's bible. shrubsole took five wickets in 19 balls to turn the final england's way against india last summer and was also nominated for the bbc sports personality of the year award. she called being on th

he beat gregor dimitrov in the biggest win of his career.he world numberfor macro beat he will play marin cilic next, the world number for macro beat rafa nadal after the vineyard —— injured spaniard withdrew. aaron lennon has completed his move to ballet from everton. hejoins for an undisclosed fee after to and a half years on merseyside. i will be back with more at half—past. there are spread is accused of illegally driving a van at worshippers lastjune, killing one person, in finsbury. he denies murder and attempted murder. daniel sa ndford murder and attempted murder. daniel sandford brought us the latest from woolwich crown court. much of the morning was taken up with what darren osborne had been doing on the internet in the weeks before the attack. he appears to have joined twitter about a couple of weeks before the attack, and on that day, he receives this direct message from the deputy leader of britain first. he also receives a sort of group e—mail from tommy robinson, one of the founders of edl, the english defence league, and othe