sixth seed grigor dimitrov progressed by coming from behind to beat france'sjulien benneteau 4—6 6—3at wimbledon three years ago and with the top seeds tumbling is in a position to win a second title here following on from his 2014 triumph world number eight dominic thiem has been knocked out of the halle open in germany by the dutch player tommy haase. the 30 year—old won in straight sets against the austrian who was seeded second leaving his wimbledon preparations in disarray while for haase he moves on to a quarter final against france's richard gasquet and petra kvitova is through to the quarter—finals of the birmingham classic after a straight sets victory over britain's naomi broady in 2nd round. it's the two—time wimbledon champion's third match back as she attempts to return from a career—threatening hand injury. world champions new zealand have named kieran read as their captain to face the british & irish lions in auckland this weekend. the number 8 hasn't played since breaking his thumb in april and will lead the all blacks in the opening match of the three test series kno

at the stuttgart open second seed grigor dimitrov has been knocked out by poland's world number 155 jerzy goes the same way as top seed roger federer who was beaten on wednesday with janowicz winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll now play france's benoit paire for a place in the semi—finals. no problems for third seed thomas berdych who is now the highest remaining seed when he was a straight sets winner over australia's bernard tomic. the czech progressing 7—6, 6—2 and he'll now face spain's feliciano lopez in the quarter—finals. ajax captain davey klaassen has signed for english premier league club everton for a fee of around $30 million. the netherlands midfielder has made 163 appearances for ajax, scoring 49 goals, winning three eredivisie titles. in what has been a truly horrendous time for the residents of grenfell tower and the surrounding area of west london over the past 48 our bbc understands that manchester city, and england footballer raheem sterling is to make a substantial donation to those affected by the fire. the 22—year—old grew up in north—west london and has told the bbc that he

and second seed grigor dimitrov loses to a player ranked 143 places below him in the second round of and where else would we start but at the year's second golf major of the year, the us open at erin hills in wisconsin. dustinjohnson is the defending champion but he hasn't necessarily had the opening round he would've expected as we take a look at the leaderboard. rickie fowler is at seven under, paul casey came back into the contest at the end, he is one shot off the lead, and a chance for slander shell fell to get up towards the lead but if

and the bulgarian grigor dimitrov swept past ryan harrison of the usa in less than an hour.ady pulled off a surprise win against world number 32 alize cornet at the aegon classic in birmingham. after a tight first set, the british number two came through in a tie break. but cornet struggled following a fall in the second set, and broady took advantage, winning the match 7—6, 6—love. it's only the fifth time in her career she's beaten a top—50 player. the british number three heather watson is out. she lost the opening set to ukraine's elina svitolina, but battled back to level and force the match into a decider. svitolina, the world numberfive, broke early in the third set though and eventually came through 6—2, 5—7, 6—3 for her first win at this tournament. a bbc sport study has found that the gap in prize money between men and women at the top of professional sport is closing. the survey was carried out as part of women's sport week, and all this week on sportsday, we'll be hearing from women about the challenges they face and the importance of sport in their lives. tonigh

former champion grigor dimitrov is also through to the second round. the first round in stuttgart last week, the world number 11 looked back to his best on the grass breezing past american ryan harrison in straight sets. football's world champions germany test drove a younger side against australia at the confederations cup and they were made to work hard to fight—off a second half fightback from australia in sochi. lars stindl opened the scoring for the world champions, cooley finishing this chance in acres of space, before celtic‘s tommy rogic levelled things with this left footed effort. julian draxler extended germany's lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half time before leon goretzka extended it with a third minutes after the interval which proved enough for the win. now it's probably just now it's probablyjust believe. we know we can break down teams and to score two goals against germany is a great feat and now it's about not conceding but mind you to pick these young players up and go against cameron bruce of sane effort, same drug. we

he needed three sets to see off grigor dimitrov, who beat him in the final three years ago. another chance. valentino rossi has won a moto gp race for the first time in more than a year after claiming victory at the dutch grand prix. the seven—time world champion started from fourth on the grid and fought off fellow italian danilo petrucci to take the chequered flag in assen. marc marquezjust edged out britain's cal crutchlow for third. the other british riders scott redding, sam lowes and bradley smith all crashed out. sir ben ainslie says he has some difficult phone calls to make, after his team failed to qualify for the america's cup final. they were comprehensively beaten by team new zealand in bermuda and he's planning some changes — but he's not giving up, even though it's the toughest thing he's ever done. i used to think of being an olympic sailor was hard work, but it is nothing compared to this. but i'm really proud of the team we have developed, and i want to be a big pa rt developed, and i want to be a big part of that in the future. i am determined that we will

he needed three sets to see off grigor dimitrov, who beat him in the final three years ago.other chance. the final is live on bbc one. great britain are in third place going into the final day of the european team athletics championships in lille. there were some strong performances on day two, including a season's best from eilidh doyle in the 400—metre hurdles. sir ben ainslie says he has some difficult phone calls to make, after his team failed to qualify for the america's cup final. they were comprehensively beaten by team new zealand in bermuda and he's is planning some changes, but he's not giving up. i used to think being an olympic sailor was hard work, but it's nothing compare to with this. but i've loved every minute of it. it's been a huge, huge challenge. really proud of the team we've developed and i want to be a big part of that in the future, and yes, i will keep running the team and i'm determined that we will get the america's cup home. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more in the

former champion grigor dimitrov is also through to the second round.st on the grass breezing past american ryan harrison in straight sets. football's world champions germany test drove a younger side against australia at the confederations cup. they were made to work hard to fight—off a second half fightback from australia in sochi. lars stindl opened the scoring for the world champions, cooley finishing this chance in acres of space, before celtic‘s tommy rogic levelled things with this left footed effort. julian draxler extended germany's lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half time before leon goretzka extended it with a third minutes after the interval which proved enough for the win. the national gallery of ireland has reopened after a multi—million dollar refurbishment, with a spectacular show of the works of the dutch master johannes vermeer. our arts editor will gompertz has been to dublin to see the reborn institution. finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last six years, the gates to ireland's national gallery open once aga

spain's lopez who knocked out grigor dimitrov in the semifinals fought back and level the match 7—2 innal set decider with serve, lopez serving, 4—4 in the decider at queens. roger federer looks in great shape for the start of wimbledon a week tomorrow, after winning a ninth halle open title in germany. it took him just 53 minutes. the 18—time grand slam champion outclassed the home favourite alexander zverev 6—1, 6—3 in the final. after winning the australian open, the 35—year—old sat out the entire clay court season, as he targets a record eighth wimbledon title. he didn't drop a set in the whole of this tournament. petra kvitova has won herfirst title since being injured in a knife attack at the end of last year. she has won the aiken classic in birmingham coming from a set down to beat australian ashley barty. the two—time wimbledon champion was told by her surgeon that she might never play again. but she has recovered in some style to claim a 20th career singles titles and continue her preparation for wisdom. lions head coach warren gatland says they have a huge week ahead of them

the bulgarian grigor dimitrov swept past ryan harrison of the usa in less than an hour. a surprise win against world number 32 alize cornet at the aegon classic in birmingham. after a tight first set, broady came through in a tie break. but cornet struggled following a fall in the second set, and broady took advantage, winning the match 7—6, 6—0. it's only the fifth time in her career broady‘s beaten a top—50 player. the british number three heather watson is out, she lost the opening set to ukraine's elina svitolina, but battled back to level and force the match into a decider. svitolina, the world numberfive, broke early in the third set though and eventually came through 6—2, 5—7, 6—3 for her first win at this tournament. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour i'm glad we could make up for cutting you off short earlier for the brexit news conference! the coroner's report into the death of carrie fisher says the actress had traces in her system of several drugs, including cocaine, when she died suddenly in december. the 60—year—old was taken ill on a

the bulgarian grigor dimitrov swept past ryan harrison of the usa in less than an hour. and you can watch that live over on bbc two. this is a rematch of the davis cup tie. edmund is 3—2 up in the first set. that‘s live on bbc two. there is a little over two weeks after the champions league final, the draw for the qualifying rounds of next season‘s competition has been made. celtic could face northern irish champions linfield in the second qualifying round. linfield will have to get past la fiorita from san marino in their opening round for that to happen. welsh champions the new saints will face europa from gibraltar. the draw for the first qualifying round of the europa league has also been made. rangers will make their return to european football against luxembourg outfit progres niederkorn. stjohnstone will play lithuanian side fk trakai. england under—21s are playing slovakia at 5pm in the european championship, and they have made one change from the nil—nil draw against sweden in their opening match. the only change — john swift replacing jacob murphy in defence. t

he beat sam querrey in straight sets — muller now faces marin cilic in the semi—finals, with grigor dimitrovs of the aegon classic in birmingham after beating kristina mladenovic. this was kvitova's fifth match since returning to the circuit, after she was stabbed in the hand six months ago. max verstappen will have his eye on claiming pole position for the azerbaijan grand prix after dominating practice in baku. with just seconds remaining of the afternoon session he gave his red bull mechanics some extra work to do. it was a bad day for britain's two drivers. jolyon palmer's practice ended early and lewis hamilton could only manage tenth. the odds—on favourite winter won the big race on day four of royal ascot. winter was the winner as the fillies took centre stage in the coronation stakes. victorious in the english and irish 1000 guineas, winter was ridden byjockey ryan moore and trained by aidan o'brien. castleford have extended their lead at the top of the super league table to seven points with a 23—12 win over leeds at headingley. zak hardaker scored a superb individual try as castlef

it means four of the top five seeds are already out. 2014 champion grigor dimitrov came through unscathedo ronaldo scored the only goal of the game as portugal beat russia 1—0 in moscow in the confederations cup. portugal insisted ronaldo was concentrating on the match despite having this week received a court date for tax—evasion charges. and the queen came here after the state opening of parliament yesterday. she arrived in time to see the big race of the day, the prince of wales stakes, and the winner was highland reel, and it was the trainer's first win. decorated knight in second and ulysses in third. i know what you want to know. you want to know what's going to happen today. and who should we look out for today? it is gold cup day. the —— you look marvellous. it was a big day yesterday. we expect to see the queen here again today. it is gold cup day. this is one of the old est gold cup day. this is one of the oldest and most famous races in horseracing around the world. oldest and most famous races in horseracing around the worldm goes back to 1807. it is a fantastic race, signatur