had no a nswe i’s , big tennis ball and halep had no answers, saying she did not feel right, she was7 of her last 19 matches coming into this, she went on to say maybe ijust like playing in new york, it is to not —— too noisy. heather watson also does not lie, she had lost seven straight first—run matches in the us open despite being a former us open junior champion. she got a set of the russian makarova, herfirst junior champion. she got a set of the russian makarova, her first set in the main draw since 2013 but it would go on to be eight first—round losses here at flushing meadows first there are positives, but i'm afraid we have two british casualties in day one. surrey stars have been crowned women's super league champions for the first time, thanks to a 66—run win against loughborough lightening. the stars were helped by a brilliant century from lizelle lee in the final at hove. century from lizelle lee henry moeran was watching. century from lizelle lee a century from lizelle lee really memorable day her! for a really memorable day here at hove for the 3800 supporters that mad

while the romanian could not cope with kind of his power and dropped the first set six two halep battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four this is the second consecutive first round exit for halep the tournament i mean times understand if they do actions our minds take on stood guard both teams spent a lot of money to bring in new players over the summer and it was mine's coming out on top this gold in the seventy second and seventy sixth minute excuse me by anthony need all the different. robin k.'s on and made it possible by taking the ball from the defender and then pulling it back to set into it was the first time the minds when their opening match in five seasons. and this is the time now to get you the full results of the bundesliga season's first weekend of play dortmund to be at leipsic for one there you see mine says victory as well wolfsburg frankfurt and oxford also came away victorious and better and head over played to a draw berlin start of the season off with a win and byron munich kicked it all off on friday with a fairly easy victory. well

and world number one simona halep wins the canadian open in montreal, beating sloane stephens in three sets. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the golfing news that american brooks koepka has won his second major of the year and third in m months, by claiming the 100th us pga championship in missouri by two strokes. after a shaky first five holes for the world number four, that included two bogeys, he regained his composure, showing great consistency both off the tee and to the greens. but he was pushed all the way by adam scott and 14—time major winner tiger woods, who was in the running until he fell apart on the penultimate hole. and the 28—year—old from florida held his nerve to finish on 16—under and cement his place as arguably this year's premier player, as he lifted the wanamaker trophy. this was an extraordinary victory for brooks koepka, his third in a major in the last 1a months. he becomes only the fifth player to win the us open and now the pga championship in the same year, and he did it with a nerveless display coming down the stretch. just as other

simona halep knew that but she had no answer.maybe she just likes quiet places. she will stay as the world number one, she isn't going to drop any points, but disappointing for simona halep in that defeat against kaia kanepl halep in that defeat against kaia kanepi. heather watson, a junior champion here. she came through qualifying, her form was looking good but she was against a former semifinalist, ekaterina makarova. she couldn't keep it going after taking the first set, available things up and makarova goes through and that is eight first round losses for heather watson in the us open. manchester united host tottenham in tonight's big match in the premier league. 15 minutes in, and the score is 0—0. hugo lloris kept his place in the tottenham side after his arrest for drink—driving earlier this week. toby alderwireld also back in the spurs side after being heavily linked with a move to united in the summer. surrey stars have won the t20 women's super league, beating loughbrough lightning in the final at the county ground. li

halep. and india's neeraj chopra smashes the field to claim the men's javelin gold at the asian games. welcome to the programme. it was supposed to be the night manchester united bounced back but tottenham hotspur had other ideas as they recorded a rare victory at old trafford by 3—0 in the premier league. lucas moura was outstanding for spurs scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoners only their third league win at old trafford in 27 attempts. it piles further pressure on united managerjose mourinho, who applauded those home supporters who'd stayed until the end. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign, and afterwards, mourinho walked out of his press conference after getting irritated with a reporter. no, just to finish, do you know what was the result? 3—0. 3—0. do you know what this means? 3—0! but also mean three premierships, and i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers toge

the heavens open in cincinnatti, but simona halep needs just five minutes to finish off her match. welcome. the top flight in spanish football, la liga, has announced a 15—year deal to stage matches in the united states. la liga's presidentjavier tebas has called it a ground—breaking agreement but details about which game will be played abroad and the season it starts are still to be revealed. the deal‘s designed to increase revenue from sponsorship and media rights in north america. spanish football journalist eduardo alvarez believes it's long overdue. la liga knows that it has taken very few and very timid steps in becoming a global product, using the image of players like messi to their own benefit, and you can see when the spanish national team travel abroad that the players that people would know in south africa and asia were the players playing in the premier league, like fernando torres, and the rest of the spanish team wasn't as much as known and that is because la liga could not compete until now with the global reputation the premier league has, so this is obviously a hu

kaia kanepi. —— simona halep.he field to claim the men's javelin gold at the asian games. welcome to the programme. it was supposed to be the night manchester united bounced back but tottenham hotspur had other ideas as they recorded a rare victory at old trafford by 3—0 in the premier league. lucas moura was outstanding for spurs scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoners only their third league win at old trafford in 27 attempts. it piles further pressure on united managerjose mourinho, who applauded those home supporters who'd stayed until the end. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign, and afterwards, mourinho walked out of his press conference after getting irritated with a reporter.

romanian halep took the opening set in a tie break when stephens looked set to clinch it, but the american it was the final night of european athletics championships action in berlin, with great britain claiming gold in the 4x100m in both the women's and then the men's. you can keep across everything that happened on the website and throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. thank you. and finally some pictures to show you from las vegas, where the weather has been performing its own show in the so—called city of lights. it may look amazing, but this thunderstorm has caused chaos across southern nevada. it moved in through the east with wind speeds as high as 114 kilometres an hour and has left tens of thousands of homes across the state without power. the national weather service has also warned of flash floods and dust storms. a reminder of our top story... a spacecraft launched by nasa from cape canaveral in florida has begun a long journey towards the sun and an orbit that will get it closer to the surface of the star than any previous mission. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @

while rafael nadal and simona halep win their respective tournaments in toronto and montreal.the us open gets underway in a fortnight‘s time. novak djokovic will be among those there, but the former world number one andy murray will continue his comeback with a match against france's lucas pouille. he could meet roger federer in the third round, which would be their 26th meeting, if they both progress that far. brooks koepka won the 100th us pga championship by two strokes in missouri, but was challenged by tiger woods, who finished second. the american, who is currently ranked at number four in the world, claimed his second major of the year, having won the us open injune, and a third major title in 1a months. a week after they beat london opposition with a new manager, manchester city have begun their defence of the premier league title with a 2—0 win over arsenal. raheem sterling and bernardo silva scored the goals for the visitors, while the hosts played their first match under new manager unai emery. but, for pep guardiola, it was business as usual. in general, we make an

halep has twice been a beaten finalist in cincinatti and it proved to be third time unlucky.y before bertens drew level winning the second set tie—break. however, the world number 17 then pulled away in the decider to complete the comeback 2-6, 7-6, 6-2. india have taken control of the third test against england on day two in nottingham. the visitors building a sizeable lead. they were bowled out in the morning session for 329, but then tore through england's batting line—up in a single session — they were all out for 161. hardik panya taking the first five wicket haul of his career. india lost only two wickets in their second innings, as they built a huge lead of 292. three more days to go — a win would be their first of the series and make it 2—1 with two to play. fernando alonso made motosport history on sunday by becoming the first f1 driver to win the six hours of silverstone. the two—time formula one world champion joined toyota's world endurance championship programme this season, dovetailing it with his f1 duties. the spaniard combined with sebastien buemi and kazuki

halep also lost her opening match at flushing meadows last year.oria derbyshire. children as young as ten attempting suicide, appalling, unsanitary conditions and almost constant horrific violence — that's life inside a refugee camp in europe. this programme has been given rare and exclusive access inside moria camp on the greek island of lesbos — the first stop for many people fleeing violence in syria and beyond. it has a capacity for around 2000 refugees yet houses around 8,000. workers for the medical charity medecins sans frontieres say it is the worst refugee camp on earth. on the day we were given access, two people were stabbed. our reporter catrin nye brings you this exclusive film. the paradise island of lesbos, also home to the refugee camp described as the worst on the planet. we have rare access inside moria camp. so we have been given 45 minutes only to go round the camp. it is horrifically overcrowded... please help us, please. for god's sake, help the woman. plagued by constant fighting... ..disease and trauma. children as young as

world number 43 from switzerland, was given a place in the main draw as a lucky loser when simona halep—4 to reach the quarter—finals where she'll face aryna sabalenka or daria gavrilova. earlier, annet kontaveit made it through to the second round. the estonian came from a set down to beat pauline parmentier from france, taking the deciding set 6—2. she'll now play the olympic champion monica puig for a place in the quarter—finals. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. well, in the last few days it's been pretty warm across the uk, with temperatures in the high 20s across the south. we've got another fine day on the way on wednesday across central and southern areas of the uk. you'll probably see scenes like this from tuesday, lovely weather there around the docklands in london. but there is change on the way. this weather front will cool things off over the next few days, but initially, the cooler air will be reaching scotland and northern ireland. but ahead of it, we still have w

stephens begins the defence of her title against the russian evgeniya rodina, and world number one simona haleppen, plays kaia kanepi. world number two caroline wozniacki plays the 2011 champion samantha stosur, and the wimbledon champion angelique kerber, who won the us open two years ago, plays margarita gasparyan of russia. you can the draws in full on the bbc sport website. petra kvitova is facing a battle to keep fit following leaving the connecticut open when she had to withdraw with a shoulder injury. she had a shock victory over caroline garcia. she won the olympic gold medal two years ago and came through 75-16, 6-2. -- 7-5,1-6, 6-2. the connecticut open is the final warmup event of the us open and in the other half of the draw russia's katarina makarova went down in straight sets, the five seat from germany won 6—4, 6—2. on to football and the scottish champions celtic were held to 1—all draw in the first leg of their europa league play—off against sudova in lithuania. celtic, who dropped out of the champions league after losing in the last qualifiying round, took the lead through the

there was an upset in the women's final as kiki bertens beat the world number one simona halep.r the romanian, who was bidding to win back—to—back titles following her victory in the canadian open last week, took the opening set 6—2. bertens then blew a 4—1 lead in the second set which went all the way to a tie—break before the dutchwoman rallied again. she won the breaker 8—6 to level the match. bertens, who's ranked 17 in the world, then raced through the deciding set 6—2 to claim the biggest title of her career to date. yeah, it was unbelievable. it was such a big fight today and i was so tired already, but i think simona was also a big fight there. but i am so was also a big fight there. but i am so happy i won the title. and in my first hardcourt title here and winning against the number one of the world, there is no greater feeling that you can have right now. it is definitely tough to lose a head of a match point. that is life, thatis head of a match point. that is life, that is tennis sometimes. i have to go through this. it has been a great week, a great two weeks. but

and world number one simona halep wins the canadian open in montreal, beating sloane stephens in three with the golfing news that american brooks koepka has won his second major of the year and third in 1a months, by claiming the 100th us pga championship in missouri by two strokes. after a shaky first five holes for the world number four, that included two bogeys, he regained his composure, showing great consistency both off the tee and to the greens. but he was pushed all the way by adam scott and 14—time major winner tiger woods, who was in the running until he fell apart on the penultimate hole. and the 28—year—old from florida held his nerve to finish on 16—under and cement his place as arguably this year's premier player, as he lifted the wanamaker trophy. this was an extraordinary victory for brooks koepka, his third in a major in the last 1a months. he becomes only the fifth player to win the us open and now the pga championship in the same year, and he did it with a nerveless display

it's the biggest victory of her career, kiki bertens beats world number1 simona halep to win the cincinattiday. we start with football and news of a shock defeat for manchester united in the english premier league on sunday. jose mourinho's side lost 3—2 at brighton and hove albion where glenn murray, shane duffy and pascal gross scored for the home side, with romelu lukaku and paul pogba getting united's goals. it's the second successive season they've lost at brighton. i was disappointed because the week was good and i was expecting the tea m was good and i was expecting the team collectively to be a better team. so don't go on into the direction of the mistake and the individual mistake and the consequence of that. but there are basic mistakes that makes almost an impossible mission to win the match.

a very tough bracket to get through she could face her sister venus and current number one simona halep defending champion american sloane stephens has welcomed the return of serena i think her being that is very special the matter of what she's ranked no matter what she says it is she's always obviously going to be the best so i think that her i think that is that it was special and it's great in american tennis it's really flourishing at the moment so i'm especially women on the men's side defending champion roughen adult talk favorites and his potential competition i think is not the clear. favorite and. even when somebody think that somebody is a clear favorite you know from inside there's a look like this so of course you know like roger. specially they like to have course that's it that's what's going to be action starts on monday fans will be keen to see if the champions can retain their titles. all right now you're watching the news we still have a lot more to tell you about including the head of the u.s. federal reserve says he'll continue to raise interest rates of the economy

the heavens open in cincinnatti, but simona halep needs just five minutes to finish off her match.al to stage matches in the united states. la liga's presidentjavier tebas has called it a ground—breaking agreement but details about which game will be played abroad and the season it starts are still to be revealed. the deal‘s designed to increase revenue from sponsorship and media rights in north america. spanish football journalist eduardo alvarez believes it's long overdue. la liga knows that it has taken very few and very timid

women's world number one simona halep plays on day one against kaia kanepi, and rafa nadal is also defending very positive start. it's important for the feelings, for the confidence, and that gives me the chance to rest the week after in cincinnati. i'm here just to try to improve every day. last year i lost in the first round, so cannot be worse than that. but, you know, ifeel confident. i feel that i have the game to win against her, but she's very dangerous. the last ten years or so i've been coming and preparing to try and win the event, whereas i don't feel like that's realistic for me this year. so it's a slightly different mentality coming in than what i have had the last ten, 11 years of my life. so that feels a bit odd. it's great that, yeah, the last few weeks are over, because i had a lot of work to do on court. but yes, we're close to the start of the us open now. i won the us open five times, so i stand here pretty happy, to be quite honest. it's not like the us open never worked out for me. it hasn't the last few years, but it's all good. you can get all the latest sports news

open in new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by a stoniest kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with connections power and drop the first set six two how the battle to state in the game but the estonian took the set the second at six four this is the second consecutive round x. for home you're up to date with a better feel for the. jungle . first climbing lesson in the door as grand a moment arrives. join the ring it's on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orangutan returns home on the d w don't come to town.

open in new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by a stony is it cannot be the romanian couldn't cope with can appease power in the first set six two how the battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four has become the first top seed to lose in the opening round to u.s. open history. but don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d w app to send us photos and videos when you see news happening. you're up to date with the w. news for all of us in berlin thanks for the company will be back at the top of the hour with more world news. woman fighting for the fight to take you seriously in the world of what here's what's coming up women strong. superheroes smart smart tormes smart state religion are increasingly dangerous times have told you before.

number one seed simona halep was served out of the tourney by 44th ranked kniepe.p not happy there she was beaten in straight sets, the first top seeded woman to lose her opening match since pro players were first allowed to play back since 1968. it's the first time it's happened at the u.s. open. it has happened only five other times in the three other grand slam tournaments in the last 50 years. >> wow. >> big upset today. >> that is. judging from odell beckham jr.'s dance. >> he looks good, right? and he's got a lot of money. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv cable channel. attacked by a california black bear. the one mistake a man madeas ma. that's at 9:00. >>> on abc 7 news at 11:00, making football safer for young athletes in the bay area. the technique taught to prevent onfield injuries. >>> at 8:00, it's bamp lore in paradise followed by the proposal at teng and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that's going to do it for this edition of abc news. look for breaking news any time using the abc 7 news app. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for

women's world number one simona halep has set up a first time clash with australian ashley barty in the last war in montreal this after her straight sets win over six feet caroline garcia where she wanted seven five six one but it looks to continue what has been a fine year for the romanian rising to the top of the w.t.r. rankings and winning her first grand slam title at the french open earlier this year. the defending montreal champion elena spitta leno was forced to come from behind to progress in the tournament after going down early in the first set to release from athens and belgium she was then four hard to take votes that seven five six three setting up a semifinal encounter with the u.s. open champion sloane stephens. now the second test between england and india has been severely impacted by rain but there was enough time between showers for james anderson to death and maybe indian attack as the host took control of the match thanks to his twenty six five wicket haul. they were the ideal conditions to bowl in. just for me i find it so much fun when the it's like that. you don'

someone who is no longer there, the number one woman in the world, simona halep became the first woman'sshe took it well. [ laughter ] yeah, bye, bye girl. all right, first lady melania trump got to play in the dirt. she didn't seem dressed for the part. >> reporter: the couple met the first party at the white house, mrs. trump's outfit was a 400,000 floral skirt and heels. later, she was seen in the same ensemble in her shovel and her heels, expensive heels, sank into the dirt as she planted a coupling. >> maybe she didn't know that was going to happen. >> she did look fabulous. >> you have leak your heels and your flip-flops. >> i have my flip-flops, later, i have heels, just in case. >> funky maggie. >> you never know when you will need heels, am i right, ladies? >> oh, i know the feeling. coming up in the skinny, attention, game of thrones fans, a glimpse into the show's upcoming final season the clues but no spoiler review. first in texas, police want to know who the woman in this under surveillance video is, what happened after she rang that doorbell. >> you are watching "world new

and finally on the biggest stage in tennis, number one seed, halep was upset. she lost 6-4.. in atlanta t words of advice. >> just pay attention. school go by real quick, you know what i'm saying. >> he was driving from his movie set when he saw these boys working out in the parking lot. saying quote the sight of them inspires me and reminds me why i do what i do." and i loved him in "black panther". >>> there is one little puppy not letting a disability stop him competing in the rescue dog competition. he was born with severely underdeveloped front legs and getting around by scooting and hopping around. his owner entered rex into people magazine's cutest rescue dog competition and now he's in the top 10 of over 10,000 submissions and i'm pretty sure after everybody gets a glimpse of rex now, there's no way rex can lose. >> look at that little face. >>> a young man was seriously injured in spain's running of the ball festival. just west of madrid replaced its running of the bulls with the running of the ball, hoping to prevent injuries but organizers are rethinking their dec

getting out the frustrations and to the shock first round exit for world number one simona halep at the u.s. open in new york. the united states and mexico have agreed to overhaul the north america free trade agreements known as not this questions focused on new rules for the automatic industry that's a central issue for president trump he's described as a disaster for american workers. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is now under pressure to agree to new terms to remain part of the three nation pact and he has assured mexico's president of his commitment to the agreement negotiations have dragged on for more than a year threats by trying to ditch the one nine hundred ninety four accord of course turbulence on the financial markets putting pressure on the mexican pestle and the canadian dollar speaking from the oval office the us president praised the new deal our white house correspondent kimberly i'll get has this report. frequently accusing the news media of not reporting on his accomplishments u.s. president donald trump brought reporters into the oval office oh to listen in

in the women's draw will number one simona halep has made it through to the third round in montreal in a match that lasted two days the remaining unbeaten a stars your public of russia seven six four six seven five american sloane stephens beat spaniard carlos what is not at all in the third round the third seeded stephens winning the match in straight sets six two seven five to progress to the quarterfinals. rain prevented any play on what was supposed to be the first day of the second test between england and india at the home of cricket lord's in london drizzle fell all morning in the british capital and the covers stayed on the pitch twenty year old batsman ali pope will be itching to get out there on day two so he can make his debut for england to lead the five match series one though. cycling now and thousands of people have lined the streets as this year's tour de france champion was given the hero's welcome on thursday the team skyrider getting thomas celebrating his victory in a homecoming event in cardiff thomas became just the third britain and first a welshman so when the g

she could face face her sister vevenus and currentnt world numr onone halep. american s sloane stephehens has welclcomed the return of serena. >> i think her being back isis vevery spealal, no matteter whae is ranked. she's always going to o be the best. so, i think that her being back is special and it is great. american tennis is really flourishing at the moment. especially women. reporter: on the men's side, rafa nadals talk favorites and his potential competition. >> i think it is n n clear -- the favorite. even when somebody thinks that someone is the clear favorite, from inside, doesn't look like this. so, of course, novak and roger, they are doing very well, esespecially -- lelet's see what is going o on. reporter: the action starts on monday. fans will be keen to see if the champions can retain their titles. host: ed king, a former guitarist for the rock band leonard skinner and cowriter of sweet home alabama has die d. he had been battling cancer. he helped create the triple guitar sound prominent on the classics in rock such as " free bird." ♪ that's

she took on venus williams venus appeared to be injured but that did not stop her from continuing halepwent on to beat the seven time grand slam champ in straight sets she'll play catalina garcia in the last eight after the frenchwoman overcame maria sharapova. the russian former world number one upset by garcia in montreal in straight sets it's garcia's second straight win over show over this year final score in that match six three six three as she had dances to that meeting with. former through to france champion young already has been released from detention with german police following accusations he attacked and injured a prostitute in a hotel in frankfurt the forty four year old who won the tour de france back in one thousand nine hundred seven is said to have been under the influence of alcohol and drugs when police caught him the incident is reported to have happened in the early hours of friday morning german police also say they're investigating a case of manslaughter and grievous bodily harm the investigation is still ongoing . england are on top of a rain affected the secon

open the well number one simona halep has been knocked out in the opening round the top seed was right in saying that she had a tough first round draw as she struggled against world number forty four connect p. he took the opening set six two. was broken five times and she took her frustrations out on her racket as she became the first top seeded woman to lose in the first round at flushing meadows estonia's canopy winning the second set. and upset in the men's draw a seed grigor dimitrov was knocked out in three sets by sandra brinker who's unseated at the tournament after an injury plagued couple of seasons and he also lost his first set straight as james duckworth but fought back to take the second and it is one love in the. to the asian games now and tottenham's he hung mane son remains on track to get the gold medal he needs to avoid military service in south korea david stokes has the best of today's action from the game's. south korea march on to the semifinals but only just they needed a penalty and extra time to get past is back a stand if they go on to claim gold to the team

women's world number one simona halep has reached the final of the rogers cup in montreal this after she beat australia national party in the last four the remaining winning in straight sets six four six one hundred looks to continue what's been a fine year for there are many and rising to the top of the rankings and winning her first grand slam at the french open earlier this year. the world's top moto g.p. riders are in austria this weekend for the latest round in the world championship the second tim moto two writers are at the red bull ring to japanese right it'd suit and i guess she might have stayed on him though after losing control around the bend he resembled a surf. biker. meanwhile the championship moto g.p. overall standing the lead in mark mark has taken pole position for the austrian grand prix is the underwriters start a pole in four rounds it's nice and the relevancy also will start in fact in position with ducati team a hothead let him sit in. it was a will do to be fired during all the practice this is the most important like the motor will be that i saw about to be

women's world number one simona halep plays on day one against kaia kanepi and rafa nadal is also defendingthe feelings, for the confidence, and that gives me the chance to rest the week after in cincinnati. the name herejust to train to improve every day. last yearl train to improve every day. last year i lost in the first round, so it cannot be worse than that. but, you know, ifeel confident. ifeel that i have again to win against her but she is very dangerous. the last ten years or so i have been coming and preparing to try and win the event, whereas i don't think that is realistic for me this year, so it is a slightly different mentality coming in than what i have had the la st coming in than what i have had the last ten, 11 years of my life. so it feels a bit odd. it's great that, yes, the last two weeks over, because i had a lot of work to do on court. but yes, we are close to the start of the us open now.” court. but yes, we are close to the start of the us open now. i won the us open five—time, so i stated quite happy. it is not like the us open never worked out from it. it hasn't t

in the women's draw will number one simona halep has made it through to the third round in montreal in a match that last two days the remaining unbeaten a stars your public chunk of russia seven six four six seven five american sloane stephens beat spaniard carlos what is not votto in the third round the third seeded stephens winning the match in straight sets six two seven five to progress to the quarterfinals. rain prevented any play on what was supposed to be the first day of the second test between england and india at the home of cricket lord's in london drizzle fell all morning in the british capital and the covers stayed on the pitch twenty year old batsman pope will be itching to get out there on day two so he can make his debut for england to lead the five match series one of. cycling now and thousands of people have lined the streets as this year's tour de france champion was given a hero's welcome on thursday the team skyrider getting thomas celebrating his victory in a homecoming event in cardiff thomas became just the third britain and first welshman so in the gruelling tw

there was a shock in the women's draw with world number one and top seed simona halep knocked out in the first time a woman's top seed has lost in the us open first round. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. and that's your sport briefing, from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, bye for now. gustav klimt, aygon sheila, alfrayt koobeen. just a few of austria's best known painters. now you can add a new name to the list, yang yang. two minor issues, firstly, she's not technically austrian. and secondly, she's a panda. as so often when it comes to these kind of stories, the bbc‘s tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 yea rs old meet the artist in residence. 18 years old with the daftest of brush strokes. macron —— yang yang is a mistress of the canvas, just as long as she is not feeling too peckish. translation: at first she found the paintbrush very exciting, she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took a bite, tasted it. is important that only natural materials were used, the paint brushes were made from bamboo,

greek teenager stephanus at the pass in straight sets six two seven six while the number one simona halep tennessee's has gone from strength to strength or mania and won the french open earlier this year that was our first grand slam title and now she beat american sloane stephens to win the rogers cup final in montreal off a clinching the fact that she lost the second but hung on for a seven six three six six four victory moto g.p. now in hard hello and so has won his first australian grand prix title on sunday that enzo overtook fellow spaniard mark marquez of honduran the final lap to claim the victory that a county right in now climbed from fifth to third in the standings as a result mark has finished second and increases title race lead to fifty nine points over valentino rossi to finish the race in sixth place italy's and relatives also was spared. the last lap. he didn't expect it myself but by the outside. so was he so bad for him and then when i would talk you might believe that he made risking so much on the breaking but i did the highest scoring tame in major league baseball th

there was an upset in the women's draw after world number one simona halep was beaten by the world numberg chaos at the asian games. everything going swimmingly, excuse the pun, during the traditional singing of the national anthem, disaster! the flags collapsed, leading to the chinese athlete demanding that the ceremony happen again. fair enough! the emotional moment for the nine time world champion who had been runner—up twice before in this discipline will stop did they manage to fix the flag machine? no. did they find a solution? yes sort of. 0ne they find a solution? yes sort of. one very tall chap was found. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. from there, mark edwards and the rest of the sporting, that is your monday sport briefing. more than 200 competitors from around the world have been taking part in the fourth british beard and moustache championships in the northern english town of blackpool. the charity event is open to all ages, all nationalities — and all genders. andrew plant reports. they are calling it a hairy extravaganza. all shapes and sizes of faci

greek teenager stephanus it's the path in straight sets six two seven six while the number one simona halep tennessee's has gone from strength to strength or mania and won the french open earlier this year that was our first grand slam title and now she beat american sloane stephens to win the rogers cup final in montreal off a clinching the first that she lost the second but hung on for a seven six three six six four victory. moto g.p. now in hot hellos and so has won his first australian grand prix title on sunday that enzo overtook fellow spaniard mark marquez of honduran the final lap to claim the victory that he can see right in now climbed from fifth to third in the standings as a result mark has finished second and increases title race lead to fifty nine points over valentino rossi to finish the race in sixth place italy's and rail of itself it was said in the last lap. you'd expect it myself by the outside. so what are you so buy for him and then i would do a few my push up that he made. so much on the break you but i will be the highest scoring team in major league baseball this se

women's world number one simona halep has reached the final of the rogers cup in montreal this after she beat australia and ashley barty in the last for the remaining winning in straight sets six four six one hundred looks to continue what's been a fine year for there are many and rising to the top of the rankings of winning her first grand slam at the french open earlier this year. the defending montreal champion alienness fertility you know was forced to come from behind to progress in the tournament after going down early in the first set to release a man who's a belgian she then fought hard to take both said seven five six three setting up the semi final clash with the us open champion floyd stevens. the world's top moto g.p. riders are in austria this weekend for the latest round in the world championship the second to moto two writers are at the red bull ring to japanese right it'd suit and i guess she might have stayed on him though after losing control round the bend he resembled a. biker. meanwhile the championship moto g.p. overall standings leader mark mark has taken pole

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the women's number one simona halep is also through to the final in montreal she beat australia's ashley barty the remaining was rarely troubled in this six four six one victory. and it sets up a replay of the french open final is how it will play the woman she beat for the title in paris sloane stephens the american and did alina spitta leaners title defense in straight sets six three six three. the highest scoring team in major league baseball this season the boston red sox have kept the winds coming in a series that has proved something of humiliation for their opponents baltimore the orioles defeats to boston over the weekend so baltimore officially become the fastest team in more than fifty years to drop out of contention for divisional title they did take a two nothing lead on saturday but two home runs from j.d. martinez so boston win six to four under eleven games ahead of the yankees in the east. vasso abi bucko is putting himself firmly in the frame for selection by a new cameron coach clarence clarence sayed off with africa cup of nations qualifiers starting next month he scor

simona halep and sloane stephens could barely be separated in the women's final in montreal world number one however eventually winning in three sets against the defending u.s. open champion after more than two and a half hours of. showing a slight off day with the bats is see tried to get his l.a. angels over the line against the oakland athletics the japanese rookie has twelve home runs this season but was struck out in the first inning that ground that out in the second with the school's level of three h. otani restricts why smores o. can build so late he finally hits it soon run single in the eight but oakland closed out the angels losing eight to seven. on the san francisco giants celebrated the birth of a fan it just turned one hundred twelve years old as they took on the pittsburgh pirates celebrations on the field so pittsburgh mounted a comeback and with just forty three down in the ninth but the giants. will smith closed up again both teams struggling in their respective to teach us. a cable from each other they were about is how you sports is looking for and there are right an

open in new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by stoney is clear connecting the romanian couldn't cope with could have his power and dropped the first set six two battled to stay in the game but the story and it took the second set six four hour love has become the first top seed to lose in the opening round in u.s. open history. well it was a much better opening day for fifty thieves at least manton's the belgian was made to work against japan's cherubino no after taking the opening set six two she dropped the second by a slim margin minutes and wrapped up the match by winning the third set seven five in the men's jacket sock made light work of argentina's easy to see he stormed through the first set six love soccer edged past the seven six in the second set the american booked his place in the second round by taking the third set six two. all right after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for the. climate change. the stain ability. environmental projects. give globalization the face biodiversity species cons

the world number one simona halep, is the top seed. french open and she says it‘s been the best year of her career so far. for sure it‘s been the best one and the number one in the world and winning my first grand slam, finally, makes me really happy and makes be more relieved and makes me also, ican makes be more relieved and makes me also, i can enjoy all the time on court and i feel delighted also, i can enjoy all the time on court and ifeel delighted inside myself because the pressure is off now. the early winners on day1 in montreal include venus williams. the number 13 seed — who‘s never won the canadian 0pen — beat her fellow—american caroline dolehide in straight sets. after a tight opening set, williams breezed through the second 6—1 to seal her place in round 2. it was one of the best examples of test cricket in recent years. england edging past india in a back—and—forth test match at edgbaston and legendary indian batsman sachin tendulkar has told the bbc that he doesn‘t think his fellow countryman need to panic, just yet...

open in new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by is stoniest kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with power and drop the first set six to battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four how upis become the first top seed to lose in the opening round in the u.s. open history. well it was a bittersweet match for spain at the u.s. open he was forced to quit because of injury for the first time in two hundred eight matches and it was his last grand slam tournament before retirement but his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend rafael nadal was once ranked third in the world but he has slipped since then and plans to play in only selective tournaments next year. now just i'm going to play the football news and shell cup has signed germany midfielder. munich made thirty five competitive appearances after joining bahrain last year from holland hein but with a coaching change of by and rudi hasn't found many opportunities shaka sign three midfielders now the summer. to paragliding now and. spain wrapped up victory i

that's what's great about it and we know that we will have our chances women's world number one simona halep has reached the final of the rogers cup in montreal this after she beat australia national party in the last four the remaining winning in straight sets six four six one hundred looks to continue what's been a fine year for there are many and rising to the top of the rankings and winning her first grand slam at the french open earlier this year. the world's top moto g.p. ra. ideas are in austria this weekend for the latest round in the world championship the second to moto two riders are at the red bull ring two japanese right it'd suit and i guess she might have stayed on him though after losing control around the bend he resembled a. biker. meanwhile the championship moto g.p. overall standing leader mark mark has taken pole position for the austrian grand prix is the underwriters third a pole in four round its knees and the rail of history also will start in fact in position with ducati team a hot head and so in perth. it was a will do the fires during all the brag that is the most

open in new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by a stony as kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with connections power and drop the first set six two how the battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the set the second set six four this is the second consecutive round exit for holland. you're up to date with the news the better to be. see her first day at school in the jungle. her first climbing lesson from the minute doors grandma is arrives. joining a regular chain on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour of the regulating returns home on the d. w. dot com tanks. ramstein air ramstein air i check over. the name ramstein can refer either to a huge us air base in southwestern germany. or in the small community of home stein right next to it. is imposed on the media that we're not just a military base we're an ordinary small town in rhineland faults we've got a song about salsa that in that there's two for more than six decades the u.s. military has brought economic prosperity to this region live just a bit

the women's world number one simona halep had a little trouble picking her place in the final irony it's her third final at the w.c. the event remain in winning her semi final clash against number fifteen seed australia's ashley barty a comfortable six four six one. and that saw parade play of the french open final as hollow before played the woman she believed for the title in paris the u.s. open champion flame stephen the american ended early and especially in his title defense in straight sets. now the highest scoring tame in major league baseball this season the boston red sox have kept the winds coming in a series that is pretty humiliating for their part as baltimore the orioles dropped so if it ends of a double header to boston on saturday this weekend theory so baltimore officially become the foster team in more than fifty years to be eliminated from contention for a divisional title they did take a two nothing lead in fact today the late game night by. out to harm runs from j.t. matthew knows the boston wind six to four and go eleven a games ahead of the yankees in the al eighth

however, simona halep needed just five minutes to finish her interrupted second round match against ajlarough two games to beat the australian qualifier by 2—1. she faces another australian asheligh barty in the last 16. head coach trevor bayliss says the decision to include ben stokes in the england squad for the third test against india on saturday was taken for the all—rounder‘s wellbeing. he joined up with his teammates on thursday after he was involved in a fight outside a nightclub last september but was found not guilty of affray. bayliss was asked how stokes himself was feeling. well, we'll find that out over the next couple of days. i haven't actually spoken to him since, i'm sure he's had plenty of phone calls. we've got the next two days to assess where he's at and whether he plays or not. you know, we've got some guys in form in the team. look, it's going to be a difficult decision to make whoever misses out, whether it's ben or whether it's someone else. it's a position we've been trying to get in the test team for a while now. now, with the european football season underway

open in new york with the top women seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by estonia's kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with kind of beast power and drop the first set six two how a battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four has become the first top seed to lose in the opening round in u.s. open history. it was a bitter sweet match first hit at the u.s. open he was a force to quit because of injury for the first time in two hundred eight matches and it was his last grand slam tournaments before retirement but his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend rafael nadal federer had was once ranked third in the world but has since slipped since then rather and plans to play in only selective tournaments next year. to bundesliga football news now one shocker has signed germany midfielder from rival club byron munich rudy made thirty five competitive of appearances after joining bahrain last year from hoffenheim but with a coaching change of fiery hasn't found many opportunities. has signed three midfielders now at the summer. to paraglidin