i'm holly hamilton. coming up tonight... the wait is over.raine to reach their first world cup in over 60 yeasrs. joe root�*s century boosts england to victory over new zealand for the perfect start to ben stokes�* reign. and the king of the clay — rafael nadal shows no signs of slowing down as he claims his 14th title in paris. hello, and welcome to sportsday. and what is an historic night for wales, for the very first time since 1958 they have qualified for the world cup in qatar. after beating ukraine in cardiff this evening. in the end, it came down to a single free kick on a night of high emotion and drama. well, 0lly foster is here with me now. you can't help but think a lot of neutrals would have been supporting ukraine in this. fix, neutrals would have been supporting ukraine in this.— ukraine in this. a lot of the neutrals- — ukraine in this. a lot of the neutrals. an _ ukraine in this. a lot of the neutrals. an absolute - ukraine in this. a lot of the i neutrals. an absolute nerves ukraine in this. a lot of the - neutrals. an absolut

i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme...les ahead in their bid to reach the world cup for the first time in over 60 years. joe root�*s century boosts england to victory over new zealand — for the perfect start to ben stokes' reign. and the king of the clay. rafael nadal shows no signs of slowing down — as he claims his 14th title in paris. good evening, and welcome to tonight's programme. with wales on the brink of qualifying for their first world cup since 1958, they have a 1—0 lead over ukraine in their playoff this evening. 0lly foster has been watching the game and joins me now. you can't help but feel that wales have had just a little bit of luck on their side?— have had just a little bit of luck on their side? yes, but they have 'ust hit a on their side? yes, but they have just hit a post _ on their side? yes, but they have just hit a post and _ on their side? yes, but they have just hit a post and the _ on their side? yes, but they have just hit a post and the ukrainian i just hit a post and the ukrainian keeper hasju

and i'm holly hamilton — also coming up in the programme...er the world test champions. we bring you the action from the final day of the third test against new zealand. and ahead of their first ever major tournament, northern ireland reveal their squad for the women's euros. good evening, welcome along to wimbledon on the opening day of the championships where the sun is now gracing us with its presence. we had rain at the start of the day, interrupted play intermittently throughout the afternoon. but it's all smiles for the british fans at the all england club because emma raducanu is through to the second round. these championships feel like the energy is back to where we are so familiar with it, last time this year playing during the pandemic constrictions meant we didn't even have to put —— full capacity crowds on the opening day. this is still wimbledon with a difference, room or the russian and belarusian ban on players means we haven't got the world number one daniel medvedev in here. but the excitement and upbeat nests, and energy and

. —— spoke to holly hamilton. it's pretty overwhelming.ssion from them that i felt the most reward. i can't understand why people didn't understand why i was saying sorry. to put in all the hard work and the fastest bike, i know i'm going to let everyone down, i think... may be 15 k to go. i mouth to the girls on the side, "i'm really sorry." they were cheering away. i'm actually quite good at being quite lazy, so we had a really good group. let's say after party. celebration all afternoon yesterday. lots of good food and some nice drinks. so they —— today has sort of been the same. i'd like to go for a few swims to ease my body back into some sort of health, and then recover for at least a week. the marathon takes a lot out of you, and i think the endurance over seven or eight hours takes a lot of you. you have to have this composure to say no, i'm going to take the timeout to embrace what i've done, and then move on rather than go straight back into it. �* . move on rather than go straight back into it. . ., .,. g , into it. amazing achi

sportsday is in an hour with holly hamilton.he last few minutes, a local governor in the area has said the belief at the moment is that ten people have been killed and more than a0 have been injured. but you may know that ukraine's president zelensky says more than 1000 people may have been inside sheltering at the time of the attack. this footage from the site shows the building is badly damaged, with fire services struggling to control a blaze. well, to discuss this further, i am nowjoined by drjulie norman, who's the co—director of the ucl centre on us politics. very good evening to you, doctor. first, your thoughts on the timing of this missile strike?— of this missile strike? obviously such a tragic— of this missile strike? obviously such a tragic strike, _ of this missile strike? obviously such a tragic strike, but - of this missile strike? obviously such a tragic strike, but one - of this missile strike? obviously| such a tragic strike, but one that probably cannot be separated too much from the g7 meeting taking place to