where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiateka tense first set, the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, took it on a tie—break. 0saka dominated the second overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nail—biter. swiatek 4—1 down and seemingly out, somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7—5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. but for 0saka, who only returned to the sport four months ago after having daughter shai, a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it's not the worst. like, i've felt worse for sure.

where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one iga swiatek quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tiebreak. osaka, though, then dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set, an absolute nail—biter — swiatek 4—1 down, seemingly out, somehow surviving breakpoint and even a match point to take the set 7—5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open alive and well. but for osaka — who only returned to the sport four months ago, after having daughter shai — a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it's not the worst. like, i've felt worse, for sure. i cried when i got off the court. but then, you know, for me, i kind of realised, like, i was watching iga, like, win this tournament last year and i was pregnant. and it was just my dream to, like, be able to play her. so when i kind of think of it like that, i think i'm doing pretty well. it's hard to have any logical thoughts because, for sur

no problems for defending women's champion iga swiatek. three—time shipping and i don't think we'll ever see anybody when _ don't think we'll ever see anybody when 14— don't think we'll ever see anybody when 14 french open titles a guinness _ when 14 french open titles a guinness rafael nadal is not to think— guinness rafael nadal is not to think how many she could win. she is only in— think how many she could win. she is only in her_ think how many she could win. she is only in her early 20s. the wind today— only in her early 20s. the wind today was— only in her early 20s. the wind today was straightforward, and plenty — today was straightforward, and plenty of other players in the draw who could — plenty of other players in the draw who could trouble her including sam 0laylnl

its' a roland garros classic as iga swiatek —— it's a roland garros classic as iga swiatek fights backopped by prosecutors after his arrest outside the pga championship. the more evidence that comes out, the more it shows that scotty was a victim here. the history makers — 0lympiakos become the first greek side to win a european club trophy as they beat fiorentina in the final of the europa conference league. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number i, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi 0saka. in a tense first set, the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, took it on a tie—break. 0saka dominated the second overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nail—biter. the third set was an absolute nail—biter. swiatek 4—1 down and seemingly out. somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7—5. the dream

meeting lasted an hour and 13 minutes, in the first semi-final tomorrow the world ranking leader iga swiatekplay against the third world ranking cori gauff from the usa. thus, for the first time srolanga ros 2013. up to stage 1/2 all representatives of the top 3 world rankings reached the finals. sanctions against belarusian sports in general and ski acrobatics in particular did not in any way affect the development of this sport in our country. the influx of those wishing to become a freestyler not in children's sections has not decreased. this opinion was shared by the head coach of the national team, mikhail kurlovich. the other day our team completed the first training camp of the new season, which took place in uraubichi. now ski acrobats are moving to the center. people often take at the age of 25 plus years and then above, respectively, at the international level , athletes meet at the age of 14-15 years , they go almost the same amount until the end of their careers, there is communication, we see interest on social networks, because no one is happy about this situation, we don’t hav

it's a roland garros classic as iga swiatek fights back in epic clash with naomi 0saka at the frenchpped by prosecutors after his arrest outside the pga championship. the more evidence that comes out, the more it shows that scottie was a victim here. the history makers 0lympiakos become the first greek side to win a european club trophy as they beat fiorentina in the final of the europa conference league. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start at the french open in paris,

sabalenka's next opponent, spaniard paola badosa of the tournament, iga swiatek, wins back a match pointomi osaka, who continues to get in shape after returning to the igoust tour. she fell in the third set 2:5-030, but naomi did not give in to the match and lost all her advantage. as a result , the first racket of the world won the game in 7:675. the impulsive decision to resign ural head coach viktor goncharenko became public today. how it fits on the club website, the reason for dismissal was a defeat from akron in the first play-off match for the right to remain in the premier league. the urals lost 0:2, prepare the team to crash. became the champion of hungary as part of the vesprya club, on the eve of the final series the pick was beaten again, this time by a margin of four goals, 3430, vailupov scored three accurate shots, nikita celebrated the victory with his signature cup call. nikita vailupa became the champion of hungary for the second year in a row as part of vesprim, but this season the team. in 2026 there is no longer much time, of course, the season is not easy, difficult

in the women's draw, top—seeded iga swiatek beat germany's angelique kerber in straight sets to reachseed coco gauff, who fought back from a set down to win her match 5—7, 6—4, 6—1. also in rome on monday, a protest by climate activists disrupted two matches in the last—16 tie between keys and cestea. it was interrupted along with a doubles match. keys was leading 6—2, 3—1 at the time when two protesters wearing orange vests ran onto the court and threw confetti. 0thers glued themselves to a stand before police and firefighters arrived. and that is all the time we've got left for now. you can get the latest sports news on our website. from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the team, bye bye. hello. the weather looks decidedly mixed over the next few days, just as it was on monday. for some of us, there was a little bit of sunshine and some warmth — 2a celsius, or at least very close to it, in parts of northern scotland. compare that with 1a celsius in south west england, with cloud, with outbreaks of rain — all in association with this area of low pressure and this slow—moving frontal

no problems for the women's world number one iga swiatek — who moved a step closer to her third titleght sets and will now play third seeded coco gauff in last four to saudi arabia where fight week is officially underway for one of the most highly anticipated fights this century as tyson fury and oleksandr usyk get set to meet in the ring on saturday — in the first undisputed heavyweight world title contest for nearly 25 years. our reporter ade adedoyin was in riyadh to see the two fighters arrive. the first set piece media event of what is a huge week for both both look relaxed. frank warren is alongside me here. you promoted many huge fights over the years. explain why this one is such a big occasion. this is the biggest for a vote of the 21st century. the first time ever four belts have been on the line. they will all be unified saturday night and we will find out who is the number one heavyweight in the world. in a fight that involves two undefeated heavyweights in their prime. not a guy hanging on and holding on about until younger man. they are both fighters and we will see some

world number one and defending champion iga swiatek looked really strong, as she eased into round twoidding for a fourth title in five years and she needed little over an hour to beat leolia jeanjean of france, losing just three games on the way. next up for the pole is the four—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. top seed novak djokovic gets his french open campaign under way on tuesday against frenchman pierre—hugues herbert. incredibly, the 24—time grand slam winner has yet to reach a final in 202a. i almost feel a bit embarrassed to say, with my expectations with my expectations are, anything but a title for me is not satisfactory. so it always has been like that. i know for... it might sound arrogant to a lot of people, but i think i have the career that backs it up. and in a way, me playing still at this highest level, one of the major reasons is trying to write more history with the sport and win the biggest titles that paris the biggest titles, that paris is definitely one of them. to football now, it's been a season to remember book their place at europe's top table followi

top seed iga swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years at roland garros and underlined herfavouritesover home qualifier lolia jea njean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to setup a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. number eight seed ons jabeur, who made the the quarter finals last year, tookjust under an hour and a half to win her match against sachia vickery of the usa. jabeur�*s had injury issues this year — before coming to paris she'd only won six matches and lost nine.

in the women's side of the draw — world number one iga swiatek dropped her first set of this year's tournament came from a set down to beat beatriz haddad maia. and she'll play the american madison keys, who staged a stunning fightback to beat eighth seed 0ns jabeur. keys lost the first set six love, took the second 7—5, before winning the decider 6—1. and, great britain have been drawn against germany in the first round of the billiejean king cup finals in november. if they win that tie, anne keothavong's team will face top seeds canada in the quarter finals in seville. we're at the quarter—final stage of the world snooker championship, and the tournament favourite ronnie 0'sullivan is locked at four frames all with stuart bingham. bingham took the first two frames of the session, before 0'sullivan fought back to move ahead at 4—3. but the 2015 winner bingham then took the final frame of the session, to level the match ahead of wednesday's conclusion. 0'sullivan is looking to win the tournament for a record breaking eighth time. and the four—time championjohn higgins fought back from 4—0 down

iga swiatek won her 11th straight clay—court match on thursday, as the top seed moved closer to anotherf at the itlalian 0pen. the world number now stands one victory away from duplicating the madrid—rome clay trophy double achieved by serena williams 11 years ago — she beat gauff for the tenth time in ii meetings, and will face aryna sabalenka in the final. tommy paul booked his semifinal spot in the itali 0pen semis after beating hubert hurkacz in rome. the iath—seeded came through in a match featuring 13 breaks of serve. the american kept his composure in a nerve—wracking deciding set for a two—hour, as—minute victory. tommy paul will play chile's nicolas jarry in his semifinal. the lawn tennis association has confirmed that queen's club will stage a wta tour event next summer in a reshuffle of the grass—court season. the governing body has says it wants to promote the women's game and the tournaments at birmingham and eastbourne will be reduced in status. but there have been concerns by male players about the state of the grass courts they will inherit for their tournament the follo

iga swiatek won her 11th court match on thursday as she moved closer to a record after a comprehensiverophy won by serena williams 11 years ago. she will face sabalenka in the final. tommy paul booked his semifinal spot after beating his opponent in rome. the 14th seed came through featuring 13 breaks of serve. the american kept his composure in a deciderfor a 2:43 minute victory paul will play the chilean in the semifinal. the world tennis association confirmed queen's club will stage a wta tour eventin club will stage a wta tour event in the summer in a reshuffle of the grass—court season. the governing body wants to promote the women's game and the tournaments in birmingham and eastbourne will be reduced in status. there have been concerns by male players about the state of the grass—courts they will inherit the following week. the women's championships ably demonstrates that two weeks of play on a grass—court is very durable. we've reassured the atp on multiple occasions that there won't be an impact on the integrity and performance of the court in that second week. we remain in di

action today with the stand—out match being between the world number one and reigning champion iga swiateknd slam winner naomi 0saka. but our tennis correspondent, russell fuller, feels it's come a bit too soon for 0saka, who's only recently returned to tennis. there is genuine hope that these two will be able to develop quite a rivalry over the years ahead. i sack is back from having a babel but i don't think that the rivalry is going to stretch to the claim because. that i sack, has dominated on the hard court and dominated on the clay and grass. swiatek has become a favourite every time she has arrived in paris. the fact —— if you can win here again, she would have won it three times in a row. no one has done that in the grand slam since serena williams ten years ago. we have got great names like alcaraz and jannik sinner. yes we have got great names like alcaraz and jannik sinner.— and jannik sinner. yes alcaraz is very much _ and jannik sinner. yes alcaraz is very much heping _ and jannik sinner. yes alcaraz is very much hoping that _ and jannik sinner. yes alcaraz is very much hoping

no problems for the women's world number one iga swiatek — who moved a step closer to her third titleill now play third seeded coco gauff in last four to saudi arabia where fight week is officially underway for one of the most highly anticipated fights this century as tyson fury and oleksandr usyk get set to meet in the ring on saturday — in the first undisputed heavyweight world title contest for nearly 25 years. our reporter ade adedoyin was in riyadh to see the two fighters arrive. the first set piece media event of what is a huge week for both men has taken place. both look relaxed. frank warren is alongside me here. you motored many huge fights over the years.— over the years. explain why this one — over the years. explain why this one is _ over the years. explain why this one is such _ over the years. explain why this one is such a _ over the years. explain why this one is such a big - this one is such a big occasion.— this one is such a big occasion. , , , , occasion. this is the biggest for a vote — occasion. this is the biggest for a vote of _ occasion. this is the biggest fo

top seed iga swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years at roland garros and underlined herfavourites tag with a crushing 6—1, 6—2 victory over home qualifier lolia jea njean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to setup a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. number eight seed ons jabeur, who made the the quarter finals last year, tookjust under an hour and a half to win her match against sachia vickery of the usa. jabeur�*s had injury issues this year — before coming to paris she'd only won six matches and lost nine. 2019 finalist marketa vondrusova also enjoyed a straight sets win. the fifth seed beat spain's rebekah masarova 6—1, 6—3 to set up a second round meeting with the wonderfully named katie volynets. meanwhile in the men's singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he's been struggling with a hip injury of late, and came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america's chri

the new champion, world ranking leader iga swiatek sabalenka celebrated her twenty-sixth birthday thes question can be answered, well, it seems to me, even this is the last chance, belarusian kayakers and horse riders went to segit for licenses, why are they not in the visiting team, marina letvinchuk and olga khudenko, you know, in fact, our races in belarus, they are probably one of the heaviest, it turns out that evgeniy sobol wins again, the most experienced of the current riders, he left no chance for his rivals... what do those who are younger and even juniors think about themselves? if it’s higher, it’s good, if it’s lower, they won’t scold you. height is not a hindrance to the jump, as the phenomenon is explained by the shortest finisher of the soligorsk miner, andrey marchenko. let's talk with my wife about family secrets and reveal the secret of where the top volleyball player will continue his career. how to tame? bear, secrets about the button accordion of a formidable predator at the end arenas. getting closer and closer, the moment of the start of the olympics in paris,

it's a roland garros classic, as iga swiatek fights back in an epic clash with naomi osaka at the french, the more it shows that, you know, scottie was a victim here. and the history—makers — olympiakos become the first greek side to win a european club trophy, as they beat fiorentina in the final of the europa conference league. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest

the women's was a rematch of last year's and iga swiatek got her revenge over aryna sabalenka. deciding set. this was the first meeting of the top two players in the world this season and the world number one, swiatek, showed how much it meant to her. a first title in madrid and the 20th of her career so far. if you have great players, you know, always working hard to, you know, be better, and you are competing with them, for sure it gives you motivation to work harder. i think you know now it's also about who's going to work smarter than harder. we can play great tennis under pressure. cleveland cavaliers and orlando magic will fight it out later for the final place in the nba's eastern conference semifinals. they are tied at 3—3 in their series. meanwhile, the first of the western conference semifinals took place in minnesota. and it was the home side, the timberwolves, who won, taking a 1—0 lead against the defending champions denver nuggets. anthony edwards top scored with 43 points in a 106—99 victory. they'll play the second game on monday in denver. you can't play half a

five hours, the matches under the roofs have seen the big names all safely progress — most notably iga swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years. she underlined her favourites tag with a crushing 6—1, 6—2 victory over home qualifier lolia jeanjean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to set up a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four time grand slam champion naomi 0saka. meanwhile in the men's singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he's been struggling with a hip injury of late, came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america's chris eubanks in straight sets. he'll play the home favourite richard gasquet next. for the man who has made roland garros and the phillipe chatrier court his own for the best part of two decades, we could be witnessing rafa nadal�*s final match at the french open right now. after a couple of injury ravaged years, he's indicated this season could be his last. and he's facing fourth seed alex

the world number one iga swiatek looks in good form ahead of her defence of the french open.a third time, beating the second seed, aryna sabalenka in straight sets. she also beat her in the madrid open final a fortnight ago. it's day two in the match between lancashire and durham, ben stokes first county championship appearance in 2 years, but the england test captain was out forjust two in blackpool, caught off the bowling of australian nathan lyon. there was a big shock in the group one lockinge stakes at newbury — won by the 22—1 pace setter — audience whojust kept on going as the favourite inspiral trailed home in 4th. oxford united are back in the championship for the first time in 25 years. they won the league one play—off final against bolton wanderers 2—0. josh murphy was their wembley hero joe lynskey reports. the highs and the lows you only get in the playoffs. for oxford united, this was a dream if saw coming. was a dream few saw coming. they've not been above the third tier this century and two months ago bolton beat them 5—0. butjosh murphy's strike gave the unde

world number one iga swiatek has just got under way against coco gauff in the semi—finals of the italiann, and gauff is currently a break up in the opening set. one result already today from the quarterfinals of the mens draw where tommy paul has beaten hubert hurkacz by two sets to one. in a match that lasted almost three hours, paultook it 7—5, 3—6, 6—3. now the german league title was sewn up a couple of weeks ago but bayer leverkusen still have plenty to play for — namely going through an entire season unbeaten. they take on augsberg on saturday before the europa league final next week. to play such a big final is something special and we are really appreciative of that, that we came that fire. now that we are there, we also want to win. we are to remain unbeaten, it is an extra motivation for us to finish that season unbeaten. it is something thatjust came by and we did not expect it. we want to do that as well. we want to do that as well. nba next and boston celtics have reached a third straight eastern conference finals with a 113 to 98 win over an understrength cleveland in game

the 26—year—old, who labelled the event in rome as her "dream tournament" to win, equalled iga swiatekina svitolina or anna kalinskaya next. dutch sprinter olav kooij produced a perfectly—timed finish to win stage nine of the giro d'italia in naples stage one winner jhonatan narvaez looked to have stolen victory but the ecuadorean was caught in the final 100 metres, as kooij claimed his first grand tour stage victory. britain's geraint thomas was involved in a crash before the run into naples, but recovered to finish among the peloton and remains in third place overall. great britain suffered an 8—0 defeat at the ice hockey world championship against second seeds finland. it follows a 11—2 opening loss to raining champions canada on saturday. the result has left britain bottom of their group ahead of their next match against switzerland on wednesday. there was an exciting finale to this year's badminton horse trials which had a particularly influential showjumping phase. the winner, new zealand's caroline powell achieved one of only two clear rounds, to move up from sixth place and cli

tennis and the world number one iga swiatek saved three championship points to beat aryna sabalenka andf the top two players in the world this season — with swiatek coming out on top — to win the tournament for the first time and take her 20th career title. swiatek won it 9—7 in the final set tie—break to avenge her defeat in last year's final. if you have great players, you know, always working hard to, you know, be better, and you are competing with them, for sure it gives you motivation to work harder. i think you know now it's also about who's going to work smarter than harder. we can play great tennis under pressure. the final of the world snooker championship is about to get under way at the crucible in sheffield. kyren wilson is facing the welsh qualifierjakjones. these are live pictures — they've only been playing for a few minutes. kyren wilson is at the table. he has the advantage in the first frame. it is his second world snooker championship final. he lost to ronnie o'sullivan in the 2020 final. this is a first forjakjones. if he were to win, he would be the first qualifier

world number two aryna sabalenka is facing world number one iga swiatek to defend her madrid open title to take the second. it's currently 1—1 in the deciding set. great britain's georgia—mae fenton has won bronze in the uneven bars final at the women's european gymnastics championships. rebecca downie finished 7th. great britain are attempting to defend their team title in rimini, italy this weekend. to sheffield now. kyren wilson made it a comfortable 17—11 win over david gilbert, as he reached his second snooker world championship final at the crucible. wilson started with a clinical display on friday evening when he opened up a 14—10 advantage, then continued in today's concluding session. the world number 12 will now face jakjones or the 2015 champion stuart bingham in the final. hazel irvine is with two former champions, shaun murphy and john parrott. our first finalist in this year's 2024 cazoo world championship is kyren wilson, the warrior battled through against dave gilbert today. how did he get it done, shaun murphy? great technique, great belief. got to the final here a cou

iga swiatek — top seed in the women's draw and two—time champion in rome — had no such problems, breezingt's all the sport for now. the taliban in afghanistan say more than three hundred people are now known to have died in devastating flash floods in the north of the country. a spokesman for the interior ministry told the bbc that most of the casualties were in the province of baghlan. emergency teams have been sent to rescue those stranded by the floodwaters. on friday, a massive torrent of water swept away hundreds of houses in several villages. dozens of people are still missing. the dutch artistjoost klein has been disqualified from the eurovision song contest final after a backstage incident. the performer has been sent home after an allegation of intimidation was made to swedish police by a female member of the production crew. the organisers of tonight's event are also readying themselves for more pro—palestinian protests against the israeli entry. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito, reports from malmo. joost klein and europapa. with just hours to go, his eurovision dream is ov

top seed iga swiatek beat germany's angelique kerber in straight sets 7—5, 6—3, in one hour and 39 minutesd seed coco gauff of usa fought back from a set down to defeat spain's paula badosa 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. and that's all the sport for now. mark, thank you very much. vladimir putin has reshuffled some of his top military advisors, removing the defence minister sergei shoigu from his post, and replacing him with another long—time ally, the economist andrei belousov. shoigu was criticised for some of russia's early setbacks in the war. belousev�*s appointment is seen as cementing the transition of the russian economy to a war footing. the day to day running of the war will remain with valery gerasimov, the chief of the general staff. and right now they are pressing home their advantage. in what has been the most significant ground attack since the full—scale invasion the russians are moving in on ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in the past week. further advances to within 20 miles of the city would put their artillery within range. at stake

world number one and defending champion iga swiatek looked really strong as she eased into round two.le over an hour to beat leolia jeanjean, losing just three games on the way. swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years. next up for her is the four—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. you know, for sure, with the closed roof it was defending on practices, i needed some time to adjust especially with the task was very tricky. but overall i think, you know, it was a reasonable match. and i'm happy, you know, to be back and place some matches here. top seed novak djokovic gets his french open campaign under way on tuesday against frenchman pierre—hugues herbert. incredibly, the 24—time grand slam winner has yet to reach a final in 202a. i almost feel a bit embarrassed to say what my expectations are for the anything but a title for me is not satisfactory. it always has been like that. i know it might sound arrogant to a lot of people but i think i have the career that backs it up. in a way me playing still at this highest level, one of the major reasons is to try to write more

the reigning tournament winner iga swiatek wins back a match point against naomi osaka, who continueso the tour. iga was losing in the third set 25:030, but naomi did not serve. she lost all her advantage in the match, and as a result , the first racket of the world won the game 76-16-75. the impulsive decision to resign ural head coach viktor goncharenko became public today, as posted on the club’s website; the reason for the dismissal was the defeat by akron in the first play-off match for the right to remain in the premier league. the urals lost 0:2, evgeny overyanov will prepare the team for the decisive match against akron. received another portion of match disqualifications from the control and disciplinary commission of the football federation. kobalevich will additionally miss four matches, komarovsky two. let me remind you that neman won the belarusian cup on may 25. the right winger of the belarus national handball team , nikita vailupov, became the champion of hungary as part of the vespri club. on the eve of the final episode. summed up the results of the past season and a

iga swiatek looked very strong as she began her title defence.ros—winner dropped just three games in beating home qualifier leolia jeanjean. swiatek is bidding for a fourth title in five years. next up for her, four—time grand slam champion naomi 0saka. top—seed novak djokovic gets his campaign under way on tuesday against frenchman pierre—hugues herbert. incredibly, the 24—time grand slam—winner has yet to reach a final in 202a. i almost feel a bit embarrassed to say what my expectations are. anything but a title for me is not satisfactory. it always has been like that. and i know it might sound arrogant to a lot of people, but i think i have the career that backs it up. and in a way, me playing still at this highest level, one of the major reasons is trying to write more history with the sport and win the biggest titles. you know, paris is definitely one of them. football now, and chelsea are in talks to appoint leicester city manager enzo maresca as the replacement for mauricio pochettino, who left the london club last week. maresca took charg

next to tennis and the world number one iga swiatek saved three championship points to beat aryna sabalenkaeason — with swiatek coming out on top — to win the tournament for the first time and her 20th career title. she won it 9—7 in the final set tie—break to avenge her defeat in last year's final. if you have great players, you know, always— if you have great players, you know, always working hard to, you know, be better, _ always working hard to, you know, be better, and _ always working hard to, you know, be better, and you are competing with them, _ better, and you are competing with them, for— better, and you are competing with them, for sure it gives you motivation to work harder. i think you know— motivation to work harder. i think you know now it's also about who's going _ you know now it's also about who's going to _ you know now it's also about who's going to work and smarter than harden — going to work and smarter than harder. we can play great tennis under_ harder. we can play great tennis under pressure —— work smarter. the final of the world snooker championship starts later,

world number one iga swiatek is a step closer to a third successive title at roland garros.traight sets. elsewhere, there were wins for coco gauff and ons jabuer. there's an unlikely leader at the top of golf�*s canadian open leaderboard — with world number 76 robert macintyre leading the way. the scotsman is ten under par and three shots clear of the rest of the field. meanwhile, at the women's us open, wichanee michai leads — but a point on how tough this course in pennsylvania is, she's onjust three under early in her second round. tournament favourite nelly korda is trying to fight her way back from her opening round of ten over par — she's dropped a shot again early on. and now currently 11 over through her second round. and that's all the sport for now. if you were watching the programme last night, you'll know it was a busy night of breaking news. just before news came of that verdict in the trial of donald trump came reports that presidentjoe biden had given permission to ukraine to use american weapons on military targets inside russia. there were conditions — they

number two won in straight sets in rome or will play danielle collins and victoria azarenka, with iga swiatekhe same wta event. alejandro tabilo is still going strong in rome, the man who knocked out novak djokovic. he's through to the semi—finals. he beat zhang zhizhen in straight sets. he's set to break into the top 30 in the world for the first time. the full schedule for the 2024 nfl season will be released in the early hours of this morning, but we know the games that will be played in london across three weekends in october. as usual, the jacksonville jaguars play a home game at wembley, they'll face new england patriots. before that, they'll face the chicago bears at the tottenham hotspur stadium, with the minnesota vikings kicking things off against the new yorkjets. the general manager of nfl—uk henry hodgson told me what we can look forward to. three great games and three sort of games worth of superstars as well, some of the best players across the positions in the nfl from aaron rodgers, who's been one of the best ever overlong period of time, all the way to the chicago bears�*s q

top seed iga swiatek beat germany's angelique kerber in straight sets 7—5, 6—3, in one hour and 39 minutesa real mixture of weather across the country today, across parts of northern and eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, there has been some warm spells of sunshine. i've seen temperatures go to 23 degrees in a few spots, but it's a different story further southwards and westwards, with outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, wales and south west england. the rain has all been tied in with this curl of cloud, which is an area of low pressure. these weather fronts have been particularly slow moving, so it's been raining for most of the day for these areas and the front will continue to be slow moving as we go through the night. eventually, the rain crawls its way across the midlands into eastern england, gets into more of scotland through the night. but it should start to ease off across parts of wales, and the south west of england, although there could be a few showers here. temperatures overnight for most around 11 to 1a degrees. so we are looking at a mild night and a

in the women's draw, world number one iga swiatek is a step closer to a third successive title.r at the top. they beat the catalans dragons 24—12. the home side ran in four tries, tommy makinson with their third. elsewhere, huddersfield beat hull fc 24-18. to golf now, and at the us women's open, england'sjodi ewart shadoff will be looking for a big day tomorrow after finishing her second round tied for 24th at 3—over—par. meanwhile, at the halfway mark of the canadian 0pen, the pace is being set by scotland's robert macintyre. mcintyre, who's ranked 76th in the world, carded a second round of a—under—par, taking him to 10—under overall. just an update on the england and france match, england currently losing 2—1, about to finish in that much, five minutes' time remaining, updates on the bbc sports website, but that is all for now. hello there. tomorrow marks the start of meteorological summer, and there's going to be a lot of dry weather this weekend and some warm sunshine as well. and earlier today, it was very pleasant in cumbria, but there was a chilly wind blowing. some of

world number one iga swiatek has cruised into the final of the italian open tennis after a straight sets coco gauff. she'll face aryna sabalenka or danielle collins. in the quarter—finals of the men's draw, tommy paul beat hubert hurkacz by two sets to one in a match that lasted almost three hours. stage 12 of the giro d'italia was won byjulian alaphilippe — the former world champion taking the victory after riding away from his breakaway companion mirco maestri in the last few kilometres of the stage into fano. it's the first win for the former double world champion in almost a year, following his win at the criterium du dauphine injune 2023. alaphilippe has now won a stage on the three major tours tadej pogacar retains the race leader's pinkjersey. rory mcilroy is seven off the lead. and that's all the sport for now. more for you later. thanks very much, we will see you then. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out the first steps he would take if his party wins the next general election. he outlined six pledges, saying they're all fully costed, and ready to be delivered in the

late and struggled from the outset against the polish seventh seed much easier for the top seed iga swiatekeng next. james anderson — england�*s all time leading wicket taker — has confirmed he will retire from test cricket injuly. the 41—year—old is third on the all time list with 700 scalps and has the most test wickets of any seam bowler. his last test will come against west indies at lord�*s on july 10th. the decision comes after he held talks this week with test coach brendon mccullum who told anderson england want to build an attack for the future. in a statement anderson says... pakistan meanwhile have made a strong start to the first t20 international against england in birmingham. the home side lost 4 wickets in the first 17 balls to slip to 11 for 4. the captain and amyjones have started the recovery effort, it�*s going very nice at the moment, 62—1; at the halfway point. and that�*s all the sport for now. we are going to go back to sweden where we have to live pictures coming in about the protest, up to 10,000 people as they are, they are protesting the performance by israel�*s c

french open, where an absolutely enthralling contest between defending champion and world—number—one iga swiatekdruple grand slam—winner naomi osaka went the distance. in a tense first set, it was the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, who took it on a tie—break before osaka dominated the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nailbiter. swiatek 4—1 down and seemingly out somehow survived breakpoints and even a matchpoint to take the set 7—5. she's now won 16 consecutive singles matches at roland—garros. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. over on the men's side, carlos alcaraz needed to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper de jong and reach the french open third round. spain's alcaraz looked subdued at times in a 6—3, 6—4, 2—6, 6—2 victory over a player ranked 173 places below him. a rusty performance from the two—time grand slam—winner, who twice had to come from a break down in the fourth set. in the end, though, doing what he had to do. he dominated most of the points in the