that first served from katie boulter was wide. the advantage. the last time the men's one and two played each other, it was in 2002. camera is the underdog in that one. let's take you to centre court. we have another british player in action there, jacob fearnley taking on novak djokovic, who is a seven time champion here. he has had that need surgery, djokovic, and there were those questions about how he would be able to perform. yet in the first round match he was outstanding. jacob fearnley has never played on centre court before. he is a wild card wisdom it should be fairly straightforward for novak djokovic. later we will see andy murray and jamie murray on centre court. andy murray unable to play in the singles having had surgery on his final last month, but we will see him in the doubles. 0ne month, but we will see him in the doubles. one result to bring you before i had back, lily mia zaki has gone out in straight sets. it took just 50 minutes. a busy day at wimbledon here on day four. thank you. there won't be many manage

katie boulter has done in the last few minutes.avin ramjaun from the bbc sport centre — also coming up on sportsday. from tears to cheers for cristano ronaldo last night — but is portugal's talisman holding his country back? and a fifth paralympic games beckons for charlotte henshaw — she insists the novelty of being selected — never wears off. still feltjust as still felt just as exciting and a relief— still felt just as exciting and a relief but also gives you that great excitement for what is to come for the rest _ excitement for what is to come for the rest of— excitement for what is to come for the rest of the summer. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. the skies are trying to clear. the sons becoming out a little bit. we've had the first rate of the championships today. a day that started with the news that andy murray would not be playing in the singles. ifjustice time where we strap our silent then for an andy murray rola goes for the pain it was supposed to happen tonight. he was hoping he would get to retire firms gig

briefly for time, katie boulter up championships.much we look forward to that? massively. some of their encounters have been frosty at times, though they get along perfectly fine once it starts. but that competitive that mattress three hours so if you've got a ticket, your we have jack draper against cameron norrie, and like i draper against cameron norrie, and likel _ now, to a sensational day for mark cavendish, who's made cycling history, with a 35th stage win at the tour de france. three years after equalling the record set by eddy merckx, cavendish moved clear with victory in a hectic finish to the fifth stage, a sprint to saint—vulbas. jane dougall reports: battling so hard his chain came off as the wind across the line. known as the wind across the line. known as the wind across the line. known as the greatest sprinter the tour is ever seen, as the greatest sprinter the tour is everseen, he as the greatest sprinter the tour is ever seen, he now holds a special place in its history. the record of 34 place in its history. the re

we have not and we will see katie boulter play emma dart. | see katie boulter play emma dart. emma raducanu really impressive in her opening—round match. bear in mind since the fairy tale us open when she played six grand slam events and has not made it past the second round. she had fitness and injury issues. what seems smart is escaping the clay—court season to focus on grass. the quarterfinals of eastbourne coming into the championships also you have to put her as a favourite against mertens, 28 years old but she will give her a real test. that later. two other british women. no wild card, battled through the qualifications to get here, they went of her life in the first round. we will see. the eastbourne champion the big favourite to win that one. anything “um out favourite to win that one. anything jump out in — favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? - favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? the l jump out in th

katie boulter, the seeded player. dart, fighting her own emotions. ot it! a_ she has got it! a victory- she has got it! a victory for. she has got it! - a victory for harriet dart she has got it! _ a victory for harriet dart that exhausted just about everybody, and then... to more british players on court. cameron norrie versus jack draper. draper is seeded here, the current british number one. norrie used to be, and as he won the first set tie—break... 0h, tie—break... oh, that is grim for draper! 0h, that is grim for draper! seeing— 0h, that is grim for draper! seeing cameron— oh, that is grim for draper! seeing cameron norrie - oh, that is grim for draper! seeing cameron norrie wasj oh, that is grim for draper! - seeing cameron norrie wasjust reminding us. norrie is such a competitor. remember, in semifinals a couple of years ago here. he has taken the second set as well. you may remember draper had a long match in his first round. while this has been going on, the murray brothers, ahead of their doubles appearance on centre court this evening, hav

and then there was an epic with katie boulter lost to harriet dart.s been a little bit of niggle between those two, which often is the case for british class. so that was a big surprise . ben so that was a big surprise. ben the murray's at the moment they are set down in the doubles, but radacanu was very, very good yesterday. i really impressed and the fact that the draw her little section of the draw opened up alexandrova, who she was meant to play. she pulled out in the first round. emma raducanu play sakkari tomorrow and the history about sakkari is in really big matches. she can get tight so emma raducanu absolutely in her little section of the draw. if she plays like she did yesterday, she's got a great chance to go deep into the tournament, which would be great for all of us. >> yeah, barry, i'm not sure if i'm just a bit mean, but i mean, my opinion on this was pretty much the consensus amongst a lot of other tennis fans. but when emma raducanu won her us open grand slam some years ago now, i can't remember what year it was. but she then from

we are going to see katie boulter, she is the women's british number one.ty leave and went all the way through to the semifinals. she enjoyed playing on the grass. that could be a potentially tricky match. let me take you to what is happening at the moment. billy harris from the isle of man is making his wimbledon debut court number 15. he's playing jaume munar of spain but does currently trail not a great start. serena williams has backed up winning wimbledon, six winners across the last two years. elena rybakina is playing another, the rumanian at the back. it looks like that is on serve again. we are also going to see iga swiatek. four times french open champion, she has been number see then we are on centre court to see novak djokovic. busy day ahead. as we mentioned, a busy day for british players at wimbledon today, 11 players in singles action in total. rain had interupted play on day two but before it did, harriet dart took the first set against china's bai zhuoxuan. they did resume and a short time ago she won the second set 6—love. a double fault

there is still so much to say, jack draper is playing, novak djokovic on centre court, katie boulterrriet dart as well. we are rrot giving up _ have harriet dart as well. we are rrot giving up on _ have harriet dart as well. we are not giving up on andy _ have harriet dart as well. we are not giving up on andy murray - have harriet dart as well. we are| not giving up on andy murray yet! come on, andy! he not giving up on andy murray yet! come on. andy!— not giving up on andy murray yet! come on, and ! , ., . come on, andy! he might be watching with his breakfast _ come on, andy! he might be watching with his breakfast with _ come on, andy! he might be watching with his breakfast with his _ come on, andy! he might be watching with his breakfast with his family! - with his breakfast with his family! he was with his family last night. i wasn�*t camping last night, but we need to go and get some coffee because it is freezing this morning, it is like autumn. we will go and get some coffee and hand you back to sally and ben for now. not the weather for 0spreys. sally and ben for now. not t

five british women, including katie boulter, are into the second round.ails shortly. it's wednesday, 3rd ofjuly. party leaders are racing across the uk — reinforcing their core messages to voters as they enter the last full day of campaigning before the general election tomorrow. prime minister rishi sunak told a conservative party rally he would fight for every vote, while labour leader sir keir starmer insists that people who want change have to vote for it. political correspondent helen catt reports. at a conservative rally in central london last night, a last—minute intervention — to the obvious delight of tory supporters in the room. good evening, good evening. chanting: boris, boris! four—and—a—half years ago, this man led them to a sizeable majority. this time, he was warning against giving a much bigger one to sir keir starmer. if you want to protect our democracy and our economy and keep this country strong abroad by spending 2.5% of our gdp on defence, which labour still refuses to commit to, then you know what to do, don't you, everybody? crowd

and welcome to sportsday — a battle of the brits — harriet dart shocks the british number one katie boultere third round british wild card jacob fearnley falls short of creating a seismic shock in the wimbledon second round against seven—time champion novak djokovic also coming up on sports day. talk of changes in formation for england, as gareth southgate�*s hand is forced, ahead their euros quarter final with switzerland. and asjimmy anderson prepares to represent england in a test for the final time, he tells us about his career regrets. bragging rights and it should've gotten one because he bangs on about his quite a lot. we'll be back at wimbledon before the end of the programme, but let's turn our attentions to the euros now, a day out thousands were here when the sun was shining and the winds picked up a little bit and when the weather is bad, we invite show and for the first time, we are not curing our umbrellas. across all of this, we'll talk about miyazaki in a moment but that is what the day started with but we have to go with kt and harriet in the record of her dark, formidable

harriet dart without katie boulter earlier. former french opening champion is through as well.hampion went. andy murray, part of his wimbledon farewell, he is playing men's doubles with his brother jamie, they lost the first set to their opponents, they are trying, battling hard to stay in contention in the second, the chair the second set. keep across it all on the bbc sport website at wimbledon. the quarterfinals of euro 2024 get under way on friday, with france facing portugal in a replay of the 2016 final in the second game. before that, hosts germany face spain. the two sides met in the final in 2008, and germany captain, ilkay gundogan, knows how much is at stake, with two of the favourites going head to head. from now on, every game is at final, that's why it's called quarterfinal, semifinal and then a final, so obviously it is do or die, go to the next round or not. so, i am sure that both teams will play like it is a final, both teams on a similar level, on a similar high—level. they are facing each other, and i guess there is nothing betterfor a football fan but also

29th seed sorana cirstea and also reach the second round for the first time, with the likes of katie boulterd it was tougher than the scoreline suggested, particularly in the first two sets of his straight sets victory over mark lajal. but it was an entertaining way to open up the centre court programme for the fortnight, with the spaniard through to round two. andy murray says he'll give himself until the last minute to decide on whether he'll play at wimbledon. murray is due to play tomas machac tomorrow, and was set to announce tonight whether or not he will take to the court. but after a competitive practice session earlier with fellow britain kyle edmund, murray has delayed his decision until tuesday. -- until —— until the morning. we are now heading to extra time in frankfurt, these the scenes and portugal as slovenia have drawn out a goalless draw. that extra time in a previous night's game, we didn't have a 95th minute goal that took us there. so as you can see, christiano ronaldo getting some pretty serious carfax and as he fired his way into extra time. it'll be interesting to see

in the women's draw, katie boulter will face anna karolina schmiedlova of slovakia.on world champion paula radcliffe says she's "very sorry" after wishing a convicted rapist competing at the olympics the "best of luck". steven van de velde, who's named in the netherlands beach volleyball squad, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12—year—old british girl when he was 19. now 29, he resumed his volleyball career after serving just 12 months of his sentence, and was selected injune for the dutch olympic team. in a statement, radcliffe says... well, despite the games not formally opening until tomorrow, there has been some action already today. ireland will face fiji in the quarterfinals of the paris olympics after being edged out by new zealand14—12. ireland had a 12—point lead at half—time, but mcgarvey—black�*s converted score on the buzzer gave the all blacks the win. south korea's lim si—hyeon has broken the first world record of the paris games. she hit a score of 694 out of 720 in the ranking round of the women's individ

and the court behind me, harriet dart and katie boulter, two engush dart and katie boulter, two english playing english players, are playing each other and it is as tight as tight. can be. they just when i last looked, it was six all in the final set of the match, with katie taking the first and harriet taking the second. really, really tense game sounds really, really exciting. we are also due to see cameron norrie and jack draper play each other. another two brits. i was actually at wimbledon as a punter on tuesday and i watched jack draper manage to get through that final that that , through that final that that, that first round, he was looking in very, very good form . and in very, very good form. and also as if that wasn't exciting enough, you've got fernley, another brit playing djokovic and amazingly, fernley has managed to take the third set from djokovic. so it is just possible that a brit manages to knock world number three out of the championship. djokovic is back only three and a half weeks after having surgery on his knees. so a really, really exciting day for british tenn

this is katie boulter _ the battle? it has been. this is katie boulter against _ the battle?es as he looks to make this his final wimbledon. he should be playing the mixed doubles with emma raducanu but there will be many people trying to get their for the men's doubles later. manchester united manager erik ten hag has signed a contract extension with the club. the dutchman's previous deal was due to expire in 2025, but the club have triggered an extra year after deciding to stick with ten hag following an end of season review carried out after united won the fa cup, their second trophy in as many years. the club also recorded their lowest ever premier league finish of eighth, but the new united co—owners concluded that despite speaking to a number of alternatives ten hag would stay in thejob. there won't be many managers on the eve of the euro 2024 quarter finals that are facing as much scrutiny as gareth southgate. and the england boss is apparently considering making a significant change to his team. there'll be an alteration in personnel with marc guehi suspended, while i

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there's an all—british tie between katie boulter and harriet dart in the next round.19. a statement of intent from tadej pogacar after stage four of the tour de france which climbed the col du galibier. pogacar put defending championjonas vingegaard under serious pressure. the slovenian made his move 800 metres from the summit — briefly seeing vingegaard match him, before breaking free from the dane. he then raced down the other side of the mountain, and leads the race by 45 seconds. in what could be his final appearance in cricket's county championship — james anderson has had a day to remember. he took seven wickets for just 35 runs as he helped lancashire bowl nottinghamshire out for just 126. he was wicketless in the second innings as the follow on was enforced, with notts ending the day on 811—2, 143 runs in arrears. anderson will play for england for a final time at lord's next week in the first test against the west indies. turkey has been in austria to make it through to the quarterfinals of the euro 202a. more on our website. and that's all the sport for now.

and also katie boulter and harriet dart, they will be playing as well. but big day saturday. yes.ke on england and gareth southgate is prepared to be disappointed . and prepared to be disappointed. and anything else of the bonus right. >> okay. well there could be some changes because gareth southgate are the rumours they're coming in everywhere. from the england camp. he's, he's going to start playing three at the back, which is going to be more of an attacking formation, which is what we want to see. now i'm going to go straight into the enemy camp here, our great friend, former captain of switzerland. so if we can get any help from him and the legend ramon vega joins us. morning, ramon . morning, ramon. >> good morning guys . any help, >> good morning guys. any help, are you joking for ? are you joking for? >> well, i just think. don't you think the only thing i can send you guys is some lovely swiss cheese and chocolate. >> you know, a nice taste. after the game. >> this is the. well, this is the deal. >> we had alex mcleish on with you, didn't we? that just before the scotlan

in the women�*s singles, katie boulter will face anna karolina schmiedlova of slovakia.at any one time. the french capitaljoins london as just the second city to host the olympics on three separate occasions. the paris deputy mayor, pierre rabadan, says preparations for the games have been ongoing for more than eight years as the city prepares to welcome to world. we are definitely ready to welcome the olympics and the world of the olympics. athletes are already arriving for a big part of us in the village. the athletes and all the venues are totally ready and we are on the last preparation for the opening ceremony for sure, because we have today remain before it, but we work on that project since more than eight years now. so, uh, yeah, no worry. especially we just look at the weather, uh, to know what, uh, what we will have for for the opening ceremony. and i hope no rain. uh, but except that i�*m totally confident. uh, security is right for everywhere. uh, people and venue are exciting, uh, too. and we create a specific venue, as you know, in the standard city. so now

katie boulter is britain's number one, in the form of her life, recent winner at nottingham, seeded atourt. i know there is a lot going on but this big andy murray decision is being keenly awaited. yes. this big andy murray decision is being keenly awaited.— being keenly awaited. yes, it is rare on the _ being keenly awaited. yes, it is rare on the opening _ being keenly awaited. yes, it is rare on the opening day - being keenly awaited. yes, it is rare on the opening day at - being keenly awaited. yes, it is - rare on the opening day at wimbledon that the fans of�* focus is drawn to the practice courts and what is going on there rather than the playing courts, but that's where many gathered this morning in their droves with their camera phones as andy murray first warmed up and then went through a full range of motion, playing proper points as he tries to work out whether or not he is fit enough to play in matches this week. we expect an announcement from him one way or another later this afternoon. if the 37—year—old does play it will be his final wimbledon appearance, he says he wan

won the closely fought match against the closely fought match against the women's number one, katie boulterbook her place in the third round, there now being followed by jack draper, who's currently taking on fellow brit cameron norrie and later three time grand slam champion andy murray's due on court centre court. that is as well for his final campaign, where he's going to be partnered with his brother jamie in the men's doubles. a bit of entertainment news to end on a new film . superman is on a new film. superman is currently in production. it's a welcoming face as well for the world's first superhero. preparing for lift—off. take a look. easy, miss. i've got you . look. easy, miss. i've got you. >> you. you've got me. who's got you that? >> of course. christopher reeve . >> of course. christopher reeve. nearly 50 years since he first took flight in a thrilling hollywood epic that proved comic books could be big business. well, now, after several false starts, warner brothers is working on recapturing the iconic characters golden age in a new film, and they've enlisted the late christop

unfortunately, he's not playing singles of course, but katie boulter, the young brit, she's on centre've mentioned, what else is there? >> even cavendish. we want to talk about him. tour de france set a record. yes. pretty amazing actually, how he's managed to do that. 14th time, 15th time he's done the race, which is pretty extraordinary. what else? we're also going to be checking in with bev at the henley regatta, which is rather nice in her element. in her element. >> you're missing her tons. andrew desperately can't bear feeling lonely in the studio . feeling lonely in the studio. >> really lonely. >> really lonely. >> really. well, it's a very big table now , isn't it? table now, isn't it? >> to sit on your own, you have to find out for you. when she has her first glass of bubbly bubbles. because i suspect it would be before this programme ends >> oh, do you suspect i do? >> oh, do you suspect i do? >> she may have already had one already. >> she'll have a little buck's fizz. at least. >> so she'll be live with us, won't she? so we can tell. >> and, of course we're going to be di

, i know olivia is extremely busy there and mentioning all the excitement that's going on, but katie boultert dart, that's something if we look at the time now . so we're just the time now. so we're just after 1:00, that's the first game on centre court and we've got the british number one against the british number two. and they are so alike because they're both 27 years old. they're actually born within four days of each other, and they've gone through the ranks right from the bottom right up to now being number one and number two. so that's going to be a huge game. >> i saw katie training at eastbourne. was it last week or the week before in the tournament in the run up to wimbledon? she looked very good on form, yeah, it looks really, really fantastic. she won an atp. >> well, a wta title recently and she a huge leicester city fan as well. oh, is she a huge leicester city? >> oh, that's a shame. we can't all be perfect. >> well, there you go. what about the football against harry? >> the football. the football, the football. switzerland england . what's happening? england. what's happeni

katie boulter is britain's number one in the form of her life, recent winner at nottingham seeded at a mostly cloudy one. this will be replaced by cloudy one. this will be replaced by cloud because we have a weather front in the west and that will bring some rain as well. we are starting off with some sunshine across parts of the midlands, parts of eastern england, the far north—east of scotland. but for the rest of us it is fairly cloudy with the rain i was telling you about in the rain i was telling you about in the west. that will be putting eastwards as we go through the day. and it will brighten up rather nicely in the west. we will see some sunshine develop. temperatures today are no great shakes for the time of the year. 13 in the north to about 21 in the south. 21 in old money is 70 fahrenheit. but if you are out of the breeze, in the sunshine it won't feel too bad. but remember, the sunshine will be limited. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front does make it into some eastern areas is a weakening feature. there will be some clear skies following on

katie boulter plays today. jack draper plays today.at wimbledon today. early a&e be one of them. that's what we're waiting on. still, i don't know when andy's going to announce this, so we're expecting yesterday that he'd be able to say whether he's playing thomas machac , from the czech thomas machac, from the czech republic. it would be his final singles tournament at wimbledon. there's no doubt about that. so he he played yesterday on erg park and then he was hitting. he played a set, and that seemed to have gone okay. it's like i'm not going to make a decision. now. the organisers of wimbledon say take as much time as you want. so it could literally be 630 is when he's supposed to play. it could be like 615. and then he decides, i'm not going to play. you and your wife are putting your glad rags on, heading to down se 19. >> will you hang around to see him? if he does go onto centre court? because this could be his swansong? >> well, there's two things really with with this, isabel, is that firstly, yes, i'm going to stick around t

number one court has two british head—to—heads — katie boulter against harriet dart and jack draper facingampion carlos alcaraz, who had a much easier win on tuesday, while the australian open champion will play miomir kecmanovic in the third round. it was a tough match. especially the first tier sets. i made a couple of mistakes in the beginning of the third set and his confidence started to grow a little bit more. such an incredible server and play on grass, it means that only the small details can make the difference. i'm happy to see him back playing this level again. i had fun, i was feeling proud to play the world number one on wimbledon central court with millions of italian people watching us. i could feel the historic importance of this match and that made me very proud. i wish i could be here in a different condition but in 20 years' time i will remember this match with a smile. manchester united manager erik ten hag has signed a contract extension with the club. the dutchman's previous deal was due to expire in 2025, but the club have triggered an extra year after deciding to st

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