fred kerley of the usa is now the world's fastest man.seconds. it's the 27—year—old, who won 0lympic silver last year, edged marvin bracy and trayvon bromell in 0rgeon. dina asher—smith says she has "more to give" after she set the fastest time in the women's100m heats. asher—smith, who is the 200m world champion, progressed to the semi—finals in the second quickest time of her career. fellow briton daryll neita also qualified for the next round with a season's best. and great britain's laura muir, who won silver in tokyo last year, ran a season's best to reach tomorrow's1500 metres final. with golf, is this the day that rory mcilroy�*s eight year drought for a major comes to an end. he has a share of the lead at the open championship going into the final round. ben croucher is at st andrew's for us: mcilroy has been impressive so far, but he's not the only one in the running? hovland will also be teeing off this afternoon. history awaits at this famous old course. for mcilroy, chasing his first major title since 2014, seemed inconceivabl

kerley set off the favourite, but this was no victory procession.am—mates breathing down his neck, but kerley clung on, just. after a nervous wait, gold was finally confirmed. delight for kerley, who used to be a 400 metre runner, and for the crowd, too, as america took a clean sweep of the medals. what a win and what a moment for fred kerley — he came as the man to beat, and is now the world champion. in the heats of the women's 100 metres, meanwhile, some statement from dina asher—smith. she qualified first for the semifinals. the british will have high hopes. laura muir is safely through to the 1500 metres final as britain chases as those middle of this championship. —— as britain chases its first medal of this championship. andy swiss, bbc news. spain will be england's opponents in the quarter—finals of the women's euros on wednesday. a late goal from marta cadona saw spain beat denmark 1—0 in brentford in their final group game. elsewhere germany, already group b winners, beat finland 3—0. they meet austria in the last 8. hampshire won county c

kerley set up a favourite, but this was no victory procession.p by 15 points with half an hour remaining but emiliano boffelli's last—minute try rounded off a pumas fightback, 3a—31 the final score, to seal the series win. earlier on saturday, ireland claimed an historic series victory in new zealand. england also wrapped up a series win in australia, but wales dreams were dashed in south africa. joe lynskey reports. on the other side of the world, ireland faced down rugby union's near impossiblejob. just four away teams in history had won a series in new zealand, but few have come at the all blacks quite like this. and over the line! ireland weren'tjust in front, but dominant — 22—3 up at half—time. the all black backlash came with three tries, and wellington stirred. but still, ireland pushed back and reached out for their moment. can you believe it? he got there! eight days ago they had never won on all black soil. for ireland, it was great to win just one. to win a series was extraordinary. across the tasman sea, at the scg, the cricket groun

the american fred kerley has won the men's 100 metres at the world athletics championships 0regon.es secured second and third. russia's defence minister has ordered all forces to step up operations across ukraine. sergei shoigu said it was to prevent attacks on the occupied east of the country. it comes as russian missiles struck cities right across the country, including at a space rocket and satellite factory in dnipro. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has this report. 0n ukraine's eastern front, they're about to target russian positions... ..this time, using american—supplied howitzers and ammunition. ukraine's still vastly outgunned. these help... ..but they can't hang around. western weapons like this have given ukraine an advantage in terms of accuracy and range, but they've also become high—value targets, with russia trying to hunt them down. they prepare to move out quickly before they become the target. gunshot. go, go, go! well, that's a russian reply coming in just now. they fired their shots and, within minutes, russian artillery were responding, shells landin

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heat, while in the 100 metres, zharnel hughes is also through behind the favourite, america's fred kerleyfter only just getting a visa in time. but he qualified for the semifinals. the 100 metres is very much the focus of this weekend. both the men's and women's titles will be decided. the fight to be the fastest should be an enthralling one. it will do well to match this, though — the us pipped to gold by the dominican republic in the mixed—relay final. bronze, though, meant a 19th world medal for america's allyson felix at the end of a remarkable career. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. and a reminder, day three of the open at st andrews is under way, you can follow it on the bbc sport website. that's all from me — back to you, anita. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6.50, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on our top story — the extreme weather affecting tens of millions across england and europe. the heat will mean many will be near open bodies of water — to cool off — and authorities

heat, while in the 100 metres, zharnel hughes is also through behind the favourite, america's fred kerleythe semifinals. the 100 metres is very much the focus of this weekend. both the men's and women's titles will be decided. the fight to be the fastest should be an enthralling one. it will do well to match this, though — the us pipped to gold by the dominican republic in the mixed—relay final. bronze, though, meant a 19th world medal for america's allyson felix at the end of a remarkable career. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. that is round upon the action. we go to oregon now, and the is there for us live. so much to look forward to, not least the men's100 metre final. we heard in your report getting through his heat. how exciting is that potential feel in the final? it’s potential feel in the final? it's hu . el potential feel in the final? it�*s hugely exciting, as you say, the first section of the morning session here is just getting first section of the morning session here isjust getting under way. we've got 3000 metres steeplechase, but no doubting the highlight of today and that i