now you may remember we told you yesterday about khadijah mellah, the 18—year—old female jockey who wase magnolia cup at glorious goodwood, after sitting on a racehorse for the first time just three months ago. well, she won! in a fairytale ending, khadijah beat the likes of olympic champion victoria pendleton, despite only learning to gallop for the first time last week. khadijah is believed to be the first person in the uk to wear a hijab in a competitive horse race and it won't be the last we'll see of her. i didn't really realise what the magnolia cup was so i was like, "yeah, sure, a race, love that." ebony horse club sort of were like, "we'll support you," and stuff, and ijust, i can't really explain it, just, yeah, started riding out. it was really difficult initially, racehorses is very difficult, i had quite a few mishaps, but as soon as i got the hang of it i started enjoying it loads and i want to continue riding out, and i love it. just to recap, on the first day of the first test of the ashes, england bowled out australia for 284. stephen smith was in for 144. all the lates

teenage jockey made history. 18—year—old khadijah mellah is the first person in the uk to ride occura hijab and went on to win, having only sat in a resource for the first time back in april. the talented teenager is set to study mechanical engineering at university in september. i remember the three in front of me at the beginning and their kickback sort of smacking my face and then slowly creeping up behind them and hearing their, like, hooves clip and stuff and i was like, "oh, my god," and then i was aiming to find a gap so i pulled out a little bit and hejust went, but haverland just went. he did it all, he's just an amazing horse, ilove him. i hear that you are only riding fast work last week. the quarterfinals of the silicon valley classic is in california. world number 55 knocked out the number eight danielle collins of the usa losing just two games along the way to zheng saisai in the process. she will now face another american. the number four seed, anisimova beater compatriot to seal her place in the last eight. in the other half of the draw, ahn beat the belgian, mertens.

this is khadijah mellah who only took up horseriding three months ago.she took part in a professional race. this is it, the magnolia cup at the prestigious glorious goodwood festival here in the uk and despite being mounted on a rank outsider, get this, she came first. i remember the three in front of me at the beginning and their kickback sort of smacking my face and then slowly creeping up behind them and hearing their, like, hooves clip and stuff and i was like, "oh, my god," and then i was aiming to find a gap so i pulled out a little bit and hejust went, but haverland just went. he did it all, he's ust amazing, he's an amazing horse, ilove him. i hear that you are only riding fast work last week. i've only did two gallops and they were in the last two weeks. wow, that's amazing, to be able to win a race. that's the fastest i've ever been. she made horse racing with witty easier. just in three months. i hope she doesn't start news reading. you've watching newsday. i'm lewis vaughan—jones in london. and i am mariko 0i in singapore. i will be back with

and i feel like i am in a good mindset the moment. 0n bbc news you may have seen the story of khadijah mellaht coming up right on in the inside track, she took the win by the narrowest of margins. but look how much it meant to her. khadijah trains at the ebony horse club in brixton, which gives inner city youngsters the chance to train as jockeys, and she hadn't even sat on a horse before april this year. andy and jamie murray made it through to the second round of the men's doubles in washington last night. they beat the french pair of nicolas mahut and edouard roger—vasselin in three sets. it's the first time that andy and jamie have played together since 2016. andy is still considering a return to singles in two weeks time. physically, ijust feel so much better. i have no pain, it's not restricting me or any of the shots that i'm hitting. i feel a little slower, i hope that some of that will come back in time. look, i didn't know how much more i was going to be playing after last year. to come back and be competing pain—free is brilliant. and a new bring you, the aussie captain tim paine h

the first jockey to race wearing a hijab, khadijah mellah.in april. hadn't even been on a resource before. to get from that in april to be winning a race of goodwood, it's incredible. paving the way for so many more british muslim women to have a go, get a taste of it. because it still feels like it's a sport that is hard to break into. the british muslim foundation estimates you can count the numberof foundation estimates you can count the number of british muslim women who are racing. it's incredible, just the small numbers. the other big story is steve smith. england australia, edgbaston and they took it substantive people to try and wind up the australians. i suppose you could say that steve smith refused to be rubbed up the wrong way. he showed what a brilliant player he is. i can handle the rough stuff, lots of sandpaper ponds on the back pages but he really did answer any critics. i suppose we should not be surprised. the fort william match. did you see this. this is the uk's worst foot team. after 73 matches. that is dedication and co