konta can take a lot from this result but maybe not too much.n the place to beat serena. on amazing results for her there. celtic are safely through to the third qualifying round of the champions league after a goalless d raw against rosenburg. brendan rodgers‘ side led 3—1 from the first leg and despite the norwegian champions having the better of the chances, they couldn‘t score, so celtic go through to face aek athens in the next round. the football association is considering a bid to host the world cup in 2030. the last major tournament played in england was euro 96, which came 30 years after the country hosted it‘s only world cup, in 1966 of course. and after the success of this summer‘s world cup, the fa have announced that they want gareth southgate to stay on as england manager beyond 2020, when his contract expires. england made the semi—finals in russia, and fa chief executive martin glenn said he was "the definition of the modern manager we want". he certainly looked modern in that waistcoat. india are in control after the opening day

is the us —— end of the us open for konta. blue skies and a lot of sunshine.jokovic, things got pretty difficult for him. how did he get on? it was his first appearance here since 2016. he was up against world number41. he since 2016. he was up against world number a1. he took the first set. the second set he lost at the end of ahe the second set he lost at the end of a he called out because he thought he was going to physically be sick at the end of the third sets witty w011. at the end of the third sets witty won. they brought in the extreme heat, first time in a men's match they can use this heat rule. ten minutes off court, cannot talk to your coach but you take a bit of a break. he came back like a new mint and it was able to turn things around. 6—0 dominating set. usual brutal conditions but novak djokovic does live to fight another day. brutal conditions but novak djokovic does live to fight another dayli hope things cool down for you this evening. enjoy. west ham survived a huge scare at afc wimbledon in the carabao cup. the league one side took the le

konta can takea career, winning just one game.much. the grand slams remain the place to beat serena. alex gulrajani, bbc news. celtic continue their bid to reach the champions league group stage later. they‘re in norway for the second leg of their second round qualifier against rosenborg, which they lead 3—1. alasdair lamont is in tronheim for us. the city of tronheim is familiar territory for celtic. we visited on champions league business last season, 364 days ago, to be precise, and they emerged victorious. there is also a familiarity about the celtic squad. of the team that won here, stuart armstrong and sea urchin go have departed. celtic‘s summer urchin go have departed. celtic‘s summer editions were already on loan at the club. —— but the manager doesn‘t see that as a problem. nowadays it is all about getting a new players but i also enjoy the continuity of coaching and seen players improve, and seeing them, there game, continually develop. but of course we want to strengthen the squad, of course. still a month for celtic t

konta has a really, really tough start on another very hot and humid new york day.he stadium. england bastmanjonny bairstow says he hope to keep wicket for the fourth test against india, despite fracturing a finger in the third test at trent bridge earlier this month. the fourth test will get underway on thursday at southampton. india won the last game but england lead the 5 match series 2—1 . i think it feels good. obviously, we will know more later on today, but the swelling has gone down and it's a lot better than i thought it would be. if i'm not able to keep wicket, i would like to think i will play as a specialist batsman but at the same time, i'm desperate to still try and keep my place as the keeper. there are some very good football matches to come later this week. as wales and england fight it out for a place in next year's women's world cup. should england avoid defeat they'll keep their qualification hopes alive, but for the welsh, a win would send them straight into their first world cup in france next year. it's obviously a huge game, probably the bigg

coming up on this programme: afterfalling behind, johanna konta returns serve to move through to thepenko. dina asher smith equals the world leading time for this year in the 100m claiming european gold in berlin. and tiger woods continues his bid for major number 15 as preparations for the 100th us pga championship continue. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis and there was a shock defeat for the number 11 seed jelena 0stapenko in the first round of the canadian 0pen on tuesday in montreal. the former french open champion was beaten in three sets by great britain'sjohanna konta — who's currently 43 in the world. konta — who beat serena williams in sanjose last week — came from a set down to win the decider 6—2 over the latvian— to seal her place in the second round where she'll face victoria azarenka. maria sharapova is also through to the 2nd round in montreal. her match against the bulgarian qualifier sesil karatantcheva was suspended because of rain on monday night, with sharapova leading 2—1 in the first set.

johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal after a busy day.he completed victory over victoria azarenka in a match delayed overnight because of rain. but she then lost in straight sets to the defending champion elina svitolina. and away from the sport, it in wasps news, a great way to deter them, i have been told, because conkers are used to deter spiders, apparently don't coffee is used in greece to keep wasps away. as income adjust wafting? this novel that? keep wasps away. as income adjust wafting? this novelthat? how keep wasps away. as income adjust wafting? this novel that? how do you burn copy? professionally made

konta — who beat serena williams in sanjose last week — came from a set down to win the decider 6—2 overvian— to seal her place in the second round where she'll face victoria azarenka. maria sharapova is also through to the 2nd round in montreal. her match against the bulgarian qualifier sesil karatantcheva was suspended because of rain on monday night, with sharapova leading 2—1 in the first set. they resumed on tuesday, and sharapova — who was the runner—up in 2009 — duly completed a comfortable 6—1, 6—2 victory. meanwhile petra kvitova is through to the third round. the number eight seed, who won the canadian open title back in 2012, beat estonia's annet kontaveit in straight sets. kvitova won 6—3, 6—4 to reach the last 16. in the men's singles, which is being played in toronto, novak djokovic is safely through to round two after a straight sets win over bosnia's mirza basic. the wimbledon champion should have been playing chung hyeon but the south korean pulled out with a back injury. basic was drafted in as a lucky loser and was beaten in straight sets as the number 9 seed won 6—3,

some tennis news, and johanna konta is currently on court at the canadian open in montreal for the secondday. earlier the british number one beat the former world number one victoria azarenka in straight sets. she's now playing the defending champion elina svitolina for a place in the quarterfinals.

it is the first time johanna konta garcia is a horrible start.nd is not ideal. she does have a record against the french player and has won three of their first five matches. victory today open up a more palatable route into the second week of the us open. but that seems a long way away. she has a tough start on another very hot and very humid new york day. and one of the biggest stars in american football has signed one of the biggest contract in the nfl's history. this is odell beckham junior who plays for the new york giants. he's a wide—reciever known for his one—handed catches. his new contract is worth almost £75 million over the next three seasons. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. children as young as ten trying to kill themselves, intolerable conditions and horrific violence. this, say aid workers, is what life looks like inside a european refugee camp. the bbc has been given rare access to moria camp on the greek island of lesbos. workers for the charity msf say it is the worst refugee camp on earth. it has a capacity for ar

playing johanna konta serena just didn't have it tonight... than two weeks removed from the wimbledon final... and on a court she did not practice on... williams won the first game but dropped six straight games to drop the first set 6-1 then... with big sister venus... who plays tomorow... watching... serena lost 12 straight games... suffering the most lopsided loss of her career... losing 6-1, 6-0... this is only her 5th tournament since giving birth and first since she relocated to the bay area to be with with her husband after a day off... the 49ers back at camp in santa clara today... and it was a bit of a camp "coming out" for the newly acquired richard sherman... there have ben some doubts about how soon he'd respond from an achillies tear that ended his final season in seattle... he erased much of those doubts when he jumped a jimmy garoppolo slant pass and picked it off... sherman's first interception of training camp sherman ...of course... signed as a free agent with the 49ers this offseason after being released by the seahawks 49er

johanna konta's fortu nes first set 6—2.s, but there was little sign of recovery here. the second set went the same way. novak djokovic dropped a set but was through to the second round. he struggled in the heat but after a ten minute heat break in which both players had iced laughs, he came through in four sets. west ham survived a huge scare at afc wimbledon in the carabao cup. the league one side took the lead afterjust two minutes, joe pigott with the goal. wimbledon then had a man sent off, but it took west ham until the hour mark to level things up, issa diop with this thumping strike. angelo ogbonna then put the premier league side in front, before javier hernandez added a third, to make things look a lot simpler for west ham than they actually were. 21 ties being played in all. you can get all of them on the website. a couple of upsets, as burton beat aston villa, norwich beat cardiff. leeds have been going great guns in the championship, but lost at home to preston. saido berahino scored his first goal for stoke cit

konta came back and won 12 consecutive games. just like that, the match was over. we can forgive williams if she wasn't completely on top of her game. there are other things going on in her life. she just had a baby 11 months ago but they didn't expect the results. i know i can play a axillarion times better. that help -- a zillion times better. that helps too. i don't have time to be shocked about a loss that clearly wasn't at my best and only try to be there and you know, when i was out there, i was fighting. that is the only thing i can say. i wasn't just giving it away. i was moving a lot better. just try to take the positives out of it. >> when you see a pro like her lose like that, it is heartbreaking. >> we can't take anything from konta. >> she played some tennis. >> serena's big sister venus is also playing in the tournament. when asked if she would stick around to watch her sister play later in the week she said i think so. i don't have anything else to do except more training. venus williams went to the final two years ago. who did she lose to? johanna k

this was a tough draw for konta, who has fallen down the rankings. seeded for this tournament for the first time in ten grand slam events. well, the other big story at flushing meadows this week has troubled all of the players. the temperatures have reached 38 degrees celsius on court with humidity levels of more than 50%. it's made it really difficult especially for the european players not used to these conditions, and novak djokovic said he had to battle with the conditions as much as his opponent in his first round win. it was a tough one, we both struggled. we were not the only ones today. obviously we had almost ten retirements in the men's draw. cruel conditions, but it is what it is and you have to deal with it. i had to find a way to dig myself out of trouble. it really feels like everything is boiling in your body in our brains and everything, the temperatures are so high. you want to try to counter that a little bit so to try to counter that a little bit so you to try to counter that a little bit so you can to try to counter that a little

johanna konta is out of the us open.und to the sixth seed caroline garcia. cameron norrie and andy murray are the only british players left in the tournament, they both play later today. the extreme humidity in new york forced novak djokovic to ask for a sick bucket as he beat hungary's marton foochovitch in four sets. the players were given a 10—minute heat break late on in the match. west ham survived a scare in the carabao cup. the premier league side came from a goal down to beat the ten men of league one afc wimbledon, 3—1. and it's a potentially huge day for scottish football. the sport's governing body is meeting to decide if the national stadium should remain at hampden park in glasgow, or move to murrayfield in edinburgh. massive decision, yes. it is a whopper, isn't it. both stadiums are basically whoppers but the licence is due to run out, so it could go either way. it won't be as hot as it was at the tennis. good morning. definitely not. today we have rain pushing south eastwards. when it does it will brighte

an incredible win forjohanna konta in california.into the major winning habits should be in full swing. johanna konta provided the next test on the that road and it proved to be a tough oneful william‘s joy road and it proved to be a tough oneful william‘sjoy in road and it proved to be a tough oneful william‘s joy in san jose reserved for the opening game of the match. it would be own her only success. konta reignited after her second round exit at wimbledon turned it on against the grand slam champion. the first set disappeared ina champion. the first set disappeared in a matter of minutes. williams was far from the powerhouse that reached the all england club finaljust over that reached the all england club final just over two weeks‘ that reached the all england club finaljust over two weeks‘ ago, and konta took full advantage. the win for the british number one sealed in underan for the british number one sealed in under an hour. the worst defeat of william‘s career whenning just one game. konta can take a lot from this result bu

johanna konta thrashed serena williams last night.r out of form and williams seemingly coming back into form, it was a defeat that nobody saw coming. with the us open living large, serena williams‘s quest to get into when habits should be in full swing. johanna konta proves a tough test. it would be her only success. contact reignited after a second—round loss and wimbledon. the first set disappeared in a matter of minutes. williams was far from the powerhouse that got to the final just two weeks ago. contacted full advantage. the women was sealed and less manpower. it is the worst defeat in william ‘s career. the grand slam ‘s remainder placed to beat serena williams. everton have announced the signing of a player from barcelona. the 25—year—old joins on a five—year deals for £80 million. he has 21 caps for france. he was on standby this summer. this is the second major signing of the summer. is the second major signing of the summer. just over a week to go until the premier league kicks off and two contenders were in preseason actio

but if you contrast that to johanna konta's form, konta's has been really poor, she dropped out of the of the top 50 now. but she has won. and it was the man of the victory that was really incredible. just losing one game, 6-0, 6-1. to incredible. just losing one game, 6—0, 6—1. to put it into context, serena williams's worst defeat ever since she turned professional way backin since she turned professional way back in 1995. so as you rightly say, incredible! let's talk about england's women at the hockey world cup, they struggled at the beginning but they are true to the quarterfinals. they are and teams are supposed to start strongly and reach their peak when it matters. they have got through to the quarterfinals of the world cup and they looked good, this was their best performance, a solid win for them. sophie bray got the goal to put their 1—0 up. still some nervy moments and they sealed the win late on. lily 0wsley sealed the win late on. they have got through to the quarterfinals but what happens next? they will get a real test, the netherlands is next, the world number one team

british number one johanna konta is these are our headlines.murray and cameron norrie play later today. the high temperatures in new york have seen the men allowed a ten minute break for the first time. novak djokovic took an ice bath during his victory. five men retired because of heat related issues. the scottish fa will decide today whether to stay at their spiritual home, hampden park in glasgow, or move internationals to murrayfield in edinburgh. and last night's league cup, west ham came from behind to beat wimbledon 3-1. came from behind to beat wimbledon 3—1. theirfirst came from behind to beat wimbledon 3—1.theirfirstwin of came from behind to beat wimbledon 3—1. their first win of the season. premier league cardiff and huddersfield lost to chamat czech teams. back with more after ten. this text on the natural cycles app. "i tried it after finding the all—male contraception completely tolerable. profumo and i felt i have contraception completely tolerable. profumo and ifelt i have myself back until i fell pregnant. i sought an abortion

konta will hope to join andy murray in the second round.ckworth in four sets and will face fernando verdasco next. it was murray's first best—of—five—set match in 11! months, having had surgery on a long—term hip injury at the start of this year. the discomfort i had been feeling in my hip was a lot better than it was over the grass court season. i've got, you know, a bunch of matches under my belt, a lot more training, and just a better understanding of where my body is at. so that was what helped with the decision. another brit cameron norrie is through but kyle edmund and heather watson both went out. there was plenty of talk about another serena williams outfit as she made it comfortably through her first round tie with poland's magda linette. the six—time champion made her return to the us open with a straight sets win. williams missed last year's championship because she was expecting her baby. her 6—4, 6—love victory over an opponent ranked 68 in the world means she will play germany's carina witthoeft, who's seeded 17, in the second

champion reached the wimbledon final last month but suffered the heaviest defeat of her career to johanna konta the wrote a long post on social media explaining "i just was in a funk. mostly, i felt like i was not a good mom. we have all been there. i work a lot, i train, and i'm trying to be the best athlete i can be." she went on to stress that such feelings were normal and urged other mothers not to suffer in silence. williams has been praised for so openly addressing the issue. the wales and tottenham striker sarah wiltshire is mum to 18 month old alexa—rose and returned to playing just weeks after giving birth. i was playing for yeovil at the time and living in hertfordshire so it was a very long journey. so notjust training but the journey took up a lot of my time and i was away for quite a big part of the day and then obviously i would come back and she was asleep so i did feel i was missing out on those days that i was training. so that was hard. missing out on those days that i was training. 50 that was hard. from within training. so that was hard. from within the sport as well i guess

and johanna konta will play victoria azarenka in the second round of the rogers cup later.ter she beat the former french open winner jelena ostapeko in the first round in montreal last night. the level of violence against women and girls in sport needs to be given "urgent attention." researchers studying gender—based violence in sport say it remains unknown how widespread the problem is and are calling on worldwide sporting bodies to take action. katie falkingham explained to me earlier some of the findings of the report. this report was commissioned by the international working group for women and sport. they asked a team of international researchers to look at how the landscape of sport is for women and girls at the moment. it is research that happens every four yea rs research that happens every four years and the latest one look at a wide range of issues from participation to leadership, to media coverage and in particular gender—based violence in sport. it found that there there has been progress over the last four years. organisations had made a difference since the l

williams lost 6-1 then 6-0 to konta in their first time facing off at the silicon valley classic out on the hard court.it's an unusual defeat although konta is a top performer...either way there were many fans out here excited to watch her up close in personal : serena williams, serena williams, tennis player// " sot: angela patel, tennis fan// "so serena williams is out of this event and onto the next in montre of the women's tour leading up to the u.s. open...while her sister venus williams will play here thursday. tag tonight at 10 we'll hear from serena on how she likes living in the bay area now.live in san jose ella sogomonian kron 4 news. badly> behaving people next edition of got here in the explain how we kron 4 news.sogomonian ella sogomoniankron 4 news.

but fans were stunned to see serena williams lose to johanna konta.an two weeks removed from the wimbledon final... and on a court she did not practice on. she won the first game but dropped six straight games to lose the first set 6-1... then dropped the second set 6-0. ( darya ) ( darya ) this is only serena's 5th tournament since giving birth and first since she relocated to since she birth and first since giving tournament serena's 5th this is only this is only serena's 5th tournament since giving birth and first since she relocated to the bay area to be with with her husband. her sister venus will play tomorrow ( james ) bay area baseball... and the a's are now winners of 2 in a row after beating the blue jays at the coliseum. the final score --

some tennis news, and johanna konta is currently on court at the canadian open in montreal for the seconde beat the former world number one victoria azarenka in straight sets. she's now playing the defending champion elina svitolina for a place in the quarterfinals. the number five seed from ukraine won the first set 6—3. it's 2—2 in the second. geraint thomas has yet to commit his future to a team next season, but the 2018 tour de france champion has been basking in a hero's welcome in cardiff after his stunning win in france last month. thomas received the welcome in his hometown cardiff — john watson has been watching in the welsh capital. a special day for the tour de france champion geraint thomas who was welcomed home by thousands of people a car death. he needs their short ride from the welsh assembly to cardiff castle stop —— thousands of people in cardiff. he became the first welshman to win the two defiance, the third british rider to do so. he will wonder what he will do so. he will wonder what he will do now, a big—money move on the table from a rival team, but team sky have p

johanna konta pulled out of her second—round match at the coneticut 0pen, just a week before the us 0peno play carla suarez navarro but withdrew due to a viral illness. british men's number one kyle edmund is due on court shortly — the number three seed is up against argentina's leonardo mayer in the second round of the winston—salem 0pen as he continues his preparations ahead of the last tennis major of the year. leeds united twice came from behind to draw 2—2 at swansea to maintain their unbeaten start to the championship season. former swansea midfielder pablo hernandez struck late on to cancel out two goals from man of the match 0li mcburnie. the point was enough to move leeds to the top of the table on goal difference. there were plenty of goals elsewhere this evening. queen's park rangers remain bottom of the table after losing to bristol city, they've lost their four opening matches to pile more pressure on steve mclaren. two second half goals gave frank lampard his second league win of the season. while hull city recorded their first league win beating rotherham. the england wome

it is the first timejohanna konta has not been seeded in a grand slam for the last ten events.she does have a record against the french player and has won three of their first five matches. victory today open up a more palatable route into the second week of the us open. but that seems a long way away. she has a tough start on another very hot and very humid new york day. that game getting under way, she loses the first game but going a served there. could we be in for a shock in the second round of the carabao cup? 21 ties being played tonight. and afc wimbledon of league one took a very early lead against premier league west ham. joe pygott with the goal afterjust two minutes. leeds united being beaten by preston north, and leicester city against the wood. queen's park rangers had a miserable time to nil. full list on oui’ miserable time to nil. full list on our website and all those games, its early stages still in the first half there. the leicester strikerjamie vardy and chelsea's gary cahill both effectively announced their retirement from international football today. ca

suarez—navarro was given a walkover when her opponent, johanna konta, withdrew through illness.a straight sets victory over italy's camila giorgi. benchich, the world number 43 from switzerland, was given a place in the main draw as a lucky loser when simona halep withdrew on the eve of the tournament. she won 6—4, 6—4 to reach the quarter—finals where she'll face aryna sabalenka or daria gavrilova. earlier, annet kontaveit made it through to the second round. the estonian came from a set down to beat pauline parmentier from france, taking the deciding set 6—2. she'll now play the olympic champion monica puig for a place in the quarter—finals. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. well, in the last few days it's been pretty warm across the uk, with temperatures in the high 20s across the south. we've got another fine day on the way on wednesday across central and southern areas of the uk. you'll probably see scenes like this from tuesday, lovely weather there around the dock

meanwhile, british number one johanna konta lost in the first round for the second successive year, ascaroline garcia. the four times european champions ajax are into the group stages of the champions league for the first time since 2014 after seeing off dynamo kiev. the second leg finished goalless in the ukraine as ajax go through 3—1, thanks to theirfirst leg win. meanwhile, swiss side young boys won 2—1 at dinamo zagreb to edge through 3—2 on aggregate. and aek athens are also into the champions league draw after a 1—1 draw with hungarian side vidi ensured a 3—2 aggregate win for them. next to the asian champions league, where the chinese side tianjin quanjin missed theirflight to japan due to traffic. they did make it in the end, but the journey ended up taking more than 2a hours. and if that wasn't bad enough, the first leg of their quarterfinal against kashima antlers didn't turn out much better. joe lynskey reports. for kashima —— tianjin quanjin, making it to the kickoff was hard enough. they travelled for 27 hours to reach kashima. and though the chinese team in white came cl

recent match in san jose california ended in a humiliating six one six love defeat to britain's johanna kontathat was the worst defeat of her a career. so you're upstate with the latest from d w news plenty more coming up at the top of the hour with my colleague maya psuedo i'm home free and by then i'll have plenty more for you tomorrow so then thanks very much for your company and see you same. letter we were. when we were. even percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship.

johanna konta battled back from a set down to reach the second round of the rogers cup in montreal withnumber one lost the first set in a tie—break but then won 6—1, 6—2, beating the 2017 french open champion injust over two hours. she will face either victoria azarenka or kristina mladenovic in the last 32. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejim waterson, who's the media editor of the guardian, and jack blanchard the editor of the politico london playbook. welcome to both of you. most of the front pages are in. the daily telegraph leads on borisjohnson's refusal to apologise for comments about muslim women and burkas which the prime minister says are ‘wrong'. the metro says the former foreign secretary is under growing pressure from senior figures. the guardian reports that the eu is on a collision course with donald trump over his reimposition of sanctions on iran. the independent leads on a study which suggests that over 450,000 children need treatment fo

mertens will face either great britain'sjohanna konta or sofia kenin of the united states for a placeur website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. temperatures over the last few days have been topping out around the middle 20s celsius. warm enough, you might think, but for some over the next two days, we'll have values into the mid—30s. increasingly warm and humid through the day ahead. some sunshine, but also a fair amount of cloud in places, because as you can see from the earlier satellite picture, we've got this pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way in across british isles, and western areas particularly, where you're exposed to that moist south—westerly flow, seeing a lot of cloud to start off thursday. some rather misty, murky conditions for some coasts and hills. a bit drizzly in places, the odd shower here and there. but, for north—east scotland and certainly for a good part of england and the south—east of wales, we start the day with some sunshine, and these areas will keep sunshine through the day. and, in some

british number one johanna konta warmed up for next week's us open with a routine win in the second roundrough in straight sets against germany's laura siegemund 6—2, 7—5. the victory means she's through to the last 16, where she'll play spain's carla suarez navarro. this is herfinal tournament before she plays in the final grand slam in new york, where she lost in the opening round last year. england international danny cipriani has been given an additional £2000 fine by his club side gloucester following the recent incident outside a nightclub injersey. he pleaded guilty in court to assault and resisting arrest. gloucester have now given him an additional sanction, as well as ordering him to spend ten hours community service coaching local youngsters. the rfu are still to announce the findings of their report into his behaviour. red bull racing have confirmed that frenchman pierre gasly will replace renault—bound daniel ricciardo at the team next season. the 22—year—old is competing in his first full season in formula one with red bull'sjunior team toro rosso. he'lljoin max verstappen a

johanna konta is putting something ofa run johanna konta is putting something of a run together herselfeer. she beat another american at the soviet classics. she reached the third round of this tournament which she won before two years ago. chelsea are closing in on a place after reaching the third qualifying round after a goalless draw against rosenberg. they led 3—1 from the first leg and despite the norwegian champions having the better chances, they could not score, which means celtic are now through to the next train to play against athens. when that and they face a play—off. tonight was a good demonstration that you cannot always play perfect football, especially in europe under pressure. there are questions asked about your resilience and i thought we stood up to that very well. it was a clean sheet and that was good to do, especially away from home. we won the tie last week with a great attacking performance and we defended well and tonight it was more about being solid and keeping a clean sheet. in the women's hockey world cup england will face australia in the semifinals if th

after beating serena williams, johanna konta has beaten sofia kenin in straight sets.l found those who drank no alcohol when they were 50 had 45% higher risk of developing the condition, than those who drank in moderation. we can speak to helen stokes la m pa rd, moderation. we can speak to helen stokes lampard, chair of the royal couege stokes lampard, chair of the royal college of gps and from cambridge by doctor david reynolds, chief scientific officer at alzheimer‘s research uk. explain what these findings are. this is a big study by a high quality research team. they have replicated findings we have seen have replicated findings we have seen before but if you drink a lot of alcohol it is bad for you, and the more you drink the higher your risk of dementia. if you drink safe limits, 14 units a week, spread out over a few days, you will have the greatest protection. those who have no alcohol do have a higher risk of developing dementia, but it is not a causation effects. just an interesting finding. i don‘t want people rushing out to start drinking alcohol to protec

johanna konta's impressive run is over after beating serena williams earlier this week, but was knockedut letting a 5—2 lead slip. by belgium's elise mertens, letting a 5—2 lead slip in the first set, to lose on a tiebreak, before being outplayed in the second. let's get the latest from the european championships where great britain's rowers have won their first medal of the day, a silver in the men's four at the strathcyle rowing lake. so often the flagship boat of the team, having enjoyed tremendous success at olympic level. the team of thomas ford, jacob dawson, adam neill and james johnston, were beaten by romania, who took gold. some live pictures, because great britain have another chance to wind a medal in the ruling. it comes in the men's quadruple sculls, on the strathclyde lake, just outside glasgow. hopefully they can improve on their last outing. johnny walton, john collins and graeme thomas. we will keep you updated with that result a little later when we get it. transfer more medals on the cycling track. today katie archibald is through to the final of the 3000 metres indi

and british number onejohanna konta was leading two—time grand slam champion victoria azarenka 6—3 3—s today for a spot to face world number five elina svitolina. let's go back to the bbc sport touch—screen for a final look at today's transfer deadline day deals, there were quite a few right at the wire, joe lynskey‘s there with our sports correspondent david ornstein. one club goes into this season now with new note new additions. to the tea m with new note new additions. to the team that finished last season. until you finish the game you cannot say it is the end of the game but it will be difficult to sign some players in four hours. david ornstein is with us this time for more on the deals going through. but that's extraordinary, no team has made zero signings in a transfer window but this is a tottenham hotspur side that came third last year and still has aspirations to win the premier league. it's in canada role, breaking records for the wrong reasons in this case but they have a settled team, they were 23 points behind manchester city and many tottenham fans say surely we can i

british number one johanna konta inflicted the worst defeat of serena williams' career, dropping justnew grammar school places are fast outstripping the number of new secondary school places in some parts of england — that's according to figures compiled by the bbc. there are 11,000 more grammar school pupils than in 2010. and by 2021, if the expansion continues at the same pace, that would be the equivalent of 24 new schools. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. educating boys for more than 100 years, bournemouth school is proud of its academic tradition. valued by parents and pupils. it has got more academically able students, and when they are together it helps, because they help each other out. we are all aiming to do well in our exams and do well in future life, so we all encourage each other, we challenge each other, we compete. most of you are at a stage now where you've moved on... the school is bidding for government money to grow. it's been making its admissions more inclusive, despite legal challenges from some better off parents. next year poorer children get pla

johanna konta also went out in the first round — she started really well against aryna sabalenka, takingosing in three. it was another tight match, though — they were on court for almost two and a half hours. celtic must score tonight in the second leg champions league qualifier if they're to keep alive their hopes of reaching the tournament's group phase. 1—1 from the first leg at celtic park, they're in greece to face aek athens off the back of a defeat to hearts in the scottish premiership at the weekend. at stake later, a place in the play—off round. it's day two of the para swimming world championships in dublin. paralympian ellie simmonds qualifying from today's 200m individual medley sm6 heats to reach tonight's final. kate grey has more. it was a busy morning for the british team, with 11 athletes qualifying through to this evening's final. three of which came from the women's sm6 childrenm individual medley, including paralympic champion, ellie simmonds. it as the first time she was competing in a british cap since the rio paralympics and she qualified in third position, with 15

johanna konta plays her first—round match at the us open later.ils from the reaction available on the bbc sport website and app. there was more talk of serena williams. the six time champion made her return to the us open with straight sets win. she missed last year because she was expecting her first which child. she missed last year because she was expecting herfirst which child. she moves on to play the 17th seed. her outfit was about more than just fashion, apparently. it is easy to play in, aerodynamic with the one arm free and so it feels really good. the tutu is easy to play in i practised in it before. that was fun. that is all the sport for now. we will be back with a full round—up at around we will be back with a full round—up ataround 1:30pm. we will be back with a full round—up at around 1:30pm. thank you very much. president trump has announced that flags at the white house and public buildings across the united states will be lowered to half—mast once more, in honour of senatorjohn mccain, who died on saturday. mr trump, who had clas

you said there was probably a reason whyjo konta, who is more than capable of beating serena williamsnta played brilliantly in the second set but serena crumbled, that gives you an idea of what was going on in her head. after losing the play off final and almost going into financial meltdown this summer aston villa made a better start to life on the pitch with a win in their opening championship match of the season. they came from behind to beat hull 3—1, alan hutton scoring his first goal since december, 2014 to seal victory for steve bruce's side. with just four days until the start of their premier league season, chesea's goalkeeper thibaut courtois hasn't reported for training. he missed monday's session and the club say they don't know when the belgian will return. he didn't feature in their community shield defeat to manchester city on sunday either. now, courtois is likely in spain where he was pictured in a tenerife local supermarket with some star struck staff members yesterday. spanish giants real madrid are rumoured to be interested in signing him. there he is. when i came

johanna konta is out of the us open, losing in the first round to france's caroline garcia.ning. theresa may has arrived in cape town at the start of a three—day trade mission to africa. she began by pledging an extra four billion pounds‘ worth of investment for the continent. it's her first official tour of africa as prime minister. in a speech she called for the uk to become the leading investor in the continent by 2022. she said the extra investment would support african economies, but she also wanted it to work in the interests of the uk. our political correspondent ben wright reports. upbeat, certainly. on the beat, perhaps not. but theresa may arrived in south africa eager to talk trade, development and economic growth. the prime minister began her trip to cape town at a school symbolising, she said, the youth and dynamism of many african nations. and it is jobs for these young people and millions like them the uk wants to help african economies create. so this was a trade mission underpinned by a promise. the prime minister pledged an extra £4 billion in direct uk gov

coming up on bbc news, the top brits are in action today but the standout performance comes from jo kontagives serena williams the worst defeat of her career. good evening. the army is on the streets of zimbabwe's capital tonight. water cannon and live bullets have been used against opposition party supporters claming the election there has been rigged. three people are reported dead. the chance of a peaceful transition to a new post mugabe era is quickly evaporating. the result has been delayed that will announce which of these two men will become president and lead the country, emmerson mnangagwa of the ruling party zanu pf, or nelson chamisa of the opposition mdc. and eu monitors are now questioning the credibility of the vote. —— and eu monitors are appealing for a swift declaration. our africa editor fergal keane reports from harare. from early, there was something different in the air. reports emerged on state media that a presidential winner would be declared by the afternoon. and at opposition headquarters, supporters were gathering in anticipation. it is about an hour to go befor

johanna konta shocks serena williams, beating her 6—1, 6—0 — williams‘ worst defeat of her career. welcome to bbc news at one. after imposing emergency spending controls for the second time in six months, northamptonshire county council is warning it may now have to cut even basic services. councillors will meet later today to consider how to save up to £70 million, 15% of its budget, by next march. one of the commissioners appointed by the government to oversee the authority has described the situation as truly perilous. our political correspondent tom barton reports. looking after older people, caring for vulnerable children, repairing the roads — all work done by local councils on behalf of local residents. at one authority is warning that soon it might only be able to do the things it is required to by law. northamptonshire county council has been warned twice in the last six months that it is at risk of running out of money, and has proposed reducing services to the bare minimum. the suggestion is reducing them to 33 core areas. the council says this is the best service of it

johanna konta is putting a run together.the biggest defeat of serena william's career, she beat another american at the silicon valley classic, sofia kenin, to reach the third round of this tournament she's won before. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, john. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. let's talk more about our main story. as you've been hearing, the bank of england has, this afternoon, raised the interest rate for only the second time in a decade. the rate has risen by 0.25% to 0.75% — the highest level since march 2009. the move will increase the interest costs of more than 3.5 million residential mortgages that have variable or tracker rates. but it will be welcomed by savers who could see a lift in their interest rates over the coming months. speaking after the announcement, the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, said that the monetry policy committee is making the right decision and things are heading in the right direction. two years ago the uk economy had substanti

johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal. in a match delayed overnight because of rain. but she then lost in straight sets to the defending champion elina svitolina. that's all the sport for now. head over to the website for the latest from the european championships. and i'll have the latest in the next hour. goodbye for now. holly, thank you very much indeed. more now on our top story... mike ashley, owner of sports direct has struck a £90 million deal to rescue house of fraser. earlier the department store had called in the administrators, but now sports direct has acquired all of the uk stores, the brand and all of the stock in the business. there are reports that some of the stores could become sports direct outlets and others ‘flannels' stores bbc look north spoke to some shoppers outside house of fraser in hull this morning to gauge their reaction. it is a shame because it is a nice shop. but it is like a lot of the shops, they are not getting the sales any more. are you confident it could be saved? i'm hoping, but i'm

johanna konta is through to the second round of the conneticut 0pen with a routine win over germany'soman to have direct entry into the main draw. she'll play spain's carla suarez navarro next. that's all the sport for now. it is fairly quiet on the weather front right now. very muggy as well. temperatures pretty high first thing this morning. how about the weather on tuesday, tomorrow? it is looking not bad at all. it might be cloudy first thing. the sun should come out in one or two areas. the weather systems and all the rain bearing clouds after the north—west of us between scotland and iceland. you can see just above my head. as far as we are concerned it is mist and murk and a spot of drizzle. we have had that in northern england. that is it. those temperatures very mild, 17 degrees 6am on tuesday and even the meetings as far north as newcastle. and this is warm, humid aircoming from newcastle. and this is warm, humid air coming from the azores, the subtropics, in our direction. so with this weather pattern, quite often what we get is lot of cloud and murk around coastal areas an

johanna konta's impressive run is over after beating serena williams

coming up in sportsday on bbc news, british number one, johanna konta says she is in a better mental for more than 3 weeks this summer these flames devoured moorland across parts of north west england at the height of the summer heatwave. some six thousand acres were affected. a hundred soldiers were drafted in to help firefighters but it was long time before they finally put the fires out. 0ur correspondent danny savage has returned to the scene near stalybridge in greater manchester to find out how local farmers have coped since and to see what effect it all had on the wildlife there. hejoins us now. sophie, it is not a pretty sight, mile after mile of lifeless merlins and as faras mile after mile of lifeless merlins and as far as you can see, all that black land is where the fire swept through at the end ofjune. the fires are out and the smoke has gone but we have been speaking to people who live and work here at about the way forward, how do we go about repairing this landscape? the desperate days of high summer on the roof of england. several square miles of pennine moorland bur

johanna konta is into the second round of the rogers cup in montreal. she came from a set down.er. the 23—year—old spaniard is reportedly having a medical in london today ahead of a rumoured £71 million mood —— move from athletic bilbao. he will replace thibaut courtois, who has skipped chelsea training for the past couple of days. he is hankering after a move to real madrid. —— real madrid. back with headlines in 20 minutes. rank you. women freezing their eggs is on the rise, despite it costing up is on the rise, despite it costing up to £7,000. however, leading obstetricians are urging caution if people are relying on the process so they can have a baby in later life. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says egg freezing does not guarantee future live births — figures show there is around a 20%, success rate. there are also controversial storage limits for how long the eggs can be kept. a maximum of ten years. medical experts are also warning many women are leaving it too late to preserve their fertility, instead of a planned and informed choice. while it is

johanna konta's run has ended, she was knocked out in the quarterfinal is.y outplayed in the final set. great britain have a good chance of adding to them medal tally. three dozen meter individual pursuit. the gold medal race is at 7:50pm this evening. archibald has won the last four titles. geordie has won gold to her name from yesterday's team pursuit. in the pool yesterday's team pursuit. in the pool, george davies has broken the british and european record in the heats for the 50 metres backstroke. she's looking good to improve on the bronze she won in this event two yea rs bronze she won in this event two years ago. and adam peaty is back in the pool later looking to win the 100 metres breaststroke title for the third time in a row. he set a championship record in the heats and although he was slower in the semis, he said he will be bringing his a—game to the final, which is just before 5:15pm this afternoon. you can watch it all live on bbc one. another good medal chance will come in the men's quadruple sculls, they won silver last year, three of their