surprising run, despite the fact thatjohanna konta played so well in rabatin thatjohanna konta playedbat in morocco and then in rome where she reached the final in a strong field. she has taken her opportunity magnificently well. i think a lot comes down to confidence, getting so many wins on clay under her belt before roland garros makes a big difference. she isa garros makes a big difference. she is a confidence player who is on a run, she has a lot of wins under her belt which helps on all surfaces. as for the clay particularly, i don't think there is anything dramatically different she has done it this year. it was interesting to hear that before great britain's tight with kaza khsta n over before great britain's tight with kazakhstan over easter weekend on indoor hard court, johanna konta decided to play on a clay court because she thought that was the best way to prepare for the clay season. best way to prepare for the clay season. that tells you everything you need to know aboutjohanna konta, she works in currently heart and will leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of succes

, was out of ideas because johanna konta, slam champion, was out of ideas becausejohanna konta, at herthe ball to do anything. 6-4, can make the ball to do anything. 6—4, she even saw that the final forehand was out, the empire checked the clay and agreed. the impression johanna konta has made france's been disputable. someone is going to win the french open, why shouldn't it be her? whenever i step onto the court, i'm always going to have a chance, most cadavers shot at any play in any way you can go against me and i think i've definitely got it i am pleased with how i dealt with the conditions out there and just how i gave myself space to play and i felt i played the game which i was really pleased with so i am just happy. the 19—year—old closed out straight sets victory and the 19—year—old closed out straight sets well fans at roland garros will be treated to a first match between roger federer and rafa nadal there — since 2011, in the mens semi final on friday. 11—time champion nadal put in a flawless showing, to dismiss the 7th seed kei nishikori in straight sets. it finished 6—1,

another konta misjudgement, and the czech was one set up. still, konta had hope. she led 5—3. again, it slipped away. it went to a tie—break, and it was vondrousova who was inspired. the 19—year—old duly held her nerve and seized her place in the final, leaving konta to rue what might have been. britain's hopes of ending a a2—year wait for a women's singles finallist at a grand slam have finished in the familiar frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. it is always tough to lose a match, any match. and it is also tough to lose matches where you do have opportunities, you do have chances. however, i feel very, very co mforta ble however, i feel very, very comfortable and very assured and the fa ct comfortable and very assured and the fact that i did do the best i can. in the men's draw, rafa nadal is through to a his third consecutive french open final. the king of clay knocked out old rival roger federer in straight sets, inflicting federer‘s worst grand slam defeat. nadal will be going for an incredible 12th roland garros title on sunday. he'll play either novak djokov

anotherjohanna konta error, and the czech was one set up. slipped away. it went to a tie—break and it was vondrousova who was inspired. the 19—year—old held her nerve to clinch a place in a first grand slam final. but her delight was matched by konta's disappointment. it means the waiting goes on. not since virginia wade won wimbledon in 1973 has britain had had a women's singles finalist at a grand slam. for 42 years, so many have tried to emulate her and for konta this had seemed a golden chance. instead, for her and for british tennis, it's ended in yet more frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. well, the women's world cup kicks off this evening in france. the host nation faces south korea in the opening game in paris this evening the match is sold out, and almost a million tickets have been sold for the tournament as a whole. england and scotland begin by playing each other in nice on sunday. katie gornall sent this report from the south of france. england, 18 years to breaking new ground. they have lifted one trophy already this year, the

becausejo konta, at her will, could make the tennis ball do anything. 6—4, the set finished and konta clay and agreed. it is right! the impression that konta has made in paris is indisputable. someone is going to win the french open. why shouldn't it be her? joe wilson, bbc news. lets see what the weather is doing. here is chris fawks. it has been a wet day today. these guys sheltering under this big oak tree to have the best chance of any shelter from that reign. but for most, it has been pretty wet. there is some dry weather working its way into southern england. across scotland it has been a day of sunshine and showers, and elsewhere it has been pretty wet. that rain continues its journey northwards as we go through this evening. slowly clearing out of wales and northern england. then the front slows down across northern ireland and scotland. here it will be raining for much of the night. further south with those clear skies coming in, temperatures around nine celsius, something like that. looking at the picture for wednesday, we have rain for much of the day for scotland and north

. —— johanna konta. johanna konta is on a roll at the french open.s the first british women in more than 35 years to reach the semifinals. and she did it by playing near—perfect tennis, asjoe wilson reports. the courts of paris are clay, but they are like a motorway if you serve like this. jo konta just overpowered sloane stephens. 6—1 in the first set. that's big from konta. another break! whatever lies on the court's surface, it's what lurks in the player's mind that matters. konta here was certain. every point was gettable, every point winnable. stephens chased and missed. konta won 18 consecutive points on her own serve in the second set. her opponent, a former grand slam champion, was out of ideas. because konta, at her will, could make the tennis ball do anything. 6—4 the set finished, and konta even spotted that stephens‘ final forehand was out. the umpire checked the clay and agreed. it is! it is wide! the impression konta has made in paris is indisputable. someone is going to win the french open. why shouldn't it be her? joe wilson, bbc news

and just is another k0 for konta in birmingham.ndjust bumps is another k0 for konta in birmingham. and just bumps and bruises, thankfully geraint thomas says he will be able to defend his tour de france title next month. good evening. tomorrow night we'll know who plays who in the last 16 at the women's world cup. england are there no matter how they get on againstjapan tonight. we'll head live to nice injust a moment. but for scotland, it's win or bust against argentina in paris. jane dougall is at the parc de princes. such a crucial match tonight here at the parc des princes. a loss or draw will not do, scotland need to beat argentina. that will not be an easy thing to do because argentina despite being ranked 37 in the world have had a great world cup so far. they had a draw againstjapan and a very narrow one nil loss to england so very narrow one nil loss to england so scotland will have to break them down if they have any chance of getting out of the group stages. all the squad now they will have to throw everything at this ma

and konta did a good job of putting that to one side.win with the pair battling through numerous stubborn rallies. her new mantra and coach demetri is having autonomy on court, and she did so looking calm and collected, barely exchanging a glance with her team. this week, konta said herself winning back to back means you learn to trust yourself. and that is exactly what she did. a little bit of history made, but konta will be happy to continue walking injo durie's footsteps and make it all the way to the final four. and konta will now face last yea r‘s runner—up, sloane stephens. the american came through in straight sets against the 2016 champion, garbine muguruza. konta has won both her previous matches against stephens. there were very straightforward wins for roger federer and rafael nadal today. but the 2015 champion stan wawrinka needed five sets and more than five hours to beat stefanos tsitsipas — the longest match of this year's tournament so far. he'll face federer in the quarterfinals. we've had our first upset at the world cu

clearly, the occasion got to johanna konta, williams.e occasion got tojohanna konta, she had the expectations of being the favourite. she was hugely frustrated that this opportunity slip by. the third grand slam semifinalfor johanna konta, on a third different surface, is she still improving? she's got lots to be very proud of. this run of play has been astonishing. she was in danger of slipping out of the top 50 in rabat at the end of april, and has won 15 matches on the surface, when she won seven in her entire career it says how amazingly she has played. she will be a top 20 player come monday. that is a stepping stone into the grass of wimbledon. his season has been transformed, she is in the top ten players on ranking alone this year. a big missed opportunity. i hope you can put this behind her and continue herform on the grass. hope you can put this behind her and continue her form on the grass. yes, just to tie up the manif you will. rafael nadal in this weepy side of roger federer. he will play the winner of novak djokovicjack of

johanna konta won in straight sets. clare balding was watching the action.sults that have really made an impact. johanna konta having it out in straight sets that upside she had to win the hard way in the end, didn't she? i thought it was one of those very reassuring konta performances that we are seeing more and more. she was pushed hard by her opponent, her south health and well and she was able to close it out in straight sets. it guarantees her another match on the grass. she will be playing for the fifth time over the next couple of weeks. good practice for wimbledon. more importantly, this is a big event and into own right. this is where her pa rents a re into own right. this is where her parents are from. she has every chance of making a very good run here now. she had one awkward fall from behind the baseline, but picked herself up. we see a lot of that on the grass, don't we? i think she will be absolutely fine. looking very sure on his feet was dan evans. another win for him. a player people fear when they see his name in the draw at wimbledon. i t

——johanna konta. nine year has proved she has got the staying power. -- johanna konta.then i got into it. now they both quit and now i'm the only child playing get. falling in love with a score at a young age, whatever this work but with tennis, that last with you forever. in a still lasting with me forever. in a still lasting with me for now and i'm sure ruby will be loving tennis for a very long time. one day of the international tournament, a chance for the fans here to get up close to the stars of the practise court. it is brilliant. my the practise court. it is brilliant. my favourite week of the year here. we get really good people here. my favourite week of the year here. we get really good people herelj have been to the french open, wimbledon, i've been to a few premier events and this is probably the best one so far. some wait to see some of the top professionals play when you are not lucky enough to get tickets for wimbledon. among them, the defending champion, caroline wozniacki. who returns here your own gear with high regard for the grass. when people are c

britain's jo konta barty beat american madison keys.'sjo konta plays marketa vondrousova, in the other semi tomorrow. i don't think it'll sync and today, so i don't think it'll sync and today, so it's crazy, i cannot believe the result today and getting the opportunity to play against the monad that how it and it is getting crazier to me. meanwhile world number one novak djokovic reached his first french open semi final since 2016. with a clinical straight sets win over german fifth seed alexander zverev. djokovic who's chasing a fourth straight grand slam, will face dominic thiem in the last four. tomorrow, johanna konta will experience the semi finals of the women's singles at roland garros. for the first time as she takes on 19—year—old marketa vondrousova. victory for konta would make her the first british woman to play the first british woman to play the french open final, since sue barker won the event backin since sue barker won the event back in 1976 and barker told our presenterjohn watson that these two have recent experience

the impression johanna konta the impressionjohanna konta has made in paris is indisputable. is that i have to take my loss likea man. no blaming anyone or anything. i‘m the one who went in there to perform and my performance didn‘t go to plan. my game plan didn‘t go to plan, i‘ll adjust, analyse, do my best to correct it, and get thejob done. athletics‘ governing body, the iaaf, says it will seek a swift reversal of a ruling which will allow caster semenya to compete without taking medication. a court in switzerland found in semenya‘s favour and temporarily suspended a new ruling from the iaaf that restricts testosterone levels in female runners. they say the court made the decision without its knowledge so it didn‘t have the chance to defend itself. scotland fly out to france later for the women‘s world cup where they‘ll play england in their first match on sunday. the lionnesses arrived at their hotel in nice yesterday. before setting off for france they were wished luck with a series of posters across the country with messages from their family, friends and in some cases

konta has won both her previous matches against stephens.l nadal today — but the 2015 champion stan wawrinka needed five sets and more than five hours to beat stefanos tsitsipas — the longest match of this year's tournament so far and he'll face federer in an all swiss quarter—final. we've had our first upset at the cricket world cup, a 2i—run victory for bangladesh against south africa, who've now lost two matches following defeat to england in their opener. south africa won the toss and put bangladesh into bat at the oval — and they made their highest one—day total of 330—6. that set south africa what would have been a record world cup run chase, but they fell short on 309—8. mustafizur rahman was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets. halifax have become the first championship side in 13 years to reach the semi—finals of rugby league's challenge cup, thanks to a hard—fought win over fellow second tier side bradford bulls. they came from 6 nil down at halftime to win 20 points to 16, james woodburn—hall scored the decisive try. and the re

another konta misjudgement and the czech was one set up. still, konta had hope.ho was inspired. the 19—year—old duly held her nerve and seized her place in the final, leaving konta to rue what might have been. britain's hopes of ending a 42 year wait for a women's singles final at a grand slam, finished in the familiar frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... sally challen is released after her sentence for killing her husband was reduced to manslaughter after she suffered yea rs of reduced to manslaughter after she suffered years of abuse and coercive control. three deaths into hospitals outbreak ofan three deaths into hospitals outbreak of an infection traced back to food provided to nhs patients, three more are seriously ill. police arrest four after two women are targeted in a homophobic attack ona are targeted in a homophobic attack on a london bus. now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. this week, did bbc news treat president trump this week with the respect owed to his office? hello. welcome to news watch with me samirahmed.

and britain'sjohanna konta is in action at the french open this morning — aiming to become the first to reach a tennis grand—slam final in 43 years. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. labour has narrowly won the peterborough by—election — holding off a challenge from the brexit party. union activist lisa forbes took 31% of the vote, beating the brexit party's mike greene by 683 votes. the conservatives came third with 21%, while the liberal democrats were fourth with i2%. the by—election was called after the former labour mp fiona onasanya, who was expelled from the party earlier this year, was removed from the seat after losing a recall petition. more now from our political correspondent iain watson. a result that seemed to be on a knife—edge. and i do hereby declare that lisa forbes is duly elected... cheering and applause but it was labour that cut through. a narrow victory over the brexit party, a majority of 683, with the conservatives in third place. the result seemed to be on a knife—edge all night. sometimes the brexit party felt they were ahead, sometimes it

better news in the women's singles forjohanna konta though.n over maria sakkari of greece. she will play tunisian 0ns jabeur in the next round. there were also wins in the men's draw for britain's dan evans and cameron norrie. the former world heavyweight boxing champion vladimir klitschko has been rescued by the spanish coastguard after the luxury yacht he was onboard caught fire.klitschko posted a video of the rescue operation on social media. he was on holiday off the coast of majorca with family and friends when the fire took hold. this is his commentary. three o'clock in the morning. we are in the sea, getting rescued. the boat was on fire, we are hanging out side. just finally, the former world snooker champion shaun murphy has made an audacious bid to qualify for the open golf championship. murphy won the world snooker title in 2005 at the crucible. he plays golf off scratch but describes himself as more than a social golfer. he was unable to progress to final qualifying after shooting a 12 over par 84 at county louth. he described it a

konta has just five days to get ready for wimbledon now — where she'll be seeded 19th.ngs well, not too much to feel too down about, disappointed that i would've liked to down about, disappointed that motivators stadia longer but to come to that match and find a way, yeah, i don't dwell too long on matches, i try to see the good things that i can do better and move forward. liam broady is one win away from qualifying for next weeks tournament at the all england club, he won his second round match today — he's bidding to reach the main draw for a fourth time. 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 former pensions minister, baroness altmann and mihir bose, the writer and broadcaster. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. and before we show you them — a warning that some do show the photograph of the bodies of a father and his daughter who drowned attempting to cross into the us. the i leads on the conservative leadership race. it claims that

but ever valuable konta drop shot gave her the edge.er team. this week, konta set herself when in back to back, you learn to trust yourself. and that is exactly what she did. a little bit has a remade but konta will be happy to continue walking in the footsteps and make it all the way to the final four. and konta will next face a grand slam champion, in either garbine mugurutha or sloane stephens — they‘re into the first set of their match. 0ne one of those will play konta next in the quarterfinals. south africa need to set a world cup record run chase if they are going to beat bangladesh at the oval. south africa won the toss and put bangladesh into bat. and they made their highest one—day total, of 330—6 shakib and mushfiqur put on a stand of 142, that was a world cup record for them overs they will have to up it somewhat. bangladesh are on for a very famous win. england beat south africa in their opening world cup match last thursday, tomorrow they face pakistan at trent bridge where they have posted two world record scores since 201

konta knocked out in the french open semifinal., i! konta knocked out in the french open semifinal. one court now, 11 times champion graf an adult taking on roger federer. rafa nadal is —— took the first set. liddle has clawed it back, a—3 to federer with rain forecast over the next few hours in the french capital. 750 metres away, the women's world cup kicks off at the parc des princes. it is the eight tournament that has taken place, the usa are reigning champions and joint favourites. but there will be plenty of competition this time around. the amount of teams that could possibly win this world cup is greater, the top eight teams have a chance. the usa, germany, japan have been there. not an easy task. we will see who pulls it off. the french papers have the team front and centre, everywhere in the newspapers, so much pressure. you know what it is like to play in front of a home crowd and indeed win. how can they cope? use it as energy and support, that is a better way. i remember playing in games and are used to support when w

and konta will hope to go one better than durie, when she takes on vondrousova.etra martic and took the second set 7—5 to move into a first—ever grand slam semi—final. tuesday saw a rain—affected match at the cricket world cup in cardiff. sri lanka did just enough to get past afghanistan, picking up their first win of the tournament, as patrick gearey reports. no other nation values their place at this world cup like afghanistan. in these players‘ lifetimes, the sport has grown from almost nothing, despite war, invasion, terrorism — despite everything. so there is a spirit in this side that survived sri lanka's fast start, a belief they could recover. the bowler here mohammed nabi, who had been here almost since the beginning of his country's journey, and whose off—breaks turn the game. three times he struck in an over — spin, edge, catch, repeat, sri lanka caught in a loop. by the time thisara perera left, they were thoroughly bedraggled, even before the rain came. that took nearly three hours out of the game, so by the time the ground and the sri lankan tail we

women's football world cup, kicks off, later tonight. and coming up on bbc news, disappointment forjo kontabeaten in the last four, as she attempted to reach her first in the last four, as she attempted to reach herfirst grand slam final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a woman, who killed her husband in a hammer attack after decades of emotional abuse, won't face a retrial after her murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. sally challen, who's 65, was freed as she had already served close to nine years in jail. her defence team argued in court that throughout her 30—year marriage, her husband subjected her to coercive control. at a news conference after being told she was free to go home, she said, she still loved him. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has the story. this report contains flash photography. eight years ago, sally challen was jailed as a murderer. today she left the old bailey a free woman after the emergence of new psychiatric evidence. with her, her two sons, james and david, who have always suppor

it was a dream whenjohanna konta surprised at her home in eastbourne today.the british number one and this nine—year—old has proved she's got staying power. my brother started it and then i got into it. now they have both quit and i'm the only child playing. falling in love with a sport at a young age, that lasts with you forever and it's still lasting with me for now and i'm sure you are going to be living tennis for a very long time. on day one at the international tournament at devonshire park, a chance for the fa ns to at devonshire park, a chance for the fans to get up close to the stars. it's my favourite week of the year and we get really good people here. i've been to the french open and wimbledon and a few premier events and this is probably the best one so far. i can't wait to see some of the top professionals play when you're not lucky enough to get tickets for wimbledon. the defending champion caroline wozniacki returns year year—on—year with high regard for the grass. when people are complimentary at that level you think to yourself, hang on, i g

konta won 6—2 6—4 in what was an evenly matched affair against her off—court friend, but she had thear, konta had never won a main—draw match at roland garros. jo durie was the last british player to make it through to the quarter—finals at the french open, back in 1983. and south africa are playing bangladesh at the oval in the cricket world cup. south africa are bowling after winning the toss. tamim iqbal opened for bangladesh despite worries he wouldn't be fit, but phehlukwayo took his wicket when he came into the attack. his opening partner sou—mia made 42 before chris morris got the second. tahir has taken the wicket of shakib who hit 75 and bangladesh 223 for 3 after 37 overs. that's all the sport for now. police in northern ireland say they have begun a cross—border investigation after a bomb found under a serving police officer's car at a golf club in belfast. the discovery yesterday afternoon forced the evacuation of the club while army bomb disposal experts made the device safe. police say they suspect dissident republicans planted the device and that the incident is being

barker believe konta's in the right frame of mind, to build on her success at roland garros.thought she could when she got to the semifinals at australia and wimbledon, you really thought this was it, and then there was a bit. but now, she is playing even better now, and looks as if she leaves on herself. i hope she can continue in that way. it is one thing to get there, it is another to stay there, and i think that is what affected her last time. everyone expecting you to get through to the latter stages really can affect you mentally. and she let it affect her, and she dipped, but having been there and suffered at once, hopefully she will know how to deal with it this time. and england's luke donald has qualified for his first major championship in two years. he's a former world number one, but now ranked way down at 512. he'll play at the us open which starts at pebble beach next week, after a qualifying event in ohio. fellow, former number one lee westwood and the ryder cup captain padraig harringon both missed out in their qualifying competitions. that's all the sport fo

konta's new found form saw her beat last yea r‘s runner—up,

konta is seeded 19th for the women's singles, it was announced this morning.d first. naomi 0saka is second and reigning champions angelique kerber is fifth. the women's seedings follow the wta rankings. not so in the men's where world number two rafa nadal is seeded third, with wimbledon taking into account a players grass court record. nadal said it doesn't seem right, he's likely to be in the same half of the draw as top seed novak djocovic and in line to meet the top seed in the semi finals. finally, play has just got underway in birmingham in today's cricket world cup match between new zealand and pakistan, a game that england will be watching closely as it could have a bearing on their chances of reaching the semi—finals. play was delayed for an hour because of wet weather. new zealand won the toss and will bat first. and we've had an early wicket with martin guptill bowled lots of england fans keeping a night on this one. you can see more on the website to keep up with us. that's all the sport for now. twenty candidates vying for the democratic party pre

konta's concern — another defeat on grass with wimbledon just five days away.istan threaten piling on more pressure on england at the world cup. good evening. we will be life in france shortly getting the build up before that huge game for england at the women's world cup with that quarterfinal to come tomorrow night but we start with tennis. wimbledon seedings were raised today. perhaps there are signs that there is still work to do on the grass asjohanna konta lawson the third round at eastbourne where we can trust —— crossover. big names include angelique herbert but no choke content. sam smith alongside me to explain what happened. she played a red—hot opponent and there was not an awful lot that she could do about it. she was a little nervous to move tentative because the court was greasy and thatjust affected the rest of her game. she was not as offensive and driving through the ball which would be a great tactic but she could not do today for some she will be seated 19 at wilmington. the women's seedings follow the rankings. serena williams at 11 -- 11.

johanna konta's fine form on clay continues. on the surface this year and she is now into the french open quarterfinals, after beating the croatian donna vekic in straight sets. the last british woman to make it to the semis wasjo durie in 1983, but konta will now face last year's runner—up, sloane stephens. there was a shock at the cricket world cup, as bangladesh beat south africa by 21 runs at the oval. they made 330—6 — their highest one—day total — before restricting south africa to 309—8. they have now lost their opening two matches following defeat to england on thursday. part—timers halifax have become the first championship team to reach the semi—finals of rugby league's challenge cup for 13 years. they beat bradford bulls by 20—16. they'll now play super league leaders st helens in the last four. warrington will face hull fc in the other semi. lots more on the bbc sport website, including more reaction to anthonyjoshua's shock defeat in new york. thank you. tonight, 75 years ago, almost 160,000 troops were preparing fo

johanna konta said she would take more positives than negatives from the birmingham classic, despiteseven attempts, she has never been in the third round in birmingham, and was beaten in straight sets by the latvian world number 37. konta missed last week's event in nottingham, and now has only her home tournament in eastbourne next week to prepare for wimbledon at the start ofjuly. no british success to report at queen's today, either — another rain—affected day and defeat for dan evans. his recent good form on grass was ended by three—time grand slam champion stan wawrinka, 6—3, 6—4. british number one kyle edmund has been up against the top seed, greece's stefanos tsitsipas. edmund lost the first set 6—3, before play was suspended for the day with the duo locked at 3—3 in the second. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from us all at the bbc sport centre, a very goodnight to you. hello there. as we head onto next week, there is a chance that things could turn warm a very warm for some of us, and tha

konta won 6—4, 6—2 to move into the second round.ennis mate now. my doubles partner. it looked lovely yesterday. but the weather has not been really good. why are you laughing?” weather has not been really good. why are you laughing? i am imagining you and carol playing tennis. i'm sure it is magnificent. i am sure she is an absolute beast at the net. she is very elegant at the net. my problem is that i cannot see the ball because they are so blind. a major, fundamental problem. good morning. the picture behind me is what is going to happen today. warm and unstable out from iberia pushing from france in across the south east. today will feel humid across the south—east. for that matter tomorrow as well. a yellow warning out for this. some will see 15 millimetres some 60 millimetres of rain. this is the area the met office have covered for the risk of those thunderstorms, falling on already saturated ground so the risk of some localised flooding. back to this morning, thundery showers around the channel islands. the showers pushing no

johanna konta is 30 the second round at the birmingham classic after a straight set victory. she was playing her first match since reaching the semifinals of the french open. charlton athletic say they have been unable to agree terms with manager lee bowie over a new contract. the club said they have offered him a year long contract extension and if he changes his mind it is still on the table. the tour de france champion geraint thomas says he is ready to defend his title. there was a severe blow dealt when chris frames sustained serious injuries. he is one of the greatest grand tour riders ever so it is a big blow for the team and gives us one less option when it comes to the la st one less option when it comes to the last couple of mountain stages. that is sport and you just have to deal with it and we have a strong squad a nyway with it and we have a strong squad anyway and whoever comes in, they are not chris froome but they still add to the team. it stops all those questions after his crash. every interview i've done this year they asked about that so that is one thing

jo konta says she has no regrets after another grand slam semi—final defeat.nal after losing to the czech teenager marketa vondrousova. konta was a break up in the first set but went on to lose it and the same happened in the second, losing it on a tie—break to the vondrousova. the 19—year—old will play australia's ashleigh barty in tomorrow's final in which we'll see another first time winner crowned at roland garros. it's very unlikely that the same will happen in the men's draw though, rafa nadal is through to his third consecutive french open final, the king of clay knocked—out old rival roger federer in straight sets — inflicting federer‘s worst ever grand slam defeat. nadal will be going for an incredible 12th french open title on sunday. he'll play either novak djokovic or dominic thiem who'll complete their rain delayed match tomorrow. it was level at one set all — with thiem 3—1 up in the third. after being fastest in first practice in canada, lewis hamilton hit a wall in second practise ahead of sunday's f1 grand prix. the championship leader and six

before this year, konta had never won a main—draw match at roland garros. jo durie was the last britishrench open, back in 1983. and south africa are playing bangladesh at the oval in the cricket world cup. south africa are bowling after winning the toss. tamim iqbal opened for bangladesh despite worries he wouldn't be fit. but andile phehlukwayo took his wicket when he came into the attack. his opening partner soumya made 42 before chris morris got the second. bangladesh though going well at 166 for 2 after 26 overs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hottest day of the year so far yesterday. 28 degrees at heathrow. we could see 28 again today but our heat is increasingly confined to eastern counties of england. a weather system is bringing in showers from the west and also picking up the breeze. we will see skies brighten considerably behind the front for the likes of the south—west of england and wales by the time we get to late afternoon. the front goes across eastern england through the evening.

konta has just five days to get ready for wimbledon now, where she will be seeded 19th.. co. uk/sport. that's all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. the much anticipated summer heat this week is yet to kick in here, and when it does it will be very brief. but across on the continent, as you may have heard, the european heatwave is in full swing, and on wednesday new june temperature records were set in germany, in poland, even into the czech republic, the best the uk could manage was 25 in wales. to start thursday under clear skies it could be intermed single figures. from east wales across central england and western england, the cloud will clear. some may linger into norfolk, and it may clear the north sea coast later in the day. northern and western of cloudy, elsewhere abundant sunshine. sunny in glastonbury. some strong winds through thursday and into early friday in the far south—west. elsewhere in the sunshine, widely in the low to mid 20s. as we go through thursday night and into friday, low cloud advancing again in from the north sea across many

johanna konta is through to the second round of the birmingham classic after a straight sets victorys her first match since reaching the semifinals of the french open. and cameron norrie missed out on one of the biggest wins of his career, losing in three sets to last year's wimbledon runner—up kevin anderson. he took the first set but was eventually beaten in three by the south african. james ward also lost this evening to gilles simon. what a summer ahead we have when it comes to tennis. tour de france champion geraint thomas says chris froome's crash has settled any questions over who will lead the team at this year's tour de france. the pair may have been left to battle it out for the winner's yellow jersey, but a serious crash on a training ride has ruled out the four time champion. and while it's a bitter blow for the team, thomas says it's cleared up constant questions over who would lead team ineos next month. he's one of the greatest grantor writers ever, so not having him is a big blow to the team. anrich comes to last options of the last stages, i think that's the best thi

jo konta's french open run comes to an end, beaten in the semi—finals at roland garros.ian grand prix. thanks forjoining us on sportsday. let's start at the women's world cup, where hosts france nearly immediately —— million tickets sold and a host of france got off to a winning start. patrick gearey reports. in scale and spectacle, france promised to host women's football's great show and is medical that does not stop until everything stops in the smoke clears. france arm of the favourites, especially up against south korea. here is why. the first goal of the world cup in 2019! their biggest our scoring, and beginning so biggest our scoring, and beginning so perfect it was almost choreographed, almost. football is not put but now even when you score, you are not entirely sure. france that they had a second but this is the first women plus what tournament to use the ar in this was the first use was of the delusion of somewhat belated offside. minor delay to the french as they had the tallest player in the tournament in their number. but nothing too beyond any south korea

it has been a good tournament forjohanna konta.this title a record 11 times. and with novak djocovic up against dominic thiem this afternoon, the only upset can come from the austrian. chelsea have gone to the court of arbitration for sport to appeal their two window transfer ban. they're not allowed to buy new players until the end of january next year, and failed with their first appeal to fifa. it's all to do with an investigation into signing foreign players who are under 18. and coventry city have confirmed that they'll ground share with birmingham city next season. they had been struggling to agree a deal to stay at the rioch arena in coventry with owners wasps, but the deadline to do that deal has now passed. the club say the move to st andrews, 20 miles away, was necessary for them to stay in the league. and the cricket world cup cricket match at as bashed and has been abandoned. —— edgbaston. in formula 1. abandoned. —— edgbaston. in formula 1, lewis hamilton was fastest in first practice ahead of the grand prix. they have

konta faces 24th seed donna vekic from croatia next.an casper ruud in straight sets. next for the third seed is argentina's leonardo mayer. warrington are through to the semi finals of rugby league's challenge cup after a 28—22 win over hull kingston rovers. this try from ben currie proved to be the winner for last year's beaten finalists. the wolves are nowjust a game away from their third wembley final in four years. today, st helens take on wakefield in the last eight. the second game of the cricket world cup was over and done with pretty quickly. the west indies beat pakistan before 2.00pm in the afternoon at trent bridge. pakistan's batsman really struggled with the windies' fast bowlers and were all out for 105. it didn't take west indies long to wrap things up. nicholas pooran hit the winning runs with a six to secure a seven—wicket victory. there are two games today with new zealand playing sri lanka and afghanistan taking on australia. 25 years after his first win at the oaks, the 48—year—old frankie dettori was a winner again,

konta had never got past the first round in paris before this year.xt. i haven't played garbine muguruza on the clay so if i play her it will be a different experience. i know she plays well in paris. that will be that. against sloan i played her recently in rome but what she does well as she raises her level in tough moments as well. whoever i am playing i am looking forward to it. south africa need to set a world cup record run chase if they are going to beat bangladesh that they will. south africa won the toss and put bangladesh in to bat and they made the highest one—day score, 330—6. shakib and mushfiqur put on a stand of 142, that was a world cup record for them 124-2. 1211—2. just 124—2. just about on course. bradford bulls are playing halifax in the challenge cup quarterfinal. bradford led six nil at half—time. fouled in the process of scoring, he also kicked a penalty which put them out— six up. bradford have gone ahead again, a converted try. 12—8. you can watch that on bbc two or the bbc sport website. we are back it appetite. our deepest c

she looked hot and fiery, join us for more coverage from 1pm tomorrow, johanna konta in action.ally... there are some people who like to roll around in a bit of mud. these guys definitely do. this is a swamp football competition in a russian forest around 60 kilometres from saint petersburg. this is a clearly exhausting form of football that lasts 13 minutes. the winning team were victorious in the final by a goal to nil, meaning they will represent russia at the next world cup in finland. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. let's bring you more now on one of the key stories today on facebook because the senior facebook executive and former liberty prime minister nick clegg says he wants to create a new oversight board for the company with the power to create independent rulings over whether questionable content should be removed. he was speaking to bbc head ofa removed. he was speaking to bbc head of a major speech in germany this evening and said facebook should play at your role in advocating rather than shunning legislation. in westminster stud

it's a huge day forjohanna konta.ndrousova in the semi—finals of the french open right here in paris. if she wins, she'll be the first british woman to make the final since sue barker won it in 1976. and there was a great win for england over the west indies in theirfirst women's international one—dayer. england won by 208 runs — that's their biggest ever winning margin in this format of the game. it is an unbelievably busy day and i don't know if you can tell, it is raining horizontally at the moment so raining horizontally at the moment so don't be too jealous of me. your hair is still perfect, though. you are managing well. and joy paris. you know what? there is no hairspray on earth that will withstand this. we will see,. time now to take a look at the weather closer to home and sarah has the details for us. rainstorms in paris with a day washed out yesterday. how does it look here? all that rain and the wind they saw in paris is pushing northwards i'm afraid so we are in for some turbulent weather over the next c

let's talk about tennis now, bad news forjohanna konta?e semi finals of the french open. she combined a second round exit in birmingham last week with a third round exit in eastbourne. she endured a pretty poor 2018 so this upturn in form that's seen her back into the world's top 20 but despite having reach the wimbledon semis two years ago, she looks a little out of sorts in the short grass court seasons since. straight sets defeat by world number 62 ons jabeur of tunisia. the british number one was beaten in straight sets by ons jabeur of tunisia 6—3, 6—2 — and with the start of wimbledon just five days away — only practice will do between now and the third grand slam of the year. jabeur will take on alize cornet in the last eight. well, after her defeat earlier johanna konta is seeded 19th for the women's singles at wimbledon. ash barty — the new women's world number one is seeded first. naomi osaka is second and reigning champion angelique kerber fifth. serena williams 11th. the women's seedings follow the wta rankings. not so in the m

britain'sjohanna konta is out though after she lost in straight sets against tunisia's 0ns jabeur.fter also being eliminated at the second—round stage in birmingham last week. to major league baseball where trevor bauer struck out 12 batters over six and two—thirds innings as he helped the cleveland indians defeat the kansas city royals 5—3 in ohio on wednesday. jake bauers and tyler naquin also hit home runs as they homered off bauer‘s counterpart jakob junis in the fourth inning. junis who allowed four runs in six innings hasn't been on a winning team since the 30th of may. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. the much advertised summer heat this week is yet to kick in. when it does it will be very brief. 0n the continent as you may have heard the european heatwave is in full swing, and on wednesday new june temperature records were set in germany, poland, czech republic, to above 38 celsius. the best we could manage in the uk was 25 in wales. to start thursday morning, where you are clear in scotland and down through northern england, sin

and the home favouritejohanna konta is also through to round three, beating greece's maria sakkari inael nadal says "it doesn't seem right" that he could be seeded behind world number three roger federer at wimbledon. the seedings will be announced on wednesday. wimbledon‘s diferent from the other slams in that it doesn't always seed by following world rankings and takes grass—court performances into account too. speaking to spanish tv station #vamos, nadal said... if he is seeded third, nadal might have to face both federer and novak djokovic. it isa it is a little bit surprising to be honest, even though it is roger and roger is the greatest of all times, he has one the most wimbledon titles of any player in the history and if anyone deserves that it is him but at the same time it is rafael nadal and his taking over the second seed so and his taking over the second seed so it is surprising, to be honest, but it is what it is. breakdancing has moved a step closer to being in the 2024 olympics after its inclusion was approved by members of the international olympic committee. they vot

konta has just five days to get ready for wimbledon now — where she'll be seeded 19th.nt that he should wrap up that first set against him. both continuing their preparation ahead of wimbledon which starts next week. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including the cricket and the tra nsfer including the cricket and the transfer from crystal palace to manchester united. sportsday is at 6:30pm. take away food agencies... this comes take away food agencies... this co m es after take away food agencies... this comes after a bbc investigations found hundreds of takeaways had poor hygiene ratings both on deliveries... these latest findings from our own investigation last year raise questions about what the platforms are doing enough to protect consumers. i corresponded angus crawford reports. dirty kitchens. when you take them out of the kitchen. we were promised things would change. the food ordering... so we checked. most have gone but some have slipped through the next. like this one in newport in south wales. fi

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we have all the reaction tojohanna konta being knocked out of the semifinals, beaten in straight setsch teenager. plus rafael nadal is in the men's last fall. it's a wash—out at the cricket world cup in bristol. that's coming up at 6:30pm. now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. he to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? it's been an interesting week. we have late night starring emma thompson as a chat show host. the new x—men movie, dark phoenix, and gloria bell. a remake of gloria. you're very gravelly today.|j gloria bell. a remake of gloria. you're very gravelly today. i know. let's start with late night, shall we. this is a writer that people might know. yes, it stars emma thompson as a chat show host, she's been there for ages, a proper host, smart, intelligent, propersmart italian gusts. but her ratings are ina slump. italian gusts. but her ratings are in a slump. and she decides that the problem is that she has a writers room who are not doing theirjob. more to the point, t

next up for her britain's konta.even won a match in paris before this tournament, and after a straight sets win over croatia's vekic, she is through to the quarterfinals. south korea'sjeongeun lee has won the us open in charleston, south carolina, the second of the year's women's golf majors, by two strokes on six—under, and claimed a winner's cheque for $1 million, the first seven—figure prize in the female game. her one—under final round was enough to hold off the field, with france's celine boutier failing to birdie the last, which would have forced a play—off, instead double bogeying to end up in a tie for fifth. now to golf, where patrick cantlay won the memorial tournament in ohio by two strokes after overnight leader martin kaymer stumbled in the final round. the german hasn't won since claiming the 2014 us open, but american ca ntlay finished with a flurry, carding an eight—under last round which was enough to carry him to the title, ahead of australia's adam scott. and he got some words of encouragement from

kerber will next face the tunisian who knocked—outjo konta — 0ns jabeurn tomorrow.dy won't be featuring in the main draw at wimbledon. the three time wimbledon qualifier has been knocked—out of qualifying in the final round, he lost in five sets to the frenchman greg berrere. hull kr beat rivals hull fc to move—off the bottom of rugby league's super league — after trailing early on, adam quinlan made a breakaway which ben crook put over 18—10 the final score at the kcom stadium. well, we brought you the story earlier of the students at cardiff metropolitan university beginning their europa league campaign tonight in luxembourg. well, they've lost the first leg — one—nil to proges niederkorn — so plenty to play for in the second leg next week for the first british — student only team to qualify for europe. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are torcuil crichton westminster editor for the daily record and claire cohen — women's editor at the telegrap