i love lewis hamilton. for me, in this generation, _ feel? i love lewis hamilton.e - feel? i love lewis hamilton. for me, in this generation, he is one of- feel? i love lewis hamilton. for me, in this generation, he is one of my . in this generation, he is one of my idols. to know hear people are using using derogatory language towards him upsets me as well. for someone that has reached the pinnacle of their sports, world champion, one of their sports, world champion, one of the best, if not the best ever do it, to still be suffering that is terrible. do i think we are ever going to change society and get rid of it? i don't think we are but we can alljust be better and be more aware. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. france's interior minister has apologised to everyone who suffered from bad management at the champions league final last month. get initially blamed liverpool fans for the disorder outside the stade de france but an independent reviews found security and crowd management was inadequate with french polic

back pain and a bouncing mercedes gave lewis hamilton an uncomfortable ride.h behind team—mate george russell, out front verstappen extends his champions league to 21 points. —— lead to. maybe not everybody, had such a bad backing. tennis now, and there were two britons in finals action today, all in the build—up to wimbledon in a couple of weeks. we'll start with dan evans, as the world number 35 has won the nottingham open, on the atp's challenger tour. he beat australian joe thompson in straight sets, as austin halewood now reports. dan evans has always been fond of the green grass of home. growing upjust an hour from nottingham, the british number two won the title here in 2019 and reached at this year's final without dropping a set. right from the start, he forced himself ahead with an early break of australian jordan thompson. but thompson is in pretty good form himself. he won nine straight matches coming into this, and the australian quickly it back with the break of his own. but evans has been here before. the briton won his first atp tour title last

is aston martin team—mate sebastian vettel was merely stirred by his off, and once again lewis hamiltonth place, two places behind team—mate george russell. at the front of the fear of the usual suspects were battling it out for pole position. shall look like put in a scintillating lap to beat red bull's sergio parisse by more than a quarter of a second. this bull's sergio parisse by more than a quarter of a second.— quarter of a second. this one i did not meet — quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because _ quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i _ quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i thought - quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i thought red | not expect because i thought red bull were stronger especially in q1 and q2, bull were stronger especially in q1 and 02, i struggled to see that we were faster but in the last lap everything came together and i managed to do a good lap and so i'm extremely happy. we managed to do a good lap and so i'm extremely happy-— extremely happy. we had a little issue with the _ extremely

after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that, at one stage,ey travel at speed down straights. if we start to actually see injuries of drivers while driving the cars and without incident, that's not how it should be. so, we spoke with the fia in the last race and we made the point pretty clear — that we would like to see for any options for the future, how can we improve it, so it is definitely a topic and i think it's getting quite serious. five—time olympic gold medallist laura kenny has been named as part of a 35—strong england cycling squad for this summer's commonwealth games in birmingham. the competition will pit riders against their regular team—mates — kenny won olympic madison gold alongside katie archibald in tokyo, but will be competing against the scot this summer. state of rest won the big race of the day at royal ascot, the prince of wales stakes. ridden by shane cross and trained byjoseph o'brien, the five—to—one shot finished ahead of the favourite bay bridge. grand glory was third. there was a dramatic photo finish to the quee

sergio perez who finished fastest in first practise, was second while lewis hamilton struggled back inlayed in the 1958 world cup before leading northern ireland as their manager to the world cup in 1982, where they had a stunning win over spain, and they reached the world cup again in 1986. he played for sunderland, luton and everton — who he also managed in the 19705. paying tribute, the irish football association says "billy holds a unique place in the football hearts of northern ireland." now to tennis and andy murray has sealed arguably his biggest win since undergoing hip surgery in 2019. he produced an excellent performance, to beat world number five, stefanos tsitsipas and reach the semi—finals of the stuttgart open. murray hasn't beaten a top—5 ranked player since 2016. but his impressive start to the grass—court season continues with a straight sets win over tsitsipas. he'll face australia's nick kygrios in the last 4 tomorrow. he plays well on all surfaces, but this surface for meat works really nicely with my game and i'm able to use my strengths well on this court and i do

back pain and a bouncing mercedes gave lewis hamilton an uncomfortable ride.te george russell, out front verstappen —— verstappen extends his champions league 221 points. maybe not everyone had such a bad backing —— two dominant tennis now, where we've had two britons in finals action today all in the build up to wimbledon in a couple of weeks�* time. we'll start with dan evans, as the world number 35 has won the nottingham open. he beat australian joe thompson in straight sets, as austin halewood now reports. dan da n eva ns dan evans has always been fond of the green grass of home. growing up just an hourfrom nottingham, the british number two won the title here in 2019 and reached at this year's final without dropping a set. right from the start, he forced himself ahead with an early break of australian jordan thompson. himself ahead with an early break of australianjordan thompson. but thompson is in pretty good form himself. he won nine straight matches coming into this, and the australian quickly it back with the break of his own. but evans has been here

lewis hamilton will start from fourth.e're nine days away from the start of wimbledon, and the grass court season is in full swing. tomorrow's final at queen's will be between serbia's filip krajinovic and matteo berretini. the italian is the reigning champion and despite a number of rain delays he eased past the dutchman botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. the women's birmingham classic tournament was a complete washout. both semi—finals and the final will be played there tomorrow. it was the last day of the royal ascot meeting. the feature race was the platinum jubilee stakes. it was an incredibly tight finish as the 33—1 outsider naval crown, ridden byjames doyle, here on the nearside, just beat his stable—mate creative force by a nose. there's more on the bbc sport website including details of a major transfer in women's football — the former world player of the year, the england defender lucy bronze, is leaving manchester to join spanish champions barcelona. that's all from me. goodnight. hello, and welcome to o

ahead of today's qualifying for the canadian grand prix, lewis hamilton called yesterday's practice sessionsh fastest. championship leader max verstappen was quickest in his red bull. hamilton said his team just have to "tough it out". nothing we do to this car generally seems to work. so, it's...we're trying different setups. me and george went with much different setups in this p2, just to see if one way works and one way doesn't. can't wait to hear whether or not, how it felt for him, but for me, it was a disaster. it's like the car is getting worse. finally, england fast bowler katherine brunt has announced her retirement from test cricket. brunt made her test debut in 2004 and is england women's third leading test wicket taker with 51. she'll continue to play one—day and twenty20 international cricket. there's more on the bbc sport website, including all the build—up to the tennis semifinals at queen's club and birmingham. but from me, it's goodbye for now. thank you very much. that's it for now — the next news on bbc one is at 6:45pm. bye, for now. hello. the weather is gradually trans

back pain and a bouncing mercedes gave lewis hamilton an uncomfortable ride but he still sprung up thebehind team—mate george russell. out dashing out front verstappen led a red bull 1—2 and extend his championship lead to 21 points. maybe not everybody had such a bad baku. bbc news. and a late equaliser saved northern ireland from defeat to cyprus in the nations league. they came from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 in belfast. jonny evans scoring in the 93rd minute to level the match. the pressure remains on manager ian baraclough. northern ireland have won just one of their last ia home games in all competitions. dan evans has just won the final of the nottingham open. there's more reaction to that on the bbc sport website, as well as to andy murray's defeat in stuttgart. that's all from me — reeta. thanks very much, chetan. the queen has become the second longest—reigning monarch in recorded history. her majesty has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days. only louis xiv of france ruled for longer. his reign began when he wasjust four years old and lasted for more than 72 years. there's

mercedes' george russell completed the podium, with lewis hamilton fourth.berrettini in three sets. with wimbledon 15 days away, murray was troubled by injury problems in the third set. but there was better news for dan evans, who's won his second nottingham open title. the british number two beat australia's jordan thompson in straight sets. that's all from me. reeta. many thanks. the queen has become the second longest—reigning monarch in recorded history — overtaking thailand's king phumiphon adunlayadet. her majesty has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days. 0nly louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. his reign began in 1643 when he was just four years old, and lasted for more than 72 years. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. former dragons' den star hilary devey has died aged 65, her publicist has confirmed. the businesswoman died in morocco after a long illness on saturday. the tv star was made a cbe in 2013,

verstappen held off the spaniard to claim his sixth win of the season with britain's lewis hamilton finishingeen's title for a second year running after a straight sets victory over serbia's filip krajinovic. the world number 10 put in a strong serving performance to win 7—5, 6—4 and made it back—to—back atp titles after winning the stuttgart open last week. the italian has now won 20 of his past 21 grass—court matches — his only defeat coming in last year's wimbledon final to novak djokovic — and is hitting his stride at the right time with the grand slam just a week away. the last thing that i expected was coming back from surgery, winning two times in a row, defending my title here, one of the most prestigious tournaments we have, so i didn't really know, like... i don't want to cry. but, yeah, it's... most of the jobs thanks to them, my team, and family, people that were close to me. ons jabeur won her third wta singles title and second of the year by winning the berlin open on sunday. the tunisian took the title when her opponent belinda bencic retired with an ankle injury in the second

once again, lewis hamilton was having problems with his mercedes.e russell. at the front of the field the usual suspects were battling it out for pole. ferrari's charles leclerc put in a scintillating lap to beat red bull's sergio perez by more than a quarter of a second. this one i probably did not expect because i thought red bull were stronger, especially in q1 and q2, i struggled to see that we were faster but in the last lap everything came together and i managed to do a good lap, so i'm extremely happy. we had a little issue with the refuelling and that meant that we were just out of sequence for ourfinal lap and, unfortunately, that meant we were just out of sequence and not good enough, but i think probably three tenths was too much to find. this is charles leclerc�*s fourth pole in a row but he has failed to convert any of those into victory, and with championship leader max verstappen behind him in third, he will have his work cut out again to win. nick parrott, bbc news. there's loads of golf this week. 0n the lpga tour, england'sjodi ewa

lewis hamilton says "archaic mindsets need to change" and have no place in formula 1 after three—timein a podcast. the brazilian, who's 69, has also been condemned by formula 1, hamilton's mercedes team and motorsports' governing body. england's world cup—winning captain eoin morgan has confirmed his retirement from international cricket. under morgan, england's performance was transformed. they won the 2019 world cup and reached the top of the one day rankings. morgan said it "hasn't been an easy decision" but "i believe now is the right time." the population of england and wales has soared to a new high of almost 60 million in the past decade. the results of the 2021 census show the population has grown by more than 6%. the survey, which is carried out every 10 years, asks people to answer questions about themselves, their household and their home to build a detailed snapshot of society. our home editor, mark easton, has been having a look at the results — what do they tell us? where were you last year on march the 21st? the number of people who answered that question with england w

sainz will start third while after all the struggles — there was a surprise fourth place for lewis hamilton to go quicker at the end. but i'm still grateful for that position. that's the best this year and it's a bit overwhelming. at the end afterwards, i was like, oh, my god, this is a step forward for me. you can follow that on the rest of the action on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i will have more through the afternoon. today marks five years since the finsbury park terror attack — when a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque in north london. one person, makram ali, was killed and nine others injured. makram's daughter — ruzina akhtar — has been speaking exclusively to our home affairs correspondent sonja jessup about her memories of her father and the impact of the attack on the community. this is how makram ali's family remember him, a loving father and grandfather with a sense of fun. he was just a very lively, happy, bubbly person. i don't know anyone like him who's always 24/7 happy. makram ali was murdered five years ago, targeted because of his muslim

sergio perez finished fastest in first practice, while lewis hamilton struggled back in 12th.guably his biggest win since undergoing two hip surgeries. the three—time grand slam champion produced an excellent performance to beat world numberfive stefanos tsitsipas and reach the semifinals of the stuttgart open. murray hasn't beaten a top—five ranked player since 2016 when he beat djokovic at the atp finals. but his impressive start to the grass court season continues with a straight sets win over tsitsipas. he'll face australia's nick kygrios in the semifinals on saturday. he plays well on all surfaces, but this surface for meat works really nicely with my game and i'm able to use my strengths well on this court and i don't want to say that i was the smarter player but i felt like my game on this surface matches up better. and the british number two dan evans also won on friday with a 6—4, 6—4 win over marc andrea huesler in the quarterfinals at nottingham. evans will face former world number eightjack sock of america for a place in sunday's final. harriet dart�*s strong run a

has condemned three—time world champion nelson piquet for using racially abusive language about lewis hamiltonhe world title in 1981, 83 and 87 used a racially offensive term in referring to hamilton on a brazilian podcast. the seven time world champion has responeded on social media saying: "it's more than language. these are archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. i've been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. there has been plenty of time to learn. time has come for action." 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 police in india have arrested a journalist who has been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi's government. mohammed zubair is the co—founder of fact—checking site altnews and has a huge social media following. he's been accused of insulting religious beliefs on twitter but many opposition leaders and journalists have condemned the arrest. they say it's a clear attempt by the hindu—nationalist government to clamp down on those who expose hate speech.

1—2 as sergio perez finished runner up, while the british mercedes duo of george russell and lewis hamiltonng the race. all plaudits belonging to verstappen, though, as he takes control of the world championship. onto cricket, and scintillating centuries from joe root and ollie pope have kept england in the second test with new zealand on what was a riotous third day at trent bridge in nottingham. new zealand posted a mammoth first innings total of 553 but england have managed to eat into that hefty total, the hosts finishing the day on 5/473, trailing the kiwis by 80 runs. we want to get as close to them as we can, if not ahead. the pitch is starting to spin a little bit so that may provide a few opportunities. hopefully, we can sneak ahead and put them under pressure. and then, because it is such a quick scoring ground, they almost have to bat us out of it initially and then, if we get some early wickets, we will see. rory mcilroy claimed his first win of the year as he defended his canadian open title with a two—stroke victory from tony finau. the northern irishman shot an 8—under round

after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that at one stage he to miss this weekend's canada grand prix. new design specifications mean cars bounce as they travel at speed down straights. if we start to actually see injuries of drivers while driving the cars and without incident, that's not how it should be. so we spoke with the fia in the last race and we made the point pretty clear, that we would like to see for any options for the future, how can we improve it, so it is definitely a topic and i think it's getting quite serious. 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. more from us later. let's talk a little bit more about the fact that that first flight for asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda was cancelled after an injunction was granted due to an intervention from the european court of human rights. the asylum seekers were scheduled to be taken to the capital, kigali — from where our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. the asylum seekers were expected her

sainz will start third while after all the struggles — there was a surprise fourth place for lewis hamiltonat the end. but i'm still grateful for that position. that's the best this year, and it's a bit overwhelming. at the end afterwards, i was like, "oh, my god — this is a step forward for me." despite feeling unwell world champion fabio quartararo extended his championship lead to sa points by winning the german motogp. the frenchman snatched the lead from francesco bagnaia at the first corner at the sachsenring. the italian then crashed out with 27 laps to go. quartararo overcame tiredness and coughing during the race to take the victory ahead of compatriot johann zarco and australia's jack miller. it's all set up for a thrilling finish heading into the final round of the us open, with just four shots separating the top ten players on the leaderboard. home favourite will zalatoris and england's matt fitzpatrick are the two men to catch at the top. zalatoris hit a third round of 67 to move to four under par, while fitzpatrick went round in 68 in a round that included five birdies. victor

lewis hamilton says he'll be at the canadian grand prix and wouldn't miss it for the world, despite experiencingbaku. the mercedes driver had said he was worried about the upcoming race in montreal, following what he described as the toughest race of his career. hamilton, the seven—time world champion, added on social media... i've had acupuncture and physiotherapy and i'm on my way to my team to work with them on improving. russia's daniil medvedev has replaced novak djokovic as the men's tennis world number one. we won't see medvedev at wimbledon as russian and belarusian players are banned from playing because of the war on ukraine. wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points because of this stance. alexander zverev rises to world number two. it's a bit of an era change too because it's the first time since 2003 that none of djokovic, rafael nadal, roger federer or andy murray have appeared in the top two. golf next, just four days to go until the us open starts. rory mcilory got the perfect run in for it with a win at the canada open. all the talk has been about the number of players defec

george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton can just tell you before we go, i canjust tell you before we go, 19 minutes gone in that game between ireland and scotland. ireland have just scored a goal. i have not seen who scored, but i am sure you will find that on the bbc sport website. ireland leading scotland 1—0 in the nation's league. just want to take you to washington. there are lots of demonstrations calling for more gun control and change to america's gun laws. this is in the wake of those two horrific shootings last month. 0ne is in the wake of those two horrific shootings last month. one at the elementary school in uvalde in texas that killed 19 young children and two teachers, and also a shooting at a supermarket in new york that left ten black people dead. this is in washington, but there are also similar rallies and marches being held across america calling for reform of gun laws. it is all organised by a campaign called march for our lives. that is a group that was founded in parkland florida by students from a hi

after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that at one stage heich seems to explain it all. what exactly is this? the word which seems to explain it all. what exactly is this?— word which seems to explain it all. what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if they - what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if they get l effectiveness here, so if they get sucked to the ground and an explanation... once they get really low, that cuts off and they go back up. it goes like this. it reminds of the purpose thing of the porpoise fish, and that's why it's called that. it's really bad for the drivers. we really felt sorry for him, but he's not the only one. almost all the drivers are complaining about it. however, in barcelona, we aren't experiencing it as bad, and that depends on the racetrac

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and the 26th career win, the 24-year-old dutchman, carlos came in a close second while lewis hamiltonand prix victory has stephen inverse within canada. >> well, thank you so much for your company. i am linda kincade, will be more -- will be back with more news. you're watatching cnn. have multiple pools. i'm lookoking for someone who likes sand and sun. acactive types are cool. i know a lot of fun spots. if you have kids, great. i'm great with kids. and uh yeah that's me, a beach side hotel. ♪ ♪ welcome to your world. your why. what drives you? what do you want to leave behind? what do you want to give back? what do you want to be remembered for? that's your why. it's your purpose, and we will work with you every step of the way to achieve it. at pnc private bank, we'll help you take care of the how. so tell us - what's your why? ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i'm linda kincade. just ahead, just could be an historic week for ukraine. the european council is set to make a decision on with the

lewis hamilton says the time has come for action after three time f1 champion nelson piquet referred our sport and deserves respect." ferrari's charles leclerc has also condemend the comments and said we should continue to push for a more diverse and inclusive sport." england's women recovered brilliantly to lead on the second day of their one—off test match against south africa at taunton. chasing south africa's 284 from the first day, openers emma lamb and tammy beaumont put on 64 before they both fell in quick sucession. heather knight was then run out in the first ball after lunch which left england 86—3. but thanks to the help of nat siver and debutant alice davidson—richards they fought back. both of them making centuries before davidson—richards lost her wicket in the final ball of the day. england are 328—6 with a lead of 44 runs. england white—ball captain morgan has confirmed he is retiring from international cricket. morgan led england to a famous world cup victory against new zealand in 2019 when his side won after a dramatic super over, he leaves as england's leading one

after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that, at one stage,clear — that we would like to see for any options for the future, how can we improve it, so it is definitely a topic and i think it's getting quite serious. five—time olympic gold medallist laura kenny has been named as part of a 35—strong england cycling squad for this summer's commonwealth games in birmingham. the competition will pit riders against their regular team—mates — kenny won olympic madison gold alongside katie archibald in tokyo, but will be competing against the scot this summer. state of rest won the big race of the day at royal ascot, the prince of wales stakes. ridden by shane cross and trained byjoseph o'brien, the five—to—one shot finished ahead of the favourite bay bridge. grand glory was third. there was a dramatic photo finish to the queen's vase, where 5—2 favourite eldar eldarovjust about beat zechariah. it was about as close as it gets, with hafit coming in third place. for more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that is al

sergio perez, who finished quickest in first practise, was second while lewis hamilton struggled back saudi—funded liv golf invitational series. the 28—year—old american won the 2020 us open and is in the prime of his career, rather than the start or end of it like many of the others. dechambeau's confirmation comes the day after the pga tour said it was suspending any members who joined the rival circuit. his first appearance will be in the second event of the £200 million series, which starts onjune 30th in portland, oregon. now to tennis and andy murray has sealed arguably his biggest win since undergoing hip surgery in 2019. he produced a vintage performance to beat world numberfive stefanos tsitsipas and reach the semi—finals of the stuttgart open. murray hasn't beaten a top—five ranked player since 2016. but his impressive start to the grass—court season continued with a straight sets win over tsitsipas. he'll face australian nick kygrios in the last four tomorrow. stephan also plays well on all of the services, but this surface for me it works really nicely with my game and i'm

sainz will start third while after all the struggles — there was a surprise fourth place for lewis hamilton afterwards, i was like, "oh, my god — "this is a step forward for me." of course i expected it not to be a straightforward race but i think today— straightforward race but i think today with the tricky conditions we stayed _ today with the tricky conditions we stayed calm. so i'm super happy to -et stayed calm. so i'm super happy to get pole _ stayed calm. so i'm super happy to get pole position here and i am happy— get pole position here and i am happy to— get pole position here and i am happy to be back here in montreal and see _ happy to be back here in montreal and see the fans. that's all the sport for now. today marks five years since the finsbury park terror attack — when a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque in north london. one person, makram ali, was killed and nine others injured. makram's daughter — ruzina akhtar — has been speaking exclusively to our home affairs correspondent sonja jessup about her memories of her father— and the impact of the attack on the

sergio perez, who finished fastest in first practise, was second while lewis hamilton struggled backore leading northern ireland — as their manager — to the world cup in 1982, where they had a stunning win over spain, and they reached the world cup again in 1986. he played for sunderland, luton and everton, who he also managed in the 1970s. paying tribute, the irish football association says, "billy holds a unique place in the football hearts of northern ireland." england play italy at molineux tomorrow in the nations league. it's their third game in a week, and they are looking to improve on a defeat in hungary and tuesday's 1—1 draw with germany. it's also a rematch of last year's european championship final, which italy won on penalties. and england manager gareth southgate he has no issues with picking a strong side. i think if we only give players certain types of match, you don't find out enough about them and they don't find out the technical challenges. so for us it is a balance always of knowing that we have got to win matches but also try to find out about the player and th

lewis hamilton says he will drive in the canadian gp this weekend and �*wouldn't miss it for the world in azerbaijan over the weekend. anthonyjoshua anthony joshua announced he anthonyjoshua announced he is leaving sky sports. a two—time heavyweight champion fortis entire career on sky but is now left for a rumoured £80 million. their premier league fixtures for next season are out later this week. manchester city and liverpool aren't resting on their laurels. they have both strengthened their attacking. austin has been following the transfer news and two big deals we have been talking about are no agreed. bath talking about are no agreed. both clubs really _ talking about are no agreed. both clubs really are _ talking about are no agreed. exit? clubs really are bolstering their forward lines for next season. manchester city have confirmed the signing of hurling talent while liverpool have agreed a fee with benfica. not that either side really need much help up top because they scored 193 goals in the premier league last season between them but perhaps that is why they are the best. th

sergio perez finished fastest in first practise while lewis hamilton struggled back in 12th.to tennis, and andy murray has sealed arguably his biggest win since undergoing two hip surgeries. he produced an excellent performance to beat world number five stefanos tsitsipas and reach the semi—finals of the stuttgart open. murray hasn't beaten a top—five ranked player since 2016. but his impressive start to the grass—court season continues he beat djokovic at the atp finals. but his impressive start to the grass—court season continues with a straight sets win over tsitsipas. he'll face australia's nick kygrios in the last four tomorrow. stefanos plays well on all of the surfaces, but this surface for me works really nicely with my game and i'm able to use my strengths well on this court. and, yeah, i don't want to say that i was the smarter player, but i felt like my game on this surface matches up better. the british number three harriet dart�*s strong run at the nottingham open is over after she lost to american alison riske. dart was playing in a quarterfinal of a wta tour ev

lewis hamilton says he is speechless, self being made an honorary brazilian citizen, brazil. the lower house, passed the bull, making the 7th time will champion one of their countrymen. the move was proposed after hamilton one last years, brazilian grumpy and unfilled the country's flag at the inter lagossi circuit. hamilton was in action on friday in practice for the azerbaijan grown pre where ferrari's cabbage of leader sharla clare recorded the fastest time. i've had sudden just over years, it's amazing times there see one more 1st of all championship in brazil and since then, 14 years later, whatever it is, the epic race that i had there last year in the moment i had with the brazilian flag. so, and that's my like biggest followings in brazil, so i'm very, very honored and grateful. and i can't wait to spend more time there. and that concludes our sports teams. julie, back to you in london. peter, thank you very much. that's it for me, julie mcdonald for this is our, i'll be back in just a moment with much more all the days you should see. then of course, you can catch up

lewis hamilton will start from fourth.omorrow's final at queen's will be between serbia's filip krajinovic and matteo berretini. the italian is the reigning champion and despite a number of rain delays he eased past the dutchman botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. the women's birmingham classic tournament was a complete washout. both semi—finals and the final will be played there tomorrow. it was the last day of the royal ascot meeting. the feature race was the platinum jubilee stakes. it was an incredibly tight finish as the 33—1 outsider naval crown, ridden byjames doyle, here on the nearside, just beat his stable—mate creative force by a nose.

when talking about lewis hamilton in an interview, he came made the comments are present in publication in the video that was released on monday. his words have been condemned by hamilton's and said his team as well as officials for formula one and motor sports governing body the f i a with homicide. also treating about that now hero on switzer, it's more than language. these are ok. mindsets need to change and have no place in sports. it will so that he's been surrounded by these attitudes and talk said he says his whole life has been plenty of time to learn. he adds, time has come for action. moving on slight clings most prestigious race. the 3rd of france begins the 3 can, but one team has to deal with police raisal, now homes before they left for the start of the race, seemed hurrying victories of confirmed that the homes of riders and stuff was searched across at least 3 or appeal countries as part of an ongoing on tito investigation, they are also such during loss is race in france. well that's just for us for now, but they will be more from the rest of the team later looking forw

continue to struggle with their cars bouncing up and down on the track, including 7 time chaplain lewis hamilton, a phenomenon known as the thing has left the mercedes driver with headaches and back pain. the sports governing body says it's looking at how it can tackle the problem. hamilton's concerned 8 will leave drivers with long term injuries. ultimate, i think safety is the most important thing and i don't think, i think there's at least one driver in every team is, has spoken on it. and i don't think it's going to change a huge amount. but i think there's a lot of work that needs to be done and it's positive that the if i are working towards improving it because we have this car for the next few years. so it's not about coping with the bouncing for the next 4 years. is about completely getting rid of it and fixing it so that the future drivers all us don't have back problems moving forward in mercer gp decant is francesco benya qualified, fastest for the german grand prix. the italian grabbing his 3rd pole position of the season. and we'll start sunday's race ahead of will champion fabio,

. girls, a former f one champion, is facing allegations of racism over comments he made about lewis hamilton. ah, senior a to donald trump's former chief of staff says the former us president grabbed the steering wheel of a car demanded to be taken to the capital on the day of the january 6th riots. president, to just finished a speech outside the white house, where he pray support as he'd gathered in washington, the ice house invested investigating committee heard that the attack that during the attack attack, trump knew that some of those supporters were armed. the president had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being, i read it the president said something to the effect of i'm the, i've been president, take me up to the capital now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mister engel grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your head off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west when we're not going to the capitol. mister trump then

lewis hamilton struggled.etitions. it was trialled a couple of seasons ago following the covid break to reduce the physical impact on players, but was dropped for the last campaign. it's now going to be implemented from next season in the championship, league one and league two, as it will in the premier league. england play italy at molineux tomorrow in the nations league. it's their third game in a week and they're looking to improve on defeat in hungary and tuesday's i—i draw with germany. it's also a rematch of last year's european championship final — which italy won on penalties. and england manager gareth southgate he has no issues with picking a strong side. i think if we only give players certain types of match, you don't find out enough about them and they don't find out the technical challenges, so for us it is a balance always of knowing that we have got to win matches but also try to find out about the player and then get a good experience. —— and in them. russian olympic high—jump champion mariya

lewis hamilton says he is speechless, self to be made. an honorary brazilian citizen for those lower house passed a bow making the 7th time will champion, one of the countrymen. the move was proposed of the hamilton one last year, the brazilian grand prix, and unfurled the country flag at the interlock of circuit. hamilton was in action on friday in practice for the as a by jean drum pre. he was 6 the fastest. well, for always champ jibley to charlotte, clare recorded the quickest time. i've had 7 just over years, just amazing times there. see why my 1st war championship in brazil. and to since then, 14 years later, whatever it is, the epic race that i had there last year in the moment i had with the brazilian flag. so, and that's my like biggest followings in brazil. so i'm very, very honored and grateful. and i can't wait to spend more time there. and so the school needs to be year again later with more so thanks very much pizza and of course you can follow more of those stories on a website out there with dot com. shoot him and we'll h

lewis hamilton, with problems last time out in baku, grabbed his second podium finish of the season.ng, charging, pushing. but, of course, naturally, when you're undres duress, it's a bit easier to charge. so, yeah, the last few laps are a lot of fun. that's all the sport for now. more now on the rail strikes due to take place on almost all major lines tomorrow and on thursday and saturday, with disruption expected all week. some of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts and experiences. i will pick a couple of them out to share with you. ashley got in touch saying, there isn't a way to get to work tomorrow, getting the bus will take four hours instead of my regular hour—long commute. he goes on to say, my workplace have said they are expecting me to get to work on time. somebody else who has got in touch, we are all affected by rising costs, but do all of us get pay rises? no. if rail workers get pay rises? no. if rail workers get pay rises, ticket prices go up and passengers need a pay rise and on and on. thank you for your comments, let us know if you have any more thou

george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamiltonriathlon event in leeds, britain's double olympic medallist georgia taylor—brown finished second. fellow brit sophie coldwell was third. they both narrowly lost out to cassandre beaugrand of france, who won gold despite picking up a 10 second penalty along the way. in the men's race, the hopes of british pair jonathan brownlee and alex yee were ended after a crash on the bike leg that wasn't caught on camera. it was hayden wilde of new zealand who took first place. and what a fightback from saracens — they came from behind to the champions harlequins, in their premiership semi—final. the victory means sarries reach their sixth final in their last eight campaigns, having won four of those trips to twickenham. jess softley has more. former champions versus reigning champions, saracens versus harlequins, the stage was set. queens had the better start, marcus bean exploited a gap in the defence. the deficit was reduced before a play by owen farrell gave saracens the lead. 13—12 at half tim

the three—time formula 1 champion said he is sorry for a racially abusive remarks he made about lewis hamiltonholeheartedly to anyone that was affected. and sources in formula 1 say the brazilian won't be allowed backin say the brazilian won't be allowed back in the paddock at races following those comments. and that is all from sports day but we will have a full round—up from wimbledon at sports day at half six. a busy time. more sports news to come. a high court judge a high courtjudge recently concluded that on the balance of probabilities he was dead and ruled that doctors could lawfully stop providing treatment. three appeal judges analysed the case under court of appeal hearing in london today and said there should be another high court hearing. 0ur reporter explained more. this story has it many twists and turns. it was back on the 7th of april in southend—on—sea when his mum holly went to their house and found archie unresponsive on the floor. he had traumatic brain injury and he believes in taking part in some kind of online challenge. they rush the 12—year—old to southend hospital an

lewis hamilton says the time has come for action after three—time f1 champion nelson piquet referreddum in motion. she wants it to take place october the 19th next year, with the question the same as in the 2014 vote — should scotland be an independent country? let's speak now to msp neil gray who's the snp's ministerfor culture, europe and international development. hello to you, mr gray. how is this the right time? riff hello to you, mr gray. how is this the right time?— the right time? of course it's the ri . ht the right time? of course it's the right time- _ the right time? of course it's the right time. last _ the right time? of course it's the right time. last year, _ the right time? of course it's the right time. last year, the - the right time? of course it's the right time. last year, the people | the right time? of course it's the i right time. last year, the people of scotland voted overwhelmingly in the scottish parliamentary elections to give this scottish government a mandate to have discussions on a decision to be had over scotland's future. the independence referendu

formula one champion nelson piquet says he's sorry for a racially abusive remark he made about lewis hamiltonere that they believed him to be brainstem dead following a dispute between the family and high court judge and probabilities of the 12—year—old was dead and doctors could stop providing treatment but the court of appeal, three appeal courtjudges analyse this case and thejudges ruling and said courtjudges analyse this case and the judges ruling and said that there should be another high court hearing as we get responses from the family including the mother, we will bring that to you. politicians, celebrities and charities have been paying tribute to the cancer campaigner, blogger and podcaster dame deborahjames, who has died of bowel cancer at the age of 40. the host of the "you, me and the big c" podcast — also known as "bowel babe" — was awarded a damehood in may, in recognition of her tireless fundraising. she had been receiving end—of—life care at home. i'm joined now by professor peterjohnson, national clinical director for cancer at nhs england. your thoughts on this day. i'm ter

this was meant to be the season lewis hamilton bounced back from the agonising way he lost the formulaent begins. a big game for the players, big for the country, and this is the first chance for the players to put their stamp on their position, with the world cup in october, so, yeah, it's an exciting week. it's good to see the players together, mixing and enjoying each other�*s company, and it's enjoyable for me to get together with my staff and get some work done. that game is at 5.45 this evening after the women's side take on france. come the autumn, the men's and women's and wheelchair world cups will run alongside each other, for the first time — and that's huge for the profile of those competitions. i started in the 2017—18 season, and we didn't get many fans, and there was nothing streamed live on tv, and evenjust the development of the game and the progress it's made, the standard that we are at now has totally improved since the last time we played, in 2018, so, yeah, you'vejust got to keep pushing on and forward, really, and it is amazing for the women's game. it's the show

the bouncing problem with lewis hamilton's mercedes car continues and he was left "a bit sore" aftersing to the netherlands. captain gareth bale has spoken out at a lack of consideration, for players. he's called on football's governing bodies to prioritise player welfare above money. tonight's game is their fourth in ten days, before travelling to rotterdam to play the netherlands on tuesday. bale believes the fixture pile—up is putting too much of a strain on all involved. two huge matches today in rugby union's english premiership. the competition has reached the playoff semifinal stage, with reigning champions harlequins taking on saracens in the first match. following that, leicester tigers take on northampton at welford road. it's been eight years since either of these clubs last tasted premiership glory. the winners of both matches will face each other in the final at twickenham a week on saturday. now what lengths would you go to if you had the chance to enter the love island villa? would you give up yourjob? well, rugby league star jacques o'neill has been allowed to leave c

lewis hamilton, with problems last time out in baku, grabbed his second podium finish of the season. pushing, charging, pushing. but, of course, naturally, when you're undres duress, it's a bit easier to charge. so, yeah, the last few laps are a lot of fun. swimming's world governing body fina has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races, if they have gone through any part of male puberty. it means transgender athletes will have to have tranistioned by the age of 12 to be eligible for women's events. fina say they plan to create an open category at competitions for swimmers whose gender identity is different from their birth sex. we are faced with some very complex challenges. i believe that we will have a solution that protects the competitive fairness of our competition, but sends a clear message to every single athlete — you are all welcome. england's cricketers won their one—day series against the netherlands — with a match to spare. in a rain—affected match the netherlands set england a target of 236 to win from their 41 overs. and although englan

ferrari's carlos sainz will start third while there was a surprise fourth place for lewis hamilton inulp in straight sets. berrettini will face a surprise opponent in the final, serbia's filip krajinovic. the world number 48 beat the seventh seed marin cilic also in straight sets. the women's hockey world cup begins next week and england continued the countdown to it by beating belgium 2—1 in a pro league match in london with goals from tess howard and grace balsdon. they play their final league game against the same opponents today and could end the season as high as fourth. it's just five months to go until the rugby league world cup gets under way, and england's teams have been continuing their preparations this weekend. the wheelchair side are in action later today, while the men's and women's teams were involved in a double—header in warrington yesterday. the men beat the combined nations all stars 18—4 with jake wardle scoring on his england debut. and there was also a win for the women's side. they beat france 36—10 with amy hardcastle and georgia roche both scoring two tries e

sir lewis hamilton has been signed up for a new film about formula 1.he plot. it is not a mystery. the second time formula 1 champion will be working as a producer in the film. he is not acting? i am as a producer in the film. he is not acting? iam not as a producer in the film. he is not acting? i am not sure. as a producer in the film. he is not acting? iam not sure. his as a producer in the film. he is not acting? i am not sure. his role at this stage is producer. think top gun. the plot will be that brad pitt will play the role of a veteran driver who comes out of retirement to mentor young team—mates. brad's character will make one last bid for racing glory, apparently. he will get back in the sea and do the whole thing. you can imagine it. —— in the seat. that is upcoming. apparently in 2019, lewis hamilton, it is unclear as to whether he will act in this. in the past he said, i do not know whether i will ever be good at movies but i will give it a try. he has said before he wants to be in films. when we were looking at carol's picture, you said y

lewis hamilton said he might not be able to drive in the next race becuase of a painful back broughtemperatures could be up to 30, possibly more than that. for england and wales that is where we will see the highest temperature. scotland and northern ireland. today we have and northern ireland. today we have a weather front crossing scotland. a gentle breeze with high pressure in charge in the south. quite a bit of cloud around. this clad big enough to produce some spots of rain in the north and the west. —— this cloud thick enough. during the morning the cloud will build where we have early morning sunshine. leaving us with any intervals. the rain will continue in parts of northern and western scotland. it should brighten up western scotland. it should brighten up in northern ireland, wales and the south—west. temperatures lower than yesterday, 23 in heathrow yesterday and today 20 degrees. pollen levels are high across much of england and wales. though all moderate pushing into the north of england and ireland. this evening and overnight much of the cloud will melt away. we will ha