lydia campbell, bbc news.ahead against the republic of ireland in their euro qualifier in dublin. but a late goal from sheffield united's david mcgoldrick rescued a point for the hosts — his first international goal too. they are unbeaten. those are your qualifiers so far. also in that group are gibralter and denmark. they play tonight. the danes comfortable winners by six goals to nil. jamie murray and neal skupski are in the semi—finals of the doubles at the us open. they lost the first set on a tie—break. the second is also going to a tie—break. murray is already into the mixed doubles final with his partner. and you can keep updated on that semi—final on the bbc sport website. england's paul casey shot a 6—under par round, to go top of the leaderboard at the german open in hamburg. casey posted a 66, including seven birdies. despite strong winds on the course, he leads by a shot, ahead of austria's matthias schwab. leeds boxer nicola adams admits it was strange to become world champion, without winning the

lydia campbell, bbc news.nal warm—up game before the tournament begins injapan. the all blacks were in great form, as they ran in 1a tries with nine different try scorers. ryan crotty and ben smith each scored two with george bridge leading the way with four tries. new zealand begin their quest for a third successive title against south africa in yokohama on 21st september. australia also ended their world cup preparations with a win. they beat samoa 3a points to 15, scoring six tries in sydney. dane haylett—petty and matt to'omua crossed in the last 10 minutes to see the hosts home comfortably. still to come on sportsday: we look ahead to what could be a career defining us open final for serena williams at flushing meadows. and mike bushell dances down to sussex to take on his fellow strictly contestant and paralympic table tennis champion will bailey. to the us open now. and in just over an hour's time serena williams can put herself in the history books — with a record—equalling 24th grand slam, if she can

lydia campbell, bbc news. we have a british champion at the us open tennis.es title, beating the top seeds chan hao—ching and michael venus in straight sets. it's the fourth year in a row that murray has won a title at flushing meadows. the crowd is now looking forward to seeing serena williams take on bianca andreescu in the women's final. that's all the sport for now. the british chambers of commerce says two fifths of uk businesses haven't done even a basic risk assessment of the consequences of a no—deal brexit. the government has said there's been a significant acceleration in the help given to companies. but the bcc says its members are still struggling with a huge number of unanswered questions. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. here in southampton, these warehouses are filled to the rafters. meachers logistics stores everything from food to car batteries and takes it on to where it needs to go. but not knowing when and how we'll leave the european union is causing problems for them and their customers. we are so reliant on what the

it means 27 year old wang will feature in herfirst ever grand slam quarterfinal as lydia campbell reportsh open this year, ashley batti had only gone beyond the fourth round at a grand slam once in her career — make ash barty. and that was not going to change here. the number two seed couldn't handle china's wayne chang who eased to a straight sets win, reaching the quarter that —— quarter—finals for the first time in a grand slam —— wang qiang. quarter—finals for the first time in a grand slam -- wang qiang. she was very solid and able to put the ball with great depth in difficult positions for me and i was still able to create opportunities and it is just frustrating that on the big points today, she played a lot better. i probably had one of ten breakpoints and wasn't able to —— nine or ten breakpoints and wasn't able to get any of them. next wang qiang is serena williams but she had to ove rco m e qiang is serena williams but she had to overcome a lot in her fourth round match. she had a medical timeout for the 23 time winner. it will take more than a rolled ankle to stop this major c

lydia campbell, bbc news. are we on to the ashes? yes indeed!tralia out for 225 and, believe it or not, steve smith didn't make a century. after taking early wickets on the second day, england were again frustrated by smith but the celebrations that greeted his departure for 80 were fitting. but once chris woakes removed him, jofra archer took over, finishing with 6 wickets for 62 runs, including the final dismissal of peter siddle — rory burns with a stunning catch. england will resume on 9 without loss in their second innings. it would mean a lot for the team obviously there is still a lot to play for as it has championships and even our own personal game, you know, so although the ashes is lost we still have got a lot to play for. now, it was billed as friday 13th fright night in the super league, as one of four teams faced relegation in the final round of fixtures. in the end, it was london broncos whose luck ran out. they were beaten by wakefield, whose19—10 win saved them from relegation. for the broncos, they return to the championship af

lydia campbell, bbc news. on day two of the final test at the 0val. and here's a thing — steve smith was out for less than a century. joe wilson reports. the 0val is surely one of cricket's grandest old stately homes. it would almost expect a butler! there he is! jos buttler would aim for morning boundaries. australia would aim for his stumps. now the fun has stopped, england were all that four to 9a. so they prepared to bowl with motivation, after all, david warner was waiting, gently reminded by the crowd he had been scoring a lot of ducks. well, warner managed five, anotherfailure. ducks. well, warner managed five, another failure. maybe the crowd we re another failure. maybe the crowd were bored of building. no? doctor archer was bowling with real menace. marnus labuschagne lbw aa8 and england was in business but there was him. that steve smith, start counting when he gets to 50. now. this may be the fifth —— ashes episode but england brought in a new bowler. sam curran, on his ashes debut, made his mark.

lydia campbell reports. it is rarely easy to say goodbye. just ask rory best.rst points of the day. robert kearney driving over. these warm—up matches are for fine—tuning ahead of the world cup and this was pitch perfect. leigh halfpenny added the conversion, giving wells a 10—7 lead at the break. but the second half was all about the men in green. their second try it down to pure brute force. and james ryan added the third shortly after. eventually give in after some discussion. and thatis give in after some discussion. and that is how it finished. the wind lifting ireland to top of the world rankings for the first time. ahead of the world cup, rory‘s side are simply the best. olivia campbell, bbc news. well, ireland may be world number one, but new zealand are still world cup favourites. they hammered tonga 92—7 in their final warm—up game. the all blacks were in great form, scoring 1a tries by nine different players. ryan crotty and ben smith each with two, george bridge leading the way with four tries. new zealand begin their quest for a third successive ti