sri lanka still rely on veteran bowler malinga. first over, malinga delivered. jason roy out.h problems as this, showing his team—mates how it's done. england were building a good platform and when eoin morgan arrived, he produced shots like this to to race to 92. but back came malinga. a century missed. sri lanka knew they could not miss early wickets in their early pursuit of 279. chris woakes had other plans. in monsoon season, rain is always a threat — covers at the ready. and with sri lanka well behind, perera teed off. it was too little, too late, as england headed off with a 1—0 lead. woakes has been doing it for quite some time now. but i thought he really did set the tone. he made quite a relaxing impression early on for 0llie to come in and do exact to what he does. captain eoin morgan looking for a win in this series to underline his side's status as favouirites to win next year's cricket world cup. this is one of three series england play before hosting the tournament next may. henry moran is in dambulla and has been reflecting on their first win of the tour. victo

sri lanka still rely on veteran bowler malinga. first over, malinga delivered. jason roy out.team—mates how it's done. england were building a good platform and when eoin morgan arrived, he produced shots like this to race to 92. but back came malinga. a century missed. sri lanka knew they could not lose early wickets in their early pursuit of 279. chris woakes had other plans. this was a great debut for olly stone. england were always in front and they won on the duckworth—lewis method. germany are in action in europe's nations league — the new look tournamnet which gives lesser nations the chance to qualify for the european championships. the former world cup winners taking on the netherlands, virgil van dyk scoring to give the home side the lead. earlier in league b — group 1, the czech republic won 2—1 in slovakia for their first victory leaving the slova ks pointless after two games, while norway beat slovenia 1—0. that's all the sport for now. now for a bit of history. in 1982 the european court of human rights ruled that without parental consent, corporal punishment in

andrea malinga could be out forced.a could be out for six months after tearing his achilles tendon in the game to west ham and tottenham. arsenal have won nine ina ham and tottenham. arsenal have won nine in a row in all competitions. their head coach doesn't think another victory is guaranteed tonight. leicester is a very good team. inaudible they are very competitive. they have good players. we need every single player. and also our mentality together. to be stronger than the last march. i think they have good confidence in their play. perhaps if they play with more direct play, or clinical play, with clinical play, like i said. then they can have good confidence for the future. before we 90, confidence for the future. before we go, sergio garcia won his third valder rama masters in a row earlier this morning, finishing four shots clear of ireland's's shane lowry, who was second. you can find out more on that and the other sports stories on the website. that it from me for now. thinks very much. —— thanks very much. a

we have seen many similar dismissals, that was lasith malinga starting his hat—trick.the team right. we have seen ollie stone getting added to the line—up. england need to test these players and if they are right. more rain in the next few games could cause problems. it's important england or the machine before the world cup. important to get that winning feeling over the pitch next summer in the uk will be so different. it's quite hard to build up different. it's quite hard to build up in conditions in sri lanka. just explain how different it is, even the error? everything. in subcontinent conditions the ball stays much lower and grips and turns a lot. you seek spin bowlers so england will be facing green tops out here, but i think that good teams are adaptable, i think the tea m teams are adaptable, i think the team will take confidence, saying, no matter what conditions you throw at us, we can be successful. adaptability is key, let's see how we get on in this series. cochran, we get on in this series. cochran, we will let you get back. you can hear more from ebony

sri lanka are still rely on veteran bowler malinga. platform and when eoin morgan arrived, he produced shots like this to raise 292. -- to produced shots like this to raise 292. —— to race to 92. but back came malinga. sri lanka knew they could not miss early wickets. chris woakes had other plans. in monsoon season, rain is always a threat, covers at the ready. it was too little, too late, as england head off with a 1—0 lead. warrington wolves rugby league team will try to end 63 years of hurt when they take on wigan in superleague's grand final tonight. kick—off isjust over 15 minutes from now, just down the road at old trafford. it's a repeat of the 2016 final, which wigan won and it's also a swansong for their coach shaun wane — who's departing after more than 30 years with the club as both a coach and player. for the wolves, meanwhile, they're hoping to win their first domestic title since 1955. i feel excited. i feel sad i'm leaving my dream job. i feel excited. i feel sad i'm leaving my dreamjob. i'm i feel excited. i feel sad i'

sri lanka's king of sling, lasith malinga, ripped through england's resistance, to give the hosts thean helped the england fightback, dispatching a 6 into the dambulla crowd. but england were unable to get to 300 asjoss buttler was stopped in his prime on 28...by nuwan pradeep...joe root top—scored with 71. england a target of 278—9 off their 50 overs...sri lanka yet to start their reply. it's the climax of the rugby league season today — wigan warriors, against the warrington wolves in the super league grand final. it could be some send—off for the wigan coach, shaun wane — a final match, 36 years after he first played for the club. adam wild reports from old trafford. for these two sides, the journey to old trafford has been long. the prize at the end now within reach. for both warrington and wigan, it is a path well trodden. commentator: it is another wow moment at old trafford. they have met here before twice, both days belonged to wigan, but that is now in the past and something some are keen to forget. what's gone is gone. you just concentrate on ourselves. you gotta enjoy this