i am marc edwards with your sport. we start with the news that lionel messi has agreed to join mls side inter miami, following his departure from the french champions paris st germain. he said to have rejected a more lucrative offer to major league he said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al halal to move to major league soccer. david beckham's arrival gave florida football freedom to dream, but this is more like a fever dream. lionel messi, one of the game's greatest, who has graced the world's biggest stages, saying farewell to france and moving to miami. not since pele joined the new york cosmos in 1975 has arguably the world's best player plied their trade in north america, and the arrival of messi in miami is similarly seismic. it's an absolutely huge moment. it is a deal that the league has been working on for quite some time, and ever since inter miami came into the league in 2020, they have been links to this particular deal. it's something that they would have loved to get do

hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport.t with the news that lionel messi has agreed to join mls side inter miami, following his departure from the french champions paris saint—germain. argentina's world cup—winning captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al—hilal to move to major league soccer. dan ogunshakin has more. david beckham's arrival gave florida football freedom to dream, but this is more like a fever dream. lionel messi, one of the game's gratis, graced the world's biggest stages — think there were two france and moving to miami. not since 1975 has arguably the world's best player apply their trade in north america, the arrival of messi is similarly seismic. is messi is similarly seismic. is an messi is similarly seismic. is an absolutely huge moment, ever since enter miami came into the league in 2020, there has been links to this deal. it's something they've been working hard to get done, and it always looked like it might be that little bit too far away. for them to

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hello, i'm marc edwards, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme...pen, as another seed is sent packing from paris. broadnificient — stuart broad stakes his ashes claim, as england take complete control of their test with ireland on the opening day. and au revoir, messi — one of football's greats will soon be without a club, as psg confirm he'll be leaving at the end of the season.

i'm marc edwards with your latest sports news. we're going to start at roland garros, in paris, where there's been another big—name exit from the men's draw of the french open. the eighth—seeded jannik sinner is out. he was beaten in five sets by germany's daniel altmaier — a player ranked 70 places below him. it was thrilling contest that lasted nearly five—and—a—half hours before altmier eventually won the deciding set 7—5. it's been a great turnaround, coming back after the fourth set which was pretty much a roller coaster, then having the chance to break him in the fifth, getting the re—break, serving really tough — the emotions were crazy, and what was insane was the crowd, and i thank the fans, for the love of the game. qualifier thiago seyboth wild is also into round three. having knocked out world number two daniil medvedev in the opening round, the brazilian beat argentina's guido pella in four sets. casper ruud is also through, after seeing off plucky giulio zeppieri in four sets. no problems for the women's world number

hello, i'm marc edwards from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme.... we're at edgabston to find out more on fitness concerns around england captain ben stokes. will he stay or will he go? seems like kylian mbappe could be doing both at psg, we'll have the latest on a topsy turvy transfer day for the france international. . .. and is mcilroy miffed? he pulls out of his pre—tournament press conference — ahead of the next golfing major — the us open winning the treble. can you really blame them, though? that is very, very good work, lads. and you're all caught up now by. and is mcilroy miffed? he pulls out of his pre—tournament press conference — ahead of the next golfing major — the us open

have that story for you in just a moment. 1st, a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's marc edwards

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hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm marc edwards. no better place to start than at lloyd's.g the toss and choosing to field — england's bowlers — led brilliantly by stuart broad — struck at regular intervals before england's batters then showed off their ability in the evening sun. joe wilson reports. ireland, lords and a sunny day. it suited england, especially stuart broad, right and suited england, especially stuart broad, rightand hit suited england, especially stuart broad, right and hit read them to prove what he already knew, essential to england. 0n five occasions, too good for ireland, too good for australia. that will be the hope through the next two months. the confidence and can have anjack leach, the competency has in himself should also have been noticed. three wickets for leach, ireland allowed for 172 and england soon it batting. whatever england do in test matches these days, they do it quickly, and so zak crawley and ben duckett took those innings to 100 inside the 16th over. it is, we presume to know what they will try to do against australia because they

i'm marc edwards. duckett actually batted even more fluently, having excelled overseas and now showing lords the full range there. 182. poke went on, tougher the irish bowlers and little resembled the test match against australia except him. all the gear and already here. poke on a nervous 199, well, his highest score for england and the quickest ever test double hundred scored in england. as for the stay of the match, he will resume with ireland trying to resist but in their second innings, they are still 255 runs behind and they have already lost three wickets. all taken byjosh tongue on his debut. england enjoyed for now the sight of everything going right. joe wilson, bbc news, at lords. so an excellent day for england's cricketers, not though for one british tennis player at roland—garros. cameron norrie, the last brit standing at the french open, has been knocked out. and it was all rather too comfortable for the italian lorenzo musetti, who eased straight sets 6—1, 6—2, 6—4 injust over two hours

marc ashdown, bbc news. the editor in chief at british vogue, edward enninful, is stepping down after six years of running thel adviser to the uk title, while moving into a new global position at the group. mr enninful was the first black man to hold thejob and broke boundaries throughout his tenure —— including putting the first man on the cover, and producing an edition focusing on disabled people. i wasjoined earlier by cultural commentator and film—maker, basma khalifa. and asked what kind of legacy enninful is leaving at brisish vogue. gosh, it's notjust a legacy that he did, but what he did is he broke boundaries. vogue changed so dramatically over the last six years. it's notjust diversity and ethnicity. it's diversity in disabilities. it's diversity in age, it's diversity in gender. he really did something that was so, so powerful and also so needed for the fashion industry, because british vogue is the leader. it's a leader in the fashion industry as well as american vogue. so when they do something, the world reacts. and what he was able to do was to say everyone's welcome and it was so needed in th

marc ashdown, bbc news. to the world of fashion now and british vogue editor—in—chief. edwardanian—british creative is the first black man to hold the title and will now move into a newly created role aimed at growing the brand globally. you are watching bbc news. i'm helena humphrey in london. there is plenty more on our website. i'll have more news for you at the top of the hour, see you then. hello there. this finer, settled, dry and sunny spell settled, dry and sunny spell set to continue throughout this weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. largely dry and settled thanks to high pressure. always warmest and sunniest out towards the west and a little bit cool and cloudy sometimes close to the north sea coasts but many places will stay dry by the odd shower. a system sitting out of the north—west to the uk will always have diseased to north—easterly airflow which will be fresh over the next few days of the southeast corner and it will drag in low cloud into eastern england and the midlands for the early part of sunday. northern and eastern scotland also but cle