marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 — including 26 fours. begin their first innings tomorrow morning. rhys mcclenaghan has said he feels a "huge amount of relief" that he and two fellow northern ireland gymnasts will compete at this summer's commonwealth games having been granted special dispensation. mcclenaghan, eamon montgomery and ewan mcateer were last month told that they could not compete in birmingham because they have represented ireland in international competition. the international gymnastics federation has now changed its initial ruling. northern ireland boss kenny shiels' has named his squad for euro 2022 — and captain marissa callaghan "is expected to be ready". callaghan and rebecca mckenna are both included after missing thursday's friendly in belgium through injury. cliftonville midfielder callaghan has not played since a "minor toe injury" left her in a protective boot in may. they get underway in the tournament on 7july against norway. chelsea have been in contact with premier league champions manchester city over the tra

marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 — including 26 fours.s summer's commonwealth games having been granted special dispensation. mcclenaghan, eamon montgomery and ewan mcateer were last month told that they could not compete in birmingham because they have represented ireland in international competition. the international gymnastics federation has now changed its initial ruling. northern ireland boss kenny shiels' has named his squad for euro 2022 — and captain marissa callaghan "is expected to be ready". callaghan and rebecca mckenna are both included after missing thursday's friendly in belgium through injury. cliftonville midfielder callaghan has not played since a "minor toe injury" left her in a protective boot in may. they get underway in the tournament on 7july against norway. chelsea have been in contact with premier league champions manchester city over the transfer of raheem sterling. the england forward has scored 131 goals for city, since joining from liverpool in 2015 but is thought to be a major target for new chelsea owner to

yesterday the hosts were defied by a superb century from south africa's marizanne kapp.ghest score by a south african woman in test cricket, before being dismissed by england captain tammy beaumont. formula 1 has condemned three—time world champion nelson piquet for using racially abusive language about lewis hamilton. the 69—year—old brazilian, who won the 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 hug

but there progress has been blunted by marizanne kapp.eady" for callaghan and rebecca mckenna are both included after missing thursday's friendly in belgium through injury. cliftonville midfielder callaghan has not played since a "minor toe injury" left her in a protective boot in may. they get under way in the tournament on 7july against norway. 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. sportsday is in an hour with holly hamilton. we are watching bbc news, it is 5:42pm and we will return to the story that is dominating that programme. let's return to the news that at least two people have died and 20 people wounded in a russian missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of kremenchuk, in central ukraine. in the last few minutes, a local governor in the area has said the belief at the moment is that ten people have been killed and more than a0 have been injured. but you may know that ukraine's president zelensky says more than 1000 people may have been inside

marizanne kapp is leading the fight back, she's hit a half century and is sitting on 77.taking a break at the moment. kwon has only ever reached the second round at wimbledon. his career high ranking is 52. but he's played some wonderful drop shots to keep djokovic off balance. british number one cameron norrie is on the verge of reaching round two — but is being frustrated by the weather. norrie leads 2 sets to love — and 5—3 in the third set against spain's pablo andujar — but rain means the match is currently suspended. one british player is already out though. jodie burrage was beaten in straight sets by lesia tsurenko. the ukrainian winning 6—2, 6—3 injust over an hour. seven other british players are due on court today — but the rain may dictate proceedings. the idea of one british grand slam champion featuring on centre court would have been unthinkable a couple of decades ago but later this afternoon us open champion emma raducanu will be follow defending champion novak djokovic and precede two time wimbledon champion andy murray. raducanu is up against dangerous

yesterday the hosts were defied by a superb century from south africa's marizanne kapp.go, but is the team's oldest rider at 36. fellow briton adam yates was the best young rider at the tour in 2016. colombian dani martinez completes their contenders. britain's olympic mountain bike gold medallist and world cyclo—cross champion tom pidcock will make his tour debut with the team. that's all the sport for now. you can get action from every court at wimbledon on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and it's on the app too. more after half—one. nicola sturgeon is preparing to set out her plans for a second referendum on scottish independence. the first minister will make a statement in the scottish parliament this afternoon, when she's expected to say a vote will take place in october next year, with or without the formal consent of westminster. the uk government says now is not the time for another referendum. our scotland correspondent lorna gordonjoins us now from edinburgh. hello lorna, so what is the likely route that ms sturgeon is going to take with this, wha