with ben stokes missing — it's bowler matthew potts who gets the nod for england as they prepare forest series with sri lanka later this week. and aryna sabalenka wins in cincinatti as she beats jess pegula to lift her second title of the year. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with football where at 37 years of age, jamie vardy is scoring in the top flight once again. he earned leicester a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham on their return to the premier league. vardy�*s second half goal cancelled out pedro porro�*s opener. vardy�*s header in the 57th minute was leicester's first effort on target. spurs handing a full debut to new signing dominic solanke. but despite spurs having 70% possession and 13 corners, the points were shared, thanks to vardy�*s 9th premier league goal against spurs. brilliant to get the first game a lot premier league debuts and club debuts and guys not playing in the premier league for a while and that's going to cause some anxiety and so, to get the second half as it was, we had the confidence built even more to move forward if we canjust get in even

matthew potts comes in for the injured captain ben stokes. also coming up on sportsday...gic was rugby league's big weekend, with numbers significantly down over the two days at elland road? evening. we'll get to tonight's match between leicester and spurs in the next couple of minutes, but what have we learnt from the weekend? there weren't any shock results, last season's top four all won — manchester city, arsenal, liverpool and aston villa — but there were still plenty of talking points. with the transfer window open for another 11 days, managers are still shaping their squads, players finding out if they are wanted, either by another club, or in the case of raheem sterling, their own. he missed the cut this weekend as enzo maresca tackled the stamford bridge conundrum for the first time, how to keep a a2—man squad happy. adam cottier reports left out by england, i know seem mikasa side byjosie, raheem sterling curries at the crossroads. so time. i shall see his light is faded and his representatives are seen for clarity on the situation in a statement released shortly

matthew potts there, and now gus atkinson. yep, he takes wickets too. you find this portrait unsettling? well, sir keir starmer is reported to have moved this painting of margaret thatcher from her old office in number ten. there�*s been no official comment, but sir keir�*s biographer has suggested the labour leader was less than comfortable with lady thatcher staring down at him. it�*s annoyed some conservatives, but the man who painted the portrait, richard stone, isn�*t too worried. my sense ofjudging a good portrait — if you sense you�*re in the presence of that person, all so he could bowl again, fast. gone! stone�*s return to the england team was hastened by injuries to others. any fortune, success here was hard earned and joyfully received. grim stuff, though, for sri lanka. england�*s bowlers kept coming. matthew potts there, and now gus atkinson. yep, he takes wickets too. new faces bowling like old hands, shoaib bashir perfect. now, it�*s been a tough test for england�*s stand—in captain, but when 0llie pope took aim here, his throw was delaye

what is going on in the middle behind me is a group of england positive bowlers, including matthew pottsons, going through their preparations, going through some deliveries with their bowling mentor, a certainjames anderson, but if you look at the balance of the england team met with potts in it, chris woakes will bat at seven, then potts and woods and beshear, so that is, as they say in creating circles, a long tail, but there's an old saying that if you've got win a test match, you need to take 20 wickets during that match. and england have given themselves the bastions of doing that when the first test of the series begins here on wednesday. —— the best chance of doing that. tennis, and the women's final at the cincinnati 0pen is under way, with world number three aryna sabalenka taking on world number six jessica pegula. and the american will be serving to stay in the first set in a moment. aryna sabalenka has the break of serve. she leads 5—2. the men's final later sees world number one jannick sinner against american francis tiafoe. after winning three medals for australia at the p

england are 409—8 after losing matthew potts, gone for 21.—equalling 33rd century helping england into a strong position after they were put into bat. root hit 143 to move level with sir alastair cook for the most test centuries for england. sri lanka are yet to bat. england won the first test at old trafford. great britain got off to a flying start on day one of the paralympics in paris, winning two gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. teenage swimmer poppy maskill created history with britain's first gold at the games. the 19—year—old took victory in the 514100 metre butterfly. she broke the world record in that race, describing it afterwards as "unreal". that was followed shortly after by another gold, also in the pool. maskill�*s team—mate tully kearney taking victory in the s5 200 metre freestyle — a win she said was "redemption" following her silver medal in tokyo last time around. not such positive news though for one of britain's

with ben stokes missing — it's bowler matthew potts who gets the nod for england as they prepare fors in cincinatti as she beats jess pegula to lift her second title of the year. hello and welcome to the programme.

fast bowler, matthew potts, has been called up to the england test side for the first time in a year sri lanka with a hamstring injury. the other change sees dan lawrence come in for injured opener zak crawley. our sports correspondent, joe wilson is at old trafford in manchester where the first test starts on wednesday. so,joe, england have opted to bring in a bowler to replace ben stokes, not try to find and a like for like replactement with an all rounder. that is right. one of the issues when you replacing ben stokes, never mind his captaincy, he brings that balance for the team, because he is trying so hard... what is going on behind me is that

fast bowler, matthew potts, has been called up to the england test side for the first time in a year in place of captain ben stokes whose been ruled out of the series against sri lanka with a hamstring injury. the other change sees dan lawrence come in for injured opener zak crawley. our sports correspondent, joe wilson is at old trafford in manchester where the first test starts on wednesday. so,joe, england have opted to bring in a bowler to replace ben stokes, not try to find and a like for like replactement with an all rounder. that is right. one of the issues when you replacing ben stokes, never mind his captaincy, he brings that balance for the team, because he is trying so hard... what is going on behind me is that a group of england's bowlers are running through their preparations, going through their preparations, going through some deliveries with their bowling men tour, a certainjames anderson. but if you look at the balance of the england team, chris works will bat at seven, —— woakes. that is a long tail. you have to get 20 wickets to win that match, and during this sele

matthew potts and now gus atkinson. yep, he takes wickets too. shoaib bashir, perfect. gone. throw was delayed and true. a run out, and sri lanka's day felt like that. england were batting again by the close, 256 ahead. and that's ben duckett, batting like gus atkinson. joe wilson, bbc news, lord's. this programme continues on bbc one.

what is going on in the middle behind me is a group of england's bowlers, including matthew potts, areenka has won her second title of the year — and a first since the australian open injanuary — after beating world number sixjessica pegula in the final of the cincinnati open. sabalenka won the first set 6—3, but was taken to a tie break in the second, eventually winning it 7—5. she'll move up to number two in the world rankings on monday. the men's final gets under way later, as world number one jannick sinner takes on american francis tiafoe. after winning three medals for australia at the paris olympics, track cyclist matt richardson has switched allegiance and will now represent great britain. richardson was born in kent, but moved to western australia at the age of nine and maintained dual citizenship. he said it had been a difficult decision, but a personal choice, made after careful consideration of his career and future. richardson won two silvers and a bronze in paris. meanwhile, wout van aert has kept the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana by winning stage three. yest

sri lanka have begun their reply and are 124—7, matthew potts took two — bowling angelo matthews foren getting the captain de silva for a duck. olly stone took two as has chris woakes. sri lanka need 110 more runs to avoid the follow on. england won the first test at old trafford. to the paralympics and blaine hunt has won great britain's first medal on day two at the velodrome in paris. hunt had the fastest time in the men's c4—5 1,000m time trial until australia's korey boddington went just over a tenth of a second faster to win the gold medal for australia. that meant britain'sjody cundy and archie atkinson narrowly miss out on medals, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. however, cundy does have another chance of winning a medal on sunday in the team sprint. to football my. the northern irish club larne has made history by becoming the first irish league club to make the league stages of a european club competition — and they now know who they'll play. they'll face six other teams including gent, molde and shamrock rovers. the welsh side, new saints are the first domestic wel

fast bowler, matthew potts, has been called up for england the first test against sri lanka which startsmanchester on wednesday. he replaces captain ben stokes whose out of the 3 matche series with a hamstring injury. the other change sees dan lawrence come in for injured opener zak crawley. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, says the focus has one of the issues when you are replacing ben stokes, never mind his captaincy, is that he brings that balance to the team. he has been working so hard to get back to being a bowlerfor england. what working so hard to get back to being a bowler for england. what is working so hard to get back to being a bowlerfor england. what is going on behind me is a group of england bowlers are running through their preparations, going through some deliveries with their bowling mantle, a certainjames anderson. but if you look at the balance of the english team now, chris woakes will bat at seven, then that is as they say, in cricketing circles, a long tail. but you know the old saying, if you have to win a test match, you need to take 20 wickets during that

fast bowler, matthew potts, has been called up by england for the first test against sri lanka whichrts in manchester on wednesday. he replaces captain ben stokes, who's out of the three match series with a hamstring injury. the other change sees dan lawrence come in for injured opener zak crawley. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, says the focus has been on taking wickets with this selection. one of the issues when you are replacing ben stokes, never mind his captaincy, is that he brings that balance to the team. he has been working so hard to get back to being a bowler for england. what is going on behind me is a group of england bowlers are running through their preparations, going through some deliveries with their bowling mentor, a certain james anderson. but if you look at the balance of the english team now, chris woakes will bat at seven, then that is as they say, in cricketing circles, a long tail. but you know the old saying, if you have to win a test match, you need to take 20 wickets during that match. and i think this selection, england have given themselves the best

matthew potts was accurate and so, of course, at lord's was chris oakes. tough test for england's stanning captain, but when ollie pope took a mere is throw was delayed and true. a run out. maybe pope can take that success in his batting. welcoming them will resume their second innings on the third day, already 256 ahead, they have lost dan lawrence but surely the batters can play with freedom knowing there is gus atkinson to come. joe wilson, bbc news, at lourdes. there was a tough welcome to the world of formula one in italy for lewis hamilton's expected replacement at mercedes next season. andrea kimi antonelli was given george russell's mercedes for first practice ahead of the italian grand prix at monza. but the 18—year—old from bologna crashed it. he wasn't injured, but it meant russell missed almost half an hour of second practice because the team were repairing the damage. hamilton was quickest in practice ahead of fellow briton lando norris. in rugby league, hull kr made it eight successive wins in super league with a 32—12 victory over salford at

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