onto the tennis now, and disappointment for british doubles pairjamie murray and neal skupski.vic is through after beating germany's jan—lennard struff in straight sets. the world number one is bidding for a first olympic gold medal after winning bronze in beijing 13 years ago. japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a win that only took 65 minutes over viktorija golubich. the second seed is favourite to win gold after ashleigh barty�*s exit yesterday. away from the olympics, there was a thrilling finish in the hundred as the trent rockets made it two wins from two, but only just. they beat the northern superchargers, who batted first. rashid khan and marchant de lange with three wickets each as the superchargers, with ben stokes in their ranks, were bowled out for 132. but despite that, the rockets struggled, losing wickets regularly. they couldn't get rid of alex hales, though. he thumped david willey for a towering six to seal the win with six balls to spare, sending a large trent bridge crowd wild. in the same fixture in the women's tour

jamie murray will replace dan evans as doubles partner to neal skupski at the tokyo 0lympics. atp tour and also in the davis cup. evans withdrew from the games yesterday with covid. india's wicketkeeper—batsman is another sports star who has covid. he's isolating and won't travel with the rest of the squad to durham, where the team are due to enter a bio—bubble and begin training for the series against england — which starts on the 4th of august. add silvers soon ahead of the british grand prix formula 1 revealed a full—size model of what next years cars will look like. among the changes are 18 inch wheels with low—profile tires and simpler aerodynamics. the hope is it will allow the cars to race closer together. well staying with formula one... 140—thousand are expected across the weekend and local boy lando norris is hoping to put on a show, the 21—year—old is only on sunday though, norris was mugged after leaving the euro 2020 final at wembley, he was unharmed, but he says but the 21—year—old who's only in his third year is enjoying his best season so far and he told the bb

well, jamie murray will take evans�* place in tokyo as doubles partner to neal skupski.rth olympics, having competed in beijing, london and rio. he partnered skupski on the atp tour last season, and they've also played together in the davis cup. it's been announced today that the rugby league world cup in england, will go ahead this autumn. the holders and favourites — australia have yet to sign up — but organisers are confident they will — now it's been agreed. it'll start in october with the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments taking place simultaneously for the first time. games will be held at 21 venues with capacity crowds before the finals at old trafford in manchester in november. i have been working with the irs see over a couple of months and we are confident, they will send strong team is all competitions. we have been meeting with nations this week and talking about the details on the measures we are prepared to take. so we are fully confident that we will see 21 competing nations representing 16 and the men, eight and the women and eight in the wheelcha

well, it's been a good day for the murray family. jamie murray is also through with his partner neal skupskis 13—11 in a third and final set. but it was disappointment for heather watson in the women's singles, beaten in straight sets by germany's anna—lena friedsam in just under two hours. she was the only brit in the women's singles draw. so, a busy first day of action for team gb, and there's plenty more to let you know about, too. joe lynskey�*s at the touchscreen with more for us. no medals for team gb on this first day of competition — that was also the case at london 2012 and rio 2016, where they went on to finish second in the medal table. but there has been progress for two gb sides in the team sports, because gb's women's football side are through to the knockout stages of their competition. they beat the hosts japan 1—0 to seal a second straight win and qualification from the group stage. gb weren't at their best in this match, but once again, ellen white stepped up to score her third goal of these games. but there's still a lot to play for in their final group match. that's again

he and partner neal skupski were beaten in the second round of the men's doubles.econd round of the men's doubles at an olympics. and japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third meanwhile, in the men's singles the world number one novak djokovic continues his hot run of form. he comfortably beat germany's jan—lennard struff in straight sets. and japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a comfortable win over viktorija gol—ubic in little over an hour. osaka was chosen to light the olympic flame in the opening ceremony and the japanese world number two said it was an incredible honour. it's something that, you know, you see as a kid on tv and you gather around the tv with your family at the only banks and you watch the whole ceremony. for me i guess being a part of it it was a really big honour and i guess the role of course. my grandparents were already public crying and my mum of course. so another busy day injapan, here's some of the other headlines from day three in tokyo. great britain's women got the defence of their hockey ti

onto the tennis now, and disappointment for british doubles pairjamie murray and neal skupski.s over viktorija golubich. the second seed is favourite to win gold after ashleigh barty�*s exit yesterday. away from the olympics, there was a thrilling finish in the hundred as the trent rockets made it two wins from two, but only just. they beat the northern superchargers, who batted first. rashid khan and marchant de lange with three wickets each as the superchargers, with ben stokes in their ranks, were bowled out for 132. but despite that, the rockets struggled, losing wickets regularly. they couldn't get rid of alex hales, though. he thumped david willey for a towering six to seal the win with six balls to spare, sending a large trent bridge crowd wild. in the same fixture in the women's tournament, it was the northern superchargers who came out on top. they set the rockets 150 to win, and the rockets were always playing catch—up, falling 28 runs short, meaning the superchargers go to the top of the table with two wins from two. a bit of football transfer news to end with, and m

british players on court for the mixed doubles title — california's desirae krawczyk and liverpool's neal skupskigy of the fans, how the team have fed off that energy and support and translated it into what they have been doing on the pitch. it has been a vital part of the chemistry of this tournament for england. so many of the games played here at wembley, a big home advantage in many senses for the england team. while the night ultimately ended in disappointment for the fans, i think there is this sense of overwhelming pride as well and how far the england team got, many of them very young players. and hope for the future. the agony of losing in a penalty shoot—out. gutted. it's heartbreaking. i've never been more heartbroken. commentator: rashford has missed. to lose on penalties again isjust devastating. absolutely devastating. the night started with hope, expectation even. this is the kirby estate in bermondsey in london. in trafalgar square, fans were desperate for an all—night party. we've made it, we're here, come on, england! this is mark and his dad, john. john was at wembley for the 1

first olympic gold medal after winning bronze in beijing 2008.great britain's jamie murray and neal skupskich open and wimbledon. there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus beating the defending champion katie ledecky to win herfirst—ever gold medal. titmus swam the best time of her career. america's ledecky had dominated the pool over the last five years, winning four golds and one silver in rio. just look what it means! ariarna titmus's coach goes wild after her thrilling 400m freestyle gold this is dean boxall — who's gone viral for this celebration. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. working on today as well. the women's match is ongoing, the records are chasing 152 when that one and that's over on the bbc sport website. a speech at a protest rally that likened nhs nurses and doctors to nazis executed after world war two has been widely condemned. former nurse kate shemirani made the remarks at the event in trafalgar square — which was billed as a "live debate" on covid—19. the

jamie murray will take evans�* place in tokyo as doubles partner to neal skupski. ple of days after making a remarkable comeback from dislocating his shoulder less than three weeks ago. last night, the lions suffered their first defeat of the tour, losing 17—13 to a very strong south africa "a" team, which included several of the springboks�* world cup—winning squad who were short of match practice after a covid outbreak. the first test is a week saturday. the indian wicketkeeper—batsman rishabh pant and a training assistant have both tested positive for covid—19, and are isolating from the rest of the squad. pant tested positive on 8thjuly after having a sore throat, but if he returns two negative tests, he may be able to travel to durham, where the team are due to enter a "bio—bubble" and begin training for the series against england. india are scheduled to play a tour match against a select counties xi on tuesday, and begin the five—match match test series on 4th august. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, lizzie. t