joe root and ollie pope were not exactly blocking. captain have told them they are in the entertainment industry. whatever it takes. the show must go on. patrick gearey, bbc news. england 149—2 at the moment, ollie pope on 63, joe root unbeaten on a3. england women begin their summer tomorrow in a one—off test against south africa. it'll be the first time since 2003 the two have met in a red ball game and captain heather knight feels the women have a big responsibility in the longest form. it honestly feels like every time i play test match, we are fighting for the format a little bit, and it is quite hard not to think of it as a player, because ultimately, you are trying to do the best with the situation in front of you, you are not trying to think too hard about the format. but do declare judged on that tub and if there is a slightly more attritional set of players, we are judged from the sometimes, and weather girls should be playing test cricket. —— and whether. yeah, we feel that pressure. test match special has live commentary o

ollie pope was guiding his way to 100. talent, giving him responsibility, england backing his talent, giving him responsibility, soon, pope was playing his full range of shots, making his highest test score. is that a six? sure is. joe root in full flow. there are no safer hands in cricket. well, not many. he got to 100 with a kind of trick shot, even his mrs work. this may be the golden era ofjoe root, playing with freedom. england were still climbing towards new zealand's score and ben stokes saw the summit. but your route reached his 150 with the kind of elegance that made his rapid knowledge. yeah, that is the very best about them. joe wilson, bbc news. well, let's bring you right up to date with the score. 150 �*s -- 60 34 150 �*s —— 60 3a cheroot. action will resume on day four. —— joe root. max verstappen has opened up a commanding lead in the formula one drivers championship with victory at the azerbaijan grand prix. he led home a red bull 1—2 with carlos sainz in second, but there were more engine problems for ferr

ollie pope was guiding his way to 100.is talent, giving him responsibility, and this is how you show you are worth it. soon playing his full range of shots, making his highest test score. is that a six? sure is. joe root in full flow. no safer hands in cricket. well, not many. he got to 100 with a kind of trick shot, even his mrs work. this may be the golden era ofjoe root, playing with freedom. remember, england are still climbing towards new zealand's score and bends —— ben stokes saw the summit. climb like that and fell like that. slow wickets are still the test. max verstappen�*s extended his formula i world championship lead after winning the azerbaijan grand prix. it was a frustrating day for ferrari, whilst george russell finished on the podium for mercedes. ben croucher was watching: eight races into the season and starting to feel the heat, lewis? temperature is raised in azerbaijan, land of fire. the day started badly when sergio perez snuck through at the start for charles leclerc. there are a's day was up in sm

devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge.aptain, williamson, edged matthew potts behind. england deservedly look on the bright side. two finals to bring you from the eastbourne international today. petra kvitova, the two—time wimbledon champion, said her win was perfect preparation for the championships, which start on monday. she made light work of defending championjelena ostapenko earlier, but it went all the way, in the men's final between taylor fritz, and maxime cressy. joe lynsky was watching. the last lookout post for wimbledon is 60 miles south at eastbourne, where petra kvitova has played six times before but not been champion. now, she stepped forward. this was her first tour final since march last year but her touch is back in good time. kvitova has two wimbledon titles but here she faced eastbourne�*s defending champion. and while her opponent showed a flash of potential, kvitova showed the extraordinary. oh, come on! there are two sleeps to wimbledon�*s first round and two weeks to the final but on the coast, kv

it included ollie pope dismissed for seven...stokes just made one. jonny bairstow gone for one, on the way to england finishing the day 116—7. matthew potts even had to bat and made nought. welcome to international cricket, england—style, where nothing is certain. joe wilson, bbc news, at lord's. well, fast bowler matthew potts was the standout on a mixed day for england, with those four wickets on debut. and he admitted it's been great to feed off the experience ofjames anderson and stuart broad. to have chatter around ball and obviously their own plans so they have to go with butjust having this kind of guys around you to throw a few ideas across to keep you going and then you look around you got nearly 1200 test we could surround. pick the brains of them and it's been very beneficial for me in the trinity is as well to watch i about the business and what the kind of look to do as batsmen. it's been very good to be able to pick the brains of them. american teenager coco gauff is through to her first grand slam final as she beat

and after an initial rain delaye — they got the job done — only losing olly pope today, who was out for from south africa's marizanne kapp on the first day of the one—off test at taunton. after winning the toss, england reduced south africa to 89 for 5 with debutant issy wong among the wickets. marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 — including 26 fours. she was the penultimate wicket of the day — tammy beaumont providing the acrobatics — as the touring side were bowled out for 28a. england will 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 capt

devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge.and believe. patrick gearey, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10.10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. tributes are pouring in for the long—time presenter of the bbc�*s look north programme, harry gration, who has died suddenly aged 71. harry gration was considered a huge figure in yorkshire, but was recognised nationally with his career spanning more than a0 years. he fronted many programmes, including the saturday sports show, grandstand. the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshire". harry gration also appeared on the bbc news channel on a segment called news nationwide presented by simon mccoy. here's a clip of one of his appeareances. we've been running this story all day. an opera sung in yorkshire. how is that going down there? well, it's going down great, lad. i mean, it's bound to, when you

devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now they were on the charge.. within the last hour, sir paul mccartney has taken to the pyramid stage for glastonbury�*s headline performance, which you can see after this programme. from worthy farm, our culture editor, katie razzall, has just sent this report and a warning her report does contain some flash photgraphy. # can't buy me love, love. # can't buy me love... 80 years of age and the pyramid stage is his. sir paul mccartney, glastonbury�*s oldest ever solo headliner. # can't buy me love... this morning's sound check took place in front of fans who had already claimed the best spots. some were really dressing for the occasion. i got here nice and early because i thought i'd make the most of it. i beat them all here. brilliant. we've only got nine and a half hours to wait. that's all. i've worked a night shift and i come here, haven't gone back to the tent but i may as welljust sit here and hang in— there. he's the legend, he's just written the soundtrack to our lives. - it's great. we are on the way to t

they'll be looking for ollie pope and joe root, who both made half centuries, and have jack leach toal, obviously, yeah. i don't think it's really sunk in but yeah, ijust i don't think it's really sunk in but yeah, i just wanted i don't think it's really sunk in but yeah, ijust wanted to be part of a winning performance. there's also a women's test match that starts on monday. england facing an injury—hit south africa side. only a handful of the visiting team have played test cricket and it's 19 years since the two sides faced each other in this format, that was also at taunton. i think they'll be excited and i think they'll be excited and i think they'll be excited and i think speaking to some of the girls in various competitions, they are really excited to have this in the calendar, to have the chance to play the most exciting, in my view, the most challenging format of the game. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjuan, and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. we will indeed and just to say the busines

very next ball, colin de grandhomme was not out lbw, but no one was watching the ball except ollie pope stumps with de grandhomme, yes, run out. now lord's thought anything was possible, and broad, next ball, obliged. oh, bowled him! kyle jamieson, clean bowled. broad on one of his charges. and james anderson joined in. tom blundell, lbw — new zealand, in an instant, 265—8. we can show you the ninth wicket. potts bowling, that's lbw. remember, in the match, new zealand have a substantial lead and england will have to bat a lot better in their second innings, but stuart broad in particular has given england supporters hope and that is a lot more than they arrived with here this morning. joe wilson, bbc news, at lord's. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 7pm this evening. bye for now. hello, i'm isaac fanin, let me give you some of your latest sports news. we're just under an hour away from the women's french open final. american teenager coco gauff will make a grand slam final debut when she takes on world number one iga swi

onto cricket, and scintillating centuries from joe root and ollie pope have kept england in the seconded a mammoth first innings total of 553 but england have managed to eat into that hefty total, the hosts finishing the day on 5/473, trailing the kiwis by 80 runs. we want to get as close to them as we can, if not ahead. the pitch is starting to spin a little bit so that may provide a few opportunities. hopefully, we can sneak ahead and put them under pressure. and then, because it is such a quick scoring ground, they almost have to bat us out of it initially and then, if we get some early wickets, we will see. rory mcilroy claimed his first win of the year as he defended his canadian open title with a two—stroke victory from tony finau. the northern irishman shot an 8—under round of 62 to finish on 19 under par and sets him up perfectly for the us open, which starts on thursday. it's a first victory since october for the a—time major winner and he couldn't resist a sly dig at greg norman afterwards, the liv golf chief executive, who has been running the rebel tournament this week. it'

here are three england batters, alex lees, ollie pope and then johnny bairstow, clattered. were too good. ben stokes had made one when this happened, and then this was spotted. colin de grandhomme overstepped. no ball. captain, you're back in. so could stokes make the most of his reprieve? england were depending on him and he was delivering, but here comes a ball he could not avoid, caught for sa and this time definitely out. but what about the former captain? crucially for england, joe root is 77 not out. five down and 61 to win. with root, england sure have hope. joe wilson, bbc news, lords. today sees one of the most important football matches in the history of both wales and ukraine. the two teams meet in cardiff, to play off for a place at this year's fifa world cup in qatar. wales are looking to reach their first world cup since 1958. but plenty of neutrals will be backing ukraine, as they aim to boost their war—torn country after their semifinal win in scotland. gareth bale is expected to lead wales out and he'll put all that to one side once the whistle goes. we und

ollie pope has got his second test century, he's still there on 139, withjoe root going very well alongsidellow that on the website and test match special. to tennis and andy murray is facing world number 10 matteo berrettini in the final of the stuttgart open. he's attempting to secure his first atp tour title since victory back in antwerp in 2019. but he has lost the first set there after going 3—1 he battled back, but beretini took that 6—4. into the second set, 2 games all there. murray hasn't been at a tour level final on grass for 6 years. meanwhile, organisers are investigating racism claims made by nick kyrgios during his semi—final defeat to murray, yesterday. the australian wrote on instagram, "when is this going to stop? dealing with racist slurs from the crowd. when i retaliate to the crowd i get penalised. this is messed up." it's finals day at the nottingham open with both sixth seed alison riske and british number one dan evans in action. evans faces australian jordan thompson later this afternoon in the men's event, but before that we can check in on the women's final live.

devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge.helter. wimbledon starts on monday and the two—time champion petra kvitova is in good form. she has won the eastbourne international tournament for the first time. kvitova took the final 6—3, 6—2 againstjelena ostapenko who was defedning her title kvitova, who is 32, was runner—up at eastbourne in 2011, the same year that she won her first wimbledon. this morning was pretty cold and i thought it is different conditions which i already have, but ijust get used to it and especially on centre court it is very different so i am glad anything worked out. my serve was helping a lot especially in that one game which i really had to hold it, so i am very pleased with that. taylor fritz says he thinks he can go far at wimbledon this year after claiming his second eastbourne title. he beat fellow american maxime cressy in three sets. fritz is seeded 11th at the all england club, but has never made it into the second week in five attempts. gareth bale is going tojoin major league soccer side los

and after an initial rain delaye — they got the job done — only losing olly pope today, who was out foramong the wickets. marizanne kapp led the fightback with a stunning knock of 150 — including 26 fours. she was the penultimate wicket of the day — tammy beaumont providing the acrobatics — as the touring side were bowled out for 284. england will 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 mid

ollie pope and thenjonny bairstow. the new zealand burros were too good.is happened. colin de grandhomme overstepped, no ball. captain, back in. could ben stokes make the most of his reprieve? england were depending on it. here comes the ball but he could not avoid. caught for 54 but he could not avoid. caught for sa and this time definitely out but 5a and this time definitely out but what about the former captain? that of course isjoe root. joe root i think is key to it now. 277 the magic numberfor england and think is key to it now. 277 the magic number for england and they were soon 216—5 but only route, 77 not out. —— joe root. iga swiatek has won the french open for a second time. the world number one breezed past the american teenager coco gauff in straight sets. the 20—year—old from poland has now won six tournaments in a row, and is unbeaten in 35 matches, a winning run last achieved by venus williams 22 years ago. england's footballers have started their nations league campaign in budapest. the match against hungary was supposed to be played in an

ollie pope and joe root both hit unbeaten half centuries in an attacking, unbroken stand of 132.will be a fascinating start to list your�*s championships. 17 british players in the main draw this year. with some of the results those lesser known british plays have been producing in recent weeks, i think it will be a fascinating tournament. all eyes will be on a red and andy murray on centre court later, no doubt about it. —— on emma raducanu and andy murray. the former prime minister, sirjohn major, will give evidence today at the public inquiry into the infection of people with contaminated blood in the 1970s and 80s. the disaster has been called the worst of its kind in nhs history. almost 5000 people with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were infected with hiv or hepatitis c after being given a new treatment meant to improve their lives. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. i suppose the biggest impact is i'm not the person i'm meant to have been. you can't erase the darkness, you can't erase the fear. it's always lurking. mark was just a child when he was warn

ollie pope and joe root have been doing the business.. those showers will arrive but travel through quickly. for most it will be a dry afternoon, again with the sun coming back out. however, for north—west scotland and northern ireland we are looking at thickening cloud and eventually some rain. temperatures today ranging from 13 in the north to about 21 in the south. through this evening and overnight at the rain gathering across the north and west will turn heavier and more persistent across scotland aren't all sort northern ireland, eventually some of it getting into cumbria and also north and west wales. ahead of it for central and eastern areas we have clear skies, where the temperature will follow eye to its lowest. we are looking at about five to about 13 degrees as the overnight low. into tomorrow, we start off on a node where we have got to be clear skies and some sunshine. but the rain in the north and west will drift slowly eastwards and west will drift slowly eastwards and west will drift slowly eastwards and we will see some

new zealand taking the wickets of bothjoe root and ollie pope.he joins burnley as they look to bounce back from relegation from the premier league with an instant promotion from the championship the former manchester united and chelsea chief executive peter kenyon is leading a consortium hoping to buy everton. the club's british—iranian owner farhad moshiri is known to be open to investment options around the funding of a new stadium. however, he has not ruled out selling equity stakes in the club. kenyon has worked on a number of deals in recent years and was linked with a potential bid for newcastle united before its saudi takeover. england, wales and scotland all play in the nations league this evening, while australia became the latest team to qualify for the world cup. the star man was definitely keeper andrew redmayne. he chose a unique way to try to save the penalties and you've got to give it to him, it worked. the 33 year old has just three caps for australia but was brought on specifically at the end for the penalty shootout against per

perhaps no surpise team mate ollie pope called him england's greatest ever.from jonny evans to salvage a 2—2 draw with cyprus in the nations league. boos were heard from sections of the crowd, with fans unhappy that northern ireland have now gone 14 games without a win in the competition. in tennis, the british number two dan evans won the nottingham open title for the second time. he had a straight sets win over australian jordan thompson. evans didn't drop a set through the entire tournament. no time for celebrating, afterwards he was straight in the car to queens ahead of his match tomorrow. it is a long drive down to london, so i think about it for the three hours. yes, it's amazing. i love playing on the grass. every time i get to play on this court i appreciate it. i've done a lot of hours training here down the road in loughborough. so it's close to home. i do feel the love from you guys. thanks a lot for coming out again and hanging around to watch us. and four days before the us open starts, rory mcilroy has won a tournamnet on the pga tour. at a tim

needing 113 more runs — and after an initial rain delay — they got there comfortably — only losing olly pope now 18a for 6. one of the beauties of sport is that everyone loves an underdog and we're certainly getting a great underdog story at wimbledon. the reigning champion novak djokovic is up against south korea's kwon soon woo and djokovic is being pushed to the max. after taking the first set, the world number 81 pegged back the serb. winning the second set. they are 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

england will resume on 183—2 needing another 113 for victory with both ollie pope and joe root hittinghat on radio 5 live sports extra and full text coverage on the bbc sport website. i will have more later. isaacs, thank you very much. russia has defaulted on its debt for the first time since 1998 — making it even harderfor moscow to borrow money in future. it missed the deadline to make a 100—million dollar interest payment to its international creditors. our business correspondent ben king joined me a short while ago to put it into context, this was originally due on the 27th of may. the bond contract that determines the rules for paying this bag has given russia a 30 day grace period which inspired yesterday and now we are getting reports from creditors who own the bond that they have not received their payment. it is $100 million but compare that to the total size of russia's government debt, which is about $40 billion, half of which is held internationally, and it looks fairly small but with a default situation, once you are in default, all of the other creditors can say, hey, yo

here are three england batters, alex lees, ollie pope and then johnny bairstow, clattered.n's singles final. victory would take the 36—year—old to 22 grand slam titles, two clear of 20—time major winners novak djokovic and roger federer. norwegian ruud has trained at nadal�*s academy in mallorca since 2018. desert crown won the derby in a dominant display under richard kingscote at epsom. the 5—2 favourite came up the outside to hit the front two furlongs from home. there were tributes at the event to jockey lester piggott, who won this race a record nine times and died at the age of 86 last weekend. 44 queen's riders in their silks there yesterday. —— a0 of. let's go back to victoria at buckingham palace now for more details on what we can expect form this fourth and final day of platinum jubilee celebrations. they are just rehearsing for the finale this afternoon. one part of the procession will include mods, rockers, punks, new romantics, ravers. it will feature 150 national treasures like gary lineker, torvill and dean and many more. look out for those faces. the 3—kilo

in reply, england started poorly, losing zak crawley cheaply but ollie pope struck and unbeaten halfcult name to pronounce there, especially this time of the morning stop at the wells fighter won every round of the six round contest, trainer robert mccracken says she will only get better with each fight. need to work on that for the next one! icelandic pronunciation. i challenge anyone to have a go at that at home. charles leclerc will be aiming to close the gap to max verstappen in the formula one drivers championship when he starts this afternoon's azerbaijan grand prix from pole. the ferrari driver put in an impressive lap in qualifying, to beat red bull's sergio perez by more than a quarter of a second. championship leader verstappen will start from third in the other red bull. george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. we had our little issue with the refuelling, and that meant we were out of sequence for our final lap, and unfortunately that meant that we were just out of sequence, and not good enough, but i thi

it included ollie pope, dismissed for seven. joe root out for 11. skipper ben stokes just made one.of look to do bowling at batsmen. so, yeah, it's been very good to be able to pick the brains of them. let's bring you up—to—date with what is happening in paris at the french open. the american teenager coco gauff will play world number one iga swiatek in the women's singles final at the french open. gauff beat martina trevisan of italy in straight sets, to reach her first grand slam final. it's three years since she knocked venus williams out of wimbledon as a 15 year old. after the match she wrote, "peace — end gun violence" on the camera, following last week's school shooting in texas but can she stop the world number one iga swiatek? she is in incredible form at the moment, and saw off daria kasatkina in straight sets in her semi—final. it took barely more than an hour. the polish player is unbeaten in 34 matches, as she looks to win her second singles title at roland garros. it is men's singles semifinals day—to—day. rafael nadal taking on alexander zverev. day—to—day. rafael nad

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