i'm olly foster. here's what's coming up for you on sports day. new york state of mind. jack draper says he felt no nerves at all as he reaches his first us open semifinal england are looking to reach the top teir of the nations league, and of six their players have been nominated fo the balon d'or and ahead of the nfl season, we hearfrom louis rees—zammitt, dropped by the chiefs but now looking to get a game with the jaguars jack draper, the british number one, is celebrating the biggest win of his career. he beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. he was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he'd played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. he'd lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6—3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7—5 and breezed through the third 6—2. he is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won

i'm olly foster.start against the finnish, great britain make a winning start in their davis cup group. looking to the future, there's a fresh feel to the england and australia sides as they start their t20 series in southampton tonight. and lee carsley is also looking ahead, after a perfect start in his interim role. he's already thinking about the next england squad. also coming up on sportsday: one year on from their solheim cup tie in spain, europe and usa face each other again in virginia this week. hello, welcome along. we'll start with tennis. great britain have won their first tie in the davis cup group stage. jack draper is in the squad in manchester, but he wasn't involved against finland. he only got back from the us open over the weekend after his run to the semi—finals. they were still far to strong for the finns, dan evans and billy harris both winning their singles rubbers. patrick gearey reports the davis cup turns tennis into a team sport, but there still starts. today, us open's jack

i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up for you on sportsday. 60 seconds — rangers have made a stunning start to the euro paris dust europa league campaign. brittania fight back in barcelona, it's all level after the first day of racing in the louis vuitton final. and british basketball prepares for a new era — and plenty of new stars. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up for you on sportsday. goal in 60 seconds — rangers have made a stunning start to the euro paris dust europa league campaign. brittania fight back in barcelona, it's all level after the first day of racing in the louis vuitton final. and british basketball prepares for a new era — and plenty of new stars. welcome good evening. let's start with more on that developing story regarding the former fulham chairman mohamed al fayed — and the historic claims of sexual assault and rape against him. the bbc heard testimony last week from more than 20 former harrods employees who said the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them. let's head to crav

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olly foster is here at 6.30, but that is all the sport for now. thanks very much, chetan.iv, because more very large demonstrations organised by some of the hostage families in tel aviv, and we've seen this now arc over the weekend and yesterday and now today. i was talking yesterday to the author gideon levy, one of the newspaper contributors, in terms of his assessments of these protests. one of the things that he said was, "keep an eye on whether they continue because" we had the general strike yesterday. his assessment was watch these protests and if they continue in huge numbers, that indeed is a real threat for benjamin netanyahu in terms of whether this is a change moment or this is —— whether these protests go the same way that so many other have, where they happened but they don't change government policy. let me just give you a couple of lines from the white house, because officials there are talking about trying to get that hostage and a cease—fire deal over the line. the white house saying in the line. the white house saying in the last few minutes, "we're work

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm olly foster. usa have won back the solheim cup as europe's fightback falls short in virginia. north london is red again, grabriel heads the gunners up to second in the table with the winner against spurs. and a big bash in baku provided a dramatic finish to the azerbaijan grand prix. also coming up on sportsday, disappointement for graet briatin in the davis cup. but sonay kartal, in herfirst final, has herfirst usa have won back the solheim cup, leading 10—6 at the start of the day, they need four and half points from the 12 singles matches today, and they have just reached their target in the last couple of minutes, europe put up a fight. charley hull put in an incredible performance in the opening match. she beat world number one nelly korda six and four in a statement win to take the first point of the day, georgia hall also won her match but the americans answered straight back with megan khang. she thrashed emily pedersen 6 and 5 and with further wins for rose zhang and allisen corpuz the us

now with all the latest sport here's olly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre.e're into the the second week at the us open, and in the next few hours, the british number one jack draper will be looking to reach a grand slam quarterfinal for the first time. he's the only british player left in the singles draw at flushing meadows and hasn't dropped a set yet ahead of his fourth round match against the czech tomas machac. i feel very different to last year. i barely played any tennis in the year, struggling with injuries all the time, and then obviously came here. i was still very nervous and unsure before matches, whether i would get through this one, am i going to get a cramp in this one, am i going to break down physically, get injured or something? i was still struggling with a shoulder injury when i played here last year. i feel very different now. a record was set in the singles overnight. the latest finish to a women's match at flushing meadows. 2:15 in the morning. the olympic champion zheng qinwen reaching the quarterfinals for a second time with victory

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie foster.ake draperies on court at flushing meadows, taking on sinner in the us open semifinal, it is going with serve, set to— one up but sinner 14—15 up on his serve on that fourth game. he won his first grand slam title, the italian open, earlier this year, this is the furthest jack draper is gone in a major. taylor fritz and francis tiafoe play in the other semi—later. craig bellamy is taking charge of wales for the first time this evening. they are in cardiff for their opening nations league match against turkey. they are in the second tier of the competition. they face montenegro on monday, iceland are the other team in the group they are playing each other, iceland leading. in the top tier of the nation league, bradley barcola's first goal for his country is also the fastest, 13 seconds on the clock. italyjust pulled one back. 1-1, i—i, belgium and israel. a goal made in manchester, jeremy doku setting up his city mate kevin de bruyne for the opener. england's cricketers reached 221 for

hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm olly foster. semi—final. he lost a tight first set against the italian. sinner taking it 7—5, breaking draper twice, the british number one was forced into a number of errors in the deciding game. it's the first set that draper has dropped in new york. it's the furthest he's gone at any of the four major tournaments whereas sinner won his first grand slam at the australian open at the start of the year. 2-2 in 2—2 in the second set, draper fighting hard to stay in the semifinal. craig bellamy�*s first match in charge of wales ended in a 0—0 draw against ten man turkey in cardiff wales had by the far the better chances in their opening nations league match, joe rodon blazed over in the first half. that was from a sorba thomas cross, the huddersfield forward, who's on loan at nantes, also had a goal disallowed for offside. wales' task has been made easier when turkey had baris yilmaz sent off, shown a second yellow card for catching neco williams. turkey had an opportunity to make the breakthrough b

let's pause, though, and go check on the sport with olly foster. many thanks indeed, christian. jack draper is on court at the us open. the british number one is in his first grand slam quarterfinal, and he made a flying start against the australian tenth seed alex de minaur. he squandered a number of set points, but still took the first 6—3. one worry is that he had to call the physio early in the second set for what looked to be a groin problem. there was a break—up in the second, and di minaur has broken back and leads 5—4. so, di minaur looks like he's going to level the di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral about di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral about —— quarterfinal. karolina muchova has made it through to the semi—finals in the women's draw. the czech took the first set 6—1 against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia, but had to deal with illness throughout the second set, having to take a number of bathroom breaks. she said she didn't want to go into too many details. let's put it lightly. ——

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm olly foster.on could have a new owner in weeks as the american billionaire dan friedkin comes back to the table to agree a deal. the women's super league is back, we'll look at the opening weekend and there's also a bumper sponsorship dealfor the top division. lando norris made it onto the top step in singapore, but why have f1 stewards put max verstappen on the naughty step. also coming up on sportsday. it's delight for glamorgan — as they become one—day champions — with somerset getting that sinking feeling once again this season. and we'll hear from great britain's newest european champions — after double bmx success for sasha pardoe and kieran reilly. evening, after one of the most tumultous years in the club's history, there is finally some good news for everton, it was just over 12 months ago, that the owner farhad moshiri, agreed to sell his 94% stake, but as the first takeover stalled and eventually fell through, two separate points deductions for financial breaches followed leaving the te

from me, olly foster, and the rest of the team, have a great evening. bye—bye. hello.ntalisingly close to us in the atlantic, but not quite close enough to kill off these various frontal systems, these old weather fronts, if you like, just bringing bands of clouds and bits and pieces of showery rain, some clear spells in between. it will be quite misty and murky in places. not as muggy as last night across the southeast corner — 1a in london, maybe dropping all the way to four in the highlands. so, as we head on into tomorrow, we will still have those old weather fronts bringing areas of cloud, some showers which will break out through the day, some heavy ones across eastern england. this cluster of heavy showers drifting southwards across scotland, but there will be one or two showers elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, too, and it will be quite a cool, fresh day compared with some we've had recently. 14—20 degrees covers things for most of us. now, into thursday, this little weather system little weather system here drops its way southwards and tends to combine with

now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster.e. in the nations league, england opened their campaign in the second tier of the competition with a 2—0 victory over the republic of ireland in dublin. two england players with irish connections scored the goals. declan rice was capped three times by ireland in friendlies. before switching his allegiance. he didn't celebrate his opening goal. jack grealish didn't hold back, though, before adding the second. he represented ireland at youth levels and he had a point to prove. a good start for the england interim head coach lee carsley, who played 40 coach lee carsley, who played a0 times for the republic. greece and finland also in england's group. greece 3—0 up now. just approaching full—time. germany playing hungary in the top tier, a—0 art. the netherlands and bosnia also in that same group. the netherlands 3—2, bosnia have pulled one back. wins for georgia, moldova and armenia. the penultimate day at the paralympics in paris. the wheelchair basketball final under way, the usa taking