patrick gearey, bbc news.t the only surprise on day nine, with the second seed, and australian open champion, caroline wozniacki, knocked out. she was beaten by russian daria kasatkina a former french open junior champion. rafael nadal‘s progress to the quarter finals has been as serene as you might expect. that iith french open title a step closer after a straight sets win over germany's maximilian marterer. england bowler chris woakes has been ruled out of sunday's one—day international against scotland. he took four wickets in the test win over pakistan but he also picked up a thigh strain and joins ben stokes on the injury list. surrey‘s tom curran comes in. meanwhile englnad's women have recalled pace bowler katherine brunt and wicketkeeper sarah taylor for the first two matches of their one—day series against south africa. the three—match series starts at new road on saturday so just before we go, if being told you're not in your country's world cup squad is bad enough, imagine having to see your rejecti

patrick gearey, bbc news. ever victory over england today, outshining the visitors by six runs at the grange. callum macleod's brilliant century helped the scots to their highest one day total on a record—breaking day in edinburgh. jim lumsden has more. piped onto the pitch, the world's top ranked one—day side travel to edinburgh to beat the side ranked 13th. the scots went into bad and england were unable to contain the hosts in a compact ground. calum macleod of the most damage pounding out 140, scotland ended 371—5, their best car in a one—day international. jonny bairstow and jason roy led the reply. reaching a century, the first england player to do so with three consecutive 0di ‘s. eoin morgan was lost and alex hales as well. the wickets tumbled further with adil rashid following his team—mates. and when mark wood sell lbw it was all over, a richly deserved victory for scotla nd over, a richly deserved victory for scotland and probably the greatest in their history. england were missing their lead test w

patrick gearey, bbc news. russell fuller, our tennis correspondent, is in paris. be fit now for wimbledon. there had been no indication at all that this news was coming, serena williams, playing with her sister venus, had lost the deciding set of their doubles match on sunday afternoon, but she had been playing so afternoon, but she had been playing so well in the first week that they we re very so well in the first week that they were very high hopes about this match and the quality of it, but it seems that the number of matches she played as caught up with, six matches in six in both singles and doubles, compared to just four matches in either singles or doubles in the previous 16 months. an injury toa in the previous 16 months. an injury to a pectoral muscle is often associated with overuse, and perhaps it was a case of a body not being ready for this amount of tennis so soon. what does it mean for wimbledon? the results of the mri scan which will take place on tuesday will be crucial. if it is not serious, recovery could be swift, and williams won‘t mind not p

they were far from their best but beat peru 1—0, a result which puts the peruvians out as patrick geareyt, but sons of improvement. no nations see this world cup as peru does. they are unmissable. the problem is that when they get the ball around here, things become distinctly... the latest peruvian to turn down the chance for world cup goal. it cost them in their first match against denmark, and france are more ruthless. before you know it, you're behind. dylan mbappe, the youngest frenchman to score in a major tournament. peru could not afford to ponder any longer. it nearly worked for page aquino, but nearly worked for page aquino, but nearly is nowhere now. peru were planning to stay in their world cup and 36 years. without the goalie sunita. you can see only glances of the force that france could be, a qualified team of qualified disqualified praise. but two games into wins without being too good. in the earlier kick off the two other teams in group c, denmark and australia, met in samara. this is how group c looks, france cannot drop out of the top two, they face denmark in their l

patrick gearey, bbc news.se all those nations will be on show with their three group matches. the matches come thick and fast now, at least three a day for the next couple of weeks as we get the next couple of weeks as we get the groups out of the way before we get to the last 16 and then the business end of this 21st fifa world cup. when we come back we will look at some of the matches coming up tomorrow on the second day of the world cup but for now we can get back to the rest of the sports news at bbc‘s centre. thank you. staying with football and next season's premier league fixtures were released today and there's one standout match on the opening weekend, with champions manchester city taking on arsenal at the emirates stadium. unai emery with a tough first game as arsenal manager. of the other top six sides from last season, chelsea travel to huddersfield town, liverpool are at home first against west ham, now managed by manuel pellegrini, manchester united's opening match is against leicester city at o

patrick gearey, bbc news.rate the end of their losing streak with victory over the springboks in the third and final test. the hosts claimed the series 2—1, but with moments of magic from danny cipriani and jonny may, england's 25—10 win at newlands could give head coach eddiejones some much needed hope. asjoe lynskey reports. in english rugby, they are hoping for the storm to pass. this is a team on their worst running years. the last five tests have brought defeat. it meant the third match of this series was effectively a dead rubber, but instead 80 minutes to solve the problems. england's under pressure coach knew the significance, but when south africa scored the first try it seems the problems were mounting. england's defends unlocked by a delicate touch. but for a team in crisis, england kept their focus. they tipped their way back in front through the boot of 0wen farrell, a five—point lead the foundation for risk—taking. from the boot of danny cipriani, jonny may had a target in sight. a race with the

patrick gearey reports. roger federer.mony on men's final day, this is spanish territory. on men's final day, this rafael nadal‘s red carpet, where he can look his best and lap up the adulation, his game perfectly moulded to roland—garros‘ clay. his game perfectly moulded he has won all the finals he has played on the surface. finals he has played dominic thiem is one of the few to have beaten him. that was in rome. of the few to have beaten him. but in paris... of the few to have beaten him. he matched him until the tenth game, and this mistake. the set was gone, minutes later. game, and this mistake. as a powerful austrian, thiem is known as the thiemenator, but the real machine was at the other end. no male tennis player has been as dominant at a grand slam as him. was there a weakness? as dominant at a grand slam as him. perhaps cramp could stop him? as dominant at a grand slam as him. it prompted nadal to get this done quicker, the champion—to—be raced through the pain. quicker, the champion—to—be on clay, against any

patrick gearey reporting.he first began. rosemary powell, who's 103 and from london, is believed to be the longest serving and oldest poppy seller in britain, as jessica parker reports. for nearly a century, it's been the symbol of remembrance. the poppy appeal began in 1921. that same year, a young rosemary powell sold her first year, a young rosemary powell sold herfirst poppy on year, a young rosemary powell sold her first poppy on richmond year, a young rosemary powell sold herfirst poppy on richmond bridge. they ran out so quickly that her mother had to make more using red crepe paper. rosemary recalls, ever since the age of six, i have been selling poppies and i remember it all so well. collecting has kept me going all these years. it certainly has. 97 years later, rosemary, now aged 103, is set to retire.|j couldn't aged 103, is set to retire.” couldn't even begin to estimate how much she has raised. more importantly, it's that devotion of our volunteers, the way they go out at all times of year in all

900 miles east of moscow, and things didn't go to plan for salah, the footballer of the year as patrick geareyhammed salah strides into the world cup with the hopes of a nation on his shoulder which is unfortunate as he dislocated last month. he began his birthday on the bench meanwhile uruguay star started. luis suarez scored 35 and yet somehow not 36 goals this season. you had to watch the replay, there was nothing else worth seeing again in the first half after the break the next chance againjames half after the break the next chance again james ward—prowse half after the break the next chance againjames ward—prowse busway. egypt was book—keeper had not been overworked up until then. his team had been quietly effective, only to run out of ideas around there. a potential solution remained unused. the conductor a cheerleader as his tea m the conductor a cheerleader as his team grew more desperate. reliant on his birdie and to keep out edison. egypt's group was done to their fingertips by now. again. notjust yet. seconds later uruguay had a free kick. this is the 90th minute and this was the w

patrick gearey reports. dominic thiem, in straight sets. on men's final day, this is spanish territory. on men's final day, this rafael nadal‘s red carpet, where he can look his best and lap up the adulation, his game perfectly moulded to roland—garros‘ clay, he has won all the finals has played on the surface. he has won all the finals has played dominic thiem is one of the few to have beaten him. he matched him until the tenth game and this mistake. the set was gone minutes later. game and this mistake. as a powerful austrian, thiem is known as the thiemenator, but the real machine was at the other end. no male tennis player has been as dominant at a grand slam as him. was there a weakness? as dominant at a grand slam as him. perhaps cramp could stop him. as dominant at a grand slam as him. it prompted nadal to get this done quicker, the champion to be raced through the pain. quicker, the champion to be 0n clay against any opponent and his own body, rafael nadal conquers all. opponent and his own body, patrick gearey, bbc news. opponent a

patrick gearey reports.ays argentina's mood has gone from misery, to mutate to frenzy. settle on one help, the man who spends his world cup in close—up was this his last stand for his country? everyone was watching an barfora country? everyone was watching an barfor a crucial country? everyone was watching an bar for a crucial second to the nigerian defence. messi scores! his first goal of this tournament in a few moments of perfection in the middle of such intensity. it means that much as every three nose, he knew it might not be enough and here denied by inches and inspiration only slow motion captured the faithful figure only slow motion captured the faithfulfigure tab. only slow motion captured the faithful figure tab. argentina only slow motion captured the faithfulfigure tab. argentina group anxious. nigeria's penalty, nigeria public moments. pressure now on victor moses. what pressure indeed. the chelsea man had just put the game. nigeria were going through. there was a team who could wait and break a

patrick gearey, bbc news.and play canada in edmonton later while in the last few minutes wales have beaten argentina. wales won by 23 points to ten in the first game of their two test series which is in argentina. there was an enthralling encounter in paris, where tennis‘s world number one, simona halep, finally won her first grand slam final at the fourth attempt. halep admitted she had come to terms with the fact she might never win a major. but this afternoon she eventually beat the us open champion, sloane stephens, coming back from a set down to win in three to become the french open champion. england's women are cricket's world cup winners, but they have lost their first one day international of the summer to south africa. england made 189—9 off their 50 overs, but lizelle lee's unbeaten 92 included a six, to give south africa a seven wicket win at worcester. there is plenty more on the bbc sport website including the build—up to former world champion tyson fury‘s return to boxing, qualifying for formula

the hosts are winless in their past eight tests as patrick gearey reports.tive disciplines are formed until they are second nature or habit but england have developed an u nwa nted habit but england have developed an unwanted knack of losing. joe root has lost six in eight, the latest on sunday. everything about and around his team is questioned. his star all—rounder ben stokes might not be fit. a good job joe all—rounder ben stokes might not be fit. a good jobjoe root has not had long to well on it. that helps getting straight back into it not having too much time to think about things. it was very clear where we needed to improve from last week and we had some good preparation and the quys we had some good preparation and the guys have worked really hard and now it is just guys have worked really hard and now it isjust going guys have worked really hard and now it is just going out and proving a point. put in a really strong performance as a group and show some real pride in the badge. well bowled. beautiful delivery. early summer bowled. beautiful deliver

patrick gearey reports. this is the red carpet for rafael nadal. his game was perfectly molded to the clay. his challenger had what was described as the toughestjob in sport, trying to stop the man who got 85 of 87 matches. nadal took the first set. thiem is the first man to beat rafael nadal in rome. as a powerful austrian, thiem is known as the thiemenator. the other machine was at the other end. no one dominated nadal like this. he took the set. the third. the spaniard had a cramp. it made him go quicker. thiem's time may well come, but right now, on this court, against any opponent and even his own body, rafael nadal conquers all. to have the chance to win in monte carlo, rome, and now here, it is very emotional and was a very special moment. the crowd with support, that feeling, that moment, it is difficult to describe. there is a reason why he won 11 times here, it is definitely one of the best things someone can is definitely one of the best things someone can do in sport. for sure, me,| someone can do in sport. for sure, me, lam someone can

patrick gearey reports. this is the red

patrick gearey reports.hen they found out they lost stokes this morning and then lost the toss after that, england must have thought, what else can go wrong? they responded. in part because of stuart broad's stance. he took to make early wickets. england also caught better than they did in the first test. stuart broad was backed up first test. stuart broad was backed up by first test. stuart broad was backed up by the rest of the england pace attack, chris woakes chipping in, andjimmy attack, chris woakes chipping in, and jimmy anderson. at one stage it looked like pack someone to even make 100 in—depth as earnings. that they did was down to a 19—year—old from punjab, who had egg to see 56 before becoming sam curran's first test cricket. pakistan all out for 174, test cricket. pakistan all out for 17a, england's turn. the test of the fragile batting order. keaton jennings had been recalled to the tea m jennings had been recalled to the team and made a solid looking 29, chopped england build a platform before

patrick gearey has been watching.ok the field. not when you're facing jason roy upfront, or capable of long grain spectacularfirms roy upfront, or capable of long grain spectacular firms ——. controlled acceleration. he made 20 more before encountering a particularly sharp pain. captain tim's catch solved one problem, but once he gets going, there is no catching him. he turned over 91 of england's 342, a record against australia. so to the chase, a chance for england to strip back and expose any for england to strip back and expose a ny flaws for england to strip back and expose any flaws in the aussie order, batting uncovered. australia were four wickets down and struggling when shaun marsh decided there was only one way out of this. batting win with this with him was glenn maxwell, but on 31, the man known as the big show had to go. australia's chances might have followed him. scotland are chasing 206 to beat ireland in their t20 match in the netherlands. only three batsmen got into double figures in ireland's score

miles east of moscow — and things didn't go to plan for salah, the footballer of the year as patrick geareyh did not get a game and all as uruguay nicked it early on. mohamed salah strolled into this world cup with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, unfortunate as he dictated to his left one last month. he started on the edge, and uruguay darted. luis suarez‘s nearly scored. we had to watch the replay is to check he had mist. the next chance again came soares‘ ‘sway. the keeper had not been overworked up until then. it team had been —— his team has been quietly effective only to run out of ideas around there. a potential solution remains unused, the conductor a cheerleader as his tea m the conductor a cheerleader as his team grew more desperate, relied on el shaarawy‘s brilliance. combining a game... no, i game. el shaarawy‘s brilliance. combining a game... no, igame. notjust el shaarawy‘s brilliance. combining a game... no, i game. notjust yet. but seconds later, uruguay had a free kick. this was the 90th minute, and this from jose gimenez was the winning goal. a late start to the par

patrick gearey reports the eyes of their island are on iceland.rew the attention of most viewers in iceland. there is a national obsession. either way you do not touch the removal and gylfi sigurdsson was over a free kick. it was dramatic by the standards of a slumbering first half. then the change of ends and look at the change of ends and look at the change of ends and look at the change of pace, nigeria suddenly faster got it into the path of musa. musa! the nigerian world cup ignited ina musa! the nigerian world cup ignited in a runaway moment and the game had changed. iceland tried to some of the primordialforce changed. iceland tried to some of the primordial force which changed. iceland tried to some of the primordialforce which has brought them this far but it was as nothing in the face of musa. i'm lucky there, within 30 seconds he had it again and this time he took forging completely out of the equation. it is musa! nigeria rampant, the super eagles flying but iceland, the smallest nation in the world cup of a spirit like few others and

patrick gearey reports.isi, the first black man to captain the springboks, leading men he would once have been banned from playing with. what a day. what a game. the first half was frenetic. england, without a win since february, were ten points up inside five minutes. mike brown was followed over the line by elliott daly and later owen farrell. england 24—3 up. on a ground 5,500 feet above sea—level, south africa started the climb back. it needed a slip from daly. s'busiso nkosi scored twice, as england lost their grip. by the time willie le roux charged through and over, south africa were ahead. all action, all energy. by the break in the thin air, england lacked oxygen and direction. the world cup isjust 15 months away. their defence was overwhelmed again in the second half. england's late rally was too little, too late. this was a day for kolisip and for history. as england have faded, ireland have grown stronger, bolder.

patrick gearey reports. from one side of the world to the other, given searching.akistan under pressure, stewart had his place on the team question this week. he knows as they conduct to my opinions are being revised in this game. england are without their injured star, but instead, chris works who got two more wickets by lunch. after the refreshment, full stop. wickets punctuated the early afternoon, sure out among the attack, it seems they will be bowled out for less than 100 until a teenagerfrom out for less than 100 until a teenager from punjab, fell out for less than 100 until a teenagerfrom punjab, fell back. he made 56 inning sustaining resident finally becoming the first test wicket, pakistan 174 all out, now england. ona wicket, pakistan 174 all out, now england. on a ground being reconstructed, this was a time for careful building. foundation first. keeping jennings back on the team, have been going well until it went one better. england needed calm, he is known for never sweating and england was so nearly home and driver the day when they swiveled inexpl

deciding test at the allianz stadium withjoe schmidt‘s side hanging on until the final whistle as patrick geareyaustralia, cj stander, the scorer. that right and his madcap interviews to collective work, but the wallabies found space for individual brilliance, kicking collect, express and first class. he delivered. just and first class. he delivered. just a point between the sides now. the situation was puts a premium on a player likejohnny saxton. who knows it‘s over as soon as he has kicked it. that, his fifth penalty, no other irish men or women were as calm, so imagine the emotional frenzy and sydney as australia mounted one last attack. but the pass was off, the time was up. ireland, champions of the north, make history in the south. meanwhile, england are playing south africa in their test in cape town. england will be hoping to avoid south africa sealing a clean—sweep here after their victories in the last two tests. it‘s been awful conditions at newlands but south africa have scored the first try in the last few minutes. england still ahead though thanks to the boot of 0wen farrell. they

patrick gearey was watching the "king of clay" the action.a ptop where he can look his best and laptop up the adulation, his game perfectly moulded to the clay here, he has won all then final sea has played on the surface. dominic thiem is one of the few to have beaten him. he matched until the tenth game and this mistake. the set was gone minutes later. as a powerful austrian, dominic thiem is known as a terminator but the real machine was up the other end. no male tennis player has been as dominant at a grand slam as him. was there a weakness? perhaps crump could stop them. it prompted him to get this done quicker, the champion to be raced through the pain. on clay against any opponent and his own body, rafa nadal conquers all. patrick geary, bbc news. so nadal‘s win extends his record at the french open to 11 wins. the most by anybody at a single grand slam. the nearest to him is roger federer who has won wimbledon eight times, closely followed by pete sampras, with half of his grand slam triumphs coming at sw19. three players have won a s

patrick gearey reports. for once, lionel messi can ride on someone else's shoulders and.ast world cup standard. the world was watching him, apartfrom cup standard. the world was watching him, apart from a second from the nigeria defence. the few moments of perfection, messi can do this to a nation, to an icon. that's what it means but argentina grew tetchy, touchy. javier mascherano's of a tactile approach cost a penalty. what pressure now on nigeria's victor moses? not that he seemed to realise. the chelsea playerflipped the game. argentina were on the brink of intimate, heading out of the competition, but at this stage and instant can make scapegoats into heroes. rojo's centre roared across continents from st petersburg back to buenos aires, the defender the saviour and the heartbrea ker. to buenos aires, the defender the saviour and the heartbreaker. that might have been pretty much irreleva nt might have been pretty much irrelevant if iceland had won. a penalty from guilty sigurdsson got them level against croatia, one more would send the competition's smallest nation