patrick geary, bbc news. it’s nadal stands as king.geary, bbc news. �* , ,., ., nadal stands as king. patrick geary, bbc news. �*, ., ., bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never _ bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never believed, _ bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never believed, being - bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never believed, being here. sure it never believed, being here at 36, being competitive again. playing in the most important court of my career one more time. it means a lot to me, it means everything. it means a lot of energy to try to keep going. what can happen in the future, but i am going to keep fighting to try to keep going. so many thanks. thank you very much, everyone. britain's alfie hewett and gordon reid claimed their 10th grand slam title in a row with victory in the men's wheelchair doubles. the top seeds beat argentina's gustavo fernandez and shingo kunieda ofjapan. it means they've won the doubles title at the french open for the past three years and clinched the

patrick geary, bbc news.a shock defeat in the nations league, losing one nil to armenia in yerevan. armenia are ranked 92nd in the world, 45 places below ireland, but eduard spertsyan produced a stunning strike that means ireland haven't won in 11 nations league matches. iga swiatek was dazzling as she beat coco gauff to win her second french open title. the world number one produced some devasting hitting to sweep aside her american rival injust 68 minutes and win a 35th match in a row. lydia campbell has more. the court in 2022 has belonged to iga swiatek. 3a games unbeaten and ready for her second french open final, her opponent coco gauff hadn't dropped the set, but she hasn't come up against a force quite like swiatek and in a flash, the first set was gone. the 18—year—old broke first in the second, and gave the crowd the fight that they so desired. but swiatek has been playing out a near superhuman level, the cards turned quickly with the top seed back in front. this was a master class from the world nu

patrick geary rounds up the action for us. only made him want more. with him went england's momentum, now new zealand were flying. daryl mitchell somehow caught stuart broad. matthew potts looking for his first test run, said yes, then wait — too late. ben foakes and 56 had come too far, england had lost direction. all out, still 14 runs behind, with the ball they needed to get things moving. he's knocked him over! that's jimmy anderson's genius, his 650th test wicket. this would, though, be about patience for england — waiting for new zealand mistakes. that was devon conway's, gone for 52. henry nicholls followed. doubts crept under black caps. even will young, so confident in scoring 56 runs, dithered over the 57th. he was out, england were in. now the problems — tom blundell and daryl mitchell made big partnerships both in this test and the last. they threatened another, but england had an idea — bowl short, and see if blundell blunders. the plan came together. new zealand are more than 200 runs ahead, but england keep taki

patrick geary, bbc news. she was indeed, wasn't she? wimbledon isjust she was indeed, wasn't she? to wait, too, until the start of the women's european championships takes place in england early next month and a host nation have a friendly this evening against none other than the european champions the netherlands. covey reports. you have joined us you havejoined us in a warm muggy evening here in leeds before the championship start and i've been joined by former lioness and current striker natasha. couple of weeks out from the start of the tournament committee much to go, realistically, how hard these two teams going to go at it this evening? i how hard these two teams going to go at it this evening?— at it this evening? i think they are auoin to at it this evening? i think they are going to go _ at it this evening? i think they are going to go pretty _ at it this evening? i think they are going to go pretty hard. _ at it this evening? i think they are going to go pretty hard. they - at it this evening? i think they are | going to go pretty hard. they both want to win and players

patrick geary, bbc news. time for the news. here is susan. —— time for the news.unshine out there. as this week goes on, more in there. as this week goes on, more in the way of sun to come, and the most surprising thing will be some significant heat. this afternoon, patchy cloud developing across england and wales, more solid cloud to the north—west of the uk, keeping things pretty grey across western scotland this afternoon, a little like radio. elsewhere, drive. temperatures around average for the time of year in the sunshine. low 20s at best. there is a heat wave across spain at the moment. today, temperatures above a0 celsius, into the mid a0s. by mid week, that heat heads into central europe, pushing across france by friday. it is heading our way, and 30 celsius is possible across large swathes of england and wales on friday. we will see how we get there in a moment. back to this afternoon, it is pretty much business as usual, our temperatures will slide down the teens scale. by the end of the night, they will sit somewhere between nine and 12 celsius. there

patrick geary, bbc news.s known as "porpoising" and it's been affecting a number of drivers this season. after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that at one stage he worried may have caused him to miss this weekend's canadian grand prix. new design specifications mean cars bounce as they travel at speed down straights. i'v e i've seen this word which seems to explain it all. what exactly is this? the word which seems to explain it all. what exactly is this?— word which seems to explain it all. what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if _ what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if they - what exactly is this? the cars have effectiveness here, so if they get l effectiveness here, so if they get sucked to the ground and an explanation... once they get really low, tha

patrick geary reports. root runs, words that are never far away from each other at the moment, especially on this flat pitch. where everything he touches, flies. if you can hit them there, you can hit them anyway. root out, out of nowhere. he scored 176. that only made him want more. with him went england's momentum. now new were daryl mitchell caught him. too late. ben foakes and 56 had come too far. england had lost direction. all out, still 1a runs behind, with the ball they needed to get things moving. that isjimmy anderson two genius. 650 test wicket. this would be about patients for england, waiting for new zealand mistakes. henry nicholls followed. doubts crept under black caps. even will young dithered over the 57th. he was out, england were in. tom blundell and daryl mitchell made big partnerships both in this test and the last. they threatened another but england had an idea. their plan came together. new zealand are more than 200 runs ahead but england keep taking wickets. a match that might have

patrick geary, bbc news.—finals. saracens will face harlequins. glasgow and edinburgh were both beaten today and miss out on the semi—finals of the united rugby championship, they'll be between leinster and the bulls, ulster will face the stormers, all the deatils are on the bbc sport website. that is all for now. the derby at epsom has been won by desert crown, ridden by richard kingscote. the queen had been due to attend this major fixture in the horse—racing calendar, but pulled out yesterday. we're told she watched it on tv from windsor. 0ur sports correspondent laura scott sent this report. it's the jewel in the crown of the flat racing calendar and one of the queen's favourite days of the year. but whilst her majesty was absent from the derby for just the fifth time in her long reign, there were plenty of nods to her platinum jubilee at epsom, where she was represented by princess anne. the queen's love of horses is well known. this footage filmed in april at the royal stud in sandringham a clear exampl

patrick geary, bbc news.r was — goalkeeper andrew redmayne, who was substituted on just for the spot kicks against peru. so a bit of pressure, no sign of it though as he utilised a technique made famous by liverpool goalkeeper bruce grobellar, the bendy legs. and it worked, as he saved the crucial spotkick. and as you can imagine, that sparked some measured and impartial coverage from the australian reporters covering the game. yeah! we're through. we're through to the world cup! a little light on detail, a reason to celebrate, their fifth consecutive world cup qualification. 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 take

patrick geary, bbc news. england, wales scotland all play later. who covered the game. measured and impartial coverage. yeah! we're through. we're through to the world cup! yeah! he has got the details right. is the australian tv estimate perhaps we can all adopt that. plenty of emotion and personality. and the last world cup spot will be confirmed when new zealand play costa rica later. england's only goal in their nations league matches has come from the penalty spot so far, having failed to score from open play in all three of their games. not that that's the only thing for gareth southgate to ponder with talk surfacing of a possible netflix—style documentary following the wives and girlfriends of england's footballers during this winter's world cup in qatar. well, not my cup of tea, really, but i'd be surprised if the group of players we've got would have interest in that because they've wanted to focus on the football. i think the focus in russia and last summer was all about the players, and everything that they do, and we've never had any is