by captain suzann pettersen to represent europe at the solheim cup. welcome to the programme. tributes are being paid to former england manager sven goran eriksson, who has passed away at the age of 76. the swede led the three lions to the quarterfinals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. andy swiss pays tribute to england's first non british manager. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. john motson: oh, this is getting better and better and better! - a 5—1 thrashin

captain suzann pettersen says it was an obvious choice to select georgia hall as a wildcard pick foro face the united states next month. england's hall had to rely on being one of pettersen�*s four choices after failing to qualify automatically. pettersen is stacking her team with experienced players to combat being, in her words "underdogs as always, in the us". a lot of these players are very aggressive players by nature. so ideally, they suit the match player for mat really well. georgia and hannah, probably haven't played their best golf, but they're good enough to find this — i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and kind of — by the time you get there, with the atmosphere and the surround the team, you just — you just rise to the occasion. and they've done it before. they know what it takes. ideally you always pick form. but at the same time, playing away, experience, and kind of — the mental kind of — having the mental kind of feistiness in you is as important. you want to have players who can kind of block stuff out and go out there and kind of — not care about the

pettersen is stacking her team with experienced players to combat being, in herwords...us". a lot of these plays are aggressive players. a lot of these plays are aggressive players. ideally, you would always pick form, but at the same time, playing away, experience and... they are good enough to find us. i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and by the time you get there with the atmosphere and the surroundings of the team, you just rise to the occasion. they've done it before. they know what it takes. ideally you'd always pick four. at the same time you're playing way, the experience and the mental feistiness in you is as important. you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. finally, imagine starting a game playing for one team — then ending it playing for the other. that's exactly what's happening to major league baseball player danny jansen, who is making history. he was batting for the toronto blue jays on june the 26th, when their game against the boston red

and "an obvious choice" — georgia hall is given a wild card by captain suzann pettersen to representn eriksson, who has passed away at the age of 76. the swede led the three lions to the quarterfinals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. andy swiss pays tribute to england's first non british manager. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson's reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg,

in the last half hour, europe's solheim cup captain suzann pettersen has announced herfour wild cardus. she's chosen england's georgia hall, sweden's anna nordqvist, denmark's emily kristine pedersen and also handed a place to a rookie, switzerland's albane valenzuela. theyjoin the eight other players who have qualified automatically via the points system. ideally you would always pick for, but at the same time playing away, experience and, kind of... the mental, having the mentalfeistiness and you, you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. the us captain stacy lewis will review her pics at this time tomorrow, that's the sport for now. the world health organization has announced details of a new plan to tackle outbreaks of mpox. the organisation says it will require $135 million in funding — to cover prevention and surveillance measures — including tests and vaccines. its director—general, says outbreaks in the democratic republic of congo and neighbouring countries can be controlled

europe's solheim cup captain suzann pettersen has announced herfour wild card picks for next month'sthe us. she's chosen england's georgia hall, sweden's anna nordqvist, denmark's emily kristine pedersen and also handed a place to a rookie, switzerland's albane valenzuela. theyjoin the eight other players who have qualified automatically via the points' system. ideally, you would always pick four, but at the same time playing away, experience and... ..having the mental feistiness in you is as important. you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. and us captain stacy lewis is due to announce her pics on tuesday, ahead of that match between europe and the usa in a couple of weeks' time. any more news, as always, on the bbc sport website and out, but that is it for me at the moment. sarah, thank you very much. a number of the airlines have announced they are resuming flights to destinations in the middle east tomorrow, amid some signs israel and hezbollah have stepped back from a further

europe's solheim cup captain suzann pettersen has announced herfour wild card picks for next month'se environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. finally, imagine starting a game playing for one team, then finishing it playing for the opposition. well, that's exactly what's happening to major league baseball player danny jansen, who is making history. jansen was batting for the toronto bluejays on june the 26th, when their game against the boston red sox was suspended because of rain. a day later, he was traded — to the red sox — and has now appeared for his new team when fixture resumed tonight. remarkably, jansen was the player batting at the plate for the bluejays when the game was halted — that means his former side had to put up another batter in his place, while jansen was the catcher for the hosts at boston's fenway park. that is remarkable! and that is all the sport for now. bye—bye. tonight at ten: tributes are paid to the former england manager sven—goran eriksson who's died at the age of 76. david beckham posted a tribute saying he would be forever grateful for b