i think the only problem for pliskova historically has not played well there, we scratch our heads ase player than we have ever seen before and she must be so happy that she is in the bottom half away from all of those big names. there's been a lot of talk about the top quarter of the draw which is incredibly strong with serena, but for pliskova, maybe she could go in the bit low key for some of those in the bottom half and she has contributed a lot, so they can be the difference. she is a former wimbledon champion, giving them a very warm hug after winning the title, karolina pliskova with a victory on the board, you will see her on there. claire balding at eastbourne. now what were you doing in 2004? venus williams was already a four—time grand slam winner then. cori gauff — her opponent in the first round of wimbledon — was born in that year. at 15 years old, gauff will become the youngest player to appear in the main wimbledon draw in the open era. living the dream, i guess. i felt like i was going to play one of them and many people were like, do you like your draw? playing the g

clare balding is there for us in scorching sunshine, we witnessed a phenomenal display from pliskovag, 6—16— four and alongside me today, it sounds one—sided in terms the trophy winning, 6—a 6— four and alongside me today, it sounds one—sided in terms of the score line, it was near that they played badly. i think a lot of the damage was done in the opening three games. she came up with a wonderful game plan and she has been fantastic with her serve but i think her movement was the best i've ever seen it. moving side to side, she has such long arms, but she was able to dominate from start to finish and she has played so well in every match here and she'll be able to go in full of confidence. she'll be going in as are the top favourites, i think technically is the favourite, but pliskova the best players in the world, people think they don't want to face her. i think the only problem for pliskova historically has not played well there, we scratch our heads as to why that is happened but we are seeing a more complete player than we have ever seen before and she must be so happy that she

that leaves karolina pliskova is it. that leaves karolina pliskova is the leading players here, the second seed and now highest ranked. she started off with a relatively comfortable success. it was really important for her. didn't have the toughest opponent, a little inexperienced, but she has had about a month which hasn't gone terribly well for her at the french and at birmingham and it is one of those matches, she has got herself into the tournament. i liked what i saw but there will need to be a better level as she progresses. her service, six aces, 6—3, 6—3. the other big match was 0stapenko to come back from two breaks to win in straight sets. she has been so quiet since she won in paris two years ago, rankin going the wrong way, and maybe she hit, for her, rock bottom. mum has got more involved, who a lwa ys mum has got more involved, who always coached her, but i have seen her on court a lot. you never know with 0stapenko, if she gets hot eve ryo ne with 0stapenko, if she gets hot everyone else is in trouble. she

karolina pliskova beat her in straight sets for her second title in the tournament.of the trophy winning, 6—16— four and alongside me today, it sounds one—sided in terms of the score line, it was near that they played badly. i think a lot of the damage was done in the opening three games. she come up with a wonderful games. she come up with a wonderful game plan and she has been fantastic with her serve but i think her movement was the best i've ever seen it. moving side to side, she has such long arms, but she was able to dominate from start to finish and she has played so well in every match here and she'll be able to go in full of confidence. should be going in as are the top favourites, i think technically is the favourite, but pliskova the best players in the world, people think they don't want to face her.” players in the world, people think they don't want to face her. i think they don't want to face her. i think the only problem for a push historically has not played well there, we scratch our heads as to why that is happened but we are seeing a more complete

world number three pliskova secured a 6—2, 6—0 win over the russian injust 53 minutes.'s after the dutch 3rd seed just edged past last year's beaten finalist aryna sabalenka with a 6—4, 3—6, 6—4 win. now to golf and france's victor perez is the one stroke first round leader at the andalucia masters on 6 under par. he leads a group of five including double defending champion sergio garcia after the spaniard carded a bogey free 5—under round of 66, and also in the hunt is his compatriot 00:08:21,455 --> 2147483051:40:55,442 john rahm who's a further three 2147483051:40:55,442 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 shots back on 2—under thanks to immaculate chip shots like this. on the pga tour in detroit, nate lashley is the first round leader by a stroke on 7—under. world number two dustin johnson is six shots further back, while newly crowned us open champion gary woodland had a day to forget way back off the pace on 1—over despite finishing with this approach on the 18th. warren gatland will coach super rugby side the chiefs in between the rugby world cup and the british and irish l

pliskova didn't drop a set in the whole tournament.ow when kyle edmund will lead british hopes in the men's singles, while andy murray will be there in the men's doubles and possibly the mixed. right now, there's a lot of talk of a very exciting pairing, with 23—time grand slam champion serena williams. when asked about the prospect she said "i'm definitely available". now 37, serena has only played five tournaments this year because of a knee injury. andy murray himself has said she would be a "solid partner". i feel good now. ifeel good now, it has been a rough time for me this year but i'm finally at a place where i am like, oh my god, i'm not in pain, let's do this! so this is a good place for me to be in. you feel not in pain and ready to go? yes, and i couldn't be more excited about it! you can watch sally nugent‘s full interview with serena williams on breakfast tomorrow morning if you thought that formula i was getting a little too prefdictable this season, it's suddenly got rather interesting in austria. that's because ferrari

the czech pliskova didn't drop a set in the whole tournament.baseball. it's the first time major league baseball are playing a game in europe. it's the new york yankees and the boston red sox — two of the biggest sides in the sport. the aim is to try to grow the game on this side of the atlantic in the same way that american football and basketball have done in the last decade or so. and there's been a moment of history tonight as arron hicks as hit the first home run in europe. a moment to remember for the new york yankees player! these are live pictures now from the london stadium. we are at the top of the fourth innings, about halfway through. the yankees leading 8—6, bases loaded. you can follow this one on the bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website and app. plenty more on all the day's stories on there too. i'll have more in the next hour. jeremy corbyn has said he's shocked by reports that senior civil servants have questioned his mental and physical health. he was responding to an article in the times newspaper, which said senior figures i

earlier karolina pliskova made it to the last 16.ty has pulled out with an arm injury. it's been announced this afternoon that italy will host the 2026 winter olympics and paralympics. skating sports and ice hockey will be held in milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of cortina. italy'sjoint bid beat stockholm to stage the event. bangladesh are still in with a shout of reaching the semi finals of the cricket world cup. with a 62 run win, over bottom of the table afghanistan. bangladesh batted first after being put in, and made 262 for seven, with mushfiqur rahim top scoring with 83. afghanistan were always struggling to keep up with the required run rate and were eventually bowled out for 200. bangladesh are fifth in the table — just a point behind fourth place england who play australia tomorrow. more on that game now. the hosts will be without star batsman jason roy again tomorrow at lords. he's still recovering from a hamstring injury. england themselves are trying to recover from their shock defeat

to set up a last eight contest against 3rd seeded dutch player kiki bertens. 2017 winner karolina pliskovaraight sets. the second seeded czech won 6—1, 6—2 and will now face russia's ekaterina alexandrova for a place in the semi—finals. simona halep aslo progressed to the last eight but the former world number one struggled through in three sets to beat slovenia's polona hertzog. the 6th seed needed almost two hours to win 6—1, 4—6, 6—3 and set up a quarter—final against reigning wimbledon champion angelique kerber. britain'sjohanna konta is out though after she lost in straight sets against tunisia's 0ns jabeur. the 28—year—old will enter wimbledon having played only four grass—court matches, after also being eliminated at the second—round stage in birmingham last week. to major league baseball where trevor bauer struck out 12 batters over six and two—thirds innings as he helped the cleveland indians defeat the kansas city royals 5—3 in ohio on wednesday. jake bauers and tyler naquin also hit home runs as they homered off bauer‘s counterpart jakob junis in the fourth inning. junis who all

karolina pliskova is up against angelique kerber.2—0 up in the second. later, sam querrey will take on taylor fritz in the men's final. in rugby, england's women got a good start against the usa. they won the tournament in 2017 and beat the americans in san diego. they will face canada in the next mac in just over a week. —— next match. there could be another lifeline for danny cipriani, included in the latest training camp. he was player of the year last year but hasn't played for england in a year, and could still be squeezed out of the final squad when it is named in mid—august. england netball coach tracey neville has told the bbc that this year's world cup won't be her last in charge. neville said earlier injune she would step down afterjuly‘s world cup in liverpool to have a family. this is not my last world cup. for the roses. i think that the girls wa nt to the roses. i think that the girls want to do it for themselves. they did it for themselves last year, and i want them to do it for themselves because they so deserve that.

meanwhile, world number three karolina pliskova one 6—36— three to reach the last 16.rom eastbourne on the bbc sport website. in the africa cup of nations the ivory coast beat south africa to go level with morocco at the top of group d. 0ne goal in the game to give the two—time winners victory in cairo. announced this afternoon that italy will host the 2026 winter olympics and paralympics. skating and ice hockey will be held in the land with most alpine skiing in cortina. they beat stockholm to stage the event. and a controversial fundraising beat stockholm to stage the event. and a controversialfundraising page

pliskova didn't drop a set in the whole tournament. the prospect she said "i'm definitely available". now 37, serena has only played five tournaments this year because of a knee injury. and andy murray himself has said she would be a "solid partner." after complaints that formula one is getting increasingly boring this season, it's suddenly got interesting in austria. that's because ferrari's charles leclerc broke the track record at the red bull ring to claim pole position for today's grand prix ahead of runaway championship leader lewis hamilton. but afterwards the briton was punished after "unnecessarily impeding" kimi raikkonen. that saw him relegated to fourth on the grid with max verstappen promoted to second. are big pleasure to drive the car, itjust felt great and very happy to bring pole position back home, but tomorrow we need to finish thejob. with formula one happening today, and we're looking ahead to wimbledon tomorrow and the cricket world cup, then the women's world cup later, it is so hard to contain it all in one bull

wimbledon is less than two days away now and world number three karolina pliskova says she's been playingerber in straight sets in the final. she didn't drop a set all week en route to a second eastbourne crown. that's all the sport for now. thank you. it's day two of the glastonbury festival in the west of england — it's an event where wellington boots and a lot of mud are usually among the headliners — this year however festival—goers are enjoying the music under a baking hot sun. vampire weekend opened with a laid—back secret show that even included audience requests. janet jackson has performed and the killers are headlining. there's still plenty of buzz about stormzy‘s performance last night — the british 6rime rapper made history by becoming the first solo black artist to headline the famous pyramid stage. and while he's been critically lauded for that performance, it was someone else who went viral online. take a look at this... this is tara asher, she's a sign language interprator, she is one of only four signers who can interpret grime music for the deaf. thousands have watched t

earlier, karolina pliskova beat margarita gasparyan in straight sets to reach the last 16.ics and paralympics. skating sports and ice hockey will be held in milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of cortina. italy'sjoint bid beat stockholm to stage the event. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. good evening. some very active weather out there for the rest of tonight. heat and humidity have been building. heavy downpours. thunderstorms stop it will feel very muqqy thunderstorms stop it will feel very muggy and humid. we will not or see the torrential downpours. affecting southern parts of england. moving away from northern front up the english channel through central and eastern parts of england. wanting out from the met office for this region. central and eastern england, for those thunderstorms. heavy rain, hailand for those thunderstorms. heavy rain, hail and frequent lightning and gusty winds. pushing across the english channel coast towards london, the east m

more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including wins for taylor fritz and karolina pliskovaal farmers' union says a trial where seasonal workers from non—eu countries, like ukraine and moldova, are offered visas to pick crops on uk farms, should be extended from 2,500 workers, to 30,000 with farmers saying it could help fill the gap left by a drop in the number of workers coming from the eu. here's our business correspondent katy austin. 0n on this farm in cornwall, because jets are being harvested. up to 20 times a day. most of them will be sold to supermarkets. for years, farms like this one have relied on workers coming overfrom countries inside the eu like poland almost recently romania and bulgaria to pick their crops but over the past couple of years they've been finding that more and more difficult. this farm has signed up to a new government scheme which aims to recruit workers from outside the eu. this group is from ukraine. they saw thejobs this group is from ukraine. they saw the jobs advertised at their agricultural university. translation: i say it is good for u

in the final tournament before wimbledon starts on monday, karolina pliskova has won the eastbourne titlet the reigning wimbledon champion, angelique kerber, in straight sets in just over an hour. american taylor fritz won the men's title. london is hosting major league baseball this weekend, the first regular—season games to be played in europe. it took over three weeks to get west ham's london stadium ready for the games. the new york yankees are taking on great rivals and reigning world series champions the boston red sox. the yankees are currently leading 17—13. and you can watch the rest of that high—scoring game live right now on the bbc sport website. that's all your sport. ben. olly, thank you very much indeed. it's been the hottest day of the year so far — and one of the warmestjune days of the past a0 years. the temperature reached 34.0 celsius at heathrow and at northolt in west london. dozens of festivalgoers were treated for heatstroke at glastonbury, and there were long queues for drinking water. organisers gave away free suncream to the crowds. at southend—on—sea, the beach

all—american final this afternoon, sam querrey winning the other semi, and in the women's draw, karolina pliskovans 6—1, 6—2 in less than an hour. she progressed without having to hit a ball after her tunisia opponent withdrew with an ankle injury before their semifinal. geraint thomas has been named joint leader with the colombian rider for tea m leader with the colombian rider for team ineos for the tour de france next month. thomas had doubts about his ability to compete after his crash on the tour of switzerland. chris froome misses out after fracturing his femur, elbow and wrist in training earlier this month. and that the european games in minsk, great britain's women claim silver in the team pursuit, beaten by italy in the final. and britten's men secured three bronzes in the boxing. laurent prices into the middleweight final. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start. the comfortable victory in their opening game against the host usa, the rose won the tournament in 2017 and beat the americans 38—5 in san diego. they will face canada in their next match

karolina pliskova is in action, she has taken the first game of the match.house of commons, theresa may is about to update the commons on the european council of —— the european council meeting. we wish him a full and speedy recovery for stop mr speaker, last week‘s european council focused on climate change, disinformation and hybrid threats, external relations and the eu‘s top jobs. the uk has always been clear we will participate fully and constructively in all eu discussions for as long as we are a member state. and that we will seek to continue our cooperation on issues of mutual interest to our future relationship after we have left. that was the spirit in which i approached this council. earlier this month, the uk became the first major economy in the world to commit to ending its contribution to global warning by 2050 stop i am pleased the regulations to amend the 2008 climate change act, which are being debated in the chamber later today, have received widespread support from across this house. but ultimately we will only protect our planet if we ar

karolina pliskova will face angelique kerber in the womens final at eastbourne later today after easingl after her tunisian opponent withdrew with an ankle injury before their semi—final. defending champion geraint thomas and colombian egan bernal have been named joint leaders of team ineos for the tour de france which starts next month. thomas is the defending champion but had doubts about whether he could defend his title after a crash at the tour of switzerland. chris froome misses out as he recovers from fracturing his femur, elbow and ribs in a training crash earlier this month. there was more british medal success at the european games in minsk yesterday. great britain's women claimed a silver in the team pusuit. the young quartet of meg barker, jess roberts, josie knight and jennifer holl were beaten by italy in the final. elsewhere, lauren price is through to the middleweight final in the boxing, whilst the men secured three boxing bronzes. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start with a comfortable victory in their opening game against the

earlier karolina pliskova beat margarita gasparyan in straight sets to reach the last 16.italy will host the 2026 winter olympics and paralympics. skating sports and ice hockey will be held in milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of cortina. italy'sjoint bid beat stockholm to stage the event. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. president trump has announced the united sates is imposing fresh sanctions on iran, amid rising tensions between the two countries. washington blames tehran for recent attacks on oil tankers in the gulf and iran shooting down an american drone. the president said he'd called off retaliatory air strikes at the last minute. tonight, mr trump explained why he felt new measures were necessary. the supreme leader of iran is the one who ultimately is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime, he is respected within his country, his office oversees the regime's most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps. sanctions imposed through the executi

karolina pliskova will face angelique kerber in the womens final at eastbourne later today after easing a ball after her tunisian opponent withdrew with an ankle injury before their semifinal. defending champion geraint thomas and colombian egan bernal have been named joint leaders of team ineos for the tour de france which starts next month. thomas is the defending champion, but had doubts about whether he could defend his title after a crash at the tour of switzerland. chris froome misses out as he recovers from fracturing his femur, elbow and ribs in a training crash earlier this month. there was more british medal success at the european games in minsk yesterday. great britain's women claimed a silver in the team pusuit. the young quartet of meg barker, jess roberts, josie knight and jennifer holl were beaten by italy in the final. elsewhere, lauren price is through to the middleweight final in the boxing, whilst the men secured three boxing bronzes. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start with a comfortable victory in their opening game agains

the world number three karolina pliskova has reached the last 16.port for now. as i said, more support from the bbc on the website including news that italy will host the 2026 winter olympics skating, sports and ice hockey will be back in milan while alpine skiing events ta ke in milan while alpine skiing events take place in cortina. more on the website. thank you very much. let's return to our top story. the conservative leadership contest. it's been a torrid time for the frontrunner boris johnson, with three days of questions over his private life, after a row with his partner carrie symonds. and now he's facing accusations from his opponentjeremy hunt of failing to "man up" and debate with him on tv. opinion has been split on whether mrjohnson should have to answer questions about his private life. but ultimately it is the views of 160,000 conservative members — who will decide who should be the next tory leader and prime minister — that count. to discuss this further, i'm joined by three of those voters. thomas ashby is a conservative councillo

this is kristina pliskova. and this is her identical twin sister karolina!—back wins on stradivarius. he had a great warm—up yesterday, riding crystal ocean to victory in the prince of wales' stakes — his second win of the day and his 62nd at the famous meeting. he did the dismount. absolutely. incredibly flexible. i don't know if we have got it for you. we have seen it before. you need answers for double partnerships. and that. the brya n double partnerships. and that. the bryan brothers. they promise you nobly said that to me in my ear.” was fed the lloyds. recently, the last of ten years or so. good teamwork and everything. being siblings that would work well. we are saying that carol is at ascot this morning and in the sunshine. the time is now 7:40. it's emerged that a meat supplier linked to a fatal hospital listeria outbreak passed its latest safety inspection but had tested positive for the bacteria twice before. inspectors detected the bug at north country cooked meats in salford in 2009 and 2010. five people have died after nine cases were confirme

world number three karolina pliskova is also into the second round. place in the resort of cortina. italy'sjoint bid beat stockholm to stage the event. cortina last hosted the winter olympics back in 1956. and another situation to keep your on eye in terms of the women's world cup, but it's nothing to do with var. thank goodness for that. england forward georgia stanway has tweeted glastonbury to ask if they can screen the quarter—final game at the festival, because her brother will be there on thursday. have they replied yes yet? not yet, there are currently no plans to screen it. sorry, stormzy, we have to show the foot ball instead. screen it. sorry, stormzy, we have to show the foot ball insteadm has been done before, but not for quite a few years. it's more than ten days since nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british charity workerjailed in iran on spying charges, went on hunger strike. her husband, richard, is doing the same thing here in the uk. the joint protest at her treatment by iran appears to have fallen on deaf ears, however, as she has no