rybakina's on a roll. she cruises into the third round at the french open.t germain confirm that lionel messi will leave the club at the end of the season. firing a broadside. england's bowlers are on top on day one of their first test against ireland. hello and thanks forjoining us, here's your latest sports news. it's day five of the french open at roland garros. defending women's champion iga swiatek will continue her title defence this afternoon. but one of the other favourites numberfour seed elena rybakina is already through the third round after beatng linda noskova in straight sets. the wimbledon champion was made to work for the first set though needing five set points before taking it 6—3 against the teenager. and it was the same story in the second set. rybakina successfully served that out 6—3, rounding off a straight sets win injust under an hour and a half. meanwhile on the men's side last year's runner—up casper ruud is also not having it his own way the italian world number 129 giulio zeppieri. the third set was taken by the 21—year—old, alth

wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of eastbourne, one of the warm up tournaments for theo concerns over the defence of her title. rybakina withdrew from the french open before her third—round match at the tournament last month, because of a viral illness, and last week she lost to donna vekic in the last 16 in berlin — saying she still wasn't100% physically, as a result of that illness. meanwhile, on the court at eastbourne, there was success for britain's harriet dart, who beat china's zhang shuai in three sets — an opponent 105 places above her in the world rankings. dart won in three sets in blustery conditions to reach the last 16. she's a wildcard for the tournament and for wimbledon, which begins next week. hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are turning their sporting attention to formula one. after huge success with wrexham, the welsh football club they bought in 2020 and got promoted back into the football league, the duo are now part of a group investing in the british based alpine fi racing team. renault, who are alpine�*s parent company announced

rybakina, who begins the defence of her wimbledon title in less that two weeks, was beaten by croatia'ser place in the quarter—finals. "be your best" is the motto of the special olympics, and on wednesday, that's exactly what we got from a welsh teenager. when bleddyn gibbs took up powerlifting, he could manage 20 kilos. now aged 18, he lifted over 140kg. the special olympics provides sport for people with intellectual disabilities, and our reporterjoe wilson is at the world summer games in berlin. in berlin, the power from pembrokeshire, 18—year—old bleddyn gibbs is the king of the combined competition. in the squat, that's1a0 kilos. in other words, around 22 stone. he began the sport with his dad in wales. now is he here in berlin watching? of course. now the son lifts way beyond the father's limits. after the bench press, 150 kilos. press, 150 kilos deadlift. putting in a perfect programme and personal best to be a truly worthy winner. you are a special 0lympics world champion, young man. how does that make you feel? i'm moved to tears. you haven't burst into tears yet. this whole ev

rybakina, who begins the defence of her wimbledon title in less that two weeks was beaten by croatia'sce in the quarter—finals. be your best is the motto of the special olympics and on wednesday thats exactly what we got from a welsh teenager. when bleddyn gibbs took up powerlifting he could manage 20 kilos. now aged 18 he lifted over 140 kg's. the special olympics provides sport for people with intellectual disabilities and our reporterjoe wilson is at the world summer games in berlin. in berlin the powerfrom pembroke share for 18 years old, king of the combined competition. in a squat, that's 140 kilos in other words, around 20 to stone. he began the sport with his dad in wales. now as he here in berlin watching? 0f wales. now as he here in berlin watching? of course is for the now son lives way beyond the father's limits. after the bench press, 150 kilos and is deadly for the putting in a perfect programme and personal best to be a truly worthy winner. you are a special 0lympics world champion, young man. olympics world champion, young man. ., olympics world champion, young man, .,

elena rybakina has pulled out offer.s pulled out of eastbourne, one of the warm—ups to s w 19. concerns of her fitness to s w 19. concerns of her fitness to defend her wimbledon title. she withdrew before the third round match of the tournament last month because of a viral illness and last week lost to donna vekic in the last 16 saying she still wasn't 100% physically as a result of that. on the court britton plasmid harriet dart shows she was delighted to see off zhang shuai in eastbourne. she won the first set 7—5 and was hit back to in the second in a tie—break. there was no messing in the third, 6—1 she won. karolina pliskova isn't of the second round after her opponent retired. elise mertens in the third set. that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. we will see you then. returning to events over the weekend in russia. josep borrell is speaking in russia. josep borrell is speaking in luxembourg. in in russia. josep borrell is speaking in luxembourg.— in russia. josep borrell is speaking in l

wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of the eastbourne international tournament, one of thefitness for defending her wimbledon title. rybakina withdrew from the french open before her third round match at the tournament last month because of a viral illness and last week lost to donna vekic in the last 16 in berlin, saying she still wasn't 100% physically as a result of that illness. meanwhile, on the court at eastbourne, there was success for the brit harriet dart, who beat china's zhang shuai in three sets — an opponent 105 places above her in the world rankings. she's a wild card for the tournament and for wimbledon, which begins next week. to football, and luka modric has signed a one—year contract extension with real madrid. it'll be his 12th season at the club. during that time, the croatian international has won five champions league trophies and three la liga titles and was winner of the ballon d'or in 2018. modric has made nearly 500 appearances for real and turns 38 in september. manchester city have confirmed their treble—winning captain ilkay gundogan hasjoined b

women's singles meanwhile has seen six different champions in a row, so can last year's winner, elena rybakina half a million people came here to watch, but this year, while there is the usual excitement, there's also concern. after the campaign group just stop oil disrupted the cricket on wednesday, prompting some players to take action, wimbledon know that they could be next. we will be enhancing our security in certain locations, areas such as the gates and around the courts, as you would expect. what will your message be to the players about how they should react if there is disruption? i can't speak for how the players will behave but there is no expectation or desire for the players to get engaged. we have the right trained individuals courtside to deal with any issues. this year also sees the return of russian and belarusian players such as daniil medvedev and aryna sabalenka, who had been previously banned following the invasion of ukraine. after an eventful build—up, organisers will be hoping it is the tennis that is the only drama. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. time for a look at

place , belarusian arina sobolenko is not behind, and a muscovite representing kazakhstan elena rybakinaball club psg did not have time to part with one of its superstars lionel messi, as a scandal has already flared up around the potential departure of another world champion, according to the publication , kylian, mbappe, refused to renew the contract with the parisians, the french striker is designed with psg under 24 with the option of extending for another season. however, according to preliminary information, mbappe. he wrote an official letter to the club, where he categorically refuses this option, the parisian club reacted sharply and put their leader on the transfer so as not to let him go for free next summer, a babe could affect the departure of benzema from madrid. real madrid is the striker's position. there is now a vacancy in the spanish press reports that the president of real madrid, valentina perez, is preparing about 400 million euros for this transition , while saint germenge, in turn, is going to help out, zaya. she is at least 1080 and will try to replace him with r

elena rybakina, a muscovite representing kazakhstan, has risen to third place.n, the new champion became the denvernuggets club, which in the final of the series outplayed the miami hit with a score of 4: 1 , the final match in syria was held at the denver arena, as is often the case in championship matches, everything was decided in the very end, in the course of the last minute in miami, he could even the score, when there were 14 seconds left on the scoreboard. however , hit leader jimmy butler skimmed a three-point final score of 94-89 in favor of denver, who for the first time in its history becomes the nba champion most valuable player, was recognized as the center of the day. probably this is nikolai jokic. he became the first center in 20 years to win such an award in the finals and to give a double, 28 points, 16 rebounds and four assists. the french football club psg did not have time to part with one of its superstars, lionel messi, as it already flared up the scandal surrounding the potential departure of another, according to the publication, the le

wimbledon champion elena rybakina pulled out of the tournament shortly before her third—round match because at roland garros, and was due to play spaniard sara sorribes tormo on saturday. she'd recently won the italian 0pen, was seeded fourth and hadn't yet dropped a set. i was not feeling good yesterday and the day before, so i did not sleep for a couple of nights and i had a fever. and then today i really tried in the warm up but i feel it is the right decision to withdraw because it is really tough to play with these conditions. and that's all the sport for now. thanks forjoining us. the israeli army has said that three of its soldiers were killed this morning in an incident near the southern border with egypt. the army says there was a further exchange of fire in the area several hours later in which the suspected gunman was killed. an israeli army spokesman has said the two soldiers — one male and one female — began a guard shift at an army post on the border late on friday night. after they could not be contacted, an officer went looking for them and found them dead at the scene. bbc

three players have dominated the women's game this year, the interesting thing is that we have elena rybakinadefending champion, and aryna sabalenka, the australian champion, in the same half of the draw, while the world number one iga swiatek finds herself on the other half. mind you, she's not having the best preparations for wimbledon, swiatek, she's been able to win a couple of matches at the tournament in germany but has pulled out ahead of her semifinal today because she said she had a restless night and may have had a bout of food poisoning, which is farfrom ideal when she will have to play for the first time on monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense, because of carlos alcaraz regaining the world number one spot, that him and novak djokovic would be kept apart, but plenty of otherjuicy first round matches and possible meetings later down the line as well. yes, alcaraz has a fairly tough sector of the draw as the world number one and therefore top seed. he has likes of grigor dimitrov, in his section of the draw. and djokovic at the other end has players like nick kyrgios, thou

the wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of the french open ahead of her third round matches tormo. the kazakhstani withdrew with a fever. sorribes tormo progresses to the last 16 by virtue of a walkover. in the men's draw 11th seed casper ruud has beaten china's zhang zhizen to reach round 4. the norwegian dropped the first set but came through in 4. meanwhile holger rune is in action right now. the 20 year—old dane is up against argentine genaro alberto olivieri, the world number 231. england are closing in on victory, within 3 days of the first test england have named their squad for this summer's ashes series against australia. it is unchanged from that which is closing in on victory, within 3 days of the first test against ireland at lords. ireland resumed on 97—3 in their second innings, still trailing by 255 runs. england have taken a handful of wicktes in saturday's morning session. josh tongue has taken 4 — ireland now on 215 for 6 — still trailing by 137 runs at lunch. you can follow all of those stories and more — including the latest from the epsom derby — acros

wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of the french open shortly before her third—round matchor the title at roland garros, and was due to play spaniard sara sorribes tormo on saturday. she'd recently won the italian 0pen, was seeded fourth, and hadn't yet dropped a set. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. two protesters have been arrested as they attempted to dirupt the epsom derby. earlier 19 people were arrested in connection with plans to disrupt the derby. animal rights campaigners had been threatening to defy a court order, banning disruptive protests. charlotte is there. what can you tell us? . , . ., charlotte is there. what can you tellus? . ,, tell us? the large-scale protests organisers _ tell us? the large-scale protests organisers had _ tell us? the large-scale protests organisers had feared _ tell us? the large-scale protests organisers had feared it - tell us? the large-scale protests organisers had feared it did - tell us? the large-scale protests organisers had feared it did not l organisers had feared it did not happen and it was pretty une

another of the pre—tournament favourites — elena rybakina is through to the third round after a straightkova 6—3, 6—3. the wimbledon champion got the job done in under an hour and a half. meanwhile on the men's side last year's runner up casper ruud was made to work for a 4 sest victory over 21—year—old giulio zeppieri. the danish 4th seed took the first two sets 6—3, 6—2 but the italian world nbumber i22 raised his game to snatch the third set 6—4 before ruud ultimately prevailed in the fourth 7—5 emma raducanu is recovering from surgery and also in need of a new coach after biting way with her previous one. the british player's fifth coach in two years. the 20—year—old only teamed up with the german in december last year. on twitter she posted, i really enjoyed his coaching and working with him, it unfortunate that circumstances made it unfeasible for both of us to continue right now. psg coach has confirmed lionel messi will leave the club at the end of this season. messi's final match will be at the parc de princes as psg face clermont foot having already secured ligue un. the argent

. - we've seen elena rybakina pull out through illness this weekend — it perhaps opens up the draw foraryna sabalenka who's in action this evening? she will play in the first scheduled night match in this open so far, again sloane stephens, runner—up here in 2018, who won make the us openin here in 2018, who won make the us open in 2017. very good on the clay courts, hasn't been in much form until the last few weeks, so a dangerous opponent for aryna sabalenka, who has struggled at roland garros compared to the other grand slams. it is herfirst appearance in the last 16, but she is so confident, having won in adelaide and then at the australian open, then on the clay in madrid. i think that will count for a lot tonight, and the winner will play svitolina of ukraine, who came through in straight sets. a symbolic victory for her, her country, and she gave birth in october and this is only herfirst she gave birth in october and this is only her first tour event since returning. she won in strasbourg last week and now she has won four matches and is into the quarterfinals. russell, brillia

�*however, wimbledon champion elena rybakina has witdrawn from the tournament shortly before her match before. so i didn't sleep two nights and had some fever. and today i really tried in the warm up but i feel it's the right decision to withdraw. it's really tough to play with this conditions. in the matches that did go ahead, world number one iga swiatek progressed to the fourth round, sailing through 6—o 6—0 against wang xiyu. this winner down the line completing a 51 minute victory for the polish player who's aiming for a third french open title in four years. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. in hockey�*s fih pro league four goals from sam ward helped great britain come from behind to draw a—all with india, meaning a penalty shootout and a bonus point opportunity for the winners. it went the way of india — abishek scoring the winning penalty. at the interational federation of cerebral palsy football european championship, scotland faced ireland but were beaten 4—1, with this goal restoring the lead for ireland — luke evans getting his

elena rybakina will begin the defence of the women's singles title against the american, shelby rogersrses and other nhs makers. —— workers. would you join the nhs? i have worked in the nhs for 20 years as a nurse, it is sad to see the nhs in the state it is in. successive governments have failed the nhs. the government's new investment for the nhs seems like we are using a lot of moneyjust to train nhs staff to get the skills to take or work in private hospitals. the retention is paramount. so pay nhs what they are worth. thanks one and all. let's go with calls and carla in wales, and sue near aylesbury. good morning, carla. hello, sue. you havejust retired. don't look back in anger? no, i'm actually quite sad with what is happening. when i firstjoined, and i loved my work, many, many years ago, everyone worked as a team together, we all helped each other out. latterly, in the latter years, thatjust out. latterly, in the latter years, that just didn't out. latterly, in the latter years, thatjust didn't happen. there is just such a lack of communication which, to me, wastes money and w