. —— elena rybakina. she was in court for less than half an hour. -- elena rybakina. -- elena rybakina. she retired due to lower back _ hour. -- elena rybakina. she retired due to lower back problems. - hour. -- elena rybakina. she retired due to lower back problems. so - hour. -- elena rybakina. she retired| due to lower back problems. so elena rybakina is a quarterfinalist once more. the winner of the quarterfinals last year, she didn't come on in particularly good form, having been battling a virus, but she's awaiting a match outcome, the former two—time champion who was beaten by elena rybakina in last year's final, is three up. she is four love up and absolutely flying at the moment. and that's all the sport for now. keep up—to—date with the sport and wimbledon on the website and the app. the kremlin has confirmed that president putin met, the head of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, personally after the organisation had staged a mutiny. mr putin's spokesman said that the meeting took place in moscow on the 29th ofjune, that's five days after the mu

that's a repeat, of course, of last year's final, which rybakina won.eally impressive at the championship so far and beat the two time champion petra kvitova love and three. the australian open champion aryna sabalenka is also through to the quarterfinals. she's look better and better round by round. she saw off ekaterina alexandrova in straight sets and next for sabalenka will be america's madison keys, who dropped the first set against the russian 16 —year—old mira andreeva. but keys did get our act together. those final two sets. it's been a really impressive championships from andreeva, who did show her frustration a couple of times in the match being docked a point for throwing a racket at one stage, but she is definitely one to watch for the future. now away from wimbledon — the new tottenham hotspur manager ange postocoglu says he will try and convince harry kane to stay at the club. the england captain, who came through the spurs youth academy, turns 30 later this month and is the club's all time leading goal—scorer. he has attracted interest fr

holge rune for a place in the ons jabeur avenges her defeat in last years final as shes sess off rybakinaor a place in the last four the ashes are alive its all square in the series..... hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. only one place to start and that's at wimbledon where that mouthwatering potential final between novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz is one step closer. the wimbledon semi—finals for the first time beating danish sixth seed holger rune. year's final after seeing off defending champion elena rybakina in the last eight. chetan pathak rounds up the day's action the talk before these championships was of a carlos alcaraz, novak djokovic final. we are now a step closer towards that happening after the world, number one and top seed beat holger rune in straight sets. this was the first quarterfinal between two players under the age of 21, in the open era at wimbledon. rune�*s long matches at these championships, though, ultimately caught up with him as the sixth seed went out. overpowered in the end by alcaraz. up next, on friday for the spanish the 27—year—old americ

ons jabeur avenges her defeat in last year's final as she sess off rybakina for a place in the last four. the ashes are alive. england women inflict a third defeat on the bounce for australia and it's all square in the series. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. only one place to start and that's at wimbledon where that mouthwatering potential final between novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz is one step closer. that's after the spanish superstar moved into the wimbledon semifinals for the first time, beating danish sixth seed holger rune. on the women's side, ons jabeur avenged her defeat in last year's final after seeing off defending champion elena rybakina in the last eight. chetan pathak rounds up the day's action. the talk before these championships was for a carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic final. we are a step closer towards that happening after the world number one and top seed beat holger rune in straight sets. this was the first quarterfinal between two players under the age of 21 in the open era at wimbledon. rune�*s long matches at this championship though ultimatel

earlier, the women's champion elena rybakina began her title - elena rybakina began her title defence but rybakina who struggled with a virus recently proved why she is a winner. safely through to the next round. for many fans here, though, it's been a day of frustration. at least the queue was quicker than yesterday, but those with tickets to just the outside areas didn't see much. briefly british number one katie boulter with her first set tantalisingly poised. ladies and gentlemen. _ tantalisingly poised. ladies and gentlemen, player— tantalisingly poised. ladies and gentlemen, player suspended. | tantalisingly poised. ladies and i gentlemen, player suspended. up tantalisingly poised. ladies and - gentlemen, player suspended. up went the brollies and _ gentlemen, player suspended. up went the brollies and on _ gentlemen, player suspended. up went the brollies and on came _ gentlemen, player suspended. up went the brollies and on came the _ gentlemen, player suspended. up went the brollies and on came the covers - the brollies and on came the covers and the waiting game began —— pla

she will now play tunisian ons jabeur, a repeat of last year's final, which elena rybakina one.tralian open champion is also through. she is looking better round by round. next for her will be american madison keys who dropped the first set against a russian 16—year—old she got her act together in the final two sets. it has been a really impressive championship from the 16—year—old. she was docked a point throwing a racket at one stage but she is definitely one to watch in the future. now away from wimbledon, the new tottenham hotspur manager ange postocoglu says he will try and convince harry kane to stay at the club. the england captain, who came through the spurs youth academy, turns 30 later this month and is the club's all time leading goalscorer. he has attracted interest from bayern munich as he goes into the final year of his conract. ijust think, you know, i don't think it is my role to sit there and sort of treat people in a manner because of their circumstances. i am in a manner because of their circumstances. iam big in treating everyone the same and harry has entren

elena rybakina back to defend her women's title on tuesday. we look ahead to day two of the championships. the most expensive italian footballer sandro tonali leaves serie a to join the premier league's newcastle united. welcome to the programme. we start at sw19 where novak djokovic overcame a rain delay to beat pedro cachin in three sets. the defending champion was a break up in the first before the weather intervened. there was then a delay for 80 minutes, despite the roof being closed. djokovic even helping ground staff to dry the damp grass at one stage, and when it eventually resumed he was able take control of the match as cachin was completely outclassed. 6—3, 6—3, 7—6, djokovic aiming to secure his eighth wimbledon title, matching roger federer�*s record for a male player and will now play australia's jordan thompson, ranked 70th in the world. it is a feeling like no other tournament in the world, walking out on the centre court of wimbledon as the defending champion. i know i can always play better but at the same time after a long c

elena rybakina is trying to back up last year's incredible success with another wimbledon title.s with a virus that you could clearly see me to her vulnerable in the early rounds but she has looked better and better and i have to say against katie, she blew her away pretty promptly. you mentioned 0ns jabeur and her majesty, the queen is watching this one on centre court today. 0ns jabeur has talked about how special she finds wimbledon and how special she finds wimbledon and how desperate she is to win this title over any other. she is the sixth seed here, she has not had necessarily the great run she had last year but she has been playing many well since these champa chips have begun, seeing of petra, the former two—time champion in the last round. they will get under way on centre cut. the other quarterfinal of the day is under way in court one. the american, madison keys is trying to hang in on this first set. there she is, trying to get past her opponent. frustration, though, so for her. she is only nine march running run, having won at eastbourne. she knows if she could get

will it be katie boulter or it alina rybakina?od night. impactful showers and thunderstorms at the moment, especially for parts of scotland and england. we saw temperatures peaking at the high 20s in parts of northern scotland. much, much cooler in the coming week. something fresher this weekend, but still some showers around, even if they're not as intense as some today. fresh areas behind an area of cloud working its way in from the south—west. the worst of the sun is drifting northwards into the night. still some heavy showers and thunderstorms for a northern england. may be the first south—east of england could see some pushback in the from northern france. it won't be quite as humid and muggy tonight, but still a warm light. outbreaks of rain in northern scotland, drifting towards orkney and shetland. potential for some heavy and thundery rain which across the south—east before easing away late in morning. elsewhere, showers ligament in northern ireland, but then developing elsewhere. not as bad as those we seen through satur

she lost to the reigning champion elena rybakina in the third round.was almost nine o'clock by the time katie boulter strode on to centre court for the challenge of her katie boulter strode on to centre court for the challenge of her life. across the net, defending champion elena rybakina, but if boulter was nervous, at first she did not show it. repacking is not the world number three for nothing and it was not long before she seized the initiative. she raced to the first set 6—1. boulter�*s uphill task now even steeper. amid the struggle, there were moments to smile about. a beaming boulter showing what she can do. but it was not nearly enough, as rybakina wrapped up an emphatic victory. disappointment for boulter and for british tennis, with just the first week on, their hopes in the first week on, their hopes in the men's and women's singles are already over. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. it's been a good day for england's men and women in their ashes series. the first two sessions at headingley were a wash—out on the third day of the third test

first up, we will see the women's defending champion and third seed elena rybakina, who breezed past in the last round. rybakina was struggling with a virus going into these championships but looks to have recovered well from that. standing between her and a place in the semifinals will be brazil's beatriz haddad maia, who has had a breakthrough year at the grand slams, having reached the semifinals at roland garos last month. having reached the semifinals at roland garros last month. then onto centre steps ons jabeur. last year's beaten finalist, who was taken to three sets by the former us open champion bianca andreescu in the last round. she will be playing petra kvitova, who is playing some of her best grass—court tennis. again, kvitova, of course, a two—time champion here, having won her last title back in 2014. then get your popcorn ready for carlos alcaraz, the men's top seed, and world number one, who was taken to four sets by nicolas jarry in the last round, and admits he is still getting to grips with playing on grass. he is trying to reach the top eight for the first time

on tuesday, we'll see the women's defending champion elena rybakina kick off the action on centre court two. the men's defending champion novak djokovic safely through to the second round tuesday sees the women's champion elena rybakina begin the defence of her title. she begins these champion chips with uncertainty. she was forced to pull out of the french open with a virus and it does not feel as though she is fully recovered from it. america's shelby rogers now her opponent. women's tennis has a big three. challenging iga swiatek, that world number one spot is aryna sabalenka. sabalenka is back, saying that last year, when she had to watch women from television, it made her cry. —— watch wimbledon. on —— ands jabber, lester's defeating finalist, will also her finals. defeating finalist, will also herfinals. —— ons jabeur. there are perhaps few serious challengers to novak djokovic this year, but carlos alcaraz is definitely one of them. he appears at wimbledon off the back of that impressive win at the queen's club in london, only his third grass court tournament where he won the tit

drama at wimbledon as the defending women's champion elena rybakina is knocked out in the quarterfinalswsnight at 10:30pm — we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. he is one of the most recognisable faces on british television, anchoring coverage of major national and international events, often from this very chair. but tonight, huw edwards, the lead anchor of the bbc�*s news at ten, has been revealed as the man at the centre of allegations over the payment of thousands of pounds to a young person for explicit pictures. he was identified in a statement on his behalf by his wife, who said he's now receiving inpatient hospital care, having suffered a "serious mental health episode" after what have been five extremely difficult days. huw edwards has not resigned from the bbc. the statement went on to say that "once well enough, he intends to respond to the stories that have been published." all this, as the metropolitan police, having reviewed the allegations, said there's no evid

defending champion elena rybakina survives a scare at the start of her wimbledon campaign with a win. world number one carlos alcaraz is up and running, and there is carnage on the track at the tour de france butjasper philipsen wins stage four in chaotic circumstances. hello and thanks forjoining us. there is only one place to start and that is at wimbledon where rain for the day nevertheless saw plenty of action on centre court and court one. the defending women's singles champion elena rybakina has begun the defence of her title, the kazakh has booked her place in round 2 at the expense of american shelby rogers but had to do it the hard way after dropping the first set as she did regroup to come through in three. just the atmosphere and the attention to be on the centre court is different than the last year because last year i started on the smaller court and with every match i was playing better and better, feeling better, but here it is different, straightaway you go to this big court and i think for me it is now a new chapter and this is something only to get used to and try to

for elena rybakina, she tried to reach a second wimbledon final in a row.id not have it all her own way against alize cornet, who has previously beaten both iga swiatek and serena williams on the grass here. she caused elena rybakina problems despite being injured herself, but the kazakhstan national going through in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who is reached three of the last four grand slam finals. became unstuck on grass yet again, this time against the british wild card liam brody, a man whose only just inside the world's top 150, took the match in five sets. its denis shapovalov who awaits him next. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player, she's through to the third round having reached the quarterfinals only last month, she was understandably emotional after her three set win over elise mertens. friday should be an absolute cracker here, novak djokovic, iga swiantek, carlos alcaraz, aryna sabalenka, last year's beaten finalist, ons jabeur all scheduled to play, all hoping to reach the second week of these champions

as elena rybakina wrapped up an emphatic victory. also for the home fans. with more than a week still to go here, britain by microbes in the men's and women's singles are already over. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. well, let's have a look at the rest of the day's action. last year's runner—up, 0ns jabeur, has also made it through to the fourth round, but was pushed all the way by bianca andrescu. their match went to three sets. she will play two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova next. and joining her is the second seed, aryna sabalenka, who beat anna blinkova in straight sets. the australian open champion wasn't able to play last year because of the ban on russian and belarusian players. she'll play another russian next — ekaterina alexandrova. world number one carlos alcaraz has had his biggest test of this year's championships. the spaniard was taken to four sets against nicolas jarry in a thrilling match. alcaraz is one of the favourites for the men's title, but is yet to go beyond the fourth round at wimbledon. and he'll f

last year she lost the final two elena rybakina. she has beaten elena rybakina.years old, never made it for the second —— never made it past the second round before. chris eubank, the american hit this time last year was outside the top 100, then this year found himself in a quarterfinal. let's not pretend, this is heading for a quite predictable finish and the men's draw with novak djokovic winning yet another title. draw with novak djokovic winning yet anothertitle. but draw with novak djokovic winning yet another title. but it is those stories that keep us excited. andy murray went out in the first week, of course. questions for british tennis. we are looking forward to the semifinals that are to come. hello there. a heat wave in the mediterranean dominating the european weather headlines at the moment. but back closer to home, it's all about low pressure and unseasonably wet and windy weather. that low pressure will gradually drift its way north and east and dominate the story throughout the weekend. so gusty winds across parts of west wales and south west en

trying to win back to back titles, the defending champion, elena rybakina, looked nervous at times onlems despite injury, but elena rybakina in the end safely through to the third round in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals. he's still figuring it out on grass, and the british wild card, liam brody, took advantage, winning a five set thriller. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player at these championships. she found a way past elise mertens in three sets, understandably emotional afterwards. elina svitolina reached the quarterfinals of the french open recently, having come back from maternity leave. friday here should be a cracker. we are going to see novak djokovic, iga swiatek, last year's beaten finalist, ons jabeur. you're live with bbc news. an eight—year—old girl has been killed and 16 people were injured when a land rover crashed into a primary school in wimbledon in south—west london. it happened at a girls school for children aged between 4 and ii — during what was thought to be a garden pa

she lost the will was and vital to rybakina last year. the tunisian dropped the first set but bounced back and stayed the course, winning the following two sets, 6-4, 6-1. >> i am very happy. a lot of emotion out there, especially playing someone who serves really well. it is frustrating to return, but i am glad that i did everything, shouted, got angry, calm, focused. hopefully i keep managing my emotions like this. >> sabalenka has a good record against jabeur, winning three out of four. one of those victories was at wimbledon. >> a quick reminder of the top story today. joe biden has said nato is stronger and more united than ever. speaking in vilnius, he added that ukraine's allies would not waver in their support of kyiv. earlier, g7 nations pledged long-term security commitments and more military aid to ukraine. stay with us. after a i will be back to take you through the day bank. hope to see you there. ♪

it will be among such excellent tennis players as shvetok and rybakina i hope now i can continue to workournament to be our favorites. well, it doesn't matter who is the favorite, it all depends on the concentration and your game. i almost sure that if i show my best tennis. i am almost sure that i am almost sure that if i show my best tennis and i am focused from start to finish, i will be able to perform well on the moon as a starting boldon for women this is the only association. wt presented an updated rating, in which the first racket of russia daria kosatkina returned to the top 10 last week daria kosatkina reached the final of the british tournament, where on saturday she lost to the american madison kitty for the killer whale , this was the thirteenth final in her career in singles at the wumbledon tournament, gives precipitation at the start of the match also against the american caroline this match will take place today. sasha, by tradition, for the next two weeks we will actively follow the grand slam tournament. thank you. it was alexander abramov. for now, we are moving on t

she has been having a virus, rybakina, and needed to come back from a set down to beat the american.az looked supreme again, seeing off 36—year—old jeremy chardy in three. and andy murray, ten years on from his first wimbledon title, now 36 and playing with that metal hip, was understandably delighted to beat british player ryan penison in straight sets, with roger federer watching on, on the day his incredible eight wimbledon titles were celebrated at centre court. last year's beaten semifinalist cam norrie has not matched his form of last year lately but won in four sets. wednesday's weather forecast thankfully is better here, with a lot of first—round matches yet to be completed. cycling now. britain's adam yates is still in the yellowjersey after stage 4 of the tour de france. this was the second of two flat stages in south—west france before the first mountain stage in the pyrenees tomorrow. and a bit of deja vu — mark cavendish's had his second chance to win a stage this year and break the all—time record, but he'll have to wait until friday at least, because — yet again — belg

trying to win back to back titles, the defending champion, elena rybakina, looked nervous at times onpite injury, but elena rybakina in the end safely through to the third round in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals. he's still figuring it out on grass, and the british wild card, liam brody, took advantage, winning a five set thriller. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player at these championships. she found a way past elise mertens in three sets, understandably emotional afterwards. elina svitolina reached the quarterfinals of the french open recently, having come back from maternity leave. friday here should be a cracker. we are going to see novak djokovic, iga swiatek, last year's beaten finalist, ons jabeur. before we let you go, behind me is what would be the first fully—electric flying vehicle. it's called the �*model a', and it's creators say it can drive on public roads and park like a normal car. oh, and it can fly. so imagine scenes like this, flying over traffic on your way to work or the

the reigning women's champion, elena rybakina, is also through. sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it's become one of sport's most familiar celebrations. it's now a decade since novak djokovic lost a match on centre court. although he did lose a set to poland's hubert hurkacz. but it was soon back to business as usual. djokovic safely into the quarterfinals and still the man to beat. although carlos alcaraz might have other ideas. why hit over the net when you can just hit round it? a stroke of genius from the world number one as he beat matteo berrettini. other more unheralded stars have emerged, though. chris eubanks, six foot seven, with an even bigger personality. over five scintillating sets he blazed past stefanos tsitsipas. in the women's singles, last year's finalists elena rybakina and ons jabeur are both safely through. in fact they will now meet in the quarterfinals. but there was disappointment for one of the game's most exciting talents. 16—year—old mirra andreeva won the first set against madison keys but then it all went wrong

rybakina safely through. —— comfortably.rlos alcaraz has started his campaign with a straight sets win over frenchman jeremy chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. the world number1 won the queens title in preparation for wimbledon. he is looking to become the third youngest champion at wimbledon. that would be after bjorn borg and boris becker. fin would be after b'orn borg and boris becker. . _, ., becker. on centre court at the moment. _ becker. on centre court at the moment. the _ becker. on centre court at the moment, the two-time - becker. on centre court at the| moment, the two-time former moment, the two—time former champion, andy murray, how is he looking? champion, andy murray, how is he lookin: ? ., ., looking? looking ok at the moment. all the british _ looking? looking ok at the moment. all the british match _ looking? looking ok at the moment. all the british match against - looking? looking ok at the moment. all the british match against ryan . all the british match against ryan peniston, a wild card. ryan peniston nearly crash

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the defending men's and women's singles champions at wimbledon, novak djokovic and elena rybakina, areaightforward no one told hubert hurkacz. the third set but it was soon back to business as usual. djokovic's at 32nd win in a row at wimbledon, as ever he is the man to beat. but when it comes to the art of crowd pleasing, how about this? chris eubanks, six foot seven, with an even bigger personality. 0ver an even bigger personality. over five scintillating sets he plays pasta stefanos tsitsipas. into the quarterfinals, on his wimbledon debut. but for the sport's new team sensation, there was disappointment. after being twice warrant for hitting her racquet she was docked a point. i didn't destroy the racquet, i felt. point. i didn't destroy the racquet, ifelt. that point. i didn't destroy the racquet, i felt. that gave point. i didn't destroy the racquet, ifelt. that gave much point to keys, which she promptly took. no fairy tale for an driver and no handshake for the umpire. elsewhere in the women's singles i can tell you that both of last year's finalists are safely through, elena r

champion novak djokovic safely through to the second round, tuesday sees the raw men's champion elena rybakinaf her title and those of the championships with great uncertainty,. la in the french open with a virus and does not appear as she is fully recovered. american shelby rogers now 30 will be her opponent. women's tennis is a big three tjallingii iga swiatek but well number one spot is also aryna sabalenka with a band that russian and belarusian players sabalenka is back saying last year when do what to watch wimbledon from her television made her cry. she faces hungary and hannah vardy who she has never played. 0n vardy who she has never played. on this jabeur, last year's beaten finalist hoping to make the history as the first african and arab winner. there are perhaps a few serious challenges novak djokovic this year but carlos alcaraz is definitely one and it appears he is in with an off the back of the impressive win at the queen's club in london, only his third grasscourt tournament where he won the title and starts his championships here against the 36—year—old frenchmanjeremy again

elena rybakina said that is not how she wanted to progress but there she goes. she will be against last year's finalist. in the men's draw — with top seed carlos alcaraz also back in action. daniel medvedev has progressed too. daniel medvedev has progressed too. daniel medvedev has progressed too. daniel medvedev into his first—ever wimbledon quarterfinal after his opponent retired. jiri lehecka went into this match having played five sets against tommy paul which took close to five hours and really affected his feet, blisters in particular, he had treatment for that in the first set against medvedev but couldn't continue and so daniel medvedev is through to the quarterfinals. he is now a wimbledon quarterfinalist, dimensions novak djokovic, he is up to sets against hubert hurkacz and he is potentially asset away from reaching another wimbledon quarterfinal. it is 1—1 in the third set. early doors in terms of the resumption of play. later, it is the top seed alcaraz who will be playing the top seed. he had his work cut out for him in the last game. you missed ou

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beat frenchmanjeremy chardy in fine style, while the defending champion on the women's side, elena rybakinaroared past shelby rogers. other winners included andy murray, who maintained his record of never losing in the wimbledon first round. here's chetan pathak with a round—up of the best of the day's play. rain here washed out play for most of tuesday, certainly on these outside courts, but on the show courts, underneath those roofs, play was completed as scheduled, and that saw elena rybakina, the women's defendant champion, in the end survive a scare against america's shelby rogers. she has been having a virus and needed to come back from a set down to beat the american. with the band now listed on russian and belarusian players, aryna sabalenka east past in straight since. there was also a straight set win for last year —positive eaten finalist. in the men's draw, carlos alcaraz of the men's draw, carlos alcaraz of the number one, looked supreme again, seeing offjeremy chardy in three. and any murray, now 36 and playing with that middle hip, was understandably delighted to beat british

rybakina plays katie boulter on saturday. >> police in las vegas say no one will be charged after aneged incident involving britney spears. she claims she was hit in the face by a security guard working for a well-known basketball player. she was backhanded after she approached victor wembenyama from behind. in an emotional statement, she described it as traumatic. before we let you go, not many couples get to celebrate 77 years together. former president jimmy carter and his wife got to do just that in their hometown of plains, georgia. the couple was married in july 1946. after nearly eight decades, they've become the longest married presidential couple in history. the former president who was 98 has been in hospice since february. ms. carters 95 and suffers from dementia. they credit their long marriage to open communication and their shared christian faith. the ex-president once said his secret is to marry the right person. you can find more on the news on our website and see what we are working on at any time, check us out on twitter. thank you for watching world news america. n

the defending women's singles champion elena rybakina has begun the defence of her title. the kazakh has booked her place in round 2 at the expense of american shelby rogers, but had to do it the hard way after dropping the first set. she re—grouped to come through in 3. 4—6, 6—1, 6—2 the final score. just the atmosphere and the tension on the centre court is different than the last year because last year i started on a smaller current, and with every match i was playing better and better, feeling better, but here is different, straight they go to this big court mandating for me now it's a new chapter, and this is something to get used to and try to maintain my level and just to get used to all of these things. it was a much easier time for the top seed in the men's draw, world number one carlos alcaraz breezing through to the second round. the spaniard needed less than two hours to beat retiring frenchman jeremy chardy in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. the us open champion is aiming to become the third youngest player to win the men's singles title, but alcaraz�*s thoughts

women's tennis association , there were no changes, igor shvein-something karina sobolenko and elena rybakinatoriya varinka remained in 19th position. a here is aleksandra sosnovich, she lost 11 lines at once and is now in 75th place. sasha will have a chance to improve his position at the tournament in warsaw, in which the minsker will take part this week in an attp car. better from belarusians. ilya ivashka has moved up one rank and is now 91st in the top 3 positions. belarusian shooters have more than once stopped as prize -winners at prestigious international tournaments, including the olympics at the second games of the cis countries , our team will be represented by 16 people who will be declared in all disciplines. and this is 10 individual and eight team new episodes of the rubric. let's play together dedicated to shooting shooting. total concentration i can, the main movement of the shot is right on target bullet shooting. i think yes, it is primarily concentration. naturally, this fight with oneself is no fight against oneself. need to win yourself to force to cope with the exciteme

ons jabeur got her revenge for her defeat in last year's final defeating elena rybakina. dominating the decided set -- dominated the deciding set. she will be facing aryna sa balenka, who eased past madison keys. she did not compete at the tournament last year due to a band of russian and belarusian players following moscow's invasion of ukraine. just over a week to go now until the women's world cup in australia and new zealand. all 32 teams competing are carrying out final preparations. united states quite hoping to win three consecutive titles is training in new zealand where they will be playing group stage games. they will be kicking off against vietnam in group e in july. captain alex morgan spoke about the mood in the camp. let's take a listen. >> as you land in the host country and prepare for a world cup, you've got some nerves and some just anticipation and excitement. we came out to this field yesterday for the first time just for a walk through. we were all singing, dancing, just talking loud. you could feel the excitement. i think there's a lot of similaritie

. >> trying to win back-to-back titles, champion elena rybakina looked nervous.sing her problems despite injury. rebecca in the hand safely through to the third round in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud a man who reached three of the last four grand slam finals, still figuring it out on the grass. british wildcard liam brody took advantage of five set thriller. elina svitolina is in the highest ranked ukrainian player at the championships. she found a way past lee's a martin's three sets. understandably emotional afterwards, reaching the quarterfinals of the french open recently having come back from maternity leave. friday novak djokovic, iga swiatek and last year's big finalist ons jabeur. >> before we let you go, behind me is what would be the first fully electric flying vehicle called the model a. its creators say it can drive on public roads, park like a normal car, and fly. imagine scenes like this flying over traffic on your way to work. it seats two people and would cost $300,000. it has been certified for testing by the federal aviation in minu

there, yesterday , before the match between elena rybakina and shelda rogers, a ceremony was held to honor the legendary roger federer. ovation in the podium. the swiss, sitting between the spouses roslava and princess kate middleton , there were also parents in the stands. roger phaedre, ran the great swiss record holder for the number of victories at the wumbledon tournament , roger became the winner 8 times. he was at home, the last time. this was in 2017. after that, he was at home invariably winning only new djokovic. the european handball federation decided to move the european women's championship 26 from russia to another country, as reported by the press service of the federation handball in russia in the current conditions, it is impossible to implement all the necessary stages of preparation for a major tournament. and this applies, including inspection visits by the european federation of technical support to arenas, the arrival of fans from other countries and other key operational issues, the decision was also affected by the current suspension of russian clubs and team

there, yesterday, before the match between elena rybakina and shelda rogers , a ceremony was held toy roger, he was given a standing ovation on the podium by the swiss, sitting between the spouses and princess kate middleton, there were also parents in the stands. roger fedre, ran great swiss record holder for the number of victories. at the don tournament roger 8 times became the winner. he last time was in 2017. after that, wimbledow invariably wins only new djokovic. the european handball federation decided to move the european women's championship 26 from russia to another country, as reported by the press service of the russian handball federation, in the current conditions it is impossible to implement all the necessary stages of preparation for a major tournament. this applies in particular to the inspection visits of the european technical support federations of the arena, the arrival of fans from other countries and other key operational issues, the decision was also influenced by the current suspension of russian clubs and teams from international starts , the country that

there yesterday before the match between elena rybakina and sheldol.rs was honored the legendary roger fedrero. he received a standing ovation from the podium. swiss. sitting between the spouses roslav and princess kate of middleton , the parents of roger federer were also in the stands. the great swiss, the record holder for the number of victories at the wumbledon tournament roger 8 times, stopped as the winner of wimbledon. last time. it was in the seventeenth year. after that, wimbledon invariably wins only new djokovic the european handball federation decided to move the european women's championship 26 from russia to another country, as reported in the press service of the russian handball federation, in the current conditions, it is impossible to implement all the necessary stages of preparation for a major tournament. this applies, in particular, to the inspection visits of the european arena technical support federation and the arrival of fans from other countries and many other key operational issues , the decision was also affected by the cu

there yesterday, before the match between elena rybakina and shelda rogers , a ceremony was held to honor roger federer, he was given a standing ovation in the podium by the swiss, sitting between his wife and miroslava and princess kate middleton, also in the stands were the parents of roger federero. the great swiss, the record holder for the number of victories at the wumbledon tournament, roger became the winner of wimbledon 8 times. last time. this happened in 2017. after that , wumbledon invariably wins only new djokovic. the european handball federation decided to move the european women's championship 26 from russia to another country, as according to the press service of the russian handball federation, in the current conditions it is impossible to implement all the necessary stages of preparation for a new uh major tournament. this applies, in particular, to the inspection visits of the european federation for the technical support of the arena, the arrival of fans from other countries and other key operational issues, the decision was also affected by the current suspension of

we saw elena rybakina in the from a set down to safely make it through to round 2.had very little issues in her match and she will be hoping to win her second grand slam of the year. in the men's draw we saw carlos alcatraz show his polities on grass, there was a straight set win for him and also for the two—time champion andy murray, 36 years old and playing with a metal hip, he got past the british wildcard ray and pianist and. there are still a lot of first round matches to be played and with the weather forecast better there will be hopes that the play can be completed on day three. we leave you tonight with fireworks from washington, dc as americans celebrate the us independence day. i'm sumi somaskanda, thanks for watching bbc news. hello there. conditions improve for much of the country for wednesday. we're in between weather systems. so again, it's going to be one of sunshine and showers, but nowhere near as wet as what we had across the south of the country on tuesday. now, that's tuesday's area of low pressure clearing off into the near continent. this are

. —— elaine rybakina. ons jabeur came from a set down to beat us champion bianca andreescu.r number one court, matteo berrettini facing alexander spero. matteo berrettini has taken the first two sets, all square in the third. —— alexander saverin. with some of the the other headlines from saturday's action at the all england club, here's chetan pathak. we have seen three players trying to figure it out on saturday. carlos alcaraz was first up against the chill in nicolas jarry. he didn't haveit chill in nicolas jarry. he didn't have it all his own way, carlos alcaraz, he started strong, but he found himself in court for almost four hours —— the chill iron. the top seed and world number one in the end making the last 16, winning in four sets. end making the last 16, winning in foursets. daniil end making the last 16, winning in four sets. daniil medvedev is another one who in his own word still doesn't feel comfortable on a grass court. he dropped the first set against the hungarian marton fucsovics, but he won the next three to seal his place in the last 16, as far as he got

. —— elena rybakina. alexanders of errors faces matteo berrettini in the late—night.gley due to rain ahead of this crucial day 3, of the 3rd ashes test between england and australia. the hosts needing 6 wickets, as they look to limit australia's second innings total. australia will resume on 116—4 at headingley — a lead of 142 in their second innings. usman khawaja there top scorer — before he was bowled by chris woakes towards the end of day 2. england 2—0 down to australia, and have to win this. if they're to regain the ashes, so will be eager for play to get going, once the weather eases. they will be eager for play to get going once the weather eases. if it eases. we are waiting eagerly. and that's all the sport for now. back now to our main story, on washington's decision to supply ukraine with cluster bombs — a weapon that is banned more than 100 countries around the world. sir richard shirreff, former nato deputy supreme commander europe, told the bbc earlier that these cluster munitions are supplied because the west did not give the weapons kyiv asked for, for