now it's time for sport today. this is sport today live from the bbc sports centre.e for an eighth wimbledon title after reaching the final. kerber will be waiting for her after the german also made it through in straight. —— straight sets. and record—breaking kuldeep yadav enjoys a six—wicket haul as india thrash england in the first one—dayer. let's start at wimbledon, where serena williams remains on course for a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title. she will face angelique kerber in a rerun of the 2016 final, after they both came through their semis on thursday. from the all—england club, john watson reports. let us just stop and marvel at the achievements of serena williams,

now, it's sport today. see you soon. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. england thrash india by eight wickets to claim a 2—1 win in their one—day international series. french celebrations continue, this time in cycling, as julian alaphilippe claims an impressive solo victory on stage 10 of the tour de france. and tiger woods says this year's open championship at carnoustie gives him his best chance of claiming a 15th major title. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with cricket news, and england have put down a real marker for next year's world cup, which they're hosting. they thrashed india by eight wickets in the third one day international at headingley, and it means they clinch the series 2—1. england are the top ranked side in the 50—over format and this victory over the side ranked below them will strengthen their tag as favorites ahead of next year's tournament. with all the details here's our reporter henry moeran.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.d cup final after coming from behind to beat england in extra—time. a huge shock at wimbledon — as the 8 time champion roger federer goes out in the quarter—finals. but rafa nadal wins a five set thriller to set up a semi—final against novak djokovic. croatia are into their first look at final after they eat england 2—1 in their semi—final. they needed an extra time winner to ensure that they and not england, will play france in the final. croatia have done it the hard way, extra time was

minutes' time, but first it is sport today. minutes‘ time, but first it is sport today. will see you soon. coming up on the programme. psg need some late heroics to top atletico madrid in the latest international champions cup tie — but why are so few fans turning up for the games? england selectors come under fire following adil rashid's includsion in the squad to face india in the ist test on wedmesday. and "let's dance. " former heavyweight champion tyson fury says the deal is almost done to set up a clash with deontay wilder. we begin with the international champions cup where there's been much talk of the lack of big name talent in action for the worldwide series of friendlies — but it has been a chance instead for a younger breed of stars to shine. in singapore, it was no different for paris st germain‘s 3—2 victory over atletico madrid — where it was the next generation who really excelled as ade adedoyin reports. a new season and a a new season and a new a new season and a new beginning for paris st germain but like in the dugout has been anything but easy. after

now it is time for sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. — blue, white and red — the colours of the national flag, as the triumphant world cup winners, france, are welcomed home. there's a similar homecoming for the runners—up, croatia. despite defeat in the final, the players are given a heroes' reception. a summer of sport continues, as the world's best golfers prepare to take on one of the world's hardest courses. we look ahead to the open. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. world champions france have made a heroes' return to paris as hundreds of thousands of fans took to the streets of the french capital to welcome their world cup winners home. the 4—2 victory over croatia in moscow on sunday has cemented france's reemergence as one of footballs superpowers and brought the country together, as witnessed by hugh schofield our correspondent in paris.

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. history after beating croatia 4—2 in a breathless 6 goal thriller in moscow. it was the highest scoring final since 1966 and the perfect climax to what has arguably been one of the best world cups of all time. olly foster was at the luzniki stadium for us. it has been an amazing climax to the tournament.

now on bbc news, sport today.entre. coming up on this programme: the german football association responds to mesut ozil's allegations of racism as he dramatically announces his international retirement. ryan lochte receives a 1a—month doping ban after outing himself on social media. follow the leader, leader, leader — but who is leading team sky? we sit down with the top two in the tour de france. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. germany's football association has emphatically rejected allegations of racism from mesut ozil following the arsenal midfielder‘s retirement from international football. ozil says he no longer wants to play for germany, citing racism and disrespect within german football. the 2014 world cup winner says he received hate mail and threats, and was blamed for germany's disappointing world cup. the 5—time german player of the year was criticised by the german fa and in the german media after being photographed with controversial turkish president recep tayyip erdogan at an event

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: paris painted bleu, blanc, rouge — blue, white and red — the colours of the national flag, as the triumphant world cup winners, france, are welcomed home. there's a similar homecoming for the runners—up, croatia. despite defeat in the final, the players are given a heroes‘ reception. a summer of sport continues, as the world's best golfers prepare to take on one of the world's hardest courses. we look ahead to the open. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. world champions france have made a heroes‘ return to paris as hundreds of thousands of fans took to the streets of the french capital to welcome their world cup winners home. the 4—2 victory over croatia in moscow on sunday has cemented france's reemergence as one of footballs superpowers and brought the country together, as witnessed by hugh schofield our correspondent in paris. that is a roar from the guts of france. there must be half a million people, more, on the champs—elysees. a crowd

now on bbc news, sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.e wales flag flying as geraint thomas makes history at the tour de france. the fizz was flowing for another briton as lewis hamilton claims victory in hungary, and with it a 24—point championship lead. and thailand's ariya jutanugarn regains her place as world number one with victory at the ladies' scottish open. hello and welcome to the programme, and we begin in paris, where history was made at the tour de france. as the champagne flowed along the champs elysee, it was the welsh flag held high by the victor, geraint thomas. for the record, sunday's final stage was won by the norwegian alexander kristoff of team emirates, but for team sky it's a sixth tour de france title in seven years. olly foster was there. cheers from the reigning champion to the new one. geraint thomas has won olympic, world and commonwealth gold medals but, over three weeks and 3,000 kilometres conquering the alps and pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i never thought about the outcome. it was always

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. to score a last second winner against japan and move through to the world cup quarter—finals. and they'll face neymar‘s brazil who, despite his antics, scored in their 2—0 win over mexico. and it's another year of wimbledon with another roger federer victory. the defending men's champion cruises past dusan lajovic and into the second round. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fifa world cup in russia on a monday where there were no shocks in the last 16 matches. brazil eased past mexico but belgium had to come from 2—0 down to beat a dogged japan. 0lly foster rounds up the action from moscow. this tournament continues to be an absolute knockout, after those two penalty shootouts on sunday, we expected a quiet monday here in russia but when brazil are playing they always seem to create their own drama, don't they? they beat mexico 2-0, drama, don't they? they beat mexico 2—0, fairly straightforward to get to their seventh straight quarter—final but the spotlight

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: it's majestic from molinary as the italian claims his maiden major with victory at the open championship at carnoustie. from 14th to 1st, lewis hamilton comes back to win a sensational german grand prix as sebastian vettel crashes in the rain. and magnus cort nielsen wins stage 15 of the tour de france as geraint thomas retains the yellow jersey. hello. francesco molinari is the 2018 open champion, shooting a faultless final round at carnoustie to become the first italian to win the famous claretjug. tim hague was watching the action unfold on the east coast of scotland. the winds of change were in the air at the championship sunday. francesco molinari began the day three off the lead but by the time he hold this, he was one of the men to beat. at the 18th, he went from sharing the lead to posting a clubhouse score that was too good for everyone. that included tiger woods. the american had briefly lead after a flawless front nine. 0h the american had brief

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: caroline wozniacki crashes out of wimbledon — the world number two is beaten in the second round. could juventus tempt cristiano ronaldo away from real madrid? the italian champions make a big money offer for the portugal forward. and 43 all out — an all time low in test cricket for bangladesh on the opening day of their first test against the west indies in antigua. there was a shock defeat for the world number 2 and australian open champion caroline wozniaki, who's crashed out of wimbledon in the second round. but the seven times champion serena williams and the defending champion roger federer both sailed through. austin halewood reports. many have stepped on to centre court dreaming of beating roger federer, few have made it a reality. leucocyte was the next, his attempt didn't last long. after that took the opener, the second was a serving masterclass is. not appoint conceded in the entire set, flawless. and in the third, the resistance was broken. the

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.p tees off at carnoustie in scotland in the coming hours, and jordan spieth heads out as defending champion. britain's geraint thomas is the new overall leader at the tour de france, after an impressive victory on wednesday's11th stage. and is this the world's most expensive goalkeeper? brazil's alisson moves closer to a record—breaking transfer to liverpool. hello and welcome to the programme, where we are nowjust hours away from the year's third golf major of the year, the open championship at carnoustie in scotland. americans hold all four major titles at present, and jordan spieth is the defending 0pen champion. but what odds of a return to grand slam success for the rest of the world? four years ago rory mcilroy lifted the claret jug, winning by two strokes from rickie fowler and sergio garcia, and the northern irishman will be keen to add to that triumph and the other three majors he has won.

sport today is coming up next. —— thank you so much for investing.s this hour: rescue workers and volunteers are celebrating the end of a daring mission to free 12 boys and their football coach. they'd been trapped in flooded underground tunnels, before being found by british divers last week. donald trump has arrived in brussels for a nato summit. ahead of his visit, the us president hit out at his nato allies forfailing to spend enough on defence, claims that were quickly refuted by eu leaders. lord carrington, the former foreign secretary, has died at the age of 99. he was the last surviving member of the post—war government of sir winston churchill. lord carrington served as a tank commander in the second world war, and his long ministerial career ended when he resigned at the time of the argentine invasion of the falkland islands in 1982. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins looks back at his long life. people looking for an example of a british politician resigning as a matter of honour often point to lord carrington. he was foreign secre

now on bbc news sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. the tour de france as the finish line nears. serena williams claims discrimination, saying she's the most drug tested american tennis player. and england name their team on thursday for the opening test against the top—ranked india. hello and welcome to the programme where with four stages to go at the tour de france, geraint thomas has control of the race. he's now almost two minutes clear of the dutchman tom domoulin — while the defending champion chris froome has slipped to third overall. wednesday's mountain stage was won by colombia's nairo quintana — but thomas finished 3rd to extend his overall lead. we thought stage 17 might be a decisive one. short and 65 kilometres, but packed with three brutal climes of. it

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.n course for victory in the tour de france with three stages remaining the former manchester united manager alex ferguson has publicy thanked those who helped him recover from a brain haemmorage in may. and adil rashid takes aim at former england captain michael vaughan after he criticised the leg spinners inclusion for the first test against india starting next week in birmingham hello and welcome to the programme where it was a trouble—free day in the peloton for the tour de france leader geraint thomas as arnaud demare won a largely flat 18th stage on thursday. thomas still leads overall — and only friday's mountain pass and saturday's time trial stand between him and a maiden grand tour title. tom fordyce reports. after two days in the high mountains of the pyrenees, a chance for geraint thomas and his yellowjersey rivals

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. keep coming in the women's draw at wimbledon — now the defending champion goes out in the second round. but straight sets wins for the world number ones simona halep and rafa nadal, sees them safely through. and uruguay continue to sweat over the fitness of star striker edinson cavani, ahead of their world cup quarter final against france. we'll start at wimbeldon, where the upsets keep coming in the women's draw. now last year's champion has gone out of the tournament early on. holly hamilton has more from the all—england club. as the sun set over london, a storm was brewing. ta ken as the sun set over london, a storm was brewing. taken to a decided by an inspired alice in the.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.this programme: drama at the tour de france but protesters, hay bales and tear gas couldn't stop geraint thomas from keeping the yellow jersey tokyo insists it will use the latest in technology to combat the heat if conditions are too hot in the japanese capital for the 2020 olympics. and austrian dominic thiem returns from injury winning his first match at the german open. hello and welcome to the programme where it's been a rather eventful day at the tour de france. several riders had to receive treatment for tear gas after police attempted to clear protesters who'd used hay bales to cause an obstruction along tuesday's route. among those affected, team sky's overall leader geraint thomas — who holds on to the yellowjersey. tom fordyce and rob hales were watching.

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.many's football association has emphatically rejected allegations of racism from mesut ozil following the arsenal midfielder‘s retirement from international football. ozil says he no longer wants to play for germany, citing racism and disrespect within german football. the 2014 world cup winner says he received hate mail and threats, and was blamed for germany's disappointing world cup. the 5—time german player of the year was criticised by the german fa and in the german media after being photographed with controversial turkish president recep tayyip erdogan at an event in london in may. as a third—generation turkish—german, ozil says he was simply respecting the highest office of his family's country. the german fa issued a statement on monday, saying: the dfb did concede that it could have done more to protect ozil from the abuse and had perhaps not handled the matter well but according to german journalist, raphael honigstein, the damage will take a long time to repair. the last th

now on bbc news, time for sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ramme: american kevin kisner is the clubhouse leader after the first round of the open championship at carnoustie in scotland. tiger woods makes a blistering start but ends the day on level par, after dropping shots on the back nine. and geraint thomas cements his place as the overall leader at the tour de france, after a gruelling 12th stage. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with golf, and the first round of the open championship at carnoustie in scotland saw dry conditions on thursday, as the early groups made light of it. american kevin kisner leads by a stroke, on five—under, with defending champion jordan spieth struggling to one—over. it was another american who stole the majority of attention, tiger woods, who showed glimpses of his best as the 14—time major winner finished level par, playing this tournament for the first time since 2015. austin halewood reports.

sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news.: israel has evacuated hundreds of syria's white helmets civil defence volunteers and their families to jordan. the operation was the result of international cooperation. 11 taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after gunmen ambushed them using automatic rifles. the victims were on their way back to johannesburg attending the funeral of a colleague. as we've heard, police in worcester have released cctv images of three men they want to question, after a three—year old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack. officers say he was deliberately targetted. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. 0livia crellin reports. a shocking attack in a quintessential english city. yesterday, worcester was the scene of a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old child at a busy retail park. it left residents shaken. it's just really disgraceful if anything like that happens, especially — to anybody, includin

more on the world cup coming up later this hour on sport today.ment has asked whatsapp to take action to prevent false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings. false messages and videos about child abductors on the messaging service have led to at least 15 people being killed. india is whatsapp‘s biggest market with more than 200 million users. confusion reigns in the highest levels of poland's judiciary. the 65—year—old chief justice gersdorf, has said she'll defy a new law coming into force requiring judges to retire at 65, not 70. she said she would turn up for work on wednesday as usual. speaking at a demonstration outside court earlier, she thanked her supporters: translation: as far as my status is concerned, it has not changed after talks with the president. tomorrow i'll come to work. i have a six—year term in accordance with the constitution and i have to act in accordance with the constitution. i've appointed a judge to perform duties in my absence because i intend to go on vacation. i think i deserve it. pri

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: geraint thomas extends his lead in the tour de france as the finish line nears. serena williams claims discrimination, saying she's the most drug tested american tennis player. and england name their team on thursday for the opening test against the top—ranked india. hello and welcome to the programme where with four stages to go at the tour de france, geraint thomas has control of the race. he's now almost two minutes clear of the dutchman tom domoulin — while the defending champion chris froome has slipped to third overall. wednesday's mountain stage was won by colombia's nairo quintana — but thomas finished 3rd to extend his overall lead. we thought stage 17 might be a decisive one. short and 65 kilometres, but packed with three brutal climes of. it may well turn out to be that way. geraint thomas, third on the stage on a day that was w011 third on the stage on a day that was won by nairo quintana, but thomas putting time into his rivals, particularly h

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.the hosts russia are through to the world cup quarter—finals after beating spain on penalties. they'll play croatia after ivan rakitic scored the winning penalty to see off denmark in their last 16 tie. and the formula one title race is thrown wide open again as red bull's max verstappen wins the team's home grand prix in austria. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fifa world cup in russia and another of the big names has gone out, this time to the hosts. spain were beaten on penalties as were denmark in the late game when they succumbed to croatia, and olly foster has been keeping tabs in moscow. the celebrations when russia simply made it out of their group were something special, but what we're seeing here in the city is a whole new level and the whole country is in dreamland at their own world cup. no one gave them a chance against spain, the 2010 world champions, but they defended heroically and their goalkeeper, akinfeev, was their hero in the penalty sho

time now for all the sports news in sport today. ort centre and chris mitchell. coming up, swatting them away for fun! fedorova looks unstoppable at wimbledon. so too the seven time champion serena williams. she gets to the quarter—finals too. —— federer. the time for training is done. neighbours belgium and france get ready for their semi—final showdown at the world cup. business as usual at wimbledon. federer, djokovic, nadalanne williams all won with very little trouble. the only blip perhaps, discover, knocked out by kiki bertens —— nadal and. that means all top ten women's seeds are out. —— this,. many have tried to stop roger federer on the grass at wimbledon, mannarino will add to that list —— pliskova. roger federer gets to his 16th wimbledon quarter—final. rafa

this is sport today live from the bbc sports centre. no stopping serena williams, who is still on course for an eighth wimbledon title after reaching the final. kerber will be waiting for her after the german also made it through in straight. —— straight sets. and record—breaking kuldeep yadav enjoys a six—wicket haul as india thrash england in the first one—dayer. let's start at wimbledon, where serena williams remains on course for a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title. she will face angelique kerber in a rerun of the 2016 final, after they both came through their semis on thursday. from the all—england club, john watson reports. let us just stop and marvel at the achievements of serena williams, who booked a place in a 10th wimbledon final, hugely impressive when you consider this is the fourth tournament back since the birth of her child and the health complications which followed. she came through in straight sets against gorges germany and she will 110w against gorges germany and she will now play kerber in saturday's f

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.rance are world champions for the second time in their history after beating croatia 4—2 in a breathless 6 goal thriller in moscow. it was the highest scoring final since 1966 and the perfect climax to what has arguably been one of the best world cups of all time. olly foster was at the luzniki stadium for us. it has been an amazing climax to the tournament. croatia are giving their role in a first world cup final appearance. an exhilarating match at luzhniki stadium. will champions for a second time france. it takes five weeks to get inside football ‘s greatest prize. all the matches and heartache come down to one final. the france and croatia the opportunity of a generation. 20 yea rs opportunity of a generation. 20 years ago, france won it on home soil. that day they dominated from the start. croatia had the better of these opening but a deflection from mario mandzukic gay france the advantage. perisic was key but a then a closer look at the penalty is ruled. it was put away by grie

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.crashes out of wimbledon — the world number two is beaten in the second round. could juventus tempt cristiano ronaldo away from real madrid? the italian champions make a big money offer for the portugal forward. and 43 all out — an all time low in test cricket for bangladesh on the opening day of their first test against the west indies in antigua. there was a shock defeat for the world number 2 and australian open champion caroline wozniaki, who's crashed out of wimbledon in the second round. but the seven times champion serena williams and the defending champion roger federer both sailed through. austin halewood reports. many have stepped on to centre court dreaming of beating roger federer, few have made it

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.r a hot and sunny day, no changes to our weather. in fact, the weekend is looking particularly hot across england, temperatures expected to rise. i will say, though, there is a chance of one or two storms across south—eastern parts of the country on friday, or at least a big downpours. we had that on thursday, tunbridge wells with some flash flooding. there's a lot of clear whether across the country now, no widespread cloud rain or anything like that but the heat is so intense that it has been sparking off some showers. this is a picture from thursday from east sussex where we had some downpours and we could see further downpours around sussex in kent and maybe even greater london a bit later on friday afternoon. in the short—term, early hours of friday look fairly quiet across the uk, no rain out there. temperatures on the muggy side, 17, the starting temperature in london. 13 in newcastle. a bit fresher in rural parts of scotland. as we head through friday morning, into the afternoo

went to school here a of maryland, graduated from the journalism school and covered all maryland sports. today was kind of a homecomg for t community to say godspeed. reporting from the university of maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >>> godspeed, indeed. >>> dr. gregory hutchings calls this a homecoming for him. the former t. williams high school student returning to the region as superintendent of alexandr city public schools. field reporter david culver explains how one teacher put him on the path to success. >> reporter: summe session for these students. >> i won't condone violence in our schools. >> reporter: the city's new school superintendent addressing stemming school violence to expanding vocational programs. >> success can also mean i'm going go into ty. milit success can also mean i'm going to go directly into the workforce. >> reporter: success for dr. agreeingy hutchings jr. coincides with a homecoming. the school board chairmalling ith good news a few months back. >> she told me i got the job. amwas really excited. >> reporter: a dre job that dr. hutchings says began in alexandria

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.eather conditions across the uk with the south—east having other dry sunny and hot day, top temperature of 31 degrees in suffolk but further north and west, a lot more cloud around thanks to a week whether font with low temperatures and even patchy light rain. if you look at the satellite picture, look at this world of cloud out in the atlantic, this is a significant area of low pressure which is going to reach our shores by the end of the week and bring some of us some significant rainfall. to be here and now and to the early hours of wednesday, it is looking largely dry across the board. one of two showers, western scotland, more of a breeze but elsewhere, dry and a warm, monte start across south and south—eastern parts of the country and into wednesday, on the whole, it's going to bea wednesday, on the whole, it's going to be a dry and bright day or much of the uk. that sunshine up in the parts of scotland, northern ireland, with just a few showers the western isles. developing in t

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. good morning.ursday above 35 degrees in surrey. 35 on the nose in central london. further north in edinburgh, temperatures of 27 degrees. however, the heat sparks off thunderstorms, some of which will continue on friday. then for the weekend things will feel much fresher. the fresh air lies behind the bands of cloud, atlantic frontal systems heading our way. where we have the clumpy cloud is where we have thunderstorms breaking out on thursday evening. as we start friday morning the temperatures will be pretty high. 16 in belfast and newcastle. 20 in london. still some showers and thunderstorms, particularly eastern areas. things may be dry around the middle of the day and then showers will return later on. out west we will see cloud moving across northern ireland, western scotland, fringes of england and wales, patchy rain here. for the far east of the country it is a hot day. 32 in norwich. further west it is cooler and fresher. friday night we could see some really vicious downpours and thunders

more on that to come with mike embley, in 15 minutes' time, but first it is sport today.soon. coming up on the programme. psg need some late heroics to top atletico madrid in the latest international champions cup tie — but why are so few fans turning up for the games? england selectors come under fire following adil rashid's includsion in the squad to face india in the 1st test on wedmesday. and "let's dance. " former heavyweight champion tyson fury says the deal is almost done to set up a clash with deontay wilder. we begin with the international champions cup where there's been much talk of the lack of big name talent in action for the worldwide

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning.haping up to be quite memorable. june may be a distant memory, it looks as though the statistics will make it go down in history. this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. we thought that was the hottest june day on record, but it was the hottest day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant fo

but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.omething for everyone in this forecast, some rain and also some warm sunshine. but on wednesday it was a case of high pressure, and most places seeing some sunshine. also quite a bit of cloud around, too, but that did lead to some dramatic sunset photos sent in by our weather watchers. high pressure was the dominant force on wednesday, but we look to the north—west for a tangle of weather fronts which will bring some rain on friday. but first thing on thursday, it's going to be a dry one. variable cloud, some clear spells. quite a warm one to start the day for england and wales. a few chilly spots across some rural parts of central and northern scotland. but thursday promises to be another dry one, i think, for most. probably more sunshine around, of course, than we saw on thursday. just a slim chance of a shower across north—east england and south—east scotland. and later in the day, breeze and cloud pick up across this north—west corner, with those weather fronts. a little bit of rai

coming up on sport today: in a spin. hamilton crashes and sebastian vettel takes the flag at the british grand prix. sagan is wearing the yellow jersey after the second stage of the tour de france. and the irish open. —— open. he was hoping for a record sixth title at silverstone, but instead lewis hamilton had to make do with second place at the british grand prix. after starting on pole, the current world champion was soon battling from the back. it was sebastian vettel who won, taking his fourth race win of the season, to pull further ahead in the drivers' championship. andy swiss was watching. at a sweltering silverstone, lewis hamilton and 140,000 fans hoping for history. but from pole position, his chances of a record sixth win here were soon sent spinning. a sluggish start, a collision, and in the blink of an eye hamilton was down to 18th, his race seemingly over. but boldly, brilliantly, he surged through the field and back into contention, before more twists — two crashes interrupting the race, thankfully all dr

but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.s, some very useful rain moving in across northern and western areas. thursday, though, was another fine, dry day. quite warm, too, plenty of sunshine. we start to see the change taking place, though, across the north—west of the country. clouds thickening, outbreaks of rain into the highlands later on in the day. now, during the early hours of friday, that tangle of weather fronts will continue to move south—eastwards slowly across the country, bringing some rain, initially to parts of northern ireland and scotland, with some heavy bursts of rain, turning quite breezy as well. but early on on friday, it's going to be a dry one again for england and wales, bar the odd shower across the extreme south—east. a warm and muggy to start the day, too, but something a bit cooler and fresher in the north, with that cloud and rain. so this is the picture on friday, then. a lot more cloud across northern and western areas, with outbreaks of rain, some of it quite heavy. the rain will tend to beco

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning.d of summer as we know it because, throughout this week, we're still going to see some sunshine and some warmth. we finished yesterday with some sunshine in the west, more of that to come today and through this week. as well as a bit more sunshine, it's not going to be as windy. the rain that we do see — and there will be some — will be mainly in the form of showers, only forming in small portions of the day if at all, and gradually we will see temperatures are rising yet again. the weekend weather was courtesy of a overall low pressure centre to the south of iceland, bringing these weather fronts around the bottom edge of it. butjust notice that circulation, with the cooler air, starts to weaken as we go through the week and, in doing so, we start to tap in to warmer air across western europe later on. but out there this morning, it is a reasonably warm and not muggy start to the day. across parts of the south and east in particular, temperatures 17—18 celsius for the morning commute.

coming up on sport today: in a spin. flag at the british grand prix. sagan is wearing the yellow jersey after the second stage of the tour de france. and the irish open. —— open. he was hoping for a record sixth title at silverstone, but instead lewis hamilton had to make do with second place at the british grand prix. after starting on pole, the current world champion was soon battling from the back. it was sebastian vettel who won, taking his fourth race win of the season, to pull further ahead in the drivers' championship. andy swiss was watching. at a sweltering silverstone, lewis hamilton and 140,000 fans hoping for history.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.he world cup quarter—finals after a penalty shoot—out win over colombia. they'll play sweden who saw emil forsberg put them into the last eight at this tournament for the first time since 1994. and maria sharapova is knocked out in her opening match at wimbledon but rafael nadal moves through to the second round. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the fifa world cup in russia and england are through to the quarter—final stage after a tense penalty shootout win over colombia. the match finished 1—1 after extra time but it was gareth southgate's side who progress and they'll play sweden who accounted for switzerland in the early match. 0lly foster was watching on from moscow. the quarterfinal line—up is now com plete the quarterfinal line—up is now complete after an incredible four days of knockout football. we should have guessed that the last of the tyres on the last 16 would go the distance. england have been haunted by memories of bail spot kicks down the years bu

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. received some rainfall during monday and tuesday, but the vast majority of the country on tuesday was dry with plenty of sunshine around, some glorious sunset scenes up and down the country. there were a few heavy showers around across northern scotland. this is a weather watchers view looking out off the coast of peterhead, with some downpours there across the water. these showers will continue to fizzle out during the early part of wednesday and then, generally speaking, most places will end up being dry first thing. variable amounts of cloud, some clear spells. quite a warm one across southern areas, but across scotland and northern england, a few chilly spots. certainly out to towns and cities. to wednesday, starting off on a larger dry note. again, for most places, it will be a dry afternoon as well. shower clouds will bubble up across northern and western areas, and like tuesday some of the heaviest ones could be across parts of scotland. maybe in the north and the south, a risk

and for the sports fans today, a choice.ngland in the world cup or come down to wimbledon and enjoy the tennis. for lots of fans pouring through the gates here at woodward on this one, they clearly feel they can enjoy both. —— in wimbledon this morning. # it's coming home! we can rely on a good internet connection. well, i'm scottish! watch it on my phone. not at all, i'm more than a tennis fan. we are going to watch the football at a pub. into the tennis, come to the pub, watch the football, is coming home, back in for the tennis. you can see some of the thoughts for some of the fans here today. it's certainly going to be an exciting day in prospect. let's not forget that kyle edmund and his swedish coach have to remain firmly focused on thejob at coach have to remain firmly focused on the job at hand because they have been following the progress of their respective nations at the world cup from here at wimbledon. let's be honest, he's going to need every ounce of effort if he is going to progress today, kyle edmund. this i

. >>> an exciting doubleheader in sports today. tonight the city of lights alive as france celebrated itsorthis is what id like on the field following france's 4-2 world cup victory over croatia today. despite the pouring rain in moscow just after the whistle blew. it's france's second world cup one, the last time 20 years ago on their home soil. french president emmanuel macron was jubilant in the stands to say the least. in wimbledon, serbian novak djokovic topped south african kevin anderson in straight sets. it's novak's 13th major titles. anderson seemed to be suffering from the effects of his match on friday. >>> still ahead, coming back from the edge of extinction. the groundbreaking new technology being used to save a species. >>> for thousands of years humans have been impacting the earth's ecosystem. and some would say we've had a mostly negative impact on the world's animal population. now, as our matt bradley reports, scientists at the san diego zoo are hoping to reverse the alarming declines using some pretty fascinatin

sports fan. let me introduce you today to our panelists. here to my right is lindsay sara crafstnoff. she's a historian and a writer. she has written on french and global sports for a range of news and sports media outlets. next to her we have tom mogan. tom was born and raised in brigantine, new jersey and currently serves as the associate vice president for dean of affairs and students at boston college in chestnut hill. before that he worked at villanova where he also taught in the history department developing courses in global history and sports global history. on the end here, we've got frank fitzpatrick. some of you may be very familiar with him. he's a native philadelphian and has been a sportswriter since 1980. he's been a writer for the eagles and penn state football and covered 1980s olympic games. first i want to set the scene here in philadelphia in 1968 in terms of the sports world, so i'm going to turn it over to frank to talk about what was going on here in the sports world at that time. >> well, first of all, in 1968, philadelphia sports fans' focus was much more exclu

more coming up this hour in sport today. hand" to the us president, mexico's incoming leader vowed to work with donald trump on economic issues and fighting illegal immigration. but andres manuel lopez obrador, or amlo as he's known, made clear that tackling corruption will be his number one priority. he won sunday's election with 53% of the vote, easily defeating his nearest rivals. however, it's unclear whether his party, the national regeneration movement, will secure a majority in parliament. the bbc‘s katty kay has been covering the election for us from mexio city. mexico now has a new president who has promised enormous things — to clamp down on corruption, to get rid of the violence. the public now needs to see whether he can deliver. like populist leaders around the world there is a gap perhaps between the promises and the reality and expectations. he has said he will get rid of waste, ged rid of the president plane, he will not live in the presidential palace, he will review whether to rebuild a new airport in mexic

hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today.ce where britain's geraint thomas has all but taken the title after maintaining the race lead in the penultimate stage on saturday. the welshman came home in third place after saturday's time trial to espelette behind tom dumoulin and his team sky team mate chris froome. he has a one minute, 51 seconds lead as the race heads to paris for the largely ceremonial final stage around the streets of the french capital on sunday... it's incredible just to be sat here with this jersey. it's incredible just to be sat here with thisjersey. it's insane. a big thanks to chris froome because he committed to me and he was really happy to see me do so well and we are good friends and i really appreciate having probably the best stage race rider ever riding for me. it's just so surreal. it's going to ta ke it's just so surreal. it's going to take a while to sink in, i think. the night, i think, take a while to sink in, i think. the night, ithink, i take a while to sink in, i think. the night, i think,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. todayst day at the world cup, but wimbledon bosses are said to be fuming at fifa's decision to schedule the world cup final to clash with the men's singles final. so we are asking what will you watch? will this cause angst in your household? get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. let's get started the uk home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee later, after police revealed that a couple who are critically ill in amesbury in wiltshire in south west england had been exposed to a nerve agent. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have been in hospital since saturday. last night, police said it had been established that they were poisoned by novichok — the same toxin used on the former russian agent, sergei skripal and his daughter, julia, in nearby salisbury earlier this year. here's duncan kennedy with the latest. four months to the day after the salisbury attack, and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of n