on tulsen tollett and welcome to sport today. coming up on this programme: —— i'm tulsen.n accounts for four hours of play on a disrupted day at the french open. england are into the semi finals of the icc champions trophy after an 87—run win over new zealand. and a day of high adventure and near misses at sea during the america's cup qualifying in bermuda. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the weather in paris, strangely enough. just the two women's french open quarter—finals took place at roland garros on tuesday as both men's last eight matches scheduled had to be moved to wednesday with four hours lost due to the inclement conditions. the crowd had little to cheer about with a lack of play on a day that was coupled with the exit of their favourite kristina mladenovic, as richard mcelvanney reports. not a lot to play in paris. the only grand slam event without a covered court was badly exposed to the elements on wednesday. when the rain did blow over, playing was not easy. kristina mladenovic could not repeat the form that knocked out last yea r‘s

for now, a very simple system has turned into an unusually messy one. 0n tulsen tollett and welcome tour hours of play on a disrupted day at the french 0pen. england are into the semi finals of the icc champions trophy after an 87—run win over new zealand. and a day of high adventure and near misses at sea during the america's cup qualifying in bermuda. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the weather in paris, strangely enough. just the two women's french open quarter—finals took place at roland garros on tuesday as both men's last eight matches scheduled had to be moved to wednesday with four hours lost due to the inclement conditions. the crowd had little to cheer about with a lack of play on a day that was coupled with the exit of their favourite kristina mladenovic, as richard mcelvanney reports. not a lot

hello there, i am tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.e: 12 months ago novak djokovic owned all four grand slam titles, now he has none, as dominic thiem knocks him out of the french open. pakistan beat south africa after rain forces short their icc champions trophy match. and in 15 minutes the golden state warriors will look to make it 3—0 in the best of seven nba finals when they tip off against the cleveland cavaliers. hello and welcome to the programme. and we start at the french open in paris, and the story from wednesday is that defending men's champion novak djokovic has been knocked out at the quarter final stage. the 12—time grand slam winner lost in straight sets to austria's dominic thiem and austin halewood was watching. a year ayearago, a year ago, novak djokovic was just a few days away from winning his fourth straight clan slam. but what a difference 12 months can make as the defending champion desperately tried to hold on to the last of his titles against dominic thiem.

that is all we have time for today, me, thyssen —— tulsen tollett and the sport today team.een a funny old month. it didn't start off too clever and it's not going to end too brightly either. we had the hottestjune day for 41 years last week. we have already seen temperatures this week at 25 on monday, but that is the peak of the temperature this week. the rest will be turning cooler, quite a bit of rain as well. ahead of that rain, quite a colourful scene here in the sunshine in scarborough in north yorkshire. that was ahead of this cloud, bringing rain to northern ireland, south—west scotland and into northern england. that rain is moving northwards and eastwards at the moment. quite a wet start to tuesday across the mainland of scotland. towards the northern isles and far north, perhaps somewhat dryer. quite a muggy feel, especially as it brightens up. quite a wet start to the day in northern england and the lake districts, rain affecting the north wales. many places are dry, a few showers and possibly the odd flash of lightning across the english channel. today, wet weat

so sadly from myself, at tolson, —— tulsen tollett, and as the team, it is goodbye. —— and the. cloudy for most. the cloud is thick enough to bring rain for some of us. the relatively clear weather working out of the north sea replaced by this lump of cloud. the low spinning around there sending south—westerlies across the uk. the cloud will be thick enough for us to get wet weather. the wettest of it is in wales and north—west england. low cloud and mist and fog. a mild start to the day. 13—14 degrees. something like that. cooler in the north of scotland. at least some morning sunshine. gusty to start the day across wales and south—west england. gusts come in at a0 miles an hour. the same in east anglia and east england. dry weather. the occasional spit of rain just about possible. that working in across england. misty in the pennines. it will get across northern ireland first thing in the morning. edging across scotland. the north will stay dry with some early morning sunshine. going on through the rest of the day, uncertainty about the northward spread of this rain. it could

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.mirates team new zealand win the america's cup with a resounding 7—1victory over oracle team usa. alexey sorokin, the man organising next yea r‘s football world cup tells the bbc doping stories on russian footballers is made up news. novak djokovic talks to the bbc as he sets his sights on returning to the summit of men's tennis. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that emirates team new zealand have won sport's oldest event, the america's cup, after a 7—1victory over oracle team usa. it reverses the result from four years ago in san francisco. todd niall has been covering the event for radio new zealand — and gave me a flavour of the atmosphere in bermuda. the scenes are monks that the new zealand supporters here and the team itself were extraordinary when they crossed the line. -- amongst. this is not just crossed the line. -- amongst. this is notjust winning a sporting event that something new zealand has pursued with some success and some disappointment

so from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello, there.all linked into an area of low pressure pushing across northern scotland. as it clears away however into the morning there is a slight tightening of isobars and that means that winds strengthening a little bit during the morning rush hour. northern england, northern ireland, central southern scotland in particular. could see wind touch 40, 50 miles per hour. there could be a few restrictions on the bridges and maybe on some of the ferry services, but the further north you are across scotland, the lighter winds to start the day. still some showers around among central and western areas. nowhere near as heavy as we saw through sunday. a few showers maybe just catch you during morning rush hour in northern ireland and northern parts of england but again they should be lighter than we saw during yesterday. further south, only isolated showers, the vast majority will be dry. a bit of cloud in places and there will be sunshine breaking through. a blustery wind but we will see more in the way

tulsen tollett has all the sport.e programme where we start with the french open tennis and the news that rafael nadal has beaten 2015 champion stan wawrinka in straight sets to becomes the first man to win but three run—outs in a collapse of eight wickets for 51 runs saw them crumble from 140 for 3 to all out for 191. india captain virat kohli led from the front on his way to an unbeaten 76, ably assisted by shikhar dhawan who made 78. india racing to their target with 12 overs to spare. theyjoin england and bangladesh in the last four, with sri lanka meeting pakistan on monday for the final spot. luckily got the big strikers out early and that really helps to close the innings off because in the end if you get a 50, 60 the innings off because in the end if you geta 50, 60 run the innings off because in the end if you get a 50, 60 run partnership, the opposition is still in the game. the bowlers stuck to their lines and got us the breakthroughs when required and that really helps when you chase that kind of a trophy

tulsen tollett, bbc sport centre. shaping up as a big game?hree tests, the first one getting underway this weekend in auckland, that is where we can go now, sports correspondent katie joining us, go through some information, katie, peter 0 mahony, of the munster men, captaining the lions, in favour of sam warburton, taking his place on the bench, should we be surprised at the time only —— should we be surprised that peter o'mahony is captaining the team? welcome to auckland, top of the sky town, what a murky day, the lines will be very happy if the weather stays like this for the big test of course on saturday. —— sky tower. in answer to your question about peter 0'mahony, sam warburton has been struggling for fitness on this tour. he has come in great game against the maoris, in the backline, taking the armband, we expected him to be captain for this one but it caps of what has been a fantastic year for caps of what has been a fantastic yearfor him. he has caps of what has been a fantastic year for him. he has come from nowhere, and relics to