being an american at the us open, it'sjust incredible open, it's just incredible feeling open, it'sjustfeeling all week. thank you so much. i know we've been waiting for a champion for a long time, so i'm sorry i couldn't get it done this time. crowd cheer. but i'm going to keep working and hopefully i'll get it done next time, thank you. the paralympics have drawn to a close with a spectacular closing ceremony in paris. china topped the medal table with great britain second. organsiers showcased the best of the french electronic music scene, despite heavy rain at the stade de france over 4,000 athletes from 168 paralympic delegations,got in the party spirit. paris 2024 chief tony estanguet said the games and the olympics had created a "historic summer". our correspondent nikki fox is in paris. the artistic director of the ceremony said he wanted it to feel like the biggest party in all of france, and it has most definitely captured the spirit of the last few weeks. while i have been here, i have spoken to disabled people who told me the last few weeks they felt a real sense of inclusio

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so lots for you tonight and we're starting at the us open tennis where britain's jack draper has scorchedthe quarterfinals of a grand slam for the first time in his career. draper hasn't dropped a set all tournament and he kept up that record in his victory over tomash ma—hatch in new york. adam cottier reports. after the retirement of andy murray, here comes jack draper on top of his game after a superb fourth round win in new york. the british number one looked sharp from the start against thomas.. in the blink of an eye, draper powered through the first two sets on the louis armstrong court, in a type of form that suggests he has the potential to go even further. the 22—year—old left hander won his first career title in stuttgart injune, and with box office stars novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz already out of the us open, draper's ruthless edge could serve him well. he secured his place in the last eight in just one hour and 42 minutes. draper has won four games without dropping a set now at flushing meadows, and he's the first british man to reach the quarterfinals in new york since

the us open and eastbourne in june of this did not play between the us open and eastbourne injune ofhere she expects to be, and she is a player who all the others speak very, very highly of. they to go all the way again. we have to get excited. we have never seen this before. this is the opportunity of a lifetime for the chiefs because you are chasing greatness, you are chasing the new england patriots, you are chasing tom brady and bill bella check. you might not win as many super bowls as they have, but you can to repeat, do something that no other team has had in the super bowl era. i think they have the ability to do that. patrick mahon �*s is only doing better. this defence has only improved and they are hungry for this because they know this will make them the greatest team ever. and that is the key. —— bill belichick. everybody is chasing immortality in the nfl, how are you remembered? and this is how they will be remembered as one of they will be remembered as one of the greatest teams. they are ready to fight hard to go back to the super bowl. you can follow that one over on

iga swiatk ended her performance at the us open tennis championship. the first racket of the world was unable to beat the hostess tournament jessica pigula. 26-46. others will host the first stage of the commonwealth cup and the cultural center of eastern siberia, one for the summer championship of russia. over the course of the days , athletes will compete for victories in sprints, races, pursuit and mosstarts, and today there were control training sessions. alexander yakubovsky watched how our team worked. krasnoyarsk welcomes the new biathlon season. today, the final preparations are taking place here, and tomorrow on the track of the biathlon academy. the first races of the commonwealth cup, our biathletes are also ready pleasantly surprise their fans. so the commonwealth cup, although it is a summer one, but nevertheless, it will be like a summary of all the summer preparatory work, so the start is serious. the belarusian men's team is approaching the start in krasnoyarsk in an optimal composition, all the leaders are in the lineup for the main tr

you put on another show as well out of after the us open. the longest match in us open history. asn't meant to be like that, trust _ us open history. it wasn't meant to be like that, trust me. _ us open history. it wasn't meant to be like that, trust me. i _ us open history. it wasn't meant to be like that, trust me. i would've i be like that, trust me. i would've preferred it to be done and dusted in three straight sets for that matter how it ended up happening. it's about davis cup this week, not me. we've got a real good chance of getting through. i'm looking forward to it and i know everybody else is looking forward to getting out in front of a great manchester crowd again. it front of a great manchester crowd a . ain. , ., front of a great manchester crowd aaain. , ., . ., ., again. it is that crowd for the view that music — again. it is that crowd for the view that music playing, _ again. it is that crowd for the view that music playing, i'm _ again. it is that crowd for the view that music playing, i'm sure i again. it is that crowd for the view that music playing, i'm sur

aryna sabalenka became the winner of the us open tennis championship. in the final, the belarusian beat jessica pigula 75-75. the rivals spent on court 1 hour and 54 minutes. seven medals - six gold and one silver, with such a weighty baggage from the paralympic games in paris our athletes are returning. igor bokie once again confirmed the title of the best athlete in the world, a legendary swimmer, five gold medals . and today the belarusian is a twenty-one-time paralympic champion. egor shchelkanov also glorified his country, he is a champion in the 100 m breaststroke. and another award on the final day of the competition for our team was brought by dmitry soley, which... belarusian paralympians are returning to their homeland this evening, a film crew from the tv news agency will meet them. the emotions and impressions of the paralympic heroes, the most touching moments of communication with family and friends are already on the air on monday morning. and in krasnoyarsk today , the first stage of the summer. commonwealth cup in biathlon is ending wit

i know she wants_ here at the us open. i know she wants this — here at the us open. take what i have learned from that final and — have learned from that final and use _ have learned from that final and use that to the best of my ability — it�*s the penultimate day of the paralympic games in paris, with 75 gold medals up for grabs, and already great britain have struck gold... finlay graham, has won paralympics gb�*s, 43rd gold medal of the games, in the men�*s c1—3 road race. graham beat france�*s, thomas peyro—ton—dartet, by less than a second, overtaking him on the home straight, and improving the silver he won in the event at tokyo 2020. after dominating day one, england had their stand—in captain 0llie pope to thank. but their opponents sri lanka have been fighting back on day two of the third test at the oval. england put 325 runs on the board before being dismissed. pope went on to make 154 before lunch... but the wickets tumbled in the first session on saturday, harry brook, and gus atkinson among the names to go cheaply. sri lanka are 27— withouth loss in th

kip got everything happening at the us open over on the bbc news sport website.ook, brighter out there today than we saw through yesterday, but still enough cloud around to produce some showers here and there, especially across eastern and the far west of the country. but overall a much better day than we saw through yesterday. showers this afternoon mainly will be across parts of east anglia, the southeast, the odd sharp one, still humid here and some across western scotland, northern ireland, though western parts of northern ireland will continue to brighten up. eastern scotland, northern england, western parts of england and also wales, many places actually dry through this afternoon and with just light winds it will still feel quite pleasant out there, even though we have got fresher air pushing into how we had at the weekend. the most humid air still across east anglia and the southeast. any lengthier, brighter breaks here, we could see temperatures between 2a and 26 degrees. now into this evening and overnight. some showers continue to filter across the cou

arina sabalenka became the winner of the us open tennis championship. in the final, the belarusian beat jessica pigula 75-75. the president sent congratulations to the member of the belarusian national tennis team. dear arina, congratulations on your brilliant victory at the us open. in tense matches with the leaders of the world ranking. you showed all your best athletic qualities, wherever the competition took place, i am sure you feel the energy and warm support of your native fans, i wish you good health and new victories, the congratulations say. i would like to note that the rivals spent 1 hour and 54 minutes on the court. for the world's second-ranked arina sabalenka, this is her first us open title, her second victory in a grand slam tournament this season. three medals on the final day of the first stage of the commonwealth cup. the belarusians triumphantly finish the competition in krasnoyarsk. both mass start golds went to the smolsky family. dinara was the best among women, and... anton climbed to the top step of the podium for the third tim

arina sabalenka became the winner of the us open tennis championship. in the final, the belarusian beat jessica pigula 7575. congratulations to the member of the national of the belarusian tennis team was sent by the president. dear arina, congratulations on your brilliant victory at the us open. in tense matches with the leaders of the world ranking, you demonstrated all your best athletic qualities. wherever the competition takes place, i am sure you feel the energy and hot support of your native fans, i wish you good health and new victories - the congratulations say. i will note that the rivals spent 1:54 minutes on the court. for arina sabalenka, the second racket of the world, this is the first us open title, the second victory at grand slam tournaments this season. victorious news came from krasnoyarsk today. the belarusians successfully started the final day of the commonwealth cup. denara smolskaya won the mastart gold, finishing ahead of victoria slivko. our film crew watched dinara's triumph. the studio from the biathlon academy is in touch.

jack draper says he felt no nerves at all as he reaches his first us open semifinal england are looking to reach the top tier of the nations league, and of six their players have been nominated fo the balon d'or. and ahead of the nfl season, we hearfrom louis rees—zammitt, dropped by the chiefs but now looking to get a game with the jaguars. welcome along. jack draper, the british number one, is celebrating the biggest win of his career. he beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. he was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he'd played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. he'd lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6—3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7—5 and breezed through the third 6—2. he is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to

jack draper is in the fight of his life in the semifinal of the us open.am in i am in you work as he tries to come from one set down against the world number one. —— in new york. from one set down against the world number one. -- in new york. has she done it? she — number one. -- in new york. has she done it? she has! _ and yet another extraordinary win for britain's greatest paralympian, dame sarah storey, claiming her 19th career gold in paris. on newsnight at 10:30pm tonight, we will bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and, of course, look at the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. hello. the sentencing judge told thomas birley that it was clear he'd been "intent on spreading a hateful message of violence and racism". those words came as birley, who's 27, was handed the longestjail term so far following the rioting and disorder this summer across parts of england and northern ireland. he'd helped to stoke a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in rotherham, and he attac

has won his second grand slam singles title, sweeping aside taylor fritz in straight sets in the us openthe australian open injanuary and rising to number one in the world injune. fritz was in his first major final and the long wait for an american man to win a grand slam goes on. from new york, here's our senior sports news correspondent laura scott. yannick is in a's remarkable season continues, he hasjust become the first italian man to win the us open men's singles title. ——jannik win the us open men's singles title. —— jannik sinner. taylor fritz was bidding to become the first american man to win a grand slam title in more than 20 years, a number of famous faces in attendance. among them, matthew mcconaughey, jon bonjovi, and notjust one taylor in the house, because taylor in the house, because taylor swift was there. barely a blank space on the arthur ashe stadium. but it all proved a bit to straightforward for sinner the world number one, barely troubled by fritz in his first ever grand slam final. there was

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it is worth noting that sabalenka has lost only one set in four us open matches, and two weeks ago she the tournament in the... senate luis suarez announced his retirement from the national team.

tennis at the us open, it is bad news if you're british tennis fan, jack draper out of the us open.ourt during a dramatic semifinal defeat where the world number one jannik sinner ultimately proved a step up in class for the 22—year—old britts. his biggest much of his career. he did causing a little problem in the tight first set, but unfortunately he was sick, i think was four times in all, so he is now out of the us open. and the other store is from space. here are some pics from —— pictures of boeing star liner spacecraft, at the moment it undocked from the international space station, you can see there in the last hour, starting its journey back to earth, usually without its crew. you remember the star liner development technical problems shortly after launch and that has opted to leave those two option knots on board the iss, but they are bringing the star liner back. it would take about six hours, so it was a land, we think at around 5am in the morning, where it will make a parachute landing in new mexico. the astronauts will return from the space station next february in a sp

karina sabalenka won the us open tennis championship. in the final, the belarusian beat jessica pigula, 75-75. the president sent congratulations to the member of the belarusian national tennis team. in tense matches with the leaders of the world rankings, you showed all your best athletic qualities. wherever the competition takes place, i am sure you feel the energy and warm support of your home fans. i wish you good health and new victories, the congratulations say. i note that the rivals spent 1 hour and 54 minutes on the court. for irina sabolenko, the world's second-ranked tennis player , this is her first us open title, her second victory. at grand slam tournaments this season. the main broadcast team joins in the congratulations and looks forward to new bright victories. and that 's all we managed to tell you about today. with you were maksim uglenitsa and polina shuba. see you on the main broadcast. good luck. belarus is a high-tech country, and not exclusively agricultural, as skeptics tried to impose labels on us, say, 20 years

sabalenka won the us open.right now, the best belarusian tennis player in the world has worked more this season than the first racket shventak. i'll be ready to do this after the sixth match, when we finish playing in the league of nations. the first victory and the intermediate first place. the belarusian national team in the moment is beautiful. bloki and company brought home gold, the paralympics went down in history. arina sobanenko became the winner of the us open for the first time, this is her third title in the grand slam tournaments and sixteenth in the wta sub-guided tournaments. in the final match of the us open, the second racket of the planet defeated the american jessica begula, 7:5-7. seven medals and two broken records, these results at the paralympics in paris do not need any comments, the belarusian paralympians made a real splash in... all just for the sake of immediately, without thinking, giving the most valuable award in life to my mother, later in an interview, yegor chelkanov will openly

ifelt like i hit a bit of a wall, post to us open, and i still_ of a wall, post to us open, and i still and i still feel a bit of that hangover. that's the sport. lizzie, thank you so much for that. let's head to the us. today, labor day — seen as the traditional beginning of the final sprint to the presidential election race. there are 63 days until americans choose their next president, and between now and then, you're going to hear a lot about the swing states. these of the seven states where the votes are most evenly matched, and they're expected to decide the election — so what are they? first up, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. traditionally democrat, they voted trump 2016, biden four years later. north carolina and georgia, georgia surprise the world voting democrat 2020. could north carolina go the same way? the sun belt states both voted democrat last time. kamala harris willjoin president biden later in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and earlier, she spoke to this event. we pennsylvania, and earlier, she spoke to this event.— spoke to this event. we will alwa s spoke to this eve

the us open champion fought back from a set down to win his opener against chilean nicolas jarry, andran thre—time grand slam winner stan wawrinka or russia's roman safiullin in the next round. the first serves, yes. the second one, you know, i still have to improve a little bit, but, you know, he was returning very aggressively. so, you know, it's also not easy. yeah, but you know, it's from after us open. we tried to work very hard. we tried also to change a couple of things and, yeah, i'm happy — happy about my process. obviously there is still a lot of room to improve. to men's golf now, where the president's cup is up and running in montreal, it's a team competition that sees the usa taking on an international team, and world number one scottie scheffler helped lead the way with his playing partner russell henley on day one in the fourballs. they won three and two... you are watching bbc news, let's cross live to the un general assembly in new york where the lebanon foreign minister is speaking. let's listen to what he has to say. inaudible. translation: mr president, lebanon is

he is out of the us open, beaten by sinner. up by another 30 pence. a first class large letter stamp will go up 50 pence to £2.60. royal mail says it is facing "urgent" financial pressure caused by inflation and declining demand. our business correspondent, marc ashdown has more details. the price rises are truly eye watering. if you cast your mind back to march 2022, it cost 95p to post a first class letter. so, that's a 74% increase in price in just two and a half years. of course the devil is in the detail. yes, second—class stamps will remain at 85p, bereft of other services will be going up, things like large letters, parcels, tracked and signed for deliveries. look, there's no secret, royal mail has been losing money hand over fist. day it lost in the last financial year. it keeps being squeezed. on the one hand because of the universal service obligation, basically it's a legal duty to deliver our mail to a six days a week, and on the other, declining demand. i will give you a couple of statistics. annual letter volumes

they use open and i also have a lot of stuff. i'll also send a pass and that's why it's very special because no matter what, or every time i was coming back stronger and i was learning, i was, i never, i never gave up on this dream or a pilot. it's jessica bueller's certainly no pushover twice slicing. back from the break down, the american 6 each state and the flights sub lanka playing her best tennis crucial moments. ultimately a 7575 defeats interview, this 1st grand slam final. it might take the some time to reflect on her achievement is i'm just the noise i lost right now and everyone has like a congrats, amazing tournament. and i'm like a like whatever. um yeah, it's been kind of a crazy, crazy couple days. so hopefully i'll get some time after this to kind of just rely us and just, you know, look back at what i've been able to do the last month. it's 14 winds in a row on hard quotes for sab blanca. some current and former will champions of best sport watched on. she'll now have verizon, egan should be on tech support numbe

after winning the us open championship in ...w the belarusian has 8716 points, ahead of only polish tennis player iga szwuntek with an advantage of more than 2.0 points, us open finalist jessica pigula rose to third place, victoria zarenko moved to nineteenth position, and alexandra sasnovich occupies the 103rd line. among men, the first racket of the planet, still the italian tennis player yanik, but ... the spaniard carlos alcaraz, the best of the belarusian tennis players egor gerasimov is in 257th position. in our show, cheat sheets will not help the participants, this is an intellectual show, i know, a game for those who want to pump up their brains and test their knowledge, is it true that the hero of sholokhov's story the fate of man andrei sokolov at the front? you can only rely on yourself here. calcium o is called a basic oxide, because if we combine calcium o with water, we get the base calcioh twice. it feels like sofia has been here in my piece of paper, exactly what i have written here, she just voiced a rumor, but

and when the us open or 12 seed and home favorite fritz, has amy's become 1st us player to win in major since 2003 a least a with played a twice before and it's 11 with center winning their most recent encounter last year at indian wells center is $115.00 titles compared to 8 for fritz italy and has won 5 times this year, including his 1st grand slam at the australian open. it's been 21 years and sandy roddic won the us open since then the us has gone 82 consecutive plans without amends. major champion at least it shows that someone's in the final. so it's like if it's possible, i think it's become, i guess an american winning a slam has become much more of a, a possibility. and some of the people might start to believe in a little more because, you know, i mean, i'm in the file now, but we've got 3 or 4 guys that, that can also do it. we are in america. we are a new york thing against an american, so it's going to be for sure to crowd the little bit more on on their side. but, but it's, it's normally, it's like when i play need tell, you know, it's, it's, it's a bit the same so, so i'm

he's had a good wimbledon and now he is having a superb us open.s stuff - on court number one! draper has had to overcome a string of injuries that have held him back until now, but excitement is high that the left—hander can reach his full potential. he was first introduced to tennis as a toddler by his mother, nicky, a formerjunior champion, and his father, roger, used to be the lawn tennis association boss. you always got that feeling from him that it was more than just fun, which it should be for a little kid. you kind of got the impression that he had been here before, he had held a racket on this planet before. draper's star power is on the rise this year, both on the tennis court and in the glamour pages. but will he be able to take it to the next level in new york? nada tawfik, bbc news, at the us open in new york. we will find out tomorrow. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. it has been quite wet for a lot of people and nice for others. exactly, you can't say the weather isn't varied. this was taken today ljy isn't varied. th

sets, it's his first match since losing to the australian jordan thompson in the second round of the us openth. he'll face eitherjack draper or mattia bellucci. there were also wins for ugo humbert, mariano navone and matteo berrettini. lots more on the bbc sport website including details of naomi osaka's win in the china open, herfirst match with new coach patrick mouratoglou. back to lucy. seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. the atp tennis tour continues its far—east swing. the first round of the japan open is underway in tokyo. second seed hubert hurkacz is through after beating marcos giron in three sets, it's his first match since losing to the australian jordan thompson in the second round of the us open last month. he'll face eitherjack draper or mattia bellucci. there were also wins for ugo humbert, mariano navone and matteo berrettini. lots more on the bbc sport website including details of naomi osaka's win in the china open, herfirst match with new coach patrick mouratoglou. back to lucy. let's ta ke let's take you straight to new york to the

into a us open semifinal, becoming just the| open semifinal, becoming just the fourth british man to so in the oen era. ., ., . , i, open era. you watch these guys winnin: open era. you watch these guys winning grand _ open era. you watch these guys winning grand slams _ open era. you watch these guys winning grand slams on - open era. you watch these guys winning grand slams on tv - open era. you watch these guys winning grand slams on tv and| open era. you watch these guys - winning grand slams on tv and stuff and you know, i'm going to go out tomorrow and they are going to be way too good for me, whereas, you know, if you put your game on the court and you do the right things, you know, you get chances here and there. even even the best players in there. even even the best players in the world only win 53, 50 4% of the points so it is about how clinical you are when it really matters. jack dra er you are when it really matters. jack draper picked _ you are when it really matters. jack draper picked up a racket for the first time as a toddler and it is no wonder. his mum is a coach

parrallels being drawn with 2021 us open winner emma raducanu, too.is quarterfinal last night against alex de minaur in straight sets to line up a semifinal against the world number one jannik sinner. here's our tennis correspondednt russell fuller. correspondent russell fuller. the element of surprise is a lot less. its still very exciting when a player starts to realise their potential at the highest level. but with emma radacanu, she was just a teenager. she had to qualify. she was well outside the world's top 100, and she went on and won the title. jack draper has also had that enormous potential for many, many years. along with radacanu, the two young players when they were in their mid—teens, the people in british tennis were very excited about. butjack draper has taken a more conventional route. he's had problems with his body, with his fitness, with stamina. but over the past year, he's been on the tour regularly and he started to do the things that you should be doing if you're going to win big titles one day. he reached a couple of low level

jack draper has just reached the semi of the us open. i'm only tell you that because my producer is australian and he beat australian! we are also focusing on that press conference in atlanta. it looks as if some people are approaching the microphone. felt like a team that will be responding to the press questions. in the meantime, as they are ready for that, we're just going to talk about they are ready for that, we're just going to talk ab semi of has just reached the semi of the us open. i'm only tell you that because my producer is australian and he beat australian! we are also focusing on that press conference in atlanta. it looks as if some people are approaching the microphone. felt like a team that will be responding to the press questions. in the meantime, as they are ready for that, we're just going to talk about the press conference injerusalem. the israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoned the foreign press core this evening — not something he does often — to make a forceful defence of his position in the ongoing ceas

tonight, oasis tickets investigation, jack draper into the us open semis, and a rare fireball.ied four days after allegedly being set on fire by her ex—boyfriend. the ugandan marathon runner was reportedly doused with petrol at her home in kenya. the government there says more needs to be done to tackle gender—based violence in the country. some other stories now. a crew member on a royal navy helicopter has died after the aircraft ditched into the english channel during a training exercise last night. two others were rescued but were not seriously injured. and an investigation has been launched into the sale of oasis tickets. the competition regulator is looking into whether ticketmaster breached breach consumer protection law, including the use of dynamic pricing. and jack draper has reached his first grand slam semifinal. the 22 year old's break—out run at the us open reached new heights as he became the first british man to reach the final four in new york since 2012. he'll play in the semifinals on friday. youtube is to restrict recommendations of certain health and fitnes

we'll start in new york where its men's semifinals day at the us open. the womens final line up though is already settled, with world number two aryna sabalenka taking on home favouritejessica pegula. sabalenka saw off the challenge of the american emma navarro in straight sets to reach saturdays showpiece final. the belarusian is the first women's player since the great serena williams five years ago to reach back—to—back singles finals at flushing meadows. last year was very, very tough experience, very tough lesson and today in the match i was like no, no, no, it will not happen again, you have to control your emotions and focus on yourself. there were people supporting me and i was trying to focus on them. sabalenka, then, takes on the americanjessica pegula, who had lost her past six major quarterfinals before beating world number one iga swiatek on thursday. she followed that up in her semi with a battling victory over the czech player karolina muchova 1—6, 6—4, 6—2. it isa it is a childhood dream, what i wanted when i was a kid. it is a lot of wor

before we go, just time to update you on the us open. ing to become the first british man to reach the us 0pen singles semi—finals since andy murray won the title in 2012. there is live match commentary on 5live that's all from sportsday. hello there. look out for contrasting weather conditions across the country over the next few days. after having the wettest summer on record in scotland, the sunshine will come as a welcome surprise and it will turn increasingly humid. more cloud across eastern scotland and north—east england, but again, still quite warm. and then further south, we'll see a spell of heavy rain as an area of low pressure develops, and that front is going to lingerfor a few days at least. so, heavy rain across southern england and parts of south wales. you can see the first signs of that first thing on thursday morning. it's going to continue to drift its way steadily westwards and intensify. quite a lot of cloud spilling in off the north sea, but with lighter winds further north and west, here, we should get a little mor

the second racket of the world from belarus arina sabalenka reached the quarterfinals of the us open tennis championship, at 18 she confidently beat the belgian tennis player alice mertens 6264. i will note that sabalenka and mertens won the us open in doubles several years ago, in the next round of the current tournament arina strica with a chinese woman. about olympic values, history and sports principles of belarus legs held an olympic lesson for schoolchildren from all districts of the capital, nine teams of five people competed for the title of the most erudite. the lesson was held in the format of an intellectual tournament for boys and girls from 14 to 17 years old. answered questions on the topic of the olympic movement, we note that all young sports fans received memorable prizes. this format was very popular with the participants and the organizers, the children begin the school year with such an informal, let's say communication, plus a competitive moment between districts, between teams, well, and the most important thing that we pursue, holding in this format, we just te

sabalenka will play a match in the quarterfinals of the us open tennis championship next night. the world's second racket will be opposed by the seventh number in the wta ranking, chinese chen qingwen. the opponents have already played against each other and in personal meetings , belarus is ahead 2:0. it is worth noting that sabalenka has lost only one set in four us open matches, and two weeks ago she won the tournament in cecinata. luis suarez announced his retirement from the uruguayan national team, a forward. he is 37 years old, he played for the team his country since 2007, he has 142 matches, the second highest in the history of the national team, in which he scored 69 goals, is the owner of the america's cup 20:11, now the uruguayan is joining the mls, defending the colors of the inter-miami club. the radio engineer was setting up equipment to receive a signal there through a prk receiver. it worked on direct current, and technically this was the only way to transmit the latest news for regional newspapers. the announcers looked through the text again, making paragraph

2nd aforesaid, straight games, tennis as well, the number 2 i already know so, but lanka is the new us open champion, the officer earning a heartfelt, straight set victory. it gets home favorite, just a couple who will come sizing has more the using point list. most you us open champion this year. arena sutherland, who was seen smashing her record on the locker room floor off the back to feet to cook a golf. she, since i have to come injuries, personal loss and mental struthers to finally get a hands on the 1st time flip flushing meadows and a 3rd grand slam over through was my father. it's always being my goal to put our family name in the, in the history of studies and, and every time i see name on, on the trophy and i'm so proud of myself. yeah. first, a lot of challenges on and all the court and it's also very special, great place here. they use open and i also have a lot of stuff. i'll also send a pass and that's why it's very special because no matter what, or every time i was coming back stronger and i was learning, i was, i never, i never gave up on this dream or a pilot. it's jessi

favourite here very quickly, so good on the hard courts, amazing, consistent results here at the us openy after last year, but i will definitely try to take what i have learned from that final and use that to the best of my ability. it's the penultimate day of the paralympic games in paris, with 75 gold medals up for grabs. great britain have struck gold three times to take their tally to 45 for the games, with emma wiggs and charlotte henshaw taking para—canoe gold. while earlier, finlay graham took gold in the men's ci—3 road race. graham beat france's thomas peyroton—dartet by less than a second, overtaking him on the home straight, and improving the silver he won in the event at tokyo 2020. onto cricket. england have sri lanka on the ropes on the second day of the third test at the oval, as they look to preserve a healthy first innings lead. england put 325 runs on the board before being dismissed. stand—in captain ollie pope went on to make 154 before lunch. and the wickets have continued to tumble in the second session on saturday, sri lanka losing five quick wickets, including a d

in tennis, the world number one jannik sinner has reached the us open final after defeating britain's2 seed, taylor fritz, for the title on sunday. but today is the women's final — the top belarusian, aryna sabalenka, is looking to win her third grand slam, but she too will face the home crowd, as she goes up against buffalo—born jessica pegula. let's speak to ben rothenberg, host of the tennis podcast no challenges remaining. good to talk to you here on the bbc. let's talk about the women's match, because that is happening first and aryna sabalenka is the favourite, i would expect.— would expect. pretty clear favourite. _ would expect. pretty clear favourite, she _ would expect. pretty clear favourite, she has- would expect. pretty clear favourite, she has won - would expect. pretty clear| favourite, she has won the australian open for the past two years, it is her full—time in a grand slam final and that experience can matter. she is playing someone who has a lot of experience, jessica pegula has been on to a more than a decade, she is 30 years old, a long—awaited breakthrough for h

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sabalenka won the us open.ht now, the best belarusian tennis player in the world has earned more than the first in the season rackets of Świętki. i will be ready to do it after the sixth match, when we finish our performance in the league of nations. the first victory and the intermediate. place, the belarusian team is great at the moment. voke and company brought home gold. the paralympics remained in history. aryna sabanenko became the winner of the us open for the first time. this is her third title in the grand slam tournaments and sixteenth in the wta tournaments. in the final match of the us open. the second racket of the planet defeated american jessica pegula 75-75. sabalenka earned 3.6 million dollars and became the tenth in prize money in the history of women's tennis. igor boki returned home the day before as a dollar millionaire at the paris paralympic games, he won his 21 gold medals and became a great fruition, his assets at all the paralympics are 21. seven medals and two broken records, these re

we're into the the second week at the us open, and in the next few hours the british number one jack draper will be looking to reach a grand slam quarter—final for the first time. he's the only british player left in the singles draw at flushing meadows and hasn't dropped a set yet ahead of his fourth round match against the czech tomas machac i feel very different to last year. i think i barely played any tennis in the year, struggling with injuries all the time, and then obviously came here. i was still very nervous and unsure before matches, whether i would get through this one, am i going to get a cramp in this one, am i going to break down physically, get injured or something? i was still struggling with a shoulder injury when i played here last year, i feel very different now. staying in the men's draw, francis tiafoe has made it through to the quarters for the second year running. he beat the australian alexei popyrin in four sets. next up for tiafoe, who reached the semis two years ago, is the bulgarian grigor dimitrov. there could be an all american semi—final with taylor fr