vicky thornley at the top of the screen added gold in the women's single sculls to the olympic silverhe won with katherine grainger in the double sculls in rio last year. thornley held off a determined late burst from 44—year—old bela russian ekaterina karsten, a two—time olympic champion. and one cricket line to bring you... england play south africa in the third and final one day international at lords tomorrow — eoin morgan's side already have an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. moeen ali, ben stokes and chris woakes have all been rested so there are three fresh faces — middlesex pair steven finn and toby roland—jones and hampshire spinner liam dawson have been drafted in. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. next on bbc news, its meet the author. ann patchett is a novelist who spends her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties, subsumed into a narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades from

vicky thornley at the top of the screen added gold in the women's single sculls to the olympic silver

vicky thornley at the top of the screen added gold in the women's single sculls to the olympic silverarsten, a two—time olympic champion. ben ainslie's great britain team have been working through the night to repair damage to the boat's hull that had threatened their participation in two big races today. they had a high speed collision in their race againstjapan yesterday which left a large dent in their hull. ainslie, though, has tweeted this afternoon that he's looking forward to today's racing and it appears that the repair work has been successful. gb won their first race yesterday, which was against sweden, but lost to japan after the collision. no one was looking for a collision there. sometimes it happens. again i thought we did a greatjob to get round the course considering the damage we had. we were hanging in there, most of the race despite that. yeah. today bodes well for the team and we have got to go and fix the damage. our shore team are the best in the game, and they'll do everything they can to get us out there racing tomorrow. that's all sport for now. you can keep u

olympic champion vicky thornley led great britain's medal haul at the european rowing championships in. great britain also won three bronze medals. sweden's alexander noren won golf‘s pga championship at wentworth, after shooting a 10—under par 62 on the final day. the world number 13 had what he described as the best round of his life. he started the final day seven shots off the pace, and ended up winning the title by two shots from italy's francesco molinari. england beat the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour to argentina. eight debutants were named including nathan earle and nick isiekwe who scored a try each. danny care claimed england's third. what a xwizy bank holiday of sport. looking after children or caring for a parent, can mean time out from a career, especially for women. but getting back into work after a long break can be particularly challenging. a small number of uk firms are now offering paid work placements, known as returnships, to help people make that transition. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. so, what w