tennis, now, and the former world number one victoria azarenka has pulled out of the upcoming us openarenka, who has twice been the runner—up at flushing meadows, said on thursday that she is unwilling to be apart from her eight—month—old son during legal proceedings with his father, following their recent split. azarenka returned to action injune after the birth of leo last december. she hasn't ruled out reaching an agreement that would allow her to play, but said in a statement: staying with tennis: simona halep is through to the quarter—finals of the cincinnati 0pen. the number—two seed from romania beat anastasija sevastova, from latvia, in straight sets, 6—4, 6—3. the win keeps alive her hopes of heading to the us open as the world number one. halep will move to the top of the rankings if she wins the title in cincinnati. and halep will next play the world number seven, johanna konta. the briton, who reached a grand slam semi—final for the first time when she made the last four at wimbledon, was a straight—sets 6—3, 6—4 winner over dominika cibulkova. garbine muguruza is also thr

and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us open. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished 1—1. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton‘s morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages. both red cards an issue guardiola not keen to talk about. we were disappointed when we didn't play what we are. we put absolutely everything on the pitch. can i ask you about the performance of raheem sterling, he certainly took his chance when he came on, impressed with his performance this evening?” was impressed with all of them. two red guards, kyle walker, was that a red card? next question. why won't you answer that, do you think it was not a red card? next qu

and victoria azarenka will miss the us open because she is not willing to leave her child at home int with the cricketing news that england are well on top after the opening day of the first test against west indies at edgbaston. the match is the first ever day—night test to be played in the uk, and the first involving england, and it saw alastair cook and skipperjoe root rescue their side after a slow start and two quick wickets, both scoring centuries

and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us 0pen. welcome to the programme.d a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished i—i. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton's morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages.

defending champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kay nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missingy for a final farewell on the track in zurich tonight where he'll run the 5,000 metres. his incredible career has seen him win ten world and olympic gold medals. but it's not the last we'll hearfrom him — he's swapping the stadium for roads, to run marathons instead. no matter who you are, you've got to fight for it. and yeah, medals that i've won doesn't take me to the line. i've got go in there fresh, there's going to be new guys and they run a lot faster than me. so it's about starting slowly, how i get to them, what do i need to learn from them, what does it take? saracens fly—half emily scott's been called into the england women's squad ahead of saturday's world cup final with new zealand. well that final takes place on saturday, a week before the start of the men's domestic season. the launch of the premiership campaign has taken place today, from where our rugby reporter chrisjones has sent this report. with the start of the domestic season with the start of the domestic season

both sides though had a man sent off two—time grand slam winner victoria azarenka has withdrawn fromenting her son leaving the state of california. the bela rusian player returned to action injune, after the birth of son leo last december. she had been hopeful that legal arrangements could be worked out to allow her to compete. the 27—year—old said in a statement "i am sadly unable to compete in this year's us 0pen due to my ongoing family situation that i am working through." the total solar eclipse which wowed the united states on monday actually began more than 800 miles from its shores in a desolate spot over the north pacific ocean. a handful of lucky passengers, including journalists, scientists and employees of alaska airlines, got the chance to see the spectacle before anyone else. they watched in awe from a boeing 737 sent to chase the moon's shadow at 40,000 feet. 0ur north america correspondent james cook was on board. as the day dawned, the chase was on. the moon was after the sun, and we we re the moon was after the sun, and we were on the taylor both. from portland in t

and finally, victoria azarenka has been forced to pull out of the us 0pen?won't be there. it is a tournament she has reached the final of twice. because of an ongoing family situation that she is working through, she has withdrawn. she reached the fourth round at wimbledon but has not played since. she recently spoke about the issue and said she would only be able to play at the us open later this month in new york if she left her home —— son at home in california, something she wasn't prepared to do. she separated from her child's father last month. at the moment she is unable to play any tennis. thank you. president trump says he's changed his mind about pulling us forces out of afghanistan since becoming president. in his first televised address to the nation, the president said he didn't want to repeat the mistakes made in iraq, by leaving a vacuum for militants to fill. mr trump said instead he'd be sending more troops — though he didn't give an exact figure, and he refused to put a time limit on how long they would stay. he said it was in america's int

defending champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kei nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missingsir mo farah is getting ready for a final farewell on the track in zurich tonight where he'll run over 5,000 metres. his incredible career has seen him win ten world and olympic gold medals. but it's not the last we'll hearfrom him. he's swapping the stadium for roads, to run marathons instead. no matter who you are, you've got to fight for it. and their medals that i've won, doesn't take me to the line. i got go in there fresh, there's going to be new guys and they run a lot faster than me. so it's about how i get to them, what doi it's about how i get to them, what do i need to learn from them, what does it take? that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on the gcse results which have come out today, with the number of students in england gaining the top grades in english and maths falling slightly, following the introduction of new, tougher exams. our reporter chi chi izundu was at a schoo

defending champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kei nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missingour reporter tim muffett visited the ark academy to get more on this i'm joined from our westminster studio by the minister for school standards nick gibb. i know you will want to congratulate stu d e nts i know you will want to congratulate students receiving their results this morning, and now we have a better understanding, in england and there was a slight fall in the past rate, and rails, slightly bigger, and in northern ireland, a rise in the pass rate. —— there was a slight fall in the past rate in england and wales. education is a devolved matter so i'm responsible for england's schools. we should congratulate all the students throughout the united kingdom and throughout the united kingdom and throughout england and wales, northern ireland, in collecting gcse results today, to achieve a standard pass or better in those gcses is a huge achievement and thanks to all the teachers in preparing our youngsters for these more demanding gcse is that we're seeing this year. let's talk a

he joins defending champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kay nishikori and victoria azarenka in missingn him win a total of 10 world championship and olympic gold medals. but this won‘t be the last we see of him — as he‘s switches his focus to marathon running instead. no matter who you are, you‘ve got to fight for it. the medals, they don‘t ta ke fight for it. the medals, they don‘t take me to the line. i‘ve got to go in with a new mind, there will be new guys that are already running faster than me. how do i get to them, what do i need to learn from them? what does it take? and remember you can listen to our test match special 60th anniversary match right now over on 5live sports extra or watch the celebrity teams go head to head over on the red button or online. that is all the sport for now. let‘s return to the exam results and the news that the number of teenagers gaining the highest gcse grades has fallen slightly, after exam boards moved to a tougher system. with me is debroah streatfield, chief executive of my big career — a guidance service which helps some of the most disadvan