zverev has the belief to challenge someone like novak djokovic.tough one to call. with the type of form know that djokovic is in, i can�*t see anyone coming close. that can't see anyone coming close. that sums u- can't see anyone coming close. that sums no what _ can't see anyone coming close. that sums up what most _ can't see anyone coming close. that sums up what most people are feeling like. we will let anne keothavong escape because she is part of the commentary team for emma raducanu�*s match, whenever that gets under way. player suspended on centre court. i can see the alexander zverev against f lix auger—aliassime, that is into a fifth set and that is the match we are waiting to finish. no doubt the roof will go up and then we will see emma raducanu. come back to me at the end of the programme if we can. we are going to shift our attention at a football because england have got denmark to play in the euro semifinals on wednesday night was that the preparation is well under way at st george�*s park, where we can cross to olly foster. many t

it is a surprise, lucy, and i think zverev completely appreciated the magnitude of the moment. history had done, and that was steffi graf, winning the golden slam in 1988 — and having won the first three grand slams of the year and having won his first four matches in tokyo, he was very much on track ahead of the us open, which starts at the end of august. but from the middle of the match, zverev started swinging, swinging for the hills, if you like, trying to be much more aggressive, and he won ten of the last 11 games of the match, as djokovic ran out of energy in the humidity. indeed. a few other sporting headlines for you, and we have had a shock win from ethiopia's selemon barega, winning the gold medal, the first of the olympic athletics programme. and he defeated the world champion and world record holder, joshua cheptegei of uganda, who had been the favourite. we have seen a really wonderful story today on the bmx track, where a former teaching assistant who partly crowd funded herjourney to the olympics became team gb�*s first female gold medal winner in the sport. bet

on court number one, alexander zverev, the sixth seed, is chasing his first grand slam against f lixarm up tournament in halle going into wimbledon, one of those bright young hopes for tennis. he took the first two sets against alexander zverev 6—4 and 7—6, but is there at has come back to make it a one v one. f lix auger—aliassime is one v one. f lix auger—aliassime is one up in the deciding set. when thatis one up in the deciding set. when that is over, we will get emma raducanu against ajla tomljanovic. centre court is back under way. roger federer is taking on lorenzo sonego. he had some problems in his opening round match against adrian mannarino, who retired when he was 2-1 mannarino, who retired when he was 2—1 up but since that win, roger federer has looked good. he has got his rhythm back. lorenzo sonego is a tougher test, a hard hitter, but federer is 6—5 up on a potential collision course. novak djokovic has a long way to go till the final, but federer is chasing that 21st grand slam. that is the last match up on centre court. before roger federer took to the court, we saw

zverev could barely believe what he'd done.one biles has raised fresh doubts over her participation in her remaining olympic finals. the us gymnast is due to compete in all four individual apparatus finals, but in a social media q&a said she's still struggling with the �*twisties' — which has been described as a kind of mental block where a person loses their sense of space when in the air. great britain will face india in the men's hockey quarterfinals after a 2—2 draw with belgium. both sides had already qualified for the last eight going into their last pool game. and great britain beat the usa 21—12 to reach the semifinals of the women's rugby sevens. they'll now face france in the last four on saturday, while fiji meet new zealand in the other semifinal. for the past couple of decades, rowing has been a consistent success story for britain at the olympics. but in tokyo, things have changed. six times the team have been frustrated with a fourth place finish, and the total of two medals is the team's lowest haul since atlant

i think zverev completely appreciates the magnitude of the moment.hat novak djokovic was trying to do what only one player in tennis history has done, stfi graf, winning the golden slam. he was very much on track ahead of the u.s. open, which starts at the end of august. but from the middle of the match, severity of started swinging for the hills, being much more aggressive. he won 10 of the last 11 games of the match as djokovic ran out of energy. >> we have had the men's 10,000 meters run in the past few hours. a shock win for ethiopia, winning the gold medal, the first of the athletics program. he defeated the world recordholder of uganda who had been the favorite. a wonderful story on the bmx track. a former teaching assistant who partly crowd funded her appearance in the olympics became the first gold-medal winner in the sport. south african won the women's 200 meter breaststroke in a world record time. that delivered her nations first gold-medal of the games. and what is considered the biggest draw of the games, the women's 100 meter. dean ashe

he was beaten by germany�*s alexander zverev in their olympic singles semifinal.ined for around three months. rugby australia have condemned an outburst by south africa director of rugby rassie erasmus aimed at one of their referees. erasmus posted an hour—long video on social media just two days before the springboks play the british and irish lions in the second test, criticising the refereeing from last weekend�*s series opener which the lions won 22—17. rugby australia said "the attack on nic berry�*s integrity, character and reputation is unacceptable." that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, for that. kye whyte claimed team gb�*s first olympic medal in bmx racing with a silver in the men�*s final. our correspondent eleanor roper has been spending the day at peckham bmx track in south london where kye trained. from peckham to tokyo, we�*re here where it all started for kye. four years old, he was on this track, and we�*rejoined now by his dad who�*s got a massive smile on his face! how are you doing? i�*m fine, than

alexander zverev was playing very well, but i zverev was playing very well, but was reminded how difficultdown in they break down, _ he was a set down in they break down, he — he was a set down in they break down, he started to become even more aggressive, _ down, he started to become even more aggressive, and the ball was regularly landing in, and that amazing _ regularly landing in, and that amazing run saw him when that amazing — amazing run saw him when that amazing set. he was in tiers by the end, _ amazing set. he was in tiers by the end, because he knew he had ended something _ end, because he knew he had ended something potentially very historic. steffi graf the only player in history— steffi graf the only player in history to have won all four grand slams _ history to have won all four grand slams in — history to have won all four grand slams in the olympic gold medal in the singles in the same year, and that was— the singles in the same year, and that was in— the singles in the same year, and that was in 1988, and djokovic had .ot that was in 1988, and djokovic had got very— that

we've seen wins for daniel medvedev and alexander zverev.or him. he's won the first two sets. he hasn't played since the australian open. all of a sudden, he's played very well. i want to mention had their watson and harriet dart. as the doubles tennis got under way. you can keep updated with all the results on the bbc sport website. but here, from me at wimbledon, where the son has shown all day, from me on the team, that is all for now. thanks for being with us. good night. hello. most of us have seen drier weather and some sunshine around for the afternoon. probably the best in scotland, although a glorious scene in cornwall. although it's been dry for most, there have been a few isolated showers around. notably across parts of the south of england. you can see some of the shower clouds forming on this weather watcher picture from hampshire. overnight tonight, it's a dry night with patches of cloud developing. a few mist and fog patches. overtures drifting down between 12—14 degrees. tomorrow, miss patches lifting and clearing. sunny spel

after taking the first set against alexander zverev, the game collapsed and the germans under waited final poet fans played their part from afar. lacking financial support in a campaign two years ago and repaid the investment to earn her country of first golden discipline. >> there was no funding for british cycling for a while. i ended up working part-time as a teaching assistant, training on the sides. i did that for two years i think. and then it was i think in 2019 when i crowd funded to help with olympic qualifications, now here i am with a gold medal, it's crazy. reporter: in football, megan rapinoe was one big star that did deliver, scoring that winning penalty against the netherlands to set up a tantalizing north american derby with canada. phil: that is it. you're up-to-date. more world news at the top of the hour. i will be back in just a moment to take you back to the stories of the day on "the day." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ■x ♪ >> friends since medical -- >> fr

the serbian number one took the the first set 6—1 — but zverev held his nerve to win over three setsacha—nov from the russian olympic committee. djokovic's search for any olympic gold also goes on because he also lost his mixed doubles semi final. that's all the sport for now. i will have more and about half an hour or so. i will have more and about half an hour orso. many i will have more and about half an hour or so. many thanks, i will have more and about half an hour orso. many thanks, heal. the latest data from the office for national statistics shows the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in england, wales and northern ireland continued to rise in the week to last saturday. it comes after several days of falling daily case numbers in the uk. here's our health correspondent, jim reed. there's the daily data that you might hear every evening on the news, and that's measuring people who come forward normally with symptoms of the virus and then test positive. that's what it's measuring. those figures have been very encouraging for the last week or so, showing a sharp

he was beaten by alexander zverev in the semis, with the german now taking on karen khachanov in theitain's two—time gold medallist helen glover arriving at london heathrow from the olympics and being greeted by her three young children. her hopes of a fairy—ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when glover and her rowing mate polly swann finished fourth in the women's pair. glover who won gold in 26 he was aiming to become the first british woman to win a three olympics. british woman to win a three olympics. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira well, friday brought quite a nasty spell of weather to some south—western and southern areas of the uk. gale—force winds around coasts briefly. they were very, very strong indeed, brought by storm evert. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderstorms and heavy showers inland, generally a really changeable day, but the weather has now shifted into the southern north sea. it's approaching parts of germany and denmark. behind it, you can see from the motion of the arrows, it's a fairly c

alexander zverev knocking out wimbledon champion novak djokovic.llionaires, well, his tears till the answer. andy swiss, bbc news. great britain remain sixth in the medal table with six golds and 2a medals in total. meanwhile the olympic games host faces a surge in covid cases, with the country extending a state of emergency in tokyo, and expanding it to new regions. street lights in the capital were switched off to try raise awareness of the situation, yet hundreds came out to watch instead. the prime minister warned infections were spreading at an unprecedented rate. it has been announced that cricket star ben stokes is taking an immediate breakfrom cricket. we are told it is for reasons of mental health. �* ., , ,., , health. the ecb has said he is ste -|n~ health. the ecb has said he is stepping back _ health. the ecb has said he is stepping back to _ health. the ecb has said he is stepping back to prioritise - health. the ecb has said he is - stepping back to prioritise mental well—being and to rest and injured finger. they have offered stokes

germany's alexander zverev, who ended novak djokovic's hopes of a grand slam, takes on russian karenlost the bronze medal match in three sets to spain's pablo carreno busta. he pulled out of the mixed doubles bronze match with a shoulder trouble, but it was a really heated display from djokovic, who threw one racket, smashed another. remember, it's not happened for him here. he wanted that golden slam, win all four majors in the same year and the olympic title, and not to be for him. let's see what he can do at the us open, but plenty to look forward to on sunday. chest and back at their —— chetan pathak. this is bbc news. the headlines: heavy fighting is taking place in the centre of the strategically important southern afghan city of lashkar gah. a convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks has managed to reach mekelle, the capital of tigray in northern ethiopia. zimbabwe's president says more needs to be done to tackle the country's crystal meth crisis, which is an issue amongst children as young as 14 in his country, and linked to the country's high unemployment. the government says

alexander zverev takes on karen khachanov. djokovic earlier lost the bronze medal in three sets.racket. —— djokovic. he wanted that golden slam, and not to be for him. let's see what you can do at the us open, but plenty to look forward to. i'll be watching all day. let's take a look at some new pictures from mexico, where guadalajara zoo is celebrating the safe arrival of its latest family member. the baby hippopotamus — whose sex is still unknown — is in good health, and currently weighs around 50 kilograms. hippos are nocturnal animals, usually preferring to rest during the day — but while their offspring are young to rest during the day, but while their offspring are young — just like the human experience — sleep patterns are a lot more patchy so the doting mother and father, tamy and tartufo, have been seen up and about and much more active than normal. you're watching bbc news. and we'll find out how team gb�*s medal success and many other stories are covered in tomorrow's front pages in the papers in a few minute's time. my guests are the journalist james lewer and sunday

alexander zverev, who ended novak djokovic's title hopes, takes on russian karen khachanov in the men'sujah and reece prescod in the semis, ahead of the final tomorrow afternoon. and before we go, a special part of any olympic journey is when you finally arrive home to be greeted by your loved ones. and if there were gold medals for hugs, they'd surely go to helen glover's 3 little ones. the two—time olympic champion was rowing at her final olympics and although she narrowly missed out on a medal, her remarkable comeback to get to tokyo, has been inspirational and at the end of it all, there's no place like home i'm sure they'll be delighted to have her back. that's all from sportsday. bye for now. hello there. lighter wind today but quite a lot of cloud around and some nuisance showers as well. some of the shares have been heavy and thundery. look at this threatening weather watcher picture that was sent in earlier on. if we look at the satellite picture, you can see cloud around. the bright white is storm evert which is in scandinavia. the best of any breaks through eastern areas. you

but alexander zverev, so far so aood. ~ ~' :, course, but alexander zverev, so far so aood. ~ ~ :, .,s a _ so good. we know that stefan tsitsipas has a better- so good. we know that stefan tsitsipas has a better chance l so good. we know that stefan i tsitsipas has a better chance as well. chetan, many thanks indeed. england's cricketers have made a strong start as they look to wrap up their one day series against sri lanka with a game to spare at the oval. england won the toss, chose to field and three wickets from sam curran helped reduce to 12—3 at one stage. dhananjaya de silva. currently 74—4. bbc radio 5 live sports extra has commentary of that one. the british and irish lions have named an all new starting xv for their opening tour match injohannesburg this weekend. scotland full back. stuart hogg will captain the team with tour skipper conor murray not included. coach warren gatland says he's sure hogg will lead the side by example. louis rees—zammit, chris harris and jonny hill are all set to make their lions debuts against the emirates lions. stage six of the tour de france

alexander zverev is taking on felix augur aliassime. zverev lost that set.risjohnson will confirm plans to ease most of the remaining coronavirus restrictions in england. face coverings, along with social distancing, could go. we are at last seeing a real weakening of the link between the case numbers and hospitalisations and that�*s why we expect we are going to be able to take this step onjuly19th. although uptake for the covid vaccine has been strong, some experts say caution is still needed when it comes to removing all restrictions. it seems to be odd to me to take all those risks with infection