sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: wimbledon champion simona halep survives a scare as she makes her comeback to the court. they've been made to wait for it, but nearly ten weeks late, esperance are confirmed as champions league winners. and pakistan head coach mickey arthur says he's "disappointed and hurt" to lose his job after their world cup failure. welcome along, thanks forjoining us on sport today. we're going to start in toronto where simona halep came from a set down to begin her defence of her rogers cup title. it's halep's first match since the one she described as the "best of her career" when she won the wimbledon title last month. she beat qualifierjennifer brady in an epic 3—setter as colm harrison reports. simona halep was finally back in action, since it does make reversed after her break, no doubt, but also out of practice. jennifer brady was 3-0 out of practice. jennifer brady was 3—0 up, halep came back, although the american won the set

start in toronto where simona halep came from a set down to begin her defence of her rogers cup title. it's halep's first match since the one she described as the "best of her career" when she won the wimbledon title last month. she beat qualifierjennifer brady in an epic 3—setter as colm harrison reports. simona halep was finally back in action, since it does make reversed after her break, no doubt, but also out of practice. jennifer brady was 3-0 out of practice. jennifer brady was 3—0 up, halep came back, although the american won the set 6—4. after a string of uncharacteristic u nforced a string of uncharacteristic unforced errors, 72 places separate halep and brady. this was their first ever meeting. defending champion in canada was pushed all the way and she was mightily relieved to take the second is that evan—5 into level the match in the process. the decider was close and intense, there were no fewer than six breaks of serve with halep taking it all the way to the tie—break with brady, a player who has never been ranked higher than 60th in the world. but the w

on the programme: news of shock defeats for simona halep and petra kvitova at the us open. the draw for the group phase of the european champions league is made in monaco, with three former champions thrown together in one group. and we look ahead to this weekend's belgian grand prix, as the formula i championship returns after a four week break. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with tennis and news of a shock defeat for simona halep at the us open. the number 4 seed and wimbledon champion was beaten by taylor townsend in a three—set thriller. halep won the first set 6—2, before townsend took the second. halep was then forced to come from a "mini—break" down in the third set tie—break. but townsend, who'd squandered two match points earlier, rallied again, and the american, who's ranked 116 in the world, won the tie—break — and the match — to seal her place in the last 32. the number 6 seed petra kvitova is also out. it's after she lost 6—4, 6—4 to world number 88 andrea petkovic. the two—time wimbledon champion, who's been struggling with an arm

the fourth seed, wimbledon champion simona halep, who's been a beaten finalist in three of the past four years. that match is currently in the final set. now to cricket, and after wednesday's washout, ii wickets fell on day two of the second ashes test between england and australia at lord's. england batted first after australia won the toss, and were bowled out for 258. the tourists closed on 30/1 in reply, but, as our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports, it wasn't all about the cricket. this was a day at lord's when cricket was put into its correct context, i think. cricket was put into its correct context, ithink. the cricket was put into its correct context, i think. the guest of honour was andrew strauss with his two sons. they will read and many spectators did and many parts of the ground were turned red and this is in honourand ground were turned red and this is in honour and support of ruth strauss, andrew's wife, who died from a rare form of lung cancer and the foundation in her name is trying to do research and raise money. i'm sure what andrew would have wa nted i'm su

. wimbledon champion and fourth seed at flushing meadows simona halep is also through. she needed three sets though to make it past american nicole gibbs. 6—2 in the final set. scotland lock sam skinner will miss the rugby world cup after suffering a hamstring injury in saturday's win over france. the exeter chiefs second row limped off during the win at murrayfield, and it has been decided that he would not recover quickly enough to "play a meaningful part" in the tournament injapan that starts next month. glasgow warriors second row tim swinson willjoin up with the training group as cover, with gregor townsend names his final squad next tuesday. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks forjoining us. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and author and journalist, rachel shabi. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. labour, the lib dems, snp, and plaid cymru willjoin forces in the commons next week in a bid to remove boris joh

simona halep pool run in the tournament has continued that wimbledon champion was not sas in the 2nd round on thursday by american qualified taking the towns and reports. flushing meadows his life simona halep frustrated and racing is thursday was no different. despite winning the 1st 6 in just half an hour the 4th seed then had no answer for american qualifier tyler townsend. have. the world number 116 going to the net over 100 times in the 2 hour manch. i was able to save 2 match points but it was 3rd time lucky for the 23 year old townsend the 3 say when the biggest of her korea i mean i think when i played there before i was just trying to make balls i think i played. not to lose and today i just played to win and i said f. it. you know sometimes happens and i'm just to look forward. i'm in champion so i will not remain. 2 time wimbledon champion patrik event of was another of the woman's big names to crash out the 6th seed beat and then straight sit 6464 by germany's andrea pick a bit. things were much smoother for world number one and defending u.s. open champion naomi osak

quarter—finals. the number four seed and reigning wimbledon champion simona halep is also through to the last 16 — but she had to come from a set down to beat russia's ekaterina alexa nd rova. halep — who's reached three finals in cincinnati in the last four years, and lost all of them — took the deciding set 6—4 and she'll now face madison keys. in the men's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number 4 seed kei nishikori — whose wait for the first masters series title of his career goes on. he was beaten in straight sets by fellow—japanese yoshihito nishioka, who had to go through qualifying to reach the main draw. nishioka — who's ranked 77 in the world — won two hard—fought sets 7—6, 6—4. he plays the unseeded australian alex de minaur next. and the number 5 seed from greece — stefanos tsitsipas is also out. he lost the opening set of his match against jan—lennard struff — but fought back to win the 2nd on a tie—break. the decider also went to a tie—break with the german coming out on top. the world number 36 will now face the number 9 seed da

toronto. the defending champion, simona halep, is through to the quarter—finals after thrashing russia's svetla na kuznetsova. halep won 6—2, 6—1 in just over an hour. in the other half of the draw, the number three seed, karolina pliskova, is through to the quarter—finals. the former world number one from the czech republic beat the estonian anett kontaveit in straight sets, 6—3, 7—5, and will now face home—favourite bianca andreescu, who put out the number five seed, kiki bertens. south african batsman hashim amla has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36. he will continue to play domestic cricket in south africa and t20 franchise cricket around the world. in a 15—year career with the proteas, the former captain played a total of 349 internationals across all three formats, including 124 test matches. he scored more than 18,000 runs, including 55 centuries, and he also holds the record for south africa's highest individual test score. well, certainly a stand—up moment would be the 311 that he made at the oval in 2012 against engla

defeat for simona halep at the us open. the number 4 seed and wimbledon champion was beaten by taylor townsend in a three—set thriller. halep won the first set 6—2, before townsend took the second. halep was then forced to come from a "mini—break" down in the third set tie—break. but townsend, who'd squandered two match points earlier, rallied again, and the american, who's ranked 116 in the world, won the tie—break — and the match — to seal her place in the last 32. the number 6 seed petra kvitova is also out. it's after she lost 6—4, 6—4 to world number 88 andrea petkovic. the two—time wimbledon champion, who's been struggling with an arm injury, was broken in the 10th game as the german took the opening set. petkovic broke twice more on her way to the win and she'll now play the 25th seed, elise mertens, in the next round. the top seed and defending champion naomi osaka is through to the 3rd round after a straight sets victory over poland's magda linette. osaka won the first set 6—2 — but then survived a brief scare, with linette, who's ranked number 53 in t

really glad that is over. the wimbledon champion, simona halep, is also through to the 2nd round and she was also taken to three sets by the american, nicole gibbs, ranked 135 in the world. halep — the number 4 seed — took the deciding set 6—2. she'll now face another american qualifier, taylor townsend. sixth seed petra kvitova eased past her fellow czech opponent, denisa allertova, with a 6—2, 6—4 victory. the two—time wimbledon champion will now face germany's andrea petkovic for a place in the last 32. cani can i be prepared for her? i know how she is playing, we know each other very well, so we will see but it will be another tough battle. the know she likes to put pressure on her opponent as well, playing fast, and that is what i am going to try as well. former wimbledon champion, and number 2a seed, garbine muguruza is out, though. she lost 2—6 6—1 6—3 in the first round to alison riske. the american is ranked 11 places below muguruza, and this is herfirst win at flushing meadows since 2013. for the spaniard, it's the second grand slam in a row where she's be

was wimbledon champion simona halep who has the u.s. open crown in her sights. well it's going to be amazing to win for yourself one but i'm not thinking about that i'm just trying to live a big day by day and we would see in the end what is going to happen all right that's a good sport and i have more later peter thanks very much and that was your news that was our broadcast do stay with us martine's here in about 3 minutes i'm back from 12 a quick summary of world news here on al-jazeera we will see you very soon. perception is validation we believe you want to be seen but in one life time we can't see everything that we rely on he experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. with that testimony we would know very little. with this documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. for the last 2 years these students have been collecting rubbish every day it's helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilo's of plastic waste they collect this school receives a brick that made of plastic and cement. for some activists this may no

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former top ranked player romania's simona halep was in big trouble against rushes xander over after dropping the 1st set 63 halep fought back to take the 2nd 75 for a grueling 2 hours and 4 minutes she completed the victory i earlier there was a battle between former world number ones french open champion ashley body was up against maria sharapova straightly and winning this one in straight sets. then on the men's side it was a bad day for 2014 u.s. open runner up kane issue korea of japan he lost out to his compatriot a year she had to win this year it was a straight sets victory for the sheoak. and another high profile player said goodbye early in cincinnati on wednesday greece's stefano states across crashed out of the hands of germany's young leonards through football number 36 stuff coming out on top of the 606076. rain is washed out the opening day of the 2nd ashes test between england and australia at lord's meanwhile rain also impacted the 1st test between sri lanka and new zealand in go all through lankan spin burkean and then on giant dominos of the ball he would take 5 wi

are feeling better than the last time when he had to pull out. simona halep will also be playing shortly. and coco gauff, the 15—year—old who beat venus williams at wimbledon is back and she will play a bit later on. this is the fourth event she has been given a wild card for, in this year, feared that she turned 15. and thatis year, feared that she turned 15. and that is technically in contravention of guidelines issued to protect younger players but the us tennis association just could not resist and handed her a wild card nonetheless. i'm sure new york will see her as a big draw. louise christie says she feels a sense of pride after becoming the first scottish rhythmic gymnast to represent great britain in six years. the 18—year—old from aberdeen is heading to portugal to compete in the international tournament. she's been speaking to tyrone smith. poise, grace, power and poise, grace, powerand skill. the quality is a rhythmic gymnast needs. and louise christie has them all. it has not gone unnoticed as she has become the first scot since 2013 to represent great britai

to the 3rd round she beat alexandra sus novich in 3 sets simona halep and ashley thought he also won their matches. tiger woods says his back is feeling much better heading into the b.m.w. championship he pulled out of last week's northern trast injured but played 9 holes in a practice round on wednesday woods is to 38th in the fed ex playoff rankings and he's a top 11 finish to make the torch championship. better yeah. it was nice to take those those days off and i had to just let it calm down and. watch a treatment on it and i feel so much better and i've tried to make tweaks all year and trying to trying to ease the stress off my back while still playing. i'm fortunate i haven't really done a very good job of that liverpool are the new european super cup champions also beating chelsea on penalties in istanbul it was a thriller in the turkish city as liverpool won 54 on spot cakes goalkeeper adrien was the hero he'd arrived at the club as a free agent last week and was called in after number one keeper allison was injured but he stopped the shop from chelsea's tommy abraham to

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polona hertzog before losing to eventual winner simona halep in the fourth round. nicholas roche remains in the red leader‘sjersey heading into tuesday‘s flat 175.5km fourth stage of the vuelata a espana from cullera to el puig. the irishman remains two seconds ahead of 2016 winner nairo quintana, while roche‘s compatriot sam bennett timed his sprint finish to perfection as he claimed stage three on monday. the irish national champion took the line comfortably ahead of edward turns and luka mezgetz for his maiden vuelta stage and fourth grand tour stage win. there are two more asian champions league quarter—final first legs on tuesday with shanghai sipg hosting uruwa red diamonds in the early game in the far east. the japanese side were winners of this tournament in 2017 and they faced the same opposition at the semi—final stage that year on their way to a second title. and this has caught our eye on social media. 176 competitors voluntarily plunged into the murky waters of a welsh peat marsh over the weekend in a quest to claim a coveted sporting title, that of world b

excellent day at the u.s. open. taylor townsend turned in the upset in the turn lt took down simona halep and coco gauff is moving onb to the third round at the u.s. open after a thrilling three-set in with we'll see if that magic can continue she goes up next against number one seated naomi osaka. and a very wild 360 over head slam what a waywi >>> this is now a category two hurricane and forecast to go up to category four in the next four hours elsewhere highs in the triple digits in some areas all eyes on dorian making its approach this holiday weekend. >>> aside from dorian this labor day the rest of the country facing hot conditions. but on this day, monday all eyes are on florida >> it's so odd to see that map like that. >>> the obamas are now empty nestors. sasha, the youngest has started her freshman year in michigan. >> and a sea turtle conversation group make a shocking discovery. the geneticly mutated animal is given two names. htub soap scum and caked-on grease from oven doors. now mr. clean magic eraser comes in disposable sheets. they're perfect for icky messes on stov

qualifier taylor townsend. reports. flushing meadows his life simona halep frustrated in recent years and thursday was no different. despite winning the 1st 6 in just half an hour the 4th seed then had no answer for american qualify a tyler townsend. the world number 116 going to the net over 100 times and the 2 hour manch. have. helped was able to save 2 match points but it was 3rd time lucky for the 23 year old townsend the 3 say when the biggest of her korea i mean i think when i played there before i was just trying to make balls i think i played. not so the use and today i just played to win i said f. it be. you know sometimes happens and i have just to look forward i'm more than champion so i will not really in that. 2 time wimbledon champion peterkin vetiver was another of the woman's big names to crash out the 6th seed beaten in straight sets 6464 but germany's andrea picked a bitch. things were much smoother for world number one and defending u.s. open champion naomi osaka. she needed just over an hour to be to polish opponent in straight series. that one sets up a 3rd round

argentina's guido pella. whilst in the womens event, wimbledon champion simona halep is also through with a straight—set victory over svetla na kuznetsova. the english premier league kicks off a little later. last season's runners—up liverpool will host newly—promoted norwich in the first match with a further nine games across the weekend. jurgen klopp's team — seen here celebrating their champions league triumph — are one of the favourites to win the league. norwich meanwhile are back in the top flight after a 3—year absence. liverpool's long wait for a title goes on. klopp, speaking on thursday, says he wants other teams to fear them. what is very important, even as a tea m what is very important, even as a team who won a championship last year, we have to stay the team who nobody wants to play against and not because of the name of the quality, but because of the intensity we put in the game and that is what i will ask the boys forum that is what we have to show tomorrow night the first time in the season. over in france, league un also kicks off on friday with monaco

on to take the 2nd set 64 meanwhile in the women's tournament simona halep was victorious against american jennifer brady the defending champ lost the 1st set but then came back to narrowly win enough food to say tiebreaker. but no such luck for women's number one ashley barty the french open champion lost in the 2nd round to the young seeded american sophia cannon in 3 sets it means the australians number one ranking is in serious danger there were some good news for one of bodies rivals near the top of the world rankings gnomeo soccer the japanese is now ranked 2nd in the forbes list of highest paid female athletes earning 24300000 dollars in the last 12 months that makes her only the 3rd sports woman ever to break the $20000000.00 barrier in one year the money she's earned from endorsements went from 1.5 to 60000000 dollars and finally she earned over $8000000.00 from prize money but it's arena williams who topped the forbes list for the 4th you running. the pakistan cricket board has decided not to renew the contract of almost the entire coaching staff after the team's failure

ever semi from the parents of the defending champion simona halep was forced to withdraw with a left leg injury after losing the 1st set. meanwhile bianca and rescue becomes the 1st canadian to reach the semifinal stage of the storm in 50 years i became 30 catalina pisk of are in 3 sets and she'll now meet the american safina kennie. on the pan american games so i 40 year old champ should record broken on friday came in the women's 200 meters final 32 year old shelley and fraser points winning for jamaica at a time of 22.43 seconds raise the price claiming her country's 6th gold of the gangs. dustin johnson has been sharing the kind of fullness so him when his are only major the 2016 u.s. open for well number one birdie the final haul of his 2nd round at the northern trust are open to take the outright lead going into saturday event in new jersey is the 1st of 3 fed ex cup playoffs johnson's former paul round of 67 leaves him on 12 under par overall for one shot behind is another world number one jordan speech he went round in 64 space looking to end soon here for its object u.s. pre

centre. hello, i‘m adam wild, and this is your thursday sport briefing. and simona halep survived a scare to begin her defence of her rogers cup title in toronto. it was her first match since she won the wimbledon title last month. she beat qualifierjennifer brady in an epic three—setter. it was a slow start from the former world number one, but she eventually found her stride, taking the second two sets to progress to the next round. mickey arthur says he is disappointed and hurt after being sacked as the head coach of pakistan. there has been speculation that arthur, who led pakistan to the 2017 champions trophy, could take over with england as a replacement for their outgoing world cup—winning coach, trevor bayliss. arthur, who has also coached south africa and australia, has been spoken to by england as a potential successor. thursday is transfer deadline day in england, with many clubs scrambling to complete deals that will improve their squad before the premier league kicks off this weekend. manchester city completed the signing of portuguese internationaljoao cancelo from

simona halep in last year's final, begins the defence of her title against the veteran american venus williams. dutch champions ajax are one of 20 teams playing in champions league qualification later. last season's semifinalists could only manage a 2—2 draw away to greek super league champion paok thessaloniki last week. they should be full of confidence ahead of the second leg, though — that's after beating fc emmen 5—0 at the weekend. despite winning last season's eredivisie title, ajax still have to go through qualifying. here's how head coach erik ten hag responded to a question about whether that's fair. iam not i am not putting energy in that fa ct. i am not putting energy in that fact. it is the way it is and it is not right because i have deserved to play the league, but we are first to qualify and so we focus on that and 400% and the rest is not important. and finally take a look at this — ahem — "sporting event" — and i use that term in the loosest of senses. the annual chap olympiad saw contestants satirically testing their gentlemanly skills in a wonderfully b

minaur or a qualifier. in toronto the women play with two—time champion simona halep again in the draw. the 27—year—old romanian will be keen to build on her recent wimbledon title and work her way back to the top of the rankings from number four where she currently is. once you've got it, you never lose it. steven gerrard's playing days might be behind him, but the liverpool legend still knows how to control a ball. gerrard — now manager at scottish premiership side rangers — showed that he hasn't lost his touch as the ball went out of play. his side got the new season off to a great start with a 2—1win over kilmarnock. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. the gold—plated coffin of egypt's boy king — tutankhamun — has been seen for the first time outside his tomb. the sarcophagus is undergoing restoration — in a process that's expected to last around eight months. it's the first time such work has been carried out since his tomb was unearthed nearly a

1st time since losing to simona halep in the wimbledon final her power game overwhelmed belgium's at least merton's on the way to a straight sets victory was williams's cheating up for the u.s. open later this month still chasing a record equalling $24.00 career grand slam title was. over at the men's tournament in montreal top seed rafa nadal was put through his paces in his 1st match british qualifier down evans making it would every point was down to the opening set on a tie break and there were more epic volleys to follow in the 2nd set. of my was again it was the spaniard who won the key battles and eventually secured his place in round 3 i next up the dow will face argentina's ditto pella was. the scene and the montreal crowd were in full voice for their local star teenager felix seem he took the 1st set of fellow canadian run it before the match came to a premature end run each with drawing with a bad back an early birthday present for the same returns 19. thursday. they did stokes al-jazeera. struggling to manage his back injury is the p.g.a. tour playoffs get underway lat

went on to take the 2nd set 64 meanwhile in the women's tournament over in montreal simona halep was victorious against american jennifer brady the defending champ lost the 1st set but then came back to narrowly win enough food to say tie break but no such luck for women's number one ashley barty the french open champion lost in the 2nd round to the young seeded american sophia cannon in 3 sets it means the australians number one ranking is in serious danger. of soccer will return to the number one spot if she wins her 2nd round match. asarco is now ranked 2nd in the forbes list of virus paid female athletes and $24300000.00 in the last 12 months that makes her only the 3rd sports woman ever to break the 20000000 dollars barrier in one year the money she's earned from endorsements went from $1.00 to $16000000.00 expect there to go even higher with the japanese star said to be one of the faces of the 2020 tokyo olympics finally she earned over $8000000.00 from prize money but serena williams topped the forbes list for the 4th year running. the pakistan cricket board has decided not to

an eventful day at the us open with simona halep suffering a shock defeat to taylor townsend. the number 4 seed and wimbledon champion was beaten over three sets. the american, who's ranked 116 in the world, put on an amazing display to come back from a set down and win 2-6, 6-3, 7-6. i feel like a lot of the times when i was playing her, i played not to lose. in a player like that, she is way too solid, has had so much experience, that that's not going to fly. i was just like, experience, that that's not going to fly. iwasjust like, what experience, that that's not going to fly. i was just like, what do you have to lose? i'm going to go for it and do what i do best. where i am the most comfortable, which is at the most comfortable, which is at the net. i won a lot of points, i lost points, i lost big points, but i was rewarded in the end so that's what was most satisfying. onto football and no prizes for guessing what the standout group is in this season's champions league. barcelona, borussia dortmund and inter milan have all been drawn together in group f — that's alongside s

clean the biggest win of her career ties with the job and simona halep in the second round of the us open. there was no hint of a soul went out when the first set six two. two two in the decider tides and had nba legend kobe bryant. on his feet. as he brutally for the first time. reset third right into the side for the first time since the twenty forty french open when how netted back times all match points. to join us open finalist caroline wozniacki rallied from a set down to defeat american and danielle call ins the data faces fifteen see bianca and the risk next. thirteen seed belinda bencic progress of the expense of france's alleys gourmet. checks six seed petra kvitova is added after losing in straight sets to world eighty eight andrea activists. seven c. d. birch's came from a break down impose sets to defeat anastasia pile of. chicken coop and reach the third round for the second year running. madeline malone guys world champion under seventy eight kilograms at the junior world championships in tokyo. french athletes it. quite soon. the reigning world champion beats it by a

from her last few events though also in attendance wimbledon champion simona halep who has already won a french open as well she's hoping that she can get the u.s. open crown to add to her tally. well it's going to be amazing to win. but i'm not thinking about that i'm just trying to with a big baby by day and we would see in the end what is going to happen and will still play if i'm no i'll be back again later with another splitting up the pages thanks very much indeed laura is going to be here with the latest on all the stories in a couple of minutes. after years of war and found a dramatic transformation is emerging. al-jazeera goes on a journey with 4 diverse ethiopian. to tell inspirational stories and immerse us intimately into them months i was forced to change the position of the simpsons through i was sometimes. my ethiopian coming soon on al-jazeera. i've been looking at your instagram account and reading the atmosphere behind the scenes this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president after that everyone has a voice the best chance that democrats hav

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playing for the 1st time since losing to simona halep in the wimbledon final her power game overwhelmed belgium's ellie's merton's on the way to a straight sets victory was williams's cheating at the u.s. open later this month still chasing a record equalling $24.00 career grand slam title was. over at the men's tournament in montreal top seed rafa nadal was put through his paces in his 1st match british qualifier dan evans making it work for every point but down to the open set on a toy break and there were more epic volleys to follow in the 2nd set. of the i again it was the spaniard who won the key battles and eventually secured his place in round 3 i think stop the doubt will face argentina's ditto poland i take it stokes al-jazeera. thanks. for this news hour back in a moment stay. us. in a country with high youth unemployment one again i say she helps turn school children into entrepreneurs who can tell us what i mean by their wide fundraising empowering them to reclaim their futures we teach them how to party destroying my ship was how to make the best mates and build new prosper

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upset at the u.s. open. >> the fourth seed and defending wimbledon champion simona halep stunned by american taylor townsend, the 116th ranked qualifier from atlanta, had never won a set against her in three previous meetings. and another american, coco gauff into the third round, after a thrilling win thursday, the 15-year-old, the youngest woman to make it this far at the open, since anna kournikova in 1996, and up next for gauff is a showdown with the world champ and world number one naomi osaka saturday night. >> exciting. >>> jeopardy host alex trebek is back at work five months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. in a video promoting the 36th season of the show, alex trebek says he completed his cancer treatment and it is going to be a good year. >> i've gone through a lot of chemotherapy. and thankfully, that is now over. i'm on the mend. and that's all i can hope for right now. >> he is now taping episodes for the new season of "jeopardy" which premieres september 9th. >>> 4:57. a check on cnn business this morning. global markets reacting to china's commerce minis

in 3 sets fellow top 5 players simona halep and ashley barty also won their matches. tiger woods says his back is feeling much better heading into the b.m.w. championship he pulled out of last week's northern trust with an injury but then he played 9 holes in a practice round on wednesday woods has slipped to 38 in the fed ex playoff rankings he needs a top 11 finish to make the top 30 and force his way into the season ending tour championship next week. when better yeah. it was nice to take those those days off and i had to just let it calm down and. get a bunch of treatment on it and it feels so much better and i try to make tweaks all year and trying to trying to ease the stress off my back while still playing and. i'm fortunate i haven't really done a very good job of that liverpool are the new european super cup champions after beating chelsea on penalties in istanbul it was a thriller in the turkish city as the 1st all english final ended in a 22 draw before liverpool won 54 on the spot kicks goalkeeper adrian was the hero here he'd only arrived at the club as a free agent last

last 2 events though also in attendance wimbledon champion simona halep who has the u.s. open crown in her sights. well it's going to be amazing to win more yourself when but i'm not thinking about that i'm just playing today big day by day and we would see in the end what is going to happen. and that's where we leave the sports news for now i'll be here again a little bit later with more peter thanks very much indeed now imagine all the sights and sounds of the theatre without the sights well that's what audiences are getting at argentina's a blind theater which puts on shows in complete darkness had a visit and by the sounds. we think we know what it's like to be in darkness but we don't not complete darkness where all the lights have been extinguished the blind here to him whether cyrus provides that experience. we put the audience in a situation which normally the main stimulus is visual so this person is now disconnected from their phone another source of information for more than an hour having to concentrate solely on what is happening in front of them. but what does the one

action today at the us open including rafa nadal and simona halep. bbc radio 5live will have live updates from four o'clock and you can find all the latest sports news including updates from the situations on bury and bolton on sportsday. that's at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel. the headlines on bbc news. jeremy corbyn is meeting other party leaders this morning to discuss how to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was running over budget and probably behind schedule thre eyears ago. the government proposes an overhaul of planning rules in england so companies can build taller mobile phone masts without councils' permission. the change is part of a plan to speed up the roll—out of 5g networks and improve coverage in rural areas. the brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from g7 countries to help tackle fires in the amazon rainforest. brazil's president jair bolsonaro accused other nations of treating brazil like a colony. £18 million had been promised in emergency fu

wimbledon champion simona halep stunned by american taylor townsend. the 23-year-old townsend, 116th ranked qualifier from atlanta, had never won a set against halep in three previous meetings. another american, coco gauff, is into the third round after a thrilling win on thursday. up next for gauff, a showdown with defending champ and world number one naomi osaka. >>> "jeopardy" host alex trebek back at work five months after being diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. in a video message from mopromoe 36th season, trebek says he's completed his cancer treatment. >> i've gone through a lot of chemotherapy and, thankfully, that is now over. i'm on the mend, and that's all i can hope for right now. >> just awesome. the new season of "jeopardy" premieres september 9th. he has terrific doctors, but the power of positive thinking always on display with this man. >> amazing. >>> that's our time. thanks for joining us. i'm amara walker in for christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day." have a wonderful weekend. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our vi

eventually lost to champ simona halep. >> it will be great match to watch, for sure. >>> we start this half hour, though, with a disturbing mystery at a v.a. hospital. federal investigators looking into several suspicious deaths of veterans. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: the circumstances surrounding exactly how 82-year-old vietnam veteran felix mcdermott died here at the clarksburg v.a. hospital is now a mystery with horrific implications. mcdermott is one of as many as 11 veterans who died at the v.a. hospital under suspicious circumstances, and there's now a broad federal investigation that includes the fbi. last year authorities say someone at the hospital injected mcdermott with insulin even though he was not diabetic and it killed him. the medical examiner flatly saying the manner of death is homicide after being administered by an assailant. >> we need answers and the family needs answers. >> reporter: mcdermott's daughter melanie parker says she thought her dad was safe there. his family has filed a wrongful death claim allegin

when stunned simona halep. very warm welcome to the program good to have your company the russians and i is to get a lateral ceasefire in syria's it led province starting on saturday morning government forces backed by russian airpower have been waging an offensive on the last rebel held territory for weeks civilians wanting to see a stop to the fighting have been demonstrating in the northwestern countryside the border poured into turkey some open trying to approach through border crossings into the country have been calling on russia and turkey to end the violence that's killed more than 550 civilians since april hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced participants' has released a sniper book or less on the turkey syria border. over there in the syria is adamant refugee camp home to some 600000 internally displaced syrians and it was there and at other points along the turkey syria border early on friday that a few 1000 syrians tried to rush the border and here they managed to get through one of the gates before they were pushed back by the turkish security forces but an

hour. the british number one will face zhang shuai today. but the wimbledon champion simona halep was knocked out by the american taylor townsend, who is ranked outside the top 100. but dan evans, the only other brit in the singles, is though after beating lucas pouille. and will face roger federer. the last time they faced each other, federer said it was like playing in a mirror. a huge compliment to his game. he will hope he can produce an upset later. you can follow it all, there is coverage from the us open on 5 live sports extra this afternoon. dan evans‘ match against roger federer and continuing with johanna konta against zhang shuai. that‘s all the sport for now. more now on the fallout from the government‘s decision to hold a queen‘s speech and in turn suspend parliament for five weeks from the second week in september. protests have been organised in response to the decision with marches planned for saturday in at least ten locations across the country. momentum, one of the groups behind the demonstrations, has called for its members to occupy bridges and blockade ro

wimbledon champion simona halep is out, after the american taylor townsend came from a set down to beat her. townsend is ranked 116th in the world. and dan evans, good for him, he set up another grand slam meeting with roger federer by beating lucas pouille. the last time they faced each other, federer said it was like playing ina mirror. so, the biggest compliment you can get there in tennis. and would you have the energy to hold on here as ken sio inspired salford to victory over warrington. have a look at theirs. here he is. —— at this. he's going, he's going. he scored a hat—trick as they won by 22—6, warrington are on a dreadful run in the league but they're still second, salford now level on points, but won the challenge cup last weekend. they may not be so good in the league, but elsewhere they have a few trophies in the cabinets. and some excellent individual performances. thank you. it's 6:43am. for women experiencing the menopause and taking hormone therapy, the risk of breast cancer is something they will have discussed with their doctor. scientists now think the incr

women. taylor townsend upsetting the former number one player in the world and wimbledon champ simona halep. giving fans in new york plenty to cheer about coco thankful for every moment >> i'm super honored to be american and play in new york city like thank you so much >> reporter: guys, the cheers and that smile are great, but coco is also raking in some serious cash last night's win, she's guaranteed to take home at least $163,000 away from the u.s. open certainly not a bad payday for somebody who is not even old enough to drive. >> good point. >> great point there how incredible i watched that match last night. couldn't go to sleep because it was so exciting. it was well past my bedtime. >> so much grace so much poise for someone who is just 15 years old. >> incredible. now, she faces off against naomi osaka on saturday. i cannot wait. must-see tv. >> you were at the open last night, too. >> roker family. >> yeah. >>> obviously, all eyes on the south as dorian bears down, but the rest of the country looking at weather, as well. >> that's right. let's check it out for you you'll se