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Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. we begin with an incredible comeback from novak djokovic at the french open, which saw the world number one reach a record 59th grand slam quarterfinal. djokovic cruised the first set against francisco cerundolo 6—1, but looked in real trouble after that. his opponent levelled, then went ahead, after djokovic struggled with a knee injury. as weve seen before though, you can never rule him out, and the defending champion dug in, to win the next t...

In the womens draw, the quarter finals are complete. aryna sabalenka continued her sparkling form at roland garros. and it was a comfortable win for second seed — she eased past emma navarro in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3 and will play 17—year—old mirra andreeva in the quarter—finals. on match day, im really focused. ifeel all the pressure, to be honest, and im dealing with that, but on a day off, i am able to completely switch off and forget about tennis, but on a day off, i am able and...

And to the college softball diamond, one half of the womens college series finals now set. >> laid down by maloney. kennedy to the plate. washington is hung up now. washington charging. and shes safe. texas takes the lead! >> that wild run-down in the seventh inning ends in a longhorns run that sends top seeded texas to the finals with a 1-0 win over stanford. texas waits for either florida or oklahoma after they snap. you never see those run-down plays work. time now for the weather and lets br...

Would take over as world number one anyway because if he won the title he wouldve been world number one. if novak djokovic had failed to get to the final, he wouldve been world number one. and you look at the way he has played since the back end of last year. he was the run—up in the finals, he won the cup in italy. no points awarded for that, australian open champion very fast start to the year, and even though he had a problem with his hip and had to miss his home its been super consistent o...

Performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didnt beat me, yeah. so the matches that weve played — i won all of them. so thats what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know technicall...

So im happy with the way i was disciplined, and ijust stuck to my tactics for the whole match. for a second successive year, ons jabeur is into the quarterfinals. she beat denmarks clara tauson in straight sets, 6—4, 6—4 — and will now play the us open champion coco gauff, after she eased past italys elisabetta cocciaretto, dropping just three games in a straight sets win. carlos alcaraz has moved a step closer to a possible first title at roland garros, after another impressive performanc...

We start though with the tributes to leeds rhinos legend rob burrow. as youve been hearing, burrow, whod been battling motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 41. the rugby football league say they are finalising plans to celebrate his life at the challenge cup finals next saturday. tributes have been flooding in from the world of sport including from wigan warriors, a team rob played against many times, who said they are deeply saddened at the news. rugby union side leicester tigers, wher...

To their former player on social media, calling him an incredible person and wishing him and his family well at this challenging time. to tennis now and 2022 wimbledon champion elena rybakina is through to the last eight of the french open. rybakina, at the bottom of your screen, beat 15th seed elina svitolina in straight sets in the first match of the day. its just the second time in her career she has reached this stage at roland garros. aryna sabalenka, top of your screen, is also through to ...

Title this year. in the womens draw, the quarter finals are complete. aryna sabalenka continued her sparkling form at roland garros. and it was a comfortable win for second seed, she eased past emma navarro in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3 and will play 17—year—old mirra andreeva in the quarter—finals. on match day, im really focused. ifeel all the pressure, to be honest, and im dealing with that, but on a day off, i am able to complete completely switch off and forget with that, but on a da...

They beat the german club borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley stadium in london. both goals were scored in the second half, by dani carvajal and viniciusjunior. its the fifth time the madrid coach carlo ancelotti has won the most coveted prize in european club football, a record for a manager. and these were the scenes at plaza de cibeles in the spanish capital as real madrid fans celebrated the win. their side have lostjust twice in sa games this season. the spanish giants have now won their las...