Wimbledon sportsday, im katherine downes. Heres a taste of whats coming up tonight. We had four, but could we make it five brits into round three . Kyle edmund certainly tried on a hot and humid centre court. No sweat for djokovic. Hes through to round three after demolishing Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic in straight sets. And there was plenty of hot stuff on day four of the championships well bring you the best of the rest. And well bring you the rest of the days sports news, including a great day for the new england cricket captainjoe root. Its been a realjacket off day at wimbledon. Temperatures pushing upwards of 30 celsius, and over the last few days the british tennis has been pretty hot. Yesterday we would talking about four british players through to the third round for the first time in 20 years, today kyle edmund had the chance to become the fifth. But although the british mens number two put up a fight, he eventually succumbed to number 15 seed gael monfils in straight
as rory mcilroy birdied the final two holes of his final round at the the renaissance club, to win by a single shot from scotland s robert mcintyre. mcintyre s impressive 6 under for the day meant he had the club house lead, but a birdie on holes 17 and 18 saw mcilroy claim the title his first on scottish soil and ideal preparation ahead of the open next week. lionel messi has started a three day event that marks his move to major league soccer team inter miami the club co owned by david beckham. part one was the official announcement and promotional video. he arrives following his departure from psg agreeing to play in the us until 2025. the world cup winner is being introduced in stages, in something inter miami are calling the unveil. over the next couple of days he ll speak to the media and then have his first training session. it is a decision, i think, to go to the united states, which is probably based as much
of their three match series at lords on saturday. all tokyo based events at the olympics will take place without fans after a state of emergency was put in place injapanis capital for the duration of the games. the japanese government are trying to combat the rising cases of coronavirus in the country, and there had been hope that a limited number of local fans could attend. organisers have apologised to those who have bought tickets, with only those events outside of tokyo retaining the possibility of having people watching. the trilogy fight between tyson fury and deontay wilder is still set to take place on the 24th ofjuly, despite a coronavirus case in furyis camp. wbc world heavyweight champion fury has been training in las vegas to prepare for the eagerly awaited bout. but a confirmed covid 19 case within his team had led to some reports the date of the encounter may be pushed back. jack senior has the club house lead on the opening round of the scottish open at the renaissance c
in place injapan s capital for the duration of the games. the japanese government are trying to combat the rising cases of coronavirus in the country, but there had been hope that a limited number of local fans could attend. 0rganisers have apologised to those who have bought tickets, with only those events outside of tokyo retaining the possibility of having people watching. the trilogy fight between tyson fury and deontay wilder is still set to take place on the 24th ofjuly, despite a coronavirus case in fury s camp. wbc world heavyweight champion fury has been training in las vegas to prepare for the eagerly awaited bout. but a confirmed covid 19 case within his team had led to some reports the date of the encounter may be pushed back. jack senior has the club house lead on the opening round of the scottish open at the renaissance club in north berwick. the englishman is ranked 353rd in the world, but he s one shot ahead of lee westwood and americanjustin thomas. there was no record
jack senior has the club house lead on the opening round of the scottish open at the renaissance club, in north berwick. the englishman is ranked 3 hundred and 53rd in the world. he s one shot ahead of lee westwood and americanjustin thomas. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. back to you, james. the prime minister has set out details of britain s final military withdrawal from afghanistan. it s nearly 20 years since the uk and other foreign forces entered the country, in the wake of the nine 11 terror attacks on the united states which were planned by al-qaeda which was given shelter by the taliban in afghanistan. there are concerns that the departure led by the us will leave the afghan government vulnerable to the taliban, who have been making gains in recent months. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports at one of the few nato bases left in kabul, the lowering of the union flag signalled the end of the mission. most of t