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former grand slam winner calling time on their career after the olympics. three time grand slam winner angelique kerber has announced she ll be stepping away from the sport after the games. the 36 year old is a former world number one and competed at the 2016 olympics where she won silver in the women s singles beaten by puerto rican monica puig in the final. to action happening on thursday where the women s football events gets under way in the next couple of hours and spain are one of those teams in action looking for yet more glory. the men s team won the euros earlier this month whilst the women s national side won the world cup last year. alexis putellas was a part of that squad and says it s incredible to involved in paris. they will be the best athletes of every sport around the world. so, it is incredible to be a part of this olympic squad. the olympics is different. it is like magic, because if you love the sport, you have 20 days of sport every day ....
hello there, good afternoon. it s cloudier and it s breezier generally than it was yesterday. we ve still got that muggy, humid feeling air, lots of moisture in it, and that, of course, has led to some more mist and murk for western facing coasts and hills in particular. some more rainjust moving along southern counties. still some sunshine, the best of that to the east of high ground, including across north east scotland. but we will see some showers a bit later on this afternoon, just pushing in from the west. later on through the afternoon. some breaks in the cloud. the best of those possibly later on through the day across the midlands and parts of lincolnshire. the temperature is reacting to that sunshine. 23 celsius perhaps here. overnight tonight, some changes. we begin to see the cool air changing from the north west. showers fading away. the sky is clear. the caller feeling start to the day tomorrow. feeling much less humid. some of the temperatures back into t ....
before retiring. he recently had an operation on his back and, like at wimbledon, is only able to compete in the doubles. murray will play alongside dan evans and they ll face japan pair taro daniel and kei nisikori in the first round. well, murray won t be the only former grand slam winner calling time on their career after the olympics. three time grand slam winner angelique kerber has announced she ll be stepping away from the sport after the games. the 36 year old is a former world number one and won a silver at rio 2016. spain s women footballers have begun their attempt to add olympic gold to the world cup they won last year. their opening match is against another medal contenderjapan. the two are in a group with brazil and nigeria, who play later. japan took the lead in nantes through aoba fujino, but less than ten minutes later, the world s best player aita na bonmati equalised. elsewhere, defending champions canada are playing new zealand. that one is also 1 1. ....
on. saturday, plenty of showers around through northern england, down towards the south west. either side, some sunny spells, top temperatures of 16 23 degrees. into next week, if you like the summer sunshine and the heat, looking very promising indeed to come up with a south westerly flow, temperatures back to the high 20s, possibly higher. a lot of dry, settled, sunny weather to look forward to. now let s join our colleagues for the news wherever you are. have a good evening. hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night with me, chetan pathak. coming up on the programme the largest security operation in france s history. is paris ready for the 2024 olympic games on the eve of the opening ceremony? all the games are safe and secure because there is no party if there is no security. andy murray pulls out of the singles competition at the olympics, but will play doubles in what ll be his final event before retiring. after that horse whipping video, what next for ....
us president biden has been meeting benjamin netanyahu at the oval office amid ongoing protests during the israeli prime minister s trip to washington. it s the first meeting between the two since mr biden visited israel shortly after the hamas attacks on october the 7th. president biden is expected to put renewed pressure on the israeli prime minister to secure a cease fire deal in gaza and to free the remaining hostages held by hamas. let s hear what the pair had to say as their meeting began. well, welcome back, mr prime minister. we ve got a lot to talk about. i think we should get to it. the floor is yours. mr president, we ve known each other for 40 years, and you ve known every israeli prime minister for 50 years. from golda meir. so from a proud jewish zionist to a proud irish american zionist, i want to thank you for 50 years of public service and 50 years of support for the state of israel. and i look forward to discussing with you today and working with you i ....