Win of his career. He beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. He was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he'd played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. He'd lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6—3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7—5 and breezed through the third 6—2. He is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. Draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. The czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. But muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6—1, 6—4. She's yet to drop a set. On the eve of the nfl season, louis rees—zammit has been speaking to the bbc about his disappointment over failing to make the kansas city chiefs playing squad. Zammit, who's 23, was one of the stars of welsh rugby but quit the sport early this year to pursue his gridiron dream. He was picked up by the super bowl champions after coming through the nfl�*s international player pathway programme, but didn't make the cut ahead of the season that starts in 2a hours. He's now moved to jacksonville jaguars, and told our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor that he's optimistic about starting with his new side but that he will always be grateful to the chiefs. You know, they gave me my first opportunity of being able to properly learn football and also play, um, so, you know, i can't thank them enough. I mean, i learned so much from them, you know, from the coaches, from my old team—mates um, you know, all of that kind of stuff. And ultimately it didn't work out. Um, which is a shame. But, you know, life goes on. And, you know, i'm very excited for the opportunity that the jacksonville jaguars have given me. You got to stay level headed and and calm. And, um, you know, i'm so thankfulfor this team for giving me the opportunity to be able to carry on my dream. And, um, and, you know, at a team that's got, you know, a very bright future with, with some very exciting players and coaches. So i'm very happy. 0k. You've said it's always good to set goals which are achievable but also challenge yourself. So what are the goals for this year? you know, the goal is always to get on the field. But you know you got to be realistic in this. And um, it's going to take a little bit of time to learn this playbook and you know, give the coaches the impression and, um, you know, they got to be able to trust me. They got to be able to trust me. I got to be able to be reliable. Um, you know, when they call plays, i got to know what i'm doing, so it's going to take a bit of time of practice and training. Um, so i haven't really set a goal in terms of timing, but, you know, i definitely want to get out on the field this season and we'll see what happens. It's been said in life, if you haven't got haters, you're not doing anything right. Um, and there are some people that say, you know, you've joined the jags and they're playing two games in london. Um, it makes good business sense. Have you got a message for anyone doubting whether you've been brought in for anything other than your footballing credentials? uh, not really. I don't really care about haters, to be honest. Like, they can say what they want. Um, they're behind their phones. They're behind their laptops, you know, making comments. Uh, but i don't listen to that kind of stuff. You know, i know what i've got to do to be successful. And, um, they can write all they want, but, you know, i'm working really hard on this dream, and, um, you know, to make this come true would mean everything. So i've got to try and do as much as i can every day to be a better football player, be a better person and then see where that takes me. We're in football's international break, and nations league matches are fast approaching. England have given their first news conference since the players gathered at st georges park ahead of the matches against republic of ireland in dublin on saturday then finland at wembley next tuesday night. They'll be lee carsley�*s first games in charge since he was given the interim head coach role. Angel gomes is one of those in line for a debut after playing for carsley in the under 21's. My dream was always been to play for england. You know my dad, he played for portugal. Whenever me and my dad had spoke, he's always wanted me to go my own pathway with england. Some of the players that my dad played with when he were younger are high people in the portuguese fa, and he'd had conversations with them, but nothing was really advanced or went ahead. So my focus was on england. England are in the second tier of the nations league, portugal the top. Ronaldo is still going strong and says he still has a lot to offer his country at the age of 39 even though he had a below par euros in what was a record sixth appearance in the tournament. He failed to score with portugal exiting in the quarterfinals. We also heard from bernardo silva, the manchester city forward, as they prepare to face croatia. He has added his voice to the debate about congestion in the football calendar. Translation: the calendar is completely crazy. There's no explanation. Just today, we got the news at manchester city that we'll be having one single day off before playing watford in the league cup, so we'll play arsenal, have a day off and then play watford. If we're not knocked out from any competition by the end of the season, we'll be playing every three days for over nine months. I think that the burden that has been placed on players is completely absurd. The 30—man shortlist for the balon d'or, awarded to the best male footballer of the year, has been revealed. For the first time in 21 years, lionel messi, or ronaldo aren't on it so there will be a new winner. England boast six players after their run to the european championship final, including the captain harry kane, who also won the bundesliga golden boot last season. Jude bellingham, phil foden and declan rice, and forwards bukayo saka and cole palmer are also in the running. England have made one change for the final test against sri lanka that starts on friday at the oval. Leicestershire pace bowler josh hull comes in for matthew potts. When he mixes debut he will become the third youngest seemer to play for england after sam and ben who are 19 when they made their debut. He's six foot seven and took five wickets against sri lanka last month playing for england lions. After the test england will play australia in eight white ball matches. Scotland started their t20 series against them with a heavy defeat, they set australia a target of 155 to win travis head made a quick fire 80 reaching 50 just after 17 balls after the joint fastest half—century by an australian in t20. Marcus stoinis is the other player cleared the boundary for the winning runs in the tenth over, the tourists cruising to a seven wicket victory. Two more t20 is between on friday and saturday. The australian kaden groves has his third stage win at the vuelta y espana groves held off the challenges of pavel bittner and vito braet in a sprint finish at the end of stage 17. With just four stages to go, his compatriot ben o'connor is still the overall leader but is just five seconds ahead of three time winner primoz roglic. This could be a sign that the rift between the pga and the breakaway liv golf series could be easing. Rory mcilroy and scottie scheffler will face liv golf stars bryson dechambeau and brooks koepka in a televised exhibition match in las vegas in december. The news of the contest between four of the biggest names in the sport comes as the pga tour and saudi arabia's public investment fund — which funds liv — continue to discuss a merger. Mcilroy says it's an event designed to energise the fans. We're all here to put on a great show and contribute to a goodwill event that brings the best together again. Just over over a year ago, good friends mondo duplantis, the olympic pole vault champion and world record holder and karsten warholm, the 400 metre hurdles world record holder, had a wager. Who would win a race over 100 metres they were finally given the opportunity in zurich, duplantis, the swede in blue against the norwegian warholm, and it was a great race with both setting personal bests, duplantis the winner in 10. 37 seconds, beating a time he set in high school six years ago. Impressive considering the pole vault runway is a0 metres long. For warholm, the forfeit is that he has to wear a swedish vest when he races in the hurdles tomorrow night. You can get all the latest sports news, proper sport on the bbc sport app orfrom our website. But for me, olly foster and the rest of the team. Goodbye for now. Hello. We're expecting a real mix of weather over the next couple of days. For some northwestern parts of the uk, it's going to turn sunny and very warm, but further south for southern england and south wales, we're expecting some heavy rain. Perhaps in one or two locations, a month's worth of rain injust a couple of days — that could cause some disruption. It's all because low pressure is continuing to swirl to the south of us, this band of rain here becoming quite slow moving, particularly, i think, across the southwest of england. But around that area of low pressure, we're drawing in some humid air, so further north and west with some sunshine it will feel very warm. Now, during thursday, these southern parts of england and south wales will see some rain at times — that rain turning heavy and persistent in the southwest later on. Further north, a lot of low cloud, mistand murk, some spots of drizzle, but the best of the sunshine where you get some shelter from the breeze. Western scotland and northern ireland, temperature—wise, well, maybe along some north sea coastjust 15 or 16 degrees, but elsewhere 18—21 with a slightly more humid feel. But as we head into the evening, this heavy rain affecting south west england, clipping into south wales, and overnight, it looks like we will see more rain pushing along the south coast. So with that rain really totting up, there is the risk of flooding, some disruption. Further north, largely dry, some mist and murk and low cloud for north sea coast. Quite a muggy start to friday morning. More rain through the day on friday across southern england, perhaps pushing northwards into south wales and the midlands, perhaps east anglia as well as we go through the day. Further north, while still some areas of low cloud, mist and murk for some northern and eastern coasts, but further west, some good spells of sunshine, and look at the temperatures — liverpool at 26 degrees, parts of western scotland at 25 degrees, so feeling warm and quite humid into the weekend. Our area of low pressure continues to swirl to the south of us, throwing some showers northwards. Still quite a lot of mist and murk and low cloud. Could be some fog around to start, saturday morning. Should see some spells of sunshine, and again, in the sunshine, feeling very warm with those temperatures, perhaps up to around 25 degrees. Into sunday, more of the same, really. Some showers, particularly in the south. Some sunshine, too. Still feeling warm and muggy. Live from washington, this is bbc news. Israel's prime minister insists forces will not leave a key strip of land along gaza's border with egypt. It's the latest sticking point in ceasefire talks with hamas. Police in the us state of georgia say a fourteen year old student will be charged and tried as an adult after four people are shot dead at a high school. Ukraine's president orders a government shake up at a critical moment in the fight against russia. I'm sumi somaskanda. Thank you forjoining us. Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing sustained pressure to secure the release of hostages held in gaza. Protesters took to the streets of tel aviv for a fourth straight day this week, as families of israeli hostages call for the return of their loved ones. Diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire and hostage release deal are at a stalemate, hamas says that is partially due to mr netanyahu's demand that israel maintain a military presence