what a parade, what an afternoon. it has to be the best parade. it has to be the brain or it wouldn t be manchester. we want rain, rain. the perfect one! the perfect one! at 24 years old, kylian mbappe has already won the world cup and six french league titles, but the bbc understands his club paris saint germain are prepared to sell him this summer. mbappe s told psg he won t be signing a new deal and therefore could leave on a free next summer. real madrid came close to signing him last year, now they look set to be on alert again with psg willing to listen to offers. excitement is building ahead of the ashes series between england and australia, which starts on friday. ben stokes has promised to stick to the philosophy his team have had since he came in as captain to go for big scores, quickly.
incredible scenes there. excitement is building ahead of one of sport s great rivalries, the ashes series between england and australia, which starts on friday. ben stokes has promised to stick to the philosophy his team have had since he came in as captain to go for big scores, quickly. he s been speaking to bbc sport s isa guha, who asked him if this series represents england s greatest challenge. the ultimate challenge? no. it s another challenge. you know, we. we know the threat that australia pose whoever they play against, they re an incredibly good team. but in terms of what we ve done, we ve found something that works. that s big. it s very big. and stokes gets to 50. you know, that doesn t change with the opposition. what we like to do and what many other teams will always say is that they concentrate on themselves way more than what they do on the opposition. but also respecting the opposition and respecting what they do have. nothing is going to change because we kno