hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris. the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league success. his england team mates can t wait to see him back. and success, at last, for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. that s all to come, but we start with news that s reached us in the last half an hour or so that rugby league legend rob burrow has died. he was 41 years old. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, just two years after he ended his playing career with rugby league side leeds rhinos. he, his family and his great friend and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of
of symi last wednesday, his body was later recovered on a remote hillside following a four day search. from symi, our correspondent joe inwood reports. it was here on a rocky hillside that michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body, which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence you can see over there so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. that the body of michael mosley had it was a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday when michael mosley left the beach where he d been with h
he only lost three games in the final two sets, as he fulfilled what he called his childhood dream and emulated one of his heroes and compatriot, rafael nadal. winning a grand slam is always special. winning yourfirst grand slam is always super special. but in roland garros, knowing that all the tennis, all the spanish players who have won this tournament, and to be able to put my name on that amazing list is something unbelievable. it s something that i dream about being in this position since i started playing tennis, since i was five, six years old. so it s a great, great feeling. he s a beast, he s an animal, for sure. and the intensity he plays tennis at is different towards other people. you know, he can do so many different things, right? i think he changes tactics a lot and starts to play a lot higher and deeper in the fifth set. for me to not create as much power, especially with the shadows on the court, it was slower again. but he s a fantastic player, and physic
it s a big game. india pakistan we know there is no need for me to motivate the team any more. they are well motivated and focused for this game. we have had to forget about the last couple of days and just move forward. it s the only way you can deal with life. results are results they take care of themselves. the way we arrive at a match and pitch up and give it our best shop and make sure skills are up best shop and make sure skills are up to where we need to be that is all we can control. being a captain, i have to make decisions on the field, so i think what is more important for me is just to think about what i need to do right now, not to even think about how much we need to get after 20 overs or how much we need to bowl them out. i think it is about that one over, how we want to finish that over, and literallyjust kneeling down, overby over. george ford has been ruled out of england s summer tour with an achilles injury. ford started at fly half throughout this year s
carlos is the new king on clay. alcaraz beats zverev for a first french open title. at the men s t20 world cup, india have it all to do against pakistan, and we ll get more on england s faltering campaign. a super scottish send off. next stop germany and euro 2024 forjohn mcginn and co. and i am at the european athletics championships in rome, where britain already have one gold medal, and there are hopes for more tonight. thanks forjoining us. we have been treated to an epic men s singles final at roland garros this afternoon, where after more than four hours and five sets of tennis, carlos alcaraz is the new french open champion. he beat alexander zverev to win a third grand slam title in a match that swung one way then the other then back again, as craig templeton reports. three names have loomed largest in men s tennis for decades. nadal, djokovic, federer. the first french open in final without any of them since 200a. for carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev, the time is