who was back at the tournament where she first made a name for herself when beating venus wiliams in 2019. england have beaten sri lanka in their first one day international at the riverside in durham. chris woakes put in a match winning performance taking four wickets as sri lanka were limited to 185 from their 50 overs. joe root then excelled with the bat, his unbeaten 79 in just 87 balls steered england to a five wicket win. the second 0d! is on thursday at the 0val. mark cavendish won his first tour de france stage in five years when he won the fourth stage earlier today. he thought his career might have been over last year, but was called up for his first tour since 2018 as a late replacement for an injured team mate. the emotion clear to see for the 36 year old after securing his 31st stage victory at the race, while dutch rider mathieu van der poel kept the overall race leader s yellow jersey.
the wonderfully headed winner in extra time against sweden at hampden park. andrei schevchenko s side were one of the best third placed qualifiers and they go through after a 2 1 wiun amid a frenetic ending. seven time wimbledon champion serena williams has been forced to retire injured after going over on her ankle in herfirst round match against aliksandra sasnovich of belarus. the 39 year old who had hopes of winning another grand slam to equal margaret court s record of 2a titles twisted and fell to the ground when leading 3 1 in the first set, and after receiving treatment tried to play on, but to no avail, much to her obvious anguish. eight time champion roger federer is through to the second round, but only after his opponent withdrew due to injury. the 39 year old sixth seed was two sets and a break down when france s adrian mannarino, who was celebrating his 33rd birthday today, slipped and injured his knee. the world number ai battled on and lost the fourth set, then retired