birthday celebrations in london. thousands of people turned out to watch the parade. now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. stuart broad and moeen ali lead the way as england take crucial australian wickets in the ashes. scotla nd scotland thrill norway in their qualifier, who else but that man early haaland. and in the hunt for a 5th major rory mcilroy is just two shots off the lead at the us open. we ll have the latest from los angeles. it s an all british final in nottingham katie boulter, will meet jodie burrage after the british number one got the better of heather watson.
and i keep coming back. ifeel like i have shown a lot of resilience in my career, a lot of ups and downs, and i keep coming back. whether that means i get rewarded, or get punched in the gut, whatever it is, i ll always keep coming back. what a few days rickie fowler is having. having broken the first round tournament record with his 62, he then became the fastest player to get to 10 under par in the tournament s history. he now has a one shot lead over fellow american wyndham clark. they tee off, in a few hours time. so here s how the leaderboard looks. mcilroy is just a shot further back in third alongside xander schauffele. the third round got under way an hour ago the leaders don t tee off untilaround 11:30 uk time this evening. england s matthew fitzpatrick is the defending champion but has been struggling he s starting his third round in just over an hour but is one over for the tournament. tommy fleetwood is out on the course he s one under after his first hole of the da
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and hull are left to rue what could have been defeat to st helens in rugby league s challenge cup. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. hello there and welcome along to the programme. england s cricketers have taken key wickets from australia on the second day of the first ashes test. they were on the front foot early too with stuart broad renewing his rivalry with australian opener david warner. the visitors dug in and a stubborn century from usman khawaja, who also survived a scare leaves them in with a chance. patrick geary has more. this is already a test match of fascinating flux, and is now the weather has shifted. saturday began with edgbaston shrouded in showers, gone was the sunshine for now. the rain cleared but the clouds stayed. ideal for england s bowlers, rain cleared but the clouds stayed. idealfor england s bowlers, and the kind of situation stuart broad is