Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever with nearly 300 People Killed and Tens Of Thousands infected this year. Hospitals are struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely populated country. Now on bbc news hello and welcome to sportsday im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre heres what weve got for you. History beckons englands netballers reach the World Cup Final for the very first time. The bhoys are back celtic see off ross county as they make a winning start to the defence of their Scottish Premiership title. And comfortable wins for spain and japan, who are the first teams through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup. Also coming up on sportsday. More success for Great Britain in the cycling World Championships, three golds including in the Mountain Bike downhill for Charlie Hutton and a remarkable comeback from scotland, as they beat france in their world cup warm up. We begin with bit of history for eng
Says the flooding there is the worst Natural Disaster in the countrys history. Now on bbc news sportsday with paul scott. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre, heres what weve got for you. History beckons englands netballers reach the World Cup Final for the very first time. The bhoys are back celtic see off ross county, as they make a winning start to the defence of their Scottish Premiership title. And comfortable wins for spain and japan, who are the first teams through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup. Also coming up on sportsday more success for Great Britain, as Charlie Hatton becomes Mountain Bike downhill World Champion. And a remarkable comeback from scotland, as they beat france in their world cup warm up. We begin with bit of history for englands netballers. Theyre through to a World Cup Final for the very first time, after a nerve shredding victory over new zealand in cape town. There was nothing separating the two sides heading
impressive victory over alex de minaur in the final means he s also the world number one, over taking novak djokovic in the seedings for wimbledon, which starts in a week s time. patrick gearey reports. one of the most popular paths to wimbledon runs through west kensington. queens is a good place to see the future. it s grass courts are strange territory for carlos alcaraz, but he s been growing on these lawns, adjusting his game accordingly. in alex de minaur, he had an opponent who could provide a test. a bundle of aussie energy. at times in the first set, he threatened alcaraz, only to ultimately lose the argument. and after several flowing phrases of tennis, the set was finished with an alcaraz full stop. and he seemed to need the pause. the physio was called to provide some comfort. a few extra seconds in the shade would have helped. the temperature in london was above 30 degrees, but the pace didn t seem to drop. earlier in the week, de minaur knocked andy murray out,
he leaves it as the champion and world number one. i started the tournament not really well, as you said, i had to adapt my movement, you know, a little bit on grass to get experience but it s been an amazing an amazing week and ending the week with a lot of, you know, a lot of energy. so atjust 20 years old, alcaraz is king of queens and wimbledon top seed. he is making english grass his turf. patrick geary, bbc news. kazakhstan s alexander bublik, meanwhile, defeated andrey rublev in three sets to win the biggest title of his career at the halle open. rublev, who s the world number seven, was looking to become to first player to win atp 500 titles on all three surfaces. but he found bublik, ranked 48th in the world, in fine form ahead of wimbledon, winning only his second tour title. at the women s tournaments, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin sweeping past donna vekic in straight sets. while at the birmingham