australia started the day needing 174 runs to chase down a target of 281. england have got two wickets, stuart broad taking the wicket of scott boland before moeen ali removed danger man travis head forjust 16. usman khawaja remains for australia, though, he s past 50. the target is now less than a hundred for australia. that is the latest score for you at the moment. a story that s developing in the last few hours. french police are searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games. officials say the raids are part of two corruption investigations. the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of contracts for building projects linked to the summer games. a spokesperson for the paris organising committee told the bbc the body is co operating fully with the investigators . steve clarke believes there is more to come from his scotland side as they target a best ever start to a qualification campaign when they play georgia on t
napping during the day could help preserve brain health. we will speak to scientists who have done that fascinating research. now we can go to the bbc sport centre. update on the final day of the first ashes test match between england and australia at edgbaston. play started after a lengthy rain delay. it has started. england have just taken the wicket of travis head for 16. australia started the day needed 174 more runs to chase down the target of 281. england took the wicket of scott boland. they have now lost travis head. he was out caught behind. you can keep up to date with that on the website. developing story, in france, french police searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games, officials say the raid part of corruption investigations and the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of building contracts connected with the games. the organising committee said the body is committing fully with the investigation. ste
time, talking about her career, women s rights in iran and much more. stay with us to watch the whole interview. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with tennis where it s women s semi final day at the french open. the top two seeds are in action. iga switek faces brazil s beatrix haddid maia later but first up it s australian open champions aryna sabalenka against unseeded czech karolina muchova. a tight first set has just gone the way of the cheque and she is 2 1 up in the tie break in the second set. she has never been past the third round prior to this year. alexis macallister has sais his gratitude will be eternal as he bid farewell to brighton. he s joined liverpool in deal worth up to 55 million pounds. the 24 year old midfielder has signed a five year deal and will wear the number ten shirt at anfield. the world cup winner, who helped brighton qualify for europe for the first time, added that
things for much longer periods in the match. then there is another moment, when you can go after 50 minutes, and probably the game is over and two minutes later there is another goal. that is the last thing we wanted our brains, not have the confidence, after having the possibility to kill the game, don t do it and that is the next stage, when you are there, you have to do it and you have to play with the same purpose, or more, and not give them anything. manchester united are up to third after beating struggling nottingham forest. antony got the opener, before turning provider for the second, playing in diogo dalot. 2 0 the final score. a big three points in the race for champions league football, with united still fighting on three fronts. you see how things just by how quickly things can change. last week we had nine top defenders, today we had four and so we need numbers, especially we are one of the few teams who are in three competitions in europe, so we have a number o
have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our own record isn t as bad as the away record but we play away. anyway, i m looking forward to the game. elsewhere it is day three of the world snooker champion ship in sheffield and a big shock already has the 2016 runner up ding junhui is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5-4 is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5 4 overnight but the world number 23 was in scintillating form winning the first four frames of the day on his way to a 10 6 victory. hossein vafaei faces defending champion and world number one ronnie o sullivan now in the second round. meanwhile, world number three mark alan has also been in action. he won the first five frames against a chinese debutant before being pegged back to 6 3. that match resumes in the final session of the day. elsewhere, england s mark fitzpatrick says winning the rbc heritage title is something very special, he beat defending champion jordan spieth in a dramatic play off