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
the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league victory. his england team mates say they 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 to the programme. to the fallout at the french open first, where the concern over late finishes continues to be raised by the big names. the defending champion iga swiatek and world number three coco gauff today saying matches ending at 3am are unhealthy . it follows the five setter which saw novak djokovic, the men s champion, wrapping up his win to make the fourth round at 3.07am in the morning. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was covering it all the way to the end
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that the matildas, with their players, the matildas attitude and how they have performed have become a household name. these players are no longer in the fringes, they are right in the centre of attention and they have captured the nation s imagination. in that penalty shoot out against france, rugby games. so they could watch it. people on aeroplanes were watching it. many have said, the matildas have always been supported, but now it is on a different level, now it is much, much more than football, it is much, much more than football, it is about the legacy of a team that has brought a country behind them and has allowed them to dream up something huge. they would have been happy if the matildas reached the quarterfinals, but when they beat france, the dreams have shot up and now they want them to lift that trophy. this has been a tournament of upsets and surprises. all four former world champions out of the
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