by her. they deserve everything. and i wouldn t be serena if there wasn t venus. for my husband and everyone and their thoughts. once in a lifetime or once in a generation there are certain athletes who come along and they transcend the sport. we saw it with tiger woods. we saw it with michael jordan. serena to me she did that for tennis. she changed wearing your emotions on your sleeve and being who you are. she made it a more welcoming and inviting sport for everyone. she revolutionized it just by being herself. she was so dominant for so long, especially at the most difficult time to be dominant in womens sports and womens tennis. she has never allowed anybody to dictate what she ll say or what she ll do. serena has always played on and off the court on her terms. com e on. hi. so this is from serena s essay she wrote in her book. i never wanted to have to choose between tennis and family. if i were a guy i wouldn t be writing this. because i d be out the
And we will have the latest on that on the bbc news at ten. And thats bbc news at six. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news Where You Are goodnight. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Iam olly i am olly foster. Here is what is coming up this evening. Unbeaten but underdogs against the World Champions can england topple the springboks in their world cup semifinal . Thejoy of six kohli brings up his century off the final ball, as india make it four wins out of four at the Cricket World Cup. Billiejean king says taking womens tennis to saudi arabia can be a force for good. 70 of the population is under 30 years old and they want change. Also coming up on sportsday were back on board with billy whizz, the champion apprentice, with over 100 winners this season. Good evening, weve had 44 matches over the past six weeks, but now here we are on the eve of the Rugby World Cup semi finals. Both are taking place at the
which has been ordered to evacuate. the palestinian red crescent say it s impossible to move the hundreds of patients being treated there, including babies in incubators. the un s main relief agency has warned that the social fabric in gaza is starting to break because of a lack of basic supplies. this is the live camera shot from israel looking into gaza where the missile strikes have continued for another day, heading into past three weeks now since this war on hamas started. dr 0mar abdel mannan, a paediatric neurologist who has worked in gaza and the west bank since 2011 as part of medical delegations carrying out training and surgery. he s also co founder of gaza medic voices and has been in close contact with doctors in gaza since the fighting broke out, he described what doctors in gaza have been saying. we ve been in contact with doctors and surgeons on the ground since the first day of the escalation, so it is now more than three weeks. what i ve had this morning, an