winners over marseille and maccabi haifa prevailed 2—1 in slovakia against slovan bratislava with all three goals in that match coming in the opening 15 minutes. elsewhere, rangers won 2—1 at home to swiss side servette with the visitors grabbing what could be a crucial goal ahead of the home leg next week. we had some really good chances, but obviously we go there one goal up, but we will obviously treat that game as if we were going in 0—0. so it's a good start, a better performance compared to the weekend, so we know we move on from this. and do you feel that obviously with another game under your belt on saturday before that second leg, the performance will be all be improved? does that give you confidence you can go out there and finish the job? yeah, you, know, it's another game to gel together and who is asked to play on the weekend,. they're going to give it 100%. and anyone who's asked to play the second leg, you know, we're going to give it our all to make sure we're in the next round. so we have just got to keep working hard and keep pushing. and the results will come. with just two days to go until the new premier league season starts, wolves have made a managerial change. gary o'neil has been appointed to take over from julen lopetegui who left after a long—running disagreement with the club about transfers. o'neil has signed a 3—year deal after being sacked by bournemouth despite helping them avoid relegation last season. their first match of the new campaign is on monday against manchester united. it boosted gary o'neil's standing in the game and i think wolves have decided that is the way to go. it's interesting because in recent times with lopetegui, bruno lage, with especially nuno espirito santo, wolves have gone down the continental managerial route. now almost for the first time in a decade they are going to get an english guy in charge and it will be interesting to see how that goes. west ham have agreed a fee of £30 million, that's around $38 million each, for both southampton captain james ward—prowse and manchester united defender harry maguire. the england international had slipped down the pecking order at old trafford under erik ten hag who took the captaincy off maguire at the start of preseason. it's not thought agreeing personal terms will be a problem. to the women's world cup and should england win their quarterfinal they could face co—hosts australia, who are not only the last team to beat the european champions. they have star striker sam kerr back in their ranks after injury. jane dougall reports. the all time top scorer for australia. sam kerr is the poster girl for this world cup campaign, but the chelsea striker, whose celebratory backflips have become her trademark, started from very humble beginnings. kerr grew up in a suburb of perth called fremantle and her primary school was where her talents were first recognised. samantha practiced her backflip over here on the school oval. she would get out there with a group of girls and they would all try and emulate her. marian burt was sam's pe teacher and remembers a pupil who just loved sport. she was always that student that would get up and go, and it didn't matter what she picked up, what sort of sporting equipment. little bit cheeky sometimes at school. push her luck. but because she was such a lovely person, she could get away with it. this mural of sam kerr is right in the heart of the area that she grew up, looking over all the young girls and boys who aspire to be like her. this is where she was taught to play football or soccer, as she calls it. and back then, those who knew kerr had a feeling she might become a global superstar. at 15, kerr signed for perth glory, where she was spotted by coach bobby despotovski. i saw this kid running so fast. i'm going, "oh, this is exceptional." "if she starts converting chances to probably about 75 "to 80% of the chances converted, she's going to be the best footballer in the world." and, you know, she laughed in my face. despite being the talisman for australia, they've had to get through the group stages without kerr, after a calf injury confined her to the sidelines. bobby is in contact with sam and said it's been tough. she was distraught not to be there, especially playing the world cup on your home soil, you are captain. unfortunately, injuries happen in football and she has to deal with that. but in their first knockout game, a sold out aussie crowd roared their welcome, as sam kerr stepped back onto the pitch. the matildas and the co—hosts have their icon back. jane dougall, bbc news, perth. anthonyjoshua says he's not shocked about what happens in boxing anymore. the former two—time world champion agreed to fight late replacement robert helenius at london's 02 arena on saturday. he had been due to fight dillian whyte, but when he failed a drugs test last weekend, finland's helenius stood in at at less than a week's notice. whyte has denied taking the alleged substance. but 33—year—old joshua thinks the sport has a lot of work to do in cleaning its image up. i don't know how they are going to sort it out or what their solution to this problem, but it clearly has a problem. and the thing is, what we see today, people do wonder how long has this been going on? concern for the up—and—coming fighters, i have had a long career and ifeel like i am neither the start of the middle of it, but towards the end. so if i can make out the end healthy i'm happy. you've got some guys coming through that have got all of these problems in front of them and to do we say that this time is going to happen in boxing? who knows. two of the world's top players — rory mcilroy and jon rahm — have secured their places on the european team at this year's ryder cup against the usa. mcilroy will be playing in his seventh consecutive ryder cup. this year's edition starts at the end of september in italy. jon rahm will be without one of his spanish team—mates this time around, though, liv golfer sergio garcia still isn't eligible to be picked. it is disappointing to see that i'm not going to be able to be part of the ryder cup this year and the dp world tour for the same matter. but it is what it is. at the end of the day, you know, i'm happy where i am and that doesn't change. but i also want to kind of move on and concentrate on the events that i have left and focus on that, because we have enough things in our heads to put more stuff in there and make it even tougher. but, you know, at the end of the day hopefully there will be a way back. the final ladies golf major of the year begins on thursday with the women's open at walton heath. celine boutier goes in as one of the favourites, as she bids for to make it three wins in a row. she claimed her first major on home soil in france at the evian championship, and then followed it up last week with victory at the scottish open. but she's not the only one looking to capitalise on the conditions at the course, according to dame laura davies who is competing in her 43rd open. it is a course for all styles of play, i think. you could obviously put nelly korda at the top of the tree, her game is suited superbly to this now the rain has come. and i like charley's chance, charley hull. she had a great us open, played some unbelievable golf on the sunday. she's not had her best year by any means, i think she would agree to that. but when she's right she's very right and i think this could be a week where her length, she is definitely one of the longer hitters, she could come through as well. at the canadian open in montreal, world number one iga swiatek is through to the third round after a 7—6, 6—2 win over czech karolina pliskova. the pole oversaw the resistance of pliskova with the first set lasting an hour — the second was a much more straight forward affair and she'll face karolina muchova for a place in the last eight as the four time grand slam champion continues to build towards the defence of her us open crown in new york starting later this month. in the men's tournament in toronto former champion daniil medvedev was playing for the first time since his wimbledon semifinal loss against carlos alcaraz. he overcame italian qualifier matteo arnalsi 6—2, 7—5 with minimalfuss, and will face another italian, lorenzo musetti in the last 16. great britain's emma finucane claimed her first major title as she took gold in the women's sprint at the cycling world championships in glasgow. the 20—year—old held on to beat germany's leah friedrich and was also part of the british team to take silver in the women's team sprint. great britain topped the medal count in both the cycling and para cycling events on the track and former paralympic gold—medallist jody cundy says britain are set for a strong showing at paris 202a. it's kind of backed up all the work i have been doing, i've got new coaches, new gym staff, and people who are looking after me. it is a new team i have had to build up around me, so kind of the first fruits of the labour and it's pointed in the right direction, ijust have to knuckle down now and see where we go with the world championships in march next year and then obviously on into paris next august. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. heatwave conditions across the globe have been dominating weather headlines in recent weeks. and this week, we saw a return to heat across iberia. on wednesday afternoon in southern spain, we saw a high of 44 degrees, iii fahrenheit. we are tapping into some of that warmth across the uk — not as extreme. it was a pleasant day on wednesday. thursday, it will be warmer still, with temperatures perhaps peaking at 27, possibly 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. but widespread warmth is expected generally across the country, and that's because we've got high pressure with us for another day. however, this frontal system is going to start to push in late on thursday. a beautiful start, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine coming through. little bit of cloud and mist and murk down to the south—west may linger first thing, a little more cloud into northern ireland and southern scotland as we go through the day. but on the whole, with light winds and a warm, muggy start, those temperatures will respond widely into the mid—20s, possibly, as i say, as high as 27 or 28 degrees. but that cold front is expected to arrive during thursday evening, pushing into northern ireland, and then it will really start to pep up as it moves its way across scotland. it'll be quite light and patchy through central and south—eastern england. a band of cloud through the night, but the rain, the brighter colours denoting the intensity, will be sitting in scotland first thing on friday morning. with the cloud, the wind and the rain and still that southerly breeze, it's going to be a muggy, sticky start, really, to friday. some of that rain will take its time to clear as well in scotland, clinging onto the northern isles with a stronger breeze here. but elsewhere, with a light south—westerly wind starting to pick up through the day, it's a case of sunny spells and blustery showers, the showers few and far between. most of us will continue to see sunshine and, again, some warmth, temperatures widely into the mid—20s. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, we see a return to low pressure once again. closest to the low, that's where we're likely to see the wettest of the weather and the strongest of the winds once again. it's not going to be quite as severe as the weekends just past. and in fact, parts of england and wales should stay largely fine and dry, but a noticeable drop in the feel of the weather, with the risk of some showers the further north and west you are. take care. live from washington. this is bbc news a candidate in ecuador�*s upcoming presidential election is assassinated while on the campaign trail. tragedy in paradise. at least six people have died in wildfires in hawaii. regional leaders meeting in brazil commit to words but few actions in their bid to protect the amazon. hello, i'm helena humphrey. within the last hour or so, news has broken from ecuador, where presidential candidate fernando villavicencio has been assassinated. he was attacked after leaving a campaign event in the capital, quito. mr villavicencio was a member of the country's national assembly, as well as a notable anti—corruption candidate. a member of his campaign team told local media that he was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. his death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished.