and instead, it was 52 year old phil mickelson who rode into contention. mickelson who rode into contention. mickelson began the final round some ten shots adrift but he really rolled back the years to set a testing target. butjon rahm held his nerve over the closing holes. he has proved himself to be one of the most consistent players in golf over recent years he won the us open in 2021 and he never looked like losing his composure as he held on for victory. and what that means is that jon rahm becomes the fourth spanish man to win the masters, after seve ballesteros, josemaria olives about and sergio garcia. this famous tournament injohn ryan certainly has a worthy winner. an emotional victory for rahm and an historic one too. he s become the first european to win both the masters and the us open. if there is anything better than accomplishing some thing like this, making history, you tell me that to be the first european ever to do that, it is hard to explain. out of all t
to give a lecture reads the guardian. the telegraph also leads with the stabbing of salman rushdie reporting that he was airlifted to hospital. and the daily express describes the attack as frenzied . some other stories featuring this evening the ft leads with the news that the new prime minister will face a public finance crunch, with debt payment and the nation s welfare bill set to soar. a picture of a very dry field is on the front of the i warning that drought will shrink food crops in the uk. but the star has a positive slant on the drought story reporting that rivers that are home to beavers are less likely to dry up. so, let s begin. with salman rushdie. it s like a holding statement of the moment from the newspapers. the police in new york say really what we ve been taught now for about five hours is that salman rushdie is in surgery and that is all we know. the front of the telegraph is perhaps the biggest selection of images and although the images appear
Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable turn of events. The backbone the green grass of home, a reception for andy murray at queens, even if the opponent was not quite true he was expecting. The australian Jord
Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable turn of events. The backbone the green grass of home, a reception for andy murray at queens, even if the opponent was not quite true he was expecting. The australian Jord