Aggravating the injury by playing in the tournament in the united states. It is a blow to raducanus comeback following an injury disrupted 2023 season. The 2021 us open champion was beaten in straight sets by world number two Aryna Sabalenka in the third round at indian wells last week. Cobain new has received his first call up to the england senior squad. Kobe mainoo. All other 25 players arrived at the squad ahead of the friendlies against brazil and belgium. Fans of lionel messi who bought tickets to a friendly in hong kong that he didnt play in will be given a 50 refund. Some 38,000 spectators at the sold out Hong Kong Stadium booed and demanded their money back at the end of the game after messi stayed on the bench throughout the match due to an inury. Fans had paid up to £530 each to watch the 36 year old. Match organisers have confirmed they will pay out, which is expected to cost them £5. 6 million. Messi will also miss argentinas upcoming friendlies against el salvador and c
autumn and although it will feel warm by the weekend, it will feel pretty autumnal with wet, windy weather affecting more western parts of the country. we ve got high pressure dominating the scene today, a few weather fronts across the south. they brought showers to south east england, the odd heavy one in hampshire and berkshire. further north, an odd shower but most places dry. the best of the sunshine across the north and it will feel quite warm, low 20s for many, up to the mid 20s in the south east, quite breezy across southern areas. the showers get going across southern areas, more widespread, the odd heavy one, rumbles of thunder, showers in the far north west of the uk as well. in warmer air mass so not quite as chilly across scotland as the last few nights. for friday, high pressure dominates the scene but we ve been closed in by the weather fronts, one in the south bringing showers to england and wales, some heavy once for south west scotland and northern ireland, b
in county tyrone, northern ireland. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to meet union leaders in a bid to end the council workers strike crisis tributes pour in for bbc breakfast presenter and journalist bill turnbull, who s died at the age of 66. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine year old olivia pratt korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detectives have now released cctv of the gunman running from the scene. a 35 year old man who was the target of the attack, and was on parole, is still being treated in hospital and will be sent back to prison when he s discharged. detective chief superintendent mark kameen gave an update about the investigation at a news conference. i m going to show you some footage in a moment of a man that murdered olivia. i m doing this because people may recognise what he s wearing. it may also help people remember seeing
Elsewhere, a swan song or perhaps not. On the eve of the tournament, rafael nadal refuses to say if this is his final french open. Also coming up on sportsday for this first time this season, Max Verstappen wont lead the grid as he misses out on the record for consecutive poles, after a bad afternoon in monaco for the reigning world champion. Welcome to the programme. It was a repeat of last years fa cup final, but with a different result. Despite facing difficult questions about the future of boss erik ten hag, his Manchester United side denied rivals Manchester City from securing a league and cup double by winning 2 1 at wembley. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks has the story. Familiar foes with vastly different fortunes. As reports intensified about the fate of Manchester Uniteds manager, fans laid blame firmly elsewhere. You have to start to question the players eventually. Back the manager, all day long. The players need to have a look at themself. Would this be ten hags las