Football. Well start with football, and one of the games Greats Rafael Varane has announced his retirement at the age of 31. The french World Cup Winner injured his knee last month on his debut for newly promoted como in serie a, and its forced him call time on his career. He won the Fa Cup with Manchester United last season, but the defender will be most closely associated with Real Madrid before that, a 10 year spell the Spanish Giants that saw him win 18 trophies including three La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. He was capped 93 times for his country, winning the World Cup in 2018 Manchester United start their Europa League Campaign later. They face dutch Side Fc Twente at old trafford. Its the club where the united manager erik ten hag made his name as a player and then cut his teeth as a coach under Steve Mclaren at the time. Ten hag says he still has a soft spot for his former side and would rather not be playing them but knows the competition offers a path to the Champi
Can only help us in that cause. Now to the Us Open Tennis where the wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian Qualifier Elena Gabriela ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. Krejcikova who was knocked out of the quarterfinals at the olympics chose not to play any hard Court Warm up events going into the tournament, and withdrew from the tournament in toronto with a thigh injury. In the mens draw, fourth Seed Alexander Zverev is in action in the louis armstrong stadium. Hes taking on Alexandre Muller of france, the two have never met before. Zverev has taken the first two sets the second one a closer affair, went to a tie break. Zverev leads the third set 3 1. While the former semi finalist Grigor Dimitrov is through to the third round, the bulgarian ninth Seed Beat australian rinky Hiji Kata in straight sets. Cricket and England And Sri lanka are making their final prepa
Really looking forward to tomorrow. Guehi to newcastle . Ugarte to Manchester United . What of merino, mctominay and ramsdale . Well bring you the latest premier League Transfer news. Well bring you up to speed with the brits in action on day two of the us open. Coming up, we are in the nets as england and sri lanka prepare for the second test match at lord s. And arnie stone comes back after much dedication, energy and surgery. Weve been catching up with dame sarah storey too and well start sportsday in paris because this time tomorrow, well be gearing up for the Opening Ceremony of the paralympic games. Blissfully its expected to be dry unlike the olympics one last month. Paralympics gb are sending a squad of 215 athletes, targeting between 100 and 140 medals. Well, those athletes has chosen their flagbearers to represent them in the place de la concorde. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has more. Welcome to the paralympics of gb headquarters here in paris, and it was here early this mo
This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people we have seen amputees, and we have seen children as young as 12. These events cannot be allowed to go on. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes, with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. In the pre dawn darkness, only the chaos was clear. How and why the shooting started is not yet properly understood. Israel says troops felt threatened. The un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly needed fuel and medicine to shifa hospital, demanding israel do more to open up the north. Jordan is still dropping aid from the air. The United States now set to follow suit. Desperate somehow to make a difference. But airdrops are no substitute for a proper relief effort. No matter where we go into north gaza from or indeed all of the gaza strip, it could be from air, land, sea. It doesnt matter as long as there is enough aid t
One of the un team shared what he saw at the hospital. From jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. How are so many people injured . With a shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . This hospitaljust reading some of the survivors, and now, for the First Time Since thursday, first hand testimony from the un. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with Gunshot Wounds we have seen amputees, and we have seen children as young as 12. These events cannot be allowed to go on. This man is haunted by what he saw on the convoy. Whether soldiers firing deliberately, he is asked. Yes,. Only the chaos was clear. How and why the shooting started is not properly understood. The crowds were huge, the panic palpable. Israel said troops felt threatened. Tanks were present. There is no evidence of aircraft being involved. The un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly needed fuel and medicine to the hospital, demanding israel