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england are convincing winners in the final one—day match, but it's australia who retain the women's ashes. all to play for in the men's series, though. and what next for the commonwealth games as victoria pulls out of hosting in 2026 — citing spiralling costs. hello and welcome along to the programme. let's begin with the conclusion of the women's ashes series. england's impressive victory in the final one—day match means the multi—format series has been drawn — enough for holders australia to retain the ashes,

asjoe lynskey reports. the this women's assess the series concludes with a positive result for england. they won the final international by 69 runs on the duckworth—lewis method, and that comprehensive victory was set up by the runs of naps of a run in fact, she loves it batting against the aussies in the moment. she scored a century in four out of five games against them. england set australia a target of 286. that would've been the second highest run—chase in women's 50 had australia got there. they were 97-3 australia got there. they were 97—3 when a rain break interrupted them. at that point, the target was revised

went on to blow in the end, went on to blow pull australia the australia as holders retain the trophy. but england will look back on that as a positive result. they also won the many 50 over series by two games to one. that will be regarded as two positive results for england as they move forward and look to take the new fans they've made on this series with them. the men's ashes series is very much alive. england trailing 2—1 with two tests to play. the fourth of which starts on wednesday at old trafford. the fourth of which starts on wednesday at old trafford. australia have named their starting 11 for the match. opener david warner keeps his place, despite a poor run of form, cameron green comes back into the side after injury and josh hazlewood is the other change. scott boland and spinner todd murphy drop out. australia naming two all rounders with green and mitch marsh, who scored

a century in the last test. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. i don't want to seem it's just talking about the weather here at old trafford, but look, it disrupted the final day and it will do some expect we expect the match. how to deal with that? that's on the mind of england's captain. we that? that's on the mind of england's captain. we knew we had to win _ england's captain. we knew we had to win the _ england's captain. we knew we had to win the last _ england's captain. we knew we had to win the last game, - england's captain. we knew we had to win the last game, so i i had to win the last game, so i think that sort of helped us a little bit. maybe again with the weather that's predicted, it might bring sort of a bit more out of us again knowing that we have push the game on. if the weather is what is it like and was predicted to be, we might have to.— we might have to. sounds exciting- _ we might have to. sounds exciting. of _ we might have to. sounds exciting. of course, - we might have to. sounds exciting. of course, this l we might have to. sounds| exciting. of course, this is less of a pressing issue for australia. it could rain for five days, the match will be drawn, they would still retain the ashes. interesting in terms

of two all rounders. maybe that's a defensive strategy strengthening their baton. for their hard—working captain pat cummins, he's had a week off and he's seen today reenergized. i and he's seen today reenergized.- and he's seen today reeneruized. ., , reenergized. i love playing cricket still. _ reenergized. i love playing cricket still. main - reenergized. i love playing cricket still. main reason l reenergized. i love playing i cricket still. main reason why do it. — cricket still. main reason why do it, when i was a kid wanting to win— do it, when i was a kid wanting to win games for australia, so the bowling can drain energy. but i — the bowling can drain energy. but i love _ the bowling can drain energy. but i love it, i don't mind it a chore _ but i love it, i don't mind it a chore or— but i love it, i don't mind it a chore or something hard to do. a chore or something hard to d0~ those _ a chore or something hard to do. those of the windows, just make _ do. those of the windows, just make sure _ do. those of the windows, just make sure i completely decompress and come back. were those this kind _ decompress and come back. were those this kind of _ decompress and come back. were those this kind of scenario? - those this kind of scenario? for sure. those this kind of scenario? forsure. it those this kind of scenario? for sure. it was always against england — for sure. it was always against england in— for sure. it was always against england in the back yard. what did england — england in the back yard. what did england need? _ england in the back yard. what did england need? they- england in the back yard. m�*iat did england need? they need james anderson to have a pending classic bowling

performance. the weather, they can't control. the commonwealth games federation insists the event doesn't face an existential threat, after the state of victoria in australia pulled out of hosting the 2026 games. the state claims the projected costs have now tripled to around $4 billion us dollars and is "well and truly too much" to bear. but the federation says interest in the games remains strong across the commonwealth. we just launched a new strategic plan over the last month called commonwealth united and we went through extensive consultation with all and the incidental sports federation and federation and athletes and stakeholders, talking about what was their vision for the commonwealth? they were absolutely buoyant in terms of the future, started to talk about different products outside of housing the main games. what do we do about the commonwealth championships? what are the ways we can bring things to different parts of the commonwealth rather

than bouncing between the more traditional host? there was a lots of excitement about where we take the games. golf's open championship starts on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy will be among the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishman returns to the course for the first time since lifting the claretjug at royal liverpool nine years ago. he's been speaking to stephen watson. i haven't been here since 2014, and it's like such a long time. it's not like i think about it all that often, so it's nice to come back and some of the memories of that week come back to me. it's nice coming back to major venues you have won before, but it also makes you feel old doing this for a while. it's good to be back. you're feeling old, butjust as passionate and driven for more success?

yes, absolutely, i think even more so than back then in 2014. so many close calls since. i've had a great nine years and won lots of tournaments, but the big four have eluded me and hopefully that's you're coming here in great form after the superb win in scotland. with that last day with how windy it was. to get the job done, i think the way i think the way i played the last two holes, i think went into the and the two seasons, i can always draw on that memory of being able to get it done under the toughest of conditions. it was an amazing finish and a perfect way to come into this week. finally, what kind of test they think would here this week?

it's the same golf course, essentially. but one less par—5, i guess? it would provide a stern test. lots of midirons and not a lot of wedges, quite a few scoring opportunities, but like all major championships, just, you have to keep the ball in play. the more fairways and greens you can hit, the better. jonas vingegaard has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the tour de france, after outclassing tadej pogacar in the individual time trial on stage 16. the dane won the 22km route on what could be a decisive day of the tour. vingegaard's impressive ride increased his overall lead over pogacar from 10 seconds, to one minute and 48 seconds. two—time winner pogacar now faces a huge task to claw back

ground on the defending champion, before the tour finishes in paris on sunday. lionel messi took part in his first full training session with inter miami on tuesday. one of the men responsible for bringing him to major league soccer is franchise co—owner david beckham, who says they won't necessarily expect an immediate impact from the world cup winner. leo will need time to adjust. it's a different league. it's a different team, different team—mates and a different coach. he knows tata very well. at the end of the day we still have to be patient, we've always been patient and, yes, we want results on the field, but leo will decide, if he starts that's an important part of this, and he has to be ready. but it's a dream. it's a dream that has become a reality. and finally, bjorn borg undoubtedly one

of tennis' greatest players. could his son be on the path to following in his footsteps? 20—year—old leo won his first match on the atp tour on tuesday, beating fellow swede elias ymer in straight sets at the swedish open. leo, who is ranked a37th in the world, will have to go some way to match his father's legacy though. bjorn won 11 grand slam titles, including five back—to—back wimbledon crowns before retiring at just 26.

that frontal system there, that was tuesday's rain—maker. it is moving away eastwards. high pressure trying to build from the west, but there'll still be some showers on wednesday. early cloud and patchy rain in eastern england, that tending to clear, then some spells of sunshine but a scattering of showers. wales and the south west of england, not seeing too many showers. northern scotland likely to stay quite cloudy and breezy throughout the day. and temperatures for lerwick only up to 12 degrees, further south, 2a the high in london. through wednesday night, the showers will tend to fade, we'll see clear skies overhead, one or two mist or fog patches.

and with those clear skies, it is going to be actually quite a cool night for the time of year, widely in the towns and cities, 8—12 degrees. but there will be places in the countryside that gets a little chillier than that. so a cool start to thursday morning, but a bright start with spells of sunshine. again, some showers will develop. the odd heavy one is possible. still some quite large areas of cloud across northern parts of scotland and temperatures north to south between 15—23 degrees. that covers it for most of us. but we will tend to see more clouds spilling in from the west. and some outbreaks of rain are likely to move into parts of northern ireland and northwest scotland, drier further south and east, albeit with the chance for the odd shower and temperatures of 14—21 degrees. but as we head into the weekend, we see another frontal system attached to this area of low pressure. that will be working in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain for many of us. and on the southern flank of that system, some quite strong winds. so, into the weekend some

rain at times, albeit with some drier interludes. turning windy down towards the south and remaining fairly cool.

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