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time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. here are the main headlines this evening, rory mcilroy continues his recovery from a poor start of the open championship to play his way back into contention. we will have news from the tour de france as chris froome closes in on a historic fourth title. we look ahead to more medal chances this evening after hannah cockroft‘s success at the world para athletics championships. i will bring you the latest on tom dooley in the diving as wells look ahead to swimming element here in budapest. good evening. plenty to come, but we

have to begin at royal birkdale brady 146 open championship is nearing the halfway point, first let's ta ke nearing the halfway point, first let's take a look at how things stand at the moment. it was a disappointing start to the week for rory mcilroy but the former world number one had a second round of 68 to end up one under par and gives himself a chance. matt kuchar got into the clubhouse with a 71, four under par. two shots behind his fellow american jordan spieth, under par. two shots behind his fellow americanjordan spieth, six under, playing very well indeed. dealing with the conditions, adam wyle is that the course. good to see you have got yourjacket on, the weather has played its part today. it certainly has. it has been particularly miserable for players and spectators alike this afternoon, we have had the wind, rain, play

even suspended temporarily earlier on this afternoon when we had thunder and lightning. it has been particularly difficult conditions, players not only battling each other and the course, but the weather conditions here at royal birkdale as well. there has been plenty for the crowd to cheer, rory mcilroy going very nicely this morning and then two englishmen in contention this afternoon, it is set up a tantalising weekend, my colleague has been watching the action. friday is for birkdale that back, a date to be blown off course. if you started in the afternoon. clambering from the calm this morning, the roars for rory mcilroy continued where he left off last night, three birdies in six holes saw him shoot into the top ten and he closed on one under. overnight leader matt kuchar could not replicate yesterday's 65, three birdies today were tempered by four bogeys, but he is still the

clubhouse leader on four under. as mother nature turned, some players started to lose their grip. some, but not all, jordan spieth already has two majors to his name and was scrambling like this, he is in contention for number three. so too are some englishman, richard bland, 21 speed's senior, he had two birdies in his opening four holes and ian poulter, a liberal part second round to set on three under par. he will reign supreme on sunday could still contain an element of surprise. yes, still wide open, as ben was saying there. i am delighted to say i am joined by dave smith, eight times a winner on the european tour. how difficult ids conditions? very difficult, the wind this morning, even though it didn't rain, very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you never very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you never have the same shot on any other holder, you

are playing into the wind, across the wind, downwind, a lot of variation. that keeps the players on their toes, but the wind was so strong it made life very hard. one players who missed the rain was rory mcilroy, he finished early and finished early, two under piper has read, here is what had to say. any even par in those conditions is going to be a really good score today, i got off to the best possible start, continuing her i left off la st possible start, continuing her i left off last night, made some birdies early on, but give me a petition to play with. i needed to make some big up and downs in the middle of the round. i did exactly what i wanted to do. get end and finished the tournament under par for the first two days. watch and see what the guys to this afternoon. rory, rightfully, pretty glad to have got in the clubhouse and i said earlier. how good was that round?m

was fantastic, he was vital, six over yesterday, packing his bags to go home and then he pressed the go button and played a great golf, fortu nately button and played a great golf, fortunately it's continued this morning and opened up very aggressively, going for shots in difficult conditions, he showed the type of class we know he has, but it has not been there lately. it is great to see it back again. great for the tournament and the spectators, despite the weather there has been some real players to cheer around the course today. two englishmen near the top. cheer around the course today. two englishmen near the toplj cheer around the course today. two englishmen near the top. i was rained with the ian poulter match today and he played fantastic. you have got the best players in the world here, even though conditions are difficult you are still going to see great golf. if you gain isn't a tiptop, it is curtains. history is not on their side. we haven't had an english winner of the all open for 25 years. that are surprising. it is amazing that should have happened. i don't know if there was ever an

english winner on this golf course, somebody said. let's be changes this week. there has never been a british at birkdale. who else has caught your eye? group would germany be? jordan spieth is the favourite, he is front running at the moment, he is front running at the moment, he isa is front running at the moment, he is a very good front runner and doing amazing things. i wasn't with his match, but i am missing on the phone, he is chipping in and holding putts from 30 feet. all the signs are he is going to be hard to catch, but he still have to finish assuming he avoids the difficulties out there, one bad shot can cause a lot of problems. it is going to be an intriguing weekend of us. just one rather sobering note to bring you news wires from here at royal birkdale, we heard that henrik stenson, last year's wenner, he has announced that yesterday whilst he was playing, whilst he was out on the course, his rented house here at royal birkdale was burgled. thankfully, he had already given

back the claretjug, but we have taken all his clothes. he has said he hopes it doesn't spoil his championship too much, but at a particularly sour note for henrik stenson today. we have got in the play highlights on the bbc website, you can watch those, and highlights on bbc one from eight o'clock. ok, thank you very much. this should be one smiling picture on sunday there and this weekend as well. chris froome it should win his fortitude two difference title, tour de france title, he's arrived today's the longest siege of the tournament, he has a 23 seconds lead after the 183 miles today. the stage was won by the norwegian in marseille. richard conway is in paris for the race ends on sunday. the sun is shining, lots of fans flocking into paris, lots of

cyclists as well as you can see over here now, lots of people in lycra, coming to enjoy the festival of cycling that surrounds the whole tour de france. that traffic will be gone on sunday and it willjust be the riders left in the tour de france, battling it out for that stage victory. we will know by then who the overall winner is, who is in that yellow jersey, will who the overall winner is, who is in that yellowjersey, will it be chris froome, a time trial in marseille awaits, but another day of action in the tour. 1938 milestone, 216 to go. chris froome ever closer to that forced tory victory and joining the ra nks forced tory victory and joining the ra n ks of forced tory victory and joining the ranks of cycling's all—time greats. he would not have expected much action today as the tory left the alps bitter rain was too flat to allied froome's rivals a chance to attack. a group of 20 riders broke awaits to establish a significant lead equally significant that in

none of them were a threat to froome. if there are any twist and turns left in the battle for the yellow jersey, we are turns left in the battle for the yellowjersey, we are being saved up for tomorrow's time trial. the blue jerseys and the green. they are happy to simply track froome and team's guide to the finish. he broke clear of the leading group to pick up clear of the leading group to pick upa win clear of the leading group to pick up a win for team dimension data and make upfor mark up a win for team dimension data and make up for mark cavendish leaving early. froome happy to go across the line, his lead still 23 seconds, all he needs is one more good day. one more day is all it should say, chris froome closing in on a historic tour de france in italy. the former track champion has been commentating on the race for the bbc, he says is froome can do it it will be his best fight yet. he has never been able to relax, none of the top four or five guys have been

able to relax in this year's torah. i think this one, if you can pull that jersey on i think this one, if you can pull thatjersey on in paris, will probably be remembered for the one that he really, really had to work for. the thing that has impressed me most with chris froome is the fact he has not once seemed to panic, he has been on the back body couple of times, he had a bad day, he had a real panic day when he had to have a bike change, when his closest rival at the time were riding on the front. he did not falter. from past tours, overlaying those performances with this year's torah, if you can continue over the next couple of days and take that yellow jersey this will probably rank as has best performance. beginning in mind the tight margins. chris hyde has called on british cycling to back governance reforms 01’ cycling to back governance reforms or risk losing £43 million in public funding. the six time olympic gold medallist has written to the ten

regional shares of british cycling's membership before the vote on the proposals tomorrow morning. so far, the government had a mixed results, persuading sports to adopt its new code for sports governance. we are keeping you up—to—date with the world para athletics championships, dh gets underway shortly with plenty of british medal hopes wanting to add to the total of 29 so far. kate is that the london stadium for us. before we get to denote's action, a fantastic moment for hannah cockroft last night, really a n for hannah cockroft last night, really an amazing performance for her. yes, welcome to a very windy london stadium. the dust has finally settled following hanna's amazing achievement last night, three golds at these championships, but more impressively town world titles to her name. she struggled with illness and sickness in the lead up to these championships, but she still a

hugely dominating performance in bt ‘s 34 400 metres, no one could come close to her in that final 100 metres. i think catching up with her this morning she felt that actually she had done quite well yesterday and she can be proud of what she has achieved. and the realisation of what that achievement can be has finally settled in. the fact i am now going to reason is stadium again feels a little bit sad, and came out here today and i was like, i wish i could do the 400 and the map i feel a bit prettier, ifeel i could go bit quicker. but it's going to take a while to sink in. i am pretty chuffed, i have just a while to sink in. i am pretty chuffed, i havejust been a while to sink in. i am pretty chuffed, i have just been out to collect my gold, my third gold. i got my coat and stayed with me and thatis got my coat and stayed with me and that is always special. it's about saying to thank you to those who have followed you the whole way through and helped me get to that stage. success last night, a third of the medal table at the moment, what should we be looking out for later on. it is a fairly quiet

evening for brits this evening, only two in action, but two very good chances for medals. you may remember cox from the rio olympics. she will be looking to further their success here. she goes in bt 38 400 metres, the event she won a gold at the rio olympics. she will be favourite to be topping that podium. also in bt 36 400 metres, this is the event he won at the rio olympics, but he has been focusing more on this prince, he has not had a great championship so he has not had a great championship so farand he has not had a great championship so far and has got tough competition from a young australianjames turner who won the 200 metres earlier in the week in a world record time. definitely a medal chances here on day eight but only two athletes in action. thanks very much forjoining us. london will be a special place for

jessica ennis—hill. she missed out on gold at the world athletics championships in 2011 but after the russian athlete had her results annulled, jessica ennis—hill will now receive her record equalling third world gold in heptathlon at the scene of her olympic triumph backin the scene of her olympic triumph back in 2012. it has been bubbling away for quite a while and there has been investigations and everything has had to be sorted out properly. yeah, iamjust has had to be sorted out properly. yeah, i am just really happy and relieved that i am finally going to get my hands at golden madl i should have had in 2011. a time olympic gold medallist will be appearing in the 100 metres at the world club championship next month, usain bolt. that'll be his last major event before retirement. he will be an action at the diamond league meeting in monaco this evening. he says he is hoping to go under ten seconds for the first time this year as his preparations for london continue.|j

don't preparations for london continue.” don't worry about anybody in the race, i don't worry about anybody in the race, lam don't worry about anybody in the race, i am here to run and to execute. 1.5 runs is not something i stress about. i am here to run fast and entertain the crowd, but i am here to work on different things, to get perfect for when the big race comes in three weeks. for me, i want to win, i want to execute and perform, but i am here to also execute and make sure i can try and get as close to a perfect race and get as close to a perfect race and get better. leading up to the world championships. tom daley has been in action at the world aquatic championships, hoping for redemption in the ten metre platform having missed out on a place at the final at last year's olympics. he is into tomorrow's final having come through today's opening two rounds. this from budapest. welcome back to budapest, talking all things swimming shortly, but first it is the penultimate day of diving which has been a

productive one for tom daley, no repeat of the olympic drama last year on which he missed out in the olympic final at rio 2016. he is through the preliminaries and semifinals into the world final, taking place on saturday afternoon. it was in the back of my head with what went on in the olympics, ijust wa nted what went on in the olympics, ijust wanted to be steady and enjoy it, enjoy competing and have fun in the diving board. would you enjoy being on the podium tomorrow as well, wouldn't you ? on the podium tomorrow as well, wouldn't you? i would, on the podium tomorrow as well, wouldn't you? iwould, buti on the podium tomorrow as well, wouldn't you? iwould, but i have got to get step—by—step, just going to go out there and enjoy it. his team—mates also progressed to the ten metre final with the fifth highest score. from diving to swimming, the 27 strong british team will begin their bid for world medals from sunday, led by the olympic champion adam beauty. in the post to michael phelps eager he is hoping to be the new superstar. at the last world in 2015, 81 to individual titles but insists he is not just looking to individual titles but insists he is notjust looking to defend them

here. defending seems a little bit relaxed, i am just defending it, whereas attacking, you are attacking your times, attacking your world records. it seems a bit more aggressive and that was going to push me on in the pool every day. the woman's side of the team will include nine debutants, competing in their first—ever world championships, including the youngest freya anderson, she is just 16,62 youngest freya anderson, she is just 16, 62 and still growing. the best medal prospect comes in the form of siobhan, a silver medallist at rio 2016. after the mac, it was the first time i felt confident about my swimming. ican first time i felt confident about my swimming. i can do it when the pressure is on. in budapest, i want to back up what i did last year and get on the podium. the british team... although it is not impossible to see them beating that, realistically, something in the region of six which is what they achieved at rio 2016 would be seen asa

achieved at rio 2016 would be seen as a success. it is time to document the women's cricket world cup. a huge final between india and england. we will talk to former england. we will talk to former england world cup winner holly, from the icc‘s point of view, we will start from a wider point of view. how do you think the string it has gone? we have come such a long way since 2013, we have now got a global audiences of 50 million viewers and the attendance has been fantastic throughout this tournament, and to have a salad final at lord's‘s has been phenomenal. the amount of women and girls, 50% being women and girls, it is fantastic. for the global game to have all of the match is available to view has been getting the game out there and to the world. you mentioned that sold—out final on sunday. this is on offer between england and india. that final was sold out before the teams were even known. what indication does that give of the popularity of this tournament, here

in the uk? it has been amazing to see a salad final even before the hosts, england and india, who have a massive passionate following, were confirmed in the final, it proved a few doubters wrong. that has been the most pleasing thing, to have that take—up of the global women's event being so taken aback by the audience. for the legacy of this team, how important is that they when that final on sunday? those players are never going to have the opportunity again in a lifetime to have a whole world cup, to inspire a nation that is behind them and to inspire young girls to take up the game. it can really grow cricket in this country. i think it is going to bea this country. i think it is going to be a defining moment for women's cricket in england. world cup winner speaking to me a little bit earlier. can that england side take the trophy once again this time at their home world cup? we have been with

the kent today as they go through their final preparations. the kent today as they go through theirfinal preparations. here the kent today as they go through their final preparations. here we are at lord's, head of the women's world cup final on sunday, england are taking on india and i am joined by the england advice captain anya shrubsole, is starting to feel more real? without doubt, we have spent a couple of days ago now. it is coming round quickly. we have started to realise we are part of the world cup final. what does it mean to you personally and at the site? coming out and the home of cricket, not a southern england side for the women's in? it is massive, this tournament has done a huge amount for the women's game in terms of showcasing the talents and where is at. there is no better condiment of the tournament than to have a salad here at the final. i would like to think that as being part of that final has played a part in that as well. the tournament overall has been played in such great way, you only have to look at the number of i’u ns only have to look at the number of runs being screwed to show how good it has been. hopefully the final

will be a brilliant showcase for. what you doing the next 24, 48 hours? we have our final preparations here tomorrow. we're going to watch the line came tonight, making use of being in london, going out for the evening. it is trying to sleep on saturday night, trying to keep those nerves in the excitement at bay and get out your ready to play on sunday. preparations will continue for both sides and for the ground as well, preparing to host a full house for the finals between india and england on sunday. the international tennis federation has bad to time major from all of its events until the end of next year, it is in response to his behaviour at a fed cup match in april when he was captaining romania against gb. he had a series of outbursts, found guilty of making inappropriate and racially motivated comments about serena williams‘s unborn child, making advances of a

sexual nature to the gb captain, threatening a member of the press and officials and verbally abusing the opposition. he was also fined just under £8,000. some football news, liverpool have completed the signing of hull city and scotland defender andrew robertson. he spent three years at hull since the switch at dundee united and has now moved to anfield for a fee believed to be around £8 million. the football action has continue to be at the women's european championship in the netherlands, the second set of group matches in group b, the early kick—off, sweden beat russia, they won it to nel, germany will be facing italy tonight, that is that quarter to eight this evening. both scotla nd quarter to eight this evening. both scotland and england's women play on sunday, with contrasting moods in either camp when england beat the scots 6—0. katie has more on what's

ahead. england have had a series of meetings today with attention very much focused on sunday's match with spain, there was a definite spring in the step of the players who were at the training ground here today. they seem to be really enjoying that pressure of being one of the favourites here at euro 2017. karen said earlier in the week the younger players have a confidence about them, they expect to win every time them, they expect to win every time the wok onto the pitch, particularly after their 6—0 win over scotland in the opening game. i asked lucy bronze about it, she was one of a number of the squad who in the under 19 euros. we are dying for success and a lot of players have the trophies and have played in big games to back that confidence that we have. the older players have more to be confident about, i didn't think he realises, we are bringing that ate and them, they are keeping oui’ that ate and them, they are keeping our feet that ate and them, they are keeping ourfeet on that ate and them, they are keeping our feet on the floor as well. the

only downside for england in their opening match against scotland was the two yellow cards picked up, one for the captain stephanie and one for the captain stephanie and one forjill scott as well. if they pick up forjill scott as well. if they pick up another one, they miss the next game. they said they were disappointed but it would not change the way they were going to play against spain on sunday. as for scotland, they really do have plenty to work on after that 6—0 defeat. the court said they are not going to let that get them down. for the good of this tournament, we need tojust put that behind us and just now look at the portugal game. i spoke about ita at the portugal game. i spoke about it a lot, the players have been fantastic. we can't do anything about it, but is gone, we need to learn from it. i think it was, like isaid learn from it. i think it was, like i said yesterday, i think we were taking a little bit of the location. on the other hand, we are still

here, we are still in it, we just need to do as we said from the beginning to take one game at a time. scotland have been dealt another blow at this euros with the news that jean rost another blow at this euros with the news thatjean rost has been ruled out of theirfinal news thatjean rost has been ruled out of their final two group matches, the manchester city striker picked up a shoulder injury in a clash with steph horton against england, shejoins clash with steph horton against england, she joins a clash with steph horton against england, shejoins a long list of absentees. scotland will have to bounce back without her when they ta ke bounce back without her when they take on portugal in the second group d match in rotterdam on sunday. big matches to come this weekend. you can keep up—to—date with all the action, rugby league this evening at super league on the bbc sport website. you can stay up—to—date with the golf on the website, jordan spieth has dropped a shot, five under through 14, still bleeding. that is all from sportsday. there is more sport throughout the evening. very wet and windy weather across

parts of western britain including wales and the south—west of england, this was from devon earlier on, you can see the choppy seas and the cloud producing some heavy rain. we have seen the back edge of that rain pushing the east, but further east every second weather watcher picture comes from suffolk, clear skies, a very pleasant afternoon and feeling quite warmed air across parts of eastern england. through the course of the weekend we will continue to see a fairly unsettled team with blustery showers, drier, sunnier spells but things will feel relatively fresh for the time of year. relatively fresh for the time of yea r. low pressure relatively fresh for the time of year. low pressure very much in charge of a weather as we head through the course of this evening and overnight. very slowly drifting further northwards and eastwards. this band of heavy rain in the western world push northwards and eastwards a cross western world push northwards and eastwards across northern and eastern parts of england overnight tonight. it will ease, the rain will

not be quite as heavy. temperatures for most of us holding on about 13 01’ for most of us holding on about 13 or 14 degrees. through the day tomorrow, low—pressure in the west, blustery winds circulating allege that low—pressure, showery and breezy. elsewhere, the show as fewer and further between but heavy showers pushing their weight northwards and eastwards. scotland and northern ireland getting away with the best of the dry and bright weather, temperatures around 22 degrees. it looks like there's going to bea degrees. it looks like there's going to be a predominantly dry seem to be weather, less windy than it was today. there is still a chance in the future risk, particularly and the future risk, particularly and the afternoon. saturday evening will see chevre is moving eastwards, they will start to ease away overnight, but we could see some lingering into the early hours of sunday morning. what about sunday? shaping up to be another day of sunshine and showers. the focus of the servers will be further north and east, better day than the likes of south wales, don't

work the south—east. a scattering of showers, you could see the odd rumble of thunder with one or two of those heavier showers. territories around 17 to 22 degrees, in the sunshine between any chevre as it should feel quite pleasant and showers as easily as high pressure builds on to monday and tuesday and things turning warmer, we could see those temperatures in the mid—20s. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven. a bbc investigation finds evidence of children as young as 9 being groomed on a live—streaming app — the nspcc calls the evidence disturbing. so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes by a pack of people online. it is really shocking. the white house spokesman sean spicer has resigned after president trump appointed a wall street financier as his head of communications. farmers are told they will get eu subsidies post brexit — but only if they earn them.

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