that is a indication of how good it was. i am in a great position going into the third day. i was probably top ten going into the third day at birkdale last year. similar enough. lam happy. i feel i played in the toughest of conditions, and our side of the draw, we had to tough it out a little bit. it was more difficult, so i am happy to be in with a shout, and hopefully i can go out and play well again tomorrow and then that would be a big chance going into sunday. it really was much tougher for those coffers that went on earlier today. so here's how the leaderboard looks — rory mcilroy is on a—under, two shots behind the leaders — zachjohnson and fellow american kevin kisner on 6—under. kevin kisner could have been on eight under. he was at one point. tommy fleetwood just a shot behind and defending championjordan spieth is three shots off the lead. tiger woods will make the cut — he's even par.

formula 1 rolls into hockenheim for the german grand prix this weekend. and after his amazing drive at the last race in britain, lewis hamilton will be hoping to build—on the positive momentum as he battles for the championship. today, though, max verstappen laid down the surprise early marker in practise and jennie gow was watching for us. well, the german grand prix took a break last year but we are back here at the hockenheim, and what a fantastic weekend it is going to be. we have already had a lot of action on and off the track, both of the mercedes drivers signing new contracts, lewis hamilton on a multi—million—pound deal for two years and valtteri bottas, his team—mate, signing up for another year with an option for another year on top of that. so, good news for mercedes but on the track it was red all who dominated, daniel ricciardo the fastest in the first session, max verstappen fastest in the second. however, there is a slight problem in that daniel ricciardo has to change some elements in his engine, and that power unit change means a grid penalty and he will start from last. that means there will be

lots of overtaking hopefully from his point of view. however the qualifying, whatever he does, he will start from behind. max verstappen, however, does have a realistic chance of poll position, as do the varietys and the mercedes. ——chance of poll position, as do the ferraris and the mercedes. in the midfield, really tight again. and as for daniel ricciardo at the back, who would have thought this time 20 years ago that it would be the likes of the williams and mclaren is battling it out to see who was going to be last. and that is the reality of this current season in formula 1, those two teams really struggling today. however, it should be a cracking weekend here in the sunshine in germany. jennie gow reporting there. the tour de france is just over half way through and wales‘ geraint thomas still has a healthy overall lead. he finished safely in the main pack on stage 13. which was won by slovakia's peter sagan on the line. it's sagan‘s third stage win and leaves him as the runaway leader in the sprinter‘s points race

after the mountains took their toll on his rivals. so, thomas is still out in front zero one minute and 39 seconds ahead of his sky team mate chris froome. cricket‘s t20 blast continued tonight and lancashire are still top of their group after winning the roses match at old trafford by one run! after a rain delay, lancs captain liam livingstone scored 79 off 37 balls to help them set yorkshire a target of 176 from just 14 overs. in reply, yorkshire got very close, as england'sjoe root and adam lyth made half centuries but they fell just short — losing by that solitary run. it sparked amazing scenes at old trafford! it isa it is a really good advert for the competition. elsewhere there were wins for durham, somerset, hampshire & leicestershire. onto rugby league and castleford tigers missed—out on the chance to go second in super league as they were beaten 32—18 by huddersfield giants.

as they were beaten 32—18 cas lead for much of the first half, but huddersfield took control in the second half withjermaine mcgillvary helping himself to a hat—trick. elsewhere, leeds rhinos beat widnes and warrington won on the road at hull kr. the women's hockey world cup gets under way in london this weekend. 16 nations are taking part with england's opening game tomorrow against india at 2:00. our reporterjo currie is there. preparations for the biggest women's sporting event and the world this year are well under way. the pages have been watching. there are posters all around the london olympic arc where this event is being held. those guys over my shoulder are ireland women getting in the last few minutes of practise. a bit ofa in the last few minutes of practise. a bit of a warm—up before the tournament starts tomorrow. so who comes to london as favourites whyte you cannot look much beyond the netherlands. they're the defending world champion, world number one. also european champions. they can be

beaten. going back to years to the tuque i6 beaten. going back to years to the tuque 16 rio olympics, remember the final holland and england were probably the two favourite teams. you cannot rule out the likes of argentina and don't forget new zealand. they are having a wonderful 2018, having been crowned the commonwealth games champions earlier this year. over 100,000 tickets have been sold by the assessment. this stadium alone holds ten and a half thousand, all the england games are sold out, many of the games are sold out as well. everything gets under way tomorrow. just when we got one world cup was over, another one comes along. jo currie reporting from the world hockey cup. some the the world's best athletes will be out to put on a show at the anniversary games in london's olympic stadium this weekend. britain's dina asher smith will run in both the 100 and 200metres, as part of her preparation for next month's european championships. ultimately when i stand on the line i want to win. and i feel very

fortu nate i want to win. and i feel very fortunate that this calibre of race, lam able fortunate that this calibre of race, i am able to be in this calibre of race and add to it. i am also grateful that this calibre of phrases in london where i am fortu nate phrases in london where i am fortunate enough to have the home advantage, the only indy race line i know the tears are for me. so when i'm really tired and i hear the cheers getting louder i know speed up cheers getting louder i know speed up because they are all coming or they are all getting further away or something like that. so it feels really, really good to have that calibre of race at home because i a lwa ys calibre of race at home because i always have to put on a good show for a home cloud. it feels good. good luck to her. and there's just time to tell you that england's women have been knocked out of the main competition at the rugby world cup sevens after a 19—14 defeat by ireland in san francisco. the defeat means england now go into the challenge competition, with ireland progressing to the championship quarterfinals where they will face new zealand. that's all from me and the sportsday team. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. but from all of us now, good night. hello and welcome to our look

ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, giles kenningham, and the political correspondent for the guardian, jessica elgot. let's have a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the daily mail leads on brexit with the headline ‘now there's a surprise!‘ after the eu dismissed key parts of the prime minister's latest proposals. it's a similar story on the front page of the express, which reads: "brexit plan savaged by eu mafia". the i also leads on the eu's sceptical response to theresa may's brexit plan — and warns of the growing threat of a ‘no deal‘. ‘cabinet at war over free movement‘. that‘s the headline

on the front of the telegraph — which splashes on reports of a clash between the chancellor and the home secretary over immigration policy. it‘s a different lead for the times, which claims over 70,000 children are being given anti—depressants despite concerns over their health risks. the guardian leads with a pledge from the education secretary damian hinds to help relieve pressure on teachers suffering from an excessive workload. the daily mirror says ‘boris won‘t budge‘ and claims the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is refusing to leave his official residence despite his resignation. and the financial times says the chairman of the pharmaceutical company glaxo—smith—kline is considering the merits of splitting up the company. it won‘t be the first to last time we say this, brexit is leading most of the front pages of the morning.

following theresa may and michel barnier‘s remarks in brussels. different takes on it, but maybe not a surprise. saying michel barnier has not quite ripped it apart, but has not quite ripped it apart, but has put big holes in it. they‘re almost saying the eu nista compromise and they are not doing so. compromise and they are not doing so. look, surprise, surprise, it is going to be a game of bluff and double bluff, high—sta kes negotiations. we know these things go to the wire. i‘m not surprised by this. i think ultimately the eu does have skin in the game. i think defensive in terms of our negotiating position and we should be pushing back, there are thousands of businesses in the eu that need a deal. we should be expecting this. there should not be any kind of panic about it. what you think, jessica? the you think that the idea that said it is not going to happen, scornful they say of mrs may‘s checkers brexit reprint?|j scornful they say of mrs may‘s checkers brexit reprint? i think it was interesting for those of us who watched the press conference to see

how forensically bonnie went through the different scenes. one of the things i think some of the more eurosceptic people picked up is that he said he could not allow this kind of system, the tariff collection system. in theresa may is proposing in the white paper to give britain a competitive edge over the eu. that is something that is going to spark i would imagine a bit of a response from brexiteers saying they are trying to stifle britain. but he is negotiating on behalf of the eu. he does not want to give britain if it is going to be a competitor an edge over him. it was polite, but it was forensic. i think comments from people earlier that this has to be the final offer, i think from this we see that it probably does not stop by and that is the issue, isn't it, certainly for someone in the cabinet that the idea now that they‘re going to demand now more of a movement from us, and some papers of course the daily mail saying we‘ve already given away too much. the design to test ideologies of some on the cabinet who feel they have already made concessions on

transition, on a deal. i think it is quite striking when you hear a lot of brexiteers speak, they say "as long as it happens". i think that is probably what might mean another deal does ultimately go through. because they are looking at the bigger picture? yes. and for a lot of them this is their life sort. they felt very passionate about it. they felt very passionate about it. they realise that if you pull down the government you can collapse the government and brexit might not happen. i think for those reasons, it probably still ultimately go ahead. air is this being talked about that you do a deal now and maybe come back to it later and try and change it or make it better, but just get over the line if you are a brexiteers. that is the michael gove ta ke brexiteers. that is the michael gove take i think. one of the things that ke pt take i think. one of the things that kept him around the table in arguments that he has made to colleagues about that. i think that was something very interesting in the bore his resignation speech, that he made it kind of a dig about that, saying you cannot break the bone and reset it and expect everything to be fine if you just get out and that seems to be one of the crucial dividing lines between brexiteers at the moment who certainly are not in a united front

even though they are very powerful in parliament. yes, i don't think this deal is pleasing to anyone at the moment, but their designee their isa the moment, but their designee their is a view to push on with it and see what happens. picamoles has a different view than the daily mail, they see it differently. as the ft has a different view. they say conciliar and cheery tone over i went to keep brexit talks moving. this has become the idea. border between northern ireland and ireland is only supposed to be there and fields, but it has become a sticking point for the withdrawal agreement which everyone says has be done by october. but they‘re pretty much stuck on this, aren‘t they? october. but they‘re pretty much stuck on this, aren't they?” october. but they‘re pretty much stuck on this, aren't they? i think that ina stuck on this, aren't they? i think that in a way the eu has to adopt a bit more of a conciliatory over ireland. it is one of the things that at least the conservative party is quite united on, even the most remaining conservative mp does not wa nt remaining conservative mp does not want there to be a border down the iris yu. even they see that the

something that is not acceptable. the eu's interpretation of the decemberjoint the eu's interpretation of the december joint agreement, there the eu's interpretation of the decemberjoint agreement, there will bea decemberjoint agreement, there will be a line regulation in northern ireland with the republic, but not the rest of the uk, it is something that theresa may was very adamant about that she could not accept. that has to be replaced. the eu must know that it is a definite red line for her. and she says for every prime minister. i think reinforcing what i was saying before. half got a vested interest in getting a deal themselves. i think this underlines it. there‘s going to be a lot of rhetoric and noise and it is really seeing if they can hold their nerve. all of these negotiations always go to the wire at the eu. it does feel like it is going to the eu. it will go to the wire. looking for summer, are they now? anything going to get done over the summer? maybe not. i think it is not a conversation, but i think it is a point for the government because that vacuum

during the summer you are going to see potentially mps plotting. before there was always a general a cce pta nce there was always a general acceptance and people going back to their constituency and forgetting about what is going on, now they have got whatsapp and technology so plotting can take place over that. we‘re going to have a white summer. i really hope so. the telegraph, this is interesting because the papers seem to have got leaks of the official minutes from that cabinet away a, and this one on the daily telegraph saying cabinet will have free movement. this is talking about a row between philip hammond the chancellor, a the home secretary, about immigration of course a huge issue of free movement, but saying here that philip hammond his argument that you workers should have referential treatment.|j argument that you workers should have referential treatment. i think thatis have referential treatment. i think that is something that is maybe not completely out there in public, but certainly people like greg clarke have kind of hinted at the idea that if you're going to broker a trade deal with the eu, visas are a part

of that in the same way will we started to broker trade deals with places like india or china, visas and the movement of people between places that are going to be part of the deal. well, that means the movement and even at this i think it makes it clear that philip hammond even does not think it is possible for free movement to continue in its current form. but there has to be some kind of mobility if we're going to sell services into a country, there has to be some sort mobility. yoursinging there has to be some sort mobility. your singing reflect the desires and preferences of the city, foreign labour cost that really important. they still want foreign labour coming in. if you look around the cabinet table, probably apart from the prime minister and a, most of the prime minister and a, most of the brexiteers do not vote on the issue of immigration. it was about sovereignty. there is a huge split. every minister seemed to be getting out and saying free movement has got to end, but i really