so we're starting with cricket and day two of the second ashes test where england's batters have been criticised for givingaway unnecessary wickets after eventually bowling australia all out for a16 before lunch. they made good ground before a mini collapse left england 138 runs behind with four wickets gone. joe wilson reports from lord's. first things first, let's deal with australia's first innings. the fact that steve smith was gutted to get out on 110, the fact that england were relieved to get him our for 110 tells you everything about the stature of smith. he was the third wicket of the innings forjosh tongue, an impressive ashes debut. he looks the most impressive bowler here. a16 and england set

off chasing that. ben duckett scored quickly as did crawley. but australia, nathan lyon off the pitch with what looks like a serious calf injury. australia had to try something so they bowled short and tempted england to hit the ball towards fielders and that is what duckett and pope did, whatjoe root did. some may say it was naive that england would stay and spray. they have given themselves a chance to reclaim the initiative on the third day here at lords. it was a case of so near yet so farfor the england opener ben duckett. he was two runs away from a first ashes century after a superb knock until his luck ran out. but despite missing out on getting his name on the lord's honour board, duckett says he is happy with how he played. at the start of the day i would have been over the moon if i had felt so close to scoring three figures here at lords. i am obviously gutted but i am happy with how i played

throughout the innings and i thought it was my best england innings. i was gutted for 30 minutes afterwards but i am happy with how i played. manchester united have agreed a deal to buy england international mason mount from chelsea. talks to resolve the impasse over a fee for the midfielder have been successful with an initial £55 million agreed, it could rise to 60 million. mount will sign a five year deal at old trafford. and ex—chelsea midfielder n'golo kante has purchased a football club. he will become the chairman of the belgian third tier side royal excelsior virton on the same day he joins the saudi arabia pro league club al etihad. the greatest cycle race in the world gets under way this weekend, the 110th tour de france will start in bilbao, spain.

the traditional grande departe begins on thursday night. pogacar one of the overwhelming favourites for the yellow jersey. he won in 2020 and 2021 and will be challenged by the winner of last year, jonas vingegaard. and it will be a farewell tour for an icon of both the race and british cycling, mark cavendish, who could become the outright record holder of the most stage wins. this is his final ride there in the tour. this race gives me the most incredible emotions and unfortunately you cannot really analyse them and appreciate them until afterwards. it is the same every year. i know it is my last one but it is still the same. i have a job to do and i'm not devoid of those bits of statement but you definitely appreciate them later. now to golf and pretournament favourite justin rose going into round two

of the british masters. he is clear of the field at seven under par after carding eight birdies and a bogey in his opening round. he isjust ahead of his teammate jamie donaldson who was wanting to finish high enough to earn a place at the open championship next month. now savannah marshall is bidding to become a 2—way —— two weight world champion when she takes on america's franchon crews—dezurn on saturday night for the undisputed super middleweight crown. it will be a feisty occasion. if their press conference of that is anything to go by. marshall who lost her last fight in october was called complacent by her opponent while she labelled her opponent lazy. here she is with our reporter. i am sick of this. i'm sick of gobby americans.

i let a lot of things i don't let a lot of things to get to me but like i said the difference is she is lazy and does not go out looking for opportunities. what did she say that riled you up the most? she has been saying it for weeks but she doesn't know me on anything about me. female sport is hard so, you know, iwill beat her. a must win fight for you and could you consider a loss here and what they might do to your career? if i lose again the pool is very shallow and there is no way for me to enter again. with only a few days to go until the start of wimbledon a former top player has announced she is coming out of retirement. caroline wozniacki will return to tennis not in time for the grasscourt season. the dane took a step back from the sport in 2020 after a long career in which she won the australian open and was twice world number one. she was diagnosed with rheumatoid

arthritis. wozniacki who is now 32 with two young children, wants to return to playing and is eyeing up this is us open title. she could draw some inspiration from this lady. charlotte dujardin was one of the golden girls of london 2012 becoming a double olympic champion in the world's number one dressage rider. since then she has continued to break records and dominate the sport and after a short time off to have her first baby she is remarkably already back to her best. i spent the day with her earlier this month. it all starts here. dressage stars charlotte dujardin is not the first new sporting mother to get straight back to competing but she took it to a whole new level at her first show beating the best just two weeks after having a c—section. i was really worried about my feeling, whether i would still have all that feeling. i was absolutely relieved. i told myself that

i could still do it. she certainly can still do it another along with her fiance and baby are back at another top show hoping for more success. this is a really important show for me to qualify for the europeans. normally i would have a very good sleep pattern and a good routine as to what i am doing and that has all changed. are you tired? oh dear, oh dear. dean took time off work to help me so i can still pursue my career it is made her so content. did you put off having babies because you're the best dressage rider in the world? i never fell at the time was right and for me i knew i needed to feel right stop you have to be selfish. i knew after tokyo that i felt ready mentally and physically i felt ready. when any working woman has a baby it always makes things a little more complicated in terms of career success but in the case

of a question is there are already two in the relationship, the ride around —— rider and the horse the laws and in the case of charlotte dujardin you can multiply that by ten. combine that with the long hours, the highs and lows, the physicality is, these women have be superfit. take that into account and have a young baby that she is only just stopped breast—feeding and she is still at the top of her game. that is what makes charlotte dujardin so remarkable. she has everything around her to help her win as well is a huge talent and amazing feel with most horses she rides which is unique because she can ride literally any horse, that gift she has combined with being able to concentrate on her performance is what keeps her up in the gold—medal zone all the time. did you watch mummy? so what now, charlotte? is itjust nervous wait? i have horses to ride and compete today. i have people to coach.

just keep watching and see who can be my score. no—one did beat her school. she won by more than 6%, a huge margin even for charlotte. everyone accepts that second to charlotte is a kind of win. that is how we take it. what we have to do is get closer. doing all the shows is fantastic and a great feeling. well done. it has happened only 2a times in major league baseball history and if that sounds like quite a lot then consider there have been more than 230,000 games played over the years. so domingo german achieved the rarest of sports, a perfect game for the new york yankees. the dominican pitcher recorded all 27 outs in their reliving 11—0 win over the oakland athletics without giving out a single hit or walk. it is the first perfect game in more than a decade and only the fourth in yankee history. german dedicated his achievement to his uncle

who passed away this week. that is it from me and the sports day team. as always you can get the latest sports news from bbc sport orfrom our website but for me and the team here it is goodbye. hello there. at the moment, the weather seems to be changing quite a lot, really from one day to the next. on thursday, we were in cooler, fresher air with some sunshine, a few showers for northern parts of the uk. but on friday the weather's going to look and feel quite different. there'll be a lot of cloud heading our way. it's going to be bringing a bit of rain and drizzle and it will feel more humid as well. and we've seen that cloud beginning to push in on a westerly breeze coming in from the atlantic into western parts of the uk and the cloud will continue to thicken, particularly on those weather fronts which will bring the rain in from the west. but we could start the day

with some early sunshine across eastern scotland and eastern england. don't think it's going to last too long. the cloud continues to stream in on that westerly breeze and it's thick enough to give it a little light rain or drizzle here and there. perhaps things turning a bit wetter through the day in northern parts of northern ireland and into scotland as well. and those temperatures are going to struggle with that cloudy, muggy air, 18 degrees widely, perhaps a little bit higher than that in east anglia and the south east, but nothing special at all. we're going to find those weather fronts taking the thicker cloud and the rain and drizzle away in time for the weekend. and then around that area of low pressure, we've got the winds coming in from the west or northwest and it could be quite blustery through the weekend. strongest winds across northern areas. this is where we're going to find the showers. it'll be sunnier and a bit warmer further south where the winds won't be quite as strong for many. southern parts of the uk may well be a dry day on saturday, with sunny spells further north for northern ireland. also across northern england, southern scotland, more frequent showers in the north and west of the country where it will be particularly windy and temperatures may be only reaching 16 degrees in

glasgow, warm in the sunshine across the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east. 2a degrees here. not too bad at all. second half of the weekend, not too many changes. still some stronger winds in the north. we've got showers, perhaps longer spells of rain in scotland, a few showers for northern ireland and northern england. but further south, better chance of staying dry again and those temperatures getting into the low 20s. so we've got a real difference north south over the weekend heading into next week. it's not a classic summer weather pattern because low pressure is going to be dominating that will bring some showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the west.

live from washington, this is bbc news. an historic us supreme court decision strikes down race—based admissions programs at two american colleges. and in france, clashes between police and protesters continue after the death of a 17—year—old boy during a traffic stop. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks forjoining us. the us' highest court has struck down a decades—old

contentious policy in university admissions known as affirmative action.