maria lyle and sammi kinghorn take bronze for britain.he 146th open golf championship, we'll have all the latest build—up from birkdale. hello. welcome along, everyone. first, england made a huge statement tonight in their first match of the women's european championship in the netherlands — but it was an evening to forget for scotland in utrecht, as mark sampson's side thumped them 6—0 in their group match. adam wild was watching. this was the one they'd all been waiting for. their opening match of the tournament, but for scotland and england, this would always be very much more than that. the closest arrivals for these two sides was soon parted. england were a head inside ten minutes. they were one of the favourites to wind this championship, which scotland will be only too aware of. there efforts here only in vain. jodie taylor's second, england in control, and then ellen white added a third before half—time. if there were any nerves, it certainly wasn't showing. taylor's hat—trick, cool, calm and quite magnificent. with no sympathy fo

but also keep an eye out for 17—year—old maria lyle.on a bronze medal in the 200 metres in rio last year and will be hoping for another medal in the final the 20 metres this evening. that's all this board for now. you can keep up—to—date on the website. joe hart set to complete a move to west ham. more for you in wimbledon sportsday next hour. there isn't a single full stop in mike mccormack‘s novel, solar bones. the story is a monologue that reads like a string of thoughts — sometimes poetic, sometimes rough, often disturbing. and they tell us about one man in one hour, on one day — all souls' day — in rural ireland. his hopes and his disappointments, his fears and loves. a character is revealed and so is the world in which he has to live. this is a adventurous storytelling by a master craftsman. welcome. it's quite a bold thing to do, to write a novel of more than 250 pages in paperback in one sentence. it is, but you write the book that presents themselves to you and that's the way the book, the way solar bones presented itself to me

scotland's maria lyle has won great britain's 21st medal in the women's t35100 metres at the world para—athletics's lead in the tour de france is now up to 27 seconds after today's stage 17, which was won by slovenia's primoz roglic. german sprinter marcel kittel, who was leading the greenjersey competition, was involved in a crash early on and had to abandon the race with a shoulder injury. it was a brilliant effort by roglic, who started the day 37th and is no threat to the leaders. he broke away to win the stage by over a minute. it came down to a sprint for second between froome and his rivals for second place — froome now leads colombia's rigoberto uran and frenchman romain bardet by 27 seconds. fabio aroo of italy is down to fourth overall. the 1a6th 0pen golf championship gets under way at royal birkdale tomorrow morning — and one man who has flown under the radar in the build—up is former world number one jason day. the australian has dropped to number six in the rankings after a slump in form — perhaps understandable after his mum was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of last year. d

britain also picked up a bronze through maria lyle in the women's 200m t35 final.final, i don't care about times. it isa the final, i don't care about times. it is a great cherry on top of the icing, but metals are what i can keep forever and what i can look back on. —— medals. and there's been more british success this weekend. lewis hamilton won the british grand prix for a record—equalling fifth time. the historic victory moves him to within a point of sebastien vettel at the half way stage of the formula one season. that, after the championship leader suffered a dramatic late puncture. crowd—surfing. i love it. crowd-surfing. i love it. it feels amazing to be out here. i am so proud to see all of these flags. the support has been immense. i am proud i could do this for you. thank you for the support and pushing us. the team was faultless. it was an exceptionaljob. the team was faultless. it was an exceptional job. the perfect team was faultless. it was an exceptionaljob. the perfect weekend for us. they always get the best people to do those interviews. that wa

maria lyle overcame a calf injury to scoop a bronze medal in the women's t35100 metres at the para athleticsood morning. you'll twin six open. i have played a bit but this is exciting. it is one of the great golf courses in the world. a blustery horrible day to start with and it is clearing up now exactly as the bbc weather forecast said it would. this is great for spectators, but what about the players? not one of them under par. a brutal start. the first hole it is the opposite wind to what they practised win yesterday. abounds on the right—hand sides of the first hole, possibly one of the most intimidating tee shots i have ever faced. the wind blowing the ball towards out of bounds which is where, of course, former champion went. it was coming in sideways with rain at that point as well so it was horrid, certainly not pleasant. the most open of opens for many a year. how do we start trying to choose a winner? i don't think you do. are just as we see it already a one—hour interplay and, the forecasts of this afternoon is significantly better, brighter and the wind drops is a fraction. play