after a hundred and two miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain'sjosejoaquin rojaslf minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. let check in briefly at the us open — rain hit the second day at flushing meadows in new york. the czech republic's world number one karolina pliskova's match against magda linette was briefly delayed while the roof of arthur ashe court was closed. last year's beaten finalist had just taken the first set 6—2 against the pole. and pliskova wasn't put off her stride taking the second set 6—1. she'll face either paraguay‘s veronica cepede royg or america's nicole gibbs next. well after the hype of another type of fight in las vegas over the weekend, the world amateur boxing championships are ongoing in germany. four british boxers have been involved in the quarter—finals in hamburg today, from where jessica creighton sends this report. after a record—breaking european championships for the british team this was a chance for

italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona.y — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. jo hunter finishing off. before a penalty corner by giselle ansley secured the points. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence. they dropped deep and we knew it would be a close game, particularly in the first half. we knew if we continue to do the right things, the opportunities would open. joe hunter got a fantastic first goal and then the corner for the second. we came with not much to lose out and we stuck with the system we wanted to play to see if we could come away with the result. disappointed, but a good performance and we have proven how well we can play and i think we are happy with that performance. meanwhile in the other game in pool b germany beat ireland 5—1

after 164 kilometres in the saddle, italy's matteo trentin held off spain'sjosejoaquin rojas to claimlater alongside his main rival esteban chaves. the colombian now shares second place with ireland's nicolas roche who made up time on the final descent. earlier this year, south african rugby scrum half joost van der westhuizen passed away having suffered with the debilitating condition of motor neurone disease. last year former scotland player doddie weir was diagnosed with the illness. the bbc‘sjohn beattie, also a former scotland international, has been talking to him about how he's coming to terms with life now and about his worries for the future. beautifully fed onto doddie weir... in his 61 caps for scotland, doddie weir proved to be one of this country's most popular sportsman. when he goes like that he's like a mad giraffe but he's got great skills. a carolling figure on the field he now finds himself in the biggest fight of his life. the emotion... you almost want to try and grow up with your kids, don't you? our eldest is now 16 one half, 17 in september. will you be able to

after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victoryr alongside his main rival esteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. british boxer peter mcgrail is guaranteed a medal from the world amateur championships in hamburg after he won his ba ntamweight quarterfinal today. the liverpudlian european champion beat leonel de los santos from the dominican republic 4—1 to reach the last four which means he'll win a bronze medal even if he loses. but there were defeats for the other british boxers in the quarterfinals. ben whitaker, cheavon clarke and pat mccormack. a year on from being a part of team gb‘s bronze medal winning the 4 by 400 metre relay team, anyika 0nuora has told the bbc how she'd overcome life—threatening malaria before the rio 0lympics. the liverpool athlete competed at this year's world championships in london but admitted the situation was far worse than she realised at the time. i remember them telling me if i'd left it a day or two days it c

italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona.sey — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. and still to come in the programme, the family that triathlons together, stays together. as they are all prepared to compete at the world championships next month. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's eurohockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—nil to progress to the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. before this goal from a penalty corner by giselle ansley securing the points. the result means scotland are eliminated from the tournament. coming in we knew that they were goodin coming in we knew that they were good in defence and they would drop deep. we knew it would be a close game especially in the first half and it was. we knew if we continue to do the right things through the game opportunities would open up. we had a fantastic first goal and then a second so really happy. meanwhile in the other game in pool b germany beat ireland 5—1 to

after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victoryesteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. prime minister theresa may today described this summer as a watershed for women's sport as she played host to england's cricket and rugby union teams at downing street. england's rugby union team narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand on saturday but the cricketers, led by heather knight, went one better and lifted the world cup after a dramatic final win over india at lord's. the prime minister described the players of both teams as wonderful ambassadors. i have been fortunate to come here a couple of times. with previous prime ministers. it is always a huge honour to be invited here. i understand it may is a fan of cricket and hopefully she enjoyed coming here to have a chat with a few of us and the rugby girls as well. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. floodwaters in houston, texas are expected to rise still fur

italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona.— although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are into the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence, they would probably drop deep so we knew would be a close game particularly in the first half. we knew if we continued to do the right things that opportunities would open. joe hunter got a fantastic first goal. and then the second. really happy with the win. meanwhile in the other game in pool b, with the win. germany beat ireland 5—1 to reach the last four with their third straight win of the competition. that is all this sport. i will haven't more later on bbc news. —— i will have more later. more than 70,000 people have signed a petition, calling for the government to spend more on transport outside of london and the south east of england. it emerged earlier this year that more than half of england's

after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victory alongside his main rival esteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. that's all the sport for now. the prime minister of japan says his country is facing an unprecedented threat, after north korea fired a missile over its territory. the launch happened at six in the morning local time, with the missile potentially having the power to carry a nuclear warhead. it fell into the north pacific ocean 700 miles off the japanese coast. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. siren this is how people in northern japan were awoken atjust after six this morning. "a missile is passing", the announcer says. "a missile is passing, please find shelter immediately." at city hall, there are frantic phone calls. is there any damage? this is not a practice, this is real. a north korean missile has just flown overhead. translation: my phone was by my bed. suddenly it started ringing with alerts. i was really shocked. tra

after 102 miles in the saddle, italy's matteo trentin held off spain'sjosejoaquin rojas to claim victoryreland's nicolas roche, who made up time on the final descent. two of england's women's sports teams have met the prime minister at downing street. the rugby union team narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand last saturday. but the cricketers, led by heather knight, went one better and lifted the world cup after a dramatic final win over india at lord's. the prime minister described the players of both teams as wonderful ambassadors. not the best picture of the prime minister to finish on. sorry, i was talking to you during. minister to finish on. sorry, i was talking to you duringlj minister to finish on. sorry, i was talking to you during. i normally know what you are saying. the pictures this morning, i think the prime minister arrived in japan pictures this morning, i think the prime minister arrived injapan a few minutes ago. so it must have been just before she left. few minutes ago. so it must have beenjust before she left.|j few minutes ago. so it must have been just b