with two and a half miles to go adam yates's day was ruined by miguel and al lopez of columbia yet nobodythings for the man in the red jersey. lopez got his second stage win to move to sixth place overall, chris froome in a group with his main rivals, looking over his shoulder to see vincenzo nibali six seconds behind. they take a well earned rest tomorrow and then chris froome has a chance to move further ahead in the time trial. golf, mcilroy araya, the defending champion, says he's waiting for the season to end after missing the cut at the dell championship in boston. the world in the ford hasn't won tournament in 2017 and had a second round to forget with four bogeys and a double bogey making a round of 7a. he has been plagued by injuries lately and said his play was sloppy. jon rahm of spain is head of the leaderboard at the halfway stage in boston on nine under par. england play slovakia in a world cup qualifier at wembley tomorrow, they are currently top of group f, two points clear of the iraqi and second, england needed three late goals to beat mod on friday but gareth southgate

as those top of the top of a standing swatted at adam yates of a standing swatted at adam yates of britaine you had to beat them and that didn't look likely. with two and a half miles of the stage to go adam yates's day was ruined by miguel angel lopez. but nobody could spoil things for the man in red. chris broom road to the finish in a group of his main rivals, looking over his shoulder to see vicente nibley six seconds behind. they take a rest tomorrow and then chris from moves further ahead, has the chance to move further ahead in the time trial. the tour and britain got underway today. the race will finish in cardiff this year. —— battle of britain. british drivers mark cavendish and geraint thomas were among those taking their place in the peloton. for both of them it was the peloton. for both of them it was the first race back since crashes forced them out of competition recently, in the tour de france. the winner of the race was caleb ewan sprinted to victory on the opening stage of australia. bath started this season by beating leicester tigers. manu tuilagi scored the opening try

his lead of 55 seconds was well protected by team sky as they approached the sierra, adam yates of britain broke away to make a bid for a stage victory. team sky have strength in numbers, to beat chris froome you had to beat them and that did not look likely. with two and a half miles to go adam yates‘s day was ruined by miguel angel lopez of columbia. but nobody could spoil things for the man in the red jersey. lopez got his second stage win to move to sixth place overall, chris froome finishing in a group with his main rivals, looking over his shoulder to see vincenzo nibali six seconds behind. they take a well—earned rest tomorrow and then chris froome has a great chance to move further ahead in tuesday's time trial. still with cycling, caleb ewan sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the tour of britain, a 120—mile pedal from edinburgh to kelso in the scottish borders. the 23—year—old australian just edged out edvald boasson hagen on the line, with elia viviani in third. britain's mark cavendish was competing for the first time since breaking his shoulder blade in july, but wasn'

britain's adam yates, who started the day 32nd in the overall standings, made a brave bid for stage victorygood job of protecting their leader, froome, and his 55—second lead. but yates was overtaken by colombia's miguel angel lopez with two and a half miles to go. so lopez is favourite for the stage win, and as the riders approach the finish it looks like froome will keep his 55—second lead over vincenzo nibali. caleb ewan sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the tour of britain, a 120 mile pedalfrom edinburgh to kelso in the scottish borders. the 23—year—old australian just edged out edvald boasson hagen on the line, with elia viviani in third. britain's mark cavendish was competing for the first time since breaking his shoulder blade in july, but wasn't in contention at the finish. leicester are facing bath on the opening weekend of rugby union's premierhship. manu tuilagi is making his first appearance since january in a compeitive match. and the england centre has been in the thick of the action, scoring the first try of the match midway through the first half for leicester tige