this week, britain's adam yates has been his nearest challenger — at the tour, he'll be riding for hist. but here he's been leading uae team emirates, maybe trying to spot any weaknesses vingegaard may have. but the only thing the great dane didn't do today was take the stage win — that honour went to italy's giulio ciccone, who stuck it out from the breakaway and won the king of the mountains jersey. vingegaard had already put in the hard kilometres winning the steepest stage yesterday, crossing the line to claim overall victory, 2 minutes 23 seconds ahead of yates. he's already made himself favourite for yellow in the tour this summer. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. bringing you some breaking developments now in regards to nicola sturgeon, the former first minister of scotland was arrested and then released without charge pending further investigation into the investigation of finances with regards to the scottish national party. nicola sturgeon has written a short statement on twitter sing to find myself in the situation that i did today, i am cer

finishing nearly two and a half minutes ahead of britain's adam yates in the overall standings.p a mountain in thejersey. the criteria is often a key race of those aiming to win the tour de france. among those who are on the tour. this week, britain's adam yates has been his nearest challenger — at the tour, he'll be riding for his team leader, tadej pogacar, who's recovering from a broken wrist. but here he's been leading uae team emirates, maybe trying to spot any weaknesses vingegaard may have. but the only thing the great dane didn't do today was take the stage win — that honour went to italy's giulio ciccone, who stuck it out from the breakaway and won the king of the mountainsjersey. vingegaard had already put in the hard kilometres winning the steepest stage yesterday, crossing the line to claim overall victory, 2 minutes 23 seconds ahead of yates. he's already made himself favourite for yellow in the tour this summer. now, plenty of sporting events this summer will be affected by the weather, and i imagine those involved in the custard pie throwing championships might ha

vingegaard pipped britain's adam yates by two minutes and 23 seconds overall.r starting at the beginning ofjuly. now plenty of sporting events around the world are affected by the weather. i imagine those involved in the custard pie throwing championships might have preferred it to be a little less warm in the south of england, as they withstood the barrage of food. there were some rules for the 120 competitors to follow. firstly, the pies aren't really pies. it's just a foil plate with flour and water on it. but you have to throw left—handed, the face hits score six points. it's three for a strike on the arm, one for anywhere else. matches only last for 15—30 seconds. there's no dress code, that's for sure, and the winner was the aptly named pie face, who beat sama slingers in the final. i don't think i would want to get involved in that. i don't think i would want to get involved in that. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello, there. last week, we

the dane finished 41 seconds clear of britain's adam yates, who's moved up to second overall but is moreland next week... they set india a mountain to climb, on day four of the final of the world test championship. to win the title india will need to pull off a world record test run chase of 444 runs at the oval. at the close of play on day four they're 164 for 3. patrick gearey reports. whatever secret strategy india were concocting on day four it needed to work and fast. this was a start. out, but with india at nearly 300 runs behind they needed to keep moving at least more than cameron green did. he was bowled in slow motion. meanwhile, the temperature at the oval was rising and so too australia's lead. they breezily batted themselves clear, sapping india's energy. 143 ahead when captain was out. 143 ahead when their captain was out. he declared the innings over. india's turn now. the decisive knock of the match. initially they responded positively. as it seems did she! the india's opening partnership broke up before tea. the umpires felt that the ball met cameron green rather than gr

the dane finished 41 seconds clear of britain's adam yates, who's moved up to second overall, but isague final on the bbc website, still 0—0 between manchester city and inter milan. we will keep you updated with all the goals as well. ukrainian preisdent, volodymyr zelensky, has — for the first time — publically confirmed that his country's counter—offensive against occupying russian forces is underway. it follows a week of such speculation after an escalation of fighting in the south and east of the country. his comments followed talks he'd held in kyiv with the visiting canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. the bbc�*s yalda hakim, who's in kyiv, has been listening to president zelensky speak about the conflict. for the past week, we have heard a lot of speculation around this counteroffensive. has it started, and if so, what will it look like going forward? the world's media and military analysts have all been asking this question, and so today, at the press conference i was at with volodymyr zelensky, ukraine's president, alongside canada's premier, justin trudeau, president ze

britain's adam yates remains fourth overall at the criterium du dauphine after finishing sixth on today'sis title at next month's tour de france. took a spectacular catch from cameron green to remove india out for 296 on day three of the world chess championship at the oval. —— world test championship. cory hill has withdrawn from wales's rugby world cup training squad. the lock confirmed he's pulled out to take up a club contract. he's the fourth player to leave the squad, following the international retirements of alun wyn jones, justin tipuric and rhys webb. away from istanbul. that is it for me. we'll live in the programme and the company of 0lly foster. plenty of places to go. including very famous ones as well. you spoke to someone with an illustrious history —— in the league. it's almost completely calm down in easton ball. it's going to be a lively night with so many fans —— istanbul. we were talking about connections, weren't we, careers intertwined through some of the great champions league finals. we heard from mikhail sylvester and his connections with inter milan, and when yo