and julian alaphilippe closes in on becoming the first home rider to win the tour de france since 1985. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with golf and the fourth women's major of the year, where paula creamer leads after the first round of the evian championship in france. she carded a seven under par round of 64 to lead by one shot from a group of four players that includes her fellow american brittany altomare, and kojin—young, the winner of the year's first major, the ana inspiration. england's melissa reid is the leading european on five under par. the women's pga champion, australia's hannah green, is eight off the lead at one over par but it was day to forget for the defending champion angela stanford. the american shot a five over par 76 and faces a battle just to make the cut. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. it's five years since her last tournament victory anywhere, but she served notice that she's ready to end a long drought. on a baking hot day and everyone, creamer, who won this event in 2005, before it was elevated to major status, 17 underpar.

julian alaphilippe, the markerfor stage. julian alaphilippe, the marker for the majority, stage.lly to geraint thomas. staying safe is their priority to make it through to their priority to make it through to the greater challenges to come in the greater challenges to come in the mountains. lying eightth overall, getting caught up in this crash was the last thing anybody needed. caleb ewan's journey crash was the last thing anybody needed. caleb ewan'sjourney is gathering pace. this is the 25—year—old australian's first appearance at the tour de france. he lived up to his nickname, the pocket rocket, to power to his first stage win. not far behind him, no time gap between julian alaphilippe and geraint thomas. but that could change in the coming days. now, it's been 68 years but tomorrow, royal portrush in northern ireland will stage the open for only the second time. tickets for all four days of the tournament have sold out for the first time in history with more than 190,000 fans expected to attend. 0ur reporter adam wild is there for us. how significant will this tournament be

julian alaphilippe, the man in the yellow jersey, no top.ellowjersey, no longer has that honour, ta ken the yellowjersey, no longer has that honour, taken away from him by the 22—year—old colombian, team ineos' co—leader, egan bernal. welshman geraint thomas remains in second place. alaphilippe, down two thirds. dramatic scenes meant the race today had to be cut short. riders were left confused and frustrated, because things couldn't come to neat solution. tomorrow, the race starts here, the final stage in the alps before we move on to the very last stage in paris. and tour france still throws up more questions than answers. another good date for the brits at the world swimming championships in south korea, luke greenbank has won a bronze in the backstroke. i spoke to rebecca adlington and mark foster earlier and started by asking them about luke greenbank. this is his breakthrough, really, he was a good junior swimmer and then had a tough couple of years, moved training camps to train with mel marshall and adam peaty, so that was brilliant.

but alaphilippe was having none of it.six and half thousand feet, the air was getting thin. the frenchman was gasping, but it was the britain who crashed with just over half a mile to go. thibault pinot was of the first to cross the finish line, but for alaphilippe getting second it felt like a victory, with thomas finishing eighth, more than 30 seconds behind. nick parrott, bbc news. so thomas is still in second place overall, but he's now more than two minutes behind ala—philippe. egan bernal has moved up a place to fourth, but is three minutes behind. britain's adam yates has dropped out of the top ten. she says she's in the best form of her life and it was certainly a convincing win from laura muir who romped to victory in the 1500 metres on the first day of the anniversary games. the european champion was the outstanding favourite, after kenya's faith kip—yay—gon withdrew before the race. a determined—looking muir outsprinted german konstanze klosterhalfen on the final bend — to win by quite a margin in three minutes

frenchman julian alaphilippe retains the yellow jersey afterfinishing in the peloton, with britain's. defending champion thomas is one minute 12 seconds behind alaphilippe but will have the opportunity to reduce that deficit in tomorrow's 27 kilometre time trial in pau. still to come on sportsday: so near and yet so far — jack laughter sees gold slip from his fingers at the world championships. and we hear from athlete james ellington, who's returning to the trackjust two and half years after sustaining severe injuries in a motorcycle accident. at the time i was happy to be alive and career—wise at the time i was happy to be alive and ca reer—wise i at the time i was happy to be alive and career—wise i was thinking, as long as i don't lose my leg, i will be back on the track. it was an incredibly tense day at the netball world cup with a thrilling match between rivals new zealand and australia. just one point seperating them with austalia the victorious side. they will now play either england or south africa, depending on the outcome of their game this evening. meanwhile both scotlan

julian alaphilippe retains the yellow jersey. grant thomas stays in second place.ough to the africa cup of nations semifinals after respective wins over benin and south africa on wednesday. from cairo the bbc‘s piers edwards reports. nigeria booked a place in sunday's semi—finals on a night that history here on the first night of the quarterfinals. the super eagles, 2—1 when was not just quarterfinals. the super eagles, 2—1 when was notjust notable for a late winner, but for the first time in an africa cup of nations where video technology has been used to overturn a referee decision. south africa clawed their way back in after the goal was adjudged to not who've been offside. a decision the moroccan referee had earlier given. it was, of course, overturned by the video officials watching on. nigeria will go through and play either algeria 01’ go through and play either algeria or ivory coast on sunday. it was amazing. i think i forgot what to do. it was a moment of ecstasy. i forgot how dry the pitch was and tried to make a slide and almost made a flip. you have to

butjulian alaphilippe maintains the overall race lead. and top seed dominic thiem moves through to the quarter—finals of the hamburg open. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket — and ireland had the better of the opening day in their one—off, four—day day test match against england at lord's. the home side batted first after winning the toss — and suffered the embarrassment of being bowled out before lunch forjust 85 — by an irish side playing in only their third ever test match. on a day when 20 wickets fell, the tourists made 207 in reply — leaving england trailing by 122 runs. our sports correspondent, joe wilson reports. how could england, the newly crowned world champions, albeit in a different form of the game, be bowled out for 85 ireland? the a nswer bowled out for 85 ireland? the answer is tm murtagh. he bowls with answer is tm murtagh. he bowls with a nagging accuracy. too much for england here today. we also have to remember the level of mental fatigue within the english dressing room. conspicuous by th

overall, the frenchman julian alaphilippe still leads with geraint thomas in second place.yrenees. chris froome has been named as the winner of the 2011 spanish race following a doping case. the spaniard did not appeal within the deadline meaning that chris froome, who finished second, has now been awarded the title. he is currently recovering following a crash. boston celtics introduced their new signings kemba walker and enes ka nter on wednesday. both players were signed as free agents — and they'll be aiming to help the celtics win their first nba title since 2008. walker — who joins from charlotte — replaces kyrie irving who's moved to the brooklyn nets. while kanter has agreed a two—year, ten million dollar contract after leaving portland where he spent the second half of last season, after being released by the new york knicks. the competitiveness of this organisation, they have been winning for yea rs organisation, they have been winning for years when you see all the banners upstairs and in the arena. so when the organisation —— they are a winning organisation and

frenchman julian alaphilippe retained the leader's yellowjersey, finishing safely in the peloton, andclear of the defending champion, geraint thomas. from france, simon brotherton reports. simon yates sprinted to victory ahead of two takeaway companions, to secure his maiden tour to a different stage win and complete an impressive set having previously taken wins in the other two grand tours of italy and spain. primarily there to help his brother adam, who stays seventh overall, yates was given an opportunity on this first and grabbed it with both hands. the overall contender stayed together on the road, finishing just over 9.5 minutes later, keeping their powder dry for tomorrow's individual time trial. so the frenchmanjulian alaphilippe still wears the yellow jersey, with the defending champion, geraint thomas, second overall, one minute and 12 seconds down. the president of football's world governing body, gianni infantino, has hit back at claims it has a colonialist attitude towards football in africa. last month, fifa announced they are taking joint charge of running african foot

frenchman julian alaphilippe has claimed the tour de france yellow jersey after a late solo attack onr the final climb, the cote de mutigny, and held off the peloton over the closing iskm. the rider won the 215km stage to epernay and leads belgium's wout van aert by 20 seconds in the general classification. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. this time last year, we were on a run of five days with temperatures sitting 30 celsius or above somewhere in the uk. great news if you don't like heat like that. there is nothing like that on the immediate horizon. high pressure being squeezed to the south, rain—bearing weather fronts moving in, mostly across the northern half of the uk, average temperatures for most of us this week. it's a warmer start, though, in the morning compared with where we've been over recent mornings, but a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of rain. this is what it looks like at 8am in the morning, with outbreaks of rain running eastwards across scotland. a

but alaphilippe was having none of it.ix and half thousand feet, the air was getting thin. the frenchman was gasping, but it was the britain who crashed with just over half a mile to go. thibault pinot was of the first to cross the finish line, but for alaphilippe getting second it felt like a victory, with thomas finishing eighth, more than 30 seconds behind. nick parrott, bbc news. elsewhere, it's a must win match for england against australia at taunton if they're to have any chance of winning the women's ashes, but it's not looking good, australia declared on 420—8 and then took the important wicket of tammy beaumont for a duck. england captain heather knight helped the recovery but she went lbw for 28. amyjones made a terrific half—century for england, eventually going for 64. nat sciver followed with fifty of her own but england are currently 191—6 and the ashes appear to be slipping away. that's all the sport for now. we will have a full round up at 7:30pm with sportsday. good evening. the foreign secretary, jeremy

tour de france as the reigning champion geraint thomas gained time on the overall leader julian alaphilippesecond victory of this year's tour as he finished 33 seconds ahead of thibaut pinot in second. alaphillipe retains the yellow jersey — but thomas gained 27 seconds on him as the frenchman struggled up the climb. thomas lost time on saturday but a better performance means he remains in the hunt to retain the title when the riders resume on tuesday after a rest day. so let's have a look at the general classification. alaphilippe's lead cut to just over a minute and a half while thibaut pinot moves up to 11th in the overall standings and is now just 15 seconds behind thomas. australia have retained the women's ashes as the final day of the test match petered out into a draw. england avoided the follow—on and declared on 275—9, but they couldn't tear through the australian batting line—up, which finished on 230—7. henry morean was watching in taunton in south—west england. it always seemed likely on this fourth day that a draw would be the outcome of this game. a lot of time was lost on th

thomas finishing safely in the peloton, alongside leaderjulian alaphilippe.ion staying the same as australian leader kaleb pugh and it took a second stage win. from now on, the race is all about the yellow jersey. from now on, the race is all about the yellowjersey. —— australian leader kaleb ewan. a boxer has died after a fight at the weekend, he was hospitalised with bleeding on the brain but failed to recover. celtic striker leigh griffiths has urged those with mental health problems to be more open after speaking out about his own struggles. griffiths stepped away from playing football last december because of depression, but he's now back training and made his competitive return for the club last week. he's been speaking to jane lewis. promoting celtic‘s next match, but it was so much more for leigh griffiths. it's about recovery and scumbag. it's leigh griffiths. . .! leigh griffiths la scored for celtic in november. last december he stepped away from football to deal with ongoing issues. at those issues related to revealed as repression. very lonely at

, with just alaphilippe on stage 14 at the tour to france, withjust over alaphilippe on stage 14 at thehilippe finished seven seconds ahead of geraint thomas to extend his lead. australia declared on 420 end today's women's ashes test match. england recovered to 199 — six, but with one day of the test left, i draw is the most likely outcome. england having lost 31—day matches already. she says she is in the best form of her life, and it was an impressive win for laura muir, who romped home in the ladies'1,500m. she was the favourite, after faith kipyegon withdrew from the race. i'm just going to sit and use my strength, i thought, and many of the girls run fast times over longer distances, andi fast times over longer distances, and i knew that it was my range and i use that. the bridge on just missed out on victory in the 100 metres, finishing just 0.02 seconds behind the south african. james ellington finished last in his hundred metres heat, but it is his first race back since suffering injuries ina first race back since suffering injuries in a motorbike accident. the netball was agon

defending champion geraint thomas lost more time to tour de france leader julian alaphilippe on stage half a mile to go to the summit finish on the iconic tourmalet mountain. t was france's thibaut pinot who won the stage but compatriot alaphilippe was next to finish, more than thirty seconds ahead of thomas extending his lead to two minutes with seven stages left. there are only two riders within three minutes of him. britain's adam yates has dropped out of the top ten to eighteenth. and the rugby championship has kicked off. it's being seen as a good warmup for the upcoming world cup for the southern hemisphere's top four nations. south africa, who bagged a bonus point, won 35—17 in their opening encounter at ellis park injohannesburg. the day's other match was played in buenos aires, where argentina have lost 20—16 to new zealand. that's all the sport for now. that is all from me for now, you can keep up—to—date with all the stories we are covering, and we will have plenty more on the top story, of course, the seizure of a british oil tanker by the iranian authorities. so, do get i

the defending champion geraint thomas is 72 seconds behind alaphilippe.mal perhaps, certainly younger, but no less deserving. bheem goyal is 8 years old, and is battling leukemia. but he started the game against borussia dortmund, making the opening save too! keeping is as much about passing these days. bheem proving he could do that too. after that, his day was done, though it seemed like he wanted to stay on the pitch! you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that's your friday sport briefing. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. hello there. if you're hoping for warm weather, it might be worth sticking around until the end of this forecast, but in the meantime, some soggy weather to get through during the day ahead. this frontal system sliding in from the south—west, this is going to bring some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain northwards across many parts of the uk, and with that, a brisk breeze. that rain very quickly getting into south—west

like the man in blue behind him, julian alaphilippe was the chaser, but that ta kes alaphilippe was thehing celebs. this, the moment france's bid for a winner in 34 years ran out of puff. thomas was second but launch no challenge, effectively handing over the title to his team—mate. what was his message to his successor? i said enjoy it, soak it allup and his successor? i said enjoy it, soak it all up and don't worry about crying because all real men cry. it is amazing to be a part of, he is a phenomenal athlete, 22 and he has an amazing year ahead of him. they will ride together again in paris tomorrow. all bernal must do is stay on his bike. he has climbed his mountain already. the welsh footballer gareth bale could be on his way to the chinese super league from real madrid. sources close to britain's most expensive player say the move hasn't been finalised but is "very close". the deal could see bale earn £1 million a week. the england men's cricket squad to face australia in the ashes series has been announced and 24—year—old jofra archer has been included for the first time. jofra

defending champion thomas rode away from alaphilippe on the final climb but the frenchman caught up on now. when weather makes news, it's really a good thing. the extreme heat has been causing problems. the all—time record avoided, ultimately, it didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasantness. didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasa ntness. it has didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasantness. it has been so exceptionally hot, friday will be cooler and things cool further going into the weekend as this weather front into the weekend as this weather fro nt m oves into the weekend as this weather front moves through. with it, some heavy rain in places as we are going to see. this is how fridays starting. thunderstorms in the easternmost parts with and humid weather still wear some spots staying in the low 20s overnight. friday will be a day of broken cloud, some sunny spells and a chance of catching a showerjust about anywhere. still some rumbles of thunder with these developing through eastern parts of england. there is a weather front slowly edging east, bu

julian alaphilippe remains the tour de france leader heading into stage 17 of the race later on wednesdayhile britain's defending champion geraint thomas crashed when his gears jammed with 130km to go. the defending champion sustained grazes to his left—hand side but finished safely in the peleton to remain 95 seconds behind frenchman alaphilippe. juventus take on inter in a pre—season match in china in the coming hours but had an interesting last training session when a local fan tried to get up close and personal. security were on hand to stop the starstruck supporter and cristiano ronaldo even thought he'd help out — although it wasn't what the men in charge thought they'd see from the portuguese superstar. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — tulsen tollett — and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. right. let's find out the latest again from downing street. sally is still there. one pages, i assume, dominated by one story, sally? yeah. absolutely. i'm going to be here for a while, i have to say, ben. a p pa

gone past this stage at these championships will go up against ukrainian elina svitolina. julian alaphilippehe tour de france gets underway later. peter sagan secured his first win of this year's race as he sprinted to victory in stage five for his 12th tour stage win, while defending champion geraint thomas stays seventh overall, a5 seconds behind race leader alaphilippe. kawhi leonard has left reigning nba champions the toronto raptors just three weeks after winning the title to join the la clippers in a three year deal to belived to be over $100 million. the clippers have confirmed the free agency move on social media with leonard set to link up with paul george who was traded from oklahoma city thunder which has seen the californian franchise tipped for next season's title. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your thursday sport briefing. the pop singer, taylor swift, has been named the world's top—earning celebrity. she was number one in the famous forbes 100 list for the last year —

france's julian alaphilippe retained the overall leader's yellow jersey while geraint thomas remainsw, royal portrush in northern ireland will stage the open for only the second time. tickets for all four days of the tournament have sold out for the first time in history with more than 190,000 fans expected to attend. our reporter adam wild is there for us. after 68 years, the open championship is finally back here and the northern coast of northern ireland. it is a spectacular setting, the rugged coastline playing host to this competition for the second time. the first way back in1951, it the second time. the first way back ini951, it is the second time. the first way back in 1951, it is been a long way but the anticipation, the excitement has been building over the past few yea rs. been building over the past few years. it has reached fever pitch for golf and consume the tiny town. a lot of the excitement is about many of the home hopes. darren clark whose house overlooks the course here, a former open winner and another major winner who was from port rush, he grew up around here,

but alaphilippe, who was last to go, smashed the time by fourteen seconds, increasing his overall leadot sure if he'll still be in the role by the time the next tournament comes around in four years. (00v)he's been england's limited overs captain since 2015, and has been a key part of the team's transformation in that time. morgan says the world cup win has made him think about his future. i don't think i'm in a good state to make a decision at the moment, just simply because of the fact that i have not had a chance to get away from the madness and the craze of winning the world cup, i've not been able to get into a logical mindset and actually ask myself a couple of questions about, four years as a big commitment to commit to a 50 over world cup, the t20 world cup next year is more realistic target, but even so year is more realistic target, but even so then, i have battled my way through this year's world cup, it has taken a lot out of me mentally and physically, so once everything comes down over the next few months i will then hopefully come to a decision, at the forefront of that

thomas finished seventh with alaphilippe 11th. his lead now cut to just over a minute and a half. smith as she finished second in the 100 metres at london's anniversary games. the 23—year—old won her heat earlier in the day with a season's best time but lost out in the final to the double olympic champion shelly—ann fraser pryce. smith finished the race in 10.92 seconds. harry kane scored a stunning winning goal in injury time as tottenham beatjuventus 3—2 in the international champions cup. kane lobbed juve keeper wojciech szczesny with a first time strike from the half way line to give spurs the win in singapore, leaving the former arsenal keeper with absolutely no chance. both kane and wojciech szczesny were able to see the funny side at full time. we had disappointment at the world cup yesterday when england lost their semifinal to new zealand, but today they have bounced back to win the bronze medal match with a fine performance against south africa. that's all the sport for now. you can keep up with the latest from the open and all today's sports news on the bbc sport websit

defending champion managed to maintain his one minute 35 second gap on the overall leader — julian alaphilippee. austin halewood reports... with six stages together, it's the closest tour de france in years. the mountains looming large and with a yellow jersey set to be decided mountains looming large and with a yellowjersey set to be decided in the out slate laid at the city, state 16 let the calm before the storm. or at least it was supposed to be. one writer off his bike, the one writer being defending champ mission —— chaplain gary thomas. the panic for the other team the quickly dispelled, and a few cuts and bruises, but nothing more as time quickly joined bruises, but nothing more as time quicklyjoined the pack. almost 40 degrees heat, the mostly flat stage was mostly uneventful. thomas finishing safely alongside julianne, that a general classification staying the same australian caleb took a second stage win. one final hurrah for this printer is, from now on the race is about the yellow jersey. it was a big night in europe for the new saints in the second round of qualifying for the cha

defending champion geraint thomas lost more time to tour de france leaderjulian alaphilippe on stageover half a mile to go, to the summit finish on the iconic tourmalet mountain. france's thibaut pinot won the stage, but compatriot alaphilippe was next to finish, more than thirty seconds ahead of thomas extending his lead to two minutes with seven stages left. it's looking likely that england will lose the women's ashes today at taunton. ashes today at taunton. australia declared on 420 and then got off to the perfect start, bowling tammy beaumont for a duck. england did recover to 199—6 with the help of nat sivver, but with one day of the test left, a draw is the most likely outcome. so england, having lost three one—day matches already to australia — would lose the multi—format series. she says she's in the best form of her life and it was certainly a convincing win from laura muir who romped home in the 1500 metres on the first day of the anniversary games. the european champion was the outstanding favourite, after kenya's faith kipyegon withdrew before the race. a determined—look

defending champion geraint thomas lost more time to tour de france leaderjulian alaphilippe on stagetourmalet mountain. it was france's thibaut pinot who won the stage, but compatriot alaphilippe was next to finish, more than thirty seconds ahead of thomas, extending his lead to two minutes with seven stages left. and australia look set to retain the women's ashes, after dominating day three of the test against england in taunton. they declared on 420—8 and then took the important england wicket of tammy beaumont for a duck. captain heather knight helped the recovery but she went lbw for 28. then, amyjones made a terrific half—century for the hosts, but eventually went for 64 to this catch. england closed 199—6 and, with one day to go in the one off test, the ashes appear to be slipping away. just to say. dillian whyte's heavyweight clash with oscar rivas is into round four. the winner will become a mandatory challenger for deontay wilder's wbc belt. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. and that is it from us. who should be responsible for local services like bin collections

it meansjulian alaphilippe has lost the overall lead to egan bernal.d evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. carl beech, the man found guilty of lying about the existence of a paedophile ring involving several prominent people, has been jailed for 18 years. he'd been convicted after a trial at newcastle crown court of making false allegations of murder and sexual abuse against a number of public figures, including the former home secretary, the late lord brittan. in a victim impact statement, his widow, lady brittan, said her desperately—ill husband had faced entirely false allegations "of the very worst kind" and he would never know his name had been cleared. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. as he lived his life as a school governor and hospital inspector, carl beech watched others suffer as a result of his lies. puppies pinned to my chest while they did whatever they wanted to do. he had handed over their names in police interviews, accusing high—profile figures are forming a vip paedophile ring. beech revelled in the attenti

defending champion geraint thomas stays seventh overall, 45 seconds behind race leaderjulian alaphilippe prix at the weekend. it's been announced that silverstone will stay on the fi calendar for another five years. there were concerns sunday's race could be the last due to rising costs. the race has been in doubt since silverstone exercised a break clause in its contract because of the cost of staging it. but a new contract to keep the race at the venue was agreed yesterday. the chairman and ceo of formula one says it was vital to secure the future of the race very important, our history is one of our visit today to my most important assets. one of the most distinguishing areas. it has a unique place in the history, whether it is the drivers, the races for the british fans. they are all tremendously important to the sport. the irish premiership champions linfield have lost the first leg of their champions league first round match at home to rosenborg. the norwegian side scored in both halves, which means they'll take a 2—0 lead back to norway for the second leg. time for some of the oth

reigning champion geraint thomas — and he'd been expected to close the gap on current leaderjulian alaphilipped other ideas in pau, and nick parrott reports. was first awarded at the tour de france hundred years ago today. then, as knowledge angels on the shoulder ofjulian. defending champion thomas was expected to get closer to claiming it on the time travel stop and sometimes on the tour, the unexpected can happen. they were tipped to win the stage, but failed to make it to the finish. with tough mounting claims to come, some would take it easy, but thomas did not hold back. the briton expels a —— excels at time trials. behind him though he is being urged on by fa ns him though he is being urged on by fans who have not witnessed a french winner of the race and 34 years. helping power into the finish, extending his lead in showing thomas he has a realfight extending his lead in showing thomas he has a real fight on extending his lead in showing thomas he has a realfight on his hands. england's world cup winning cricket captain, eoin morgan, says he's not sure if he'll still be in the role by

defending champion thomas finished in the peloton so still trails the race leader julian alaphilippe seconds. breaking news just in. breaking newsjust in. one of these support riders has been disqualified. to have been disqualified. to have been disqualified following an incident during today's stent. celtic will look to take a step closer to the champions league group stages tonight when they face estonian side nomme kalju in the first leg of the second qualifying round in glasgow. neil lennon's side will still have another two rounds of qualifying to negotiate after this tie. with it being at home, it is not a lwa ys with it being at home, it is not always ideal. hopefully we can take always ideal. hopefully we can take a decent substantial sort of advantage to estonia next week. again, our preparations and good, we have had a good week. buyers are getting up to speed, getting fitter, fresh injury worries, players are coming back. in that aspect it is then good. reports of racism in english football rose by 43% last season — according to statistics gathered by anti—discrimination c

went on to win the race, while thomas is now one minute and 12 seconds behind overall leaderjulian alaphilippe the days other sports news. steve bruce has left his position as manager of sheffield wednesday and is now favourite to take over at newcastle united. bruce guided wednesday to 12th in the championship last season after only taking over injanuary. he has already held talks with newcastle about replacing rafa benitez. celtic have rejected a second bid from arsenal for scotland left—back kieran tierney. the premier league club, are thought to have offered in the region of £25 million for the 22—year—old. they previously had an offer of £15 million turned down. meanwhile, after his exit from arsenal, aaron ramsey has been given a warm welcome from juventus fans. the wales midfielder signed for the serie a side on a free transfer from arsenal. he'll be playing under the former chelsea manager mauricio sarri who joined juventus last month. the open championship is the next big tournament to look forward to, it starts at royal portrush in northern ireland on thursday. and the first round gr

defending champion geraint thomas is lying second overall, one minute 35 seconds behind leader julian alaphilippe into the last six stages. and thomas says he's looking forward to stepping up the pace in the mountains and still thinks he can retain his title in paris on sunday. i think the main thing is, going into the alps now, i feel motivated to get there and really sort of try and finish this tour off well, because slightly up and down year, for sure, because slightly up and down year, forsure, and because slightly up and down year, for sure, and race, because slightly up and down year, forsure, and race, compared to because slightly up and down year, for sure, and race, compared to last year. but, yeah, the main thing for me is that i finished strong yesterday and i'm just itching to go now. i much prefer the alps, a lot better memories, for obvious reasons, and i'm looking forward to it. time for a quick look at the other sports stories making the headlines today. danny cipriani's chances of playing in the rugby world cup appear slim after he was left out of england's latest training squad.

this is a huge blow forjulian alaphilippe who has lost the overall lead to the team ineos rider. meanwhile tracey neville has been announced as leaving england netball. islands colla pse leaving england netball. islands collapse against england, all that and a second innings forjust 38. now time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, jason solomons. so, jason, what do we have this week? this week, we're going back in time, the horrible histories team and their take on rotten romans, roman britain in the rule of emperor nero. boudica, the celts, and nick frost, those well ancients. someone also had the bright idea of making the current war starring michael shannon and george westinghouse in a battle for the best light bulbs and americo. eliminating. and we escaped to the greek it is all of the island of hydro for a love story that lasted 60 years, and inspired some of the most heartbreaking and famous songs 1960s, marion and leonard words of love. horrible histories, is something i should take nieces t

and julian alaphilippe closes in on becoming the first home rider to win the tour de france since 1985tart with golf and the fourth women's major of the year, where paula creamer leads after the first round of the evian championship in france. she carded a seven under par round of 64 to lead by one shot from a group of four players that includes her fellow american brittany altomare, and kojin—young, the winner of the year's first major, the ana inspiration. england's melissa reid is the leading european on five under par. the women's pga champion, australia's hannah green, is eight off the lead at one over par but it was day to forget for the defending champion angela stanford.

matteo trentin wins stage 17 of the tour de france butjulian alaphilippe maintains the overall race leadquarter—finals of the hamburg 0pen. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket — and ireland had the better of the opening day in their one—off, four—day day test match against england at lord's. the home side batted first after winning the toss — and suffered the embarrassment of being bowled out before lunch forjust 85 — by an irish side playing in only their third ever test match. on a day when 20 wickets fell, the tourists made 207 in reply — leaving england trailing by 122 runs.

elia viviani claimed his first tour de france stage win as team—mate julian alaphilippe retained thehing was the bbc‘s simon brotherton. this day was flagged up as a big rendezvous for sprinters. viviani winning from christoph with taylor third after a spectacular gallop up the long finishing straight. a day successfully negotiated by julian and the defending champion who remains in seventh place, 45 seconds down on the frenchman. the next two days should provide the first real clues in the overall race for victory. there's just a few days to go until the netball world cup gets underway in the english city of liverpool. the question is can anybody break the southern hemisphere dominance, with australia having won it a record 11 times. regardless of what opposition we face we are always gunning for the win and like i said it has been successful world championship for us in the past so we have a lot of confidence coming into the tournament. we know there will be tough matches, not just tournament. we know there will be tough matches, notjust the home country it will be south africa, ja

thomas lies second, 95 seconds behind frenchman julian alaphilippe.ur to be in yellow during the tour. so we change the plan and we defended. i'd give everything every day. like you see, i don't go in the breakaway now. eye ride like the leader of the tour de france. so i don't know what will happen in the next day, but for sure i will continue to defend the joe zee. anthonyjoshua's promoter thinks the former world heavyweight champion shouldn't be fighting an immediate rematch with the man who ended his unbeaten run. a return bout with andy ruinunior will be announced later this week and eddie hearn admits the reason the fight is being made is because of the demands ofjoshua. would he or could he or should he have an interim fight, a little confidence builder? yeah, maybe. it's not him. he has no interest in that at all. it hasn't even been discussed. what has been discussed isi discussed. what has been discussed is i should have beaten anteroom was that night, performed poorly, and a loss of five. abel will be tim next time. give me that fight now —

geraint thomas profited handsomely, moving into second and third overall behind the race leaderjulian alaphilippeope was one of many court out and has dropped from third to 10th overall. he isjust over 2.5 dropped from third to 10th overall. he is just over 2.5 minutes dropped from third to 10th overall. he isjust over 2.5 minutes behind the yellow jersey now he isjust over 2.5 minutes behind the yellowjersey now in the standings. britain‘s adam yates was another rider like thomas who made sure he didn‘t miss the bus and moved into seventh place as the tour reaches its third rest day. and, following that rest day on tuesday, it will be the 167 km stage 11 from albi to toulouse on wednesday, a transitional stage that brings the 2019 tour closer to the pyrenees. the day begins in albi, where the riders will pass the famous cathedral basilica of st cecilia and winds its way south—west, covering two categorised climbs before the intermediate sprint in gaillac. the second half of the stage is relatively flat to rolling, as the tour takes in the sights of toulouse. excitement is building ahead of golf‘

tour stage win in his first year at the race, while ciccone took the yellow jersey from julian alaphilippegeraint thomas now sits in fifth place overall a9 seconds off the lead. tunisia and algeria have taken the final two places for the africa cup of nations semifinals after both picked up wins on thursday. our sports reporter piers edwards is in cairo. tunisia ended the fairytale run of tournament sensations madagascar with a convincing 3—0 win against the side that seemed to have run out of ideas and run out of energy. much of ideas and run out of energy. much of the buildup this quarter—final centred on whether the tournament debutantes could centred on whether the tournament debuta ntes could defy centred on whether the tournament debutantes could defy the odds to reach the last four. they were ranked amongst africa's six west teams just two years ago. madagascar had been to nigeria and dr congo could not lay a glove on tunisia. in truth, the tunisians were a class apart. they have got better and better as the tournament has gone on. this was their first win in 90 minutes, thanks to a

this is a huge blow forjulian alaphilippe who has lost the overall lead to the team ineos rider.ands collapse against england, all that and a second innings forjust 38. now time for the film review.

defending champion geraint thomas lost more time to tour de france leaderjulian alaphilippe on stageurmalet mountain. france's thibaut pinot won the stage, but compatriot alaphilippe was next to finish, more than 30 seconds ahead of thomas, extending his lead to two minutes with seven stages left. it's looking likely that england will lose the women's ashes today at taunton. australia declared on 420 and then got off to the perfect start, bowling tammy beaumont for a duck. england did recover to 199—6 with the help of nat sivver, but with one day of the test left, a draw is the most likely outcome. so england, having lost three one—day matches already to australia would lose the multi—format series. she says she's in the best form of her life, and it was certainly a convincing win from laura muir who romped home in the 1500 metres on the first day of the anniversary games. the european champion was the outstanding favourite, after kenya's faith kipyegon withdrew before the race. a determined—looking muir outsprinted german konstanze klosterhalfen on the final bend on her way to a com

like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julain alaphilippe was the chaser. years ran out of puff. thomas was now second, but launched no challenge, effectively handing over the title to his team—mate. they will ride together again in paris tomorrow. all egan bernal must do is on his bike. he has climbed his mountain already. patrick geary, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines this evening... egan bernal beats the world's best to set up a first tour de france win for south america. hamilton's on pole position at hockenheim while the ferraris are hit by technical issues. and wembley beckons for warrington wolves and super league leaders, st helens as they win their challenge cup semi finals. we will have plenty from the tour de france in a moment, but we will start with formula 1. lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's german grand prix on pole position despite having been ill this week. red

like the man in blue behind him, frenchmanjulian alaphilippe was the chaser, and that ta kes alaphilippe the first win in 35 years was lost. geraint thomas handed over his title to his teammate. what was his message? just enjoy it, soak it all up, and don't worry about crying because all real men cry. he is 22, he has an amazing year ahead of him and it isjust an honour to have been part of its. they will ride together again today in paris later, all egan bernal has to do is stay on his bike. he has climbed his mountain already. lewis hamilton will start today's german grand prix from pole, but he's not been well. the world champion says he felt so ill that at one point he thought he might have to drop out of the race weekend altogether. so to then come back and take pole position at hockenheim is no mean feat. he was given a helping hand, though, after both ferraris failed to make it through qualifying. i don't know how we did it today, i'm not sure what happened to the ferraris, but it is such an important race, and for 125 years of mercedes, it isjust important race, and for 125 years

home favourite julian alaphilippe still leads by more than a minute and a half in the tour de france.nd place, with the race now moving into three potentially decisive stages in the alps. —— pellet on. shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister, newly found himself sidelined, tripping up after he entered before thankfully being caught. hejoked entered before thankfully being caught. he joked that his athletic recovery had been praised, avoiding a fall. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. the governor of porto rico has announced he will stand down after months of pressure. communications were leaked in which he made a series of sexist and homophobic comments. he said he would remain in office until august the second. let's go live to washington and speak to our corresponded, chris buckler. it would seem he has decided to go after a lot of pressure and protest. yes, and the pressure has been mounting. ican yes, and the pressure has been mounting. i can tell you, there are celebrations in the streets of porter rico as a result of protesters who feel that they have managed

frenchman julian alaphilippe won stage three with a late solo attack.relatively flat route on tuesday. india and new zealand meet in the first semi—final of this year‘s cricket world cup in manchester. the group match between the two sides was rained off. india topped the group stages, losing just once in the competition, and virat kohli says that it will come down to who is braver on the day. whichever team is most brave stands a better chance in winning. we understand that combination. it is up understand that combination. it is up to both the teams to bring their a game and whoever handles pressure better as a team that comes out on top. you get to the last four, each side will want to put each other under pressure and you know when that happens, it can be a real challenge. both sides will be looking to do that. every now then, something ridiculous comes up, which i guess you could say is loosely defined as sport. take a look at this — the annual wife—carrying championships in finland. 12 couples battling it out, in front of thousands. the task being

after 15 stages, he trails leaderjulian alaphilippe by 95 seconds but he‘s excited about being in thisour and this situation is com pletely the tour and this situation is completely different. we do not have to pull when there‘s other teams that want to do it as well. we are still in super strong position. barcelona will take on chelsea in a pre season friendly in tokyo in the coming hours with new signing antonie griezmann expected to feature for the first time. the 28—year—old french world cup winner moved to camp nou earlier this month for more than $130 million having spent five seasons with atletico madrid. ireland take on england in the first ever test match between the countries on wednesday. the venue is the home of cricket, lords and, while for england it‘s a warm—up for the ashes which start next week, it has much more significance for the visitors there hasn‘t been a lot of hard work over the last ten years to try and get to this stage and i think we all wa nted get to this stage and i think we all wanted to get to that point and play test cricket. i suppose it is really goo

thomas drops to third overall at the tour de france but remains 95 seconds behind leader julian alaphilippelves on their first european night in nearly a0 years. hello and welcome to sportsday. thank you forjoining us. ireland, playing in only their third test, have the opportunity to pull off one of the greatest shocks of all time as england struggled with the bat again on day two at lords. at least an improvement on the 85 all—out yesterday. they were 303—9 in their second innings at the close of play today — that's a lead of 181 — nightwatchmanjack leach making 92. our reporter, patrick gearey, was watching. most england batting problems have come back once again. it started for rory burns. he made a mistake early on. he looks fidgety at the crease, he is not in any sort of form at the moment and would have wanted more than six, not a good looking shot. england's batting hero is not batsmen at all, it was jack leach who only went in as a nightwatchman but he did more than that today, look at that shot for fulham. but with this he went beyond his first test 50 for england and while he was

defending champion thomas rode away from alaphilippe on the final climb, but the frenchman caught upnd overall. racing at southwell was abandoned with two races remaining earlier this afternoon because of the current heatwave. the meeting had controversially gone ahead despite temperatures topping 30 degrees centigrade. the seven—racejump meeting had started at 11.25am this morning, two and a half hours before it was scheduled, in a bid to cope with the heat, but the british horseracing authority decided to call an early halt. those call an early halt. final two races were over longer those final two races were over longer distances. arsenal have signed real madrid midfielder dani ceballos on a season—long loan deal. the 22—year—old has made 56 appearances for the spanish giants since joining in 2017 from real betis. arsenal are also set to sign saint etienne teenage centre back william saliba for a fee in the region of £27 million. manchester united have beaten tottenham 2—1 in a preseason friendly in china. anthony martial‘s effort from a tight angle gave 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s sid

maiden tour stage win in his first year at the race while ciccone took the yellow jersey from julian alaphilippe9 seconds off the lead. you'll see plenty on social media about the netball world cup which gets under way in the english city of liverpool later. defending champions australia are looking for a 12th win in this tournament and they'll need to get past the hosts and commonwealth games champions england who are among 1a teams involved if they're to succeed. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your friday sport briefing. quite a weekend of sport, i know what i'll be doing. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. a couple of important stories to focus on there, thomas cook, is it finally going to change hands being picked up by a chinese partner? also we will have the latest on india and us trade talks. not going well at the moment. stay with after the wanton humidity, friday will bring something fresh and assume it, it will be a mix of su