out out for 317 with ben stokes side suffering an early blow to their innings with the loss of ben duckett but they steadied the ship, both passing their half centuries and moeen ali eventually falling on 5a, being caught and joe root is now in an england currently 151—2. as well as the world cup in the ashes, today is also the first day of the open. australian cam smith looking to defend his title from last year but it's been a lesser—known name making the headlines on day one, we go live to our reporter ben croucher who has been watching the opening rounds. and it is a south african amateur. not many people are talking about the four the tournament. and it is christo lamprecht. tommy fleetwood just up the coast here in the north west of england making three birdies in a row to join christo lamprecht at the top of the leaderboard on five under par as he is going down the 18th playing his final hole, big chance of a birdie there as well but he put his drive into the rough and if we take a look at a bit further down the leaderboard, 2009 open champion stewart cinq, brilliant opening round f

ben duckett scoring quickly so far.women's evian championship. their fourth major of the year got underway in france this morning — with canada's brooke henderson the defending champion. world number 2 nelly korda, had time out injured earlier this season, has been struggling in the majors since her return. world number onejin young ko and charley hull, storming finish at the last major the us open to end up second. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back. let's get some news that's broken in the past hour — the high court in london has ruled that the uk home office's "routine" housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful. the charity — every child protected against trafficking brought legal action, claiming the current arrangements are "not fit for purpose". justice chamberlain said the practice of accommodating children in hotels, outside local authority care, had become an established part of the procedure for dealing with unaccompanied asylum—seeking children which is unlawful. he told

chris woakes wrapped up the innings with his fifth wicket, josh hazelwood caught by ben duckett.t immediately but he didn't last long — duckett out forjust one. england at that point were 9—1, but they recovered before lunch. moeen ali and zak crawley steadied the ship. so this is where things stand at lunch on the second day. england 61-1, in lunch on the second day. england 61—1, in reply to australia's 317 all out. they will resume in the next few minutes at old trafford. as well as the world cup and the ashes, today is also the first day of the open at hoylake. australian cam smith looking to defend his title from last year. let's go live to our reporter, ben croucher, who has been watching the opening rounds. there are 156 golfers in the field for the 151st open championship. there are seasoned pros, major winners, but i'm not sure anybody quite predicted the south african amateur holding the clubhouse lead at the halfway mark of the first round. he is six played tennis in south africa growing up, but decided to take up golf and it looks like it was a fantastic decision, bec

why would steve smith place this shot into the hands of ben duckett?ion, along the lines of "see you later", we gather. big moment before the close. the excellent usman khawaja was dismissed for a3. australia are 142 runs ahead but england have four wickets and they have stokes, and they have hope. joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. it has not been a good day for the british men at wimbledon. they are all out — including andy murray who lost a 2—1 lead as he resumed last night's game on centre court this afternoon. andy swiss was watching. so was this his wimbledon farewell? andy murray heading for the exit, not knowing if he'll be back. earlier, he'd resumed 2—1 sets up against stefanos tsitsipas and he began brightly. cheering no signs of yesterday's injury scare. the fans were up for it but then so was tsitsipas, as he took a fourth set tie—break. and so to a deciding set. who would seize the moment? well, it was tsitsipas. murray's face said it all, as the world number five sealed victory. game, set and match — tsitsipas. another gutsy performance f

ben duckett obviously unbeaten as well, he passed his half—century yesterday but after a controversialbecause mitchell starc rolled the ball on the ground as he slid. england at 131—11. their target is 371. it was an eventful days for the yates family yesterday — as identical twin brothers adam and simon went toe—to—toe in a brilliant opening stage to this year's tour de france. it was eventually adam who came out on top in the final stages, pipping his brother to line and taking the leader's yellow jersey to secure his first tour stage win. another hilly stage awaits the riders today as they'll complete another 130 miles — that gets under way shortly. you know what i wore yellow a couple of years ago but it was different, it didn't feel great. then i ended up it didn't feel great. then i ended up in a jersey, whereas this time i put my hand in the air and here i am. so really happy and took some bonus seconds as well. i think it was the perfect day. meanwhile, stage three of the women's giro d'italia is already under way. friday's opening stage had to be abandoned due to heavy rain. t

ben duckett is still there too. 224 more to win. we think the sun will come out tomorrow.hey won at lord's in the third t20 and now trail australia six points to four in the multi—format series. chasing a revised target of 119 off 1a overs because of rain, they won by five wickets. the teams will now play three one—dayers. mark cavendish is out of his final tour de france after crashing on stage eight. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish. he is retiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddie merckx. it's the british grand prix tomorrow and world champion max verstappen will start on pole for the fifth f1 race in a row, but the biggest cheer at silverstone was for british driver lando norris. he was quickest in his mclaren before being pipped by verstappen in the final seconds of qualifying. george russell and lewis hamilton will be sixth and seventh on the grid. england's footballers have won the european under—21 championship

england have lost two wickets, the first one, ben duckett mistiming a pull shot to the wicketkeeper alexrsial. let me try and describe it. another kind of routine delivery, he ducked and it went through to alex kerry, who almost straightaway through the ball back towards the stumps. in the meantime, bairstow had thought the ball was dead. he thought it was the end of the over. a kind of marked his place in the crease and walk towards ben stokes in the middle, just as the ball was hitting the stumps the bales came off. the umpires looked at it, tv replays briefly and they gave him out. i think in terms of the letter of the law they had no choice about that. you hear some former england bat saying bairstow lacked awareness. you will also have a perspective that was unsporting behaviour. some england supporters in particular would say they should have withdrawn the appeal because bairstow clearly thought it was the end of the over. he thought the ball it was dead. australia didn�*t. anyway, he was out, he�*s gone. but the reaction to that from the crowd, from ben stokes has been fascinating

but england lost four early wickets, before ben stokes and ben duckett toughed it out to the close. 114 that he's still at the crease. he was caught by mitchell starc at the end of the day it looked to be a clean catch out on the boundary but he grounded the ball as he slid, with umpires stating he was �*not in control of his body'. so ducket was given a repreive much to the tourists annoyance. it was the third umpire's interpretation of it. starc felt like he had complete control, but the ball and hand touch the ground, so that is the decision. i think we have seen different ones in the _ i think we have seen different ones in the course of this game, and different— in the course of this game, and different decisions have been given, so i different decisions have been given, so i really— different decisions have been given, so i really don't understand, i really— so i really don't understand, i really don't know what has gone on. your initial — really don't know what has gone on. your initial reaction was that it was _ your initial reaction was that it was clean, _ your initial reactio

leaves england chasing 251 for a victory that would keep the series alive. 0peners zak crawley and ben duckettl three remaining tests to regain the ashes. mark cavendish is out of the tour de france after a crash on stage 8. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish. he's said he's retiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddy merckx. red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with 0scar piastri starting from third on the grid. the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz are fourth and fifth, with the mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton in sixth and seventh. that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update in one hour. thank you very much indeed. hundreds of protesters have gathered in the centre of paris for a banned demonstration in memory of a young black man who died in police

openers zak crawley and ben duckett made it to the close — england 27—0.ng tests to regain the ashes. mark cavendish is out of the tour de france after a crash on stage eight. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish. he is retiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddy merckx. denmark's mads pedersen went on to win the stage. fellow danejonas vingergo is still in the yellowjersey. red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. that's the fifth race in a row that he will start from the front. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with oscar piastri starting from third on the grid. the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz are fourth and fifth, with the mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton in sixth and seventh. finally, a couple of football lines. us women's star megan rapinoe says she will retire at

ben duckett lasted ten minutes. mitchell starc on the march.ly, it was four, and that all certainly helps. zak crawley will always look to reach the boundary and, in this atmosphere of ashes intensity, the spectators were right into it. especially if, right in front of them, there was a despairing australian fielder. now look up for some classic moeen ali. england have a distance to travel and they need to move quickly, but old trafford was enjoying the very best of moeen ali's batting. do we dare to suggest england are starting to look comfortable? in the ashes, can you ever truly feel comfortable? very effective. it's always dangerous to look too far ahead in a test match. i'm not going to mention the weekend weather forecast. right now the weather is good and england will resume on 61—1 with moeen ali already past 30. can you picture themselves at the end of today's play? may in advance of australia's first—innings total of 317, possibly. but we know that when one team has seemed to be in control, back on the opponents and we can guess that

for a successful run chase at lords — but england lost four early wickets — before ben stokes and ben duckettckett, who is unbeaten on 50, might feel fortunate that he's still at the crease. he was caught by mitchell starc at the end of the day. it looked to be a clean catch out on the boundary but he grounded the ball as he slid, with umpires stating he was "not in control of his body". that is one of the laws of the game. so duckett was given a repreive much to the tourists' annoyance. it was the third umpire's interpretation of it. starc felt like he had complete control, but the ball and hand touch the ground, so that is the decision. i think we have seen different ones in the course of this game, and different decisions have been given, so i really don't understand, i really don't know what has gone on. your initial reaction was that it was clean, but maybe it was a bit different. australia's women are chasing 154 at edgbaston to win the first t20 in their ashes series against england. it's a multi—format series and australia have already won the one—off test, so need just two wins from

ben stokes�* side then suffered an early blow to their innings with loss of ben duckett forjusti runlongside moeen ali steadied the ship, both passing the half century mark. ali though eventually went for sa, caught by usman khawaja. crawley has passed his century. as well as the world cup and the ashes, today is also the first day of the open at hoylake. some of the favourites including rory mcilroy and john rahm have teed off in the last hour — but there's a lesser known name topping the leaderboard at the moment. our reporter ben croucher is live there for us now, ben. yes, it is a glorious day here at hoylake. the forecast not so pleasant for the weekend. the players are making hay or maybe birdies if you will while the sun shines. two names at the top of the leaderboard. one that you might recognise and one that you probably don't. we will start with the man from just up the coast here any north west of england, tommy fleetwood, he made six birdies in his round of 66 today including three in a row, 14—15 and i6 his round of 66 today including three in a row, 14—15 and 16 to sit

all out for 317 in the morning session — ben stokes' side suffered an early blow with the loss of ben duckettongside moeen ali steadied the ship, ali eventually going for sa, while crawley has passed his century. currently on 153. england are 276—2. joe currently on153. england are 276—2. joe r00t— currently on153. england are 276—2. joe root has— currently on 153. england are 276—2. joe root has also passed his half—century and is on 58. on to golf now and the 151st open championship is under way at royal liverpool, in hoylake on the wirral. many of the early favourites — the likes of rory mcilroy and john rahm — are only a few holes into theirfirst rounds. england's tommy fleetwood finished on 5—under — and is tied for the lead with amateur golfer christo lamprecht of south africa. the usa's stewart cink is 3—under withjordan speith in the clubhouse on 2—under for the day. for more on these and other sports stories you can go to our app on the website and that is all for now, goodbye. thanks very much. straight back to greece and heatwave we've been seeing ince on your because those picture

ben duckett always likes to try quickly, they are the type that the captains admire. opening batters enjoyed fortune, both were dropped. can't fault steve smith was my agility here. on 41 duckett was caught. that touched his glove, revealed by the review. crawley on 22 and this time steve smith held on, catching is always a crucial part of the cricket, well worth the pain. coming here, regret on the face ofjoe root. could he have played that differently? almost certainly. harry brooke dropped on five was taking risks and getting away with it. as fortune favoured the brave, england's philosophy depends on it. joe wilson, bbc news at the oval. many of them belong to the crown and killing one was considered an offence, but the annual royal tradition of counting swans on the river thames has revealed a sharp drop in numbers. the census, known as "swan upping", shows numbers of young swans have fallen by almost 40% compared with last year. the decline has been blamed on avian flu but also a growing problem of violence, including shootings, catapult attacks and dogs killing

with the next wicket mitchell starc is certainly thought he had got ben duckett but when the tv empoli, body, ground, he decided he wasn't in control of the catch so it stays 114-4. bull, control of the catch so it stays 114—4. bull, joe wilson, bbc news, lord's. this is how is stands at the end of day four at lord's. england now 114 for four. mitchell starc and pat cummins accounting for the wickets. zak crawley, ollie pope and harry brook falling for just 3: . .. a huge day ahead of england tomorrow, needing 257 to win. australia needing six wickets. much to do then, for the men's side — and there's plenty at stake for england in the women's ashes too. they're into the shorter form part of the multi—format series with australia, having lost the one—off test this week at trent bridge. our reporterjo currie, is at edgbaston for us, with the first of the t20's under way.. what is the latest so far? opening danny whiteman early on and was followed by alice cassie was run out. she thought she had got her bat over the line in time which he did do but that wasn't grounded. a run shortly aft

why would steve smith placed his shot into the hands of ben duckett? have hope. joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. at the tour de france, it was almost a record—breaking day for mark cavendish. with the finish line of the seventh stage in sight, the british rider made his move — attacking the front and he looked on course for victory — and a record 35th stage win. butjasper philipsen had other ideas — as the belgian snatched his third stage win of this year's tour. defending championjonas vingegaard retained the overall leader's yellow jersey and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. see you then. hello there. we had quite a mixed weather picture for friday, certainly for scotland and northern ireland. we started the day with rather grey and cloudy skies, like these. and the rain that we had that started on thursday lasted into the first part of friday morning, bringing about a third of a month's worth of rain in places, so it was really quite a wet spell of weather. even as that cleared, there were just one or two showers th

the all these needed 6 wickets to wind up the start of the day and they were on track when ben duckett was caught of alex kerry. then a bizarre moments when johnny there so walked away too quickly before the ball was dead and some quick thinking from carry. got rid of it at spartan stokes into action, and some mass of hits on brought up. his 100 is now a $148.00, not out with england. now meetings, $79.00 more runs to win. if australia, when they'll go to nail up in the series, as he gets ready to defend his wimbledon title, no bank junk of which has worn down his bosses, they must preserve the integrity and tradition of the sport. they are to deal with saudi arabia, jock, which is a me to make it 3 wins from 3 grand slams. a season after winning the australian and french opens. both of men's and women's tories have been in talks with salad e, which has already invested happily and others i think personally, was just question of time when when, when they are, they were to, you know, start some kind of negotiations or conversations, dentists to try to enter the dentist, so they've done

hopes are relying on ben duckett and ben stokes — relying on ben duckett and ben stokes. �* , ., �* stokeswas _ stokes. because that wasn't, with turning point? it was a _ stokes. because that wasn't, with turning point? it was a big - stokes. because that wasn't, with | turning point? it was a big debate, wasn't it? but— turning point? it was a big debate, wasn't it? but those _ turning point? it was a big debate, wasn't it? but those the _ turning point? it was a big debate, wasn't it? but those the rules. i wasn't it? but those the rules. damn's — wasn't it? but those the rules. damn's the brakes.— wasn't it? but those the rules. damn's the brakes. cancer is a drop, mitchell start. _ damn's the brakes. cancer is a drop, mitchell start, there. _ damn's the brakes. cancer is a drop, mitchell start, there. -- _ damn's the brakes. cancer is a drop, mitchell start, there. -- starc. i mitchell start, there. —— starc. they— mitchell start, there. —— starc. they will— mitchell start, there. —— starc. they will need ben stokes to lead from the — they will need ben stokes to lead from the front a

while that crawley and ben duckett are at the crease, the scoreboard will move.ay, but as' modelling which seems to say confident, joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. england's women have kept their ashes series alive, winning at lord's in a nail—biting third t20. chasing a revised target of 119 off 1a overs because of rain, and they won by five wickets. they now trail australia 6 points to a in the multi—format series. the teams will now play three one—dayers. some pretty bad news in cycling. it looks like it could be the end of the road for mark cavendish who's out of the tour de france. the 38—year—old broke his collarbone about 50 miles from the finish in saturday's stage 8. he's retiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means he won't be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. drew savage has more. nobody would have wanted it to and like this. 16 years after making his debut at the world was my biggest bike race, mark cavendish was my hero came to an unexpected and 50 miles from the finishing line of stage eight. it was the sort of i

travis head could only fend this delivery off to ben duckett. superb round on day two, topping the leaderboard at the half way stage, sitting on ten under. he birdied the first five holes — and capped off a flawless round of 65 with an eagle on the 18th. tommy fleetwood who was amongst the overnight leaders after day one is on five under. it was another frustrating day for rory mcilroy, who will made the cut but is nine shots adrift. if defending tour de france champion jonas vingegaard makes it through the last mountain stage today, he will secure the yellowjersey and ride into paris tomorrow to be confirmed as the race winner. the dane leads by over 7.5 minutes, while britain's adam yates is third overall. stage 19 yesterday was 107 miles long, but slovenia's matej mohoric won it by millimetres, beating denmark's kasper asgreen in a tight photo finish. an emotional time afterwards. so much drama in the sport now. thank you so much. this week, the first phase of the covid inquiry, heard from its final witness. our health reporter, jim reed look

i think 52, not the partnership not out the partnership of zak crawley has been crawley and ben duckettday. it was in the balance as we went into it this morning. but i'll tell you what, it's not really an expansive bazball performance this morning from tend from england. they tend to be tend to be taking advantage of the profligate bowling tend to be taking advantage of the australia.fligate bowling tend to be taking advantage of the australia. butte bowling tend to be taking advantage of the australia. but brilliant1g by by australia. but brilliant start england england and start for england england and i expect them well they if they expect them well if they if they win they win this test win win if they win this test they've effectively overturned and a 2—0 defeat, a 2—0 deficit and a 2—0 defeat, a 2—0 deficit and 132 because they were going to win on thursday, they were going to win. racked up going to win. they'd racked up 5—5, 9 or 5, eight, 5 or 5 nine two or whatever it was. i mean, that's you have that's fantastic. and you have to england because to hand it to england because

ben duckett had left his left his crease. treatment happens in reverse as well go well whenever england go sledging so there's a place sledging and so there's a place at gabba as the at the gabba known as the abattoir where where england players have abuse in players have had some abuse in the mainly the past and it's mainly a return sometimes return to sledging sometimes this team is not this australian team is not as up front and in—your—face verbally as previous generations have been. remember warne have been. remember shane warne being like remember glenn being like that? remember glenn mcgrath certainly conducted himself merv hughes himself like that. merv hughes guys like these. there are guys like these. so there are different they different generation, but they are with the bat are very, very good with the bat and with the and the and with the ball and in the feeling, in the feeling, feeling sorry in the fielding. believe that feeling, feeling sorry in the fielding. shouldtlieve that feeling, feeling sorry in the fiel