and an eventful qualifying session at the azerbaijan grand prix as ferrari's charles leclerc takes anothere pole position. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. wickets might have been falling all around him, but rory burns hit a century on day four of the first test against new zealand at lords to give the home fans something to smile about at least. it was a day where england's youthful batting line—up was left exposed, giving the tourists the edge. patrick geary reports. test cricket is unusual in that sport and life in that you get time to think. yesterday, wren meant no play so joe root could carefully plan his innings. first ball this morning, new zealand gave them a lot more time to ponder. but now, instead of watching rainfall, it was wickets, courtesy of tim southee. in the first innings of his first test event, gone before his first run. england fans watching the batting collapse, a step back to normality. total together, collapse, a step back to normality. totaltogether, rory collapse, a step back to normality. total together, rory burns was going through an ordeal of

as red flags flew, ferrari's charles leclerc secured a second surprise pole position in a row, but thereed bull and max verstappen. nick parrott reports. after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, baku was back with a bang. lance stroll the first of five drivers coming to grief like this. to come out on top here you need to stay out of the walls and get into another car's slipstream, just what charles leclerc did in the final session. making the most of the gap in the air made by lewis hamilton's mercedes, he took his ferrari to the top of the timesheets. despite struggling in practice, hamilton followed suit, beating max verstappen's red bull to second. and just as they were preparing for the finalfight, their battle ended early. two crashes in a matter of seconds saw red flags waved and red arms raised. i finally found my rhythm, started to push quite hard and it came straightaway. so, ifelt like a pole was ours and it is great to be starting from there but i believe mercedes and red bull has a lot more to come in the race, they showed that in practice, so it will

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who's four points ahead of mercedes�* lewis hamilton, was 0.043 seconds faster than ferrari's charles leclercthe track on his best lap. chelsea and manchester city have dominated the pfa's women's super league's team of the year. the wsl champions have five players named in the team including fran kirby, who has already been named as the football writers' assosication's player of the year. manchester city have four players on the list and arsenal make up the rest, which means all players come from the top three clubs. less than a week after winning the champions league, thomas tuchel has agreed a new contract with chelsea. the deal will run until 2024 after he initially replaced frank lampard from paris saint—germain on an 18—month contract. as well as beating manchester city in last week's european final, tuchel led chelsea to a fourth—placed finish in the premier league. trent alexander—arnold says he's "absolutely gutted" to miss the upcoming euros through injury. the liverpool defender posted the short message on twitter this morning. he was ruled out of the england squad after picking up

there was a surprise in qualifying at the azerbaijan grand prix, with charles leclerc securing pole.final session in baku, just ahead of the mercedes of lewis hamilton, with max verstappen third for red bull. just as they were about to start their final laps, two crashes brought qualifying to a premature end, handing leclerc pole for a second race in a row. fabio quartararo has become the first rider in seven years to claim five motogp pole positions in a row. the championship leader clocked the quickest time on his yamaha early on in the final session of qualifying for the catalunya grand prix. australia's jack miller will start from second despite this crash stopping him from beating the frenchman's time. britain's geraint thomas has moved up to third overall with just one stage to go at the criterium du dauphine. ukraine's mark padun broke clear to win the penultimate stage by 3a seconds ahead of australia's richie porte, whose second place secured him the overall lead. thomas finshed ninth, and although he's moved up the standings, he trails his ineos grenadiers team mate porte b

he'll be just behind charles leclerc on the grid. the pace for most of practice in baku. but after trying what team boss toto wolff described as some "extreme things", hamilton managed to qualify second, behind the ferrari of leclerc, who secured a second surprise pole position in a row. championship leader max verstappen starts from third. massively anxious not knowing whether we can even get into the top ten. that was my real goal, to try and just get into the top ten so to be on the front row is incredible and i'm just proud of everyone for being open—minded and working so hard. it's been a great weekend for st helens in rugby league — their women's side won the challenge cup for the first time, after thrashing york city knights. saints were the pre—match favourites and showed why by running in seven tries in a 3a—6 win — amy hardcastle with the pick of them. it was the first time in two years that the final had been held, due to the pandemic. and st helens�* men made it into their challenge cup final with victory over hull fc — r

he'll be just behind charles leclerc.n made it into their challenge cup final, after an entertaining game against hull fc. saints led by 18 points before hull fought back to within three. but regan grace capitalised on a mistake — running nearly the length of the pitch to score the decisive try. it finished 33—18 — and st helens will face castleford in next month's final. england's mel reid has fallen way off the pace at the women's us open, after a dreadful third round of 78. in contrast, the american lexi thompson put together a flawless round, with five birdies, to claim a one—shot lead heading into the final round. thompson has one major to her name, and that came back in 2014. and talk about mixed fortunes. john rahm had a very dramatic day at the memorial tournament in ohio. he looked on course to retain his title, and win a first prize of over a million pounds, when he moved six shots clear of the field in the third round, but as he walked off the 18th green he was told he'd tested positive for covid—19 and had to

who�*s four points ahead of mercedes�* lewis hamilton, was 0.043 seconds faster than ferrari�*s charles leclerc�*s amber list. three additional flights, officially moves to the uk�*s amber list. three additionalflights, ba says from faro, on saturday, sunday, and monday. the statement, we are an increasing number of flights from portugal who wish to help to tend the uk, you can see there before it moved to the embolus, on 4am on tuesday, the 8th ofjune. easyjet is saying, little earlier, it was also putting on extra flights to get people back before the need to quarantine. the authorities in hong kong have closed off a large part of a park in the city, where people traditionally gather each year to mark the anniversary of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre. thousands were killed when chinese authorities cracked down on protests in beijing 32 years ago. this was the scene this morning in victoria park, which normally would be full of thousands of people marking the anniversary. police have warned that anyone crossing into the park could face up to 12 months in jail. for context, this was victori