all smiles on the start line but this would be another altitude test for chris froome.evada the latest obstacle between him and a vuelta a espana — tour de france double. his lead of 55 seconds was well protected by team sky as they approached the sierra, adam yates of britain, 32nd overall, 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—y

all smiles on the start line but this would be another test for chris froome.55 seconds was well protected by team sky as they approached the sierra, adam yates of britain, 32nd overall 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 and al lopez of columbia yet 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 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 h

and it's been a tough day in the mountains for chris froome at the vuelta a espana. this evening we'll start at the us open in new york, where world number one karolina pliskova has been knocked out of the competition in straight sets by coco vandeweghe, who now becomes the third american into the semi—finals. adam wild reports. it is one of the game most intimidating arenas and when you are world number one there comes greater pressure to perform. a place and a grand slam semifinal at stake buffer karolina pliskova, the title of the top ranked player. coco vandeweghe, the americans serving up what the american crowd wanted to see. break came her way, coco vandeweghe finding a way to stay calm and composed. discover is number one for good reason. shots like this one took the first set towards the tie—break. that is worthy challenge faltered, coco vandeweghe forcing the error and the set was hers. as a 16—year—old she won this as a junior, her dream was to return and make your mark amongst the seniors and this was a moment. match point against the world number one. he

chris froome has become britain's first—ever winner of the vuelta a espana.the third rider in history to win that and the tour de france in the same year and the first since 1978. sunday's final stage was largely a procession into madrid, and froome wasn't challenged for the lead. it was won by italian sprinter matteo trentin, while froome safely crossed the line just behind to confirm his status as one of the sport's all—time greats. it's been incredible, absolutely incredible. it's all starting to sink in now. to set off at the beginning of the year with the goal of trying to win the tour de france and then trying to back it up at the tour of and then trying to back it up at the tourof spain, and then trying to back it up at the tour of spain, which has never been done before in that sense, no one has ever won the tour de france and gone on to the tour of spain, the vuelta a espa na, gone on to the tour of spain, the vuelta a espana, less than a month later and one that as well. it's an incredible feeling and it's certainly nothing i could have achieved on

it's been a tough day in the mountains for chris froome at the vuelta a espana.ck with us for all the details. could it be all change for women's super league? there are proposals to streamline the competition to just one division from two. coming up,joe coming up, joe root, captain of england, speaks to me before the third, and decisive test match england against the west indies here at lord's. wellcome. plenty to get through but we're going to start with the news that andy murray's season is over. he posted on social media earlier he was cutting short his 2017 campaign, preferring instead to recover fully for next season when he'll return to action in the brisbane international. the bbc‘s tennis correspondent russell fuller is in new york at the us open. i think most of us expected he would not play again this season and although keys left the door fractionally agile saying he may play in vienna and paris i think it is unlikely. the fact that his chosen rest and rehabilitation over surgery chosen rest and rehabilitation over surgery is not a surprise. his back

chris froome adds to his tc france and chris froome adds to his tour de france success by winning spain's biggest race. good evening. the west coast of florida is braced to be in the eye of the storm, as hurricane irma makes its way from the caribbean into the united states. from the caribbean it's already flooded the centre of miami, and left two million homes and businesses in southern florida without power. and businesses in southern it moved in after causing widespread damage in cuba, as it swept through coastal communities and tourist resorts. extreme winds and storm surges continued as it travelled on, hitting the florida keys. continued as it travelled on, now it is the gulf coast of florida that is braced for the worst, with tampa likely to be hit in the next few hours, potentially worse than what has already been seen in miami. aleem maqbool is there. already been seen in miami. they warned miami would flood and it has. hurricane irma's masoe downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the city's financial district. as thousands from the city hunkered down in hurricane shelte

this is not the day where chris froome won the vaulted espana, that could come on sunday.trokes towards it. in cycling there are those good on the flat, the hills, and against the clock. most of the last two and you are a formidable opponent. the opposition knew that they could lose time to the tour de france champion but it did not stop them trying. the dutchman moved himself into third with an impressive cycle on the a0 kilometre course. vincenzo nibali held onto second place but conceded nearly one minute to chris froome, as his grip on the race tightened, saving the best till last. eating up the climate is for his second win at the climate is for his second win at the race this year and arguably one of his most satisfying ever. still three finishes between then and now i'm standing at the top of the podium in madrid, it seems that there is no mountain that chris froome cannot conquer. here's a quick rundown of some of the day's other stories now... and in the tour of britain, australia's caleb ewan took back the overall lead as he sealed his second stage victory of the

and chris froome extends his overall lead at the vuelta a espana after winning today's time trail. the programme. we'll start with the world cup qualifiers that have just finished up. wales took their time but managed a 2—0 win over moldova this evening. well, our sports correspondent katie gornell was watching the match with us tonight. katie, it was hard work watching the game, wales did really make us wait, didn't they? but they got those three points. there were quite a few nerves in the stadium. they left it late. 0n there were quite a few nerves in the stadium. they left it late. on paper this should have been straightforward, moldova are ranked 159 in the world and were bottom of the group but they proved stubborn opposition and it took the introduction of 17—year—old liverpool striker ben woodburn for them to change the game and what are telling impact he made. a fantastic run, a pinpoint cross for hal robson—kanu for the breakthrough midway through the second half. the liverpool striker scored the winner on his debut on saturday against austria and as is often the way, you

well, this was chris froome's view of his performance.een nice to be fighting for the gold medal, but i have no regrets, i gave it absolutely everything i had. amazing season, two bronze medals at the world championships. it has been a brilliant season, it will be a season i will be for ever grateful foran season i will be for ever grateful for an great season i will be for ever grateful foran great i'm season i will be for ever grateful for an great i'm glad to be at the end of it now. the international pa ralympic committee has postponed the swimming and powerlifting world championships, following the devastating earthquake in mexico city. they were due to begin there at the end of this month, as part of the para sport festival. it's the first time the ipc has had to postpone a major event but after consulting with the organising committee and mexican government, they said these were unique circumstances and it was "quite simply the right thing to do". british swimming have released a statement supporting the decision, while three time

ready to race into the record books, although for chris froome, this was more of a victory parade, theast largely ceremonial stage, a chance to savour his astonishing feat. this is spain's equivalent of tour de france. froome said it was "his greatest achievement. " it's moments like this now that make all the sacrifices, all the time away from home, from family, momenting like this that make it all worthwhile. obviously it's emotional. it's such an incredible feeling. froome has had to ride some 4200 miles over 4 days, but as the cyclists rolled towards madrid, a famous double was all but his. the fans lining the streets at the finish know they are about to see something very internal, a feat which will cement chris froome's place among cycling's elite. only the previous two have won the race. the finish line beckons. crystal palace have lost their first four games without losing a goal. they went down 1—0 at burnley. palace's manager frank de boer has vowed to turn the club around if he's given the time. the newcastle captain scored the winner at swansea. sir mo farah won the great n

today's final stage in the spanish cycle race was largely a procession where chris froome enjoyed thee enjoyed a beer or two en route, having described this as his greatest achievement. the final stage was won by the italian sprinter whilst froome safely crossed the line behind to confirm his status. 0ne crossed the line behind to confirm his status. one of the sport's all—time greats, andy swiss, is in pa rticula red. all—time greats, andy swiss, is in particulared. before summer began, chris froome won three tour de france titles but finished second on three occasions in the spanish equivalent. he's won it in astonishing style now. the elysee victory, then victory here in madrid barely weeks later. to give you an idea of the distances involved. 4,200 miles involved over 42 gruelling days. it's really the ultimate test of physical and mental endu rans. ultimate test of physical and mental endu ra ns. that's ultimate test of physical and mental endu rans. that's perhaps why he was emotional when he spoke last night —— endue rans. he talked about the sacrifices he made. glb endue it's

before the summer began, chris froome at three tour de france titles.s as big game, to win the double, and he did it in astonishing style, that fourth tour de france win on the champs—elysees and then weeks later, victory in madrid. just to give you an idea of the distances involved, between them, those races involve a200 miles over a2 gruelling days, ultimate test of physical and mental enjoyments. that is perhaps why chris froome was really quite emotional when he spoke last night, talked about the sacrifices he had made, and also how he thought this was his greatest achievement. when you look back in history, only two men have previously achieved that double, the last of them bernardino backin double, the last of them bernardino back in 1978. so it is nearly a0 yea rs back in 1978. so it is nearly a0 years since any cyclist has managed to co m plete years since any cyclist has managed to complete this double, which is why this will put chris froome right up why this will put chris froome right up there among cycling's all—time greats. now to being wi

he reigns in spain and he reigns his sport. 0ne summer, two winners' jerseys, for chris froome, a yearfrance, winning both within weeks, almost unheard of. but today's largely ceremonial stage was froome's lap of honour. as he rolled towards madrid with history in his sights. and so as chris froome approaches the finish, the fans here know they are watching something very special, a feat which will cement his place amongst cycling's all—time greats. as froome safely crossed the line behind stage winner, matteo trentin, he became the first man to win the tour and the vuelta in the same summer since 1978, a new pinnacle in his glittering career. it is just a dream to win two grand tours like this. 0bviously there's still a lot i want to achieve my career, i'm not thinking of retiring any time soon, but it's going to be hard to top this, for sure. every now and again you see an athlete, a world—class athlete, right at the top of their game, who just gets it all right and they do all the little things right, they've got the right mentality. brilliant leadership skills, they're mature and t

this was chris froome's today.moment, for celebration, congratulation, and appreciation. to thank team—mates who have helped him win a maiden welter title. winning a grand tour isa welter title. winning a grand tour is a remarkable achievement, winning two back is for the elite. tradition dictates that the leader would be attacked on the final stage around the spanish capital. chris froome could take a few laps of honour before the final sprint to the line. that spread was taken by matteo trenton. but there was little doubt who was centre of attention. having previously finished second three times at the vuelta a espana, this was a race he always wanted to win. now he's done it. as the sun sets on a spectacular season, one man has risen above them all. a day that chris froome will never forget. crystal palace have become the first tea m crystal palace have become the first team in premier league history to lose their opening three games without scoring a single goal after a 1—0 defeat at burnley. the only goal of t

and can the british cyclist chris froome do the triple?ng to add to his trophy cabinet by becoming world champion at the men's time trial this afternoon. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, two major paralympic world championships are postponed by the ipc after the earthquake in mexico. they were due to take place there later this month. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one o'clock. rescuers in mexico are desperately searching for survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital mexico city and surrounding areas. at least 220 people have been killed, including more than 20 children who died when their primary school collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. the earthquake struck exactly 32 years to the day after mexico's worst—ever quake which killed 10,000 people. there are some distressing images in this report. overnight in mexico city, a desperate race against time to try and save lives. much of the focus on this flattened primary school where at least 20

chris froome will be crowned champion of the vuelta a espana tomorrow after a supreme display of climbinge stage, froome extended his lead and with tomorrow's stage into madrid being largely ceremonial, he'll become the first rider in history to win the tour and vuelta in the same year since the vuelta moved to a late summer start. ben croucher has more. it is over 2000 miles long, and it came down to these eight steep miles. it is the stuff of legend, the climb so severe that some call it inhumane. but chris froome and his team have something superhuman about them. 0ur bells toll on the door raced clear on his final and chris frome recorded gaelic mac controlled the race behind him. with the gradient increasing chris froome gave a devastating demonstration of why he is the best, extending his lead to over two minutes as alberto contador got a sentimental stage when, chris frome finished alongside a team mate and after three weeks of toil allowed himself a smile. he will become only the third rider to win the tour and vuelta a espa na the third rider to win the tour and vuelta a espana in

chris froome finished fourth, losing a few seconds to his nearest rival.rand tour double having already won the tour de france this year. a much easier day for roger federer at the us open after being pushed to five sets twice. he breezed past spain's feliciano lopez in straight sets to reach the lith round — next up for him is phillip kohlschreiber. i had good energy. i thought i would feel a little slow after so many sets. but i would have to force myself so much i would get tired from that but it didn't happen andi tired from that but it didn't happen and i think i really got off to a good start. federer is on a collision course with rafa nadal for a meeting in the semifinals. the world number one lost the first set on tie—break but is also through. he will face alexandr dolgopolov next. i know i cannot play very well always. the most important thing is i give my best, and play it with the right intensity and all the time with motivation to win the match. in the women's draw, world number1 karolina pliskova saved a match point to beat china's shau zhang

and chris froome extends his lead in la vuelta a espana withjust three stages remaining.ello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that the first of the women's us open finalists will be known shortly. two—time winner venus williams is playing american compatriot sloane stephens in what has been a compelling match, with the 24—year—old stephens winning the first set 6—1, before williams won the second without dropping a game. it without dropping a game. is currently two apiece ir third it is currently two apiece in the third deciding set with advantage to venus williams on her own serve. the american theme continues shortly, with all the players from the usa in the last four for the first time since 1981. 20th seed coco vandeweghe plays against her good friend madison keys who's seeded 15th as both look to make a first ever grand slam final. venice last night said it very well, that the younger ones were looking at lindsey, jennifer, serena and venous and i think that is still... you know, we want it to be those same players in a later generati

chris froome has won a bronze medal in the world championships time trial in norway. the vuelta a espana this year, finished more than a minute behind the winner, tom demoulin of the netherlands, who himself has had an excellent 2017 and went into the event as the frontrunner. it would have been nice... it would have been nice to be fighting for the gold medal, but i have no regrets, i gave it absolutely everything i had. amazing season, two bronze medals at the world championships. it has been a brilliant season, it will be a season i will be for ever grateful for and that i'm glad to be at the end of it now. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator daisy mcandrew and the former trade minister lord digbyjones. welcome to you both. tomorrow's front pages... the ft reports that the us federal reserve is to call time on its crisis era stimulus programme and stick with plans for further interest rate rises. the metro carries drama

chris froome.france four times, froome had been runner—up at the vuelta on three occasions before finally taking top spot on the podium. rather ominously for his rivals, he's no plans on stopping anytime soon. it is just the dream. to win two grand tours like this, i'm still coming to terms with it. it is an amazing feeling. i still have a lot to want to achieve in my career. i am not thinking of retiring anytime soon. but it will be hard to top this, for sure. that is the smile of a champion, everyone. the tour of britain also came to a close in cardiff. the final stage went from worcester to the welsh capital. norway's edvald boasson hagen won the stage but he couldn't stop the overnight leader, the netherlands‘ lars boom winning his second tour of britain title. geraint thomas was the best placed briton in seventh. rafael nadal has won the us open for the third time, beating kevin anderson in straight sets overnight. the world number one was rarely challenged in the match to win the 16th grand s

can chris froome add the vuelta espana title to his tour de france victory earlier this year?ing up in the sport on bbc news: england lost dawid malan by the time rain stopped play on the second day of the deciding test against west indies at lord's. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at least 14 people have been killed and more than a million people have been affected by the destruction wrought by hurricane irma as it barrels through the caribbean. millions of people are still under threat. the massive storm — one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded — was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the british virgin islands overnight. cuba is the next major country in its path — it's due to hit the island later today. irma is then expected to make landfall in the united states over the weekend. in ourfirst report, jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. the british territory of the turks and caicos islands among the latest places to be hammered. the wind has drop

chris froome has finished the second week by extending his lead over vincenzo nibali. it was all chris froome's rivals could do to keep up with him. lopez impressed on the climbs riding away to claim his second stage win and move from tenth to sixth overall, chris froome finished six seconds ahead of vincenzo nibali and now leads by one minute and one second. bath have started their premiership season with a 27—23 win over leicester. manu tuilagi scored the opening try of the game on what was his first competitive appearance since january. but he and leicester finished on the losing side, after scoring three quickfire tries in the first half including this. the winger running almost the full length of the pitch to score and help bath towards their first win at welford road since 2003. england play slovakia in a world cup qualifier at wembley tomorrow, gareth southgate's site currently top of group f, two point clear of slovakia in second. england needed three late goals to beat malta but southgate says his side are becoming savvy to international football. we would all

eight stages to go as chris froome goes for a double.need ten points from a possible 12 to qualify for the world cup next year. they play lithuania tonight. england are playing malta. and western storm through to the super league final against southern vipers later fixed wing nail biting victory over the surrey stars, winning by three wickets to set up a repeat of last yea r‘s wickets to set up a repeat of last year's final. we'll have more from all those stories after 5:30pm. the supreme court in kenya has overturned the result of the country's presidential election because of irregularities in the way the vote was conducted. the ruling is being seen as a victory for the opposition leader and veteran politician raila 0dinga, who called it a historic day for the people of africa. we have just received this report from nairobi. celebrating a new lease of life. vetera n celebrating a new lease of life. veteran politician raila 0dinga gets one more chance to run for president. a last—minute decision to challenge the result of the presidenti

chris froome is still wearing the leaders red jersey at the vuelta espana , he has a 55 second lead the majka . froome finished in fourth a few seconds behind vincenzo nibali — who is second in the overall standings. there's another mountain stage today. remember froome is going for a rare grand tour double, having already won the tour de france this year. it was a much easier day for roger federer at the us open, after 2 five—setters, he breezed past spain's feliciano lopez in straight sets to reach the 11th round. the world number one rafa nadal beat argentina's leonardo mayer in the third round despite losing the first set. he could meet federer in the semi—finals of the tournament. i know i cannot play very well always, not the whole match but for me the most important thing is i give my best and i play it with the right intensity and all the time with the motivation to win the match. in the women's draw, world number1 karolina pliskova saved a match point to beat china's shau zhang and reach the fourth round. the top seed will now face either jennifer brady or monica niculescu. tha

chris froome is set to win vuelta a espana.ider to win that and the tour de france in the same year. todayis tour de france in the same year. today is largely a procession into madrid. having finished runner—up on three occasions chris froome has called victory and incredible feeling. it is moments like this now that make all of the sacrifices, all of the time away from home, from family, it's moments like these that makes it all worth it. it's emotional. it is such an incredible feeling. manchester city when the level at the top of the premier league after a ruthless 5—0 win over liverpool yesterday. they sit alongside their city rivals united after they were held to a draw at stoke city in the tea—time kick—off. they had trailed 1-0, but tea—time kick—off. they had trailed 1—0, but goals from marcus rashford and this from romelu lukaku put united 2—1 in front around the hour mark. that did not last long. stoke ended united's perfect start to the season. i'm not season. i'm not satisfied with the point. we we re i'm not satisf

great britain's chris froome is on the verge of being crowned champion of a second grand tour.ce injuly will win the overall race when it ends on sunday in madrid. that will make in only the third man in history to win both in the same year. the bbc cricket commentator, henry blofeld, has made his final radio broadcast, bringing a career that lasted nearly half a century to a close. "blowers", as he's known to his many fans, has retired at the age of 77. he signed off to applause from around the ground at lord's in london, where england were playing the west indies. it is 88 1:1. that, it is 88 a1. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of it. thank you all for listening, it has been wonderful. you all say you are going to miss me and i will miss you something dreadful. archeologists in egypt say they've discovered the tomb of a goldsmith that's more than 3,000 years old. it was found in a burial site on the west bank of the nile, near the city of luxor. our middle east editor alan johnston has more. staring out of the past, remains from the world of ancient injured. they may h

are more confident smile from chris froome as he has extended his lead in the welter is banned, he now the 129 kilometre 15 stage, his second stage win of the race, chris froome finished fifth and gained six seconds over his nearest rival. there are six stages to go. ewan sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the tour of britain, 193 pedal from stage of the tour of britain, 193 pedalfrom edinburgh stage of the tour of britain, 193 pedal from edinburgh to stage of the tour of britain, 193 pedalfrom edinburgh to kelso in the scottish borders. hejust edged out edvald boasson hagen. joachim loew has condemned fans who sang nazi era cha nts has condemned fans who sang nazi era chants during the win over the czech republic, it came on the anniversary of the german invasion of poland in 1939 which triggered world war ii. translation: i'm not upset or sad, but i am angry, this is maybe the best description of my feelings. i am really, really upset about what happened. the fact that some so—called fans used football and the stage of an international game to bring great shame and disgrace

chris froome finished in the peloton more than 12 minutes later.ected the new president of the international committee. the brazilian beat three other candidates at the ipc general assembly in abu dhabi earlier today. he succeeds sir philip craven, who had headed the organisation since 2001. sir philip oversaw the growth of the paralympic movement, which is now the world third biggest sporting event behind only the olympics and the world cup in terms of global to guess. that is all the sport. back to you. studio: thank you, tom. a reminder of our top story: relief efforts on caribbean islands hit by hurricane irma are being complicated by the imminent arrival of another powerful storm. efforts are being made to rescue all 1600 residents of the island of barbuda before the category four hurricane jose lands on saturday. don't forget that florida is also preparing for the arrival of hurricane amer. you can keep up—to—date with that on our website. —— hurricane irma. also get in touch with us here at world news. you can find me on twitter. stay tuned,

but chris froome and his team have something superhuman about them.ivals limply slipped through his slipstream. he gave a devastating demonstration he is the best in the world, extending his lead to over two minutes. he fittingly finished alongside a team—mate and after three weeks of oilfinally team—mate and after three weeks of oil finally allowed himself a smile. he will become only the third rhayader to win the tour and the vuelta a espa na rhayader to win the tour and the vuelta a espana in the same year and confirmed his status as one of the best. we will we're looking forward to the first all—american women's final at the us open for 15 years. sloane stephens and madison keys will be on court at around 9 o'clock uk time — and whoever wins, it'll be their first grand slam title. earlier i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller in new york — he told me that stephens and keys were great friends and it was difficult for the crowd to choose a favourite. i think whoever wins tonight there will be lots of excitement in the usa in tennis circ

also this hour: can the british cyclist chris froome do the triple?

and britain's chris froome is on course for more history making — in the vuelta a espana.new president of the international paralympic committee. the brazilian takes over from sir philip craven, who's been in charge for 16 years. so what can we expect from parsons? i asked britain's most successful female pa ralympian, dame sarah storey, exactly that. andrew parsons has been a vice president with philip craven now for a number of years. he is aware of the legacy philip is leaving behind. by the legacy philip is leaving behind. by habib builds on that and continues to push the movement forward. he has already said he has some new things he wants to work on. 0nce some new things he wants to work on. once the work on his relationship with the ioc so he will be looking to work closely with the ioc president. he will be looking to make classification more professional, looking at the challenges within that area. but i also hope he focuses on the publicity of the games and making sure all sports has equal publicity. because things like rowing, equestrian, road cycling didn't get

also this hour — can the british cyclist chris froometriple? he's hoping to add to his trophy cabinet by becoming world champion at the men's time trial this afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. rescuers in mexico are desperately searching for survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital mexico city and surrounding areas bringing down dozens of buildings. the government says more than 200 people have been killed and a state of disaster has been declared in the capital, mexico city. the magnitude 7.1 quake hit at around lunchtime yesterday. mexican officials say 217 people are confirmed dead — about half of those in mexico city. at least 22 children are thought to have died injust one school that collapsed. another 30 pupils are missing. the epicentre of the earthquake was in the puebla state, about 75 miles from the capital mexico city — it has also caused casualties in other surrounding areas. the earthquake struck 32 years to the day after mexico's worst—ever quake which killed 10,000 people.

chris froome is a phenomenon.itles to his name, he was special, but he's has managed to step it up again. two titles in the same year is very rare. he has completed the tour de france and the tour of completed the tour de france and the tourof spain, the completed the tour de france and the tour of spain, the vuelta, the double. let's speak to andy swiss. looking at the physical and mental demands, that is 4000 miles across those two races and just under four weeks between the two. it is an astonishing achievement. it is. winning the tour de france and the vuelta in the same summer is something that is virtually unheard of. only two men had previously done it, back in 1963 and 1978. as you say, it is the ultimate test of mental and physical endurance. froome told me yesterday at the finish that he had targeted this double at the start of the season. with that in mind, he didn't do too many warm—up races early in the season. some people thought he might be undercooked going into the tour de france, but he certainly

behind him team sky had strength in numbers, to beat chris froome you had to beat them and that didn'tobody 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 of the game on his first competitive appearance since january but he and leicester finished appearance since january but he and leicesterfinished on app

chris froome will look to round off what's been an outstanding season with a world time trial title —am for the forthcoming world road championships in bergen, norway. on sunday, froome became the first man for 39 years. to win the tour de france and vuelta a espana titles in the same year and next he'll line up alongside steve cummings in the world time trial. the championships start on sunday. british and irish lions captain sam warburton will have surgery on a neck injury, ruling him out of the autumn internationals. the wales and cardiff blues flanker aggravated the injury in training this week, and will miss all four of wales' autumn tests. he will also miss pro“; and challenge cup matches for cardiff. stuart broad and heather knight, along with some potential stars of the future, became the first people to play cricket on downing street. they even had a very special spectator who popped out to see what all the commotion was! it was organised by the chance to shine charity as a way of demonstrating that the sport can be played anywhere. there are potential pitfalls though. in qui

chris froome stands on the brink of history after safely negotiating today‘s 19th stage of the vueltalta in the same year. it was a day for the breakaway today, with belgium‘s thomas de gendt taking the win. froome finished alongside his rivals in the peleton. with two stages remaining, one largely ceremonial, he leads vincenzo nibali by1 minute 37 seconds. if he comes through tomorrow‘s stage then he will become the first man to win both grand tours in the same season since 1978. that‘s all from sportsday. from mejohn watson and the rest of the team, have a good night. it's it‘s looking pretty unsettled this week unfortunately, thanks to the low pressure. it will be stubborn to clear and there will be strong winds and lots of showers. this is the culprit out in the north c. strong winds on the western flank affecting much of the uk through the night. certainly towards saturday morning. this is where most of the showers will be, around coastal areas. further east showers die away. but the wise, 10—11 degrees in towns and cities, medical in the countryside. we start saturday morning wi

chris froome stands on the brink of history after safely negotiating today's 19th stage of the vueltaains on course to become only the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. it was a day for the breakaway today, with belgium's thomas de gendt taking the win. it was a day for the breakaway today, with belgium's thomas de gendt taking the win. froome finished alongside his rivals in the peloton. with two stages remaining, one largely ceremonial, he leads vincenzo nibali by one minute 37 seconds. if he comes through tomorrow's stage then he will become the first man to win both grand tours in the same season since 1978. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin lipton, the deputy head of sport at the sun, and helen brand, who's the chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants. hallen, it is lovely to have it here, thank you for coming in, and you, martin, of course. the front pages, the i carries a warning about

bmc racing settled for silver while team sky came third led by chris froome.ith all others failing to better their time. ellen van dyke beat 26 winners by 12 points. that is all from sportsday. you are watching bbc news. the palestinian group fatah has welcomed an announcement by the rival hamas faction that it will dissolve its administrative committee in gaza, hold elections and enter talks. a leading fatah official said hamas had taken an important first step to end its ten year rift. more on the reaction to the announcement now. there has also been a positive response from the palestinian president. he is in new york ahead of the un general assembly. hamas said it will get rid of this administrative committee it set up co ntroversially administrative committee it set up controversially in march, because it was seen very much controversially in march, because it was seen very much as a controversially in march, because it was seen very much as a rival government to president mac mood aboufs government to president mac mood about‘s authority, dominated by hi

chris froome may attempt the grand tour treble next year.a to his fourth tour de france title, becoming only the third man to win both races in the same year. before defending those titles, he's not ruling out the giro d'italia next may. his team principal says he must now be considered as one of the sports greats. he isa he is a complete athlete. he has matured at. you know, he is rounded, and bore it a boy, is this guy a winner. hejust blends his personal note issued with the ability to eat out went. —— boy oh boy. —— lent his personality with his ability to eke out wins. there are two games going on. the saints are trailing to minnesota 19-6. saints are trailing to minnesota 19—6. about saints are trailing to minnesota 19-6. about 11 saints are trailing to minnesota 19—6. about 11 minutes remaining in that. and the la charges from san diego, they are meeting the denver broncos in the coming hours. —— chargers. that is it for us for now. good night. good morning. as we go through the week, there will be a distinct autumnal flavour to our w

it was one race too far for britain's chris froome who had to settle for bronze at the end of a seasonde france and the vuelta a espana. the new women's world number one garbine muguruza is through to the quarter finals of the pan pacific 0pen injapan after beating monica puig in straight sets. puig, who's the olympic champion, put her opponent under some early pre55ure. both players had breaks of 5erve but it was the spaniard muguruza who won the first set 6—4. the wimbledon champion then went on to completely dominate the match against the puerto rican and she'll face france's caroline garcia orjapan‘s kurumi nara next. second seed karolina pli5kova lost just three games as she ea5ily overpowered poland's magda linette. pli5kova — who briefly held the number one ranking this year — comfortably advanced to the last eight. and pli5kova will face another former world number one, angelique kerber next. a surf ranch in california 5tarted by kelly slater was the venue for a new world surf league te5t event this week. the facility, which has been sold to the sports governing body, was first

cycling news, and briton chris froome crashed twice and saw his lead cut by 20 seconds in the vueltadownhill section in the last 6km of the 160.1 kilometre stage, allowing second—placed italian vincenzo nibali to make up time. froome who now leads by 59 seconds is attempting to be only the third man and the first since 1978 to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same season. indian captain virat kohli has moved third on the all time list of one day international centuries scoring 131 as his team thrashed sri lanka by 168 runs in the fourth one—day international in colombo. the visitors now take a 4—0 lead in the five—match series after rohit sharma joined kohli in hitting a hundred as they helped india to 375—5 after winning the toss and electing to bat. in reply, sri lanka struggled and were bowled out for 207 with more than seven overs remaining. the final match of the series is on sunday at the same venue. darrell hill won the men's shot put at the diamond league meet in brussels on thursday with his very last attempt. the american also threw a meet record of 22.44 metres imp

chris froome has nearly doubled his lead after winning the individual time trial at the vuelta a espanaer the a0 kilometre course today. he now heads his nearest rival vincenzo nibali by one minute and 50 nine seconds and is strong favourite to win the vuelta for the first time. thanks for your company. i'm nick marshall—mccormack — see you soon. bye bye. good morning. hot on the heals of hurricane harvey comes irma, and this has the potential of be a catastrophic hurricane. already a category 5, we have sustained winds of 185mph, potentially gusting to 220mph. you can see quite clearly the eye of the storm, here on the satellite picture. it is notjust the strength of the winds and the volume of the rain, it's also a significant storm surge that's heading towards the leeward isles. the storm surge is where, underneath this area of low pressure, it literally lifts the surface of the sea by as much as 9—1! feet, descending across these caribbean islands. so certainly, we will need to keep you updated on developments of that storm. back closer to home, things are a little quieter. we have

chris froome will race in the time trial at the world championships on wednesday but admits he hasn'thedule recently. the briton became just the third rider to win the tour de france — vuelta a espana double in the same year, and the first since 1978. here's froome speaking to the bbc‘s jill douglas in norway. physically, i think i have bounced back pretty well. considering what the body has been through for the past few months. i think mentally, i ama past few months. i think mentally, i am a little tired. this we have not seen family and friends were a while 110w. seen family and friends were a while now. it was brutal this year. i have to admit, of all the grand tours are done, this was the hardest one that i have ever done. so yes. extremely, extremely grateful to bill to back it up from the tour de france. how can you get back up and go again? yes. the world championships now, is not necessarily something that, i mean, obviously, in the past few months with the tour de france, and the vuelta, this is not so the specifically for. i am here on the back of the tour and vuelta. i sti

and chris froome extends his lead in la vuelta a espana withjust three stages remaining.t with the tennis news that the first of the women's us open finalists will be known shortly. two—time winner venus williams is playing american compatriot sloane stephens in what has been a compelling match, with the 24—year—old stephens winning the first set 6—1, before williams won the second without dropping a game.

chris froome will take a lead of one minute and 16 seconds into thursday's stage 18 of la vuelta a espanao win the tour de france and the vuelta in the same year, and the first since 1978 lost a huge chunk of his advantage on stage 17's steep final climb with austrian stefan denifl winning the stage. froome struggled on the special category climb to alto de los machucos, with italy's vincenzo nibali cutting his overall lead by 42 seconds. veteran spanish rider alberto contador came in second, clawing back more than a minute on froome to keep alive the race for the red jersey you can get all the latest sports news at our website the final of the men's quarter—finals of the us open is about to take to the court. that his roger federer againstjuan martin del potro. the winner of this will go on to face the world number one. 0n the other side of the draw it is kevin anderson against tableau. and we also have the four semifinalists for the women's draw decided, all—american, the first time that has been since 1981. good morning. there is wind and rain in the forecast for the british isles over

it has been a good day for chris froome at the vuelta a espana. he keeps his 59—second lead, with eight stages to go. he finished in the leading group, along with his nearest rival, vincenzo nibali. italy's matteo trentin took the stage win. that's all from sportsday. hi there. well, for the vast majority of us it is a dry night. i say the vast majority, there are actually some thunderstorms around, actually some thunderstorms around, a narrow line of thunderstorms forming in parts of lincolnshire, cambridgeshire and hertfordshire. across the eastern side of london, essex and kent at the moment as well. don't be surprised to hear the odd crack of thunder through the night and some flashes of lightning. apart from that it will be clearing out and buy dawn it will turn chilly. temperatures in the countryside, getting into low single figures. the weekend starts like this. it will be a fantastic start to the day. plenty of sunshine. a weekend of two hubs and we have rain on the way to the second half of the weekend. concentrating on the sunshine, chil

it's been a good day for chris froome at the vuelta a espana, he still leads the race after crashingkeeps his 59—second lead with eight stages to go — he finished in the leading group along with his nearest rival vincenzo nibali. italy's matteo trentin took the stage win. that's all from sportsday. more on the bbc sport website. thanks very much for watching. goodbye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun and josie cox, business editor the independent. tomorrow's front pages — starting with. .. hurricane harvey will pump up petrol prices in the uk to a four year high. the times carries an interview with the former labour frontbencher sarah champion who says that party is turning a blind eye to sex crimes. the telegraph claims the national trust is in conflict with countryside campaigners, it is listing details of illegal hunts taking place on land it owns on its website. the guardian has the story of a grammar school accused of pushing sixth form student out halfway throug

chris froome becomes the first cyclist in 39 years to win the tour de france and the vuelta a espanaemale referee takes charge of a top european league football match for the first time. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that world number 0ne rafael nadal has won the men's us open title at flushing meadows in new york for the third time. the 31—year—old spaniard was a 6—3, 6—3, 6—4 winner against south africa's kevin anderson who was playing in his first ever major final. nadal needed just under two and a half hours to also claim a second major championship of the year having won the french open in paris as well. paul frostick reports. rafael

britain's chris froome has bounced back from losing time yesterday to extend his overall lead at cycling's more like his usual self as he attacked inside the final mile of stage eighteen to claw back twenty seconds on his nearest rival vincenzo nibali. saint helens kept their top four hops lies with the dramatic late winner at wakefield. joni lomax with the try. mark percival converted it and saints are up to fifth place. and the nfl returns tonight — super bowl champions the new england patriots hosting the kansas city chiefs. onto rugby union and not for the first time, england won't be able to call on manu tuilagi for the autumn internationals after the leicester tigers centre suffered yet another injury in the first match of the premiership season. our rugby reporter chris jones has more. it was only a couple of days ago that the england head coach said he would be prepared to forgive manu tuilagi and his latest bout of ill discipline which saw him sent home from the england training camp last month but his injury curse has struck again. he has been plagued by injuries for the best par