the mountain. 0n the descent, a familiar name chasing down the leading group, four—time winner chris froomeowards the front alongside fellow brit tom pidcock. they made their move more than 60 miles from the finish, but were still on the front showing he can beat the best on the road as well. pidcock recently signed a five—year contract with grenadiers and by winning the stage by a8 seconds, he has given british cycling fans a vision of the future. nick parrott, bbc news. in the women's euros, france booked their place in the quarterfinals with a game to spare after beating belgium in rotherham. kadidiatou diani was in the right place to give them an early lead at the new york stadium. but belgium, who drew their opening game with iceland, fought their way back into the game as janice cayman levelled ten minutes before the break. france showed why they're one of the tournament favourites as griedge mbock gave them a 2—1 win, despite wendy rennard missing a late penalty. earlier, italy drew 1—1 with iceland at manchester city's academy stadium. iceland took an early lead, with karolina lea v

on the descent, a familiar name chasing down the leading group, four—time winner chris froome.—year contract with ineos grenadiers and by winning the stage by a8 seconds, he has given british cycling fans a vision of the future. nick parrott, bbc news. in the women's euros, france booked their place in the quarterfinals with a game to spare after beating belgium in rotherham. kadidiatou diani was in the right place to give them an early lead at the new york stadium. but belgium, who drew their opening game with iceland, fought their way back into the game as janice cayman levelled ten minutes before the break. france showed why they're one of the tournament favourites as griedge mbock gave them a 2—1 win, despite wendy rennard missing a late penalty. earlier, italy drew 1—1 with iceland at manchester city's academy stadium. iceland took an early lead, with karolina lea vihalmsdottir scoring after 2.5 minutes. italy equalised just after the hour through valentina bergamaschi. they hit the post, too, but 1—1 was how it finished. the draw keeps both sides in with a chance of progr

before today's stage got under way, the british four—time champion chris froome announced that his tour crash in 2019. i'm really disappointed not to be able to roll into paris and finish of this tour de france. it's been a really special race for us a team and then for me personally, as well. i've been finally finding my legs again and i just want to thank everyone for all the support through this process, and i'm going to head home now, switch off for a few days and refocus on being ready for the vuelta de espana later this season. bbc�*s matt is following the tour de france and say the team should not be too downhearted. i france and say the team should not be too downhearted.— be too downhearted. i don't think ou will be too downhearted. i don't think you will be _ be too downhearted. i don't think you will be too — be too downhearted. i don't think you will be too worried _ be too downhearted. i don't think i you will be too worried about having to leave the race at this point. because the improvement he is made is so substantial. you came third in stage 11. that is a monumental im

well, four—time winner chris froome is out of this year's race after testing positive for covid—19.s to return for the vuelta a espana next month. germany are through to the semifinals at the women's euros after they beat austria 2—0. lina magull opened the scoring midway through the first half at brentford's community stadium in london. it was a night to forget for austria goalkeeper manuela zinsberger, whose mistake allowed alexandra popp to claim her fourth goal in four games. eight—time champions germany will play france or netherlands in the semifinals in milton keynes on wednesday. we are very happy. it was a very intense game. all three of us worked very hard to play, and, yeah, i am happy to finish my fourth goal, yeah, i am very thankful to be here and happy and proud of the team. sweden defenders hanna gla5 and emma kullberg are doubts for sweden's euro 2022 quarterfinal against belgium on thursday after they tested positive for covid. the swedes are the highest ranked team in the competition, but they've got injury worries as well. if they beat belgium, they will face hos

france, with a crash less than two miles from the end catching out favourite tadej pogacar and chris froome van aert moved into the leader's yellow jersey. the great british summer came out to play in qualifying for the british grand prix at silverstone. a soggy session saw a spaniard smiling as ferrari's carlos sainz weathered the damp conditions to claim the first pole position of his formula 1 career. lewis hamilton's hopes of home comforts failed to materialise though. joe lynskey has the story. 100,000 fans at silverstone were braced for every outcome. while the rain it may be predictable, right now, this sport throws up surprises. max verstappen is the champion but this track is one man's manor. lewis hamilton won seven of the last eight british grand prix but this year, he is off the pace. his team thought the rain would help him but to qualify in fifth was his worst place here for eight years. hamilton's 98 points off the lead, where verstappen is so consistent. the dutchman qualified second but few begrudge the man in front. carlos sainz has raced in f1 for seven years. 150 grand p

france, with a crash less than two miles from the end catching out favourite tadej pogacar and chris froomecobsen — the man picked ahead of mark cavendish — won the sprint as wout van aert moved into the leader's yellow jersey. and another name from the world of golf has joined the saudi—backed liv golf series. paul casey, the world no 26. he joins ex—ryder cup teammates lee westwood, ian poulter and sergio garcia in the new breakaway circuit, which finished in oregon — and moves to newjersey later this month. 22 of the world's top 100 players have left the pga and dp world tours to join the new event, which has huge prize money on offer. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the the papers are saying today. with me are anne ashworth a property & personalfinance commentator and shyama perera who is a journalist and author. let's look at the front pages. the observer says an official inquiry will investigate the prime minister's claim that a0 new hospitals will be built by 2030. in what the sunday express reports as an exclusi

meanwhile, the four—time winner of the tour de france, chris froome, is missing stage 18 of the race his best tour de france since his career—threatening crash in 2019 and secured a surprising third place finish on stage 12. his team say he was the only rider on the team to return a positive result. the 37—year—old hopes to return next month. and the last high altitude of the test takes place in the pyrenees today. denmark is still favourite to win the race. there is full coverage on the bbc sport app and on the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. wildfires across europe are still raging. in france, 200 square kilometres have been destroyed in the worst fires there in 50 years. sorry. i don't know. i don't know. i don't _ sorry. i don't know. i don't know. i don't want — sorry. i don't know. i don't know. i don't want to — sorry. i don't know. i don't know. i don't want to think about it. it is the human _ don't want to think about it. it is the human cost _ don't want to think about it. it is the human cost of— don't want to think about it. it 3 the human cost of the fire is laid bare.

we start in the pyrenees, where the four—time winner of the tour de france, chris froome, is out of this've been finally finding my legs as well and i just want to thank everyone for all the support through this process and then going to head home now, switch off for a few days and refocus on being ready for the vuelta de espana this season. it looks like 21—time grand slam champion novak djokovic won't be able to add to his grand slam tally at next month's us open — because of his covid—19 vaccination status. 0rganisers say they won't have a vaccination mandate, but will respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus, in order to enter the country. the three—time us open champion was kicked out of australia earlier this year because of his vaccination status. the serb is just one grand slam title behind rafael nadal. gloucester lock ed slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and has retired from rugby union with immediate effect. he was diagnosed last week following six months of testing. a statement from the club sa

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geraint thomas is still third while chris froome had to withdraw due to a positive covert test. euro quarterfinals takes place tonight, and is currently goalless. 16 minutes played in that one. the winner will play france or the netherlands. germany have won eight times this tournament, they have also won all three of their group games. it will be very hard for the austrians indeed. england's charley hull is three shots off the lead after the opening round of the championship in france. the 26—year—old carved a five under round. the leader is on eight under. former manchester united player jesse lingard has confirmed he has signed for nottingham forest on a free transfer. he has 32 england caps and has signed a one—year deal. he left united after more than 20 years at the club when his contract expired at the end ofjune. with just a few weeks ago before the start of the football season, clubs are busy revealing their new kits. more come have an unstable play this season in boxer shorts. tyson fury will have his name their shorts this season, making the announcement in his typica