obviously had some good partnerships there between myself and joe and myself and chris woakes that havethe end. and that's all the sport for now. to the united states, where donald trump plans to continue holding outdoor rallies, disregarding safety advice after he survived an assassination attempt two weeks ago. the former president said the us secret service would give him increased protection. but he said nobody could "ever be allowed to stop or impede free speech or gathering". opinion polls suggest his lead in the presidential election campaign has narrowed since kamala harris became the democrats' likely candidate. but the vitriol between the two has escalated, with donald trump calling ms harris the most far—left vice president in us history. she was a bum three weeks ago, she was a bum. applause a failed vice president in a failed administration with millions of people crossing and she was the borders czar. kamala's spokesperson hit back, describing the speech as the "bizarre and backward—looking delusions of a criminal." millions visit the beautiful parks in the canadian rockie

chris woakes shines under clouds.ad a lead, but with one wicket left, west indies set about causing whatever havoc they could. never mind the risk, never mind the roof, no one was hurt in the making of this west indian lead of a1, though some pride was damaged. under pressure in the series for the first time, england could have done without this. jayden seales' touch, zak crawley out of luck, but misfortune does not prompt caution in this england team, quite the opposite. ollie pope and ben duckett quickly manoeuvred them back ahead. the game becalmed, the only real movement was to and from the bar, but at 4:30pm, the umpire changed the ball, and immediately pope nicked it. duckett followed not long later, alzarri joseph got them both. now the skies were darker, the challenge for batters starker. you won't see harry brook retreat, but this was a more watchful england. joe root was careful in the gloom. the lead ticked up gradually. brook made 50, convincingly. by this point, the last test was long over. this one may h

just the seven runs put on for the loss of one wicket, courtesy of chris woakes.rly on. the west indies 358—6, a deficit of 58 runs at trent bridge. the all blacks ran in seven tries to ease past fiji 47—5 in their one—off test in san diego. new zealand sealed a hard—fought 2—0 series win against england last week on home soil and despite leading this one 26—5 at half—time, fiji managed to restrict their opponents to the lowest score of their eight test encounters. elsewhere, australia survived a fightback from georgia to win 40—29. the wallabies make it three from three under new coachjoe schmidt. finally, just before i go, there's time to remind aspiring athletes that, when you're racing, you should never ease up before the finish. british teenager jake 0dey—jordan learned that the hard way while competing in the heats of the 200m at the european athletics under—18 championships in slovakia. as you can see, he had victory in the bag. but this mistake cost him dear. he finished fifth and didn't progress from his heat. it's unlikely he'll make that mistake ever ag

chris woakes's 62 the final resistance. indies 30—2 in the closing stages of the day. a good day for england, then, with west indies 33 for 2 at the close, and one to remember forjamie smith who hit 95 to help england on their way... not commiserations, slightly gutted when you miss out on a milestone, but the way i played, i am very pleased with it. had some good partnerships between myself and joe and myself and woakes that brought us from 50—5 to a very positive day in the end. staying with cricket and in the women's hundred, london spirit made it two wins from two with a dominant 20—run win over birmingham pheonix. meg lanning scored highest with the bat for spirit, making 53 to help set their opponents a target of 148. it proved too much for pheonix with the dismissal of their captain ellyse perry on 65, aiding spirit's route to victory at lord's. birmingham pheonix wait for a win goes on. meanwhile, in the men's hundred, birmingham pheonix are taking on london spirit. london spirit are currently 115—7, with four balls

then, chris woakes, playing his 50th test played made 37, before the west indies got their final wickett so i'm happy i didn't help the team it good into a good position. —— get the team. rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinals at the swedish 0pen, beating britain's cameron norrie in straight sets, but nadal had to work for it. he came back from 4—1 down in the second set to win 6—4, 6—4 as he prepares for the paris 0lympics. the men's singles there start in nine days' time. former chelsea boss graham potter says he's "ready" for a return to management after being heavily linked with the england job following gareth southgate's resignation earlier this week. potter's been out of work since leaving stamford bridge over a year ago, but speaking after being recognised with an honorary doctorate by leeds beckett university, he refused to be drawn on the england vacancy. i don't think today's the day to speak about that. i think gareth has done a fantasticjob. i don't think there's anybody in the country that is more respected in football than gareth. i think him and his team led the co

chris woakes's 62 the final resistance.the west indies 30—2 in the closing stages of the day. in the women's hundred, london spirit made it two wins from two, with a dominant 20—run win over birmingham pheonix. meg lanning scored highest with the bat for spirit, making 53 to help set their opponents a target of 148. it proved too much for pheonix with the dismissal of their captain ellyse perry on 65 aiding spirit's route to victory at lord's. birmingham phoenix's wait for a win goes on. salford red devils have picked up their first super league win in three matches to boost their play—off ambitions. they beat castleford tigers by 30 points to 22, in a thrilling see—saw contest at salford community stadium. the win moves them up to fourth in the table, four points off the top. catalans dragons are currently taking on hull fc in the day's other match. for the third year in a row, max verstappen was the quickest driver in qualifying for this weekend's belgian grand prix. but he won't start this race from pole. changing the en

gus atkinson took four wickets, while local boy chris woakes got three.etting much reward. ifelt like this morning without getting much reward. i felt like we got our rewards closer to lunchtime. obviously to the middle period, we made some shortstop for the fast quys made some shortstop for the fast guys and we got the ball back and bumped it up nicely and get the air again, which i think helped us break that partnership of holder and silva and then the lad took care of the tail very well. let's take you to headingley now, where the northern superchargers and trent rockets got their campaigns under way in the hundred. it was the rockets that completed a double. in the men's competition, they cruised to a 47—run win. the 2022 champions scored 185—5 after being put into bat, helped by an impressive 66—run knock by tom banton. the bowlers, led by a three—wicket haul from chris green, then put the strangehold on the superchargers batters to secure a winning start. in the women's game, the rockets beat the superchargers by 20 runs. opting to bat, the rockets

but a sparkling 95 from jamie smith, and half centuries from joe root, captain ben stokes and chris woakes indies 33—2 at the close in their second innings england still have a 61—run lead. smith wasn't too downbeat, falling short of his century. you can get more on that on the bbc sport website. england have already won that series. more 0lympic news on the sport website or your app as well. lots more action still going on in paris. outside the sports venues, there's plenty for olympics spectators, visitors and organisers to take in. paris looking a lot better than it did 2a hours ago when the opening ceremony was doused in water for a long time. plenty more to come but unfortunately there is a bit of disruption still due to that high—speed rail link. there was a series of arson attacks there on friday. maryam moshiri is in paris. the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours and that rain has had an impact on some 0lympic events. the skateboarding, for exampl

they had a lead of 172 with jamie smith making his debut at the crease with chris woakes.ung spin bowler who loves the challenges and opportunities of this form of test match cricket. that is why we are all here. this is the second day of a scheduled five. if i fast forward a little bit i think i can say with some conviction we will have a result in the sporting arena before kick—off for that final in germany. before kick-off for that final in german . . ., before kick-off for that final in german . ., ,, , ., a reminder of our top headline this afternoon. england have secured their place in the euro 2024 final on sunday, they'll face spain after a last—minute winner from ollie watkins sealed victory over the netherlands. and still to come — we take a look at why thousands of offenders could be released early under new measures set to be announced by the the justice secretary tomorrow. we'll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's matt. good afternoon. the flowers may be colourful behind me in bradford but this

to windies' 282, but 95 from jamie smith, half centuries from joe root, captain ben stokes and chris woakesill start the belgian grand prix on pole for the second year in a row, despite not being the quickest in qualifying. that was championship leader max verstappen, who dominated the wet track at spa. he put his red bull at the top of the timesheets by more than half a second. but because he's used too many engines this season, he's been given a ten—place grid penalty and will start from 11th. leclerc will start at the front for the first time since monaco, with the other red bull of sergio perez alongside him. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more olympic news. we will have another update in the next hour. indeed. busy times for you in the team. let's return to the conflict in the middle east. an investigation has found that half of gaza's water sites have been damaged or destroyed. the world health organization has warned of a "high risk" of polio spreading in gaza and beyond, after the variant type 2 polio

gus atkinson bagged a a—wicket haulfor the home side while chris woakes got three. beat the superchargers by 20 runs. opting to bat, the rockets posted a modest 123 for 5, with captain nat sciver—brunt scoring an unbeaten 36. in response, last year's runners—up superchargers never sciver—brunt wrapping things up, while heather graham was the pick of the bowlers for the rockets, taking three for 13. britain's lando norris, will be hoping to claim pole position at consecutive races for the first time in his formula one career later. he was on pole last time out in hungary but had to hand victory in the race to his mclaren team mate oscar piastri. he was two tenths of a second quicker than the australian in yesterday's practice in belgium. the other big news is that championship leader max verstappen will start the race tomorrow, no higher than 11th after picking up a penalty for exceeding his allocated number of engines this season. he's now used five, and that's a breach. a good nights sleep for norris though. hopefullyjust wake up tomorrow and feel a bit more comfor

it was a sparkling 95 from jamie smith and half centuries from joe root, captain ben stokes and chris woakese formula 1 world champion max verstappen being quickest in qualifying, it'll be ferrari's charles leclerc who'll start today's belgian grand prix from pole position. that's because for the third year in a row verstappen was demoted for changing too many parts on his red bull over the course of the season. he's won the past two belgian grands prix after receiving a grid penalty. but he says this year will be more difficult because his rivals are quicker this season. it was a very positive day for us. of it was a very positive day for us. of course i know it is not how it is going to be tomorrow. we optimise everything on our side for tomorrow. i hope the tires are going to hold up, and hopefully at least we can fight with ferrari and mercedes. mclaren, i don't know. they might be a little bit out of reach. it's four wins from four for scotland on their summer tour with a 31 points to 19 victory over uruguay in montevideo. not the most convincing performance from scotland, uruguay put u

chris woakes shines under clouds, and england should have had a lead.ngland could have done without theirs. jayden seales's tough, zak crawley out of luck. but misfortune doesn't prompt caution in this team, the opposite. 0llie pope and ben duckett manoeuvred them back ahead. the game becalmed, the only real movement was to and from the bar. but at az30pm the umpire changed the ball and immediately pope elected. duckett followed not long after. alzarri joseph got them both. now these guys were darker. the challenge for batters starker. this was a more watchful england. joe root was careful in the gloom. the lead picked up. by this point the last test was long over. this one may have some distance still to go. patrick gearey, bbc news. lando norris will be hoping he can claim his second win of the season at the hungarian grand prix this afternoon. the briton secured the third pole of his career as he led 0scar piastri to a mclaren one—two in qualifying ahead of world champion max verstappen. light rain made conditions tricky with sergio perez crashing ou