drew savage, bbc news. saying goodbye to his teammates after breaking his collarbone on stage eight, rolling him out of the rest of this year's tour. he says he will retire from the spot at the end of the year but his astana team have offered him the chance to ride again next year, giving him the chance, they say, of breaking the outright record for stage victories. he currently has the record of 3a with eddy merckx. we'll see if he takes them up on that. annemiek van vleuten as won the women's giro d'italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by kiara consonni of italy, but van vleuten finished safely in the main pack to claim overall victory. —— chiara. an immense talent. she holds all three grand tour titles. she won the tour de france and the vuelta a espana. a reminder of our top story, that iga swiatek is through to her first it wimbledon quarter—final. novak djokovic will have to come back on monday to finish his fourth—round against hubert hurkacz. you can get the letters on our website, bu

drew savage, bbc news.i has moved to newcastle united in the premier league. 23—year—old is the first summer siding at the side prepare for champions league football this season. hejoins a champions league football this season. he joins a five year dealfor a reported £55 million fee which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. putnam have reached a verbal agreement to sign a player online from fulham season at exercising a rule allowing ukraine based players expand their contracts following russian invasion of the country last year. steven gerrard returned to management will be with saudi arabian club. the form on the book up and has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been reluctant to join the club but the agreement has now been reached. the fallout continues over the controversial dismissal ofjonny bairstow after england potluck defeat in the second ashes test against australia at lourdes. he wanted out of the creek before the ball instead anne tran

drew savage, bbc news.moved to newcastle united in the premier league from ac milan. the 23—year—old is the first summer signing for eddie howe as the side prepare for champions league football this season. hejoins a five—year deal for a reported £55 million fee which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign manor solomon who was on loan at fulham last season from shakhtar donetsk, after exercising a rule allowing ukraine—based players to suspend their contracts following russia's invasion of the country last year. steven gerrard's return to management will be with saudi arabian club al—ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been previously reluctant to join the club but the agreement has now been reached. the fallout continues over the controversial dismissal ofjonny bairstow after england's defeat in the second ashes test against australia at lord's. he wandered ou

drew savage, bbc news.andings look after an enormous shakeup on stage five. hindley leads the race, as we heard from drew savage�*s piece, from jonas vingegaard, by a 47 seconds ahead of the defending champion. italy's giulio ciccone is in third place, ahead of his team—mate emanuel buchmann. adam yates, who had the yellow jersey, is now one minute and 3a seconds of the lead, six seconds ahead of his co—team leader tadej pogacar and his twin brother simon. golf, now, and former ryder cup vice captain graeme mcdowell has told the bbc that european golfers playing in the saudi—backed liv series should be allowed to play in the ryder cup. it tees off in rome with sergio garcia, lee westwood, and impulse are ineligible after resigning from the european tour. —— ian poulter. i hope if one of the european players are here on liv imports in a summer deserving of the ryder cup, the landscape would be available to where they could happen. for us to ignore liv players because of politics and have the us have liv play

drew savage, bbc news. an enormous shakeup on stage. hindley leaves a race as we heard from drew savage's peas from jonas vingegaard, by a 47 second ahead of the defending champion. giulio ciccone is in third, head of emanuel buchmann. adam yates, who had the yellow jersey, buchmann. adam yates, who had the yellowjersey, is now one minute and 3a the yellowjersey, is now one minute and 36 seconds of the league, six seconds ahead of his co— team leader tadej pogacar. and his twin brother simon. golf and former ryder cup vice captain graeme mcdowell has told the bbc that european golfers playing in the study backed live series should be allowed to play in the ryder cup. it is there in room to room with sergio garcia. i hope if one of the — room with sergio garcia. i hope if one of the european - room with sergio garcia. i hope if one of the european players i if one of the european players are here on liv imports in a summer deserving of the ryder cup, the landscape would be available to where they could happe

drew savage, bbc news.ell, there's another busy day of action on thursday and for the latest scores and analysis, do head to our website at bbc.com/sport. on friday, the european champions england are back in action where they go head to head with denmark. england have travelled from brisbane to just north of sydney to their permanent base. should be given some rave reviews by the squad. our correspondent katie gornall has been allowed into the lionesses�* den and was able to give us this rather impressive tour. welcome to england's base camp, as they call it, on the central coast. it's pretty impressive, isn't it? it's got everything the players could possibly need. this is a communal room. there's pictures of the players all on the wall here. they've also got this craft desk here, which has proved popular with the players. we spoke to esme morgan the other day. she says she really enjoys making friendship bracelets while she's here and she's got some downtime. but there's loads of cool rooms around here.

drew savage reports.tart line — twin brother simon joining adam yates, ready to tackle the longest stage of the race. san sebastian was today's destination, 124 miles away — and while adam yates may have the yellowjersey he says this man — team—mate and two—time champion tadej pogacar — is the boss. and on the rolling terrain of the basque country, that was how it played out. adam yates provided the springboard for pogacar as the race favourites got down to business on the biggest climb of the day. the slovenian reached the top first to snap up an eight—second time bonus. the race came back together on the run into san sebastian — where frenchman victor lafay got the jump on everybody but yates just had to finish in the main bunch to stay in yellow. lafay held off the chasing pack to win the stage — while pogacar was third behind him... earning another four—second time bonus, enough to leapfrog simon yates in the overall standings so adam yates will ride into france in yellow tomorrow — but with his team—

drew savage, bbc news.opean under—21 championship final since 2009 after beating israel 3—0 in georgia. morgan gibbs—white opened the scoring in the 42nd minute having missed an earlier penalty. manchester city forward cole palmer made it two before substitute cameron archer made sure of the win as he smashed in england's third. the young lions, who are still yet to concede a goal in the tournament, will play either ukraine or spain in saturday's final, as they look to win the competition for the first time since 1984. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. wednesday on the whole has been a quieter day with some sunny spells. there have been a few scattered showers. so from time to time, looking up in the sky, some threatening—looking shower clouds, as you can see from this weather watcher picture sent in from luce, in kent. but tuesday's heavy, persistent rain moved off into the near continent. today has been a quieter story, as you can see from that satel

drew savage, bbc news.oday.. dutch sprinter lorena wiebes won stage three of the women's giro d'italia, ahead of herfellow countrywoman marianna vos. annemiek van vleuten keeps the leaders' pinkjersey with six stages to go. new zealand's daniel hillier won golf�*s british masters at the belfry by two shots — englishman 0liver wilson was tied second behind hillier, with scottish pair callum hill and ewan ferguson a further stroke back on seven under. and liverpool have confirmed the signing of midfielder dominik szoboszlai from rb leipzig for £60 million. the hungary captain joins on a five—year deal. england are bidding for theirfirst semifinal since 2007 at the european under 21s championship. anthony gordon smashed in opener from morgan gibbs—white cross. lee carsley�*s side won all three group games 2—0. the winners would face israel on wednesday. the sailors in the gruelling round the world ocean race have become part sportspeople part scientists as they try and help understand the impact of climate cha

drew savage, bbc news so this is how the overall standings look after an enormous shakeup on stage five34 seconds off the leads, six seconds ahead of his co—team leader tadej pogacar, and his twin brother simon. former ryder cup vice—captain graeme mcdowell has told the bbc that european golfers playing in the saudi—backed liv series should be allowed to play in the ryder cup. it tees off in late september in rome with regular picks sergio garcia, lee westwood and ian poulter currently ineligible after resigning from the european tour. i hope that if one of the you're in peers here are deserving a spot on the ryder cup side, the landscape will be available to where that happens. for us to ignore liv players because of politics and have the us have liv players would make us look foolish. i hope he doesn't come to that. that is only if one of our pledge is good enough, and you would think garcia would be the lead guy from that point and i think the european team room would be better with a sergio garcia in it. that's all from us here at the bbc sport centre — so let's head back to wimbled

here's drew savage.his team leader had started the day first and second, but this was their first big test in the high mountains. they had to use all their team's resources to chase down two breakaway groups, and they had almost made it whenjoe hindley lost the micro launch an attack. yates began to lose his grip on the yellowjersey, dropping out of his group, and then the defending champion launched himself up the road after hindley. at the head of a four—man chasing group, and regard got the australian's lead but couldn't catch them. hindley picked up couldn't catch them. hindley picked up for stage win in his first tour de france, and the yellowjersey with it. drew savage, bbc news. so this is how the overall standings look after an enormous shake—up on stage 5. hindley leads the race from jonas vingegaard — he's 47 seconds ahead of the defending champion. former race leader adam yates is now one minute 3a seconds off the lead, six seconds ahead of his co—team leader tadej pogacar, and his twin brothe

stage nine was one for the climbers, as drew savage reports.ber for michael woods, the canadian writer who's won stages at the gerald italia but never before at the tour de france will be taught the final climb to perfection. it's 35 years since the race first finished on top of the extinct volcano in france but hopes of winning the yellow jersey are still very much alive. he got away from the current leading on the final climb but the day and hungin final climb but the day and hung in there and delivered his losses to seven seconds. he said he'll be glad to have mondays rest day. mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team—mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out of the rest of this year's tour. he says that he is going to retire from the sport at the end of the year but his astana team, have offered him the chance to ride the tour next year... and possibly break the outright record for stage victories... he currently shares the record of 34 with eddie merckx. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women's giro d'italia for the four

here's drew savage.team leader, tadej pogacar, has started the day first and second. but this was their first test in the high mountains. they had to use all their team's resources to chase down two breakaway groups, and they almost made it, whenjohnny hindley, who won the gerard italia. jonas vingegaard, the defending champion, launched himself up the road after hindley. at the head of a full chasing group, jonas vingegaard cut the australian's lead, but couldn't catch on. hindley picked up his first stage win in his first tour de france, and the yellow jersey with it. tour de france, and the yellow jersey with it. so this is how the overall standings look after an enormous shake—up on stage five. hindley leads the race from jonas vingegaur — the australian is 47 seconds ahead of the defending champion. italy's giulio ciccone is up to third place, ahead of hindley�*s team—mate emmanuel buchmann. adam yates is one minute 3a seconds off the leads, six seconds ahead of his co—team leader tadej pogacar, and

drew savage, bbc news.captain ollie pope has been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series with a dislocated shoulder. as has nathan lyon. his likely replacement for the third test, todd murphy, is well aware of lyon's impact on the tourists. he has been so durable for so long in place a massive role in the australian cricket team, so, yeah, to see them go down was disappointing. it hurts going forward for everyone, but hopefully i can step in at some stage if i get the opportunity and play a role. some football for you. england striker alessia russo says she is "beyond excited" tojoin arsenal. she has joined on a free transfer following her departure from manchester united this summer. united had previously turned down two world record bids from arsenal injanuary, with the second offer believed to be close to half a million pounds. she is part of the lionesses squad heading to the world cup in australia tomorrow. and that is all your sport for now. back to you, lewis. marc, thanks for that. the police are

drew savage reports.ing records. he says he just wants to win more stage in his lassies and for time meanwhile, adam yates in the yellowjersey, if you look carefully you will catch a brief limbs. anyone in the battle to win the race overall, this was a race to save your legs. the complex finish... best sprinters in the world and their lead out men fought for position. it can be vital and it was today for top belgian's jasper phillipson launched into the lead and held it until the line. cavendish had come from for the back and finished a decent six. he will hope for better tomorrow. adam yates, he keeps his six second overall lead. today was phillipson's day. drew savage, bbc news. let's get a check on some headlines in football now. steven gerrard's return to management will be with saudi arabian club al ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been previously reluctant to join the club, but an agreement has now been reached. newcastle

drew savage reports.etermine football was and will do for a start. 12 years since they won the world cup and just seven years old and she made history with their second gold in costa rica becoming the country strongest scorer at a women's world cup. japan replaced spain on monday to decide who wins group c and who goes through in second place. the qualifiers in style for the 5-0 the qualifiers in style for the 5—0 win against zambia raise them on their way and it hasn't been the best introduction to world cup football for zambia. ginny and albert at two more each. a draw againstjapan when the group and the captain is playing down expectations. favourites? no, ido playing down expectations. favourites? no, i do not think we are one of the favourites. you have to go game by game. now we have the game against japan in the middle of the round of 16 and we cannot think beyond that. we'll sustain the present but the future is in our heads because that is her dream in our objective be champions. pressure, we lik

drew savage reports.f the road than actually on it. the stage was building towards a devilishly fast finish, even if it didn't feel like it at times. mark cavendish, like all the sprinters, was waiting in the peloton for that moment, which arrived on the motor racing circuit of nogaro. they say some sprint finishes can feel like being inside a washing machine. chaos reigns. european champion fabiojakobsen crashed out on the run—in, and once again it was jasper philipsen and his alpecin team who responded best to the situation — two wins in two days for the belgian, this time by centimetres. cavendish said as soon as those blue jerseys swept past him, he knew it wasn't his day. yates, though, had done hisjob with quiet efficiency. his big test comes in the mountains tomorrow. drew savage, bbc news. england vice—captain ollie pope has been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series with a dislocated shoulder — an injury suffered during the controversial second test at lord's. his england team—mates have been

drew savage reports.ersey conditions would have to finish in the palatine. the action was condensed in the last three km. it has rained in the motor racing circuit. european champion crashed out. jasper phillipson responded best to the situation in my once again, launched towards the finish line in the belgian beat australia's caleb ewing by centimetres for his second win in two days. so no record—breaking win for mark cavendish. it was faith, and as soon as those blue jerseys swept past them, it wasn't his day. he ate stays in yellow, his big test comes in the mountains on wednesday. the saudi pro league's transfer extravagance continues unabated. roberto firmino the latest to head to the middle east. he's joined al—ahli on a free transfer after leaving liverpool. the 31—year—old brazil forward was a free agent after his liverpool contract expired at the end of last season. he is one of several big names signed by saudi clubs this summer, and joins senegal goalkeeper edouard mendy at al—ahli after he lef

drew savage, bbc news the world governing body for cycling, the uci, is changing its rules regarding testosterone levels to compete in women's categories, but from monday, any athlete who transitioned after going through male puberty, will have to compete in a mens/open category. here's our sports news correspondent alex capstick they were worried and concerned about the rules which allowed transgender women to take part in female events as long as they lowered their levels of natural testosterone and so the uci conducted a consultation process and looked at whether, specifically whether transgender athletes maintain a physical advantage. anyone was going through mail purity and then announced today that they decide to change the rules. from next week therejoining decide to change the rules. from next week there joining the likes of athletics, swimming, rugby, in banning trans women from competing in the female category. they would have to race in the men's events which will be open to anybody regardless of gender. which is cycling has already announced that transgender athletes cann

drew savage reports. after the heels of the basque country, staged a the sprinters.esn't like to talk about breaking records, he said she just wants to win one more stage in his last season. meanwhile, four adam yates in the yellowjersey, this was a day to stay in the peloton, save your legs and just make it to the finish. what was complex and twisty. position can be vital in a bunch sprint, and the perfectly doubt having been launched into the lead, the belgian held to the line. cavendish had come from further back. he rose to high speed of anyone in the sprint and finished in sixth. he will have to do better on day four, but he will take some beating. that is all this but for now. we will be back with more later on. it's been a month now since ukraine launched its long—awaited counter—offensive against russia. and it's tough going. president zelensky has described it as " slower than desired'. one of the reasons is the huge number of minefields ukrainian forces are encountering as they push forward, with many soldiers getting seriously injured or killed. the bbc�*s

drew savage has more.e finish to bordeaux, he was clear with 100 metres to go, he finished second to cover mechanical malfunction. today it was one of those little crashes, someone at the front braked, somebody gets caught out by it, and we saw mark cavendish on the floor, clearly in a lot of pain and it became clear, cyclist when they are injured they want to get back in the race quickly, but this wasn't one of those. he was led into an ambulance and it soon became apparent that was the end of his race. is and it soon became apparent that was the end of his race.— the end of his race. is this the end ofthe the end of his race. is this the end of the road — the end of his race. is this the end of the road for _ the end of his race. is this the end of the road for cavendish? - the end of his race. is this the end of the road for cavendish? it is - of the road for cavendish? it is certainly the — of the road for cavendish? it is certainly the end _ of the road for cavendish? it is certainly the end of— of th

as drew savage reports. 0ne one last day in the mountains, but this seven minute lead and the jerseyt to the finish. stage 20 is your last chance to make your mark before the lasso moan your stage in paris. legions of fans to get the man in this final tour to france. those lower down the order had something to fight for. simon yates did enough to fight for. simon yates did enough to move from 5ath overall, and his older brother made sure he will finish third and be on the podium. the senior twin held his team—mate tadej pogacar. he outsprinted the yellow jersey to win the stage tadej pogacar. he outsprinted the yellowjersey to win the stage and finish on a high. nobody has performed better than the great dane. 0ver performed better than the great dane. over three weeks and 2000 miles, he barely put a foot wrong. manchester mma fighter tom aspinall makes his much anticipated comeback at london's o2 arena this evening, after a year out due to injury. tom has battled back from knee surgery, but he hopes this is his first step towards the ufc heavyweight title. alice scarff reports. from

drew savage reports. 1,500 miles of racing and it still couldn't be tighter. the man in the yellow jersey, who beat him last year. the eight second time bonus for the first rider over joux plane was pogacar�*s target. he raced away and look to leave jonas vingegaard behind but the dane hung in there and gradually clawed his way back. as the summit approached, tadej pogacar launched another of his trademark attacks but found his path blocked. and then the tables were turned, jonas vingegaard hit the turbo button, stole the second and his lead was up from eight seconds to 12. another unexpected development on the descent to the finish. young spaniard carlos rodriguez overtook them both on the way to the stage win and third place overall. although he is nearly five minutes behind the race favourites, for them, every second counts. another time bonus at the finish saw tadej pogacar make two seconds back. jonas vingegaard now leads by ten, the ending of this years tour is still to be written. let's head to paris where the world para—athletics championships continue

drew savage reports. nobody would have wanted it to end like this. . , , ., ., , like this. the floor. 16 _ like this. cavendish is down and is on the floor. 16 years _ like this. cavendish is down and is on the floor. 16 years after - like this. cavendish is down and is| on the floor. 16 years after making his debut at _ on the floor. 16 years after making his debut at the _ on the floor. 16 years after making his debut at the world's _ on the floor. 16 years after making his debut at the world's biggest i his debut at the world's biggest bike race the mark cavendish ever came to an unexpected and abrupt and 50 miles from the finish line of stage eight. it was the sort of innocuous incident that happens countless times at the tour. a touch of wheels at the front revelled back to the palatine and cavendish was down. as the seconds ticked by it was clear he was not going to get up quickly. he would have hoped to be involved here at the finish were philipson, who denied cavendish a record 35th stage victory in bordeaux yesterday, was finally beaten by denmark's athlete. he wou

drew savage reports. nobody would have wanted it to end like this.but at the world's biggest bike race, the mark cavendish era came to an unexpected and abrupt and 50 miles from the finish line of stage eight. it was the sort of innocuous incident that happens countless times at the tour. a touch of wheels at the front rippled back to the peleton and cavendish was down. as the seconds ticked by it was clear he was not going to get up quickly. he would have hoped to be involved here at the finish where jasper philipson, who denied cavendish victory in bordeaux yesterday, was finally beaten by denmark's athlete. he would have beenjust 12 years old when cavendish stage at the tour in, 2008 and that wasn't even the beginning of a long and amazing career. he won his first world title on the track in 2005 in the madison. in 2011, this was how he followed winning the green jersey at the tour de france. in 2012, cavendish was almost unbeatable. he became the most successful sprinter in tour de france, history winning his 23rd stage on the champs—elysees in p

as drew savage reports. 0ne one last day in the mountains with a seven and have minute lead, the yellowgegaard. wejust yellowjersey was all but confirmed for vingegaard. we just had to reach the finish and victory would be his were a sprinter, stage 20 of the last chance to make your mark before the last ceremonial stage in paris. legions of fans hope to cheer at the local legend on in his final tour de france but those hopes were ended when vingegaard decided to base for the win. those lower down the order also had something to fight fire. britain's yates did enough to move up britain's yates did enough to move up from fifth to fourth overall and his older brother made sure he will finish third and be on the podium in paris. and the senior relates to an then helped his a point. it lost six minutes to vingegaard on wednesday but outspending the yellowjersey to win the state allowed lisa slovenian to finish on a high but newbury has performed better at altitude than the great dane. he has barely put a foot wrong. he has been brilliant, hasn't he? he has been brilliant, hasn't he? manches

drew savage reports.in the main bunch to keep the yellowjersey. there was more entertainment on the side of the rope and actually on it. the stench was putting towards a fast finish, even if it did not feel like at times. i called sprinters, he was waiting for that moment which arrived on the motor racing circuit. some spring finishes can feel like being inside a washing machine. chaos reigns, european champion crashed out on the running once again, it was phillipson who responded best to the situation. two victories in two days and this time, by centimetres. he citizens those blue jersey swept past him, he knew it was not his day. yates had done his job it was not his day. yates had done hisjob required efficiency in the mountains tomorrow. bbc news. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. daniel farke has been appointed the new leeds utd manager. a two time winner of the championship while in charge of norwich city, the 46—year—old german has agreed a four—year d

drew savage reports on the final stage.to show off for the cameras and a well earned glass of champagne forfinger cameras and a well earned glass of champagne for finger guard. cameras and a well earned glass of champagne forfinger guard. it cameras and a well earned glass of champagne for finger guard. it gave a good buys and thank youse. and the honour of leading the race out on the shop pogacar had pushed vingegaard for three weeks before thinning in the third. but no serious threat to the yellow jersey. 18 years since this stage entered in any other than a sprint finish. mark cavendish finished earlier after an injury. and such a big lead, vingegaard could afford a drop back and take a bow on the final finish line after 2160 miles, the worthy winner of a second consecutive yellow jersey. meanwhile, the tour de france femmes has got under way in clermont—ferrand. running for the second year since the week—long women's race was revived. belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win stage 1 of 8. to take the yellow jers

drew savage, bbc news. now, where did this come from?as �*epic�* to pip championship leader max verstappen by three thousandths of a second with his very final lap to snap the longest streak of his career without a pole position. britain's lando norris also starts third in his mclaren. i have lost my voice from shouting so much in the car. it is amazing, that feeling. i feel so grateful to be up here because the team have worked so hard, pushing so hard to finally get the ball. itjust feels like the first time. i gave it absolutely everything. there was nothing left in it. they've had to wait half a century, but leigh leopards have made rugby league's challenge cup final after stunning the world champions st helens. saints were leading 6—0 but a second—half fightback from leigh pulled them clear. zak hardaker with the winning try. leigh were last in the final in 1971, and they'll play either hull kr or wigan who meet later today. and it was a dramatic end in the women's challenge cup semifinal too. this time, st helens was on the winning

drew savage has more.ing line of stage eight. it was the sort of innocuous incident that happens countless times at the tour. cavendish was down and as the seconds ticked by, it became clear he was not going to get up quickly. he would have hoped to be involved here, at the finish where he was denied the state he would have been just 12 years old when cavendish won his first stage of the tour in 2008 and that was not even the beginning of a long and amazing career. he won his first world title on the track in 2005 into the medicine. in 2011, this was how he followed winning the green jersey on the tour de france. he is going to be at the world champion. in he is going to be at the world champion-— he is going to be at the world chamion. ii' ., . .,, champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable- _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he became _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he became the i champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. h