and staying in red — chris froome holds on to the leader's jersey at the vuelta a espana, and increasesprocess. good evening. we're just over a day away from the end of football's summer transfer window and clubs are trying to wrap up some late deals. alex oxlade chamberlain looks set for a move to merseyside after liverpool agreed a fee of a0 million pounds with arsenal. his medical will take place tomorrow before he flies out to malta with his england team—mates. our sport reporter david ornstein has more. alex oxlade—chamberlain had actually been the subject of an agreed deal between arsenal and chelsea. £40 million was the fee that was settled on but he rejected it, being of the understanding that he would leave arsenal, where he plays right wingback, to play the same position at chelsea, and he said, i don't wa nt to at chelsea, and he said, i don't want to do that, i want to join liverpool, who won his boyhood club. at the time, they hadn't put an offer in for him. —— who were his boyhood club. well, there are plenty more moves on the horizon. alexis sanchez is another player with

and four—time tour de france winner chris froome says he can't wait to take on the challenge of the vueltaspana. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and the news that cristiano ronaldo has been suspended for five games after he was sent—off for pushing a referee, in real madrid's 3—1 first leg defeat of barcelona in the spanish super cup. the 32 year—old was given a one—match ban for being shown two yellow cards at the camp nou. a further four games were added for pushing the referee in the back after he'd been sent off. so ronaldo will miss the second leg on wednesday and real‘s opening four league matches. the former english premier league referee dermot gallagher says overturning the ban would send out the wrong message i think the message you have to send out is that it is unacceptable to push a match official. we all want to communicate with players and build bridges and harmony but they're still has to be a little distance of authority. a little bit like if i go out walking i cannot push a policeman. it is unacceptable. i felt a little push a policeman. it

with just 6km to go, froome fell on the downhill section of today's 12th stage. of 59 seconds. poland's tomasz marczynski claimed victory on the stage. the comeback is on for roger federer. the fourth set of the second round at the us open, after going 2—1 down, the wimbledon champion broke the russian in the fourth and looks to be about to take a fifth set. and world number one karolina pliskova survived a scare to beat nicole gibbs in three sets and reach the us open third round. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good evening. welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will bring tomorrow. i have a journalist from the london evening standard and an editor from the daily express. the metro leads with the brexit talks, saying a lack of progress led to both sides trading insults. the daily express says michel barnier is to blame for the brussels stalemate because he refuses to discuss a trade deal. the times reports the eu wa nts trade deal. the times reports the eu wants billions of pounds after brexit for aid to africa and loans to

chris froome takes the lead in the vuelta as the four—time tour de france champion looks to add to hislowjersey in spain. and the red roses reveal changes to their line—up for their huge rugby world cup semi final with france. good evening. there was another slice of history for wayne rooney this evening as he becamejust the second player to reach 200 goals in the 25 years since the start of the premier league. it wasn't enough for his side everton to take all three points as manchester city came from a goal down to rescue a 1—1 draw. both teams saw red as james burford reports. the rest of the world may have been talking about the eclipse but for city's blue moon an opportunity to blot out everton ‘s superstars. the visitors withstood early pressure, sergio aguero taking the short, everton sergio aguero taking the short, eve rto n ca n sergio aguero taking the short, everton can thank their lucky stars that the frame stood in the way. rooney's 200th premier league goal launching the funds into orbit. the atmosphere worsened, walker, already booked, so read on his home debut. city some

chris froome is also staying in red — he's extended his lead at the vuelta a espana.a saliva test the key to properly assessing concussion in rugby union? good evening, plenty to come as you can see, but it's that time again... we're quickly approaching the end of the summer transfer window tomorrow evening. our sports reporter david ornstein is here to help us as clubs anxious try to wrap up some late business. plenty going on with arsenal. it has been a difficult window for them. we would love to talk about players coming in. it seems like some are going out. alex oxlade—chamberlain? some are going out. alex oxlade-chamberlain? he is set to sign for liverpool in a deal worth up sign for liverpool in a deal worth up to £40 million. we know that chelsea had agreed a fee with arsenal of £40 million but 0xlade—chamberlain comes down the move because he did not want to play in the same addition he has played at at arsenal, right wingback. liverpool is the club he grew up supporting. they were also offering him a central role that he craves. the club has entered negotiati

the briton, froome, was 1a seconds behind with vincenzo nibali coming in third.gs, while froome, who's attempting to become the first rider since 1978 to do the tour de france—vuelta double in the same year, has now increased his stranglehold on the red jersey to one minute and 19 seconds. france's world 800m champion pierre—ambroise bosse says he's sustained "multiple facial fractures" in a "violent assault," which has ended his season. the 25—year—old who won gold at the world championships in london earlier this month says he was assaulted by three individuals and police have launched an investigation. he was due to compete in angers on the ninth september. 0ne welsh football fan has had the day of his life getting to meet his idol up close and personal. gareth bale is training ahead of wales's match against austria on saturday, but watch how the real madrid star made time for one of his most devoted fans. go, bale! are you ashlee —— actually gareth bale? thank you ever so much. big smile, my mate. that's lovely. do you want my top? 0h, big smile, my mate. tha

froome feels he has a score to settle with the race, having been runner up three times.tour of spain and the tour de france in the same year. it certainly feels as if i have unfinished business at the tour of spain. having finished second three times now, it would just be incredible to win. it is a race that i love doing every year. amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between providers. it is a relentless race. the course is always a lot more mountainous than the tour de france, the conditions are tougher being mid—august in spain, it is quite common to have temperatures in the mid—40s. it is brutal, absolutely brutal. and to win something like that it just feels brutal. and to win something like that itjust feels as if you're taking on even bigger challenge. well luke rowe helped froome to win the tour last month and might have been part of the team sky reuniting for the tour of spain too, had he not broken his leg whilst on his brother's stag party in prague last week. he's been speaking to thomas daffyd. we were white water rafting on the first day we got there in the aft

and chris froome has maintained his 36 second lead at the vuelta a espana. france champion finished stage ten in the main group, more than four and a half minutes behind winner matteo trentin. all that and more to come. hello and welcome to sportsday. plenty to get through but we're going to start at headingley where the second test between england and west indies is going right to the wire. 0ur reporter patrick gearey has been following all the twists and turns in this test from the very start, and patrick it's fair to say this match has served up great entertainment? the test match of the summer without any doubt. we're finally getting closer to seeing who will win it, west indies need just ten runs from seven overs, there are nearly there and that is remarkable in itself because england had set them 322 to win, that was supposed to be too much for them. and england took a couple of wickets before lunch but then they rang —— they run into kraigg brathwaite, he had already scored 100 in the first innings and he kept platting, showing technique on fire, he s

chris froome will have a second day in the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana.o become the third man to win the grand tours of france and spain in the same season. he had no trouble preserving his two—second lead on a fairly flat stage four. italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona. froome finished in the main bunch to keep the red jersey — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. and still to come in the programme, the family that triathlons together, stays together. as they are all prepared to compete at the world championships next month. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's eurohockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—nil to progress to the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. before this goal from a penalty corner by giselle ansley securing the points. the result means scotland are eliminated from the tournament. coming in we knew that they were goodin coming in we knew that they were good in defence and they would

britain's chris froome has taken another big step towards adding the vuelta a espana to his tour de francel lead over nearest rival, colombian esteban chaves to 36 seconds. the team sky rider made his break for victory with a few hundred metres to go at the end of the 173—kilometre stage. denmark's victor beat lin dan of china in glasgow. it was 22 — 21. the first major for him. that is all we have time for. until next time, goodbye. hello. temperatures are coming down in the week ahead, make the most of any warm sunshiny hub on monday. the bulk will be across parts of england and wales, for scotland and northern ireland, weather fronts close by. winds picking up and some wet weather to come. this band of rain pushing south during the day. not too much wet weather into eastern scotland. with it, windy, some cloud increasing. north—west england into wales. for the pennines and east wales, very warm sunshine. once this green band has pushed through northern ireland in scotland, especially in the evening, brightening up again from the north. one or two showers, a spell of rain for a glasgow a

froome is desperate to win the race, having been he runner—up three times.in the tour de france and the tour of spain in the same year. certainly does feel as if i've got unfinished business. having finished second three times now, it would be incredible to win it. it was a race i love doing every year. amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between the riders. it is a relentless race. the course is a lot more mountainous than the tour de france. the conditions are tougher. in need august in spain, it is, do have to bridge is up in the mid—405. it is brutal, absolutely brutal. to win something like that, it feels as if you are taking on a big challenge. maria sharapova has been given a wildcard entry to the us open. it's the first time she's received a wild card into the main draw of a grand slam tournament since her drugs ban. although the russian is currently struggling with an injury which forced her to pull out of of her last two tournaments. the us open begins in new york on august 28th. and finally, tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he w

chris froome has extended his lead in the vuelta a espana, following wednesday's fifth stage.printed clear to win by more than a0 seconds from eritrea's merhawi kudus. meanwhile, froome finished safely in the pack, and he's extended his overall lead to ten seconds from the american tejay van garderen. finally, to tennis, and zhang shuai is through to the quarter—finals of the connecticut open in new haven. the world number 29 from china beat the polish qualifier magda linette in three sets. zhang won 63, 6—7, 6—3, and will now play another qualifier, elise mertens of belgium, for a place in the last four. that is all from us for now. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. as we head towards the bank holiday weekend, there is some much quieter weather on the way, which is just as well, after all the heavy rain and flooding that we had in northern ireland, and here in north yorkshire, too. that rain, on the last of the muggy air that swept across the uk. behind it, fresh

chris froome has extended his lead on the eighth stage of the vuelta a espana.roome separated his main rivals for victory — attacking on the final climb of the day. out front, belgian julian alaphillipe — part of the day's breakaway — sprinted clear to take the stage win — but behind froome added more time to his overall lead. he now heads the field by 28 seconds. great britain pa ra—canoeist jeanette chippington has become the second gb paddler to complete the grand slam of majors after she added world gold to her paralympic and european titles. chippington was competing in the kl1 class in the czech republic. she follows emma wiggs who also completed the set on friday in the kl2 event. chippington has won paralympic medals in swimming, before turning her attention to para canoeing. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. but from us for now, goodbye. as summer saturdays go, i'm sure today kicked many boxes. not particularly hot, but pleasantly warm in the sunshine. good spells of sunshine around. swansea as yo

britain's chris froome has extended his vuelta a espana lead after today's racing.enko after be broke clear on the uphill finish. froome‘s aiming to become the third man to win the a vuelta and the tour de france in the same year. he now has a 10—second advantage over his nearest rival. england's men have reached the semi—finals of the eurohockey championships in amsterdam. they beat ireland 2—1 to progress to the last four as runners—up in pool b behind germany. the men follow in the footsteps of england's women, who face the netherlands in their semi—final tomorrow. in so many ways this was our best performance in the groups. but no matter how the game went, we dominated, particularly in the first quarter and were one goal down and then the pressure built and we had to step up and we had ireland on the back foot for long periods and no tea m back foot for long periods and no team has done that but ireland stick at it and it was a real nailbiter. olympic bronze medallists marcus ellis and chris langridge are through to the third round of the world badminton champio

froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves.d's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. british boxer peter mcgrail is guaranteed a medal from the world amateur championships in hamburg after he won his ba ntamweight quarterfinal today. the liverpudlian european champion beat leonel de los santos from the dominican republic 4—1 to reach the last four which means he'll win a bronze medal even if he loses. but there were defeats for the other british boxers in the quarterfinals. ben whitaker, cheavon clarke and pat mccormack. a year on from being a part of team gb‘s bronze medal winning the 4 by 400 metre relay team, anyika 0nuora has told the bbc how she'd overcome life—threatening malaria before the rio 0lympics. the liverpool athlete competed at this year's world championships in london but admitted the situation was far worse than she realised at the time. i remember them telling me if i'd left it a day or two days it could have been fatal. i always look back and think, gosh, if i was just a random person or regul

froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves.las roche who made up time on the final descent. earlier this year, south african rugby scrum half joost van der westhuizen passed away having suffered with the debilitating condition of motor neurone disease. last year former scotland player doddie weir was diagnosed with the illness. the bbc‘sjohn beattie, also a former scotland international, has been talking to him about how he's coming to terms with life now and about his worries for the future. beautifully fed onto doddie weir... in his 61 caps for scotland, doddie weir proved to be one of this country's most popular sportsman. when he goes like that he's like a mad giraffe but he's got great skills. a carolling figure on the field he now finds himself in the biggest fight of his life. the emotion... you almost want to try and grow up with your kids, don't you? our eldest is now 16 one half, 17 in september. will you be able to drive and help him? will you not? when did you start, when did it move to something changing? probably

chris froome finished alongside his main rivals in the peloton eight minutes later. the first time. aston villa have struggles continue after they were held to a one all draw at bristol city. the home side took the lead. jamie paterson on hand to score after a goalmouth scramble. but, that lead lasted just four minutes. this deflected effort and steve bruce's side get a point. they have michaeljust one of their five league matches. hull city thrash bolton by 4—0. england lost their euro hockey semifinal against the netherlands in amsterdam. the dutch will now take on belgium in the final on sunday. the same two nations are contesting the women's final tomorrow. england will be guaranteed a first world badminton medal after chris and gabby adcock reached the semi—finals of the world championships in glasgow. fitz eavesdropped the game against their opponents from hong kong but they recovered to take the next two. they are likely to face the world number one from china. para canoeists emma wiggs and johnny young have won britain's first gold medal in the canoes brent w

britain's chris froome extended his lead in the vuelta a espana by one second after day six.th a sprint finish, pipping two other breakaway riders at the last second. froome, meanwhile, is aiming to become just the third man to win the vuelta and the tour de france in the same year. he has an 11—second lead over his closest rival. team sky's geraint thomas will return to cycling for the tour of britain, with team—mate 0wain doull also set to compete. the welshman was second overall when he broke his collarbone in a fall at last month's tour de france. the tour of britain starts in edinburgh next month and finishes in the welsh riders' home city of cardiff. milos raonic is the latest high—profile player to pull out of the us open, which starts on monday. the canadian has withdrawn because of a persistent wrist injury. defending champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kay nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missing at flushing meadows. sir mo farah is getting ready for a final farewell on the track in zurich tonight where he'll run the 5,000 metres. his incredible care

chris froome has taken a big step to winning the vuelta a espana title as he opened up a 1 minute 19s overnight 36 second lead as he finished second to colombia's miguel angel lopez in calar alto. with overall second esteban chaves losing over two minutes today, froome now leads vincenzo nibali by 79 seconds with chaves in third. froome is aiming to become the first rider to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year since frenchman bernard eno in 1978. britain has won their first world judo championship medal for seven medalfor seven years, as nekoda davis took bronze in the 57 kilogram category in budapest this afternoon. davis was leading the reperchage final against panama's miriam roper but the win was secured when her opponent fell awkwardly and damaged her neck. euan burton won britain's last world medal in tokyo in 2010. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. brexit talks are under way again — and one of the key issues negotiators are grappling with is what to do about the border between northern ireland and the republic, which will remain in t

britain's chris froome has extended his vuelta a espana lead after today's fifth stage, which was wonhird man to win the a vuelta and the tour de france in the same year. he now has a ten—second advantage over his nearest rival. england's women will retain their rugby world cup title if they beat four time winners new zealand in belfast on saturday. simon middleton's side earned their place in the showpiece after a 20—3 victory over france. katherine downes reflects on an impressive performance by england's women. this is the final the women's game was hoping for, the two best teams in the world, england and new zealand going head—to—head for the world cup title here in belfast on saturday. the semi final scoreline between england and france was 20—3 and that looks much more one—sided than the match was. england only won because of a watertight defence, having to make 15 tackles in the first 15 minutes alone, a bruising encounter. and in fact the strength of their defence wore down france both physically and psychologically in the end which meant england could ta ke in the end which m

the overall second rider lost time yesterday and chris froome now leads by 79 seconds.nce frenchman bernard hinault in 1978. britain has won their first world judo championship medal for seven years as nekoda davis took bronze in the 57 kilogram category in budapest this afternoon. davis was leading the reperchage final against panama's miriam roper but won when her opponent fell awkwardly and damaged her knee. euan burton won britain's last world medal in tokyo in 2010. that is all the sport for now. i will have a full round—up in sportsday attacked by six. i will see you then. hugh woozencroft there with the sport. let's return to one of top stories — the situation in houston and the surrounding areas, where local volunteers are stepping in to help with the search and rescue of people caught up in the floods. addicks reservoir and surrounding neighbourhoods have faced particularly severe water levels. the bbc followed teams on trucks and boats as they searched for those in need. this is a bad storm. they said it was catastrophic, it is catastrophic. as soon as it star

and chris froome has moved up to ninth in the overall standings at the vuelta a espana after today'se, and it was won surprisingly by belgium's yves lampaert. froome finished eight seconds behind that group that included rival vincenzo nibali but he's still looking strong as the race hits the hills for the first time tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. it is time to go back to you. thank you. the population of africa is going to double to two and a half billion in the next 30 years, a change that could mean greater migration or provide a huge pool of workers to transform african economies. of the world's ten most populous countries, nigeria is the fastest growing. it currently has 191 million people, projected to increase to a10 million by 2050. that would mean overtaking the united states in terms of population. in the first of a series of bbc reports this week on population change in africa, alastair leithead examines how the city of lagos, with its 21 million people, is coping. lagos is africa's largest city. an ever expanding mega—city of more than 21 million people. across t

after a stage victory on sunday chris froome will enjoy today's rest day at the vuelta a espana, after his break with a few hundred yards to go at the end of yesterday's ninth stage. froome is aiming to become only the third man to win the tour de france and the vuelta in the same year. a 17—year—old boy has died at the reading festival. emergency services were called to a tent in the campsite shortly before 2am this morning. thames valley police say the death is being treated as unexplained. the teenager has not been formally identified but his family have been informed. police and troops have been deployed in force in the north indian city of rohtak, where a controversial guru is due to be sentenced shortly for raping two women. followers of gurmeet ram rahim singh rioted after his conviction on friday. at least 38 people died in the violence. tell us more? this is a very controversial self—styled spiritual leader gurmeet ram rahim singh who claims to have millions of all followers around the world, this case dates back to 2002 when he was accused of raping two female followers, it t

chris froome has moved up to ninth in the overall standings at the vuelta a espana after today's secondis year's race — and it was won surprisingly by belgium's yves lampaert. froome finished eight seconds behind that group that included rival vincenzo nibali but he's still looking strong as the race hits the hills for the first time tomorrow. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. a british paramedic, who was injured while trying to help victims of a terror attack in finland, has denied he's a hero and spoken of his sadness that he could not save a woman's life. hassan zubier is in hospital in the city of turku in finland, after he was wounded in the attack that killed two women and injured several other people. anna holligan has been speaking to him. this wasn't a typical tourist destination or a capital city, finland's first suspected islamist militant attack brought terror to a market square in turku. and he chose women as his targets. two days ago, hassan was strolling on those cobbles. i heard a scream, a really heartbreaking scream. so i t

the cyclist chris froome has revealed he is considering competing in the time trial events at the worlding both the team and individual time trials. he last rode in the world championships in 2013 when gb won bronze in the team event. the team sky rider is looking to win the grand tours of spain and france in the same year. great britain's ashley mckenzie was eliminated at the first hurdle on day one at the world judo championships in budapest. the two—time 0lympian lost by a hold—down ippon to japan's under—21 world champion nagayama ryuju in the —60kg category. britishjudo has sent a team of 12 athletes to the event in hungary including rio 0lympic bronze medallist sally conway who fights on friday in the —70kg class. that's the thing with judo, as soon as you make one mistake it's over andi as you make one mistake it's over and i made that mistake. i tried to doa and i made that mistake. i tried to do a move and it was all over from there, he kind of pinned me and i tried my hardest to get

froome leads his nearest challenger by 22 seconds in the general classification.hour. fraudsters aiming to scam people out of their pensions savings could soon face fines of up to half a million pounds. the government will introduce new measures to protect older savers, such as a ban on cold calling and tougher rules for those setting up pension schemes. criminals tricked savers out of nearly £5 million in the first five months of this year. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. for thousands of pensioners, a ringing phone has become something to dread rather than look forward to. that's because fraudsters are preying on older people on an almost industrial scale, trying to get their hands on their pension savings. the government is acting, though, by introducing new laws. banning anyone calling you without express permission to sell you an investment. you'll soon only be able to transfer large sums to proper companies with up—to—date accounts. and convicted fraudsters could face fines of up to half a million pounds. the government is reacting to a situatio

with just 6km to go, froome fell on the downhill section of today‘s 12th stage.n hamburg, but missed out on a place in the final after a 5—0 defeat at the hands of kazakhstan‘s kairat yeraliyev. mcgrail is the only brit who made a semifinal. now, it has been a transfer deadline to rememberfor some now, it has been a transfer deadline to remember for some and now, it has been a transfer deadline to rememberfor some and it now, it has been a transfer deadline to remember for some and it could still be one to remember for crystal palace still be one to remember for crystal pa la ce fa ns still be one to remember for crystal palace fans because manadu sacko we understand is having a medicalfor a fee of around £26 million. it‘ll still be a busy night ahead. that‘s all for now. time for the weather. . good evening a a day of sunny spells and scattered downpours across nearly all of the country. here is the scene at portsmouth. that summarises the weather. blue skies but big clouds, too. you can see the showers have been slowly drifting their way eastwards across many p

chris froome is desperate to win the race in spain after having been runner—up three times.n the tour france and the tour of spain in the same year. having finished second three times, it would be incredible to win this. it are sela doing every year. amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between the riders. it is a relentless race. the course, it is oi’ relentless race. the course, it is or is relentless race. the course, it is orisa relentless race. the course, it is or is a lot more mountainous than the tour de france. the conditions are tougher with high temperatures, they can be up into the mid— 405. it is they can be up into the mid— 405. it i5 absurdly brutal. to win something like that, it feels as if you are taking on an even bigger challenge. maria sharapova has been given a wildcard to enter the us open. a5 the first time since the drugs ban. she is currently struggling with an injury that forced to pull out of the last two tournaments. us open begins in new york on august the 28. tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of dri

as for chris froome, he still wears the race leader's red jersey and he's increased his lead to 11 secondsxt hour. goodbye. hello there. there's not much movement of our weather at the moment, so it's a familiar theme as we head to the end of the week. the best of the weather towards the south—east of the uk, where temperatures should be a bit higher than they were on thursday. head towards the north—west and here it's much more unsettled, showers and maybe some longer spells of rain. as a result it will be a bit cooler too. the wetter weather is in the north—west because we're closer to this area of low pressure. now, eventually that will push across scotland out into the north sea and take the wetter weather away this weekend. but for the moment we've got more rain to come both overnight and into friday across northern ireland and into western scotland. some showers further east across scotland, one or two for northern england and wales as the cloud increases, sunnier skies further south and east. so a lot of cloud to come across northern ireland, already we've had some flooding earlier

chris froome won stage 92 extend his lead over his nearest rival to 36 seconds. the stage. after weeks of big talk, one of the richest fights in the world is over. american boxing champion floyd mayweather beat irish martial arts champion conor mcgregor in the tenth round — making it a perfect career record of 50 fights for the 40 year old. more from our sports news correspondent richard conway. 50 wins and no defeats. with many believing this fight to be a mismatch, floyd mayweather was made to work by conor mcgregor in confirming his position as one of boxing ‘s all—time greats. confirming his position as one of boxing 's all-time greats. there is only one conor mcgregor! a sense of hope and excitement for his prospects had built throughout the day with irish fans turning this desert city green. he has got the punchers chance and if he can land one of his left hand shots, he can do it. floyd mayweather had support as well. 49 try and 49 fail. put your money where your mouth is. when the bell rang for the first round, mcgregor emerged all guns blazing, catching

britain's chris froome has taken the red jersey and leads the vuelta a espana as italy's vincenzo nibalipion finished third on the stage with spain's david de la cruz in second. the team sky rider is aiming to become the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. he holds a two—second advantage over de la cruz, nicolas roche and tejay van garderen, with nibali ten seconds back. england captain sarah hunter says more changes to the starting line—up won't affect them ahead of their rugby world cup semi—final with france on tuesday. head coach simon middleton has made two changes to his side for the match as lydia thompson comes in on the wing, and rachel burford returns at inside centre. because we've been professional since january, we've had time together with combinations. so we know each other world so actually i think what he wanted to do was to ensure that people aren't worn out by playing the same 15, the same 23 for every minute of every game through the pool stages so when it comes to the knockout stages people feel fresh and ready to go and i think that can

chris froome continues to lead the vuelta a espana by 11 seconds after seven stages.rates rider matej mohoric took the victory into cuenca. froome finished along his main rivals in the peleton eight minutes later as he bids to do the tour de france / vuelta double for the first time. ireland's hopes of remaining in european's top—tier tournament have taken a knock after they lost 1—0 to spain. the winner will take on belgium on sunday. ireland's hopes of remaining in european's top—tier tournament have taken a knock after they lost 1—0 to spain. the defeat means they sit second in the pool, with one game remaining. a victory over austria in their final game on sunday will secure their position, but a draw could be enough still. england will be guaranteed a first world badminton medal in six years after chris and gabby adcock reached the semifinals of the world championships in glasgow. the fifth seeds dropped the first game against their opponents from hong kong but recovered to take the next two. the adcocks are likely to face the world number one zheng and chen of c

and four—time tour de france winner chris froome says he can't wait to take on the challenge of the vueltaere we start with football and the news that cristiano ronaldo has been suspended for five games after he was sent—off for pushing a referee, in real madrid's 3—i first leg defeat of barcelona in the spanish super cup. the 32 year—old was given a one—match ban for being shown two yellow cards at the camp nou. a further four games were added for pushing the referee in the back after he'd been sent off. so ronaldo will miss the second leg on wednesday and real‘s opening four league matches. the former english premier league referee dermot gallagher says overturning the ban would send out the wrong message

froome is aiming to become only the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year.just a few minutes i will bring you the back pages. they are full of what might happen through the day. what move might start another move? it starts tonight. it is the same issue as changing houses. you move and then you regret it. we will talk to someone later in the programme.” can't even believe he has time to talk to us. he did a deal eight seconds before the deadline. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. what a beautiful picture. isn't it gorgeous? good morning to you too. it is looking slightly better today. we are also looking at sunshine and showers and you can see that each of cou nty showers and you can see that each of county down is sent in from a weather watcher yesterday. some of them will have some hail embedded as well. look at this clump, there are thunderstorms around liverpool this morning. there is a lot of dry weather of them. it is quite a chilly start to the day, many starting in single figures. through the day, further showers develop. you might

froome leads his nearest challenger by 22 seconds in the general classification.o five and a half. it's the first time since 1998 that the us has led going into the final day of singles matches. a great result for england, as they began the defence of their eurohockey title in amsterdam. they beat ireland 4—1. with england 3—1 ahead in the game, some quick thinking from alex danson from close range, secured the win. they'll play germany later today. some sad news overnight that all blacks legend colin meads has died after a long battle with cancer. he was 81. colin was named new zealand's best rugby player of the 20th century. nicknamed pinetree, he played 133 times for his country, including 55 tests. he once played an entire match with a broken arm. that is insane! really nice to see you, thanks very much. the clipper round the world yacht race starts in liverpool later this morning. 12 teams will spend a year sailing the globe in a 40 thousand nautical mile race, featuring 700 participants over eight stages. our reporter andy gill is at albert dock for us this

froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves.up time on the final descent. prime minister theresa may today described this summer as a watershed for women's sport as she played host to england's cricket and rugby union teams at downing street. england's rugby union team narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand on saturday but the cricketers, led by heather knight, went one better and lifted the world cup after a dramatic final win over india at lord's. the prime minister described the players of both teams as wonderful ambassadors. i have been fortunate to come here a couple of times. with previous prime ministers. it is always a huge honour to be invited here. i understand it may is a fan of cricket and hopefully she enjoyed coming here to have a chat with a few of us and the rugby girls as well. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. floodwaters in houston, texas are expected to rise still further after officials warned that two dams near the city have begun to overflow. more than 30,000

froome leads his nearest challenger by 22 seconds in the general classification.ead over team europe to ten and a half, to five and a half. it's the first time since 1998 that the us has led going into the final day of singles matches. great britain are in the team gold medal position going into the final day of the european eventing championships in poland. nicola wilson is the best placed briton for an individual medal, following the cross country; she's fourth. the championships finish today with show—jumping. an incredible day of sport. when you go to the cinema, are you a rom—com go to the cinema, are you a rom—com go oran go to the cinema, are you a rom—com go or an action fan? i prefer a rom—com. i know that is the stereotype. i ask because we are talking about stunts next, so stay tuned. though that was the wrong answer! each to their own! but i am all about the action films. they're the scenes that bring action films to life. daring, extreme energy stunts of high speed car chases, fights or explosions. but in the last seven days, one stunt performer was k

froome leads vincenzo nibali by 22 seconds in the general classification.e and a half. it's the first time since 1998 that the us has led going into the final day of singles matches. england's women started the defence of their eurohockey title with a 4—1 win over ireland in amsterdam. with england 3—1 ahead in the game, some quick thinking from alex danson from close range secured the win. they'll play germany today. the germans beat scotland 4—1 in their pool b game. scotland are joint bottom of their pool with ireland who they'll face later today. england are level on three points with germany. great britain are in the team gold medal position going into the final day of the european eventing championships in poland. nicola wilson is the best placed briton for an individual medal following the cross country. she's fourth. the championships finish today with show—jumping. sir mo farah will run his last track race on home soil later today. he won world championship gold and silver in the ten thousand and five thousand metres in london earlier this month, h

froome finished third today to take a 2 second lead overall.ust the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. captain sarah hunter says more changes to the starting line—up won't affect england for their rugby world cup semi final with france tomorrow. head coach simon middleton has made two changes to his side for the match as lydia thompson comes in on the wing and rachel burford returns at inside centre. because we have been professional since january, we have had time together with combinations, so we know each other well, so actually, i think what we want to do is ensure that people are not worn out by playing the same 15, the same 23 for every minute of every game throughout the stages, so when it comes to the knockout places, people feel fresh and ready to go, and i think that can be done when you have a squad of 28 that are equally as good as each other. we have combinations mapped out for all the games, and it was to, late in getting to the stage where we are now, the best 23 that we feel are right for the job. i

britain's chris froome has extended his lead on the eighth stage of cycling's vuelta a espana.n rivals on the final climb of the day three miles from the finish. frenchman julian alaphillipe took the stage win, but froome won't have minded as his advantage grew to 28 seconds. and finally, andy murray will miss tennis‘ final grand slam of the year, the us open, after withdrawing through injury. he's struggled with his hip and hasn't played since wimbledon last month, but said it's too sore to win the tournament, which starts tomorrow. it's the first time murray has withdrawn from a grand slam for more than four years. very distressing, he broke down in the press conference telling the media what is happening. some argue whether he should have travelled all the way over. a number of weeks off, after wimbledon, i spoke to a lot of hip specialists, tried breast and rehabilitation to try and get myself ready, i was progressing 0k rehabilitation to try and get myself ready, i was progressing ok the last few days, but it's to soar for me to win the tournament. ultimately, that is what

chris froome has maintained his 36—second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana.'s women's sports teams have met the prime minister at downing street. theresa may welcomed the rugby union team, who narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand at the weekend and also heather knight's world cup—winning cricketers. the prime minister said both england teams had contributed to a "breakthrough moment" forfemale sport. we've said that so many times over the years. is this the moment? that was the moment. with the rugby players, even in defeat, that was the moment. you watch the final against new zealand and you think, i don't care who is playing, that was a brilliant final. and live on tv. exactly. thank you very much. as parents, it can be easy to worry about your child's safety every time they leave the house and, according to a new report, this may be one issue you can both agree on. the children's society surveyed 3,00010—17 year olds about the problems they face. and the fear of being a victim of crime came out on top. that's ahead of issues such as their famil

afterwards froome said he couldn't have asked to be in a better position.g this goal up our sleeve. not great viewing for fans of ross county, i'm afraid. their goalkeeper, scott fox, got a bit too fancy with his footwork allowing the quick thinking alfredo morelos to out—fox him for his and rangers second goal. i want to know how he forgot he was there. 0nly seconds when by. hejust thought, oh... patsy saw a mate in the crowd and thought i will be clever. —— perhaps he. the crowd and thought i will be clever. -- perhaps he. perhaps he needs to switch to quidditch. that isa needs to switch to quidditch. that is a bit harsh. investigators still don't know the cause of a suspected chemical leak along the east sussex coast. police are still investigating. approximately 150 people were treated in hospital after complaining of irritation to their eyes and throats. simonjones reports. this is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. with streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave before

chris froome will have a second day in the leader's red jersey at the vuelta espana.come the third man to win the grand tours of france and spain in the same season. he had no trouble preserving his two—second lead on a fairly flat stage 4. italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona. froome finished in the main bunch to keep the red jersey — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are into the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence, they would probably drop deep so we knew would be a close game particularly in the first half. we knew if we continued to do the right things that opportunities would open. joe hunter got a fantastic first goal. and then the second. really happy with the win. meanwhile in the other game in pool b, with the win. germany beat ireland 5—1 to reach the last four with their third straight win of the competitio

britain's chris froome has extended his vuelta a espana lead after today's racing.l finish. froome's aiming to become the third man to win the a vuelta and the tour de france in the same year. he now has a 10—second advantage over his nearest rival. england's men have reached the semi—finals of the eurohockey championships in amsterdam. they beat ireland 2—1 to progress to the last four as runners—up in pool b behind germany. the men follow in the footsteps of england's women, who face the netherlands in their semi—final tomorrow. in so many ways, it was probably our best performance of this group. how the game went, we dominated for long periods in the first quarter and then we end up a goal down and to reflect on it, when the pressure builds and having to stick at it, some of the quality they played, we held out at the back for long periods. we stuck at it and at the end but it was a nailbiter. olympic bronze medallists marcus ellis and chris langridge are through to the third round of the world badminton championships in glasgow. the pair are seeded 1ath in the m

chris froome has taken another step to adding the vuelta espana to his collection.won the belgian grand prix to cut sebastian vettel‘s lead. you can keep up—to—date with all of those stories over on our sports website. the austrian authorities say all five of the mountaineers who died in a climbing accident in the province of salzburg were german. the climbers fell hundreds of metres into a crevasse while roped together in the zillertaler alps. three of those who died were over 60 years old. another climber who was seriously injured is in his seventies. police have arrested a man on suspicion of aggravated burglary after an elderly woman was badly beaten in lancashire. the 88—year—old was asleep at her home in chorley in the early hours of yesterday morning when she was woken by a man who attacked her and demanded money. the 51st notting hill carnival has opened in west london with a minute's silence observed, in memory of those who died in the grenfell fire injune. firefighters and paramedics were among those who bowed their heads in tribute. carnival—goers have be

froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves.'s nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. that's all the sport for now. the prime minister of japan says his country is facing an unprecedented threat, after north korea fired a missile over its territory. the launch happened at six in the morning local time, with the missile potentially having the power to carry a nuclear warhead. it fell into the north pacific ocean 700 miles off the japanese coast. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. siren this is how people in northern japan were awoken atjust after six this morning. "a missile is passing", the announcer says. "a missile is passing, please find shelter immediately." at city hall, there are frantic phone calls. is there any damage? this is not a practice, this is real. a north korean missile has just flown overhead. translation: my phone was by my bed. suddenly it started ringing with alerts. i was really shocked. translation: we have nowhere to escape to. that's the scariest thing. the missile that flew overjap

chris froome takes the lead in the vuelta as the four—time tour

you know china has quite a bit of froome they're in the unique position or the government the central bank and the big state owned banks all can act as one entity so you have the lenders and borrowers. biggest bar as a state owned companies to you know so yeah lenders and borrowers and authorities are all acting as one so if you know if a company can't make a loan the bank and allow the company to convert this loan into equity and just keep it on the books for ever not recognize a loss and these things can go on for a long time to eventually you know it can't but so you know that they'll push out that financial reckoning for as long as they can and that's meanwhile they're trying to tamp down on it in terms of a currency you know there was a lot of capital flight going on out of china and it pushed down the juan and in china to try to crack down on it seriously and they have and so recently they were able to depart they don't want back up now and it it behooves china to have a fairly stable. exchange rate with the dollar because that is largest export market and you know if there's up

tour de france champion chris froome is considering competing in the world championships in norway nextt rode in the world championships in 2013 when gb won bronze in the team event. you would think he might want a rest. great britain's ashley mckenzie was eliminated on day one at the world judo championships in budapest. the two—time olympian lost in his opening bout in the under 60 kilo category. britishjudo has sent a team of 12 athletes to the event in hungary including rio olympic bronze medallist sally conway who fights on friday. that is the thing with judo, one mistake and it is over, and i made that mistake. i will assess it. i had to try my hardest to get out of the pinning, but unfortunately i did not. i promised you a story about arsenal. they are on every front page. it is talking about the broken dressing room. they were defeated a-o dressing room. they were defeated a—0 on the weekend. you would imagine arsene wenger would have got an angry, raged, been mortified. according to this he was silent. he was so angry he did not speak. but you might want him to have something t