geraint thomas escaped with scratch knees very lucky.lucky for another cyclist living in an ambulance. the australian winning the stage. the frenchman julian alaphillipe retained the yellow jersey. frenchman julian alaphillipe retained the yellowjersey. geraint thomas may be bruised but is also second overall. england will be without james anderson for their historic test against ireland at lord's on wednesday. their veteran record wicket taker is rested for their only ashes warm up with a calf injury. but there will be plenty for the fans to enjoy at the home of cricket where england are playing ireland in a test match for the first time as our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. if this is the one a day before the ashes warmup test much, it is certainly very warm at laws. we have seenjames certainly very warm at laws. we have seen james anderson go certainly very warm at laws. we have seenjames anderson go through his drills and routine separate from the rest of the squad. england so they are being cautious by not picking him for t

geraint thomas countered, force and acceleration. not hold the pace. he is such a good dissenter, he catch them on the descent. although he did not gain time, with alaphillipe, they did not lose time. it was a very good day for another colombian as well. he took the stage on his own, a minute and a half clear of the frenchmen. simon brotherton there. 0nto football, and there are still plenty of europa league second qualifying games. let's start with the scottish premiership side aberdeen. they're in the georgian capital of tbilisi playing the little—known side chikhura sachkere. it's half time. aberdeen are already 1—0, chikhura scoring from a penalty. it's a huge day for the small welsh premier league side connahs quay, who've just kicked—off against pa rtizan belgrade in the first leg of their second qualifying round. the semi—pro side connahs quay have already knocked out kilmarnock in the last round. it's goalless in rhyl with around 15 minutes on the clock. wolves will be hoping to avoid a giant killing when they play the northe

frenchman julian alaphilippe retains the yellow jersey afterfinishing in the peloton, with britain's geraint thomasmpion thomas is one minute 12 seconds behind alaphilippe but will have the opportunity to reduce that deficit in tomorrow's 27 kilometre time trial in pau. still to come on sportsday: so near and yet so far — jack laughter sees gold slip from his fingers at the world championships. and we hear from athlete james ellington, who's returning to the trackjust two and half years after sustaining severe injuries in a motorcycle accident. at the time i was happy to be alive and career—wise at the time i was happy to be alive and ca reer—wise i at the time i was happy to be alive and career—wise i was thinking, as long as i don't lose my leg, i will be back on the track. it was an incredibly tense day at the netball world cup with a thrilling match between rivals new zealand and australia. just one point seperating them with austalia the victorious side. they will now play either england or south africa, depending on the outcome of their game this evening. meanwhile both scotland and northern

geraint thomas is still second in the tour de france despite crashing again.n managed to maintain his one minute 35 second gap on the overall leader — julian alaphilippe after today's 16th stage. austin halewood reports... with six stages together, it's the closest tour de france in years. the mountains looming large and with a yellow jersey set to be decided mountains looming large and with a yellowjersey set to be decided in the out slate laid at the city, state 16 let the calm before the storm. or at least it was supposed to be. one writer off his bike, the one writer being defending champ mission —— chaplain gary thomas. the panic for the other team the quickly dispelled, and a few cuts and bruises, but nothing more as time quickly joined bruises, but nothing more as time quicklyjoined the pack. almost 40 degrees heat, the mostly flat stage was mostly uneventful. thomas finishing safely alongside julianne, that a general classification staying the same australian caleb took a second stage win. one final hurrah for this printer is, from now on the race is a

geraint thomas remained in second place overall. more on today's stage...ce. returning to action after a rest day, those with the greatest ambitions were easing themselves back in on a fairly flat stage. julian alaphilippe, the markerfor stage. julian alaphilippe, the marker for the majority, stage. julian alaphilippe, the markerfor the majority, was sticking close, especially to geraint thomas. staying safe is their priority to make it through to their priority to make it through to the greater challenges to come in the greater challenges to come in the mountains. lying eightth overall, getting caught up in this crash was the last thing anybody needed. caleb ewan's journey crash was the last thing anybody needed. caleb ewan'sjourney is gathering pace. this is the 25—year—old australian's first appearance at the tour de france. he lived up to his nickname, the pocket rocket, to power to his first stage win. not far behind him, no time gap between julian alaphilippe and geraint thomas. but that could change in the coming days. now, it's been 68 years but tom

and away from the golf, julian allaphillipe extends his lead over geraint thomas at the tour de franceg time trial win on stage 13. hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start in northern ireland and a dramatic day at the open championship. after a terrible opening round rory mcilroy had to play the round of his life to have any chance of making it to the weeken at his home tournament. and despite a scintillating effort, he fell just short at royal portrush as adam wild reports. we have seen some extraordinary drama here in the day light at the end of the second round here at the 148 open championship and royal port rush. he started the day eight over par, few if any gave him any hope of getting anywhere near that cut mark which came one fifth. he put in a tremendous effort. six under par, the best round of the day, but it was not quite enough, he has missed the cut by a single cut, absolutely agonising for him. and the many fans that lined the court. shane the irishman leads the board, he is up on eight under par, joining the american who has led overnight carrying the second round. b

geraint thomas says he will fully support his team—mate egan bernal after the colombian rode into the the tour de france with one competitive stage remaining. it came after the most dramatic stages in recent memory that had to be suspended after hail and snow caused roads to be flooded and even a landslide to block them. ben price has the details. if tour de france did not have enough drama already, unbelievable scenes today at stage 19 and an avalanche caused by heavy hail blocked the road for the writers from the highest point of this year plus my tour and that meant officials were left with no choice but to abandon the race and that means there is a big change at the top. the man in the yellowjersey no longer has that honour, taken away from him by the 22—year—old colombian team, now leading this tour. welshman gary thomas down to third. dramatic scenes in the race today had to be cut short, writers we re today had to be cut short, writers were left confused and frustrated because things could not come to a conclusion. tomorrow the race starts here, the final stage in the alps befo

there was a scare for geraint thomas on stage 16 of the tour de france.n crashed but recovered well on the 177km route starting and ending in nimes, to maintain his 95—second gap to overall leader, julian alaphilippe. australian caleb ewan won the stage in a bunch sprint, as austin halewood reports. with six stages to go, it's the closest tour de france in years. the mountains are no looming large, and with the yellow jersey said mountains are no looming large, and with the yellowjersey said to be decided in the alps later this week, stage 16 was the calm before the storm. 0r stage 16 was the calm before the storm. or at least it was supposed to be. won it in a bike, that one rider being defending champion geraint thomas. panic for team ineos, but that was quickly dispelled. a few cuts and bruises but nothing more, as thomas quickly rejoined the pack. and almost 40 degrees heat, the mostly flat stage was mostly uneventful. thomas finishing safely in the peloton, alongside leaderjulian alaphilippe. the general classification staying the same as australian

overall, the frenchman julian alaphilippe still leads with geraint thomas in second place.yrenees. chris froome has been named as the winner of the 2011 spanish race following a doping case. the spaniard did not appeal within the deadline meaning that chris froome, who finished second, has now been awarded the title. he is currently recovering following a crash. boston celtics introduced their new signings kemba walker and enes ka nter on wednesday. both players were signed as free agents — and they'll be aiming to help the celtics win their first nba title since 2008. walker — who joins from charlotte — replaces kyrie irving who's moved to the brooklyn nets. while kanter has agreed a two—year, ten million dollar contract after leaving portland where he spent the second half of last season, after being released by the new york knicks. the competitiveness of this organisation, they have been winning for yea rs organisation, they have been winning for years when you see all the banners upstairs and in the arena. so when the organisation —— they are a winning organisation and

defending champion geraint thomas won't compete against his team ineos leadership partner egan bernale france. thomas lies second, 95 seconds behind frenchman julian alaphilippe. i'm sure it's really a big honour to be in yellow during the tour. so we change the plan and we defended. i'd give everything every day. like you see, i don't go in the breakaway now. eye ride like the leader of the tour de france. so i don't know what will happen in the next day, but for sure i will continue to defend the joe zee. anthonyjoshua's promoter thinks the former world heavyweight champion shouldn't be fighting an immediate rematch with the man who ended his unbeaten run. a return bout with andy ruinunior will be announced later this week and eddie hearn admits the reason the fight is being made is because of the demands ofjoshua. would he or could he or should he have an interim fight, a little confidence builder? yeah, maybe. it's not him. he has no interest in that at all. it hasn't even been discussed. what has been discussed isi discussed. what has been discussed is i should have beaten antero

geraint thomas finishes second with team ineos in stage 2's team time trial. to sportsday. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. they were the favourites all along and they managed to deliver. the united states have won the women's world cup for a record—extending fourth time. they secured their first ever back—to—titles after beating the european champions, the netherlands, 2—0. and they could have scored a lot more. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, was watching in lyon. lyon, a city at the confluence of the rhone and the sone, a place where two rivers become one and where from two finalists will emerge one champion. the odds pointed towards a us celebration — no country has won more than them. while the netherlands fans were enjoying a world cup finalfor the first time. the usa expected to be here. their confidence is almost concrete. but the underdogs were not overwhelmed and achieved something no team has managed yet at this world cup, they stopped the us from scoring in the first 12 minutes. the american tide kept coming but the netherla

he gained time near the top geraint thomas countered,.celeration, and in that acceleration when the others went after him, julian alaphillpipe could not have the pace, he was a few seconds behind but he is such a good dissenter he was able to catch them on the descent so what it meant was that although they did not game time they did not lose time to him on the descent which may have happened had they all gone over the top together. it was a very good day for another colombian as well, taking the stage on his own, 1.5 minutes clear of the frenchman. wolves have made a winning return to european football tonight almost a0 years after they were last there with a 2—0 win over crusaders at molineaux. they made the breakthrough towards the end of the first half of their europa league second round first leg tie thanks to diogojota's strike. it looked like the irish cup winners would limit the damage but, in stoppage time, goalkeeper sean o'neill dropped a joao moutinho cross straight to ruben vinagre, who tapped into an empty net. in scotland,

so the frenchmanjulian alaphilippe still wears the yellow jersey, with the defending champion, geraint thomas and 12 seconds down. the president of football's world governing body, gianni infantino, has hit back at claims it has a colonialist attitude towards football in africa. last month, fifa announced they are taking joint charge of running african football alongside the continent's governing body, caf. it followed allegations of corruption against the caf president, ahmad ahmad, something he denies. fifa's decision has been criticised by some african officials as well as former president sepp blatter, who has called it a new aspect of colonialism. that is something the current fifa president denies. what more can we do at fifa and sending our top administrator with a tea m sending our top administrator with a team of experts to africa to help? what more can we do? i've been hearing that fifa is colonising africa again. fifa. we have defined a roadmap that is a leading document, that will transform together, that you have to transform, because i want your contribution to make it a success

for the second day running geraint thomas has suffered on the tour de france.—philippe were dashed on stage 14. one of the race's most iconic mountains, as nick parrott reports. the 14th stage on the tour de france is the most visited mountain, it's a challenge that can make or break a rider's overall race. after increasing his lead on yesterday's time trial, alljulian alaphilippe had to do was stick to main rival, geraint thomas. the tour started 12 miles from the finish, and it was soon proving too much for some. adam yates' hopes of a top ten overall finish slipping away, along with those of colombia's quintana. for the rest of the contenders it turned into a game of cat and mouse, thomas tried to shake his shadow. but alaphilippe was having none of it. as the altitude crept up towards more than six and half thousand feet, the air was getting thin. the frenchman was gasping, but it was the britain who crashed with just over half a mile to go. thibault pinot was of the first to cross the finish line, but for alaphilippe getting second it felt like a victory,

bernal has a 1:11 advantage over the defending champion geraint thomas, who is also his team mate. reports. on top of the mountain and on top of the world, egan bernal, a 22—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the third—youngest winner in the history of the tour de france. born in the andes and crowned in the alps, bernal was followed all the way to the top by his countrymen who had never seen a colombian win this race. bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his lead over the shortened 37—mile course. last year's winner, britain's geraint thomas, and the rest of team minios playing wing man, protecting him from threats. like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julian alaphilippe was the chaser, but that takes its toll on these punishing slopes. this is the moment france's bid for a first haul winner in 3a years ran out of puff. thomas was now second, but launched no challenge, effectively handing over his title to his team—mate. they will ride together again in paris. all bernal must do is stay on his bike — he's climbed his mountain already. patrick geary,

egan bernal, looks set to win the tour de france from team—mate ge—rint thomas. from team—mate geraint thomas evening. in another policy announcement three days after becoming prime minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester. he says it will "turbo—charge the regions" and "unlock jobs, boosting growth." he was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals, to be published in the autumn. but labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. our chief political correspondent, vicky young, reports from manchester. taking his first steps as prime minister, boris johnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. i wasjust thinking... but he is not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. at the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. it isn't really the fault of the places and it certainly isn't the fault of the people growing up th

the first colombian to win, after crossing the line alongside team—mate and current champion geraint thomasthomas will lead ineos to first and second this year, once again proving the team's dominance of the sport. rory mcilroy has a one—shot lead going into the final round of the wgc stjude invitational in memphis. the world number three responded to last weekend's missed cut at the open, by posting an 8 under par round, but us pga champion brooks koepka is the man right behind him. paul frostick reports. after a disappointing open championship on his home turf in northern ireland, rory mcilroy is finally poised in memphis. having missed the cut byjust a stroke at royal portrush, he moved from a tie for 17th to top of the leaderboard at tpc southwind. he finished his day on saturday with three straight birdies, an impressive eight under third round of 62. he leads by one shot on 12 under par from us pga winner brooks koepka. the world's top ranked player and mcilroy will play together on sunday in a final round for the first time in their careers. england's matt fitzpatrick, the leader at

geraint thomas up to second in the standings. the dutchman in third. zipaquira, as his friends and family gathered to watch him put himself in position to become the first colombian to win the tour. we'll hear in a moment from the outgoing champion, britains's geraint thomas, but first from the man who'll replace him as tour de france winner, egan bernal. when i was high in the mountains i was feeling much better than at the start of the climbs. that was something good for me. i think that i'm a climber. when we were going up, going up, kilometres and kilometres of climbing, it was better. it's incredible, i said to him, enjoy it, soak it up and don't worry about crying because all real men cry! it's amazing to be part of. a phenomenal athlete, 22. an amazing year ahead of phenomenal athlete, 22. an amazing yearahead of him. phenomenal athlete, 22. an amazing year ahead of him. amazing to have beena part year ahead of him. amazing to have been a part of this. mercedes‘ lewis hamilton is on pole for sunday's german grand prix after both ferraris dropped

perhaps if both are right there together, come the end of the stage, maybe he will turn to geraint thomass year, it seems that thomas may have to be the bridesmaid. joe root criticised the pitch at lord's after his england side skittled out ireland for the lowest ever test score at the famous old ground. he said the wicket was too much in favour of the bowlers is a to psy—tu rvy test much in favour of the bowlers is a topsy—turvy test ended badly for ireland. it is the hope, that is the problem. ireland were here to gatecrash cricket's establishment to win at lord's. 182 runs — that's all they needed. and every one of them would be cheered and celebrated in a way trouble was, there were only 38 of them — runs, that is. oh, what a catch! england recovered their intensity. while stuart broad has swept through teams before, here, chris woakes was his arch companion in accuracy. the english fielders caught everything and ireland suddenly looked like a team playing their third test match ever. 0h! defend it, hit it, anything! well, it is easy from the seats. batting sometimes seems impossible

geraint thomas and egan bernal first and second on the podium.lds do not win grand tours, simply too young, they haven't got enough miles in the legs. but this man is a very, very, very special talent and, believe me, he will go on to win plenty more races such as the tour de france if he continues with the development he is showing right now. rory mcilroy will take a one—shot lead into the final round of the wgc stjude invitational in memphis. the world number three responded to last weekend's missed cut at the open by posting an 8 under par round, but us pga champion brooks koepka is the man on his tail. paul frostick reports. after a disappointing open championship on his home turf in northern ireland, rory mcilroy is finally poised in memphis. having missed the cut byjust a stroke at royal portrush, he moved from a tie for 17th to top of the leaderboard at tpc southwind. he finished his day on saturday with three straight birdies, an impressive eight under third round of 62. he leads by one shot on 12 under par from us pga winner brooks koepk

bernal has a one—minute, 11—second advantage over the defending champion, geraint thomas, who is alsoday's stage was won by italy's vincenzo nibali, while bernal and thomas finished together 17 seconds further back. patrick gearey reports. on top of the mountain and on top of the world, egan bernal, a 22—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the third youngest winner in the history of the tour de france. born in the andes and crowned in the alps, bernal was followed all the way to the top by his countrymen who had never seen a colombian win this race. bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his lead over the short to 37 mile course. —— shortened 37 mile course. last year's winner, britain's geraint thomas, and the rest of team minios playing wing man, protecting him from threats. like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julian alaphilippe was the chaser, but that takes its toll on these punishing slopes. this is the moment france's bid for a first haul winner in 3a years ran out of puff. thomas was now second, but launched no challenge, effectively handing over hi

france's julian alaphilippe retained the overall leader's yellow jersey while geraint thomas remainsw, royal portrush in northern ireland will stage the open for only the second time. tickets for all four days of the tournament have sold out for the first time in history with more than 190,000 fans expected to attend. our reporter adam wild is there for us. after 68 years, the open championship is finally back here and the northern coast of northern ireland. it is a spectacular setting, the rugged coastline playing host to this competition for the second time. the first way back in1951, it the second time. the first way back ini951, it is the second time. the first way back in 1951, it is been a long way but the anticipation, the excitement has been building over the past few yea rs. been building over the past few years. it has reached fever pitch for golf and consume the tiny town. a lot of the excitement is about many of the home hopes. darren clark whose house overlooks the course here, a former open winner and another major winner who was from port rush, he grew up around here,

the defending champion geraint thomas is in the unusual position of co—leading team ineos with egan bernalast month. but the welshman says he and bernal aren't rivals — gareth rhys 0wen reports from the belgian capital. they may may have changed but expectations surrounding cycling richest most successful team remain as high as ever, despite the omission, formally team sky still start the race as clear favourites, they have two joint leaders, deride time as the defending champion and his form lately has been patchy and the untalented colombian. as for other contenders from the uk, they will be hoping for a high finish, especially item, but there is left out of that team dimension due to lack of form and not adding to that third victory stage, all eyes on favourites. i feel ifeel i'm in i feel i'm in a good ifeel i'm in a good place i think especially with the way the races this year, so lots of big days to the end, i'm sure, i think it'll help, but yeah i'm happy with how i ama help, but yeah i'm happy with how i am a little bit obviously nice to finish first fresh air, but it's just the w

first south amreican to win after crossing the line alongside teammate and defending champion geraint thomasomas will lead team ineos to first and second place this year as they continue to dominate the sport. tea m team ineos formally team sky is undoubtedly the wealthiest and best tea m undoubtedly the wealthiest and best team in the pellet on. once the teamwork and organisation and a little bit of money, actually a lot of money, has provided the victory for ineos. first and second on the podium. but this is notjust about money for bernal. bernal is the real deal. 22—year—olds do not win grand tours. simply too young. they don‘t have enough miles in the legs. but this man is a very special talent. believe me he will go on to win plenty more races such as the tour de france if he continues with the development he is showing right now. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. police in cyprus have arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napa. the arrest came as all the men she had accused of assault

geraint thomas and egan bernal first and second on the podium.do not win grand tours, simply too young, they haven't got enough miles in the legs. but this man is a very, very, very special talent and, believe me, he will go on to win plenty more races such as the tour de france if he continues with the development he is showing right now. warrington are through to their third challenge cup final in four years after beating hull fc. they'll play st helen's in the showpiece final next month after they overcame stubborn part—time opponents halifax. austin halewood reports. a builder, a baker, and a farmer, just some of the full—time jobs this halifax team have. taking on the best side of the country in saint helen's, it was billed as david versus goliath. some said they would win by 50—60 points. but halifax came to play. great determination and a rock solid defence kept the saints at bay. until finally, the deadlock was broken. captainjames robie slipping over the line late in the first half. but still, halifax stepped into the second, until final

and an eventuful opening stage at the tour de france for geraint thomas — he's back on his feet and oks crash. yes, welcome. another glorious day where we had seen. . . a huge day here with three brits in ation, two of those in the women‘ singles, one of them is through, johanna konta the british number one into the foruth round after beating sloane stephens, but harriet dart‘s tournamnet is over as she was beaten by the world number one ash barty. here's ben croucher. on the grand scale of things, this is just another wimbledon but looking closer, take perspective, this can be so much more. konta three time grand slam semifinalist, last breath standing that she wants to win more than any other scaling heights no easy task, 2017 sloan stevens winner knows what it takes to bring it to the first set. konta did not lose her serve until now, she had not faced this barrage before, first set, stevens. well, this match needed a turning time i noticed that to game five to six jesus three break points saved, going nowhere. provide the british number one fizzing for hands to all corners of the c

last year's winner, britton‘s geraint thomas, and the rest of team ineos, playing wingmen, protectingpe was the chaser. but that takes a toll on these punishing slopes. this the moment france's bid for a first tour winner in 3a years ran out of puff. thomas was now second, but launched no challenge, effectively handing over the title to his team—mate. they will ride together again in paris tomorrow. all egan bernal must do is on his bike. he has climbed his mountain already. patrick geary, bbc news. here's the confirmation of the general classification. 22—year—old bernal set to win his first tour title, with thomas in second and steven kruijswijk in third. france's julian alaphillippe — who held the yellowjersey for so much of the race — will finish fifth. lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's german grand prix on pole position despite having been ill this week. red bull's max verstappen will start in second place with hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas in third. it was a miserable day for ferrari. both their cars suffered technical problems and will start near the back of

his teammate and defending champion geraint thomas is second. s crossed the line hand—in—hand, this tour has been a perfect example of teamwork in action? absolutely. team ineos, formerly tea m absolutely. team ineos, formerly team sky, is undoubtedly the strongest, the wealthiest, and the best tea m strongest, the wealthiest, and the best team in the peleton. geraint thomas and egan bernalfirst best team in the peleton. geraint thomas and egan bernal first and second on the podium, but egan bernal, this is notjust about money, he is the real deal. 22 —year—olds do not win grand tours, they are too young, they haven't got enough miles in the legs, but this man isa enough miles in the legs, but this man is a very special talent. leave me, he will go on to win plenty more races such as the tour de france if he continues with the development he is showing right now. tell us a bit more about egan bernal. would anyone have fancied his chances going into this? many people would have fancied him even when he burst onto the teal seen a few years ago. as

the race entered the pyrenees for the first time today with many expecting this to be where geraint thomasove. but frenchman julian alaphillipe is still in the leader's yellow jersey for now, with thomas in second. joe lynskey reports: it heads for the hills, these are the areas where they are stretched out or pulled apart. for the man in yellow, the home fans cannot stop those behind him. the climbs aware thomas was going for the front. but this mountain stage will be remembered for a different britain, and black and yellow, simon gates was in the pack of three, the first to the top with the dissent, this would be a long sprint finish, taking into the final straight for one to make a move. for yates, his job listed help is brother when the tour, but with the sprayed victory, simon gets his own history. he has stage wins at all three of the grantors. behind him all eight and the writers made it home, that is the writers made it home, that is the depth and moron that thomas has behind him. and in these famous hills, all that helped makes a difference. next to diving where olympic champion j

defending champion geraint thomas finished in the peloton and is a0 seconds behind.ght champion deontay wilder's been agreed and will take place on february the 22nd. both men have other bouts before then that they have to win. their first fight in december ended in a draw. paris st—germain say they'll take "appropriate action" after neymar failed to turn up for their first day of preseason training. the brazilian, who's been linked with a move back to his former club barcelona, was due at the club's training ground earlier today. and manchester city will play their first game of the women's super league season against manchester united at the etihad stadium. meanwhile, there'll be free entry at stamford bridge for the chelsea—tottenham game on the opening weekend. before england play australia on thursday, india and new zealand will battle it out for a place in the final of the cricket world cup at old trafford tomorrow. india topped the final group table having lost just once, whilst new zealand sneaked into the semis having lost their last three matches. our sport

because defending champion geraint thomas has moved up to second in the overall standings, after a dramaticinish to stage ten. thomas had started the 218 kilometer stage from saint flour to albi in fifth, but benefitted from a late break in the peloton that caught some riders off—guard. belgian wout van aert went on to win the race, while thomas is now one minute and 12 seconds behind overall leaderjulian alaphilippe. in the days other sports news. steve bruce has left his position as manager of sheffield wednesday and is now favourite to take over at newcastle united. bruce guided wednesday to 12th in the championship last season after only taking over injanuary. he has already held talks with newcastle about replacing rafa benitez. celtic have rejected a second bid from arsenal for scotland left—back kieran tierney. the premier league club, are thought to have offered in the region of £25 million for the 22—year—old. they previously had an offer of £15 million turned down. meanwhile, after his exit from arsenal, aaron ramsey has been given a warm welcome from juventus fans. the wales midf

defending champion geraint thomas is lying second overall, one minute 35 seconds behind leader julianilippe going into the last six stages. and thomas says he's looking forward to stepping up the pace in the mountains and still thinks he can retain his title in paris on sunday. i think the main thing is, going into the alps now, i feel motivated to get there and really sort of try and finish this tour off well, because slightly up and down year, for sure, because slightly up and down year, forsure, and because slightly up and down year, for sure, and race, because slightly up and down year, forsure, and race, compared to because slightly up and down year, for sure, and race, compared to last year. but, yeah, the main thing for me is that i finished strong yesterday and i'm just itching to go now. i much prefer the alps, a lot better memories, for obvious reasons, and i'm looking forward to it. time for a quick look at the other sports stories making the headlines today. danny cipriani's chances of playing in the rugby world cup appear slim after he was left out of england's latest tra

geraint thomas is still second overall in the tour de france but he hasn't been able to claw back anyon the leader. today's 17th stage was won by italy's matteo trentin who broke clear in pont du gard in the south of france. defending champion thomas finished in the peloton so still trails the race leader julian alaphilippe by 95 seconds. breaking news just in. breaking newsjust in. one of these support riders has been disqualified. to have been disqualified. to have been disqualified following an incident during today's stent. celtic will look to take a step closer to the champions league group stages tonight when they face estonian side nomme kalju in the first leg of the second qualifying round in glasgow. neil lennon's side will still have another two rounds of qualifying to negotiate after this tie. with it being at home, it is not a lwa ys with it being at home, it is not always ideal. hopefully we can take always ideal. hopefully we can take a decent substantial sort of advantage to estonia next week. again, our preparations and good, we have had a good week. buyers are getting

defending champion geraint thomas stays seventh overall, 45 seconds behind race leaderjulian alaphilippe prix at the weekend. it's been announced that silverstone will stay on the fi calendar for another five years. there were concerns sunday's race could be the last due to rising costs. the race has been in doubt since silverstone exercised a break clause in its contract because of the cost of staging it. but a new contract to keep the race at the venue was agreed yesterday. the chairman and ceo of formula one says it was vital to secure the future of the race very important, our history is one of our visit today to my most important assets. one of the most distinguishing areas. it has a unique place in the history, whether it is the drivers, the races for the british fans. they are all tremendously important to the sport. the irish premiership champions linfield have lost the first leg of their champions league first round match at home to rosenborg. the norwegian side scored in both halves, which means they'll take a 2—0 lead back to norway for the second leg. time for some of the oth

they good day for defending champion geraint thomas finally at the tour de france.the 218 kilometre stage from san fleur to albee in fifth. moved up to second in the overall standings after a late break in the peloton caught some of the riders off guard. the belgian went on to win in a sprint finish. thomas still over a minute behind the overall leaderjulian a la philip. steve bruce has tendered his resignation as manager of sheffield wednesday. he only took over the championship club in january but has held talks with newcastle, his hometown club, about replacing rafa benitez. city midfielder fabian delph hasjoined everton on a three—year deal for a fee that could rise to £10 million. the 29—year—old spent four years at city, won two league titles but only started 11 games last season. aaron ramsey has been given a warm welcome from juventus fans will stop the wales midfielder signed for the serie a champions on a free transfer from arsenal. he will be playing under the former chelsea boss maurizio sarri, who hasjustjoined the club as well. now the former boxing wo

. —— geraint thomas. i am happy to have helped him achieve this goal.'s ko jin—young won the evian championship in france. the world number 2 shot a a—under—par 67 in sunday's final round to finish on 15—under for the championship. ko won by two shots, to claim her second major of the year, as colm harrison reports. the fine weather of the first three days were replaced by overcast and thoroughly miserable conditions for the fourth round of the year's fourth major. the 2014 champion kim showed you began the day with lead -- kim showed you began the day with lead —— kim hyo—joo. she might have gone on to win if she had played more like this in the final round but a triple bogey on a 14 foot her chances away. kim ended up in a 3—way tie for second place. with shanshan feng and jennifer kupcho who shot the round of the day of five under power 66. —— five under par, 66. steven —— kim hyo—joo was on her third birdie of the day and was now within striking distance of her fellow south korean. was now within striking distance of herfellow south korean. a was no

and the tour de france resumes after a rest day as defending champion geraint thomas looks to make up to the programme, where we start with the footballing news thatjuan mata says his manchester united team—mate paul pogba is a positive influence and brings everyone together at the club. the 31—year—old spaniard was talking during the club's pre season tour which has featured matches in australia and singapore and he's keen for pogba to stay at the club and win trophies. we all know paul and he is a fantastic midfielder. he is a fantastic midfielder. he is a fantastic guy. very positive. a good influence for everyone. i think he is happy. he brings everyone together. but i cannot speak for other people. they can speak for myself, my present, and my future in the club. also as a teammate and a friend they would

geraint thomas and chris froome.araderie in the sport. team ineos have been dominant for so long, formerly team sky, they have won seven of the past eight. long, formerly team sky, they have won seven of the past eightm makes you realise how competitive it is. and when someone is dominating it for too long it makes it look a bit too easy. i think it has probably helped the writers that chris froome hasn't been racing this time around. the race has been a bit more of a free for all. the weather has interrupted things, it has been great entertainment.” has interrupted things, it has been great entertainment. i wasjust going to say, the last day is largely ceremonial. has anyone ever messed it up on the last day? as long as you finish you are ok. there should be some great scenes later on. and on the swimming, mark foster is coming ina and on the swimming, mark foster is coming in a little later, so in about an hour we will get his take about an hour we will get his take about what to look out for. the mayflower ship sa

plus, race leaderjulian alaphilipe extends his lead over britain's geraint thomas on the thirteenth stagefrance with a stunning ride in today's time trial. and england women's ashes hopes are further damaged after the australian batters — and then rain — make victory in the test match at taunton even more remote. that's all on sportsday at 6.30pm. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hello. hi. expect this week. we have tell it to the bees. we have the lion king. isn't life or animation? and varda by agnes — a film maker looks back on her life and career. let's start with tell it to the bees, adapted from a book by fiona shy which i confess i have not read. i know you have seen the film. —— have not read the book. she find yourself homeless, and this returning dr, played by anna paquin, offers a house as a housekeeper. this kind of story is seen through the eyes of the young son. in the beginning, there is a voiceover of what did he seek and what did he not see? he

last year's champion geraint thomas was second. year at the open in france. the women's british open sta rts france. the women's british open starts on thursday. i will be back with all those stories just after 9.40 am. a former boeing engineer has told the bbc that work on the production line of its 737—max model was not adequately funded. the aircraft is currently grounded after two crashes which killed 346 people. boeing denies the claims and says it's committed to making the plane one of the safest aircraft ever to fly. richard bilton reports. the 737 max has been a commercial triumph for boeing. 5,000 have been ordered. but two of the aircraft crashed after being forced down by the plane's computer software. 346 people were killed. adam dickson ran a team of engineers who worked on the max. he says they were under constant pressure to keep costs down and the production line was under resourced. certainly, what i saw was a lack of sufficient resources to do thejob in its entirety. the culture was very cost—centred, incredibly p

and at the tour de france, geraint thomas has a drama free day in the pellet on. —— pellet on.ortsday. another lovely day here but not another lovely day for johanna konta. she is out, she was beaten in the quarterfinals in straight sets. she was hoping to replicate her run to the semifinals here two years ago but that was ended by the czech player today, who is the lowest ranked of the three czech players she has played so far. the story of the match, then, joe johanna she has played so far. the story of the match, then, joejohanna konta was gliding through the first set, 4-1 was gliding through the first set, 4—1 up, and was going well, in front of the expected centre court crowd, but having gone a in handing the first set, it all fell apart in the second, johanna konta with so many unforced errors as the pressure began to tell. she came across the two—time champion, and a former grand slam champion as well, she will be bitterly disappointed that she has not been able to replicate that run to the semifinals here two years ago. she will be bitterly disappointed because she was

top of the leaderboard with julian alaphillippe one minute and 35 minutes ahead of second place geraint thomase gold medals at the world aquatics championships in gwangju, south korea, on wednesday. they included a win for great britain's adam peaty in the men's 50 metres breaststroke. it was his second gold of the games, following his victory in the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week. in the mixed a—by—ioo metres medley relay, gold went to australia ahead of the defending champions usa. while italy's federica pellegrini won gold in the women's 200 metres freestyle, retaining the title she won in budapest two years ago. it's the sixth world title of her career. now to football where matthijs de ligt scored an own goal in his first start since joining juventus as they beat inter on penalties to win their international champions cup match in china. the dutch defender cost around 84 million dollars when he joined from ajax last week. but, ten minutes into the game against their fellow italians the 19—year—old put the ball past his own goalkeeper. an equaliser came in the second half from crist

crowned the youngest winner in 110 years and he's been enjoying a celebratory glass of bubbly with geraint thomasis now — with the sprinters expected to contest today's final stage in the next hour. you can listen on 5 live sports extra and bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening, but now on the news channel it's time for cick. on the news channel it's time for click. it's the hardest problem in technology and one that could change everything. this week, we're in arizona, the self—driving capital of the world, to ride in the latest robotic vehicles and to find out what happens when the tech goes wrong. when california told uber that there were going to be some new regulations they needed to adhere to, governor ducey,

geraint thomas suddenly led the chase.ame back together with alaphilippe catching them on the descent, bernal‘s game of half a minute has moved him to second place but alaphilippe has been proved a stubborn, inspiring opponent. there were five gold medals decided at the world aquatics championships in gwangju, south korea, on thursday. and the winners included caeleb dressel of the usa in the men's 100 metres freestyle. it was the tenth world championship gold of his career and takes his tally to three golds and a silver from this year's championships alone. there was a gold medal forjapan‘s daiya seto in the men's 200 metres individual medley. it was his second medal of the games — after picking up a silver in the 200 metres butterfly. and there was gold for australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay. they clocked second minutes, 41.50 seconds, breaking the world record which had stood for ten years. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino apologised to manchester united for tough tackling by his players during their 2

the reigning champion geraint thomas will be defending the title he won last year — but his team, team from injury. obviously is the biggest point for the whole team, luckily he is ok, i saw him the other weekend his already thinking about rehab and all of that sort of stuff. we have a strong team and, yeah, we're looking forward to this race. just trying to make the most of it, enjoy it, and, yeah, we've got a great team. we'll have a good time. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. you can get many things on the bbc sport website, as a matter of fact. if you like, you can download the bbc sport app, it's absolutely free and worth it. but from me — tulsen tollett — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. if you were looking for the warmest, sunniest weather on thursday, you had to turn your eyes southwards. the further south you went, the bluer the skies remained. a bit of wispy, high cloud overhead in london, but temperatures in the london area got very close to 27 degrees. compare and contrast that with the scene for this we

defending champion geraint thomas and his team ineos were the first to go, and their time for the i7—ine. that was team jumbo—visma, of teunissen, and he now leads the race by ten seconds. thomas lies joint—sixth overall, 30 seconds down. finally, in motogp, marc marquez extended his championship lead with a dominating victory at the german grand prix. the honda rider led from start to finish to record his sixth straight win at the sachsenring. he now leads the championship by 58 points from ducati's andrea dovizioso. now to the women's ashes, and australia thrashed england by 194 runs in the third one—day international. australia posted 269—7 off their 50 overs at canterbury, and what a struggle it was for england in reply. ellyse perry took 7—22 from ten overs, as england imploded. australia, remember, won the first two odis in the series. this is england's heaviest ever odi defeat at home. they have to win the test and all three t20s to regain the ashes. jon rahm has moved into the lead in the european tour's race for dubai, after winning the irish open. the spaniard produced a sup

his first tour stage win, but the story of the day is how the field split in crosswinds and how geraint thomas, moving into second and third overall behind the race leaderjulian alaphilippe, while the french hope was one of many court out and has dropped from third to 10th overall. he isjust over 2.5 dropped from third to 10th overall. he is just over 2.5 minutes dropped from third to 10th overall. he isjust over 2.5 minutes behind the yellow jersey now he isjust over 2.5 minutes behind the yellowjersey now in the standings. britain‘s adam yates was another rider like thomas who made sure he didn‘t miss the bus and moved into seventh place as the tour reaches its third rest day. and, following that rest day on tuesday, it will be the 167 km stage 11 from albi to toulouse on wednesday, a transitional stage that brings the 2019 tour closer to the pyrenees. the day begins in albi, where the riders will pass the famous cathedral basilica of st cecilia and winds its way south—west, covering two categorised climbs before the intermediate sprint in gaillac. the second half of the stage is relatively

the defending champion geraint thomas is still fifth, just over a minute behind alaphillipe.'s bbc.com/sport. a quick reminder of our top story, england are well champions after beating new zealand in the most dramatic cricket world cup final ever. both sides locked onto hundred 41 runs after 100 overs, they tied once again in the super over with england triumphing on account of boundaries scored in the match. that is incredible. for me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. there's some warmth and some sunshine to start this forecast — by the end, we'll see some rain for many. more on that in a moment. here's how monday shapes up, an area of high pressure centred over the uk, for now keeping atlantic fronts at bay. and a good deal of sunshine through monday morning. there will be more cloud across northern scotland, shetland in particular and also across eastern counties of england. that cloud quite stubborn before to thin and break. but some bright or sunny spells coming through. elsewhere, after a sunny start, some fair weather cloud developing, so sunny spe

simon yates won stage 15 of the tour de france as the reigning champion geraint thomas gained time onlian alaphilippe. it's britain yates' second victory of this year's tour as he finished 33 seconds ahead of thibaut pinot in second. alaphillipe retains the yellow jersey — but thomas gained 27 seconds on him as the frenchman struggled up the climb. thomas lost time on saturday but a better performance means he remains in the hunt to retain the title when the riders resume on tuesday after a rest day. so let's have a look at the general classification. alaphilippe's lead cut to just over a minute and a half while thibaut pinot moves up to 11th in the overall standings and is now just 15 seconds behind thomas. australia have retained the women's ashes as the final day of the test match petered out into a draw. england avoided the follow—on and declared on 275—9, but they couldn't tear through the australian batting line—up, which finished on 230—7. henry morean was watching in taunton in south—west england. it always seemed likely on this fourth day that a draw would be the outcome of t