a different date for geraint thomas. i’m date for geraint thomas. passes. it wasjust humidity, up and down the mountain passes. it was just so gruelling for the writers. and you have to feel for geraint thomas. once again olympic heartbreakfor for geraint thomas. once again olympic heartbreak for him. the second olympics running, a crash. you can see at the top of the screen there. and then close up pictures as they pick themselves up. basically, he couldn't avoid going down after a team—mate lost control of his front wheel. he did get back on, but here he is later on in the race. he eventually had to pull out after that crash. it has been a similar story for thomas. it was this team—mate who broke away, and he held on to cross the line with the rivals out of sight. it is ecuador�*s first gold medal since 1996. only their second gold medal ever. you might have heard of him, he is known as the locomotive, and he was the third in the tour de france. britten's adam yates, he led a sprint to the finish right at the end. it seemed he might get the bronze

but geraint thomas�*s quest for another olympic medal disappeared after he crashed out of the men's roadace. and away from the olympics, a famous win for the lions. they beat south africa in their first test match in cape town. good evening. it's been the first full day of action at the tokyo olympics — and we've seen some of team gb's medal hopes in action. for the second games in a row, though, cyclist geraint thomas crashed in the men's road race, but there was a great performance from swimmer adam peaty, as he began the defence of his title. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has more from tokyo. this road race was described as a war of attrition long, hot and hilly with an early crash. just like in rio, history repeated itself. thomas was determined to leave it on its road, but he was starting to flag. mount fuji beckoned it's all its brutish —— brutal beauty, but thomas was out in likely his last olympics. adam yates was the highest place britain, but richard carol has claimed ecuador�*s second goal —— richard carapaz. more big names today beginning their quest. peaty is as clo

he is a team—mate of geraint thomas in ineos. and geraint thomas saw his brace broken by a crash.avoid going into the tarmac and both of them fell it onto the floor and although they picked themselves up and dusted down the bruises, thomas and dusted down the bruises, thomas a couple of hours later had to pull out. his olympic games dreams were over once more and he did tweet, actually i must have done something bad in a previous life. freak crash. as for other medals, britain's adam yates had led a sprint for the line before he says cramp set into his legs, got the better of him and he had to settle for ninth. a belgian cyclist won silver by literally a tyre width against the bronze medallist, to put slovenia on the medals table again.— medallist, to put slovenia on the medals table again. yes, that was uuite a medals table again. yes, that was quite a moment _ medals table again. yes, that was quite a moment for— medals table again. yes, that was quite a moment for silver - medals table again. yes, that was quite a moment for silver with - medals table again. yes, that was quite

some of the pictures from the race, geraint thomas, was that major hope for britain.e you did in rio dejaneiro five years ago. geraint thomas out of the cycling road race. ecuador�*s cyclist one gold. andy murray is in tokyo. because of operations and in this —— because of injuries and operation sea is down injuries and operation sea is down in the rankings. but the pairing of andy murray and joel salsbury managed to knock out second seeds. british and irish lions will play at five o'clock. a player has been ruled out. the coach is confident thatjones will be back in training next week. no denying it has hampered preparations ahead of that first match. southern graves women have defeated trent rockets. they set rockets... brilliant figures there. that is all your support for now. plenty more on the website, including all of the later tests olympics news. more on the next hour. thank you. let's get more now on the missing 11—year—old girl fatuma kadir who left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of friday. what more can you tell as

great britain's adam yates finished 9th — but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from thefor a second successive games after a crash. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it's the first day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 medals are up for grabs on day one including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in the judo where the host nation — japan — won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato giving a very emotional interviewjust now, following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnast

great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas, who retired from thee for a second successive games after a crash. and host nationjapan picks up its first medals — a gold and a silver injudo. category and a silver in the women's 48 kilogram group. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. police make arrests in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breach covid—19 restrictions in australia's biggest city. president biden warns that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it's the first day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 medals are up for grabs, including in fencing, weightlifting and judo — the sport has givenjapan its first gold medal in the men'sjudo. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men's road cycling race. it was won in sweltering heat by richard carapaz fro

but geraint thomas�*s challenge is over after he lost 35 minutes today. drew savage reports.back in the yellowjersey, and good luck to anyone trying to take it off him. the first stage in the alps helped whittle down the competition. darren thomas found himself at a group in the back on a monday�*s crash, today�*s his hope vanished into the distance, losing 35 minutes was not —— geraint thomas. he would have to battle to finish. at the front, there were two contests. dylan soared away. the stage when it would be his. but afterfounder paul was left behind, rivals were left gasping for breath. richard�*s is in sixth place overall. pogacar and questionably this target man in the mountains he leads by a minute and 48 seconds, but none could even get close. —— unquestionably. india women have won the third one day international against england by four wickets with three balls to spare. india won the toss in worcester and put england into bat in a match reduced to 47 overs a side because of bad weather. england finished on 219 all out — nat sciver top scoring with 49. but india cha

geraint thomas involved in a crash, and he later had to retire.s. he was ultimately squeezed out though, and finished ninth. in the tennis, there was a good start for another big british hope. it's a brilliant win. andy murray and his partner joe salisbury winning their first round doubles match. but it was a tougher day for helen glover in the rowing. the double olympic champion has only recently returned after having children, and she and partner polly swan could only finish third in their heat. enough to make the semifinals, but they know they'll need to improve. we agreed afterwards that that's not kind of reflective of where we've been at in training. but, i mean, it's the first race of the olympics, it's a good kind of markerfor us to step up from. other british stars, though, have already found their feet. well done, max! max is through. double champion at the last games, max whitlock through to the pommel horse final. while adam peaty looked as impressive as ever as he cruised through to the semifinals of the 100 metres breaststroke. but t

great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from theace for a second successive games after a crash afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country, in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. the hunt for an 11—year—old girl from bolton in england is called off, after she's found safe and well in london. thousands of hungarians join the annual pride march and protest against a new anti—lgbto law. we're live in budapest. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it's the first full day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 gold medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in the judo where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato in judo giving a very emotional interviewjust now, following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic

great britain's adam yates finished ninth, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from theace for a second successive games after a crash. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. now on bbc news, in an exclusive interview, dominic cummings speaks to the bbc�*s political editor laura kuenssberg. a warning — this programme contains flashing images. troublemaker. history maker. they were no strangers to chaos. pushing borisjohnson on behind closed doors... yesterday, i gave a full report of my actions. ..until his own mistake exploded in public. and ended up on the outskirts of barnard castle town. we did not visit the castle or walk around town. he never agreed to account for what he's done until now. mr cummings, you've never spoken like this before. your story is, of course, completely interwoven with the prime minister's polit

great britain's adam yates finished ninth, but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from ther a second successive games after a crash. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. and president biden warns that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. now on bbc news, click looks at how online shopping has exploded in the pandemic and how social media companies want a piece of the action. as the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different — but exactly how is hard to say. on this week's show, we'll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. and looking at how online shopping could be getting social. but first, we'll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. the idea of visual search is nothing new. it's something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using

you have to remember that poor old geraint thomas also suffered a crash and missed out on a medal at last olympics. mike, thank you very much. elsewhere in tokyo, our correspondent mariko oi is on the streets of tokyo to gauge the atmosphere in the city where so many would rather the spectacle wasn't happening. well, samantha, last night when we were here for the opening ceremony, this place was jampacked with not much social distancing taking place. as you say, lots of people still queueing up to take a picture with the olympic rings. i think it is fair to say that some people are getting excited. of course, we had those protests as well last night, but here outside the stadium, people were very excited when they saw that roving globe created by 2000 drones during the opening ceremony, which we could see from here as well. i also managed to get some newspapers to show you some of the reaction here injapan. this one says "delayed by a year, no cheers, but let's hope the power of sport will bring some joy". let's hope the power of sport will bring somejoy". the paper wishes the athlet

but former tour de france champion geraint thomas saw his medal hopes dashed after crashing for a secondin the road and took thomas down with him. they did continue but eventually withdrew from the race. basically, there was a little metal ridge in the middle—of—the—road, and he had that — his front wheel went. so his bike went there with nowhere to go. i hit the floor myself and landed on my right side, the same shoulder that i did on the tour. but luckily it stayed in. that was one positive. helen glover is aiming to win her third gold medal, 1a months after giving birth to twins. she's the first british mother to compete at an olympics in rowing. the good news is that she and polly swann are through to the semifinals of the women's pairs, but they could only finish third in their heat. that's glover's first defeat in more than a decade and she admitted they have a fight on their hands. well, things were a bit more positive in the gymnastics centre for max whitlock. he said he was relieved to get through qualifying, after he safely reached the pommel horse final. he's defending the tit

but geraint thomas's quest for another olympic medal disappeared after he crashed out of the men's road

geraint thomas had hoped to challenge pogacar but a crash and a dislocated shoulder ended that. yo 0lympics. thomas stayed in the race to help his team—mate richard carapaz richard carapaz finish third overall for britain's ineos grenadiers team. while chris freeman's return from injury was almost scuppered by a crash on day one. he's done well to make it this far. most riders will take it easy on the final stage. the belgian wout van aert will be going for another stage victory, this time on the champs—elysees, but to do it he'll have to beat the tour�*s comeback king. victory in paris for mark cavedish would secure the sprinter�*s green jersey and set a new all—time record of 35 stage wins. the preparation is now over for the british and irish lions. they thrashed the stormers 49—3 in theirfinal warm—up match before the first test against south africa next weekend. the lions did fall behind early, but quickly turned things around. exeter�*s sam simmonds was just one of seven try scorers, but the headlines were saved for tour captain alun wynjones — he came off the bench, to com

but it�*s been tough for geraint thomas — another crash and a dislocated shoulder ended his challengerapaz, who did enough today to hold on to third place overall for britain�*s ineos grenadiers. belgium�*s wout van aert was fastest around the 19—mile course — another impressive ride to claim his second stage win this year. but the undoubted star of 2021 has been pogacar. he�*s earned that second yellow jersey, and he�*ll be drinking champagne on the streets of paris tomorrow. max verstappen will start tomorrow�*s british grand prix from pole position after winning formula 1�*s new trial sprint race this afternoon at silverstone. the red bull driver got thejump on lewis hamilton off the line, and led comfortably to the end, extending his championship lead by a point to 33. imran sidat was watching. they say the formula 1 season is a marathon and not a sprint. but with an expectant crowd of around 100,000 packed into silverstone, all eyes were on lewis hamilton as the inaugural sprint race to disciple position made its bow. after topping qualifying on friday, hamilton was at the front

britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to 13th overall. world champion lewis hamilton topped the time sheets in second practice ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas. the briton was more than two—tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at the red bull ring. holly smith has become the first woman for 45 years to be included in the great britain showjumping team for the olympic games. smith is named alongside harry charles as travelling reserve, while london 2012 gold medallists scott brash and ben maher are in the squad. and that's all the support from us for now. we will see you soon. we've got some big showers in the forecast for saturday, so be prepared. the skies could turn dark almost at any time, thunder and lightning is possible too, and even the possibility of flash flooding in some areas. so this is what it looks like early on saturday morning — warm and muggy in the south, 16 celsius, a little bit fresher further north. we'll see one band of rain moving northwards through th

geraint thomas has decided to continue to ride in the tour de france when it resumes tomorrow after a after losing more than 35 minutes on saturday's mountainous stage. it's been a tough race for thomas, who dislocated his shoulder in a crash on stage three. it's been more enjoyable for mark cavendish, who was a late call—up for the race, won his first stage in five years on tuesday, and then another on thursday — although still a hard week of racing. thankfully, it's a rest day. the first rest day of the tour de france. everybody is completely spent. but obviously it's been an exciting week to watch on tv. if we stopped now, this would be one of the nicest tour de france i have been part of. now back to chetan and i have been watching them out with the towels on court one, trying to dry out for the action to resume.— court one, trying to dry out for the action to resume. they are hoping to net that action to resume. they are hoping to get that one — action to resume. they are hoping to get that one under _ action to resume. they are hoping to get that one under way _ action to resume

the yellow jersey group had to respond, which included geraint thomas — looking stronger after losingto help ineos team—mate richard carapaz. but o'connor still had time in hand to win the stage handsomely and move up to second overall. but pogacar is still two minutes and a second ahead of him in the standings, and he rode away from the rest of his rivals including carapaz. no—one else, now, within five minutes of him. drew savage, bbc news. to rugby union now and there was a crowd of 10,000 at twickenham to watch england beat the usa 43-29. with the lions tour leaving eddiejones with a shortage of familiarfaces, he brought several uncapped players into the side, as craig templeton reports. with many players away on lions duty, it was time for some new england stars to earn their stripes. out of the eight uncapped starters, the most excitement was around marcus smith. his kick was kept in brilliantly by max malin is in sam underhill did the rest. it was the usa's first match since the world cup. joe took advantage of any rustiness and scored two tries. now, can you spotjoin me lookin

that suited geraint thomas — 12th overall and still recovering from his crash on monday.he peloton to the finish. the same for mathieu van der poel, to keep the leader's yellowjersey. since his win on tuesday, cavendish has worn the green, of the leader of the sprinter�*s competition. everybody knew what he was likely to do. it's just that, at the age of 36, the manx missile is miraculously back up to top speed. nobody could catch him. cavendish does it again! the celebration just the same as it was in 2008, his 32nd stage win. he's not talking about eddy merckx's record of 3a. you're in the form of your life, for once! _ just happy to be back here, and back on that podium. drew savage, bbc news. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable 2—0 lead in their one day series against sri lanka, after comfortably beating sri lanka by eight wickets at the oval. sam curran was the star with the ball, skittling the top order and reducing sri lanka to 12 for three. he ended with a career best five—wicket haul. sri lanka recovered to post 2a1 for nine, but eoin morgan then buil

which included geraint thomas — looking stronger after losing 35 minutes yesterday.nd to win the stage up to second overall. but pogacar is still two minutes and a second ahead of him in the standings and he rode away from the rest of his rivals including carapaz, no—one else is within five minutes of him. to rugby union now and there was a crowd of 10, 000 at twickenham to watch england beat the usa 43-29. with the lions tour leaving eddiejones with a shortage of familiarfaces, he brought several uncapped players into the side as craig templeton reports. with many players away on minds duty. it was time for some new england ** duty. it was time for some new england * * earn their stripes. out of the eight uncapped stores, the most excitement was around marcus smith, his kick was kept in brilliantly and some did the rest. —— sam. joe took advantage of any restiveness and scored two tries. now, can we sparkjamie looking on the right? in less than a minute into his england debut. one american that was paying attention was jamie caught on in the us had some glory. randa

great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas, who retired from thert for china — its team picks up two gold medals in shooting and weightlifting. there are still lots of medals up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing and judo. i'll have all the latest. i'm ben boulos. in other news from the uk and around the world: tackling britain's "pingdemic", hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working.

britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to 13th overall.world champion lewis hamilton topped the timesheets in second practice ahead of his team mate valtteri bottas. the briton was more than two tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen who won last max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at the red bull ring. holly smith has become the first woman for 45 years to be included in the great britain showjumping team for smith is named alongside harry charles as travelling reserve, while london 2012 gold medallists scott brash and ben maher are in the squad. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. ten minutes to go until potential penalties. we'll be back a little bit later on. you're watching bbc news. the family of saskia jones who was murdered by a convicted terrorist in a rehabilitation centre in central london are calling on the organisation to step down. her uncles and say the family will be distressed and insulted if the cambridge university athletics remain in

great britain's adam yates finished 9th, but it was bad news for geraint thomas, who retired from the. category and a silver in the women's 48 kilogram group. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working. police make arrests in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown

but geraint thomas's challenge is over after he lost 35 minutes today.n teuns won the stage but is only 18th in the standings. while richard carapaz, who's sixth overall, is the best—placed rider from britain's ineos grenadiers team, after thomas struggled in the mountains. max verstappen will be hoping to extend his lead in the formula one drivers championship after claiming pole position for tomorrow's austrian grand prix. roared on by thousands of his passionate fans at the red bull ring, he was the quickest in qualifying for the third race in a row. britain's lando norris will line up alongside him after missing out on the top spot byjust five hundredths of a second. world champion lewis hamilton, who's signed a two—year contract with mercedes, could only manage fourth on the grid. the first of tonight's two quarterfinals is nearing its end. denmark taking on the czech republic. the winner will face either engalnd or the ukraine. an early goal for denmark, going ahead in the first five minutes. a routine corner and midfielder thomas delaney had the e

geraint thomas in the men's road race cycling which gets under way in the next few hours, the likes ofimming, so andy murray, max whitlock also getting their campaigns under way for the first time in the next few hours —— sir andy murray put it so much intrigue surrounding the next two and a half weeks, how will team to be fair after coming second in rio? how will new sports making their debuts get on, the likes of skateboarding and surfing and climbing customers who will emerge to replace the likes of michael phelps and usain bolt who have retired since rio? there is no getting away from the fact that this is happening in a state of emergency amid rising cases, the acrimony and controversy was reflected last night in an opening ceremony that was at times undoubtedly sad. when you saw the banks of empty seats, you heard the banks of empty seats, you heard the protests outside, it rather —— the protests outside, it rather —— the depleted parade of nations, there is no escaping that fact and i think organisers will be anxious that there was not any more athletes ruled out by testing posi

great britain's adam yates finished 9th — but it was bad news for geraint thomas who retired from the

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas�* hopesffectively over. the welshman finished stage eight in a group that was 35 minutes behind, and he�*s dropped to 45th place after struggling as the race hit the alps. but pogacar looks like the man to beat, he left his competitors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a two year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whether he can stop max verstappen winning the formula one championship. for the second week in a row, the dutchman claimed pole position at the red bull ring in austria. he was almost beaten by britain�*s lando norris — who was just five hundredths of a second slower. hamilton could only manage fourth on the grid. england women lost the third one day international against india by four wickets in worcester. india captain mithali raj was the star of the show, not only did she become the leading run scorer in women�*s international cricket but she also hit the winning runs. england still

britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to 13th overall.end's race at the red bull ring. holly smith has become the first woman for a5 years to be included in the great britain showjumping team for the olympic games. smith is named alongside harry charles as travelling reserve, while london 2012 gold medallists scott brash and ben maher are in the squad. and that's all the sport from us for now. we'll see you soon. well, it's going to be one of these days where the weather might turn like that and you'll have to run for cover if you're not prepared. big showers and thunder and lightning on the way. not everywhere. in fact, many of us will miss the storms altogether, but where they occur, they could even bring some flash flooding. now, early in the morning, there will be already some heavy rain spreading across the southern half of the uk, moving northwards. to the north of that, across scotland, it will have been been generally a dry night. a bit fresher here — 11 degrees — but in the south, it's muggy — 16 celsius first thing. now already,

former oasis star liam gallagher described shriever as a ledge, while cyclist geraint thomas tweetedch bethany and kye smashed lives, amazing. it's a word that might also apply to this man, duncan scott, winning his third medal of the games, with silver in the 200m individual medley, while in the 200m backstroke, luke greenbank took bronze. forteam gb, backstroke, luke greenbank took bronze. for team gb, the pool is certainly proving productive. in the trampolining, meanwhile, could bryony page bounce to glory? well, after two years out with injury, it was some display. after two years out with in'ury, it was some displayfi after two years out with in'ury, it was some display. whoa, well done, b on ! was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following — was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following her— was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following her silver - was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following her silver in - was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following her silver in rio, l bryony! following her silver in rio, this time bronze, _ bryony! foll

you'll need to set your alarm for 6am if you want to see whether britain's geraint thomas and tayo gaygan be defending his three metre synchronised springboard title alongside new partner, dan goodfellow. and just before 4.30 britain's men will be going for gold in the four by 200 metres freestyle final. it's team gb�*s best hope of gold in a relay. two of the members of the team we started the programme with — gold and silver medallists,tom dean and duncan scott. if you want more from day four, today at the games will have the best of the highlights on bbc one at 7.30pm. and there's plenty more on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello. our unsettled spell of sherry weather is said to continue over the next couple of days. some of the shares have been heavy and thundery, we have had a amber warning enforce a product —— across parts of scotland and through the course of the evening and heavy showers and thunderstorms here could have localised flooding. further south they have showers from earlier willie isa way through this evening

that suited geraint thomas — 12th overall and still recovering from his crash on monday. it's just that, at the age of 36, the manx missile is miraculously back up to top speed. nobody could catch him. cavendish does it again! the celebration just the same as it was in 2008, his 32nd stage win. he's not talking about eddy merckx's record of 34. you're in the form of your life, for once! just happy to be back here, and back on that podium. drew savage, bbc news. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable 2—0 lead in their one day series against sri lanka, after comfortably beating sri lanka by eight wickets at the oval. sam curran was the star with the ball, skittling the top order and reducing sri lanka to 12 for three. he ended with a career best five—wicket haul. sri lanka recovered to post 241 for nine, but eoin morgan then built on the good foundation laid by england's earlier batsmen to take the game away from sri lanka. it was captain morgan who hit the winning runs guiding england to victory with seven overs to spare. we played a lot of cricket in front of emp

former oasis star liam gallagher described shriever as a "ledge", while cyclist geraint thomas tweetedtjet lag is that i got to watch bethany and kye smash it live, amazing!" it's a word that might also apply to this man, duncan scott, winning his third medal of the games, with silver in the 200m individual medley, while in the 200m backstroke luke greenbank took bronze. for team gb, the pool is certainly proving productive. in the trampolining, meanwhile, could bryony page bounce to glory? well, after two years out with injury, it was some display. whoa, well done, bryony! following her silver in rio, this time bronze, which she later described as amazing. there was also bronze in the rowing for the men's eight. for one of team gb�*s flagship sports, this has been a disappointing games — just two medals, and for the first time since 1980, no gold. on the first day of athletics, dina asher—smith confirmed her status as a contender in the 100m, easing through her heat and into the semifinals. and in the boxing, pat mccormack and ben whittaker are both guaranteed medals, although whittak

stage six was mainly flat, which helped britain's geraint thomas, 12th overall and still recovering fromeloton. as did mathieu van der poel, who kept the leader's yellowjersey. but for cavendish, the colour will always be green, the shade of the race's leading sprinter. everybody knew what he can do on top form. nobody could stop him doing it. the 36—year—old manx missile had earned the right to reminisce. the celebration, just the same as it was 13 years ago. he's not talking about eddy merckx's record of 34 stage wins. are you in the form of your life or what?! just happy to be back here doing what he loves. drew savage, bbc news. england's cricketers can complete a clean sweep of victories over sri lanka on sunday, after taking an unbeatable 2—0 lead in the one—day series. sam curran was the star with the ball at the oval — he took five wickets, as sri lanka posted a target of 242. in response, england were never troubled. captain eoin morgan built on the good foundation laid by the opening batsmen, guiding his side to victory by eight wickets, with seven overs to spare. they've alrea

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geraint thomas finished 12th in the men's time trial. video showing the moment a lorry driver crashed into another vehicle whilst using a mobile phone. 59—year—old derek holland has been jailed for more than three years after the crash last year that left three people badly injured. an onboard camera shows that over a period of four hours he repeatedly reached for his mobile phone and even steered with his elbows. this report by matt graveling opens with footage you may find upsetting. the worst case of prolonged distracted driving they had ever seen. the damning words of sussex police, after derek holland drove his lorry straight into the back of this security van. the crash in august left three people seriously hurt. one suffered a brain injury, two more have been unable to work since. but this devastation could have occurred at a number of points in holland's four hour drive, his onboard camera revealing 41 other incidents of poor driving. most of those incidents have been with him utilising his mobile phone that was on a cradle on th

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas“ hopesors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a two—year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whether he can stop max ver5tappen winning the formula 1 championship. for the second week in a row, the dutchman claimed pole position at the red bull ring in austria. he was almost beaten by britain“5 lando norri5 — who was just five hundredths of a second slower. hamilton could only manage fourth on the grid. england women lost the third one day international against india by 4 wickets in worcester. india captain mithali raj was the star of the show, not only did she become the leading run scorer in women's international cricket but she also hit the winning run5. england 5till lead the multi—format series 6—4 on points. what a lot of other england side is they don't have any egos. they are all together as a unit, they love playing for a country full of it has been a long time since we have seen such a uni

geraint thomas had hoped to challenge him but a crash and a dislocated shoulder ended that.in, it was a tough game here today. both teams played really hard on the second half but very special for me as captain to lift the trophy. the preparation's now over for the british and irish lions — they thrashed the stormers 49—3 in theirfinal warm—up match before the first test against south africa next weekend. they did fall behind early, but quickly turned things around... exeter�*s sam simmonds was just one of seven try scorers, but the headlines were saved for tour captain alun wynjones... he came off the bench, to complete an incredible return to action... just three weeks after dislocating his shoulder. and we've been talking about the olympics this morning — there's less than a week to go now, with the opening ceremony on friday in tokyo. and two—time gold medallist jadejones has been getting in the olympic spirit. the british fighter, who won gold at the london and rio games, has got her nails painted specially for the occasion. the olympic rings, the british flag and, fing

defending champion tadej pogacar was nine years old at the time geraint thomas wasn't making excusest of evertonians, - is he the right man? well, if you | listen to a lot of evertonians, they are absolutely furious. i understand that _ are absolutely furious. i understand that. liverpoolare are absolutely furious. i understand that. liverpool are their great rivals~ — that. liverpool are their great rivals. that is what he is most famous — rivals. that is what he is most famous for _ rivals. that is what he is most famous for. i have been here before with other— famous for. i have been here before with other clubs. when he joined chelsea — with other clubs. when he joined chelsea there was fury there as well _ chelsea there was fury there as well a — chelsea there was fury there as well a lot— chelsea there was fury there as well. a lot of the chelsea fans despised _ well. a lot of the chelsea fans despised rafa. however, in the end he won— despised rafa. however, in the end he won them over. he won them over by simply— he won them over. he won them over by simply being incredibly d

while britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to 13th overall.briton was more than two tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at the same circuit. as if that is not enough, all of that, you have got the british and irish lions playing the first to imagine south africa, the emirates lions today, warming up for the test. and back at wimbledon, 18—year—old in the body is back on court against kostya. should be another huge day, but is caught number one. in cameron norrie on centre court against roger federer. it is all too much! i do have my heart. ., ., it is all too much! i do have my heart-_ we i it is all too much! i do have my| heart._ we said heart. 0h, go on, then. we said yesterday. _ heart. oh, go on, then. we said yesterday. i— heart. 0h, go on, then. we said yesterday, i didn't _ heart. 0h, go on, then. we said yesterday, i didn't have - heart. 0h, go on, then. we said yesterday, i didn't have a - heart. 0h, go on, then. we said | yesterday, i didn't have a football shirt, i said ye

we have not mentioned geraint thomas who was touted to win this race, he crashed just a couple of stagesff some sharp showers. the early rain easing. this is lunch time is already an improvement. that is the best time to get out for a cycle. perhaps something great downpours into the afternoon but if you do manage to dodge them and keep some of that sunshine, temperatures will be into the low 20s. with light winds, it will feel quite warm in the sunshine. the showers anyway overnight. we will have more cloud and rain gathering into the south—west for tomorrow morning. another mild start, mildly double figures but tomorrow we see this rain pushing into northern ireland and into wales and south—west england. that means a showery story once again on sunday. some of those across eastern scotland could be heavy and thundery but as we go through the day, the week, sorry, high pressure will build. it will warm up with ten metres into the mid 20s by the end of the week. for many weary drivers, a motorway service station is just a place to stretch the legs and grab a coffee on that long journey.