elsewhere elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia.to recap our top story — spain are european champions once again. they beat england 2—1 in berlin with goals you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. hello. we are very nearly halfway throuthuly, and the month so far has been decidedly cool — and for some of us, very wet indeed. there is some heavy rain in the forecast for the week ahead, but it is likely to turn drier and warmer, at least for a time. in the short term, though, it is this area of low pressure that is swirling its way in from the southwest, and this frontal system, which is going to generate some very heavy rain across the south of the uk during monday. further north, many places getting off to a fine start with some sunshine, but let's zoom in — some heavy thundery downpours for the channel islands, turning very wet across southern england, south west england and also wales likely to see some particularly heavy rain through the day, which could give ri

pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory in the giro d'italia last month and just beforebbc sport website and app for the very latest on all those stories and lots, lots more. but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, thanks forjoining us. we'll see you again soon. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, july, statistically, is our warmest month of the summer but thisjuly — at least the beginning — is looking very different. mother nature has decided to put a pause on the summer heat. it's going to be rather on the cool side, even really windy at times in the north of the uk and, of course, there is some rain on the way. so, let's have a look at the forecast for monday. a couple of weather fronts spreading across the uk and early in the morning, we will have had fairly cloudy weather with some rain splashing through out towards the east that morning. sunshine and temperatures of around 13 or 1a degrees celsius. ok, let's get the forecast then. that bright weather will give way to cloudier skies. as that weather front advances eastwards, most of the rain will fall across nort

he's close to adding the tour de france title to the giro d'italia he won earlier this year — that hasn't lead by another two seconds on stage 17, which was won from a breakaway group. ecuadorian rider richard carapaz got away from britain's simon yates to take the honours, while pogacar in the yellow jersey sprinted to take a little bit more time on defending champion jonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes, 11 seconds. to cricket. england women have completed a 5—0 t20 series clean sweep against new zealand, after winning the fifth and final match at lords by 20 runs. england started poorly and were 87—6 at one point, but captain heather knight and charlie dean steadied the ship — knight top—scoring with 46 as they set the kiwis a target of 156 to win. lauren bell then shone with the ball, taking three wickets as england restricted the visitors to 135—8. a positive summer for england with the t20 world cup a few months away. england's men have been preparing for their second test against the west indies which gets under way in nottingham on thursday. they'll be without james an

with a sixth stage win in the final time trial, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italiar in the same year. manchester city manager pep guardiola has said influential midfielder kevin de bruyne will stay at the club this season. de bruyne had been heavily linked with a summer move to saudi arabia and the belgian, who has a year left on his contract, said last month that he would have to consider a move because of the �*incredible money on offer', but guardiola, speaking before city's first pre—season friendly against celtic in the usa, simply said: "kevin isn't leaving." scotland striker che adams has completed a move to italian side torino on a free transfer. the 28—year—old left newly—promoted southampton at the end of last season after his contract expired. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back to bbc news, i am geeta guru—murthy. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak, two and a half weeks after suffering a crushing defeat at the general election. the winner will be confirmed in november. henry zeffman

, extending his winning margin to six minutes, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italia the same year. the slovenian says that despite the doubts of whether the sport is fully clean from doping, the idea of doping is simply not worth it. i think this is one of the cleanest sports in the whole world, of sport in general. because of what happened so many years ago, because there was so many years ago, because there was so much abuse, but i tell you now it is not worth it. taking anything that can risk your health, risk your heart is super stupid. mark cavendish has confirmed that he has competed at his last tour de france. the brit broke the record for most stage wins on this year's tour with his 35th, but says that completing the race one last time was the most fulfilling aspect ahead of his expected retirement. just to finish the tour to france, that was a challenge in itself. i didn't need to, there was no sprint in paris at the end, it was more for pride, forgetting through arguably the hardest sporting event in the world and a race that is given me everything i have i

the yellowjersey at the tour de france and becoming the first rider since 1998 to win both the giro d'italiaan five minutes after winning stage 20 and nowjust needs to make it through the final time trial tomorrow. drew savage reports. all smiles at the start, and why not? tadej pogacar has made sure it is his race to lose. he has got up such elitism is certain to win his third tour de france. the race will end on the cote d'azur, no traditional ceremonial stage in paris because of the olympics, so the tour to date began in the city where the race will end tomorrow with a time trial which was nice. the mountains beckoned for mark cavendish, he would make itjust inside the time cut for a record—breaking stage winner who will now complete what is likely to be his last tour. stage 20 didn't see the attacking pogacar is one of the greats but he has taken on and beaten all comers over the last three weeks. jonas vingegaard has made the race despite not being fully fit. he tested pogacar but the slovenian came out on top once again. it has been his year, a fifth stage when, five minutes ahead in t

pogacar won the giro d'italia in may. down his marker. he ended the session two tenths of a second quicker than world champion max verstappen. lewis hamilton, who won last time out at silverstone, could only manage seventh. more on all that over on the website — but that is all your sport for now. hello. today has brought the uk's hottest weather of the year so far. temperatures for some climbed into the low 30s celsius, and look at this beautiful scene sent in by a weather watcher in dorset. there was quite a lot of sunshine in places. however, that wasn't the story everywhere. more cloud in the mix here in county down. northern ireland and parts of scotland have seen quite a lot of cloud in advance of this frontal system. this is going to be sweeping its way eastwards over the weekend, bringing some outbreaks of rain and bringing something cooler and fresher. but for the time being, pretty warm and humid through this evening and tonight. quite misty and murky for south—west england and for wales, and these outbreaks of

elsewhere elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia.l goalless in that match between england and spain in berlin. 15.5 minutes played. for the latest you can head to the bbc sport website. i will be back in a little while to give you an update on that and everything else. we are going to stay with euro 2024 final. the score is 0—0. england's men hoping to win theirfirst major trophy is 0—0. england's men hoping to win their first major trophy since 1966, while spain will be hoping for a record fourth euro title. joining me now is sergi forcada, in spanish teenage star lamine yamal�*s home town — and meghan owen in exeter, which is where ollie watkins began his career. ollie scored the winner, which got england into the final. let's start with you. what is the atmosphere like?— let's start with you. what is the atmosphere like? everyone is glued to the big screen _ atmosphere like? everyone is glued to the big screen here. _ atmosphere like? everyone is glued to the big screen here. they - atmosphere like? everyone is glued to the big sc

he's close to adding the tour de france title, to the giro d'italia he won earlier this year — that hasn't since 1998. he extended his lead by another two seconds on stage 17 — which was won from a breakaway group. ecuadorian rider richard carapaz got away from britain's simon yates to take the honours. while pogacar in the yellowjersey sprinted to take a little bit more time on defending champion jonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes 11 seconds. ahead of the final men's golf major of the year — tournament organisers at the open have been defending the competition's prize money. the winner at royal troon will receive a record $3.1 million us, but the total prize fund of 17 million means the championships purse is just the 28th largest in men's professional golf. that's smaller than the other three majors, i2 pga tour events and all 14 liv golf events. the r&a says it's concerned about financial sustainability. idid not i did not know 28 and i don't care. that's not what this is about. our responsibility is for what we do and for what we run, is to get the balance right into get

he's close to adding the tour de france title, to the giro d'italia he won earlier this year — that hasn'tonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes 11 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. temperatures round about the seasonal average on wednesday low 20s for most of us plenty of strong july 20s for most of us plenty of strong july sunshine with more to come over the next few days. in fact, it will warm up. too hot for some protect liberty in the south east of england but a brief warm spell with cooler conditions for all by sunday. always cooler, wetter in the north and the west. certainly true overnight tonight. there will be shirey outbreaks of rain on this flow from northern ireland up to western scotland. a few showers for central and eastern areas of western wales. closed skies elsewhere but missed patch is developing into tomorrow morning temperatures no lower than 14-16 . a mild morning temperatures no lower than 14—16 . a mild start to thursday across the board. thursday, still keeping the showers across northern ireland and through western scotland. a few showers and cl

elsewhere, elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia.jude bellingham has had a lovely shot that has gone wide. so there is hope for england but nico williams' goal separates the two teams. spain leading by one go to nil with around 25 minutes remaining in that. everything else is on the bbc sport website. you didn't have to remind me of the school but 66th minute now and it is still zero — one. let's return to our top story — president biden has promised a swift and thorough investigation into the assassination attempt against donald trump. the former us president was injured during a campaign rally in pennsylvania last night. the republican national convention is due to start on monday. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, joins us live now from milwaukee. the former president very much not changing his agenda. he is on his way there but since that decision to continue with his plans to go to milwaukee we have had an fbi briefing. fillers and on what is new. �* ., , ., ., ., new. briefing, it was a moment for the fbi director,

now set to claim a third title and become the first man since 1998 to win both the tour and the giro d'italia verstappen. lewis hamilton who won last time out at silverstone could only manage seventh. it's less than a week to go until the opening ceremony of the olympic games in paris — and one athlete with a great shot at a podium place is the sprinter amber anning. she's the british 200 metre indoor record holder — and this year moved up to third on the british all time list. james dunn caught up with her on a rare return to brighton's withdean stadium. look at the gulf between her and the rest. its. look at the gulf between her and the rest.., ,, look at the gulf between her and the rest. . . ., , , ., rest. a championship record, a stadium record, _ rest. a championship record, a stadium record, and _ rest. a championship record, a stadium record, and that - rest. a championship record, a stadium record, and that is - rest. a championship record, a i stadium record, and that is after taking herfoot stadium record, and that is after taking her foot of the gas in the final metres. this is q

extend his winning margin to over six minutes, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italiaoaking it all in as he finished the tour for the final time. he actually finished last in the overall standings, despite having broken the all—time record for stage wins earlier this month. he said this is "likely" his last race. here he is receiving a special award to honour his incredible career. we'll be hearing from mark a bit later on in the programme, at around 8.45am, so don't miss that. there was a dramatic and emotional end to the hungarian grand prix with mclaren ordering british driver lando norris to let his team mate, 0scar piastri, get back past him in order for piastri to win the race. after a heated row, norris eventually gave way and piastri took his maiden grand prix victory. behind them, lewis hamilton collided with max verstappen, but hamilton held on to finish third. it's always tough when you're fighting for a win, and a win means so much to me and also to him. and, um, yeah, ijust had to try and put myself in his shoes and understand it that way, you know, becaus

he's on course for his third yellowjersey and the giro d'italia—tour de france double, which hasn't beenowing snooker�*s popularity. reardon was nicknamed dracula because of his distinctive hairstyle and he turned professional after previously being a miner and police officer, and just as colour television was being introduced. another welsh world champion mark williams called him an inspiration. hull fc ended wigan warriors' eight—match winning streak as they hung on for a 2k points to 22 victory over the super league leaders at mkm stadium. the home side scored four tries on their way to victory, including this one from denive balmforth giving them the points. hull then held on with desperate defence, taking the victory, handing defending champions wigan only their third defeat of the season. hull kr beat leeds rhinos with a dramatic late win at headingley asjez litten's try made sure of the victory for rovers, who stay third butjoin second—placed warrington wolves on 26 points. matthew hudson—smith smashed his european a00m record as he prepared to travel to paris for the olympic game