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in super league, it was an emotional night at headingly as rhinos legend rob burrow received a hero'ssh handley, richie myler and rob lui secured the victory. earlier, warrington wolves against league leaders catalans dragons was postponed because of several covid—19 cases in the dragons' camp. and reigning champion primoz roglic is back in the lead at the vuelta a espana after a thrilling finish to stage six. the last mile of the stage was uphill and saw the slovenian hunting down magnus cort nielsen, but the dane held on to claim his first stage win of this year's race. but second place was enough for roglic to move back to top of the standings. britain's adam yates is up to 11th, but more than a minute behind. and that's all the sport for now. bye— bye. after what's been a relatively cool week, the weather is set to change a little bit through friday and into the weekend. it will briefly term a little bit warmer and also start to turn a lot wetter. low pressure is pushing in from the west. this frontal system bringing rain early on. ahead of weather front, where we draw and the win

england have rung the changes for the third test against india which starts at headingly next week, followingies. yorkshire batsman dawid malan has been recalled to the squad. he's been a mainstay of the t20 side but last featured in test cricket during the 2018 season against india. meanwhile dom sibley has been dropped. his highest score in four innings against india in the current series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the 15 man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today. the men have just got under way but in the women's match london spirit beat welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealed the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminators had they made 96 off 41 balls but struggled initially to get the runs in, and had to settle for the match. fire finish bottom of the table. )the afghanistan cricket board has told the bbc it expects the incoming taliban authorities to block plans to create a national women's team. twenty five female cricketers were awarded contracts in november 2020. the international cricket council requires its 12 full members —

cricket — an dengland have rung the changes for the third test against india, which starts at headingly the squad. he's been a mainstay of the t20 side, but last featured in test cricket during the 2018 season against india. meanwhile, dom sibley has been dropped. his highest score in four innings against india in the current series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the 15—man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today — in the women's match, london spirit have beaten welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealing the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminators, had they made 96 off 41 balls, but struggled initially to get the runs in and had to settle for the match. fire are bottom of the table. in the men's game, neither side could reach the knockout stage, but welsh fire finished off their campaign on a high, beating spirit by three wickets. qais ahmad hit consecutive boundaries to see his side home. and that's all the sport for now. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. it feels a little bit like our weather has be

and it�* been a tougher day for england in the third test as india dig in at headingly.ormula one is back from it's summer break, it's the belgian grand prix on sunday, but the spa weekend is far from relaxing for max verstappen. ahead of this weekend's british moto gp the six time champion marc marquez has been talking to us about his hopes for the rest of the season and the future. i never thought about retirement because i still feel like i can be competitive and as we show step—by—step, we are at that standard. it's been an extraordinary transfer window, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised by this. mancehster united resigning one of their greatest players, hejoined them in 2003, when he was 18, from sporting lisbon forjust over 12 million pounds, that was a british record for a teenager at the time, in six years he won everything with united before leaving for a world record fee of 80 million pounds for real madrid, a champions league winner four times there, the five time world player of the year, has been atjuventus for the last three years, was their top scorer e

and england and india turn up the heat ahead of what could be a fiery third test at headingly. days later than planned, the tokyo paralympics are under way. japans emperor naruhito and the country's prime minister yoshihide suga were inside an almost empty stadium for the opening ceremony. the city is the first to host the paralympic games for a second time — they also staged the games in 1964. just like the olympics that came to a close just over two weeks ago, there'll be no spectators allowed over the next 12 days of competition. five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds and archer john stubbs carried the flag for the british team. the new zealand atheltes opted to stay away from the ceremony over covid fears, and there was also a poignant momnent as the afghanistan flag was carried by volunteers — the two—strong team unable to travel because of the political unrest in the country. the president of the international paralympic committee gave a powerful speech as the games were offically decalred open, reminding the world of the even greater challenges that paralympic athe

cricket, and england got off to a flying start against india on the first day of the third test at headinglyuns, england's opening batsmen then reached 120 without loss — a lead of 42 runs. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching the action. strange things happen at headingley�*s cricket ground, the unexpected, the dramatic. an indian team spilling over with confidence collapsed. james anderson took the first three wickets, including india's captain virat kohli for seven. ollie robinson dismissed rishabh pant. controlled aggression is the big idea. little more india's captain could do now, except count. is that rohit sharma? could that be 67—6? yeah. and this here withjoe root�*s stretching catch was 78 all out. so, how did that happen? well, england bowled with extreme discipline. why waste time with intimidation when you can be taking wickets? this ground of the extraordinary, where grown men dress as seagulls to pursue a six foot bag of chips, was now the scene of serene english batting. where english fans might have waited for something to go wrong, nothing did. runs just kept fl

we'll have the latest from headingly ahead what promises to be a fiery third test bewteen england and. good evening. with the united states today refusing to budge from its deadline of august 31st for withdrawing its troops from afghanistan, a g7 virtual summit chaired by borisjohnson appealed to the taliban to allow safe passage beyond that date for anyone who wants to leave. but in a hardening of tone, the taliban today indicated they would not allow afghans to be evacuated, and the us should stop encouraging afghans to go to the airport to be airlifted out. it also said that all international evacuations had to be completed by the end of the month. more on that in a moment, but first here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reporting from kabul and the situation at the airport. her report contains some distressing images. stay calm, orders this taliban guard. there is no calm here. not in a crowd too big to count, too big to control. but the days are numbered now before the us pulls its soldiers from this airfield, before their last evacuation flight lifts off. pani

cricket, and england have rung the changes for the third test against india, which starts at headingly series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the is—man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today — in the women's match, london spirit have beaten welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealing the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminators, had they made 96 off 41 balls, but struggled initially to get the runs in and had to settle for the match. fire are bottom of the table. in the men's game, neither side could reach the knockout stage, but welsh fire finished off their campaign on a high, beating spirit by three wickets. qais ahmad hit consecutive boundaries to see his side home. and that's all the sport for now. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. it feels a little bit like our weather has been sulking so far this week — kind of stuck in a rut of grayness and lingering cloud. it's not in a great hurry to get out of that position through today, either. we did see some sunshine on wednesday across central and east

england have rung the changes for the third test against india which starts at headingly next week, followingst featured in test cricket during the 2018 season against india. meanwhile dom sibley has been dropped. his highest score in four innings against india in the current series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the 15 man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today, in the women's match london spirit have beaten welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealing the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminators had they made 96 off 41 balls but struggled initially to get the runs in and had to settle for the match. fire are bottom of the table. romelu lukaku has been speaking to the press for the first time after rejoining chelsea. the belgium striker�*s promised to live up to his 97.5 million pound price tag and says he's looking forward to life back in the premier league after winning serie a last season at inter milan: the game in italy is much more different, much tighter space and more technical and it helped me a lot. like i said, the english game is

england have rung the changes for the third test against india which starts at headingly next week, followingas been recalled to the squad. he's been a mainstay of the t20 side but last featured in test cricket during the 2018 season against india. meanwhile, dom sibley has been dropped. his highest score in four innings against india in the current series was 28. zak crawley is also out of the 15 man squad. it's another double header in the hundred today, in the women's match london spirit have beaten welsh fire by seven wickets. heather knight sealing the win with a four. spirit could have made it into the eliminators had they made 96 off 41 balls but struggled initially to get the runs in and had to settle for the match. fire are bottom of the table. andy murray has been knocked out in the second round of the cincinatti 0pen. h e's lost to wimbledon semi—finalist hubert hurkacz in straight sets 7—6, 6—3. murray showed some signs of getting back in the match but hurkacz proved too good in the end. and finally the defending champion dominic thiem has pulled out of the us open tennis which st

the third test between england and india will get under way at headingly in just over an hour's time.k he'd get his chance again. he's set to bat at three with haseeb hameed — who returned to the team in that spot at lord's — likely to open after dom sibley was dropped. british number one dan evans is through to the second round of the winston—salem open in north carolina after beating frenchman lucas pouille in three sets, but andy murray has been knocked out. murray came close to taking the first set against frances tiafoe, but failed to convert three break points. he was then broken twice in the second set, as the american won 7—6, 6—3. murray has been added to the main draw for the us open next week after former champion stan wawrinka withdrew. you can follow all the developments of the paralympics on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. i absolutely love that line in the script, the never—ending storey in patrick's report. we are sticking with the paralympics again. it's been a brilliant start for great britain's paralympians, as the games got under way in tokyo o