cesare benedetti won stage 12 on the first day in the alps at the giro d'italia, with slovenian jan polancedetti claimed the first pro victory of his career after being part of a long—range breakaway on the hilly 158km ride from cuneo to pinerolo. polanc took the lead from team—mate valerio conti, while fellow slovenian primoz roglic is now second. we speak with the team about me going in the breakaway because then we can better control the race and having also chains as to keep the jersey. today we were lucky to play this card and i am happy to wear a pinkjersey now. to golf and on the pga tour, tony finau leads by a stroke after the first round of the charles schwab challenge at fort worth in texas. he carded a six under 64 to put him one shot ahead of canada's roger sloan and this man — 2016 championjordan spieth — while defending championjustin rose is struggling 11 shots off the pace on 4 over par. there's a five—way tie for the lead on 5 under after the first round of the latest event on the european tour — the "made in denmark" including this man edoardo molinari. and the defending

slovenia's jan polanc retains the overall lead.but a freak accident has left gb hockey star alex danson with a brain injury and wondering whether she'll ever play the game she loves again. as part of the bbc‘s ‘change the game' season, sally nugent caught—up with her for an exclusive chat. ten, 11 months ago, the world cup. all of the team took breaks and we went to kenya, we had dinner, we were waiting to go home and alex told a joke, he's really not that funny but he told a joke and i kind of hit him and iflung my head back and i hit the back of my head on a concrete wall. it was hard, but equally, it wasn't a car crash. i didn't fall from a great height, there was no seemingly huge trauma at the time but i knew something wasn't right. when i came back from kenya, i was in bed for a month. literally in a dark room, couldn't tolerate anything. i wanted to rejoin the team and the team had an away day. all i remember really was talking to my team—mate next to me and i lost the ability to speak, i couldn't say any words. i don't reme

cesare benedetti won stage 12 of the giro d'italia, while slovenian jan polanc takes the overall raceuad of 12 for the netball world cup which gets underway injuly. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that the draw for the french open was made on thursday. the second of the year's grand slams gets underway in paris on sunday. the defending men's champion rafael nadal — who's seeded to meet the world number one novak djokovic in the final — is due to play qualifiers in the first two rounds. the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the world number 0ne naomi 0saka could play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. 0saka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the

jan polanc took the overall lead from his team—mate valerio conti after making it into the day's mainc sport — where we've been focussing on women's sport, celebrating it and also looking at many of the issues that elite female athletes have to deal with. the american gymnast katelyn o—hashi was an internet sensation earlier this year with her ‘perfect io' routine but she's had her struggles, notjust with injury but also body image. she's been speaking to our correspondent, jo currie. it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete, katelyn ohashi, into a viral sensation. it's crazy. the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications and i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting, celebrities posting the video. this is so crazy, i don't even know what's happening, but it's so amazing. but behind that smile, 0hashi has had a difficultjourney. quitting sport when she was younger, a lot of coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. despite bein

jan polanc took the overall lead from his team—mate valerio conti after making it into the day's main of the leaderboard at the end of the first round of the made in denmark. paul waring, matthew southgate and tom murray all on five under in the clubhouse after rounds of 66. now, if you think international footballers are pampered... well, in some instances, you might be right, but it's not the case for the england lionesses. phil neville's squad were taken to a boot camp by the british marines and put through their paces in preperation for next month's world cup in france. it was awful! a lot of the girls didn't have much sleep. as soon as we arrived, we had to cover ourselves in face paint so we didn't get recognised in the bushes. everyone was scrubbing it off this morning, everybody has spots. but it was funny, it was good team building. we had to cook our own meals on the stoves and we had marshmallows on the campfire. we just chilled and chatted and it was good to get that in a different environment. you heard from georgia stanway there — did she remind you of anyone? well her c

now to cycling where slovenian jan polanc will wear the pink leadersjersey heading into stage 13 of the stage 12 on thursday which was the first day in the alps, and also his first pro victory of his career, while polanc took the lead from team—mate valerio conti, fellow slovenian primoz roglic is now second. we speak with the team about me going in the breakaway because then we can better control the race and having also chains —— chances as to keep the jersey. today we were lucky to play this card and i am happy to wear a pinkjersey now. the first official cricket world cup warm—up games get underway in the next few hours. sri lanka play south africa, while pakistan are up against afghanistan. pakistan have made a number of changes following their 4—0 one—day series defeat to england. asif ali, mohammad amir and wahab riaz made the 15—man squad at the last minute and they start their world cup campaign against the west indies next friday. there's now less than 50 days to go before the start of the netball world cup, tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad, eight of whom e

on the giro's toughest climb yet to claim his second stage victory to take the pink jersey from jan polancfinish second, forcing his way back into the top ten. there was a british 1—2 in the irish 2000 guineas when phoenix of spain shocked the curragh crowd to win the classic at 16—1 in his first race of the season. trained by charlie hills and ridden byjamie spencer, phoenix of spain comfortably saw—off the favourite too darn hot by three lengths. robert mcintyre is in contention going into the final round of the made in denmark golf. the scot is eight under par — one shot behind leader bernd wiesberger after a round of 67 — his best of the season. england's, bronte law, kept her place at the top of the pure silk championship leaderboard with a second—round 68 in virginia. she shares the lead with americans, jacqui concolino and jennifer song, on 9 under par. saracens remain in contention for a european and domestic double after crushing gloucester to reached the premiership final. a second—half hat—trick of tries from nick tompkins helped the champions‘ cup winners to a 44—19 victory. ch

jan polanc took the overall lead from his team—mate valerio conti after making it into the day's mainor you in sportsday at 10:30pm. the children's authorjudith kerr, best known for her book the tiger who came to tea, has died. she was 95. her stories delighted many adults too, and in a career that spanned half a century, she published more than 30 books. the tiger who came to tea was featured on cbeebies bedtime stories. let's listen to part of the story being read by the actress maxine peake. would you like a sandwich? but the tiger did notjust would you like a sandwich? but the tiger did not just take would you like a sandwich? but the tiger did notjust take one sandwich. he took all the sandwiches on the plate and swallowed the in one big mouthful. gold. and he still looked hungry. so sophie passed him the buns. but again, the tiger did not eat just one the buns. but again, the tiger did not eatjust one bun, he ate all the buns on the dish. and then he ate all the biscuits and all the cake until there was nothing left to eat on the table. so sophie's mummy said would you like a dr