and thailand's ariya jutanugarn regains her place as world number one with victory at the ladies' scottish open. hello and welcome to the programme, and we begin in paris, where history was made at the tour de france. as the champagne flowed along the champs elysee, it was the welsh flag held high by the victor, geraint thomas. for the record, sunday's final stage was won by the norwegian alexander kristoff of team emirates, but for team sky it's a sixth tour de france title in seven years. olly foster was there. cheers from the reigning champion to the new one. geraint thomas has won olympic, world and commonwealth gold medals but, over three weeks and 3,000 kilometres conquering the alps and pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i never thought about the outcome. it was always about the process and doing things, all the small things, right, thinking about the next line, the next day, the planning, not getting carried away and just staying calm and collected. to suddenly then realise that i had won, ijust did not know how to react, and it alljust came pouring out. there can be no

coming up on your monday sport briefing: a return to the top spot for thailand's ariya jutanugarn, ain the fashion stakes at manchester city. andy murray hits the hardcourts on monday, for the first time in nearly 17 months. the former world number one — now ranked 838th — faces american mackenzie mcdonald at the washington 0pen. murray's practice routine didn't look particularly taxing when he found time for a knock about with wayne rooney who's recently signed for dc united. the three—time grand slam champion admits to feeling a lot of anxiety having not played on a hardcourt for so long. he looked pretty relaxed here though. golf's world rankings are updated on monday, and they'll be pleasant reading for thailand's ariya jutanugarn. she's back to world number one after winning the scottish 0pen. the 22 year—old finished 13—under par, a stroke ahead of australia's minjee lee. it couldn't come at a better time with the british open just around the corner. the lpga's best players head to royal lytham & st annes this week for the 11th women's major of the year. now the games might not

thailand's ariya jutanugarn, a two—time major winner including this year's recent us open is on 4 under anthony rizzo hit a walk—off homer in the ninth inning to lift the chicago cubs to an amazing 7—6 win over the arizona diamondbacks at wrigley field on thursday. after the home side pulled level in the 9th rizzo followed it up with the winning homer, his 13th of the season and the cubs overcame a five—run deficit to win the game and split the four match series. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. good morning. for most places the heatwave has reached its peak. what a peak it was. temperatures on thursday above 35 degrees in surrey. 35 on the nose in central london. further north in edinburgh, temperatures of 27 degrees. however, the heat sparks off thunderstorms, some of which will continue on friday. then for the weekend things will feel much fresher. the fresh air lies behind the bands of cloud, atlantic frontal systems heading our way. where we have the clumpy cloud is where

and thailand's ariya jutanugarn regains her place as world number one with victory at the ladies' scottish, where history was made at the tour de france. as the champagne flowed along the champs elysee, it was the welsh flag held high by the victor, geraint thomas. for the record, sunday's final stage was won by the norwegian alexander kristoff of team emirates, but for team sky it's a sixth tour de france title in seven years. olly foster was there. cheers from the reigning champion to the new one. geraint thomas has won olympic, world and commonwealth gold medals but, over three weeks and 3,000 kilometres conquering the alps and pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i never thought about the outcome. it was always about the process and doing things, all the small things, right, thinking about the next line,

thailand's ariya jutanugarn currently shares the lead on eight under par with south korea's amy yangr michael stoute has secured a record—breaking sixth king george trophy win with poet's word at ascot. stoute — who had his first king george win with shergar in 1981 — also claimed second with crystal ocean. it's two weeks until the start of the premier league season it feel us we have been talking about football for a long, long time. it's two weeks until the start of the premier league season and most of its top clubs are currently touring the world in preseason in the international champions cup. later, manchester united take on liverpool in michigan. this afternoon, new arsenal manager unai emery faced his old employees paris saint—germain in singapore. and he will be happy with the result as arsenal ran out 5—1 winners. mesut ozil opened the scoring at the end of a tough week, in which he retired from international football. psg made it one alljust after half time but alexandre lacazette scored two second half goals to secure a big preseason victory for the gunners. later tonight

elsewhere, wins for germany and belgium whilst argentina drew with south africa thailand's ariya jutanugarn reaching up to 31mph. this eagle chip helped us open champion yutanugarn join yang on eight under par. georgia hall is the the top—placed brit. she's tied for 10th on three under. feels so good when that happens! trainer sir michael stoute secured a record—breaking sixth king george trophy win at ascot. stoute, who had his first king george win with shergar in1981, had two horses battling it out in the closing stages, claiming first with poet's word and second with crystal 0cean. sir michael stoute saying at the end of the race, when it's that close and two brilliant horses battling it out, there doesn't deserve to be a loser. if they put their money where their mouths were they would probably disagree! thanks very much, kat. firefighters in the us are struggling to contain huge wildfires which have been burning for almost a week. almost a0,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in california. we can speak now to alistair sullivan whose house has been destroyed. a—lister, goo

thailand's ariya jutanugarn and south korea's amy yang share the lead going into the final day at theion yutanugarn join yang on eight under par. georgia hall is the the top—placed brit. she's tied for 10th on three under. meanwhile, in ontario, world number one dustinjohnson has put missing the cut at the open last week behind him. he's one of four players leading ther canadian open on 17 under par. he said the crowd were probably rooting for him because he's engaged to the great canadian ice hockey player, wayne gretsky‘s daughter. helps, doesn't it? trainer sir michael stoute secured a record—breaking sixth king george trophy win at ascot. stoute, who had his first king george win with shergar in 1981, had two horses battling it out in the closing stages, claiming first with poet's word and second with crystal 0cean. not a bad day at the office for sir michael stoute. about 6pm he is back on the champs—elysee? i think on the champs—elysee? ithink so, on the champs—elysee? i think so, something like that, i will have to check. they are always great pictures, the arc de triomphe in t