going to lancashire thundered going to lancashire thundered. . it ended 34 not out to win the game. impressive start and impressive run of form for thunder. they have now won three on the bounce and they are the inform tea m the bounce and they are the inform team in the competition. the england hockey team play their next match at the women's world cup in just over an hour. they failed to qualify directly for the quarterfinals after only winning one of their three group games. so they have a play—off match against korea, with the winners going on to face the favourites the netherlands in the last 8. jo currie sent us this from queen elizabeth olympic park in east london. sta kes stakes could not be much higherfor england tonight, a win would see them progress to the quarterfinals to play netherlands on thursday. if they lose there will be sent home before even reaching the knockout stages. the fact that they're having to play is a good indication of how much england have struggled so far in the tournament. a fairly underwhelming starts meant th

lancashire thunder were in trouble, 25—a about 109 runs were put on to help them up to 13a-a. out for 101, good work from the england spin pair. that did most of the damage in the end, lancashire thunder victorious in front of a good crowd who enjoyed themselves ahead of a double—header match featuring the vikings and the bears later this evening. now next week — the first ever multi—sport european championships get under way in glasgow and berlin. it‘s a kind of european 0lympics staged across the two cities with sports from swimming and rowing to athletics and cycling.... as always the british team will be hoping for plenty of gold medals in the velodrome including laura kenny who‘s back on the team since having a baby after rio. iis i is still really care about cycling andi i is still really care about cycling and i always will. it has been my life for a long time but all of a sudden, i don‘t think about everything being perfect, iam thinking about going home because i wa nt to thinking about going home because i want to be with albie and if you had asked me before the olym

early in the day, lancashire thunder won that their first day, lancashire thunder won that theirfirstn they beat yorkshire diamonds in the roses derby. yorkshire posted 12a runs from their 20 overs, before the lancashire bowlers tore through yorkshire for a 32 run victory. now, what are these two boxes have in common? the answer is they have both lost the anthonyjoshua. britain's dillian whyte was beaten by the superstar back in 2015, and new zealander parker famously lost him in cardiff last year. well, now, they are fighting each other. they met in london and anthonyjoshua warned his opponent. thejourney met in london and anthonyjoshua warned his opponent. the journey to the top of heavyweight boxing is not a lwa ys the top of heavyweight boxing is not always a laugh a minute, especially the dillian whyte joseph always a laugh a minute, especially the dillian whytejoseph parker. for new zealander parker, he held one year of the heavyweight title until very recently. —— helwan version. joshua disappointed him in front of 80,000 people in cardiff earlier this year, parker's only profe

harmanpreet kaur was the star as lancashire thunder beat surrey stars by five wickets in the kia superh a six off the penultimate ball to give lancashire their third win in a row. football managers and coaches will be given red and yellow cards for misconduct this season. the new rules will apply to the efl, fa cup and league cup competitions, and can be issued for things like swearing or gesturing at officials, sarcastic clapping and waving imaginary cards. they'll be suspended too when the cards build up. premier league managers will be given verbal cautions. let's round up some of the other sports stories. the scotland rugby union head coach gregor townsend has been given a two—year contract extension. the current deal ended after next year's world cup injapan, but he'll now stay in charge through to 2021. gareth bale looks like he's still wanted by real madrid. out of favour for much of last season, the new manager julen lopetegui has outlined how important the welshman is to the club after the departure of christino ronaldo. and england prop rochelle "rocky" clark has ended her te

earlier in the day, lancashire thunder won their first women's super league game for almost two yearst yorkshire diamonds in the roses derby. lancashire posted 134 runs from their 20 overs before england spinners sophie ecclestone and alex hartley tore through yorkshire for a 33—run victory. now what do these two boxers have in common? the answer is — they've both lost to anthonyjoshua. britain's dillian whyte was beaten by the superstar back in 2015 and new zealander — joseph parkerfamously lost to him in cardiff earlier this year. well, now the heavyweights are fighting each other in london tomorrow night, they weighed—in this afternoon and joseph has told whyte — prepare for war. a warning there is some flash photography coming up. alex gulrijani reports. the journey to the top of heavyweight boxing isn't always a laugh a minute. especially for dillian whyte and joseph parker. for new zealander parker, he held one version of the head heavyweight title until very recently. anthonyjoshua took that from earlier this year in cardiff, his only defeat. he is back with a new attitude. bef

lancashire thunder won theirfirst women's shoulder injury.st two years. that is why they are celebrating like that one day we beat the yorkshire diamonds in the roses derby. they started poorly and with 25—4 but a partnership blossomed between two players and they both made half centuries. yorkshire it needed 125 but despite being 100 56 for one, they were pulled out —— bowled out. the championships get under way in glasgow, and it is like a european 0lympics staged across two cities with sports from suwanee and railing to cycling. the british team are hoping for plenty of the gold medals including laura kenney who is back on the team after having a baby.|j still really care about cycling and i always will, and it has been in my life for such a long time but all of a sudden i do not think about everything being perfect. ithink about going home because i want to be with my child. and if they sleep 8-10 be with my child. and if they sleep 8—10 hours, and he is on and off all night through, but wakes up four or five times in the night, and now i