the stage was won by belgium's lotte kopecky, just ahead of britain's lizzie deignan. is the highest—placed briton in tenth place overall. england's cricketers will be reflecting on a disappointing end to an otherwise successful summer. reflecting on a disappointing end their narrow one—day defeat to australia last night meant they lost the series 2—1. england managed to complete all 18 of their planned international fixtures in biosecure environments at emirates, old trafford and the ageas bowl. their future schedule, though, is far less certain, and former england captain michael vaughan thinks after welcoming touring sides over the summer, it's england's turn to go on the road. i think the likes ofjimmy anderson and stuart broad, the two greatest in terms of seen bowling will have a month or two waiting in the wings waiting to get the call. india may be on, let's go to the caribbean if not, england oh a few countries. they owe a few countries a visit. look at the west indies and what they rest by coming here. south africa may be. pakistan could be a one—day tour ther

great britain's lizzie deignan was part of a group that was distanced in the last climb, and finishedound of the irish 0pen... and sometimes saturday can be described by some as m00—ving day... i'm sorry for that pun! no fans are allowed inside the course at the irish 0pen but that didn't stop one farmer and some of his herd enjoying the action. england's aaron rai has a one shot lead going into the final round. it's kind of picturesque, actually. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news...spinal muscular atrophy is a muscle wasting disease that affects up to 1,300 people in the uk. 19—year—old jake 0gborne from bristol describes living with the debilitating condition — and his campaign for access to a drug that could treat it. i'mjake 0gborne, i'm 19 years old. i love football, mainly man united. i love reading, listening to music. and, you know, i kind of lives a pretty normal life for a 19—year—old, except for the fact that i've got sma. i used to play the piano, used to play the drums, but i've had to stop both of those things because of my disability getting worse and i can't k

belgium's lotte kopecky beat britain's lizzie deignan to win the stage. named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been named after a woman. i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming have such different emotions all day andjust coming up have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future generations and how we can help make great girls and women on and off the court in whatever they decide to do for some more on some more on that interview with billiejean some more on that interview with billie jean king some more on that interview with billiejean king on the bbc sport website. you can f

former world champion lizzie deignan will lead great britain's women's team at the world championshipse 31—year—old, who returned to the sport last year after having her daughter, says she doesn't feel any pressure as the favourite. deignan told the bbc‘sjill douglas that nothing compared to wearing the rainbowjersey. cycling's a really unique sport and when you become champion, you get to show off of the rest of the year. it isjust incredibly show off of the rest of the year. it is just incredibly special. show off of the rest of the year. it isjust incredibly special. it's got so isjust incredibly special. it's got so much tradition and history involved. if you are a cyclist, you see. it's something you wear with sort of pride and i'd love to be able to where the band again. the race this weekend, you are one of the elite group who have one big. that comes with its own responsibilities, but you have a fantastic team and some are saying is the perfect course for you. i sense that that responsibility sit quite comfortably on your shoulders? yeah, i'm getting used to it. i've done a few

jason roy's been added to the squad. 2015 world champion lizzie deignan will ride for the great britainand alice barnes will be part of the team too — in both the road race and time trial. olympians adam peaty, siobhan—marie o'connor, and duncan scot are among the 22 brits signed up for season two mainly in budapest. it starts with ten qualifying races from next month. athletes will form training bubbles and be tested regularly for coronavirus. serena williams is back in action at the us open — chasing that elusive grand slam title number 24. she takes on tsvetana pironkova aiming fora place in the semi—finals. for more on that and the rest of the day's action in new york, here's our tennis correspondent russell who is dashed down from the commentary suite of services of what is it about serena this mike is a just nerves? she is just about serena this mike is a just nerves? she isjust so many facets during this us open and she has done it again. she is often a slow starter. it is surprising that she does not start her service at the start of a match. she dropped the first set 6—4. all b

and britain's lizzie deignan's trek—segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the giro rosa,rst stage. the io—stage giro rosa in italy is the only women's grand tour. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we've got some warm sunshine on the way for this weekend. today we've had a band of cloud and rain heading its way southwards. that rain continuing southwards overnight becoming lighter and more patchy. further north, we'll have some clearer skies but quite a rash of showers blown into scotland and northern ireland. for the northern half of the country, may well be a little bit chillier than it was last night. further south, those temperatures remain in double figures and we've still got that band of cloud producing a few drizzly showers in the morning. that may struggle to finally clear away from the south—east corner of england but otherwise a lot of sunshine follows on behind. showers across scotland, northern ireland before the cloud increases and the wind picks up later in the day with rain not far away but ahead of that in the sunshine, those temperatures shou

great britain's lizzie deignan finished 6th overall. gilmour is commentating for the bbc, and i asked her to put van der breggen‘s win in context. it's amazing to think that no other cyclist has ever won a world time trials championship and world vote trials championship and world vote trial championship in one competition in one week. know the man in history has ever done that so for her to do that that is something very phenomenal. in terms of the strength, then, of her team to get her in that position, we know... was in second, is there anything that can stop this dutch dominance?” can't see it happening anytime soon. they are just so strong, strength in numbers. only one out of the eight riders that lined up to date has not owned themselves world champion sip stripes to potentially any of those writers could have won the world championships. amanda was in it because of her old but the strength of the team, they have a top seven of the team, they have a top seven of eight riders in the world and the one team so i can't see anything c

great britain's lizzie deignan is seeking a second title in the road race at the road world championships the course now. the british riders are near the front of the pack. deignan is in good form after a couple of recent victories and this is a course that really suits her. it starts and ends at the famous motor racing circuit in imola. you can watch the race on the red button and the bbc sport website. there's more to come, with the women's fa cup quarterfinal between arsenal and tottenham live on bbc two at 5:15pm. and alex morgan could make her debut for tottenham — she's one of the biggest stars in football and she co—captained the usa to world cup glory last year. the first of the day's four premier league matches is under way. it's brighton against manchester united. it's still goalless, but the home had the best of it early on, leandro trossard hitting the post twice, before mason greenwood had a goal ruled offside for united. they're approaching half—time. british climber shauna coxsey would have been one of great britain's leading medal prospects this year, with her sport due to

there was no second road cycling world title for britain's lizzie deignan as anna van der breggen made's the men's road race today in imola, full coverage on the bbc from 8:35am. there are no crowds watching live sport at the moment, but there were golf spectators — of a kind — at the irish 0pen. this farmer had the prime spot to watch the action, along with some of his herd, flouting social distancing rules but all milking the view. england's aaron rai has a one—shot lead, by the way. they look like bouncers, the way they kind of gathered around him.|j think they might have been looking forfood, i don't think think they might have been looking for food, i don't think they were watching the golf. you are suggesting it wasn't that interesting? not at all! ijust think that perhaps cows wouldn't haveit think that perhaps cows wouldn't have it as one of our priorities. they look so chilled, though. if i was surrounded by all those cows i would be terrified. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. a real mixed picture emerging out there? that's right. good morning. a mixed pictu