world champion marc marquez won his home motogp in spain to move to the top of the championship standingsid and took the lead by the first corner and kept it until the chequered flag injerez. britain's cal crutchlow was eighth. the final of the world snooker championship is under way in sheffield. judd trump and four times champion john higgins battling it out. they went into the evening session level at 4-4. went into the evening session level at 4—4. higgins is now 5—4 ahead. both players had two centuries in that first session. expect plenty of drama tonight. you can watch that u nfold drama tonight. you can watch that unfold on bbc two. england timed their run chase to perfection to beat pakistan by seven wickets in their t20 international in cardiff. solid batting from skipper eoin morgan, joe root and james vince saw england chase down pakistan's 173 for six with four balls to spare. sid kohli was watching. their world cup starts later this month but there is still a chance to impress. england handed out three caps. pakistan chose to bat first. they were caught off—guard. archer jus

reigning motogp champion marc marquez has won the french grand prix at le mans to extend his lead atstarted from pole position, battled with pramac racing's jack miller in the early stages of the race but he soon took an outright lead and extended his advantage at the front, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of his title rival, ducati's andrea dovisiozo, in second. it's a third victory in the last four races for marquez and means he is now eight points ahead of the italian in the table. the civilian run the ninth stage, a 94.8 individual time trial, the results i'm surge from 12th place more than five minutes back to take the spot behind conti who retained the spot behind conti who retained the pinkjersey. in the nhl, this year's western conference final had been a back—and—forth battle between the sanjose sharks and the st louis blues, until sunday's game 5, when the blues became the first team to win back—to—back games in the series. vladimir tarasenko scored on a penalty shot, and jaden schwartz added the first of his three goals during a dominant second period that took st louis

in motorsports marc marquez has extended his championship lead by winning the french moto g.p. .the spaniard started from pole position on his honda and finished 2 seconds ahead of. the victory was marcus is 3rd in the last 4 races as well as honda's 300 in moto g.p. it puts marquez 8 points ahead of italy's. in the championship standings. this year 0 vision song contest winner has received a warm welcome back home in the netherlands duncan lawrence was greeted by huge crowds at amsterdam's schiphol airport a day after the event this 25 year old brought the netherlands its 1st victory in the content sense in 1970 and his ballad arcade is sure to linger with us for a while. thank. you. thank you and a reminder of the top stories we're following here for you tens of thousands of people have been rallies across europe ahead of the upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalists and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you elections kick off on thursday in britain. austrian president. elections early september you know the stuccoed

five—time moto gp world champion marc marquez has increased his lead at the top of the rider's standingsinished almost two seconds clear of italy's andrea dovizioso, with danilo petrucci third. it's marquez‘s third victory in the last four races and means he is now eight points clear in the overall standings. solvenia's primoz roglic emerged as the overwhelming favourite for the giro d'italia title. with a stunning win in today's ninth stage — a near 35 kilometre individual time trial. he was 11 seconds clear on the stopwatch, finishing in 51 minutes, 52 seconds. and claimed his second stage victory in this year's race. the win lifts him up to second in the overall standings, one minute and 50 seconds behind italy's valerio conti with 12 stages remaining. britain's tom daley has finished third in the men's 10m platform final at the world series in london. this last dive wasn't quite enough to claim a silver medal. china's yang hao won the event, with his countryman lian junjie finishing second. daley already has a gold at this world series, having won the 10m synchro with partner matty l

world champion marc marquez won his home motogp in spain to move to the top of the championship standings kept it until the chequered flag injerez. while tottenham took a step closer to champions league football next season. one of their former players will be glad of something to celebrate tonight. former spurs and real madrid midfielder rafael van der vaart has changed sports and took part in his first bdo event this weekend. despite winning the first round, he went on to suffere he went on to suffer a comprehensive defeat to per laursen at the denmark masters, who beat him by four legs to nil. more on the bbc sport website but for the moment that's all form the me. thank you. let's get a quick update on the story that at least 13 people have been killed after a russian plane caught fire mid air. these pictures coming into us very recently. the aircraft landing on fire and some fairly extraordinary footage coming in from social media. 78 people were on board, 73 passengers, five crew. this happened at moscow plasma busiest airport, sheremetyevo. reports that the aeroplane was hit by lig

marc marquez has equalled valentino rossi's record of pole athletes often talk about their ‘journey‘het has a story that stands out from the rest. just a few years ago, cyreel was living on the streets of brighton and suffering from depression. now, he's hoping to compete as part of the refugee team in japan next summer. david mcdaid has been to meet him. a record—breaking weightlifter and national champion, cyreel is as strong as they come. 0n the surface you would never know he's a man who came back from the brink. i talked about suicide for a long time just any day, i nearly attempted actually, it's true that i actually got hurt physically. he developed depression two months after finding himself homeless in brighton in 2014. he fled to the athletes village at the glasgow commonwealth games where he competed for his native cameroon. i was living under a bridge in a new country and a new city and not knowing anyone and you feel like you're nothing, i had no food i had no water there i was helpless, that was that thing got to a point where i just thought what am i even wasting time,

marc marquez has equalled valentino rossi's record of pole positions in moto gp, after setting the pacek victory in the second—ever w series race at zolder. britain's jamie chadwick, who finished first in the opening race, came second. great britain men's hockey team were beaten 3—2 by argentina at the pro league event in london. they stay third in the table. gb's women also lost to argentina — beaten 2—1 in a penalty shoot out after it finished one apeice at full—time. switching to ic ehockey now and great britain's world championship camapign continues tonight when they face hosts slovakia in ko—sheet—sa. we canjoin our reporter seth bennett now who is there ahead of tip—off in around 20 minutes time. seth, what can we look forward to? apple arena behind me it's a night where tickets are sold out for a very long time, bashful arena. the slovakian is a very fast scaled and a handfulfor slovakian is a very fast scaled and a handful for great britain, slovakian is a very fast scaled and a handfulfor great britain, the great britain for it is here so he's plane tonight because he's injure

five—time moto gp world champion marc marquez has increased his lead at the top of the rider's standingsthird. it's marquez‘s third victory in the last four races and means he is now eight points clear in the overall standings. solvenia's primoz roglic emerged as the overwhelming favourite for the giro d'italia title with a stunning win in today's ninth stage — a near 35 kilometre individual time trial. he was 11 seconds clear on the stopwatch, finishing in 51 minutes, 52 seconds, and claimed his second stage victory in this year's race. the win lifts him up to second in the overall standings, one minute and 50 seconds behind italy's valerio conti with 12 stages remaining. an emotional ama agbeze has said she still wants to carry on playing international netball after being omitted from england's world cup squad. agbeze captained england to commonwealth games gold last year. head coach tracey neville will announce her 12—strong squad on thursday. i'm hoping that i do really well, and also i want to be part of it, but hopefully, still there in spirit, and hopefully i'll be able to watch t

britain's tour de france world champion marc marquez won his home motogp in spain to move to the topd champion saul "canelo" alvarez has unified three of the middleweight belts with a unanimous points victory over american danieljacobs in las vegas. the mexican took jacobs' ibf belt to add to his wbc and wba titles, canelo could now go after the wbo champ demetrius andrade or a third meeting with kazakh fighter gennady golovkin. the two drew their first bout in 2017, before canelo took a controversial points win last year. rory mcilroy is in contention at the wells fargo championship heading into the final round in north carolina this evening. the northern irishman, who turned 30 yesterday, is on nine under par for the tournament, england'sjustin rose and paul casey are also in contention. it's not been a good week for spurs fans. down a goal to ajax in the champions league semifinals, and two players sent off as they lost to bournemouth yesterday. and now an ex tottenham player hasn't been faring too well off the pitch. one time spurs midfielder rafael van der vaart suffered a compr

marc marquez has equalled valentino rossi's record of pole positions in motogps premier class, afterlead of almost eight and a half seconds beating great britian's jamie chadwick who had started from pole position. visser capitalised on confusion at the start of the race over the waving of the green flag and she used that to take the lead, holding on to it for the entire race. in hockey, great britain men's team were beaten 2—3 by argentina in the fih pro league in london today. they stay third in the table. and in the women's earlier, great britain were defeated 2—1 in a penalty shootout. scores were locked at1 apeice at full—time. australia's cricketers have arrived in england ahead of the world cup which starts in 12 days time. batsmen steve smith and david warner are both in their squad having served a 12 month ban following the ball tampering scandal in south africa in march 2018. australia's coachjustin langer acknowledged that their return has clearly strenghtened australia but he still sees england as clear favourites. they play brilliant cricket i watch the game last night,