stage seven goes to bordeaux and will suit mark cavendish, a sprint specialist.back in 2010 is when he won it. if he takes the stage he will surpass the record that he holds jointly with eddie marx. sha'carri richardson kicked off her us championships with the best performance of her career, winning the opening 100m heat in a world—leading 10.71 seconds. richardson lost her place at the tokyo olympics after a positive cannabis test and failed to qualify for last year's world championships, but showed she was determined to get it right this time in eugene. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. in the next hour we are expecting the sentencing of connor chapman — the 23—year—old convicted yesterday of the murder of elle edwards. she was shot dead outside a pub in wirral, in the north west of england, on christmas eve. the judge's sentencing will be televised so we will cross to liverpoo

mark cavendish does not like to talk breaking records. illips and... the belgian healthily until the line. cavendish finished a decent six. he will hope to finish first, but the belgian will take some beating. drew savage, bbc news. some transfer news, and the italy midfielder sandro tonali has moved to newcastle united in the premier league from ac milan. the 23—year—old is the first summer signing for eddie howe as the side prepare for champions league football this season. tonali joins on a five—year dealfor a reported £55 million fee, which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign manor solomon. he was on loan at fulham last season from shakhtar donetsk, after exercising a rule allowing ukraine—based players to suspend their contracts following russia's invasion of the country last year. and steven gerrard's return to management will be with saudi arabian club al—ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october

mark cavendish is a legitimate pods he says he just wants to win one more stage in his life season.and everyone in the battle to win it overall, this was the data stay in the peloton, said your legs and make it to the finish. it was complex and twisty, position can be in a budget spreadsheet and jasper philipsen, the perfect meat out, having been launched into the need knowledge and colour to the line. cavendish cut from further back you reach the highest speed of anyone in the spread and finished a decent sixth and will hope to do better on stage for but philipsen will take some beating. drew savage, bbc news. the italy midfielder sandro tonali has moved to newcastle united in the premier league. 23—year—old is the first summer siding at the side prepare for champions league football this season. hejoins a champions league football this season. he joins a five year dealfor a reported £55 million fee which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. putnam have reached a verbal agreement to sign a player online from fulham season at exercising a rule allowing ukrain

mark cavendish doesn't like to talk about breaking records.tage in his last season. meanwhile for adam yates in the yellow jersey and everyone in the battle to win it overall, this was the day stay in the peloton, save your legs and make it to the finish, which was complex and twisty. position can be vital in a bunch sprint and mathieu van der poel and jasper philipsen, the perfect lead out. having been launched into the lead, the belgian held it to the line. cavendish cut from further back. he reached the highest speed of anyone in the sprint and finished a decent sixth and will hope to do better on stage four but philipsen will take some beating. drew savage, bbc news. the italy midfielder sandro tonali has moved to newcastle united in the premier league from ac milan. the 23—year—old is the first summer signing for eddie howe as the side prepare for champions league football this season. hejoins a five—year deal for a reported £55 million fee which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. tottenham have reached a verbal

in terms of mark cavendish and the tour de france, this is it i'm afraid.e will get more _ france, this is it i'm afraid. we will get more in _ france, this is it i'm afraid. we will get more in the story as it develops. news about manchester united's david de gea to bring you tell you about — he says he is leaving manchester united this summer... the spanish goakeeper saying "it's the right time to undertake a new challenge". the 32—year—old was a free agent — his contract at the old trafford club had come to an end last month. having been at united for 12 years. rain has been affecting wimbledon with the fourth round at stake. carlos alcaraz is in action, nicholas jarrow was up but alcatraz has gone back. currently 5—4 nicolas jarry. fans of court number one have seen daniil medvedev come back from a set down. he lost the first set but took the second 6—3. he is currently 5—4, medvedev is serving for the set. he is trying to make the fourth round. this is what is in store for centre court in day six, it is the women's six seed and last years finalists 0ns

there's more heartbreak for mark cavendish. the chance to break the all—time tour stage win record. today, his tour is over. cavendish broke his collarbone after a crash on stage 8, in what he said would be his final appearance in the famous race. drew savage reports. nobody would have wanted it to end like this. cavendish is down and is on the floor. 16 years after making his debut at the world's biggest bike race, the mark cavendish era came to an unexpected and abrupt and 50 miles from the finish line of stage eight. it was the sort of innocuous incident that happens countless times at the tour. a touch of wheels at the front rippled back to the peleton and cavendish was down. as the seconds ticked by it was clear he was not going to get up quickly. he would have hoped to be involved here at the finish where jasper philipson, who denied cavendish victory in bordeaux yesterday, was finally beaten by denmark's athlete. he would have beenjust 12 years old when cavendish stage at the tour in, 2008 and that wasn't even the beginn

the dream is over for mark cavendish, out of the tour de france. we will tell you what happened.ital early breakthrough, late in the day, as rain slows things down for england against australia. here we go again. round about this time last night we saw andy murray and cam norrie go out of the championships and not long after that liam brady, to. british hopes now rest with katie and to the wheelchair events get going later next week. she is playing and more on that to come. we will start tonight with the world number one because it has been the match of the day. it was a thriller on centre court. the world number one in the end digging deep and fighting hard for his place in the last 16. a vile box filled with sporting legends, all—weather eyes fixed on centre court for the arrival of the best men player in the world. alcaraz is getting used to these big occasions, his opponent not so much, needing a little guidance in his first wimbledon appearance in four years. he found his way, forcing the spaniard into shots like this. save hands of the umpire. alcaraz is the best player for

a day for sprinters like mark cavendish. he does not like to talk breaking records.ttle to win the race overall, this was a race to save your legs. the complex finish... best sprinters in the world and their lead out men fought for position. it can be vital and it was today for top belgian's jasper phillipson launched into the lead and held it until the line. cavendish had come from for the back and finished a decent six. he will hope for better tomorrow. adam yates, he keeps his six second overall lead. today was phillipson's day. drew savage, bbc news. let's get a check on some headlines in football now. steven gerrard's return to management will be with saudi arabian club al ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been previously reluctant to join the club, but an agreement has now been reached. newcastle have signed ac milan and italy midfielder sandro tonali. he's signed a five—year contract, becoming eddie howe's first signing of the summer as his side prepares for champions league football

it was on this day in 2007 that mark cavendish lined up for his first tour de france.eft him playing catch—up —— ryder. the last time, 13 years ago, triumphant. at the age of 38, this was so nearly vintage have. he has aged very well with these printer instinct. i he has aged very well with these printer instinct.— printer instinct. i cannot believe it! it's going _ printer instinct. i cannot believe it! it's going to _ printer instinct. i cannot believe it! it's going to happen. - printer instinct. i cannot believe. it! it's going to happen. philipsen looked beaten, _ it! it's going to happen. philipsen looked beaten, but _ it! it's going to happen. philipsen looked beaten, but the _ it! it's going to happen. philipsen looked beaten, but the yard - it! it's going to happen. philipsen - looked beaten, but the yard problems all cavendish falter as the belgian made it three out of three. there will be other opportunities for cavendish over the next fortnight, but not as many as you would like. this year's tour is one for the climbers. he might not get as close to again.

mark cavendish will have to wait at least another day, if he's to topple the record for stage wins ate. the manxman finished behind jasper philipsen in stage three's time trial as the race moved from the basque country and into france, with a sprint finish at bayonne. drew savage reports. after the heels of the basque country, staged a the sprinters. mark cavendish doesn't like to talk about breaking records, he said she just wants to win one more stage in his last season. meanwhile, four adam yates in the yellowjersey, this was a day to stay in the peloton, save your legs and just make it to the finish. what was complex and twisty. position can be vital in a bunch sprint, and the perfectly doubt having been launched into the lead, the belgian held to the line. cavendish had come from further back. he rose to high speed of anyone in the sprint and finished in sixth. he will have to do better on day four, but he will take some beating. that is all this but for now. we will be back with more later on. it's been a month now since ukraine launched its long—awaited counter—offensive agains

. ~ year because of that ban on russian -la ers. ., ~' ,, mark cavendish's tour de france is over.h cyclist with what appeared to be a broken collarbone. the 38—year—old came into this year's tour level on 3a stage wins with belgian legend eddy merckx. drew savage has more. it was over in a flash, yesterday he looked on good form, and the finish to bordeaux, he was clear with 100 metres to go, he finished second to cover mechanical malfunction. today it was one of those little crashes, someone at the front braked, somebody gets caught out by it, and we saw mark cavendish on the floor, clearly in a lot of pain and it became clear, cyclist when they are injured they want to get back in the race quickly, but this wasn't one of those. he was led into an ambulance and it soon became apparent that was the end of his race. is and it soon became apparent that was the end of his race.— the end of his race. is this the end ofthe the end of his race. is this the end of the road — the end of his race. is this the end of the road for _ the end of his race. is this the end of the road for cavend

it's a feat last achieved by mark cavendish two years ago. and he's 17 seconds clear you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc hello. if you thought summer had already taken a bit this is the area of low pressure that's developing. before that arrives, and as one area of low pressure spell on thursday. still a few showers around to start the day in the north and the west. temperatures like they were on wednesday morning. to bubble up once more. thing is, with thursday, there'll be fewer showers around. scotland, slow moving here. large rainfall totals for some, but equally, showers by and large. many will spend the day, well, at least the bulk of it, dry. though, we'll start to see cloud gather towards the southwest. feel a touch warmer with winds that little bit lighter. now, into the evening, rain at times, northern ireland, elsewhere, some clear skies into friday morning. but already the change is towards the southwest. it's goi

mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team—mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out of the rest says that he is going to retire from the sport at the end of the year but his astana team, have offered him the chance to ride the tour next year... and possibly break the outright record for stage victories... he currently shares the record of 34 with eddie merckx. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women's giro d'italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by chiara consonni of italy. but van vleuten finished safely in the main bunch to confirm overall victory, which means she now holds all three grand tour titles — after winning won the first week—long tour de france femmes last year, and the vuelta a espana earlier this year. a quick reminder of our top story, beyond that first wimbledon quarterfinal for that novak talk of x is going to going to have to come back on monday to finish his fourth round match against her cats you can get the very latest on the bbc sport website. for me and the rest of the sportsday team, goodbye. —— novak djokovic. hello there. the w

this is a sad sight, mark cavendish saying goodbye to his teammates after breaking his collarbone on rest of this year's tour. he says he will retire from the spot at the end of the year but his astana team have offered him the chance to ride again next year, giving him the chance, they say, of breaking the outright record for stage victories. he currently has the record of 3a with eddy merckx. we'll see if he takes them up on that. annemiek van vleuten as won the women's giro d'italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by kiara consonni of italy, but van vleuten finished safely in the main pack to claim overall victory. —— chiara. an immense talent. she holds all three grand tour titles. she won the tour de france and the vuelta a espana. a reminder of our top story, that iga swiatek is through to her first it wimbledon quarter—final. novak djokovic will have to come back on monday to finish his fourth—round against hubert hurkacz. you can get the letters on our website, but from myself and the rest of the sportsday team, goodbye. hello there. the weekend was quite a mixed

so no record—breaking win for mark cavendish.h and said as soon as those blue jerseys swept past him it wasn't his day. yates stays in yellow, his big test comes in the mountains on wednesday. the saudi pro leagues transfer extravagance continues, joining on a free transfer after leaving liverpool. 31—year—old brazil ford was a free agent his liveable contract expired at the end of last season, he is one of several big names signed by saudi clubs this summer and joins the senegal goalkeeper after he left chelsea last week. alessia russo says she is beyond excited to join arsenal, after her departure from manchester united after her contract expired. united had previously turned down two world—record bids from arsenal in january with second offer believed to be close to half £1 million. she is past the lioness�* squad heading to the world cup in australia on wednesday. now some history in england on tuesday, hannah dingley has been named the caretaker head coach of forest green rovers becoming the first woman to take charge of a s

it's a feat last achieved by mark cavendish two years ago.ds his lead in the sprinter�*s green jersey. meanwhile, the defending champion vingegaard finished safely in the pack and he's 17 seconds clear of the two—time former winner tadej pogacar. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. if you thought summer had already taken a bit of a back—seat, just wait till friday and into the weekend. this is the area of low pressure that's developing. it will be responsible for some big changes. before that arrives, and as one area of low pressure pulls away into scandinavia, into a slightly quieter spell on thursday. still a few showers around to start the day in the north and the west. temperatures like they were on wednesday morning. but low pressure still close enough by for the shower clouds to bubble up once more. thing is, with thursday, there'll be fewer showers around. the heaviest of the showers, some will be across scotland, slow moving here. large rainfall totals for some, but equally, some will stay dry. no

and a bit of deja vu — mark cavendish's had his second chance to win a stage this year and break theon. it was another quiet day for adam yates, all about saving energy. he'd only have to finish in the main bunch to keep the yellowjersey. early on, there was more entertainment on the side of the road than actually on it. the stage was building towards a devilishly fast finish, even if it didn't feel like it at times. mark cavendish, like all the sprinters, was waiting in the peloton for that moment, which arrived on the motor racing circuit of nogaro. they say some sprint finishes can feel like being inside a washing machine. chaos reigns. european champion fabiojakobsen crashed out on the run—in, and once again it was jasper philipsen and his alpecin team who responded best to the situation — two wins in two days for the belgian, this time by centimetres. cavendish said as soon as those blue jerseys swept past him, he knew it wasn't his day. yates, though, had done hisjob with quiet efficiency. his big test comes in the mountains tomorrow. drew savage, bbc news. england vice—captain

so no record—breaking win for mark cavendish.s day. he ate stays in yellow, his big test comes in the mountains on wednesday. the saudi pro league's transfer extravagance continues unabated. roberto firmino the latest to head to the middle east. he's joined al—ahli on a free transfer after leaving liverpool. the 31—year—old brazil forward was a free agent after his liverpool contract expired at the end of last season. he is one of several big names signed by saudi clubs this summer, and joins senegal goalkeeper edouard mendy at al—ahli after he left chelsea last week. on the women's side england striker alessia russo says she is "beyond excited" to join arsenal. she has joined on a free transferfollowing her departure from manchester united after her contract expired. united had previously turned down two world—record bids from arsenal injanuary, with the second offer believed to be close to half a million pounds. she is part of the lionesses squad heading to the world cup in australia on wednesday. some history in england on tue

mark cavendish from england and beni ann garr fish from erythro were second and third respectively. the general classification of the tour de france at the end of the seventh stage of yonsei nagar from denmark, as if he won the competition in 2022. thank you for your support today, saturday, july 17th, 19th z58 . legitimacy in tehran . sunset at 19:23. shari'i hour will be more than 27 minutes thank you very much. i invite you to be a viewer of today's economic desk. farman khan. greetings to you. sir, mrs. hosseini, i am at your service and all my colleagues in the news department at 2 p.m. hello and don't be tired. i also have dear viewers who are watching the program from now on. the table of the economy is from the first tv channel and the news channel of the economy today is dedicated to the youth law of the population and the family. you know that the ministry of roads and urban development announced that during the last 10 days, more than 7,500 plots of land with a size of 200 square meters were given to the beneficiaries of the law. the youth of the population and family pro

mark cavendish's team, astana-qazaqstan, have offered him the chance to ride the tour de france nexte race, even though he plans to retire at the end of this season. the 38—year—old returned from hospital to the team hotel to say goodbye to his team—mates after a broken collarbone suffered during saturday's stage 8 ruled him out of the rest of this year's tour. he'll fly home to have surgery with his team manager telling l'equipe, "we want mark to go on to 2024 and race his 15th tour de france to win his 35th stage." england need 80, australia need four more wickets. for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our website. the united states' treasury secretary, janet yellen, is leaving china after a visit to try to strengthen economic ties, saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship. while in china, ms yellen held ten hours of talks with senior chinese officials, saying the meetings had put relations between the two countries on a "surer footing" after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here's ms yellen speaking at a press

mark cavendish is out of the tour de france after a crash on stage 8.e sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddy merckx. red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with 0scar piastri starting from third on the grid. the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz are fourth and fifth, with the mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton in sixth and seventh. that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update in one hour. thank you very much indeed. hundreds of protesters have gathered in the centre of paris for a banned demonstration in memory of a young black man who died in police custody in 2016. it comes a day after the french authorities prevented the annual memorial for adama traore in a northern suburb of the capital. his sister, assa, is at the place de la republique to address protest

it was almost a record—breaking day for mark cavendish with the finish line of the seventh stage in sighton course for victory — and a record 35th stage win. however a mechanicalfailure with his bike gears saw belgianjasper philipsen snatch the third stage win of this year's tour. defending championjonas vingegaard retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk — tributes are being paid to the eight—year—old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she's been named as selena lau — her family say she was "adored and loved by everyone". an eight—year—old girl and a woman in her 40s remain in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. our correspondent aruna iyengar is at wimbledon and sent this report. local people from wimbledon have been coming all morning to lay flowers and look at the tributes that have been laid for selena lau, who has the eight—year—old girl who was killed on thursday morning whilst attending an end of year

mark cavendish is out of the tour de france after a crash on stage eight.etiring from the sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddy merckx. denmark's mads pedersen went on to win the stage. fellow danejonas vingergo is still in the yellowjersey. red bull's max verstappen is on pole for sunday's british grand prix. that's the fifth race in a row that he will start from the front. the world champion was a quarter of a second quicker than british driver lando norris. it was a good day for mclaren, with oscar piastri starting from third on the grid. the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz are fourth and fifth, with the mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton in sixth and seventh. finally, a couple of football lines. us women's star megan rapinoe says she will retire at the end of the current season. the world cup starts later this year. and the england under—21s have won the european championship beating spain in the final. that's all the sport

mark cavendish is out of his final tour de france after crashing on stage eight.e sport at the end of the year, which means that he won't now be able to break the all—time tour record for stage wins. he's level on 3a with eddie merckx. it's the british grand prix tomorrow and world champion max verstappen will start on pole for the fifth f1 race in a row, but the biggest cheer at silverstone was for british driver lando norris. he was quickest in his mclaren before being pipped by verstappen in the final seconds of qualifying. george russell and lewis hamilton will be sixth and seventh on the grid. england's footballers have won the european under—21 championship for the first time in 39 years. they beat spain 1—0 in georgia. manchester city's cole palmer scored the first half winner but burnley�*s james trafford was the hero. spain had a penalty deep into injury time, but the england keeper pulled off a double save to secure the win. they are also the first team to not concede a single goal in the tournament. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, olly fost

heartbreak for mark cavendish who came within a hair's—breadth of winning stage seven of the tour deing 35th stage win. with about 800m to go, cavendish came out to surge into the lead, butjasper philipsen got in his slipstream and accelerated past him for his third win of the race. so near and yet so far for cavendish, who was hoping to make history today on the seventh stage of the tour. still plenty of stages to go. that is the sport for now. thank you, jane. let's return to the war in ukraine. on the battlefiled is enormously challenging. the ukrainian authorities, quite naturally, are reluctant to give many details on their counter—offensive so any glimpse of what is happening on the front line is incredibly illuminating. we've had that from our own correspondent andrew harding earlier — but i want to turn to an account which caught my eye from the british journalist, david patrikarakos. he spent a few days following one ukrainian commander and filmed him carrying a drone to his men in the trenches that were under constant bombardment. explosions ok, so we're running now, walkin

lumpy opening accounted for the sprinters like mark cavendish leaving the main contenders to battle itto withdraw. this was the tour de france, starting in spain, expected to be contested by a slovenian and again as defending champion marked each other over the final climb, identical twins adam and simon yates broke away on the descent. a on two wheels contested by two brothers on two teams. stage 1 became a family affair. adam showed little brotherly love to pull clear in the final kilometre. g, clear in the final kilometre. sensational ride! ben croucher, bbc news. there was no love lost in today's sprint race between the dominant red bulls, ahead of the formula one's austrian grand prix tomorrow. the honours, as so often this season, going to max verstappen — at their home track. but signs of tension early on with his team—mate — as david brindle reports. the reigning austria helped whet the appetite for a saturday sprint. sergio p rez put himself forward to win consecutive sprint basis when they are. he took the lead on the first lap despite his team mate max verstappen pinning him

mark cavendish is hoping to break the long—standing record of 34. good, i i feel good, i feel ready. ifeel good, ifeel ready. i think my shape is good, i am where i want to be. so, we willjust have to see in three weeks if it is enough. now, after 12 years at manchester united, what now for their spanish goalkeeper david de gea? his contract came to an end yesterday, and with no decision yet over whether he will remain at old trafford. the spaniard had agreed to a new contract earlier this month, but it was then withdrawn by united. it means at the age of 32, he�*ll become a free agent. you may be open to offers. liverpool�*s search for a new midfielder has taken them to rb leipzig and their hungary international dominik szoboszlai. the two clubs are in talks over signing the 22—year—old who helped leipzig finish third in the bundesliga and win the german cup last season. there are reports szoboszlai has a release clause of about £60 million — that�*s just over $75 million dollars — which expires on friday. he has been given permission to travel to

heartbreak for mark cavendish who came so close to winning stage seven of the tour de france, and withth stage victory. with about 800m to go, cavendish came out to surge into the lead, butjasper philipsen got in his slipstream, and accelerated past him for his third win of the race. so near and yet so far for cavendish who was hoping to make history today on the seventh stage of the tour. and that's all the sport for now. some cyclist. thank you very much indeed. now — i want you to take a look at this. elon musk presented his project in which is already invested more than $3 billion, the new project opens up great investment opportunities for british citizens. many people in the uk will recognise the familiar face of martin lewis. the consumer, finance expert who regularly appears on the bbc to give advice on money and savings. except it is not. it is a deep fake. it is an ai generated impression of martin lewis and it is very convincing. in the ad, people are encouraged to invest in an musk—backed project, and it has been widely circulated on social media. and martin lewis as you mi

australia's caleb ewing by centimetres for his second win in two so, no record—breaking win for mark cavendish and said, as soon those blue jerseys slipped past them, it was not his day. the mountains, on wednesday. drew savage, bbc news. england vice captain ollie pope has been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series with a dislocated shoulder. as has nathan lyon. his likely replacement for the third test, todd murphy, is well aware of lyon's impact on the tourists. he has been so durable for so long in place a massive role in the australian cricket team, so, yeah, to see them go down was disappointing. it hurts going forward for everyone, but hopefully i can step in at some stage if i get the opportunity and play a role. some football for you. england striker alessia russo says she is "beyond excited" tojoin arsenal. she has joined on a free transfer following her departure from manchester united this summer. united had previously turned down two world record bids from arsenal injanuary, with the second offer believed to be close to half a million pounds. she is part of the lionesses squad

adam yates is still in the leader's yellowjersey after stage three of the tour de france, while mark cavendishsprint — over 45mph — he'd started from further back, and finished sixth. there's another sprint finish expected tomorrow. some transfer news now, and the italy midfielder sandro tonali has moved to newcastle united in the premier league from ac milan. the 23—year—old is the first summer signing for eddie howe as the side prepare for champions league football this season. tonali joins on a five—year deal for a reported £55 million fee, which makes him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign manor solomon. he was on loan at fulham last season from shakhtar donetsk, after exercising a rule allowing ukraine—based players to suspend their contracts, following russia's invasion of the country last year. steven gerrard's return to management will be with saudi arabian club al—ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been previously reluctant to join the club, bu

this was mark cavendish's second chance to win a stage this year which would break the all time recordw savage reports. at the tour de france, you have to do it you can get a good view of the action. it was another quiet day for adam yates, all about saving energy if you don't finish in the main bunch to keep the yellowjersey. there was more entertainment on the side of the rope and actually on it. the stench was putting towards a fast finish, even if it did not feel like at times. i called sprinters, he was waiting for that moment which arrived on the motor racing circuit. some spring finishes can feel like being inside a washing machine. chaos reigns, european champion crashed out on the running once again, it was phillipson who responded best to the situation. two victories in two days and this time, by centimetres. he citizens those blue jersey swept past him, he knew it was not his day. yates had done his job it was not his day. yates had done hisjob required efficiency in the mountains tomorrow. bbc news. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines t

mark cavendish finished earlier after an injury.hile, the tour de france femmes has got under way in clermont—ferrand. running for the second year since the week—long women's race was revived. belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win stage 1 of 8. to take the yellow jersey by 41 seconds. pre—race favourites annamiek van vleuten and demi vollering finished in the main bunch, and are 43 seconds off the lead. zharnel hughes has broken the 30—year—old british men's 200 metres record, at the diamond league meeting at the london stadium. noah lyles of the usa won the race in a new meeting record of 19.47 seconds, ahead of botswana's letsile tebogo. but hughes finished third to break a record that's stood since 1993, set byjohn regis at the world championships. hughes clocked 19.73 seconds — almost a quarter of a second quicker than the previous mark. got it done on the home side. the most important. and today was like an experimental day for me, i'm still running the 200 because i've stopped running the 200 since 2015 probably, 20

it -- overtaking mark cavendish in a lastgasp effort.ritain a record-breaking 35th career stage win. he later claims he had a technical issue in the finale. the general classification champion's finger guard holds onto the yellow jersey just ahead of -- it is now time for the business. the u.s. treasury secretary meeting with chinese officials on her first trip to beijing. does this represent a cooling of tensions? >> it is true we have seen before this trip we could have said relations between the countries were at a new low. with disagreements in taiwan and ukraine, but more importantly, trade and technology. things got off to a good start. the chinese premier using the metaphor of a rainbow to talk about the u.s.-china relationship during the meeting, the u.s. treasury chief did criticize beijing's crackdown on certain american firms and defended her country's measures to make it harder for china to import advanced semiconductor chips. at the same time, she underscored washington is not seeking an economic shutdown with beijing. >> i

meanwhile, mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team—mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out at the end of this season dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women's giro d'italia for the fourth time... putting herjoint second on the all—time list with her fellow countrywoman anna van der breggen. italy's chiara consonni won the sprint finish on the final ninth stage in sardinia. van vleuten finished safely in the main bunch to confirm overall victory, which underlines van der her status as the world's finest grand tour rider right now. she won the first week—long tour de france femmes last year, and the vuelta a espana earlier this year, so this means she currently holds all three grand tour titles. the final round of the us women's open at pebble beach started with japan's nasa hataoka one—shot ahead of the field. while england's charley hull will start seven off the overnight lead. hataoka's 66 yesterday was the lowest score of the week so far — leaving her seven under par. she's twice finished runner—up in a major, including this event two years ago. she tees off at

wanted it to and like this. 16 years after making his debut at the world was my biggest bike race, mark cavendishhe seconds ticked by, it became clear he was not going to get up quickly. he would have hoped to be involved here, at the finish where he was denied the state he would have been just 12 years old when cavendish won his first stage of the tour in 2008 and that was not even the beginning of a long and amazing career. he won his first world title on the track in 2005 into the medicine. in 2011, this was how he followed winning the green jersey on the tour de france. he is going to be at the world champion. in he is going to be at the world champion-— he is going to be at the world chamion. ii' ., . .,, champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable- _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he became _ champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he became the i champion. in 2012, he was almost unbeatable. he became the most| unbeatable. he became the most successful sprinter in the tour de france history. more success followed on the tr

at the tour de france, it was almost a record—breaking day for mark cavendish.ined the overall leader's yellow jersey and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. see you then. hello there. we had quite a mixed weather picture for friday, certainly for scotland and northern ireland. we started the day with rather grey and cloudy skies, like these. and the rain that we had that started on thursday lasted into the first part of friday morning, bringing about a third of a month's worth of rain in places, so it was really quite a wet spell of weather. even as that cleared, there were just one or two showers that followed through through the afternoon, but generally, the weather at least did turn brighter. further south across england, wales, different story — lots of sunshine, both morning and afternoon, and blue sunny skies like these in eastbourne were really commonplace. it was also a hot day across parts of eastern england. that's where we had the highest temperatures, with highs hitting the 30—degree mark in london's stjames's park, but

there was disappointment for mark cavendish at the tour de france, as his wait for a record—breaking the race by six seconds, but he's got a big day ahead in the mountains later today. at the women's giro d'italia, german rider antonia niedermayer is up to second after winning stage five. defending champion annameek van vleuten extended her lead despite coming off the road at one point. and that's because italy's elisa longo borghini, who was second, had this crash. she finished the stage but dropped to 17th overall. an an x—ray and brain scan revealed no fractures or brain damage, but a decision will be made this morning about whether she carries on. and there's a moment of history at football club forest green rovers in league two. hannah dingley has been named their caretaker head coach, becoming the first woman to take charge of a professional men's team in english league football. she replaces duncan ferguson, who was sacked yesterday. another step forward fair in football. so, as we were saying, the weather, the big talking point yesterday was the rain. blue skies so far. carol

british interest is likely to be limited to stage wins, with a retiring mark cavendish, hoping to breakiro de i'italia, to be cancelled. a prologue time trial in siena, was abandoned due to flooding. the race will now effectively start from stage two today. 0nto football, and we are now into world cup month, and england lionesses play portugal today in milton keynes, before flying out to australia next week for the world cup. england will also take on canada, behind closed doors, before their tournament starts onjuly 22nd against haiti. but the manager, has admitted that she would have liked more, than just the two warm up matches. when you ahead of our preparation that this was the case so you plan things ahead into this is the best possible preparation we can have with all the experienced knowledge that we have and some feedback from players so yes of course you want to players so yes of course you want to play more games but you also want to get your schedule right and this is the right schedule and this means we can only have two games in this schedule before we go into the world cu

matt cavendish. >> cavendish well >> mark cavendish yeah.tage wins in the tour de france and he's 38 now. missed last years because he wasn't picked so he's gone out today or gone out for this tour de france starting last week and said that this is going to be his last, that he's going to be his last, that he's going to retire from cycling. so all he needs to be clear and become the great first ever sprinter in the great first ever sprinter in the history of the tour de france. is to win one more stage now , he crashed out over the now, he crashed out over the weekend and literally crashed, really. and broke a collarbone. so it looks like i mean, it's an awful way to end the career that that would be it that it's all over but as far as the team is concerned, the actual team principal has said, well, you know , we're to give you know, we're willing to give you another if you're prepared to another go if you're prepared to go through again . and i've go through it again. and i've spoken cavendish about spoken to mark cavendish about this and s

at the tour de france, it was almost a record—breaking day for mark cavendish.tjasper philipsen had other ideas as the belgian snatched his third stage win of this year's tour. defending championjonas vingegaard retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. there was a big win for reigning super league champions st helens. they came from behind against warrington wolves to beat them 2a—20 — lewis dodd scoring the crucial try. it means that saints move from fifth to third in the table, leapfrogging wolves in the process. in an hour's time, talking to max verstappen is the quickest and practised ahead of the british grand prix, and in one hour's time, i will tell you all about the f1 driver who nearly always leads an f1 race but never wins. tt’s nearly always leads an f1 race but never wins-— nearly always leads an f1 race but never wins-_ ai never wins. it's like a riddle... a little teaser. _ now on breakfast, john simpson has been looking at the protests in france, the latest on the war in ukraine, and the continuing fallout of the attempted coup in russia by wa

yates is still in the leader's yellow jersey going into stage four of the tour de france, while mark cavendishsprint finish of the race so far. he had the perfect lead—out, and although cavendish reached the highest speed of anyone in the sprint — over 45mph — he'd started from further back, and finished sixth. there's another sprint finish expected today. meanwhile, at the women's giro d'italia, the italian national champion elisa longo borghini sprinted to win stage four. defending champion annameek van vleuten, in the leader's pinkjersey, finished third behind her. she leads by 49 seconds with five stages to go. steven gerrard is returning to management, taking charge of saudi arabian club al—ettifaq. the former liverpool captain has been out of work since being sacked by aston villa last october. he'd been previously reluctant to join the club, but an agreement has now been reached. 0ne one of the legends of the english game as a player before making the move into management, now deciding the time is right to move to football in saudi arabia. talking of footballing legends, it is worth poi

meanwhile mark cavendish could make history today on stage 7 of the tour de france, which should endthe policing minister chris philp says sports have been encouraged to hire more marshals and use injunctions to prevent protests. what do you think? is sport a legitimate target? does the climate crisis justify the tactics? do you approve of the message but not the medium? it isjust stopping sport ok? we are sleepwalking into a furnace, politicians reneging on promises. we are told rishi sunak is not interested, here starmer got the protest yesterday. in history, if we write a history book on this, on anything, we also thank god forjust anything, we also thank god forjust a boil, at least they tried. it is just stopping sport 0k? francis is still with us, gp and body—builder, who is sounding loads of cider and warnings on this, and sam in cheltenham, jane... good morning. what are you seeing? ilrrui’eiiii. morning. what are you seeing? well, i have had morning. what are you seeing? well, i have had two _ morning. what are you seeing? well, i have had two relatives _ morning. what are y

and it could be a day to remember for mark cavendish on later on — the first two hilly stages haven't, ahead of her fellow countrywoman marianna vos. annemiek van vleuten keeps the leaders' pinkjersey with six stages to go. plenty to discuss this morning. we are speaking to sally bolton on breakfast. we will be speaking to tim henman as well. he has filled this hill many times over with the semifinals he has made at wimbledon. all eyes on the british players who are in action today over the course of the first week of the championship. plenty of things to talk about meadow grass, strawberries and cream, the queue. one of the big things is the weather. carroll, are we going to get plenty of it on the opening day? there will be quite a bit of it and some showers as well. you may have seen henman hill looking empty, also known as murray mound. later this will be packed as novak djokovic defends his title, noticeably the greatest male player of all—time. behind me you can see 2023 in all its splendour. it changes over the every year but always thrilling to see it for the first time. the s

we saw mark cavendish crash out over the weekend, his race is over.n lewis, singing the national anthem ? yes, that is the homeland star. he went a bit elvis! amazing that the drivers managed to keep a straight face. add into the mix brad pitt walking the pit lane, the hollywood actor was there filming for a new upcoming movie about the sport. some things remained the same, max verstappen, the red bull driver extending his championship lead to 99 points with a sixth consecutive win. mclaren's norris had led in the early stages of the race but verstappen eventually cruised to victory, ahead of norris and lewis hamilton on the podium. 0nce once again, silverstone, we have got the greatest crowd here, thank you to everyone for supporting. i felt the energy, ifelt to everyone for supporting. i felt the energy, i felt the support, this is the reason we got back up there. also ijust is the reason we got back up there. also i just want to say a big congratulations to lando and mclaren. as my family, where i first started, to see them back up there looking so