with 16 miles ago, matej mohoric went for it.me trials should see the overall victory confirmed. cavendish will have to wait until sunday to make his history. nick parrott, bbc news. and on this bumper sporting weekend, 16,000 fans will be at wembley for rugby league's show—piece — the challenge cup final. castleford will take on st helens at 3 o'clock tomorrow. castleford reached the final with a golden point kick, and they haven't won this competition since 1986, but have come so close to both league and cup success in recent years. st helens, though, will be favourites. castle heard haven't won the cup for 30 years, and i think for us to be able to win it will put our names in history. it's a long time coming for the team. we want to be remembered. that surely the point of everyone because my career — you want to be remembered. and that's all the sport for now. hello. some very warm to hot weather on the way for much of the uk this weekend. there is a weak weather front in northern scotland, and that will bring windier conditi

with 16 miles to go, matej mohoric went for it.oads to his next win. tomorrow's time trial should see his overall victory confirmed. while cavendish will have to wait until sunday to make his history. nick parrott, bbc news. well, the huge weekend of sport continues with the british grand prix st silverstone on sunday. fans are back at the famous track for the first time since the pandemic, and there'll also be trialling an exciting new qualifying format, with a mini—race tomorrow determining grid positions. let's go live to silverstone, from where our correspondent joe wilsonjoins me. it must have started because you're holding your ear. with thousands of fans back on site, it must feel like the pre—covid good old days. how important is it for silverstone that they're back? absolutely. to pick up on that last point, it is so important because you can think of most ports, they have weekend, week out opportunities and have big crowds. for silverstone, it's basically this weekend or nothing, so so much depends on the crowd numbers an

with 16 miles to go, matej mohoric went for it.at wembley for rugby league's show—piece — the challenge cup final. castleford will take on st helens at 3 o'clock tomorrow. castleford reached the final with a golden point kick, and they haven't won this competition since 1986, but have come so close to both league and cup success in recent years. st helens, though, will be favourites. castleford haven't won the cup for 30 years, and i think for us to be able to win it will write our names in history. it's a long time coming for the team. it's been around for the last seven or eight years. we want to be remembered. that surely the point of everyone's career — you want to be remembered. and that's all the sport for now. mostly dry with hot sunshine for many, bit of cloud around to start off saturday morning across parts of east anglia and the southeast. generally more cloud further north and west, retreating to the store still might coast northern ireland. it will stay windy with the odd spot of rain. a bit cooler here as a consequenc

slovenia's matej mohoric has won stage seven of the tour de france, while mattyew van der pole retainedinting points to stay in the greenjersey. mohoric won by more than a minute to claim his first tour win. britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to 13th overall. mercedes will be hoping they've done enough to close the gap to red bull for this weekend's austrian grand prix. world champion lewis hamilton topped the time sheets in second practice ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas. the briton was more than two—tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at the red bull ring. holly smith has become the first woman for 45 years to be included in the great britain showjumping team for the olympic games. smith is named alongside harry charles as travelling reserve, while london 2012 gold medallists scott brash and ben maher are in the squad. and that's all the support from us for now. we will see you soon. we've got some big showers in the forecast for saturday, so be prepared. the skies could turn dark alm

slovenia's matej mohoric has won stage seven of the tour de france, while mattyew van der pole retainede enough to close the gap to red bull for this weekend's austrian grand prix. world champion lewis hamilton topped the time sheets in second practice ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas. the briton was more than two—tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at the red bull ring. holly smith has become the first woman for a5 years to be included in the great britain showjumping team for the olympic games. smith is named alongside harry charles as travelling reserve, while london 2012 gold medallists scott brash and ben maher are in the squad. and that's all the sport from us for now. we'll see you soon. well, it's going to be one of these days where the weather might turn like that and you'll have to run for cover if you're not prepared. big showers and thunder and lightning on the way. not everywhere. in fact, many of us will miss the storms altogether, but where they occur, they could even bring some flash flooding. now, early i

record for stage wins after he could only finish in the main group yesterday, well behind winner matej mohoricich begin next week. tokyo 2020 ceo toshiro muto confirmed that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the games had tested positive. the opening ceremony is on friday and the games are due to be held mostly without spectators. a half—capacity wembley will watch st helens take on castleford in rugby league's challenge cup final. this is another of the government's pilot events, with up to 45,000 expected for a match between two sides who have waited a while to win this competition. joe lynskey reports. # touching me, touching you... this is the summer when blessings again. now rugby league gets its turn in the noise. it now rugby league gets its turn in the noise. ., , , �*, the noise. it has been the sport's tou~hest the noise. it has been the sport's toughest year. — the noise. it has been the sport's toughest year, but _ the noise. it has been the sport's toughest year, but now _ the noise. it has been the sport's toughest year, but now 45,000 i the noise. it has been t

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