they've got their man — matthijs de ligt is set to be presented as a juventus player after arriving inurin. and jofra archer can deliver for england in the ashes — the verdict of one former captain, impressed by the bowler‘s performances in their world cup winning journey. manchester city have finally arrived in china for their pre—season tour after delays forced them to fly two days later than planned. the premier league champions had an open training session in shanghai. they're taking part in the premier league asia trophy alongside west ham, wolves and newcastle. welcome to the programme. the world's best golfers are settling in on the antrim coast in northern ireland. the open championship at royal portrush, gets underway on thursday. it's now the final major of the year and the tournament has seen 10 different champions over the past decade. but you have to go back to 2006 for tiger woods‘s last victory, but could he build on the success he's seen in 2019 so far. patrick gearey reports. recently, tiger woods has swapped the green jacket four o'clock of invisibility. now he finds

matthijs de ligt is expected to be confirmed as a juventus player on thursday.had a medical in turin. the italian champions have agreed a fee of 84 milion dollars with ajax for whom he played 77 league games, since making his debut as a 16—year—old in 2016. kieran trippier has completed his move from tottenham hotspur to atletico madrid on a three year—deal. the spanish club have paid $25 million for the england defender who's won 16 caps for his country — and scored his only goal for the national side, in last year's world cup semi—final against croatia. to sign sebastien haller from eintracht frankfurt. they've paid $56 million for the french under—21 international who scored 58 league goals in two seasons at frankfurt — and helped them to the europa league semi—finals last season. the australian cyclist caleb ewan won wednesday's11th stage of the tour de france. the lotto—soudal rider won a sprint finish — at the end of the 167 kilometre stage from albi to toulouse. his victory maintains the record of a different winner, in each individual stage so far. julia

they've got their man — matthijs de ligt is set to be presented as a juventus player after arriving inhes — the verdict of one former captain, impressed by the bowler‘s performances in their world cup winning journey. manchester city have finally arrived in china for their pre—season tour after delays forced them to fly two days later than planned. the premier league champions had an open training session in shanghai. they're taking part in the premier league asia trophy alongside west ham, wolves and newcastle. welcome to the programme. the world's best golfers are settling in on the antrim coast in northern ireland.

now to football where matthijs de ligt scored an own goal in his first start since joining juventus aspenalties to win their international champions cup match in china. the dutch defender cost around 84 million dollars when he joined from ajax last week. but, ten minutes into the game against their fellow italians the 19—year—old put the ball past his own goalkeeper. an equaliser came in the second half from cristiano ronaldo — his free—kick deflected in. and the game went to a penalty shootout. 21—year—old turkish defender merih demiral scored the crucial spot kick to win the shootout 4—3. it is good. when we play against a tea m it is good. when we play against a team it is always a good game, a tough game. they are fantastic with a fantastic coach and it is difficult. we do like to compete with the best, and we deserved to wind in my opinion. neymar has arrived in china with his paris saint germain team—mates for their preseason tour. the squad signed autographs for fans on arrival at their team hotel. the brazilian is with the team despite on—going transfer speculation that he is s

italian champions juventus have completed a deal to sign dutch centre—back matthijs de ligt from ajaxalfee of £67.8 million for a player who helped ajax reach last season's champions league semifinals. he's signed a five—year deal. and chris froome has officially been named winner of the 2011 vuelta a espana afterjuanjose cobo was stripped of the title over doping irregularities. it makes him britain's first grand tour winner. sir bradley wiggins had held the honour after his 2012 tour de france victory. it went down to the line but british rider, simon yates has won stage 12 of the tour de france in a sprint finish. the race entered the pyrenees for the first time today and overall leaderjulian alaphilippe keeps hold of the yellow jersey, leading geraint thomas by 1min 12sec. on stage 12 the tour de france heads for the hills. these are the pyrenees where leads are stretched out or pulled apart. for the man in yellow, the home fans can't stop those behind him. the climbs are where geraint thomas will look to go for the front. but this mountain stage will be remembered for a different

ajax captain matthijs de ligt has arrived for his medical ahead of his big money move tojuventus.n for the italian champions for a reported £67.5 million. this time tomorrow, play will be started at the open championship, the final golf major of the year. royal portrush in northern ireland is the venue for this year's tournament. rory mcilroy broke the course record there when aged just 16. he's admitted it will be hard not to "burst out crying" if he wins this weekend and mcilory says he's happy to see the open back in his home country. growing up here, i took for granted how good the golf courses were, so i only get back a couple of times a year and i want to take advantage of the fact that portrush and all these great courses are on our doorstep. so it says a lot about the country and it says a lot about the times, that we are able to host such a large event here. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages, and most of them lead on the open. the daily express has a picture of rory mcilory with the headline, "i'll be in full cry." mcilory admitting that winning the o

italian championsjuventus have completed deal for dutch centre—back matthijs de ligt from ajax.eague semi—finals and he's signed a five year deal. england have qualified for the semi—finals of the netball world cup with a group game to spare. the roses got off to a slow start in liverpool but saw off trinidad and tobago by 72 points to 46. they'll face south africa in their last group match this evening before the semi—finals on saturday. you may recall england's layla guscoth was injured earlier in the netball world cup. she's offered us an update on how she's doing on instagram this morning. she praises the doctors at the clinic who operated on her achilles. and has backed her team—mates before their game against south africa tonight. you can watch the match on iplayer, the red button and the bbc sport website and app from 8 o'clock this evening. england begin what is a must win test match in the women's ashes this morning in taunton. 6 points to nil down to holders australia after losing all three of the one day internationals, they can't afford to lose any more game in the m

italian champions juventus have completed deal for dutch centre—back matthijs de ligt from ajax. in court in paralimni today. in fact, i think the hearing has just ended. our middle east correspondent is in paralimni for us. the hearing wrapped up in the last few moments, anita. the 12 teenagers arrived here in police vans a couple of hours ago, led through the court building here at handcuffs together in pairs. some of their parents had flown from israel and were shouting m essa 9 es flown from israel and were shouting m essa g es of flown from israel and were shouting messages of support to them, some embracing them inside the building before proceedings got under way. thejudge confirmed the before proceedings got under way. the judge confirmed the names of those 12 young man in court but then asked reporters to leave because of the age of one of those involved. one of the suspects is a 15—year—old boy. the proceedings then carried on for the next hour or so and at the end of that the judge remanded the 12th in custody, giving the police a further eight days to carry on with th