michael bracewell out to jimmy escape this time. michael bracewell out tojimmy anderson. eventually they even got mitchell but by then he had scored 190 and new zealand 553 all out. england's turn and for more than a day and a half batting looked easy but it wasn't and that was zak crawley and this might have been alex lees, daryl mitchell had seen it so well until then. the kind of luck england cannot rely on. patrick gearey, bbc news. here's the latest then from trent bridge — play can go on till after 7pm because of the hour long rain delay today. england are 64—1 at the moment. and it's also finals day in the charlotte edwards cup — central sparks taking on southern vipers, who are coached by the namesake of this trophy... charlotte edwards. the vipers scored at a decent rate in reply to the sparks score of 109—8. they eventually finished on 110—11. rugby union, and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second—half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semi—final. the victory means saracens reached their sixth fin

not enough englishmen have clung on, joe root was a guilty man on day one, at least michael bracewellde 553. over to england, who were made to watch batty look easy, knowing it is not. just ask zak crawley, hard luck, hard work. england made it to 90-1 at luck, hard work. england made it to 90—1 at the close. 0ne job done, just the three days to go. in the nations league, england and italy played out a repeat of last year�*s euro 2020 final. it finished 0—0, with raheem sterling having one of the best chances for england. gareth southgate�*s side has scored just two points from their three games. wales drew 1—1 with belgium. brennanjohnson equalising for wales, four minutes from time with his first international goal. and the republic of ireland beat scotland 3—0 to claim their first nations league win at the 13th attempt. michael 0bafemi was involved in ireland�*s second goal before scoring their third. there�*s more on the bbc sport website, including saracens and leicester making it into rugby union�*s premiership final, andy murray reaching the final of the stuttgart 0pen and dan

michael bracewell has been named as his replacement.from saint paulien to chastreix sancey in south central france. alexis vuillermoz will be wearing the leader's yellow jersey after taking stage 2. the frenchman's breakaway group on monday just managed to stay clear of the chasing peloton. olivier le gac kicked the sprint into life at the end of the stage from saint—peray to brives—charensac, but vuillermoz edged past his compatriot to claim his first win in over three years with anders skaarseth back in second. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. plans to develop the area around the eiffel tower in paris before the 2024 olympic games have been scrapped, thanks to the actions of a protester who went on hunger strike to save some ancient plane trees. wendy urquhart reports. the plan was to pedestrianise the area around the eiffel tower and introduce new paths, cycle routes, a ticket office, toilets, souvenir shops and food st

michael bracewell out to jimmy anderson.y they even got mitchell but by then he had scored 190. new zealand 553 all out. england's turn, and for more than a day and a half batting had looked easy, but it isn't, and that was zak crawley. alex isn't, and that was zak crawley. lees was dropped pope. alex lees was dropped and then 0llie pope. they escaped to 90—1 at the close. 0nejob done, just pope. they escaped to 90—1 at the close. 0ne job done, just three days to go. patrick gearey, bbc news. and the southern vipers beat the central sparks by six wickets to win the charlotte edwards cup today. they've been unbeaten for the whole tournament and signed off in style. and fittingly, they are coached by the england legend that the trophy is named after. rugby union — and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semifinal. the victory means saracens reached their sixth final in their last eight campaigns — having won four of those

other news from that series, new zealand all—rounder michael bracewell has tested positive for covid. football, where we're just three weeks away from the start of the women's european championship. hosts england have, in the last couple of hours, announced their 23—player squad for the tournament. they also welcomed a very special guest to their training base. with all the details, lets go live to st georges park and our reporterjane dougall. the big headline news, staff out, why is that?— why is that? clearly such a disappointment _ why is that? clearly such a disappointment for - why is that? clearly such a disappointment for staff i why is that? clearly such a - disappointment for staff houghton. she was always a doubt because she has suffered a major achilles problem —— steph houghton. we always knew there would be of big question mark over steph houghton's. question mark over steph she we always knew there would be of big question mark over steph she was england captain for eight years before handing it over, and clearly a really difficult decision to make. there were a few doub

michael bracewell reprieved. england not quite fulfilling the occasion.ent one. this is what stuart broad did with it. catch held, bracewell out, point proved. broad, 36 today — lots of experience. tradition tells us that test match cricket can't always be fast and furious. there is still a place for patience, surely. well, here's how the exceptional daryl in the final moment before lunch, daryl mitchell... patience finally prevailed. joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. after a three—year wait, it's finally time for the main events at glastonbury to get under way. performances have begun on the main stages at worthy farm in somerset, with 20—year—old billie eilish set to make history as the youngest solo headliner tonight on the iconic pyramid stage. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at worthy farm this weekend. the music has finally begun at glastonbury. ziggy marley has treated the pyramid stage to an hour of reggae classic. this afternoon, it is the turn of crowded house. the singalong to weather with you should be quite something. then b

michael bracewell has been named as his replacement.—old crashed on the third and final lap of monday morning's event. welsh rider mark purslow died in a practice crash last week while sidecar passenger olivier lavorel suffered fatal injuries in an accident on saturday. the last two tts were cancelled because of covid. and it appears the money has won out after phil mickelson opted to compete in the opening event of the saudi—backed liv golf invitational series this week. the six—time major winner hasn't played since controversial comments about the breakaway series and the pga tour. the opening tournament at the centurion club outside london begins on thursday. other golfers confirmed are the former world number one dustinjohnson, and sergio garcia. players have been warned they could face bans if they compete. reports suggesting mickleson has signd a £200 million deal to feature in the breakaway league. that's all the sport for now. now back to geeta in westminster. thanks very much indeed. it is, of course, a fascinating morning here

at least michael bracewell did not get away.t the close. onejob done, just that made it through to 90—1 at the close. one job done, just the three days to go. patrick gearey, bbc news. charles leclerc will be aiming to close the gap to max verstappen in the formula one drivers championship, when he starts this afternoon's azerbaijan grand prix from pole. the ferrari driver put in an impressive lap in qualifying, to beat red bull's sergio perez by more than a quarter of a second. championship leader verstappen will start from third in the other red bull. george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. this one i probably did not expect because i thought red bull was strong, especially in q1 and q2. we were faster but then in the last lap everything came together and managed to do a good lap so extremely happy. in the women's triathlon event in leeds, britain's double olympic medallist georgia taylor—brown finished second. fellow brit sophie coldwell was third. they bot