team sky's michal kwiatkowski is the new leader of the vuelta a espana, after finishing second on thethe honours in a tight finish, after a select bunch mastered the final climb. poland's kwiatkowski, leading team sky for the first time in a grand tour, couldn't beat the spaniard at the finish. the fourth and final tennis major of the year, the us open, gets underway at flushing meadows on monday. women's world number one simona halep plays on day one against kaia kanepi, and rafa nadal is also defending his title, having pulled out of the cincinnati masters last week to rest. very positive start. it's important for the feelings, for the confidence, and that gives me the chance to rest the week after in cincinnati. i'm here just to try to improve every day. last year i lost in the first round, so cannot be worse than that. but, you know, ifeel confident. i feel that i have the game to win against her, but she's very dangerous. the last ten years or so i've been coming and preparing to try and win the event, whereas i don't feel like that's realistic for me this year. so it's a slightl

team sky's michal kwiatkowski did enough to retain the leader's red jersey.d in the overall standings, ten seconds off the pace. england bastman jonny bairstow says he hopes to keep wicket for the fourth test against india, despite fracturing a finger in the third test at trent bridge earlier this month. the fourth test gets under way on thursday at southampton. india won the last game and have to win the next as england lead the five match series 2—1 with two matches to go. i think it feels good. 0bviously we'll know more later on today, but the swelling has gone down, and it's a lot better than i thought it was going to be. if i'm not able to keep wicket, then i would like to play as batsman. but, at the same time, i'm desperate to try and keep my place as the keeper. one of the biggest stars in american football has signed one of the biggest contracts in nfl history. 0dell beckham junior who plays for the new york giants, a wide—reciever known for his one—handed catches, has out pen to paper on a new contract worth around $96 million over the next three se

poland's michal kwiatkowski holds the overall lead in the early stages of the vuelta espana as italy'sge. viviani came out on top in a sprint finish in alhaurin de la torre, beating off his compatriot giacomo nizzolo and world champion peter sagan. team sky's kwiatkowski still has a 1a—second lead at the top afterfinishing in the main bunch. tottenham will be keeping an eager eye on south korea's progress in the asian games. that's because their striker son heung min will have to return to his homeland for 21 months military service next year if south korea don't win the football competition. 0nly athletes who win a gold medal at the olympics or the asian games are excused and as it stands son is still on course to avoid the call up. south korea beat 10—man uzbekistan 11—3 after extra time to reach the semi—finals. they'll face vietnam or syria in the last four on wednesday. staying with the asian games, in the athletics india's neeraj chopra smashed the field to claim the men's javelin gold at the games by posting a personal best. the commonwealth games champion cleared a distance of

team sky's michal kwiatkowski did enough to retain the leader's red jersey.n's simon yates moved up to third in the overall standings — 10 seconds off the pace. now, at the us open, defending champion rafa nadal is one of the men in second round action on wednesday. nadal faces canada's vasek pospisil on arthur ashe later. the spaniard will be hoping he is not short of match practice, after his first—round tie was cut short when david ferrer retired hurt. aiming for a 14th grand slam title, novak djokovic beat hungary's marton fucsovics in four sets after struggling in the extreme humidity. the two—time champion looked unsteady on his feet at times, and needed the trainer to give him tablets for sickness. but after losing the second set, he steadied to win the next two, 6—4, 6—0, making it through in four sets. australian open champion caroline wozniacki eased into the second round with a straight—sets win over sam stosur. wozniacki is the highest women's seed left in the draw, and took the match 6—3, 6—2, stosur making 33 unforced errors in total. wozniacki