but thursday was a day for the colombians led by nairo quintana as the bbc‘s simon brotherton reportsalps one by nairo quintana where he had an banal took over from the contenders to gain halfa took over from the contenders to gain half a minute and move into second place behind the man still in yellow, julian alaphilippe, it was an incredible show of fortitude from the frenchman. geraint thomas suddenly led the chase. the group of contenders came back together with alaphilippe catching them on the descent, bernal‘s game of half a minute has moved him to second place but alaphilippe has been proved a stubborn, inspiring opponent. there were five gold medals decided at the world aquatics championships in gwangju, south korea, on thursday. and the winners included caeleb dressel of the usa in the men's 100 metres freestyle. it was the tenth world championship gold of his career and takes his tally to three golds and a silver from this year's championships alone. there was a gold medal forjapan‘s daiya seto in the men's 200 metres individual medley. it was his second medal of the games —

colombia's nairo quintana won the mountainous stage 18, his third career stage win at the tour.up on the descent. thomas' team ineos teammate egan bernal is second overall. that's all your sport for now. when weather makes news, it's really a good thing. the extreme heat has been causing problems. the all—time record avoided, ultimately, it didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasantness. didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasa ntness. it has didn't make much difference to the sheer unpleasantness. it has been so exceptionally hot, friday will be cooler and things cool further going into the weekend as this weather front into the weekend as this weather fro nt m oves into the weekend as this weather front moves through. with it, some heavy rain in places as we are going to see. this is how fridays starting. thunderstorms in the easternmost parts with and humid weather still wear some spots staying in the low 20s overnight. friday will be a day of broken cloud, some sunny spells and a chance of catching a showerjust about anywhere. still some rumbles of thunder

colombian nairo quintana won stage 18 after attacking from a leading bunch 7km from the summit of galibierampion geraint thomas, moving up to second with just three stages remaining. australia's women broke the for by 200 freestyle world record at the world aquatics championships in south korea on thursday. —— 4x200m. their time of 7:a1.50 seconds saw them hold off the american team byjust 0.37 of a second to break the record set in rome 10 years ago. 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 is your friday sport briefing. the finals of the fortnite world cup are taking place in new york. a0 million players attempted to qualify over 10 weeks of online competition, but only one hundred finalists have a shot at winning the $3 million top prize, the biggest everfor an e—sports event. our cyber reporter joe tidy is there. into years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. now it's time for the cream of the crop to meet in person for the first ever world cup. the p

colombia's nairo quintana won the mountainous stage 18, his third career stage win at the tour.l climb, but the frenchman caught up on the descent. thomas' team ineos team—mate egan bernal is second overall. racing at southwell was abandoned with two races remaining earlier this afternoon because of the current heatwave. the meeting had controversially gone ahead despite temperatures topping 30 degrees centigrade. the seven—racejump meeting had started at 11.25am this morning, two and a half hours before it was scheduled, in a bid to cope with the heat, but the british horseracing authority decided to call an early halt. those call an early halt. final two races were over longer those final two races were over longer distances. arsenal have signed real madrid midfielder dani ceballos on a season—long loan deal. the 22—year—old has made 56 appearances for the spanish giants since joining in 2017 from real betis. arsenal are also set to sign saint etienne teenage centre back william saliba for a fee in the region of £27 million. manchester united have beaten tottenham 2—1 in a pre

it was colombian nairo quintana who won the mountainous stage 18 to valloire.f the most enthusiastic fans in sport, have a look at this from yesterday's route in the mountains. if you ever wondered how fans fill their time whilst they wait for the peloton, here's your answer. idid say i did say they were enthusiastic! love the views, though. after shane lowry‘s 0pen championship victory at the weekend, there's more good news for irish golf. adare manor has been named as the host venue for the 2026 ryder cup. the course in limerick was chosen ahead of the belfry, after a deal was deal struck between the irish government and european tour. the last time the competition was held in ireland was at the k club in 2006. england's mel reid is well placed to challenge the leaders after the opening round of the final women's golf major of the year. she's tied for sixth, a couple of shots behind leader paula creamer at the evian championship in france. there's plenty of other british interest too. charley hull's four off the lead, whilst georgia hall and meghan maclaren a

colombian nairo quintana won yesterday's stage 18 in the mountains.n. promoter eddie hearn says fans should wait for the facts before making a judgement. after shane lowry‘s 0pen championship victory at the weekend, there's more good news for irish golf. adare manor has been named as the host venue for the 2026 ryder cup. the course in limerick was chosen ahead of the belfry, after a deal was deal struck between the irish government and european tour. the last time the competition was held in ireland was at the k club in 2006. england's mel reid is well placed to challenge the leaders after the opening round of the final women's golf major of the year. she's tied for sixth, a couple of shots behind leader paula creamer at the evian championship in france. there's plenty of other british interest too. charley hull's four off the lead, while georgia hall and meghan maclaren are a shot further back. wolves made a winning return to european football after an absence of almost a0 years. they beat crusaders 2—0 at molineaux in the first leg of their europa

he remains in the yellow jersey after stage 18 in the alps, which was won by nairo quintana.is on tenterhooks here. we have a recorded temperature of 38.1, recorded temperature of 38.1, recorded in cambridgeshire. as you mentioned earlier, a record temperature of 38.5 was recorded in this very box on august ten, 2003. this record is incredibly important to here where they grow cherries, plums and apples. because since that record was broken, people have come here just to look at this very weather station here. if ijust turn a little bit to my right here, you can see that they have built an outdoor classroom, where children from across kent and beyond can come and learn about how that record temperature was actually recorded and why it is so important and how accurate this thing is. a 38.1 is the highest temperature recorded so far today. will it get to that 38.5 mark? well... isuppose far today. will it get to that 38.5 mark? well... i suppose at nearly 5pm, we got much longer to wait. it's 5pm, we got much longer to wait. it‘s obviously a cause of considerable pride where yo