padraig harrington won yearin paul murray.ear in 2007, back—to—back open micro championships in 2007 at 2008. —— back—to—back 0pen championships. there was a famous amateur in the field that year, rory mcilroy. 0f course, they will be battling the americans. they have a stranglehold on all four majors, they have won the last five. would they win six, it would be the first time the americans have won six in a row since 1982. rory mcilroy and the other british players are only too aware of the challenge the americans will pose. it's so much depth, if it's not jordan it'sjustin, if it is not him it is brooks, patrick, there are so many great players and it seems like at this point they are all playing really good golf at the same time and it will be tough to beat them this week, tough to beat them in france, that is how it is. europeans had a nice little run a few years ago and these things work in cycles, right now all these guys are playing really good golf and they are some of the best in the world, deservedly so, they will ta

and he leads by one shot from a group of seven players that includes the 2007 champion padraig harrington clock back as he fired in one of the shots of the day on his way to a 68. rory mcilroy — who won the irish open two years ago — is well placed after the first round. he opened up with a 2—under—par 70, so he's three shots off the lead. but it wasn't a good day for the defending champion john rahm. he's 7 shots off the lead after carding a 7k. cricket — and bangladesh are on the brink of an innings defeat in the 1st test against the west indies in antigua. kraigg brathwaite completed his 7th test century as the home side made 406 in reply to bangladesh's1st innings total of a3. shannon gabriel inflicted further misery with the ball, taking 4 wickets as bangladesh closed day 2 on 66 for 6 in their 2nd innings. they trail by 301 runs, with only 4 wickets remaining. pakistan beat australia in the latest match in zimbabwe, a dress rehearsal for sunday's final, pakistan had first. —— battered. —— batted. australia restricted to 149—7, in reply. you can get all the latest sports news at our

and later it is tiger woods who heads out, shortly after two—time winner padraig harrington.s geraint thomas has seized the overall lead at the tour de france after an impressive victory on stage ii, a 108.5 km ride from albertville to la rosiere. belgium's greg van avermaet, who had led since the third stage, was well down the field in the main peloton and is now out of contention. with all the details, here is our man out in france, tom fordyce. a fine day for chris froome, and a wonderful one for his sky team—mate geraint thomas, the welshman attacking on the final climb to la rosiere to win stage ii and ride into the leader's yellowjersey. thomas was second in the overall classification overnight, but survived attacks from valverde before overhauling another opponent in the last 500m. he now has a lead of one minute and 25 seconds over chris froome, moulin third, and the two britons taking a tight grip on this famous old race. liverpool have agreed a world—record fee with roma for brazilian goalkeeper alisson. the $87 million deal will be the most any club has ever paid f

padraig harrington was the winner the last time the championship was held there — he's back in this year's last of his three opens here at hoylake in 2006 — but this is his first championship for three years after back surgery in 2014 and a string of other injuries. the american admitted he thought he may never play at the open again. there's definitely a point in time i thought i would never play in this championship again. watching it on tv, it's great seeing it on tv but it's even better in person. and i remember how it feels to come down the last hole with a chance to win it, and knowing i may never have that opportunity again... there were times when i didn't feel very good but now to have the opportunity to come back to carnoustie and play here in scotland again, i have said this before throughout this year, it's been a blessing. that's all from sportsday. you can see more on all those stories on the website bbc.co.uk/sport. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, who's th

padraig harrington was the winner the last time the open was held there — he's back in this year's fieldt of his three 0pens here at hoylake in 2006 but this is his first championship for three years after back surgery in 2014 and a string of other injuries. and the american admitted that he had thought he may never play at the open again. there was definitely points in time i thought i would never play in this championship again. watching it on tv, it's great seeing it on tv but it's even better in person and i remember how it feels to come down the last hole with a chance to win it, and knowing i may never have that opportunity again. there were times when i didn't feel very good but now to have the opportunity to come back to carnoustie and play here in scotland again, i have said this before throughout this year, it's been a blessing. in case you're not already feeling suitably inspired, meet beth dobbin. as a teenager, she had an epileptic seizure so severe it left her unable to walk, talk or even recognise her own dad. but earlier this month the 200m sprinter was crowned british ch

padraig harrington did it here. amateur at his first 0pen, before the pressures of success and talk of a career grand slalom, a simpler time he hopes to revisit this week. i was happy to be here. i didn't ca re i was happy to be here. i didn't care what i shot, i was just happy. the more i can get into that mindset, the better i will play. american golfers have won the last five major titles and another fancies his chances of making it as ina row fancies his chances of making it as in a row —— six in a row. fancies his chances of making it as in a row -- six in a row. i have said this before throughout this year, it has been a blessing. play sta rts year, it has been a blessing. play starts at 6:30am. the claretjug will not be won tomorrow but it can certainly be lost. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. i thought i would tee off with the idea that some of us might see some useful rain towards the end of the week. we have not seen that for a while. we will see skies like this for at least part of th

more in a moment. jordan spieth is trying to become the first golfer since padraig harrington in 2008ied at the top of the leaderboard. the first players are out on the course starting theirfinal rounds. spieth tees off at 2.a5. rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood are in the chasing pack, as is a resurgent tiger woods. katherine downes reports from carnoustie. he may have won his last major a decade ago... commentator: he's back! ..but tiger woods is back in the hunt. he looked back to his brilliant best yesterday and he's picked up the scent of the claretjug. i've shown that i've been — i've been there, close enough, for the chance to win this year. um, given what happened the last few years, you know, i didn't know if that would ever happen again, but here i am, you know, with a chance come on sunday and a major championship, and it's going to be fun. not such fun for rory mcilroy. at 5—under, he's not ruled himself out, but there was a bit too much of this going on for him. obviously disappointed after the way i finished, um, but, you know, i'm still in the tournament, i'm only a few