the tour de france is just two days old and already the pre—race favourite tadej pogacar has taken the italy right now but frenchmen have claimed both stages so far — kevin vauquelin winning into bologna. behind, pogacar pulled ahead of most of his main rivals to top the overall standings ahead of monday's expected sprint finish in turin. pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory in the giro d'italia last month and just before we go, time to point you in the direction of the bbc sport website and app for the very latest on all those stories and lots, lots more. but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, thanks forjoining us. we'll see you again soon. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, july, statistically, is our warmest month of the summer but thisjuly — at least the beginning — is looking very different. mother nature has decided to put a pause on the summer heat. it's going to be rather on the cool side, even really windy at times in the north of the uk and, of course, there is some rain on the way. so, let's have a look at the forecast for monday. a couple of weather

six stages to go at the tour de france and tadej pogacar is closing in on a third yellowjersey. 15 in the mountains. he soared away from his closest rivaljonas vingegaard leaving the defending champion trailing in his wake. pogacar won the stage, his third on this year's tour, and gained significant time on vingegaard. he now leads by over three minutes going into monday's final rest day. elsewhere, elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia. just enough time to recap our top story — spain are european champions once again. they beat england 2—1 in berlin. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. bye— bye. hello. we are very nearly halfway throuthuly, and the month so far has been decidedly cool — and for some of us, very wet indeed. there is some heavy rain in the forecast for the week ahead, but it is likely to turn drier and warmer, at least for a time. in the short term, though, it is this area of low pressure that is swirling its way in from the south—west, and this frontal system, which is going to

ecuadorian rider richard carapaz got away from britain's simon yates to take the honours, while pogacar a little bit more time on defending champion jonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes, 11 seconds. to cricket. england women have completed a 5—0 t20 series clean sweep against new zealand, after winning the fifth and final match at lords by 20 runs. england started poorly and were 87—6 at one point, but captain heather knight and charlie dean steadied the ship — knight top—scoring with 46 as they set the kiwis a target of 156 to win. lauren bell then shone with the ball, taking three wickets as england restricted the visitors to 135—8. a positive summer for england with the t20 world cup a few months away. england's men have been preparing for their second test against the west indies which gets under way in nottingham on thursday. they'll be without james anderson following his retirement after the victory in the first test, but captain ben stokes says he's still having a huge impact on the team. you can see the lads were, like, just drawn towards him and wanted to pick his

pogacar had completed a dominant tour de france victory on sunday with a sixth stage win in the final becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italia and the tour in the same year. manchester city manager pep guardiola has said influential midfielder kevin de bruyne will stay at the club this season. de bruyne had been heavily linked with a summer move to saudi arabia and the belgian, who has a year left on his contract, said last month that he would have to consider a move because of the �*incredible money on offer', but guardiola, speaking before city's first pre—season friendly against celtic in the usa, simply said: "kevin isn't leaving." scotland striker che adams has completed a move to italian side torino on a free transfer. the 28—year—old left newly—promoted southampton at the end of last season after his contract expired. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back to bbc news, i am geeta guru—murthy. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak, two and a half weeks after suffering a crushing defeat at the

newly—crowned tour de france champion tadej pogacar says the sport of cycling is the "cleanest sport"ned his dominance of this year's race with a victory in the final time trial, extending his winning margin to six minutes, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italia and the tour in the same year. the slovenian says that despite the doubts of whether the sport is fully clean from doping, the idea of doping is simply not worth it. i think this is one of the cleanest sports in the whole world, of sport in general. because of what happened so many years ago, because there was so many years ago, because there was so much abuse, but i tell you now it is not worth it. taking anything that can risk your health, risk your heart is super stupid. mark cavendish has confirmed that he has competed at his last tour de france. the brit broke the record for most stage wins on this year's tour with his 35th, but says that completing the race one last time was the most fulfilling aspect ahead of his expected retirement. just to finish the tour to france, that was a challenge in itsel

tadej pogacar has made sure it is his race to lose. de france. the race will end on the cote d'azur, no traditional ceremonial stage in paris because of the olympics, so the tour to date began in the city where the race will end tomorrow with a time trial which was nice. the mountains beckoned for mark cavendish, he would make itjust inside the time cut for a record—breaking stage winner who will now complete what is likely to be his last tour. stage 20 didn't see the attacking pogacar is one of the greats but he has taken on and beaten all comers over the last three weeks. jonas vingegaard has made the race despite not being fully fit. he tested pogacar but the slovenian came out on top once again. it has been his year, a fifth stage when, five minutes ahead in the standings and a third yellow jersey awaits. the drive to increase diversity of football match officials is picking up momentum ahead of a key conference at anfield tomorrow. bamref, an organisation that supports officials from black, asian and mixed heritage communities, wi

pogacar put defending championjonas vingegaard under serious pressure.gaard match him before breaking free from the dane. he then raced down the other side of the mountain, and leads the race by 45 seconds. and that is just about it from us. we can of course get all the latest sports news including results and previews to the european championship on the bbc sport website. in the usual place, the bbc sport app as well. the bbc sport website bbc .com slash support for all that, you can get the latest from wimbledon there too, but for me and the rest of us of the bbc sport centre, we'll see you next time. hello there! we had a lot of cloud heading our way during tuesday and again the weather quite disappointing and not too much will be changing through the rest of this week. westerly breeze could well strengthen. it will bring some rain at times and it will keep it cool for this time of the year. what's changed from a couple of weeks ago when we got temperatures of 30 degrees? while the position of the jet stream, it's well, the position of the jet stream,

tadej pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory at the giro d'italia last month.ut you in direction of the bbc sport website, and that for the very latest on all of those stories, and lots, lots more, but from all of us at the bbc sport centre and sportsday, thank you forjoining us. we have see you soon. bye bye. hello. thanks forjoining me. july, statistically is our warmest month of the summer, but thisjuly, at least the beginning, is looking very different. mother nature has decided to put a pause on the summer heat. it's going to be rather on the cool side, even really windy at times in the north of the uk. and of course there is some rain on the way. so let's have a look at the forecast for monday. a couple of weather fronts spreading across the uk and early in the morning we will have had fairly cloudy weather with some rain splashing through out towards the east that morning. sunshine and temperatures of around 13 or 1a celsius. ok, let's get the forecast then. that bright weather will give way to cloudier skies. as that weather front advances eastwards, mo

pogacar won the giro d'italia in may. down his marker. he ended the session two tenths of a second quicker than world champion max verstappen. lewis hamilton, who won last time out at silverstone, could only manage seventh. more on all that over on the website — but that is all your sport for now. hello. today has brought the uk's hottest weather of the year so far. temperatures for some climbed into the low 30s celsius, and look at this beautiful scene sent in by a weather watcher in dorset. there was quite a lot of sunshine in places. however, that wasn't the story everywhere. more cloud in the mix here in county down. northern ireland and parts of scotland have seen quite a lot of cloud in advance of this frontal system. this is going to be sweeping its way eastwards over the weekend, bringing some outbreaks of rain and bringing something cooler and fresher. but for the time being, pretty warm and humid through this evening and tonight. quite misty and murky for south—west england and for wales, and these outbreaks of

pogacar putjonas vingegaard under serious pressure.er and took an eight—second time bonus and then raced down the other side of the mountain, to claim his 12th stage win. pogacar now leads the race by 45 seconds. 18 year old anna hursey will make her olympic debut this summer — as part of team gb's table tennis squad. she'll bejoined by liam pitchford — who in contrast, is making his fourth appearance at an olympic games. meanwhile in the paralympics, charlotte henshaw will be competing in her fifth games and will head to paris to defend her para—canoe kl2 title, after previously competing as a swimmer. i'm very grateful and proud that this is my fifth paralympics. i remember very vividly getting that nod when i was 21 in beijing in 2008. when i got the e—mail to say that paralympics gp had confirmed my to paris without it felt exciting, a relief but it gives you that great excitement for what's to come for the rest of the summer. i had no idea what the future would hold for me in terms of my sporting career. i started parikh anew beca

pogacar putjonas vingegaard under serious pressure. raced since breaking multiple bones in a crash in april the slovenian rode away towards the top of the galibier and took an eight—second time bonus... and then raced down the other side of the mountain, to claim his 12th stage win. pogacar now leads the race by a5 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. on to news on the israel—gaza war. the un says 250,000 people in southern gaza have been affected by evacuation orders from the israeli military. there are signs that israeli troops are likely to launch a new ground assault. palestinian patients are leaving a hospital — and displaced people have been fleeing from tent camps in khan younis. people have been leaving the evacuation zone on foot or by car, around the european hospital, ambulance crews rushed injured patients to nearby medical sites. much of khan younis was destroyed in a long israeli offensive earlier this year, but the army says palestinian fighters are now regrouping. people in khan younis expressed their anger over b

we hearfrom tadej pogacar.in rose comes close, but american xander shauffle takes the spoils and is now eyeing a grand slam of majors. with the olympics just a few days away, we hearfrom one team gb hopeful aiming for a medal in trap shooting. hello and welcome to the programme. newly—crowned tour de france champion tadej pogacar says given the sport's history, there will "always be doubts" over whether cycling is free of doping, but he says it's the "cleanest sport". the slovenian won his third tour by over six minutes, taking six stage wins along the way. however, pogacar stressed that, to him, cycling is "just a game" and that there is more to life. you can cycle until maybe 35. it would be really stupid to throw this away and risk your life for stupid racing, it isjust away and risk your life for stupid racing, it is just a away and risk your life for stupid racing, it isjust a game. yes, it's fun and alland racing, it isjust a game. yes, it's fun and all and you want to win, but it is not everything. the m

pogacar tried but couldn't get away as they finished together.renchman finished his stage win at the tour, pledge clock looking for his second. —— pidcock. with 25 days to go until the track and field programme gets under way at the olympics, laura muir is in great form as she set a new british record in the women's1500m at the paris diamond league meeting unfortunately for muir that was only good enough for third as she finished behind faith kipyegon who underlined her status as favourite for the olympic title by setting a world record in the french capital. australia'sjessica hull was a brilliant second, also setting a national record. the competition is very tough indeed this year. that's all from sportsday. hello, good evening to you all. you arejoining us here in paris. a beautiful evening in the french capital and you join us as polls are about to close in the second round of the parliamentary elections that will decide the make—up of the country's national assembly and, ultimately who gets to govern france. in the next few minutes, at the

slovenia's tadej pogacar is still in the yellowjersey at the tour de france.intained his 33—second lead after stage 10 — a flat stage where the main contenders were able to conserve their energy and finished together in the peloton. belgium's yasper philipsen, who won the green jersey as top sprinter last year, took his first stage of this years race. two france rugby union internationals have been arrested in argentina after a woman claimed that she was sexually assaulted. 0scarjegou and hugo auradou have both denied the allegation they were detained in buenos aires and have been taken back tio mendoza where the alleged incident took place at the team hotel following the first test against argentina on saturday, a match in which both players made their debuts. a statement from the french rugby federation says that "the players confirmed that a sexual encounter took place with the young woman on the night in question, but firmly denied any form of violence". we've heard from ben stokes ahead of england's first test against west indies. it's a busy summer with

tadej pogacar has won stage 20 of the tour de france — the penultimate stage of the race which headsng champion yonas vingego, and the slovenian will lead going into sunday's time trial, which is a break with tradition as the race won't finish in the french capital in paris because of next week's 0lympics. the 22—time grand slam champion rafael nadal is into the final of the swedish 0pen after a three—set victory over croatia's duyay ajdukovic. the spaniard is using the clay court tournament to build up his fitness ahead of the olympic games and had a deciding—set victory over the croatian 23 year old. it's nadal�*s first atp final in over two years following time away from the sport with several injuries. the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away, at the age of 91. the former miner and police officer, turned professional in 1967. he went on to dominate the sport in the 19705 as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie 0'sullivan — helping him win t

ecuadorian richard carapaz took the overall leader's yellow jersey from overnight leader tadej pogacar you can check that _ wimbledon in the box. you can check that out _ wimbledon in the box. you can check that out as _ wimbledon in the box. you can check that out as well. - wimbledon in the box. you can check that out as well. that - wimbledon in the box. you can check that out as well. that is l check that out as well. that is it from sports day. thank you for watching. hello there. that hot weather has gone. no sign of it returning through the rest of this week and a lot of cloud once again. rain at times, cool breeze blowing and temperatures below average force of all the weather coming in from the atlantic as we have seen already on monday. next weather front beginning to arrive in the north—west later on. before first one should be out of the way by the morning living a legacy of cloud in eastern england. otherwise sunshine for a while, the cloud will build and scattering for northern areas and long spells of wayne coming into western scotland and northern ireland in the afterno

meanwhile, perhaps it's no surprise that tour de france winner tadej pogacar has pulled out of the parising the yellowjersey for the third time. slovenian olympic cycling coach uros murn said the rider has "cancelled his participation because of a state of extreme fatigue." another major champion who won't feature in paris is last year's wimbledon winner marketa vondrousova. the silver—medallist from tokyo has pulled out of this year's olympic tennis event because of a hand injury. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. for those who saw not a huge amount of sunshine on monday, there's certainly a greater chance over the next couple of days. tuesday and wednesday, looking sunnier by and large, a lot of dry weather around, a few isolated showers. some of the dampest conditions will actually be around first thing on tuesday. through the night, into tuesday morning, this is the weather system which will be bringing outbreaks of rain or drizzle acros

slovenia's tadej pogacar retained the leader's yellow jersey in the general classification standings,el with defending championjonas vingegaard five seconds further adrift. so an incredible achievement from cavendish — earlier we caught up with the former british cyclist and three times olympic gold medallist ed clancy. i think he's done, he's defied the odds one more time and whether you're interested in sport or not, i think everyone can take a bit of inspiration about mark cavendish and his resilience, his determination and hard work. and yeah, i hope that it's noticed end the word spreads far and wide. a point in time where there's so much talk about the young talents coming through, you know, just out of thejunior coming through, you know, just out of the junior ranks, really, to become these super pros in their young 20s, we've got a 39—year—old mark cavendish crashed out of the tour last year, only two or three years ago he couldn't even find a contract to sign and yeah, he's done it. he's finally done it, he's broken the record and yeah, a legend is born. i've known mark for a

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tadej pogacar continues to wear the overall race leader's yellow jersey.after winning the german grand prix at the saschenring. the reigning world champion went ahead with two laps to go after title rivaljorge martin crashed, bagnaia comfortably taking the chequered flag — waved by hollywood actor keanu reeves — for a fourth consecutive win. the italian now leads the championship by 10 points from martin. well, that's it from me. as always, there's much more on the bbc sport website and app. but from me and the team, goodbye. hello there. sunday brought a volatile mix of weather across the uk — sunny skies one minute, thunder clouds the next, ominous—looking skies across lincolnshire through sunday afternoon. most of those showers are actually easing away and we've got clearing skies and that's going to allow those temperatures to fall away. so a chilly start to monday morning, but lots of sunshine around. however, this cloud will arrive later on in the morning. it's going to bring some rain, some of it heavy, across south—west england. the cloud gradually

tadej pogacar is wearing the yellow jersey at the tour de france. a flat stage, with the main contenders coming together in the peloton. jasper philipsen who won as top sprinter last year took his first stage of this year's race. two france rugby union internationals have been arrested in argentina after a woman claimed that she was sexually assaulted. they both denied the allegation. they were detained and have been taken back to where the alleged incident took place following the test against argentina on saturday — a match match in which both players made their debut. a statement says the players confirmed a sexual encounter took place with the young woman on the night in question but they firmly denied any form of violence. cricket — we have heard from ben stokes ahead of england's first test against the west indies. it is a busy summer with another three test series against sri lanka to follow but the skipper says they are already looking ahead to the ashes tour 18 months away. here is a sports correspondentjoe wilson. james anderson's mind wil

six stages to go at the tour de france and tadej pogacar is closing in on a third yellowjersey.ountains. he soared away from his closest rivaljonas vingegaard leaving the defending champion trailing in his wake. pogacar won the stage, his third on this year's tour, and gained significant time on vingegaard. he now leads by over three minutes going into the final rest day. elsewhere elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia. just time to let you know that it is still goalless in that match between england and spain in berlin. 15.5 minutes played. for the latest you can head to the bbc sport website. i will be back in a little while to give you an update on that and everything else. we are going to stay with euro 2024 final. the score is 0—0. england's men hoping to win theirfirst major trophy is 0—0. england's men hoping to win their first major trophy since 1966, while spain will be hoping for a record fourth euro title. joining me now is sergi forcada, in spanish teenage star lamine yamal�*s home town — and meghan owen in exeter, which is where ollie watkins began his

tadej pogacar has retained his overall lead of more than three minutes with just three stages to go atan emotional victor campenarts. moments after claiming the biggest win of his career, the belgian dedicated his win to his partner and celebrated with a video call back home to said partner and his month—old baby. rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinals at the swedish open, after beating britain's cameron norrie in straight sets. but nadal had to work for it. he came back from 4—1 down in the second set to win 6—4, 6—4 as he prepares for the paris olympics — the men's singles there start in nine days�* time. nadal will face mariano navone in the next round. talking of those olympics... security preparations ahead of the paris olympics are continuing as the start of the games draws ever closer. the opening ceremony is due to take place on the river seine, which provides additional security challenges for authorities. as a result, organisers have erected kilometres of metal fencing, with access to certain areas of the city denied to those without the necessary qr code. lots of secur

tadej pogacar is four days away from completing an historic double.he honours. while pogacar in the yellowjersey sprinted to take a little bit more time on defending champion jonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes 11 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. temperatures round about the seasonal average on wednesday low 20s for most of us plenty of strong july 20s for most of us plenty of strong july sunshine with more to come over the next few days. in fact, it will warm up. too hot for some protect liberty in the south east of england but a brief warm spell with cooler conditions for all by sunday. always cooler, wetter in the north and the west. certainly true overnight tonight. there will be shirey outbreaks of rain on this flow from northern ireland up to western scotland. a few showers for central and eastern areas of western wales. closed skies elsewhere but missed patch is developing into tomorrow morning temperatures no lower than 14-16 . a mild morning temperatures no lower than 14—16 . a mild start to thursday across the board. t

ecuadorian richard carapaz took the overall leader's yellow jersey from overnight leader tadej pogacar our website — that's bbc.com/sport. and there is day one of 15 of wimbledon and the books, you can check that out to at the bbc sports website. thanks for watching, bye—bye. hello there, june 2023 was the hottest on record, june this year was probably working about average because of the cold weather we had at the start of the month of the hot weather we had later on. but that hot weather has gone. no sign of it returning it all through the rest of this week, going to have a lot of cloud once again but rain at times, cooler breeze blowing and temperatures below average. all the weather coming in from the atlantic as we've seen over on monday, friends beginning to arrive in the northwest later on, the first one should be out of the way by the morning but leaving a legacy of cloud in eastern england, spots of light rain or drizzle otherwise sunshine for a while. the cloud will build, a while. the cloud will build, a scattering of showers for northern areas, spells of rain coming into we

pogacar is now leading by more than five minutes with just two days to go. become the first cycling federation to introduce a test to determine whether a cyclist has suffered a concussion from a crash and if they should get back on their bike. team gb cyclists at the paris olympics will have their saliva analysed to test for possible concussions. doctors hope this will make it easier to diagnose them and help them advise if a rider should return to competition. it's part of a research project between british cycling and marker diagnostics, a company which specialises in biomarkers. so live it is a handy fluid compared to blood. it is very easy to access, and it doesn't require any special expertise to take a saliva swab. for athletes especially, the work we're doing with richer cycling, where we are also going to be able to quite detailed data with regards to performance, is also going to be up to help inform that decision as to when can they get back on their bike and also get back to performance, and also get back to performance, and when they can push the

had a pogacar.th nine kilometres to go, making up almost three minutes to catch and pass stage leader matteojorgenson of the united states. pogacar�*s lead over defending championjonas vingergaard now stands at an imposing five minutes and three seconds with just two stages remaining. finally for now, kavem hodge was the star of the show, as the west indies dominated day two of the second test at trent bridge to trail england by 65 runs. hodge scored his maiden test century in just his fourth match as the tourists ended the day 351 forfive, on a tough day in the field for england in hot conditions. he was supported by his fellow dominican alick athan—aze as the pair put on 175 for the fourth wicket. shoaib bashir picking up a couple of wickets for england. more on that and all our stories over on the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. great stuff, thanks, adam. it was a speech in true donald trump style. his name up in gold lights, the former president accepted the republican nom

tadej pogacar is four days away from completing an historic double.ose to adding the tour de france title, to the giro d'italia he won earlier this year — that hasn't been done since 1998. he extended his lead by another two seconds on stage 17 — which was won from a breakaway group. ecuadorian rider richard carapaz got away from britain's simon yates to take the honours. while pogacar in the yellowjersey sprinted to take a little bit more time on defending champion jonas vingegaard — he now leads by three minutes 11 seconds. ahead of the final men's golf major of the year — tournament organisers at the open have been defending the competition's prize money. the winner at royal troon will receive a record $3.1 million us, but the total prize fund of 17 million means the championships purse is just the 28th largest in men's professional golf. that's smaller than the other three majors, i2 pga tour events and all 14 liv golf events. the r&a says it's concerned about financial sustainability. idid not i did not know 28 and i don't care. that's not what t

tadej pogacar has won stage 20 of the tour de france, the penultimate stage of the race which heads ton jonas vingegaard. and the slovenian will lead going into sunday's time trial, which is a break with tradition as the race won't finish in the french capital in paris because of next week's olympics. the 22—time world champion, rafael nadal is into the final of the swedish open after a three set victory over croatia's duje ajdukovic. the spaniard is using the clay court tournament to build up his fitness ahead of the olympic games and had a deciding set victory over the croatian 23—year—old. it's nadal�*s first atp final in over two years following time away from the sport with several injuries. and that's all the sport for now. thanks for that. west yorkshire police are continuing to search for people involved in violent disorder in leeds on thursday. five people have already been arrested in connection with the disturbances in harehills in which a police car was overturned and a bus set alight. the trouble began after social services investigated a child protection issue at a house.

pogacar put defending championjonas vingegaard under serious pressure.cond innings as the follow on was enforced, with notts ending the day on 811—2, 143 runs in arrears. anderson will play for england for a final time at lord's next week in the first test against the west indies. turkey has been in austria to make it through to the quarterfinals of the euro 202a. more on our website. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. these were not the sort of skies you'd expect to see at this time of the year, and the weather pattern isn't changing much through the rest of the week. the westerly wind could strengthen, it will bring in some further rain at times and keep it cool for this time of the year. now, what's changed from a couple of weeks ago when we had temperatures of 30 celsius? well, the position of the jet stream back then the jet was to the north of the uk. we sucked in all that heat and humidity, but what's happening now and through the rest of the week is the jet stream is further south. we're on the colder side of the jet, and those temper

race leader taday pogacar himself had covid 10 days before the race.ans but i'm sure spain's fans are also feeling it ...bbcjournalist sergee forcada is in barcelona. you're holding a newspaper is it big news there? yes you're holding a newspaper is it big news there?— news there? yes the one story everyone _ news there? yes the one story everyone is — news there? yes the one story everyone is talking _ news there? yes the one story everyone is talking about - news there? yes the one story everyone is talking about a - news there? yes the one story l everyone is talking about a cross bend —— spain. this little boy on the front of the newspapers here is turning 17... plenty of people here in barcelona because that is where he plays usually are hopeful that spain will be able to beat england. and become the first country to win the euros for the fourth time. what the euros for the fourth time. what are the activities _ the euros for the fourth time. what are the activities planned _ the euros for the fourth time. what are the activities planned in the ar

tadej pogacar retains the overall race lead.d took the one—day series in a clean sweep this week dani wyatt and nat sciver—brunt impressed again, as adam cottier reports. after dominating their one—day series against new zealand, england showed intent with the but from the start in southampton, having won the toss. an illustration of what might be to come at the world cup in bangladesh in three months�* time. dani wyatt excelled as openers before nuts quiver brunt backed up the run—ins as they experimented with the order. new zealand had few answers with heather knight saying she knows her squad. nuts they reach 76 from 50 balls, england powering their way to ones like 7—3, the highest total in a t2o match. having picked four spinners, their ruthless edge continued with their bowling attack, inspired by sarah glenn who took three wickets as new zealand wilted. england winning by 59 runs, a marker perhaps of how well the team is progressing with the world cup nearing. let�*s look at some of the other stories. aaron rai sits at th

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race leader taday pogacar himself had covid 10 days before the race.m sure you will be talking about that. i sunday. i'm sure you will be talking about that. ., �* ~ ., ., , ., about that. i don't know what you are talking _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what a - about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what a smooth segue. of course anticipation continues to build as we count down to the finals of the european championship, euro 2024. england take on spain in sunday's final in berlin, the first meeting between the sides at the euros since a england has had a difficult tournament so far, but seem confident as they look ahead to facing the spanish. spain on the other hand had a strong showing in the tournament, eliminating france. one of the team's heroes is lamine yamal, who is the youngest player to score in the tournament's history. but it's expected to be a close contest. let's speak to our sports corr

pogacar won the stage, his third on this year's tour, and gained significant time on vingegaard.here, elisa longo borghini won the women's giro d'italia. and just after i spoke about the football before i went to the tennis, jude bellingham has had a lovely shot that has gone wide. so there is hope for england but nico williams' goal separates the two teams. spain leading by one go to nil with around 25 minutes remaining in that. everything else is on the bbc sport website. you didn't have to remind me of the school but 66th minute now and it is still zero — one. let's return to our top story — president biden has promised a swift and thorough investigation into the assassination attempt against donald trump. the former us president was injured during a campaign rally in pennsylvania last night. the republican national convention is due to start on monday. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, joins us live now from milwaukee. the former president very much not changing his agenda. he is on his way there but since that decision to continue with his plans to go to milwauke

tadej pogacar has retained his overall lead of more than three minutes with just three stages to go atto his partner — along with his month old baby. and that's all the sport for now. embarking i'm sure even hotter than that provided with top temperatures expected here at 31 or 32 celsius which would make it the hottest day of the year so far. at the moment we have some patches of low cloud, and scotland and northern ireland coming up scotland and northern ireland coming up through the irish sea as well. some mist and fog patches to start the day friday, and occasional spit of drizzle across northern and western areas. but friday, it's going to be a hot day particularly for england and wales because we have this big rich pattern in the jet stream making an area of high pressure, the high pressure that is bringing the hot air particularly focusing across england and wales. this is where we will see the best in the sunshine and highest temperatures. further north and west starting off with low cloud, missed patches around, some drizzle as well. the weather should brighten up with some su

ecuadorian richard carapaz took the overall leader's yellowjersey from overnight leader tadej pogacarrt for now. thanks for that, great stuff. wimbledon isn'tjust about the tennis — it's also about the fans right around the world. and some of the most dedicated camp overnight in the hope of securing tickets available on the day. the bbc�*s mike bushelljoined them. hi, is this the right place for the queue? welcome to the queue, if you head over to the corner, you'll meet the already 1000 people already queued. there's the tent about to be erected. and who is behind us? from scotland, look at that — and from what we are expected to see you, andy murray on tuesday. hope i don't snore! jan x0 do i! what's your name? snore! jan x0 do i! what's your name? . . snore! jan x0 do i! what's your name?- what - snore! jan x0 do i! what's your name?- what number i snore! jan x0 do i! what's your. name?- what number are snore! jan x0 do i! what's your- name?- what number are you? name? natalie. what number are you? number 23- — name? natalie. what number are you? number 23- so — name? natalie. what