on the left, primoz roglic, watching his tour disappearup primoz roglic, watching his tour disappearn disappear up the road. 0n the right, tadej pogacar, christine. on his way to becoming the youngest winner in more than a century. —— pristine. detections dealing microseconds close by, primoz roglic was to slow. three weeks of racing decided by less tha n three weeks of racing decided by less than a minute. i didn't know i would win the stage until i sought roglic just would win the stage until i sought roglicjust did at the finish line. i couldn't believe it, just out of this world. slovenia are set to celebrate in the way. it was the hometown of komenda where his name was chanted through the night. today champagne will flow on the champs—elysees as well most of he has reached the peak of cycling. age 21, you wonder how long he might stay there. american matthew wolff leads the us open going into the final round in new york. at 21, he could become the first debutant to win the tournament in a century. he's got a two shot lead. rory mcilroy meanwhile is six shots back. that's all the

his possibly the only rider who can knock primoz roglic off his perch.o—adriatico in italy. yates finished safely in the main group to lead poland's rafael majka by 16 seconds, with 2018 tour de france winner geraint thomas 23 seconds further back. the final stage is a 10 kilometre time trial. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team mate fabio quartararo lost his championship lead after crashing twice forced him to retire from the race at misano. morbidelli got a brilliant start from second on the grid to overtake pole sitter maverick vinales and then lead the race to the chequered flag. that's all from sportsday. remember you can stay right up to date with all the day's sport on the bbc sport website, but for me and the rest of the team it is good bite from us at. up next it is the film review. —— good buy from all of us.

slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall leader's yellowjersey.

he started the time trial 57 seconds behind long—time leader primoz roglic, but as he ate up the milestil the foot of la planche des belles filles — pretty name, pretty steep too. 0n the left, roglic ragged, watching his tour disappear up the road. 0n the right, pogacar pristine, on his way to becoming the youngest winner in more than a century. the hard work was done, the seconds ticked by. roglic was just too slow. three weeks of racing decided by less than a minute. it was so... unbelievable! i didn't know that i win the stage, that i win the yellowjersey until i saw roglic‘s time just at the finish line. i couldn't believe it myself. i was just out of the world. slovenia was set to celebrate either way. it was his home of komenda where pogacar‘s name was chanted long into the night. today, the champagne will flow on the champs—elysees as well. he's reached the peak of cycling, aged just 21. you wonder how long he might stay there. ben croucher, bbc news. a good day for those of 21 years old. two bright stars coming up in the world of sport. now on bbc news, it's time for the papers

translation: we are happy for today, but sad for primoz roglic, it didn't work out, but we don't givelovenia won today. delayed due to coronavirus and eventually held under special restrictions, the tour itself has been a success. now, after 20 stages and more than 3000 ruling kilometres, all that is left is the final, largely processional right into paris where a maximum of 5000 fa ns paris where a maximum of 5000 fans will be allowed to chair the riders on to the famous finish on the champs—elysees. and as long as everything goes to plan, both tadej pogacar and the two organisers are like will be celebrating a job well done. north korea's propaganda machine could never be accused of being ahead of the curve. but there are signs of change signalling a new, more modern approach. pyongyang is believed to be behind several youtube and twitter accounts, aimed at foreign audiences, promoting a benign vision of the country, including a recent video series in english about life in pyongyang. krassimira twigg from bbc monitoring reports ri chun—hee, the face of north korean state propaganda

primoz roglic is the reigning champion of the tour of spain — it was youth against experience. of the 36km route. when he finished, taking the top spot, roglic was still on the road, but he knew he couldn‘t catch his compatriots. pogacar won his third stage and more importantly, the whole race by almost a minute. two days short of his 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. nick parrott, bbc news. what a race that was. reminder of our top story. president trump has vowed to put forward a woman to replace ruth bader ginsburg on the us supreme court. north carolina at a rally he said he would release his choice next week. we will vote in the senate whether republicans currently have a small majority. democrats insist that replacing justice ginsburg, who died on friday, should wait until after november‘s collection. senator susan collins has become the first republican boys a similar view. the trump nominee would further to the supreme court in a conservative direction. justices are there for life, rolling on issues such as abortion, civil rights, and immigrat

we're up to stage 17 of the tour de france, and primoz roglic has come through his hardest test so farextending his lead over tadej pogacar to 57 seconds. drew savage watched the action on the steepest stage of the race. friends, but also rival. the tooth of had soared away from everyone so far but today they had to climb higher than ever. richard carapaz did his best to raise the spirits of the ineos grenadiers as he broke away. the british team have struggled and leader egan bernal pulled out this morning. carapaz was only caught in the closing stages. adam yates, still hunting for a stage win, was up there but couldn't quite match the leaders. he's still fifth overall. everyone expected pogacar to fight it out with roglic for the yellowjersey on the steepest climb of the whole race, but there was an unexpected extra dimension. the colombian, miguel angel lopez, fourth this morning, got away from them. a brilliant stage win to move up to third place. but he ran out of road to catch them in the overall standings. roglic in yellow, disappearing out of pogacar‘s sight as he rode to the

we're up to stage 17 of the tour de france — and primoz roglic has come through his harde5t test so fards. drew savage watched the action, on the steepest stage of the race. friends, but also rivals. the two had 5oared away from everyone so far, but today they would have to climb higher than ever. richard did his best to raise the spirits of them as they broke away. the british tea m them as they broke away. the british team have struggled, pulled out this morning, only caught in the closing stages. adam still hunting for his 5tage stages. adam still hunting for his stage when was up there but cannot quite match the lead as he is still fifth overall. expecting them to fight it out for the villagers in the steepest climb of the whole race. but it was an unexpected extra dimension. the colombian lopez cut away from them both. a brilliant 5tage victory but he ran out of road to catch the leaders in the overall standings. if thousand oppressive, then so is this, on the final climb, a decisive blow. the yellowjersey literally disappearing out of sight. they may be as close as anyone gets. at

five stages to go at the tour de france, and slovenia's primoz roglic is still up there at the top ofountryman tadej pogacar is only a0 seconds behind and determined to make a fight of it. drew savage watched stage 16. the first of three tough days in the alps, but more to come, second place in the main contender seemed happy to let a breakaway happen at the front. at the back, another side of cycling for last year's winner egan bernal. out of contention after cracking on stage 15, but he seemed to enjoy carrying the supplies for his ineos team mates. one of whom, richard carapaz, was in the breakaway and in contention for stage victory until the young german rider, lennard kemna, made his move on the penultimate climb and raced away. with the main group miles behind, kemna, no threat to the overall leaders, held his advantage, and had time to savour his first win at the tour. fresh talent has come through in this year's race, and tadej pogacar, in the white jersey of the best young rider, did his best to chip away at roglic‘s 40—second lead. he couldn't get away from the man in yello

tadej pogacar is set to become the youngest winner in 110 years having pegged back the favourite primoz roglic's history. he overhauled a 57—second deficit to lead by nearly a minute going into tomorrow's final processional stage to paris. nick parrott reports. until now, this was the closest tadej pogacar could get to roglic. but he wasn't going to give up. that gap is shrinking. both riders changed their bikes as the route got steeper. a wobble on the bike suggesting some tiredness after wearing the yellow jersey since the ninth stage. look at the clock on the left of the screen — as it changes from green to red, this is the moment he took the virtual lead of the race with a couple of miles to go. at eight years younger than roglic, his youthful energy was propelling him to the finish. no celebrations as he crossed the line because roglic was still on the road, but that moment came soon enough. he had won the tour by almost a minute. two days short of his 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. dutch rider anna van der breggen has won the giro rosa, the most prestigious

primoz roglic retains the overall lead.rch, with up to 5000 supporters allowed to see catalan dragons host wigan warriors. with less than 10 minutes remaining, wigan are easing to victory, currently leading 28—0. a week after beaking the one—hour world record in brussels, mo farah just missed out on another record this afternoon. he had his his own british record is his sights at the antrim coast half—marathon. he may not have broken the record, but he did still win the race. nigel ringland reports. the sound of a fairy horn sends mo farah and the other athletes on their way. —— ferry horn. the windy conditions prevented him from breaking his british record. nevertheless, he enjoyed his time in northern ireland. it is a beautiful course. great support from the crowd. obviously there is not a law of crowd, but in terms of people coming out of the house, at the window, holding posters, it is beautiful. i am window, holding posters, it is beautiful. iam happy window, holding posters, it is beautiful. i am happy to bring my kid

slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall lead, while adam yates from britain remains eight.avirus ones until the next rest day on monday. nick parrott, bbc news. and the us open tennis continues in new york tonight. you can follow it all live via the bbc sport website and app. that's all from us for now. good night. hello. paul is not quite safely gathered in just yet with regard to the cereals. wednesday shaping up to be a decent day if you're out and about whatever you're up to. a cloudy start for the art of in then things to the re m na nts art of in then things to the rem na nts rem na nts of art of in then things to the remnants remnants of this waterfront gradually trundling its way further south. from the word go, it's a brighter prospect. rector of showers they're getting into the north of scotland. it takes a time before the last of the clouds and the odd dribs and drabs of rain goes to the far south, where it is still pretty humid. a bit fresher for the south, where it is still pretty humid. a bit fresherfor the north. a really fresh start to thursday thanks to an

slovenia's primoz roglic has kept the leader's yellow jersey after stage ii of the tour de france. seconds ahead of egan bernal after finishing in the main bunch. today's stage in poitiers produced the closest sprint finish of this year's race. caleb ewan of australia only just won it on the line. ireland's sam bennett keeps the sprinters' greenjersey, he was moved up to second place to after the judges relegated peter sagan for pushing. well, the 2018 champion geraint thomas isn't competing in this year's race — focusing instead on the giro d'italia, which he describes as "unfinished business" after crashing out in 2017. he's been speaking about the decision to skip the tour, and living up to expectation. not being selected, i would not put it in the sort of words really because i could go there and do a job. but at the same time, i am at the stage in my career now where i wa nt to the stage in my career now where i want to go to races and outperform myself. i don't want to go without sounding bad to go and just right for the team. i want to be fighting for the team. i want to be

primoz roglic has extended his lead at the tour de france after daniel martinez won stage 13.nez from columbia broke clear just before the finish to take the first tour victory of his career. slovenia's roglic got away from his rivals, including defending champion egan bernal, to extend his lead. britain's adam yates lost a0 seconds, but has moved up to seventh overall. and britain's lizzie deignan‘s trek—segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the giro rosa as elisa longo borghini took the leader's jersey on the first stage. the 10—stage giro rosa in italy is the only women's grand tour. adam yates‘ twin brother simon has moved into the lead of the tirreno—adriatico race in italy. it's seen as an important warm up for the giro d'italia, which gets under way next month. yates won the toughest stage of the race to move into a 16—second lead. fellow briton geraint thomas finshed second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. now, just a week after breaking the one—hour world record on his return to the track at the diamond league meeting in brussels, mo fa

primoz roglic retains the overall lead. there's live golf going on right now. major of the year... and it's the canadian brooke henderson who now has the outright lead. she's having a cracking round, six under today — 11 under overall. this would be her second major title if she can finish it off this weekend. mel reid is the best placed brit, she's tied for 10th. and finally, there's been some great goals scored today — but spare a thought for aster vranckx — who's made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. whilst playing for kv mechelen in belgium, vranckx has produced a serious contender for miss of the season, if not, of all time. take a look at this — a yard out — and somehow doesn't score. he won't want to see that again! that's all from sportsday. hello there. a mixture of whether to start the weekend. further north to the afternoon we have seen cloud spread into northern ireland and scotland in the north west of england as well. underneath those sunny skies, the beaches in cornwall looked pretty nice. the sea is rather rough in western scotland. the

primoz roglic has won stage four of the tour de france after a dramatic finish. pace on the final climb, roglic had to sprint to the line to hold off a late attack from some of his competition. he's up to third in the overall standings while frenchman julian alaphilppe retains the yellowjersey after finishing fifth. britains' adam yates stays in second place, england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dream come true to be called into gareth southgate's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark after impressing for manchester united, where — having started the season as a youth player — he finished as a first team regular. you can be called in at any time. and i was called into some europa league games early in the season. and i took my chance, really. i've just been playing, i just took every game as it came and i've just been out there playing my football. it's a dream come true, really. playing for england is every young boy's dream. so i'm privileged and i'm honoured to be

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey.in's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall. so, a stage win at long last for team ineos, but it's been a struggle for them during lockdown. we can talk now to cycling journalist michael hutchinson. ifi if i can find him somewhere. there he is. thank you so much forjoining me this evening. finally a tour win bya me this evening. finally a tour win by a team has won seven out of eight so by a team has won seven out of eight so what has gone wrong for them. they have dominated this to work for the last two years and this year it is all gone wrong. essentially it has such a odd year for all sports including cycling, being up in the airfor most of including cycling, being up in the air for most of the year and the tea m air for most of the year and the team has dealt with that very badly. they just don't team has dealt with that very badly. theyjust don't have the writers in the condition that they need to be. it has come to a head and they already in this year's tour have been struggl

primoz roglic keeps the yellow jersey — he's now a0 seconds ahead of fellow slovenian tadej pogacar,ports. a site rarely seen in cycling. this tea m a site rarely seen in cycling. this team have dominated since 2012, but their leader was left behind mucked at the yellow and black colours dominating at the front of the race to climb the mountains. they set a punishing pace. they pipped banal to win the eighth tour de france in nine years, but the winner was losing a second and the minutes of the leaders roadway. britain's adam yates, the only man who launched a challenge on the colombian, but he was soon at rates down. they went to move up to fifth, but to slovenians showed their strength in the front. tadej pogacar went to when the stage. —— win the stage. meanwhile britain's simon yates holds the leader's blue jersey with one stage to go at the tirreno—adriatico in italy. yates leads poland's rafael majka by 16 seconds, with 2018 tour de france winner geraint thomas 23 seconds further back. the final stage is a 10 kilometre time trial. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino gr

slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall lead. and that's all the sport for now. south across scotland and northern ireland during friday morning. some of the rain looks quite heavy but by the end of the morning a lot of that will be clearing southwards and through the afternoon, brighter sunnier skies but with a few blustery showers. through the afternoon, the rain reaching into northern england. the rain most substantial to the west of the pennines and eventually towards north wales to end the day. south of that, a few hazy sunny spells under higher temperatures. and for northern england, northern ireland, and scotland, some wind gusts around 45 mph or so. a very narrow area of rain pushing further south through wales and england overnight and into saturday. a few showers for northern ireland, further blustery showers for northern and western scotland, and a cooler night in eastern scotland. for saturday, some cloud and a few showers in southern england. further blustery showers in scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, mainly dry with some sunny spells. it w

in kentucky by us police in march. five stages to go now in the tour de france and slovenia's primoz roglic at the top of the standings — but his fellow countryman tadej pogacar is only a0 seconds behind and determined to make a fight of it. drew savage watched stage 16. the first of three tough days in the alps, but with it harder to come tomorrow, the second—place man in the main contenders seemed happy to let a breakaway happen at the front. at the back, another side of cycling for last year's winner, egan bernal. out of contention after cracking on stage 15 but he seemed to enjoy carrying the supplies for his ineos team mates — one of whom, richard carapaz, was in the breakaway and in contention for stage victory until the young german rider, lennard kemna, made his move on the penultimate climb and raced away. with the main group miles behind, kemna, no threat to the overall leaders, held his advantage. and had time to savour his first win at the tour. fresh talent has come through and tadej pogacar, in the white jersey of the best young rider, did his best to chip away at roglic‘s 40—

and a tight sprint finish on stage ii of the tour de france — but calab ewan edges it, primoz roglicy. hello and welcome to sportsday, live from the bbc sport centre. i'm katherine downes. we start with the news the return of crowds to sports events has been thrown into doubt, with the government announcing that all planned pilot events are now under review. some events will be allowed to go ahead. some events will be permitted. there were plans for fans to return to racing, football and rugby amongst other sports in coming weeks to test how that would work — but with rising coronavirus infection rates across the country, borisjohnson has put those plans on hold. at the present time we must also i am afraid revise plans to pilot larger audiences in venues later this month and review our intention to return audiences to stadiums and conference to return audiences to stadiums and c0 nfe re nce ce ntres to return audiences to stadiums and conference centres from the ist of october. that doesn't mean we are going to scrap the programme entirely, we just have to review it and abridge it.

the tour de france has passed the halfway stage — slovenia's primoz roglic has kept the race leader'still 21 seconds ahead of reigning champion egan bernal, with ten stages left. there was the tightest sprint finish of this year's race at the end of today's stage. caleb ewan of australia won it, ireland's sam bennett was second to keep the sprinters' greenjersey. and geraint thomas is progressing well at the tirreno—adriatico race, as he prepares for the giro d'italia. today's stage three out of 8, was won by canada's michael woods who's taken the overall lead as a result. thomas finished in the group behind, to move up to fifth overall leaving him thirty seconds off the lead. to rugby union where 19—year—old alfie bar—berry was the star of the show as wasps impoved their play—off chances with a 54—7 thumping of leicester. this was bar—berry‘s first start in the premiership and he announced his arrival with a hat—trick of tries. wasps are fourth in the table. for all the results visit the bbc sport website. the final 2020 super league table will be decided by win percentage following

slovenia's primoz roglic is still the man to beat, as the race enters its final week, after defendinggan bernal, cracked in thejura mountains yesterday. adam yates is up to fifth overall, the british rider is just over two minutes behind roglic. but yates has told sportsday that his main aim hasn't changed from what it was when the race first began. i still want to try and win a stage. it wasn't to be, but there are plenty of stages coming up, and there's going to be a stage when it goes ballistic and hopefully we can be in goes ballistic and hopefully we can beina goes ballistic and hopefully we can be in a position to take advantage of that. but you are still —— you've still got to have the legs. we will see, i guess. we've got a couple tricky stages, especially the mobile stages are tricky stages, especially the mobile stages a re really tricky stages, especially the mobile stages are really hard to climb, especially the final 6—7 ks, whatever it is. even after that, they've got over 4000 metres climbing, stage 18, even more. you have to back—up your performances and, again, like i

primoz roglic has extended his lead at the tour de france after daniel martinez won stage 13.ish to take the first tour stage victory of his career. slovenia's roglic got away from his rivals including defending champion egan bernal to extend his lead. britain's adam yates lost a0 seconds, but has moved up to seventh overall. meanwhile yates' twin brother simon now leads the tirreno—adriatico in italy after winning the toughest stage of the race. fellow briton geraint thomas finished second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. and britain's lizzie deignan's trek—segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the giro rosa, as elisa longo borghini took the leader's jersey on the first stage. the io—stage giro rosa in italy is the only women's grand tour. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we've got some warm sunshine on the way for this weekend. today we've had a band of cloud and rain heading its way southwards. that rain continuing southwards overnight becoming lighter and more patchy. further north, we'll have some clearer skies but quite a ras

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primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey.has been ruled out of the rest of the giro rosa after crashing towards the end of today's seventh stage. the dutch rider broke her wrist and will also miss defending her world title next weekend. belgium's lotte kopecky beat britain's lizzie deignan to win the stage. lizzy banks is the highest placed briton in tenth overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been named after a woman. i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming have such different emotions all day andjust coming up have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do w

we're up to stage 17 of the tour de france, and primoz roglic has come through his hardest test so far pogacar to 57 seconds. drew savage watched the action on the steepest stage of the race. friends, but also rival. the tooth of had soared away from everyone so far but today they had to climb higher than

primoz roglic is the reigning champion of the tour of spain — it was youth against experience.turned around in dramatic fashion. pogacar is the slovenian time trial champion and went for it from the start of the 36 km route. when he finished, taking the top spot, roglic was still on the road, but he knew he couldn't catch his compatriots. pogacar won his third stage and more importantly, the whole race by almost a minute. two days short of his 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. nick parrott, bbc news. there was something of a surprise result in the english premier league, as manchester united lost their opening game of the new season. they were beaten 3—1 by crystal palace at old trafford. zohar scored twice for palace with andros townsend also on the scoresheet. there a debut goal for donnie vanderbeek, but united lost their opening league game. we started too slow, definitely. the first ten minutes, they were miles sharper than us, quicker to every ball. we gave some silly fouls away cos we were too slow opening in the challenges, and you can see the

and also comedy slovenian prime minister said he would be flying in to kiss primoz roglic if he won.dry and sunny weather, warmer weather once again. it will all change as we move into the middle of the week. we do still have some cloud towards the south. the same area of low pressure rotating around the bay of biscay that through showers into southern england yesterday and will do so today. the cloud to the north is an approaching weather front that will bring about the changes through tuesday. we have the low cloud that has crept in off the north sea, more so than yesterday of southern and eastern scotland, down through the midlands and the east coast of wales, it will slowly ease away and be burned back to the coast, could linger ina be burned back to the coast, could linger in a few spots, and this low cloud across the west and northern isles of scotland, thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle. we also have fog inland across northern ireland and scotland which were clear by the afternoon, it is warm and dry and as windy across northern england. right on the coast that sea fret

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey while ireland's sam bennett moved a huge step closeras won the penultimate stage of the giro rosa. the italian held off dutch rider anna van der breggen, who leads the race after her compatriot annemiek van vleuten withdrew due to injury yesterday. and today, australia's national women's team have scored a bit of an own goal with news today that the team's away kit would not be available for purchase in women's sizes until 2022. a post from the matildas' twitter account revealed the issue in a response to a number of fans requesting the team's green away jersey. and among those unhappy with the decision was matildas player elise kellond—knight, who tweeted the lack of women's sizes was "a fairly significant problem". you can find the latest on golf‘s us open on the bbc news website. that's all from me for now. have a very good evening. hello. well, i think most of us would agree that the last few days have been pretty decent on the weather front. we've had plenty of sunny spells. it's been pleasantly warm, and this spell of settled weat

tadej pogachar poised to become the youngest winner in 111 years having pegged back the favourite primoz roglichar overhauled a 57—second deficit and now has a lead of neearly a minute going into tomorrow's final processional stage to paris. nick parrott reports. it's been described as one of the greatest tribes in the history of the tour de france. this was that they view into the race for him. the reigning champion of the tour of spain, it was you thinking this experience. the 57 second gap at the start of the stage turned around in dramatic fashion. pogacar is the slovenian time trial champion and went forward from the start of the 36 km route. when finished taking the top spot, rod glitch was on the road but he knew he could not catch his compatriot. pogacar won his third stage and more importantly the whole race by almost a minute. today short of the 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. there was something of a surprise result in the english premier league as manchester united lost their opening game of the new season. they were beaten 3—1 by crystal palace at old t

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellowjersey, while ireland's sam bennett moved a huge step closerle, elisa longo borghini has won the penultimate stage of the giro rosa. the italian held off dutch rider anna van der breggen, who leads the race after her compatriot annemiek van vleuten withdrew due to injury yesterday. for the first time since lockdown, rugby's premier european club competition finally resumes this weekend. premiership leaders exeter are trying to reach the semi finals for the first time, while for last year's winners saracens this could be their last competitive game of the season. austin halewood looks ahead to the action. it's the competition they've dominated for years. three titles out of the last four. but the latest was well over a year ago and, since then, saracens's world has been turned upside down. the team heading for relegation after breaking salary—cap rules. their season redundant, apart from this game. a trip to dublin to face leinster, the tea m trip to dublin to face leinster, the team they beat in last year's final. the irish site haven't lost si

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey while ireland's sam bennett moved a huge step closerorghini has won the penultimate stage of the giro rosa. the italian held off dutch rider anna van der breggen, who leads the race after her compatriot annemiek van vleuten withdrew due to injury yesterday. now, australia's national women's team have scfored a bit of an own goal, with news today that the team's away kit would not be available for purchase in women's sizes until 2022. a post from the matildas' twitter account revealed the issue in a response to a lot of fans requesting the team's green awayjersey. among those unhappy with the decision was matildas player elise kellond—knight, who tweeted the lack of women's sizes was "a fairly significant problem". that's all the sport for now. good night. hello. well, most of us had a fine day on friday and this weekend isn't looking bad at all. it's going to be a little on the breezy side across southern parts of the uk, there might be one or two showers around but on the whole a fine weekend. this is what it looks like early in the mo

primoz roglic is the reigning champion of the tour of spain — it was youth against experience.ar is the slovenian time trial champion and went for it from the start of the 36km route. when he finished, taking the top spot, roglic was still on the road, but he knew he couldn't catch his compatriot. pogacar won his third stage and, more importantly, the whole race by almost a minute. two days short of his 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. nick parrott, bbc news. north korea's propaganda machine could never be accused of being ahead of the curve. but there are signs of change signalling a new, more modern approach. pyongyang is believed to be behind several youtube and twitter accounts, aimed at foreign audiences, promoting a benign vision of the country, including a recent video series in english about life in pyongyang. krassimira twigg from bbc monitoring reports. ri chun—hee, the face of north korean state propaganda for decades. now compare this with young video blogger un a. hello, my dearfriends. hi, i'm on a farm today. un a is one of the hosts o

tadej pogacar started the penultimate stage 57 seconds behind the man in the yellow jersey, primoz roglic crossing the line a minute and 21 seconds faster than anyone else. for roglic, still on the road and knowing he let the leader's yellowjersey slip through his fingers, the last stretch of the ride was agony, finishing 59 seconds behind pogacar in the race standings. and for pogacar, who is also set to win both the polka dot and white jerseys for taking out the king of the mountain and young rider classifications, adding the yellow jersey as well was a bit of a shock. i didn't know that i win the yellowjersey until i saw —— i didn't know that i win the stage, that i win the yellowjersey until i saw roglic‘s time just at the finish line. i couldn't believe it myself. i was just out of the world and my mind was just out of my head. for cycling fans in slovenia, the day started with the hope that roglic would be their first ever tour de france champion. but by the end of the day, they were cheering for a different hero. translation: we are happy for today. bit sad for primoz — it didn't w

five stages to go at the tour de france, and slovenia's primoz roglic is still in control at the topw, the main contenders allowed a breakaway to escape. young german rider lennard kemna responded, with his first stage victory at the tour. tadej pogacar in the white jersey of the best young rider, attacked at the end of the stage but couldn't get away from primoz roglic, who's still a0 seconds ahead of him in the leader's yellowjersey. and dillian whyte will get the chance to avenge his knock—out defeat by alexander povetkin in a rematch on november 21st. the british heavyweight‘s hopes of a world—title fight were dashed by povetkin in august when whyte was knocked out in the fifth round. the first fight was staged as part of the matchroom fight camp at their hq in essex. but the venue for the rematch is yet to be confirmed. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. i hope you canjoin me then. thank you, see you later. thank you very much indeed. the shortlist of six authors with uk's most prestigious award has been announced today. the shortlist features four debut nove

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey. event after crashing out of the seven stage, the dutch writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffa ny writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffany corrode title next weekend. beating britain to win the stage. lizzie banks is the highest place britain intent overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future generations and how we can help make great girls and women on and off the court in whatever they decide to do for on the bbc sports websit

primoz roglic holds onto the leader's yellowjersey. didn't arrive at the scene until two hours after the blast — because of confusion over whether there was an ongoing threat there. 22 people were killed when salman abedi detonated a suicide bomb as fans left the arena, following a concert in may 2017. many more were injured. today, the inquiry heard about the last moments before the explosion, as our north of england correspondentjudith moritz reports. all in the same moment, a husband and wife stood with their arms around each other. a schoolgirl told her friend she loved her. a teenager was asked what her favourite song was. but before she could answer, a bomb exploded and took these and 18 other lives away. men, women and children, their futures wiped out in a moment. the detail of their deaths heartbreaking to hear. but the manchester arena inquiry is examining every aspect of the 2017 attack. it is important in the highest degree that we understand what went well on the night of the bombing, but also, what did not. we need to kno

primoz roglic retained the leader's yellowjersey with no change in the top ten of the general classificationte stage of the giro rosa. the italian held off dutch rider anna van der breggen, who leads the race after her compatriot annemiek van vleuten withdrew after breaking her wrist yesterday. that's all your sport for now. just a reminder you can follow the latest from the us open golf on the bbc sport website. the leaderjustin thomas begins his second round in around an hour — he's on five under, one shot ahead of patrick reed and two ahead rory mcilroy. they'll all take to the course after 6pm. lee westwood has slipped well off the pace after a bad day, he's two over through 17. we'll have more on all that on sportsday, but that is all for now. let's return to the tighter restrictions that will come into force in lancashire, merseyside, parts of the midlands and west yorkshire after significant increases in covid—19 cases. blackpool has been excluded from the new rules. dr arif rajpura, director of public health at blackpool coucil, was asked why it escaped the same fate as the rest of l

three stages to go in the tour de france, with primoz roglic still holding the yellowjersey heading intoey tackle a relatively flat 165 kilometres on friday, before a time trial in saturday's penultimate but final competitive stage. and finally, we showed you the tennis earlier — this clip has gone viral. not because of the quality of play but because the lights went out while they were on court. dominik koepfer was beating gael monfils at the time and when the lights came back on he did manage to claim victory. 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, goodbye. it is not only spot, of course, that you can get on our website. all the news can also be available on the website. a lot of business news coming up for you in lot of business news coming up foryou ina lot of business news coming up for you in a few minutes so stay with us. hello. the current spell of settled weather is expected to continue for a few more days yet and friday promises to be another beautiful day across the uk. for some of us, clear blue skie

stage 17 of the tour de france heads out in the coming hours as slovenia's primoz roglic looks to hold, he leads compatriot tadej pogacar by a0 seconds with five stages remaining. frenchman arnaud jerald created history on tuesday by breaking the deepest dive world record in kalamata, greece. the 2a—year—old descended to a depth of 112 metres in bi—fins, breaking the record for the second time in his career, after he held the—then record with 108 metres in may 2019. the dive, which putjerald into the record books, lasted three minutes and 2a seconds. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. free—diving is an extraordinary and potentially dangerous sport. it involves divers heading deep underwater without any breathing apparatus. now, a french man hasjust set a new world record for a type of free—diving, reaching a depth of more than 100 metres. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. waiting is always the hardest part. arnaud jerald had come to greece for this world r

who finished tenth, among the main contenders to maintain his three second lead over slovenia's primoz roglic end of the stage. there's been an alarming rise in reports of discrimation over the past year, up by 42% according to a new report from the equality and inclusion charity kick it out. they've found racial and homophobic abuse has also increased as has abuse across social platforms. there were a total of 446 reports of discrimination in the professional game — compared to 313 last year. racial abuse is up by 53 per cent from 184 incidents to 282. and there's been a 95 per cent rise in reports of abuse based on sexual orientation. at grassroots level while overall figures fell from 113 to 94. however, there were no matches from march due to the pandemic, so comparing the season until then saw an 11 percent rise. two cambridge united home games will host a reduced number of fans next week as part of the government's test events to allow supporters back in to sporting venues. the efl trophy match at the abbey stadium with fulham under—21s on tuesday and the league two game with carlisle n

four stages to go in the tour de france with primoz roglic leading by 57 seconds. far behind colombia's miguel angel lopez on wednesday's alpine stage. he'll start thursday's 175 kilometre ride from meribel to la roche sur—foron third overall. roglic in the yellowjersey is still the man to catch. his nearest rival is taday pog—archer, who is running out of chances to make up ground. and there will be more sport later. there are fewer than fifty days now until america chooses its next president. both main political parties are spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to win the vote in november. but they could apparently save a lot of time and money by simply consulting some shamans in peru, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. in this part of lima, political polling is completely unnecessary. instead, they rely on incense, some maracas and the odd snake. a sacred ritual designed to eliminate the future and predict the next occupant of the white house. so, who's it going to be? translation: joe biden is there to win. he has everything to win. we have seen that t

slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall leader's yellowjersey.on there. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran, has been told she's to face another trial. she was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of espionage. she has always denied the charges. the uk has also insisted she is innocent. it's not clear what new charge she is facing. lets speak now nazanin's local mp, labour's tulip saddiq, who spoke to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe earlier today. can you tell us what she had to say? that is right. i spoke to nazanin's family at great length and was told she was taken to court this morning and will face another trial on sunday this week. it is an extremely worrying development and one that we really were not expecting. the last four years have been excruciating for nazanin, for her husband richard, for their small daughter gabriella who is been growing up without her mother and the un have recognised nazanin's imprisonment as arbitrary and unlawful and another further court case is clearly un—excitable on char

primoz roglic has come through the hardest stage of the tour de france and leads the race by 57 secondsroup of favourites in the alps to win the stage and move up to third place overall. but the yellow jersey of roglic wasn't far behind and crucially finished ahead of the man in second place, tadej pogacar, to add an extra 17 seconds to his lead. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. dominic raab has been meeting his us counterpart, the secretary of state, mike pompeo. part of the discussion covered prospects for a trade deal with the united states after brexit, and mr raab described the oppotunity as a win—win for both nations. this comes after four senior us congressmen warned borisjohnson that a uk—us trade deal would be blocked if there were any risk to the good friday agreement. speaking at a joint press conference, the foreign secretary said the uk was firmly committed to the good friday agreement. the threat to the good friday agreement as is reflected

yesterday's stage alongside his closest rivals, to maintain his three—second lead over slovenia's primoz roglices in the pyrenees. we heard the very rare sound of a crowd at a cricket ground yesterday evening, as some fans were allowed back for the first time this season. it was for the t20 blast game between surrey and hampshire at the 0val. there was a crowd of two and a half thousand, that's about a tenth of the capacity, and they were reminded of what cricket can be like in september as the start was delayed by rain, but at least they could add some oohs and ahhs when play did start. england play the first of three t20 internationals against australia later. and first practice is under way for the italian grand prix — you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. ministers are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months' time. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain "will b

at the tour de france after finishing fifth on stage four, won by one of the race favourites, primoz roglicthe overall rankings. but roglic underlined his tour credentials, with the strongest finish out of all the race favourites. he's up to third place overall. england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dream come true to be called into gareth southgate's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark having impressed for manchester united — where having started the season as a youth player, he finished as a first team regular. you can be called any time and i was called to some year of league games earlier this season. i took my chance really, i'd just been playing and just took everything as a game. i've just been out there playing my football it's a dream come true. i've been playing for england it's on privileged and honoured to as well. i'm just happy to be... i'm just happy arsenal have announced the signing of centre back gabriel from french side lille, the player features in a quirky social media vide