and fittingly it was reece topley erect up victory with a record performance.for british cycling fans. tom pidcock has won today's 12th stage of the tour de france, and not far behind him was the four—time champion chris froome, who rolled back the years in the mountains. but no change in the overall lead. jonas vingergaard keeps his healthy two—minute—plus advantage. nick parrott reports. sometimes the tour de france gives a feeling of deja vu. for the second day in a row, riders had to get over the mountain. 0n the descent, a familiar name chasing down the leading group, four—time winner chris froome. he's struggled since a career—threatening crash three years ago, but here he was surging towards the front alongside fellow brit tom pidcock. they made their move more than 60 miles from the finish, but were still on the front showing he can beat the best on the road as well. pidcock recently signed a five—year contract with grenadiers and by winning the stage by a8 seconds, he has given british cycling fans a vision of the future. nick parrott, bbc news. in the

but stilljos buttler needed a bowling hero to avoid a serious loss, and he found one in reece topley.'s 12th stage of the tour de france, and not far behind him was the four—time champion chris froome, who rolled back the years in the mountains. but no change in the overall lead. jonas vingergaard keeps his healthy two—minute—plus advantage. nick parrott reports. sometimes the tour de france gives a feeling of deja vu. for the second day in a row, riders had to get over the mountain. on the descent, a familiar name chasing down the leading group, four—time winner chris froome. he's struggled since a career—threatening crash three years ago, but here he was surging towards the front alongside fellow brit tom pidcock. they made their move more than 60 miles from the finish, but were still on the front showing he can beat the best on the road as well. pidcock recently signed a five—year contract with ineos grenadiers and by winning the stage by a8 seconds, he has given british cycling fans a vision of the future. nick parrott, bbc news. in the women's euros, france booked their place in

south africa's mammoth chase got off to a poor start, with reece topley continuing his good form from in the game for a while yet, though, thanks to half centuries from reeza hendricks and tristan stubbs, with an extraordinary innings in which he also cleared the boundary eight times. richard gleeson eventually got stubbs for 72 offjust 28 balls, one of three wickets in the penultimate over, with south africa eventually falling way short of their target. meanwhile, scotland were on the end of a big defeat in the first of their two match t20 series against new zealand. finn allen's 101 took the black caps to 225—5 off their 20 overs. and then, ish sodhi took four wickets to leave scotland 68 runs short in edinburgh. and the 6—1 on favourite baaeed continued his remarkable unbeaten run to win the sussex stakes at the goodwood festival. ridden byjim crowley and trained by william haggas, baeed romped home to make it nine wins in nine races. modern games was second, with alcohol free third. head to the bbc sport website and the app with news today. deena asher smith has withdrawn from the

reece topley took 6 for 2a — the best ever bowling figures by an english player in a men's one—day internationalt old trafford on sunday. this game is going to hurt us a little bit, no doubt about that, but we've come back really well in the past and we know as individuals what we need to do as a team, to come back and make sure things get done. so yes, it's going to be an exciting game on sunday, we look forward to that. and stage 13 at the tour de france moves away from the mountains and finishes in saint etienne on friday. britain's tom pidcock will be going into it, on a high. the olympic mountain bike gold medallist and cyclo—cross world champion won stage 12 and was first to the summit finish at alpe d'huez to win by a8 seconds to claim his first stage victory in one of cycling's grand tours. denmark's jonas vinegaard retained the yellowjersey — and leads by more than 2 minutes from the defending champion tadej pogacar. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. ivana trump, the first

reece topley was the hero of the day at lord's and he continued his excellent form in manchester witha. he then followed that up with the dismissal of virat kohli for the second time in two matches to put in england in a strong position to seal the series. indy at the moment are 72—3 in the 17th over, with work to do. —— india at the moment. manchester united have this afternoon confirmed their third major summer signing. they've reached an agreement with dutch club ajax for the defender lisandro martinez. it's understood the fee will be around £57 million. the defender�*s arrival will see him reunited with former ajax manager and now current united boss erik ten hag. at the euros, all four teams can still qualify from group c today. netherlands and sweden lead the way but know they can't afford to lose their games against switzeralnd and portugal. the dutch are the defending champions but will still be without their star striker vivianne miedema who's isolating with covid. both those games kick off in the next hour. to the united states where day 3 of action at the world athletics ch

reece topley gave england a dream start with the ball, taking the first three indian wickets including lords. and after a recovery of sorts, suryakumar yadav fell to craig 0verton, who earlier made a crucial 32 with the bat, india found themselves staring down the barrel at 72—4. 147 for 4 in the 29th over. to the euros then where any of the four teams in group c can still make it through to the knockout stages. both of the final group games kicked off around quarter of an hour ago. netherlands and sweden lead the way but know they can't afford to lose their games against switzeralnd and portugal. these are live pictures from bramhall lane where the dutch, the defending champions, are still be without their star striker vivianne miedema who's isolating with covid. they are currently live on bbc2. meanwhile, this is the scene at leigh sports village where sweden who were second in the group on four points after the first couple of games , are up against portugal who need a win. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the golf — we can speak to our correspondentjohn campbell.

then south africa's mammoth chase got off to a poor start — reece topley continuing his good form fromeventually falling way short of their target. meanwhile, scotland were on the end of a big defeat in the first of their two—match t20 series against new zealand. finn allen's 10! took the black caps to 225—5 off their 20 overs. then ish sodhi took four wickets to leave scotland 68 runs short in edinburgh. and the 6—1 on favourite, baaeed, continued his remarkable unbeaten run to win the sussex stakes, at the goodwood festival. ridden byjim crowley and trained by william haggas, baeed romped home to make it nine wins in nine races so far. modern games was second, with alcohol free third. just to let you know before i go, the commonwealth games starts, of course, in the coming days. and if you'd like to get everything that you'd ever need in terms of a preview, head to the bbc sport website and the app with news today. but dina asher—smith has withdrawn from the competition — that in today. but that's it for the sport for now. hello there. the weather story's looking pretty benign for th

but thanks to an inspired performance from reece topley, the visitors didn't get anywhere near, as heu can see just how much it meant to him. afterwards he said it was one of his best experiences in cycling. france booked their place in the quarter finals of the euros with a game to spare, after beating belgium 2—1 in rotherham. belgium had levelled france's early goal, but the french quickly responded through griedge mbock to put them back in control. they missed a penalty late on, but by then they'd already done enough to win the game and reach the last eight. valentina bergamaschi was italy's saviour, as they scraped a h draw with iceland. the draw means both sides have a fighting chance of making the quarter finals. back to tonight, where it's another clash of home nations, as england take on northern ireland here in southampton. it will mark the end of northern ireland's euros adventure, as they lost their opening two games. but against england, they will want to leave the tournament on a high. it will be tough up against the hosts, though, who beat norway 8—0 in their last group