the weather is set and this royal st georges course met we said it had taken — royal st georges courseid it had taken but _ royal st georges course met we said it had taken but it _ royal st georges course met we said it had taken but it has _ royal st georges course met we said it had taken but it has not _ royal st georges course met we said it had taken but it has not bitten - it had taken but it has not bitten yet and doesn't look set to either. it is all tied at the top of the leaderboard as more tears come up for the 18th. leaderboard as more tears come up forthe18th. louis leaderboard as more tears come up for the 18th. louis oosthuizen at the top, 12 under par as he comes down the last, one shot clear of collin morikawa and thenjordan speith as well. you probably cannot write off those in the chasing pack even, the like of cory connors who didn't hit any bogeys. and the spanish favoured coming into the competition is on —7, the world number two after —2 rounds of 68. paul casey and andy sullivan are the best place brits and are on —5 and if you want to keep across all of the hi

32,000 of them allowed in each day here royal st. george'sn each day here royal st. george's. one of the governments test events. got very excited on the 16th when he nearly made a hole in one and then the very next hole only went and drained this shot from the middle of the fairway for in eagle two. that has left them onto underpar. if you want a sense ofjust how busy this course is been, its not been full capacity of course around 32,000 coming in today, they have all been following rory mcilroy and the likes of tommy fleetwood and nicholson. they are way over on the far side of the court. we are here on the second, there are thousands still here watching rory mcilroy and fleetwood to finish this evening. great watching rory mcilroy and fleetwood to finish this evening.— to finish this evening. great to have the open _ to finish this evening. great to have the open back. _ to finish this evening. great to have the open back. thank- to finish this evening. great to | have the open back. thank you to finish this evening. great to - have the o

ben croucher is at royal st george�*s for us and has been following the action.p. yes, really tense here and you call it moving day, but there is no movement at the top of the leaderboard for now. it is all quiet behind me because most of the action is taking place on the far side of the course at the moment. it is louis 0osthuizen you had a two shot lead at the start of the day, that has been reduced to one. he has been playing some calm and consistent golf for the most part, a birdie at seven and nine to —13 he has dropped back to —12. the man chasing him is the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fell apart the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fellapart in the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fell apart in recent years dropped and the world top 50 but he has been producing some of that golf we know all too well, and he isjust a shot behind the south african. huge crowds following them on the far side of the course and it is starting to get very tense. andy sullivan�*s still the best of the british hopefuls, isn�*t he, ben? and ireland�*s shane lowry — de

i claretjug here at royal st george's-_ claretjug here at royal st george's. claretjug here at royal ssociation has confirmed that six athletes and two staff members from the athletics team have come into close contact with an individual who has tested positive for coronavirus. they have all tested negative so far, and have entered into a period of self—isolation in their rooms within the olympic village. that comes after earlier today, the south african 0lympic football team confirmed three of their party, including two players, tested positive just days before their opening match againstjapan on thursday. we opening match against japan on thursda . ~ ., opening match against japan on thursda .~ ., ., , opening match against japan on thursda . ~ . . , ., thursday. we all agree, but at the same time. _ thursday. we all agree, but at the same time, the _ thursday. we all agree, but at the same time, the mingling - thursday. we all agree, but at the same time, the mingling and - thursday. we all agree, but at the - same time, the mingling and crossing of populations is incredibly limite

covid but it's back, with fans and tomorrow morning at 6.35 the first player will tee off at royal st george'soucher reports. teeing it up at last on the kent coast. better late than never. the open championship real st. george's is one of goals most fearsome challenges whether it's the devil is roughly swirling sea breeze or the fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride. it’s fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride.— in for a bumpy ride. it's “ust not as exciting * in for a bumpy ride. it's “ust not as exciting i i in for a bumpy ride. it's 'ust not as exciting i don't h in for a bumpy ride. it's 'ust not as exciting i don't know_ in for a bumpy ride. it'sjust not as exciting i don't know why - in for a bumpy ride. it'sjust not - as exciting i don't know why whether it be a couple of shots to nothing. you know, a couple of blind, a couple of tea shots shots where you can't really see much i'm not too big a fan of that.— can't really see much i'm not too big a fan of that. few tournaments, few tournaments _ big a fan of that. few tournaments, few tournaments provi

ben croucher is at royal st george's for us and has been following the action.last hour or so. we had a three—way tie for the lead about 15 units ago and now it has all changed on what we call moving day at the majors. but no change for louis oosthuizen at the top of the leaderboard. the 2010 open champion had a little bit of a wobble in the middle of the round and madejust one bogey in his first two rounds, but then it made a couple of bogeys in three holes. on the 14th it did not help, but then showed his mettle and made a birdie on the 16th, making all the difference to him. collin morikawa, that means he is a shot behind leader, louis oosthuizen. collin morikawa isjust leader, louis oosthuizen. collin morikawa is just a shot hind and

for the man who becomes the king of royal st. george'sled out of the tokyo 0lympics. evans tested positive for covid—19 and is now self—isolating. he joins a host of players missing out, including johanna konta who announced she'd tested positive on tuesday. rafael nadal and roger federer are also missing from the games which get under way later next week injapan. we're getting to the business end of this year's tour de france and we're also into the steepest climbs. today's 17th stage saw the defending champion tadej pogacar assert his dominance as he seeks successive wins. watching was drew savage. this is what a good day at the office looks like at the tour de france. he had proved his class once again. stage 17 was the first of in the pyrenees. with the hardest climbs left in the race. pogacar already had a big lead, no need to attack but the slovenian does things with style. rigoberto uran, the man second in the standings, was left behind. and then there were three. alongside pogacar, the young danejonas vingegaard wearing white, and

we're live at royal st george's as the second round of the open championship comes to a close. eddy merckx�*s best wishes, mark cavendish couldn't beat his tour de france record today. he'll have to wait until sunday's final stage. i'mjoe wilson i'm joe wilson here at silverstone, where the sun has brought out a big crowd. lots and f1 for us to discuss a little later. welcome to the show. we're getting straight to the golf because the second round of the open at royal st george's is coming to a close, and as always, the oldest major is delivering the very best sport. ben croucher is there for us, and ben, the usa and south africa are continuing to dominate with some wonderful golf on this hardest of courses. we were worried it wasn't going to be difficult but they're making it look easy. be difficult but they're making it look eas . ~ ., ., ~ ., look easy. what do we know when we were saying — look easy. what do we know when we were saying how _ look easy. what do we know when we were saying how hard _ look easy. what do we know when we were saying how hard this _ look easy. wh

championship — and with fans — and tomorrow morning at 6.35 the first player will tee off at royal st george's or the fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride. it's just not as exciting i don't know why whether it be a couple of shots to nothing. you know, a couple of blind, a couple of tea shots shots where you can't really see much i'm not too big a fan of that. few tournaments, few courses provide such unpredictability. ben curtis ranked 396 in the world when he won in 2003. 0r darren clark's unexpected emotional triumph a decade ago. the game has come along way since then but when the lies are uneven things golf could be a real leveler. as i got a little more experience and matured i've been able to play this championship a little bit better. hopefully i can continue that record this week. but it's notjust the players that are happy to be back here at st george's this week we have fans as well. each day of competition up to 32,000 will be in attendance. it's lovely to get out. it's absolutely excellent. in practice he is probably- because everything is up close. been really

to the open first, it's moving day at royal st george's.d a0 minutes, the south african is two shots clear at the top. 0ur reporter ben croucher is there for us. play's been under way since 09:30 — a good day for scotland's robert macintyre but ultimately frustration for rory mcilroy? yes, a glorious day here at royal st george's, definitely not complaining about how warm it is, mr whippy all over the place, temperatures in the mid 20s, conditions reasonable, the wind off the coast is not quite whipping upjust wind off the coast is not quite whipping up just yet. wind off the coast is not quite whipping upjust yet. it has been a challenge for rory mcilroy, struggled for much of the first couple of days, we thought he had brought his a—game, he made five birdies in his third round but slightly unravelled, three bogeys to close on one of the park, leaving him ten shots off the lead, better news for bob mcintyre, the scottish left—handed golfer. five under par round of 65 a few members ago, that leaves him on for under the championship, going

so here's the latest leaderboard from royal st george's.ollin morikawa up at the top there on nine—under. and then daniel van tonder, emiliano grillo and louis 0osthuizen all level on six under. 0oosthuizen, the overnight leader, tees—offjust before 3.00pm. lewis hamilton says winning an eighth formula i world drivers�* title will be a tall order this year. the mercedes driver is 32 points behind max verstappen of red bull before this weekend's british grand prix. there's qualifying today before the new sprint race to decide the grid tomorrow and hamilton is hoping the home crowd of more than ia0,000 will make a difference for him. the roar of the crowd here is unlike anywhere else, so, considering we have had a drought in terms of fans not being at the races in the past year, the energy is definitely very much missed and, yeah, you arrive with his excitement but kind of with this nervousness also because he want to deliver for anyone anyone everyone and you want to do good on the weekend. away from golf, england's lewis ludlow has been ban

the second round of golf�*s open championship is underway at royal st george's in kent.pondent andy swiss is watching. it's about the closest most of us will get to the trophy, the open's favourite photo op doing a roaring trade. but for others here, getting their hands on the real claretjug is what it's all about. rory mcilroy. cheering. after a mixed opening round, the rory mcilroy fan club was out in force but they did not have much to cheer at first, as the putts slipped by and he slipped down the leaderboard. others though were flourishing. especially collin morikawa, a stunning round from the american and soon he led the way. yes! what a day he is having. among a cluster of english players in contention is tommy fleetwood, and he soon gave the home crowd plenty to get excited about. but if you thought that was good, just watch this. carlos ortiz, taking a direct route. at the other extreme though, paul francesco molinari, twice trying and twice failing to get out of a bunker. eventually he did it, but the damage was done. among a few unheralded names going well sou

the final round is well under way at the open at royal st george's in sandwich. louis oosthuizen — who won the open back in 2010 — the man to beat. he's on 12 under par, one shot ahead of america's collin morikawa. he has been through it plenty of times, i have been through it myself enough. it is who is going to take this opportunity. i enough. it is who is going to take this opportunity-— this opportunity. i wouldn't count an one this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out- _ this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out- i— this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't _ this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't look - this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't look at - this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't look at it - this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't look at it as l this opportunity. i wouldn't count anyone out. i don't look at it as a head-to-head, _ anyone out. i don't look at it as a head-to-head, i— anyone out. i don't look at it as a head-to-head, i want _ anyone out. i don't lo

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golf, and the british open's under way at royal st george's in kent.g the day's play. have your qr code on your ticket. what is a little bit of queueing when you have waited two years? after being postponed by the pandemic, a crowd of 32,000 gathered with boundless excitement. regalia;r with boundless excitement. really en'o in: with boundless excitement. really enjoying being _ with boundless excitement. really enjoying being back _ with boundless excitement. really enjoying being back on _ with boundless excitement. really enjoying being back on the - with boundless excitement. tie—ii enjoying being back on the course, lovely day for that, they were looking forward to the day. itrier? looking forward to the day. very secial. looking forward to the day. very special. weather _ looking forward to the day. very special. weather is _ looking forward to the day. very special. weather is shining for us. the fact— special. weather is shining for us. the fact you're out in the fresh air and do _ the fact you're out in the fresh air and do not — the fact you'

of course, we're talking about the british open round one today at the links at royal st george and sandwich's alatorre is born in san francisco, his second shot on the par for 12th finds the bottom of the cup for eagle zealot or a shot of 69. he's five strokes back. another amazing shot brandt snedeker, his second shot. on 17. it takes a hop and goes right into the hole for an eagle of his own. snegur is four shots off the pace after a 68. and how about brian harmon? you want to see a great kick, watch his ball placement on this approach on 18 great use of the slope as the ball nestles up to the whole where he would birdie harmon with a 65 today, tied for second with the 2000 and 17 open champion jordan spieth who drops in this lengthy birdie on five speed. matches harmon 65, both or one stroke back of louis oosthuizen, who tied the lowest score ever at royal st george, thanks to shots like this great tee shot on 16, which would set him up for birdie, the south african who stays in all alone in first place after a six under 64 opening round, folks, we are not out of the woods yet in terms o

. >> to golf, around one of the british open at royal st. george's. jordan spieth at under 16. louis , second place finish at the u.s. open. he is the leader at 6 under part. bryson dechambeau called out cobra, the company that makes his driver and says that club is terrible! a shot in 1/71. looking for his ball left. >>> one more baseball item, the struggling chicago cubs have become their selloff. have traded joc pederson to the braves for a minor-league prospect. peterson grew up in palo alto, 11 homers, 39 rbis this year. >>> warriors start klay thompson turned into captain clay again today, cruising along and answering questions on ig live. when are we going to see steph curry on the high seas? >> steph is busy, man. he has a pham and business to run. i would love to bring dylan out though. it's nice out here today. i'm not drunk, i'm sober as a gopher. are you crazy? >> sob >>> the critically acclaimed 10 part documentary about michael jordan's last championship season and iconic dynasty with the chicago bulls is coming to espn plus. streams image award-winning series, th

our correspondent andy swiss reports from royal st george's.re are chasing the real thing. louis oostheuizen already won it once 11 years ago. commentator: oh, my word! and after another stunning display, he just might do it again on a remarkable 11 under par. but in the sandwich sunshine, he wasn't the only one making hay. this is collin morikawa's debut at the open. as first impressions go, not bad. what a day he's having. these two shots back, while hopes of a home winner are led by andy sullivan, another impressive day keeping him in contention. rory mcilroy. the rory mcilroy fan club was out in force, and they got a few decent moments — but 11 shots back, his hopes looked remote. what they'd all have done for a little bit of this. england'sjonathan thompson thrilling the crowd with a hole—in—one. oh, it's in! itjust doesn't get any better. well, it's been a day of glorious weather and some equally glorious golf, but none brighter than louis oostheuizen's. on this form, he'll take some stopping. andy swiss, bbc news, sandwich. roared on by

. >> to golf, around one of the british open at royal st. george's. jordan spieth at under 16.finish at the u.s. open. he is the leader at 6 under part. bryson dechambeau called out cobra, the company that makes his driver and says that club is terrible! a shot in 1/71. looking for his ball left. >>> one more baseball item, the struggling chicago cubs have become their selloff. have traded joc pederson to the braves for a minor-league prospect. peterson grew up in palo alto, 11 homers, 39 rbis this year. >>> warriors start klay thompson turned into captain clay again today, cruising along and answering questions on ig live. when are we going to see steph curry on the high seas? >> steph is busy, man. he has a pham and business to run. i would love to bring dylan out though. it's nice out here today. i'm not drunk, i'm sober as a gopher. are you crazy? >> sob this is the silence volvo never wants you to hear. so we're as committed to protecting you in an accident, as we are in preventing them. this is volvo on call. is everyone okay? making us one of the safest cars in the us. a

we're talking about the british open round one on the links of royal st george's in sandwich, england of the cup for eagles zealot or a shot of 69. he has five strokes back of the lead. another amazing shot here, brandt snedeker, his second shot on 17. it takes a hop and goes right into the cup for an eagle of his own four shots off the pace after a 68 how about brian harmon? this is a great shot. watch the kick he gets at the great use of the slope as the ball will nestle up near the hole, where he would birdie at harmon with a 65. today, he is tied for second with the 2000 and 17 open champion, and that would be jordan speak, making putts like this one on five. speech matches. harmon 65, both or one stroke back of louis oosthuizen, who tied the lowest score ever at royal st george, thanks to shots like this one on 16, which was set him up for a birdie. the south african news stays in all alone in first place after a six under 64 opening round. all right. imagine about dreaming about playing the olympics your entire life. and then about a week before your set to leave. the dream is o

the open begins this thursday at royal st george's in kent.f with not 100% capacity and living in a bubble, you would have kind of laughed at someone. but you just have to mind yourself. i'm not saying zach did not mind himself, because he probably did and he probably got it somewhere stupid, but that's the nature of the world we live in at the minute. meanwhile the rest of the world's top golfers have arrived in kent ahead of the major championship which starts on thursday. it was a blustery day on the course for phil mickelson the current us pga champion who teamed up with bryson dechambeau and in front of plenty of fans ahead of the opening round. we we re we were postponed last year which was a _ we were postponed last year which was a great disappointment, but we fully understand. we have all suffered _ fully understand. we have all suffered in different ways. and we had 170 _ suffered in different ways. and we had 170 days of no golf last year. but the _ had 170 days of no golf last year. but the set up that they produced this year— but

the venue is royal st george's in kent where more than 30,000 fans watched the opening round and andy little bit of queuing when you waited two years? after being postponed by the pandemic finally the fans flock to sandwich, the crowd limited to 32,000 but under blue skies the excitement was boundless. yes i miss beinu excitement was boundless. yes i miss bein: back excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at — excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at golf _ excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at golf so _ excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at golf so i _ excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at golf so i really _ excitement was boundless. yes i miss being back at golf so i really enjoy - being back at golf so i really enjoy being back at golf so i really enjoy being back at golf so i really enjoy being back on the coast, lovely day for it so looking forward to the day. for it so looking forward to the da . �* , , for it so looking forward to the da . h , ,, for it so looking forward to the da. ., day. it's very special, the weather

they both returned positive pcr tests from the open at royal st george's last week.is safely through to the final of the men's 100 meter breastroke. he topped the time sheets to remain on course to become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title. but the headlines on day two in the pool were saved for 18—year—old ahmed hafnaoui. the tunisian was the slowest qualifier for the men's 400 meter freestyle final, so that meant he was in the outside lane. but a brilliant swim saw him take a shock gold — tunisia's fifth ever gold at the games. and there was a shock winner in the women's road race, too. austria's anna kiesenhofer taken the gold after breaking away from the pack within the first kilometer of the race. she lead for almost every meter of the 137k — she was so far in front of the rest of the pack, that second—placed annemiek van vleute thought she had won the gold, only to be told on the line. but it was kiesenhofer who won austria's first cycling medalfor 125 years. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport

and the masters champion hideki matsuyama has withdrawn from the open championship at royal st george'ss final major, which begins on thursday, by the american harold varner iii. there will be new cricket county champions this season. current holders essex have been forced to abandon their current match because one of the opposition, derbyshire, tested positive for covid. other squad members have been identified as close contacts and the players are now self—isolating. essex needed a victory in the match in derby to keep alive their hopes of finishing in the top two in their group and progressing in the competition. they had got themselves into a strong position after the first day, only for the positive case to force abandonment before day two. now, he was the tournament favourite from start to finish, and at the weekend novak djokovic won the wimbledon men's title, beating italian matteo berrettini in four sets. djokovic has now won three grand slams, and, with the us open and the olympics fast approaching, he's on track to take the golden slam. joe wilson looks at what the future hol

sunshine early at royal st. george. just off the english channel near the cliffs of dover. will had the shot of the day. eagle on 12th. he shot one under. phil mickelson probably wanted to jump off the cliffs of dover, shooting an 80, his worst opening round ever in a major. jordan spieth last major win 2017, british open. in contention again, jordan had six birdies. runner up louis is knock, k knoc ohesh o or after firing a bogey-free six under 64. he leads spieth and brian harmon by one, the ultimate bridesmaid. bryson dechambeau tied for fourth after shooe shooting1. he hit only 4 of 14 fairway. after his round, naturally, he put the blame on the driver. >> with the driver right now, the driver sucks. it's not a good face for me, and we're still trying to figure out how to make it good on the mis-hits. and you know, i'm living on the razor's edge. >> the maker was not happy with the comments. their manager said it's just really, really painful when he says something that stupid. he has never really been happy ever. it's like an 8-year-old that gets mad at you, says i hat

third round from royal st. george's in england.4 13th, the pride of berkeley, collin morikawa with the all around good putt. it's a birdie. he shoots a 11 under par. oosthuizen is under 12. jordan spieth is three back, nine under par. >>> no doubt the women's gymnastics team will be the one to watch in tokyo. the u.s. team took a magical to vault into the top of the podium. this month marks the 25th anniversary of kerry strug doing this. i can remember it like it was yesterday. faulted the u.s. women's gymnastics team to its first all round gold medal at the 1996 atlanta game. >> when you finally win olympic gold, it was here in the united states, that flag was raised, the national anthem was playing, my parents were in the stand. it was just incredible. >> when they show the olympics and they show great moments, you're going to be up there forever. what does that mean to you? >> it's been 25 years. i still hope that my moment will kind of ignite the flame from within in a lot of youngsters out there that may see the vault during t

golf, and the 0pen�*s underway at royal st george's in kent.a 6 under par 64. andy swiss has been watching the day's play. morning, everybody. have your qr code on your ticket. what is a little bit of queueing when you have waited two years? after being postponed by the pandemic, finally the fans flocked to sandwich. the crowd, limited to 32,000, but under blue skies the excitement was boundless. yeah, i think we all miss being back at golf. lovely day for it. really looking forward to the day. it's great. very special. the weather is out and the sun is shining for us. so it's wonderful. good conditions for watching, then. and not bad for playing, either, as a couple of former champions proved. south africa's louis 0osthuizen leading the way on six under par, closely pursued by america'sjordan spieth as he rolled his way into contention. and a cluster of english players, including danny willett, are right there in the chasing pack. well, this course, with its thick rough and its humps and bumps is always the sternest of tests. and whilst some p

championship where south africa's louis 0osthuizen is still leading going into the final day at royal st george's. but the 2010 open champion's advantage is nowjust one shot after he was tailed all the way by americans — colin morikawa and jordan spieth — they'rejust behind him on 11 under and nine under respectively. the round of the day went to scotland's robert macintyre who hit a superb five—under—par 65. max verstappen won formula 0ne's first sprint qualifying race — to take pole for tomorrow's british grand prix. he overtook lewis hamilton at the start and the red bull driver managed to stay in front of him for all 17 laps of this trial qualifying format at silverstone. there were plenty of thrills and spills so the idea really delivered the entertainment to the 100,000 fans watching. valtteri bottas took third place in the second mercedes. but with the points on offer, it means verstappen will start sunday's race — now 33 points ahead of hamilton in the drivers�* championship. real close again between louis and me. he pushed each other hard in the beginning of the race. i expected it to be

both are one stroke back of louis oosthuizen, who tied the lowest score ever at royal st george, thanksshots like this one on 16 that was set him up for birdie. the south african who stays in all alone in first place after a 664 opening round. imagine dreaming your entire life about playing in the olympics and then one week before your set to leave. it's all called off. you can't go. you can't play. what a bummer for bradley bill. that's what happened to the nba second leading scorer he was placed in the covid protocol. he has been ruled out of the olympics just 10 days before team usa was set to play in its first game in tokyo. forward jeremy grant was also placed in the protocol and out of an abundance of caution their tune ups versus australia tomorrow night in las vegas, was also cancelled. the u. s men's soccer team is onto the gold cup quarterfinals after a very impressive win. in fact, one of the most lopsided wins and recent memory usa fans in kansas city dress for the occasion they saw usa put on quite a clinic versus martin. unique 14th minute, darryl dk the header and it's on

the hundred and 49th open is under way at royal st. george's.s for him. and then spieth. 0ne behind with his fellow american brian harmon on five underpar. spieth in really good form after a few shaky years on the tour. just let you know rory mcilroy on the bottom of your screen, he didn't make the cut two years on home soil but he is not doing too well out there today. two overpower, through 11. there is a chance for him to turn things around. that is always good time for for sports day of course you can follow all of those stories on the bbc sports day website. hello again. a full forecast in a moment but first let's cast an eye on what's been going on in europe and that severe weather. read a picture from wednesday which shows a line of severe thunderstorms just locked in the same area for hour upon hour upon hour. we think the heaviest rain which towards the southwest of bonn where 158 heaviest rain which towards the southwest of bonn where158 mm of rain fell in 20 for hours now it looks to be three times the amount of rain would normally se

it is their fifth win in a row there 26 games over 500 great weather at royal st george and sandwich,nd two of the british open shot of the day. jonathan thompson. nice, easy swing. it's a short par 3/16 hole ball lands just off the green takes a hop and goes in for the hole in one his cat. he's excited. he's excited. united thompson's to under nine strokes back cal alum collin morikawa. he's making his open debut, seven birdies on the day great round for him, including this one on number eight. he has in second place, two strokes back at minus nine. everybody chasing louis auguste hazan from 80 yards out. his approach shot on 12 nearly goes in who stays and follows up yesterday's 65 with the 64 today, 11 under par, lowest 36 holes. score in the 149 year history of the open championship. all right, we do have just enough time so we must check this out from the x games. 12 year old g curry. he's building up speed and building up speed. and then andrei, you're going to see the first ever 10 80 on a vert ramp. the kid is 12 years old, the youngest gold medallists ever in x games history.

first golfer to win two different majors at his first attempt, as he lifts the claretjug at royal st george'sd some huge hitting sees england take the t20 series against pakistan to a decider. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. more on a dramatic day at the open golf to come, but we start tonight with the extraordinary events at silverstone, where lewis hamilton has been celebrating winning the british grand prix. nothing too surprising in that, but the story of the race was a remarkable one in which the championship leader max verstappen crashed out on the opening lap. hamilton was blamed for that, given a ten—second penalty, but he still fought back to win, closing the gap on his title rival to just eight points. joe wilson reports. silverstone and a crowd on a pre—covid scale, 140,000. an organised arrangement to be checked. many were supporting the reigning world champion. lewis hamilton started second on the grid in his black mercedes, aware that red bull's max verstappen ahead of him had a faster car and that he had to make an impression quickly. first and second in the drivers�* cham

and the open golf championship returns after two years — 30 thousand enjoying the action at royal st george'shello. very good evening and welcome if you have joined hello. very good evening and welcome if you havejoined us. heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 58 people in germany — and dozens more are missing after the worst floods there in living memory. police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to help stranded residents in areas where some homes have been washed away. parts of belgium, the netherlands and france have also been badly affected. it follows record rainfall in parts of western europe and warnings that there is more to come. our europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the worst—hit areas in western germany. yes, it's been a terrible 2a hours for this part of germany, but, of course, for other parts of europe, too. i'm standing on the banks of the river ahr. you can see just how fast—flowing and swollen it is. people here say around about this time yesterday the water here suddenly rose up and rushed through towns and villages with devastating ef

our reporter ben croucher has been following golf�*s oldest major at royal st george�*s.t name to be etched onto the claretjagged, a two—time major winner at the age ofjust 2a, and he hadn�*t even played links golf a fortnight ago. hisjoy was in played links golf a fortnight ago. his joy was in stark contrast to the other, a leader across the first three rounds but simply could not get going on sunday, finishing far shots off the pace alongsidejohn. he thoughtjordan a challenge, a poor start to his final round, but then he got the crowd dying as he closed within one, but then the parties dried up, which left ten utterly nerveless. the pressure pots just kept rolling into, and us when he thought it might unravel, he drained another. three straight birdies on 78 and nine, so i can surge into the lead from which he was never had it, getting a rapturous reception on the last to finish on 15 under par. he has one be open on his debut. the last man to do that, ben curtis in 2003 right here in sandwich. there is something in the sea air around this place. bank rapture reporting

golf's oldest major is back, the open championship is midway through the first round at royal st george'site its notorious difficulties, the course is playing well with plenty of players under par. the canadian mackenzie hughes is out in front on 5 under. the best of the british players is andy sullivan who's in the clubhouse on 3 under par. rory mcilroy tess off at 20 past 3 along with american patrick reed. great britain's women's football squad will take the knee before their matches at the tokyo olympic games. earlier this month, the rules around athletes protesting at the games were relaxed by the international olympic committee. the gb coach hege riise said the squad "were all united" in their decision to make the gesture. staying with the olympics and britain's men's tennis number one — dan evans has had to pull out after... testing positive for covid—19. he's now self—isolating. evans is one of several players missing the games including yohanna konta, who announced she'd tested positive on tuesday. rafael nadal and roger federer are also out. although not because of covid. well,

with golf and the fourth and final men's major of the year sees the big names head out later at royal st george'ser louis 0osthuizen in the first two rounds while four—time major champion rory mcilroy, the 2014 winner, goes out later in the afternoon with american ryder cup rival patrick reed. there is a lot more variables in the open championship and once you learn that you cannot control those variables and you just have to go out and accept whatever is given to you. so i think as i have gotten more experience and matured, i have been able to play this championship letter and hopefully i can continue that record this week. south africa a held off a british and irish lions comeback to win their match 17—13 in cape town. two tries to the hosts in the first half gave them a 14—point lead before they lost two players to the sin bin just prior to half time. wyn jones scores after the break but it proved to be in vain as the lions lost their first match of the tour, with the three test series set to start on the 24th ofjuly at the same venue. it looks like lionel messi is staying at barcelona but wit

the final round of golf�*s oldest major — the open championship — is underway at royal st george's ins. a sun—soaked sandwich and a day when being a golf fan was about as fun as it gets. when being a golf fan but while they basked in the heat, others were trying to keep their cool. after starting with a two—shot lead, louis 0osthuizen began in his usual unflappable style. but soon he had company — another former champion, jordan spieth, piling on the pressure. and so did collin morikawa as three of them became locked in a thrilling battle. hopes of a home winner are fading. paul casey and the pinpoint—precise andy sullivan the best of the bunch. but they are seven shots back. while rory mcilroy is 11 back after a round which began promisingly before falling away. but at the top of the leaderboard, late drama. spieth missed a tiddler at the last and 0osthuizen edged clear of morikawa. he's led after every round so far. could this once again be his year? and so louis 0osthuizen takes a slender one—shot lead into the final day. this enthralling 0pen remains tantalisingly poised. andy swi

in pursuit of the claretjug at the 149th open, the gates have just opened at royal st george's. the first golfers tee off in half an hour. and we'll reveal the total amount raised for children in need's 2020 campaign. plus, it is a dry sense within state. will it last for the next a0 days? we have at least got the prospect for the next five. good morning. it's thursday, the 15th ofjuly. our top story this morning is a call for sugar and salt taxes to be introduced in england, to improve the nation's health. a landmark report, commissioned by the government, says the money raised by the levy should be used to extend the free school meals programme and pay for gps to prescribe fruit and vegetables. ellie price has more. it's just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what's called social prescribing. patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice here. they also provide healthy food to low income families from the point of referral, we assess a person's

final preparations are under way at royal st george�*s ahead of the start of golf�*s open championshipthe claretjug on sunday. and although the course has got the better of him before, he�*s feeling pretty confident. before we go in the last half an hour england made failure to enact midfielderjadon sancho has posted in social media that hate will never win. afterfinding himself a target of online abuse following his penalty shoot—out minutes on sunday zero 2020 final. there is lots more on that story on the bbc sports website and of course we will have more for you on sports day at half past six. it is intending to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the troubles, related to incidents before 1998, the good friday agreement. speaking of prime minister�*s questions borisjohnson minister�*s questions boris johnson said minister�*s questions borisjohnson said the legacy proposals would allow northern island to draw a line under the troubles. let�*s talk about this now let�*s talk about i�*m joined now by alan mcbride — alan lost his wife and father—in—law in the s

royal st - rough! ben croucher at royal st george is.ance. cavendish successfully made it through the gruelling climbs in the mountains and will look forward to a nice flat stage today with just three stages left — including the processional ride into paris — defending champion, tadey pogarcher should win the general classification again. he has an overall lead of five minutes 45 seconds. (pres)that�*s all the sport for now. you can imagine the relief for the riders. that's all the sport for now. why is rape so infrequently prosecuted? an inquiry by hm inspectorate of constabulary and the fire and rescue service has tried to answer that question. the inspectorates spoke directly to women who had been raped and have today published a separate report, providing their experiences of the police and prosecutor response, and the wider criminal justice system. this is what one of them told the inspectorates, voiced by a producer: i felt more like they were investigating me. ijust thought, why am i the one that's being judged? after, i kind of l

well, he'll be partnered with american patrick reed, and australia's cameron smith, at royal st george'smorrow. it's the british grand prix at silverstone this weekend. last yea r�*s two races there were held behind closed doors, but this time fans will be returning with a capacity crowd of 140,000 expected, as it's one of the government's test events. hoping to impress his home fans, on their return will be williams driver george russell, whom i spoke to earlier. i think we all took it for granted prior to the pandemic and as soon as we didn't have any, the atmosphere wasn't there, it wasn't as exciting and you just didn't get that buzz and fans have slowly started to come back during the season of formula 1 but 140,000 people at silverstone, home race is going to be electric and so exciting for us and driving around seeing everybody, cheering and supporting. got to bring a bit of lap time as well, so overalljust so excited to go back to a bit of normality. and there's plenty more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, including lots more on that breaking news that alun wyn j

drama there — and seemingly at royal st george's too.her is there for us. what's happened ? we wa nted we wanted a drama and boy have we had it in the last half an hour. we have a new leader in the shape of colin morika. they are at the tenth hole at the moment and all of the drama has happened at the seventh hole. he is at —12, colin morikawa, and that is a two shot lead because the overnight leader louis oosthuizen has been struggling today, making two bogeys on his round on the fourth and seventh, which everybody else has been getting birdies on and he has slipped back to —10. what ofjordan speith? is started sluggishly with two bogeys in his first five, but picked up a fine eagle on the seventh hole to hole themselves back into contention, along put and he is only three shots off the pace, just like at the start of the day. the best of the british contingent is robert mcintyre, who finished tied for sixth at his only open appearance couple of years ago, but he is flying along nicely, probably does not have enough holes to get himself

the venue is royal st george's in kent, in the south of england, with more than 30,000 fans watchinga's louis oosthuizen take the clubhouse lead on 6—under par. that was pretty, pretty good. i would have taken one 200 today, it was quite windy but i drove it was quite windy but i drove it well and, you know, flight didn't really good today in the conditions and there were many holes where really good numbers for the shot i wanted to head so everything came together and i made some good putts and it's one of those thing that if you look back, i don't really think i could have scored better. former masters champion sergio garcia almost missed his tee time when he was caught in traffic, but he was given a helping hand and managed a 2—under round to be four off the pace. the spaniard left at 8:10 for a journey that should've taken 20 minutes. all of a sudden, it was 920 and we were still, a bit far away and dark! not moving! so i stopped a policeman and chatted to him and told him i am playing in the tournament and i will miss my start time if i don't get going, and they were nice enough

collin morikawa is leading at the golf open championship, being played at royal st george's in kent.e trophy — the 0pen's favourite photo op doing a roaring trade. but for others here, getting their hands on the real claretjug is what it's all about. this is collin morikawa's debut at the open. as first impressions go... what a day he's having! ..not bad. the american charged to the top of the leaderboard but, as sandwich bathed in the sunshine, others tried chasing him down, among them england's andy sullivan, as he gave the home crowd plenty to get excited about. rory mcilroy! the rory mcilroy fan club was also out in force, and they got a few decent moments. but at level—par mcilroy�*s hopes look remote. at least he wasn't francesco molinari, the former champion twice trying and twice failing to get out of a bunker. third time lucky, but that's his chances gone. jordan spieth's though are very much alive, as he followed a fine first day with a pretty good second one, but what they'd all do for a bit of this. england's jonathan thompson lighting up england'sjonathan thompson lighti

championship by two shots, comfortably holding off his rivals with a faultless final round at royal st george collin morakawa proved he is not most golfers. he began the day behind low use stays on. this is spectacular- _ behind low use stays on. this is spectacular. this _ behind low use stays on. this is spectacular. this is _ behind low use stays on. this isj spectacular. this is spectacular. behind low use stays on. this is i spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular _ spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run — spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of _ spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of birdies - spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of birdies and - spectacular. this is spectacular. a| spectacular run of birdies and then he was four shots clear. a victory procession? not quite asjordan spieth made a charge and close the gap tojust one. spieth made a charge and close the gap to just one. but while this might be collin morakawa�*s first open, it will not be his last. hopes of a british challenge did not quite materialise. sc

the 24—year—old ended on 15—under par at royal st george's at sandwich in southern england to beat fellowt. this is bbc news. hello again. for the majority of us, sunday was another hot and sunny day. indeed, it was the hottest day of the year so far for both england and wales. 30.2 celsius the new mark for wales — that was recorded in cardiff — and 31.6 celsius at london's heathrow, that's also the uk's highest temperature of the year so far, along with england's highest temperature. now, you can see the extent of the day's sunshine. we do have some cloud coming round our area of high pressure into northern areas of scotland. and overnight, that cloud could be thick enough for an odd passing spot of rain through for western aisles and the highlands, but otherwise, it's a dry night with largely clear skies. it is a night, though, where those temperatures are going to struggle to come down, so an uncomfortable night for sleeping. temperatures, 17 in cardiff by the end of the night, 18 in london. a bit fresher for scotland and northern ireland. and temperatures for england and wales in the

we will be live at royal st george's at 8:30 good morning.e all but disappeared. in western germany, three months of rain fell in just 2a hours. the water was so powerful, it crushed a caravan in seconds. residents here say the floods came without warning. translation: everything was under water within 15 minutes. _ ourflat, our office, our neighbours' houses. everywhere was underwater. this motorway in north rhine—westphalia was blocked for kilometres as residents tried to get out. but it was too late for others. translation: i grieve for the people who have lost their lives. _ we don't know the number, but it will be many. some in the basements of their houses, and some who were working as firefighters trying to bring others to safety. across the border in the east of belgium, cars were picked up and carried by the force of the water. this bridge was submerged and covered in debris. in nearby liege, the river is close to bursting its banks and residents were told to leave. translation: i've never seen i anything like this, it's incredible.

picture perfect setting here at royal st george's.overnight leader. started on six under par and then hit four birdies and an eagle in his round as well. chasing behind him is one of the early starters today, colin. nine under par. just behind him isjordan spieth. throngs of spectators watching him. look who isjust before —— beyond him, dustin johnson, making the most of the quiet evening wind which is making a real difference and making this course a lot more benign at this stage but if we look further down, shane larry, the defending champion, he is going nicely at the moment as well on three under par but rory mcilroy, the northern irishman of the 2014 champion, had a very difficult day. it looks like he is going to make the cut though, he is on even par but even by his own high standards, battling his game is not a fun place to be. i need to go out and play really well tomorrow and i need to pray for wind in _ well tomorrow and i need to pray for wind in the _ well tomorrow and i need to pray for wind in the afternoon. see where t

at this time, both he and dish number returned positive pcr tests at royal st george's last week —— dechambeaulifier for the men's 400 metre freestyle final, so that meant he was on the outside lane, but he relates when the saw him take a shot gold. only tunisia's fifth at any olympics. a shock winner in the women's cycling road race. anarchy is an offer broke away from the pack and the first kilometre of the race —— anna kiesenhoffer. it left her, as you can see, exhausted after she won austria's for cycling medal at the games are for 125 years. that is all your support for now. you can find lots more in all of those studies from the olympics on the bbc sport website. bbc dot co .uk forwards i sport. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, heavy showers and thunderstorms are still in the forecast this afternoon across parts of central, southern and south—east england. a few of those could filter their way up into parts of east anglia, the midlands, maybe east wales and south—west england. but by and large, the further north and west you are, it's mainly dry, plenty