all set to win the yellowjersey — tadej pogacar�*s second tour de france title will be confirmed tomorrowpenultimate stage with a lead of over five minutes. a good day, too, for the formula one championship leader — max verstappen will start the british grand prix from pole after winning the new trial sprint race at silverstone. and all smiles for st helens, who fightback to beat castleford in a thrilling challenge cup final at wembley. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. they don�*t call it moving day for no reason — plenty of drama at the open golf today, where louis 0osthuizen began his third round with a two—shot lead. but is that still the case? ben croucher is at royal st george�*s for us and has been following the action. it�*s getting tight at the top. 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

as expected, slovenia's tadej pogacar won the overall yellow jersey, as drew savage reports.un the day hoping to read up on amazing come back to with one more stage when. starting alongside tadej pogacar, who had an easy day i had come traditionally the right into paris is a victory lap for the man in yellow and their markable young slovenian had earned a day off after defending the title he won last year in style. but once the race hit the shops in lisee, it was all business for anyone wanting the glory of a stage when in paris. it had been a fairy tale return for cavendish come from a select come up to the race after three years of interest and illness to winning a stage and winning three more to finally equal the all—time record. and it took a brilliant spring from another belgian to spoil the ending and stop him from beating it. third confirmed cavendish's spot on the podium but he clearly hope for more. that's all from sportsday. the highlights from collin morikawa's great when at the open championship beginning on bbc two shortly but for me in the team that is it for us

it will be hard to challenge tadej pogacar who leads by five minutes or even finish alongside him onier is opted not to chase the stage went today. however patrick conrad did as he broke three and held on for 18 miles, the first professional stage win for the 29—year—old from vienna which meant everything to him. while the other leading contenders all finish together, the battle for your lubricant miss tomorrow but time is running out. —— the battle for yellow will recommence tomorrow. he's won seven world titles and is the most successful driver formula i has ever seen. now lewis hamilton has a new mission — to make the sport more diverse. his plan is to get more young black people to take up science and engineering subjects. he's been speaking to sally nugent about it. music. lewis hamilton, good morning. good morninu. lewis hamilton, good morning. good morning- you're _ lewis hamilton, good morning. good morning. you're making _ lewis hamilton, good morning. good morning. you're making a _ lewis hamilton, good morning. good morning. you're making a very - morning. you're making a

silver went to belgium, by the width of attire from tour de france champion tadej pogacar who took thel. that put slovenia on the medals table for the first time and tadej pogacar won the tour de france last week so i'm don't think he will be too disappointed. i don't know whether senor carapaz finds it easier to deal with the intense heat and humidity a lot of athletes have to try to adjust to. some of the tennis players seem to have struggled? they did, but we have heard a lot about the heat and experts and athletes way before the games began in tokyo were raising concerns aboutjust how hot it would be over there. after the first day of the tennis tournament, a number of the players said the conditions are too difficult to play in. two particular ones mentioned it, the top two men's seeds. novak djokovic and daniel medvedev the russian have both called on the organisers to move matches to later on in the day so conditions aren't quite as oppressive. temperatures when djokovic and medvedev were on court stayed at around 33 degrees for the entire match with extreme humidity as well. bo

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all set to win the yellowjersey — tadej pogacar�*s second tour de france title will be confirmed tomorrowltimate stage with a lead of over five minutes. a good day too for the formula one championship leader max verstappen, who'll will start the british grand prix from pole after winning the new trial sprint race at silverstone. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. it's been a dramatic hour at the open golf since we were last with you. withjordan spieth and collin morikawa fighting hard. but louis oosthuizen, who began the third round with a two—shot lead, is trying to keep his nose in front. ben croucher is at royal st george's for us and has been following the action. it has come alive in the 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

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tour de france.his nearest rival. but geraint thomas�*s challenge is over after he lost 35 minutes today. drew savage reports. the defending champion back in the yellow jersey, the defending champion back in the yellowjersey, and good luck to anyone trying to take it off him. the first stage in the alps helped whittle down the competition. darren thomas found himself at a group in the back on a monday�*s crash, today�*s his hope vanished into the distance, losing 35 minutes was not —— geraint thomas. he would have to battle to finish. at the front, there were two contests. dylan soared away. the stage when it would be his. but afterfounder paul was left behind, rivals were left gasping for breath. richard�*s is in sixth place overall. pogacar and questionably this target man in the mountains he leads by a minute and 48 seconds, but none could even get close. —— unquestionably. india women have won the third one day international against england by four wickets with three balls to spare. india won the

tadej pogacar looks set to retain he tour de france title this evening, as the race concludes in pariskept his substantial lead intact after yesterday's 20th stage. the tradition is that no one challenges the yellow jersey in paris, but there's still chance for mark cavendish to make history on the champs elleyses. as drew savage reports. after 2,054 miles of dominating the tour de france, tadej pogacar finished stage 20 with a lead of more than five minutes. today he'll be drinking champagne on the road to paris. others will be relieved it's over. geraint thomas had hoped to challenge him but a crash and a others will be relieved it's over. geraint thomas had hoped to challenge pogacar but a crash and a dislocated shoulder ended that. next for him the tokyo 0lympics. thomas stayed in the race to help his team—mate richard carapaz richard carapaz finish third overall for britain's ineos grenadiers team. while chris freeman's return from injury was almost scuppered by a crash on day one. he's done well to make it this far. most riders will take it easy on the final stage. the belgian wo

. _ tadej pogacar is set to win the tour de france again after making it through the last time trial minutes 20 seconds. with the tradition that no—one attacks the yellow jersey on the final day, he'll be confirmed as champion in paris tomorrow. the other parisian tradition is a sprint finish on the champs—elysees, and mark cavendish will be wearing the green jersey to contest that. drew savage reports. starting with such a big lead, tadej pogacarjust had to make it to the finish. no chance of any penultimate stage drama this year. the young slovenian has been in stellar form. in contrast to chris froome, who must have been relieved to get this far after crashing on day one of his comeback from injury. while mark cavendish has exceeded all expectations after his surprise late call up. while most can take it easy in paris tomorrow, he has every chance of a record—breaking 35th sprint victory, and winning the green jersey. but it's been tough for geraint thomas — another crash and a dislocated shoulder ended his challenge for yellow. he's done his best to help ecuadorian team—mate rich

but tadej pogacar is two minutes clear of o'connor in the yellow jersey, and more than five ahead ofn the face of constant surprises so far but would there be any more? well, yes. it's rare for anyone near the race lead to make it into a breakaway but ben o'connor managed it. although as he started the day 1ath, over eight minutes behind pogacar, maybe the defending champion could afford to relax just a little bit. o'connor was having the ride of his life. the young australian has won a stage at the giro d'italia before, but now in the alps he was heading for a really big win. the yellow jersey group had to respond, which included geraint thomas — looking stronger after losing 35 minutes yesterday. he led the counterattack to help ineos team—mate richard carapaz. but o'connor still had time in hand to win the stage handsomely and move up to second overall. but pogacar is still two minutes and a second ahead of him in the standings, and he rode away from the rest of his rivals including carapaz. no—one else, now, within five minutes of him. drew savage, bbc news. to rugby union now an

today's 17th stage saw the defending champion tadej pogacar assert his dominance as he seeks successive 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 richard carapaz, the ecuadorian in the colours of britain's ineos grenadiers — promoted to second and third overall. most likely fighting to finish closest to pogacar in the battle for yellow — but all three wanted the glory of the stage win. carapaz made his move with a mile to go but although pogacar didn't need to win the stage, he wanted to. a scenario that made the outcome as inevitable as it was impressive, an iconic victory that would extend his lead to five minutes 48 seconds. vingegaard second, carapaz third with four stages to go, it may stay like that all the way to paris. jadon sancho has responded to the ra

tadej pogacar has increased his lead at the tour de france to more than 5 minutes.an finished ath on stage 11, which was won by belgium's wout van art. britain's mark cavendish, in the greenjersey, finished before the cut—off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling the record of 3a stage wins tomorrow. 8 british and irish lions players are isolating after one of the management team tested positive for covid—19. their latest tour match against the natal sharks looked like it might be injeapordy, but the match will go ahead tonight. that kicks off at 7pm. and the ecb have confirmed that all of the england squad and their staff have tested negative for covid—19, ahead of their 0di series against pakistan which starts tomorrow. ben stokes will captain the make—shift team after the original squad were forced into isolation after a covid outbreak in the camp. well now it's time to head back to wembley, where the countdown to england against denmark continues. yeah, we are getting closer, and ten minutes before the second of these euro semi finals, england against denmar

also coming up in the programme — time is running out for the ineos grenadiers to challenge tadej pogacar the yellow jersey at the tour de france, with five stages to go. hello there, and a very warm welcome to the programme. the prime minister, borisjohnson, says the uk still has a very good case to still host a world cup in 2030 despite the ugly scenes of violence on sunday as fans broke into wembley without tickets ahead of the euro 2020 final between england and italy. european football bosses are launching a disciplinary investigation into the disorder. joe lynsky reports. wembley was the hope 8 euros games. it was a glimpse for the country. an entire tournament in the uk and ireland, that is the hope for 2030. when the world cup grows to 48 teams, the government says it wants to bring the british isles together but on sunday there was confrontation. before the final, wembley was breached. the scenes outside and in the ground are under scrutiny. uefa have issued fines on four counts, including the booth for the italian anthem them about the f8 thinks what still matters is the whole p

at the tour de france — defending champion tadej pogacar remains in the race leaders yellow jersey withn stage with two very challenging days in the pyrenees tomorrow and thursday. all the main contenders finished together, so pogacar�*s five minute 18 second lead is intact. austria's patrick konrad broke away with 23 miles to go and managed to hold off an 8 man chasing group to win the stage, his first grand tour victory. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden accuses republican—controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on voting rights following donald trump's defeat in the 2020 election. there's an unfolding assault taking place in america today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. the former boss of nissan describes how he escaped from house arrest injapan hidden a box like this — loaded onto a private plane. the 30 minutes waiting in the box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of wait i've

the tour de france's defending champion and race leader — tadej pogacar has won his second consecutive last mountainous one in the pyrenees, and it was a race to the line between the top three in the overall standings. pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz who remain second and third. the slovenian extended his lead to 5 minutes and 45 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. hello again of full uk forecast in a moment but let's cast an eye on what's been going on in europe and not severe weather. this is the radar picture from wednesday that we chose a line of severe thunderstorms just walked in the same areas for ourfun hour upon hour. we think the heaviest rain was towards the southwest of bonn were hundred and 50 mm of rain fell in 20 for eight hours that looks to be three times the amount of rain would normally see in the hole in the mouth ofjuly —— 24 has resulted in catastrophic floods. thejet —— 24 has resulted in catastrophic floods. the jet stream was largely responsible because we have this cut of low over germany locked in place, couldn't move because of the je

tadej pogacar maintains his overall race lead.use lead on the opening round of the scottish 0pen at the renaissance club, in north berwick. the englishman is ranked 3—hundred and 53rd in the world. he's one shot ahead of lee westwood and americanjustin thomas. and harlequins' premiership—winning number eight alex dombrandt will make his test debut for england against canada tomorrow. flankers sam underhill and lewis ludlow, who again captains the side, complete the back row. lock harry wells, centre dan kelly and wing adam radwan win their first caps. well staying with rugby. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland believes that the test series against south africa "will go ahead". that's despite covid outbreaks in both squads, with little over two weeks to go until the first test match. the lions' tour game against the bulls on saturday was cancelled earlier this week, but they're hopeful of playing the sharks again, who they comfortably beat 54—7 last night. i honestly believe that we will have the test series and

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken another big step towards the defence of his tour de franced 5 minutes and 45 seconds. to remain in yellow with just three stages to go, as drew savage reports. the competition has done everything they could to try and beat them but nothing was going to take the yellow jersey off his back. even the combined might of the succeeding leaving behind those lower down the overall standings. as the riders tackled the final mounting in this years tour. including cavendish but he did what he needed to. finished within the current time so we can challenge tomorrow for a 30 for stage when on the flat. those were hoping for more twists and turns in the battle for the yellow jersey were going to end up disappointed. but they got another mounting master class champion at the edge ofjust 22 the slovenian has made this racism. then they are in second overall and carol pass and ilio sent third a case of deja vu as the catcher rode away. no more mountains for him to conquer with a lead of five minutes and 45 seconds the podium in paris is within touching distan

silver went to belgium, by the width of attire from tour de france champion tadej pogacar who took thehat put slovenia on the medals table for the first time and tadej pogacar won the tour de france last week so i'm don't think he will be too disappointed. i don't think he will be too disappointed.— don't think he will be too disappointed. don't think he will be too disa ointed. ., �* ~ ., disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it _ disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it easier - disappointed. i don't know whether richard carapaz finds it easier to i richard carapaz finds it easier to deal with the intense heat and humidity a lot of athletes have to try to adjust to. some of the tennis players seem to have struggled? the dead, players seem to have struggled? tue dead, but players seem to have struggled? tte dead, but we players seem to have struggled? "ttj: dead, but we have players seem to have struggled? ttj: dead, but we have heard a

slovenia's tadej pogacar goes in this — fresh from winning the tour de france.eks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. after lighting the flame at the opening ceremony home favourite naomi osaka plays sunday. japanese support will also be high for the women's football. the 2012 silver—medallists play team gb. meanwhile team usa will hope to overcome their disappointing defeat to sweden when they play new zealand. and there's a debut for a new form of basketball: a three players a side event. these games have been a long time in the making. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes was with a family as they watched the opening ceremony. for the uno family, it has been a long, anxious wait to get to this moment. the unos are serious olympic fans. dad has spent over £3000 on olympic tickets, so you can imagine the mixed emotions they're feeling tonight. yeah, we think about, you know, the kids. it's their very first time to hold their olympics injapan, so we were excited. "i am very disappointed," masato uno says, "i

rider conquered the bruising mountainous finish in tignes and is second behind defending champion tadej pogacar ineos grenadiers took charge of the yellow jersey group. the race resumes with a relatively flat stage on tuesday between albertville and valence. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. 0ur our thanks to marc and the temples of apparently was all about the brawl in austria for about the brawl in austria for a traditional glassblowing competition that have you questioning technique. the contest which has been inscribed on the unesco intangible in heritage list shows, involves that manual mowing the grass and is judged by the time, effort and amount thatis by the time, effort and amount that is known. the top three are recognised as the best mower leading the mowing of the all surrounding fields to gather hay for cattle. a vital part of the area's economy. apparently among the other things unesco has made hay over is making because —— taking because course. —— making cous cous. hel

slovenia's tadej pogacar goes in this — fresh from winning the tour de france.st two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. after lighting the flame at the opening ceremony home favourite naomi osaka plays sunday. japanese support will also be high for the womens�* football. the 2012 silver—medallists play team gb. meanwhile team usa will hope to overcome their disappointing defeat to sweden when they play new zealand. and there's a debut for a new form of basketball: a three a side event. japan's women opened the tournament against the russian team competed under a neutralflag but lost 21—18. but the threat posed by covid hasn't gone away. there have been 127 positive cases around the games so far, and one of them — for the czech beach volleyball player marketa slukova meant that their opening match on friday againstjapan was cancelled and a win was awarded to the hosts. these games have been a long time in the making. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes was with a family as they watched the opening cer

replaces nairo quintana as the leader of the king of the mountain's competition, while slovenia's tadej pogacar and the second one day international between england and pakistan at lord's. rain reduced the match to 47 overs a side. england managed just 2117 all out, with phil salt and james vince both making half centuries. in the last few minutes, pakistan have been bowled out for 195. england winning by 52 runs. there's more details on that story and on all the others we featured on the bbc sport website, but that's it for now. jane dougall there at the bbc sport centre. the british billionaire businessperson sir richard branson is set for his latest venture. he will fly to the edge of space as a passenger in the back of the unity rocket plane his virgin galactic company has been developing in the us for the better part of two decades. here's the rocket on a test flight. if all goes according to plan, the flight will last about 90 minutes, taking mr branson and his crew in an almost vertical climb through the outer fringe of earth's atmosphere. and if successful, it will will give him braggin

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tour de france.y could match pogacar, as the race arrived in the alps. he now leads by one minute 48 seconds. dutch rider dylan teuns won the stage but is only 18th in the standings. while richard carapaz, who's sixth overall, is the best—placed rider from britain's ineos grenadiers team, after thomas struggled in the mountains. max verstappen will be hoping to extend his lead in the formula one drivers championship after claiming pole position for tomorrow's austrian grand prix. roared on by thousands of his passionate fans at the red bull ring, he was the quickest in qualifying for the third race in a row. britain's lando norris will line up alongside him after missing out on the top spot byjust five hundredths of a second. world champion lewis hamilton, who's signed a two—year contract with mercedes, could only manage fourth on the grid. the first of tonight's two quarterfinals is nearing its end. denmark taking on the czech republic. the winner will face either engalnd or the ukraine. an early go

slovenia's tadej pogacar goes in this, fresh from winning the tour de france.k out for the tennis. just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. he's going for the golden slam — which would be gold here along with four grand slam titles. and home support forjapan is likely to be high at the womens�* football match against team gb. japan were silver medalists in 2012. meanwhile, team usa will hope to overcome their disappointing defeat to sweden in the opener when they play new zealand. and there is a debut for a new form of basketball — a three—a—side event, it's played on a half court with both teams shooting into the same hoop. well, these games have been a long time in the making. and our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes was with a family as they watched the opening ceremony. for the uno family, it has been a long, anxious wait to get to this moment. the unos are serious olympic fans. dad has spent over £3000 on olympic tickets, so you can imagine the mixed emotions they're feeling tonight. yeah, we

wout van aert of belguim won silver by a tyre width ahead of tour de france champion, tadej pogacar whoput slovenia on the medals table. tough time for the tennis player. concerns raised by novak djokovic. but after just the first day of the tennis tournament a number of players have said the conditions are too difficult to play the world's top two men's players — novak djokovic and daniil medvedev — have both called on the organisers to move matches to later in the day, so the conditions aren't quite as opressive. the temperatures on court stayed at around 33 degrees celsius — with extremely high humidity too. both players said they were the toughest conditions they had ever had to deal with. but they both comfortably made their way through to the next round in straight sets. they will be hoping that those matches going forward in a tournament can be moved to later in the day. plenty more to come throughout the evening. now, back to the studio. emergency workers in western india have been frantically trying to rescue around 50 people feared trapped in a landslide triggered by monsoon r

tadej pogacar is within touching distance of a second successive tour de france title as heads into stageinish of stage 18 on thursday to extend his overall lead to five minutes and 45 seconds. jonas vingegaard and richard carapaz finished second and third. pogacar is expected to win the time trial on the penultimate stage on saturday to seal his tour defence. it's been announced that the rugby cup in england will be held and the favourites australia i get to sign up organisers are confident they will, now it has been agreed that it was started in october with the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments taking place simultaneously for the first time. 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 that's your sports news for now. ten years ago, amy winehouse was found dead in herflat in north london. a hugely successful performer, she found it hard to shake her demons. now her parents, janis and mitch, are telling her story in a new bbc documentary called reclaiming amy. they spoke to our music reporter, mark savage, at t

tadej pogacar strenghtened his grip on the yellowjersey, winning wednesday's stage and increased hisout van aert. britain's mark cavendish in the green jersey finished before the cut off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling eddy merckx record of 34 stage wins. 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, goodbye. thank you, mark. england are in the final of the major football tournament for the first time in 55 years. they will play italy at wembley this weekend after beating denmark 2—1 in the second semi—final. as you can imagine, plenty of celebrations in london and across england last night. covid restrictions notwithstanding. goodness knows what the scenes actually will look like ever england win on sunday. fingers crossed, forgive me for being biased. back shortly. well, quite a lot of pent—up energy in the atmosphere wednesday afternoon and evening. we had some thunderstorms, some really quite heavy downpours. you can see the showers — that was earlier in the last 10—12 hours or so. and then, tow

defending champion tadej pogacar is within reach of a second tour de france title as he takes a big lead39 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger with four stages remaining. tennis — and the top seed stefanos tsitsipas is through to the quarter—finals of the european open in hamburg. the world number five from greece — who's already won two tours titles on clay this year — beat germany's dominik koepfer in straight sets. tsitsipas — who was given a wildcard to compete — won 7—6, 6—3, and he'll play croatia's filip krajinovic in the last eight. 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 that's your sports news for now. thank you, tolson. music streaming is a boon to the listener, making thousands of tracks available for a small monthly fee. artists though have long claimed it delivers them pitiful returns — and senior british lawmakers agree. they're calling for a "complete reset" of the market, with musicians given a "fair share". our business reporter, ramzan karmali, has more. # freaked # frea ked out! # freaked o

carapaz broke away from a group that included tour champion tadej pogacar with six kilometres to go and olympic gold that ecuador have won, their last coming in 1996. pogacar took the bronze medal behind belgium's wout van art. but former tour de france champion geraint thomas saw his medal hopes dashed after crashing for a second successive games. his teammmate tao geoghegan hart hit something in the road and took thomas down with him. they did continue but eventually withdrew from the race. basically, there was a little metal ridge in the middle—of—the—road, and he had that — his front wheel went. so his bike went there with nowhere to go. i hit the floor myself and landed on my right side, the same shoulder that i did on the tour. but luckily it stayed in. that was one positive. helen glover is aiming to win her third gold medal, 1a months after giving birth to twins. she's the first british mother to compete at an olympics in rowing. the good news is that she and polly swann are through to the semifinals of the women's pairs, but they could only finish third in their heat. that's gl

tadej pogacar is set to successfully defend his tour de france title this afternoon, as the race concludesbstantial lead. aand with the tradition that no—one attacks the yellowjersey on the final day, he's set to be confirmed as champion in paris. the other parisian tradition is a sprint finish on the champs—elysees — where mark cavendish could set a new record for 35 stage wins on the tour, and take the sprinter�*s green jersey. british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says there'll be some tight calls when he picks the side for the first test in south africa next weekend. they thrashed stormers 49—3 in their final warm—up match. exeter�*s sam simmonds was just one of seven try scorers. tour captain, alun wynjones, came off the bench, to complete an incredible return to action just three weeks after dislocating his shoulder. there is going to be some type calls with regards to the back three in the make—up of the back three, the loose forwards and how that mix is going to look as well. that is probably the tightest calls we've got to make in trying to get the balance right in tho

sweltering 33 degrees heat, add another tour de france winner, i mentioned geraint thomas, but tadej pogacar peloton, what happened earlier was that thomas and fellow brit tailgate and heart, they are out of contention now because they both crashed, they were on the tarmac earlier in the race. they managed to climb back onto their bikes, with some painful bruises, they are back on but it seems they are too far back to make up their ground. you have to remember that poor old geraint thomas also suffered a crash and missed out on a medal at the last x in rio. —— last olympics. mike, thank you very much. elsewhere in tokyo, our correspondent mariko oi is on the streets of tokyo to gauge the atmosphere in the city where so many would rather the spectacle wasn't happening. well, samantha, last night when we were here for the opening ceremony, this place was jampacked with not much social distancing taking place. as you say, lots of people still queueing up to take a picture with the olympic rings. i think it is fair to say that some people are getting excited. of course, we had those protests as

captain joe root starring after collecting his 150th odi cap reigning tour de france champion tadej pogacarenian was 19 seconds quicker than the next best as he posted an extremely fast time in wednesday's time trial while dutch rider matthieu van der poel is still in the race leaders yellow jersey in the nba, giannis antetoukmpo is unlikely to feature for the milwaukee bucks when they face the atlanta hawks in wisconsin later. the 26—year—old injured his left knee in tuesday's loss, hyperextending it when landing, as the hawks levelled the best of seven eastern conference finals series at two games all. the british princes william and harry will come together later today to unveil a statue of their mother princess diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. it would be the first time that the brothers have seen each other since the funeral of the grandfather the duke of edinburgh. it was a favourite location of diana �*s, over the past two years, the layout of the garden has been redesigned and replanted to create a calmer, more reflective setting for the statue. it was commissioned b

defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas�* hopesffectively over. the welshman finished stage eight in a group that was 35 minutes behind, and he�*s dropped to 45th place after struggling as the race hit the alps. but pogacar looks like the man to beat, he left his competitors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a two year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whether he can stop max verstappen winning the formula one championship. for the second week in a row, the dutchman claimed pole position at the red bull ring in austria. he was almost beaten by britain�*s lando norris — who was just five hundredths of a second slower. hamilton could only manage fourth on the grid. england women lost the third one day international against india by four wickets in worcester. india captain mithali raj was the star of the show, not only did she become the leading run scorer in women�*s international cricket but she also hit the winning runs. england still

slovenia's tadej pogacar retained the overall lead and britain's mark cavendish should finish withintory plenty more reaction to ashleigh barty�*s victory at wimbledon on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, congratulations to her, a fantastic victory there. labour have called for the former downing street director of communications, sir robbie gibb, to be sacked from the bbc board after he reportedly tried to block a senior editorial appointment at the corporation. the financial times reports that gibb warned that relations with the government would be "shattered" if the preferred candidate for the role of executive news editor overseeing the bbc�*s news channels was appointed. labour's shadow culture secretary, jo stevens, said the allegations, "raise very serious questions about conservative cronyism "at the heart of the bbc." a spokesperson for the bbc said it didn't comment on ongoing recruitment processes, but added, "for the record, no recruitment process has been blocked" and that, "as a general principle, board members are able

today's 17th stage saw the defending champion tadej pogacar assert his dominance as he seeks successiveready 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 richard carapaz, the ecuadorian in the colours of britain's ineos grenadiers — promoted to second and third overall. most likely fighting to finish closest to pogacar in the battle for yellow — but all three wanted the glory of the stage win. carapaz made his move with a mile to go but although pogacar didn't need to win the stage, he wanted to. a scenario that made the outcome as inevitable as it was impressive, an iconic victory that would extend his lead to five minutes 48 seconds. vingegaard second, carapaz third with four stages to go, it may stay like that all the way to paris. drew savage, bbc news. jadon sancho has responded to the racist abuse he and other england players suffered after their euro 2020 final defeat. sancho, who was one o

tadej pogacar retained the overall lead but cavendish did manage to finish within the cut—off time, keepinggland's matt fitzpatick will have to make a very late dash to wembley for the euros final, after he took a share of the lead at the scottish open. you he joked at the start of the tournament that he didn't want to play too well, so he could get an early tee time on the last day but he'll be out late, after making six birdies to move to iii—under—par, alongside thomas detry. fitzpatrick says he'll be going to the match regardless, even if it's just for the second half. that's all the sport — now here's ben with the papers. i can't let you go well at your ican't let you go well at your analysis— i can't let you go well at your analysis of the game, how do you see it going? _ analysis of the game, how do you see it auoin ? . , analysis of the game, how do you see itauoin? . , ., it going? that is the eternal question. — it going? that is the eternal question, england - it going? that is the eternal question, england are - it going? that is the eternal i question, england are playing it go

the tour de france's defending champion and race leader — tadej pogacar has won his second consecutive lead to 5 minutes and 45 seconds. and that's all the sport for now. hello they are our son jane hello they are our sonjane that hello they are our son jane that was seenin hello they are our son jane that was seen in the uk believe it or not is linked to the extreme weather that were seen across other parts of europe flooding germany for example. these links by the jet stream, this is the pattern that we see, a very undulating jet stream, it means slow—moving weather. we had high pressure across the uk, low pressure bringing the rain across central europe. that low pressure will move eastwards across your potentially taking new rain away from germany. high—pressure building bringing a lot of dry weather in the next few days. with the sunshine that we had on thursday temperatures in northern ireland reached 26 degrees making it the warmest day of the year so far across the country. it's going to be across the country. it's going to be a warm start on friday across belfast and liverpool

at the tour de france — defending champion tadej pogacar remains in the race leaders yellow jersey withuk and around the world. president biden accuses republican—controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on voting rights in america. there is an unfolding assault taking place in america today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. 72 people have now died in the unrest following the jailing of south africa's former president, jacob zuma. malaysia reports daily record high of covid cases as highly infectious delta variant is detected in almost every state. the former boss of nissan describes how he escaped from house arrest injapan hidden a box like this. the 30 minutes waiting in the box in the plane,

tadej pogacar is set to defend his tour de france title this afternoon, as the race heads to paris forellowjersey on the final day, he'll be confirmed as champion in paris this evening. the other parisian tradition is a sprint finish on the champs—elysees — where mark cavendish could set a new record for 35 stage wins, and win the sprinter�*s green jersey. there could be a few sore heads in st helen's this morning because for the first time in 13 years, saint's have won rugby league's challenge cup. they came from behind to beat castleford tigers, in front of a roaring wembley crowd, asjoe lynskey reports. 45,000 brought the noise from the north, after so long in the silence for rugby, it means so much. this is the broad search showpiece match. castleford and st helens are the two oldest clubs. saints got the first to score with help from the post but castleford responded with something extraordinary. castleford responded with something extraordinary-— extraordinary. castleford fans are lea - in: extraordinary. castleford fans are leaning into _ extraordinary. castleford fans are leapi

it was a photo finish with wout van aert from belgium just winning over tadej pogacar.ill be too disappointed with the brands, though. i will be too disappointed with the brands, though.— brands, though. i don't think he will be either, _ brands, though. i don't think he will be either, and _ brands, though. i don't think he will be either, and it _ brands, though. i don't think he will be either, and it really - brands, though. i don't think he will be either, and it really was| brands, though. i don't think he | will be either, and it really was a remarkable looking at that silver placing as well. they had been cycling for over six hours and then for it to come down to just a tyre width, as you said, amazing. tell us about the table tennis because it was such a brave performance from the youngest athlete at these games. yes, this is one of the standout stories coming into these games, but sadly on the first day it is over. there were tears from the youngest athlete at these olympics, just 12 years old, hend zaza, the young table tennis star, and her story aside from t

the overall tour de france title went to tadej pogacar for the second year in a row.e tight as the kingdom is hoping to repeat last year�*s success that saw no coronavirus outbreaks during the muslim ritual. the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of islam. all muslims are expected to retrace the prophet mohammed�*s final pilgrimage at least once in their lives if they have the means to do so. the event is usually one of the world�*s largest annual gatherings and would normally see 2.5 million muslims from around the world converge on mecca. this year, just 60,000 healthy and vaccinated saudi residents, chosen through a lottery from almost 600,000 applicants, will take part. strict social distancing measures are in place and a hajj smart pass is being used to allow contact—free access and transportation to the various religious sites and accommodation. technology will also play a part, with the deployment of robots to dispense bottles of sacred water from the grand mosque and others to dispense disinfectant. while a large proportion of security will take p

let's update you on the tour de france, and defending champion tadej pogacar remains in the yellow jerseyomorrow and thursday. all the main contenders finished together, so pogacar�*s five—minute, 18—second lead is intact. austria's patrick konrad broke away with 23 miles to go and managed to hold off an eight—man chasing group to win the stage, his first grand tour victory. 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. thank you very much, jane. as we've been hearing, the government is to go ahead with its cut to the overseas aid budget after it saw off a tory revolt in the commons this afternoon. mps voted by a majority of 35 to lower the uk's contribution to 0.5% of national income. i'm joined now by melissa leach, director of the institute of development studies. good afternoon. i wonder if you could put this into some sort of context for us. because the uk was a leader in terms of giving money in terms of foreign aid. where does this leave it now?— terms of foreign aid. where does this leave it now? absolutely.

in the last few minutes, tadej pogacar has won stage 18 at the tour de france to tighten his grip onace to the line between the top three in the overall standings. just like yesterday, pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz — who remain second and third. the defending champion has extended his lead to 5 minutes and a5 seconds. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. let's get more now on that statement from bukayo saka — he endured a torrent of racist abuse after the england football team were beaten in the final of the euro 2020 tournament. i can now speak to our technology reporter cristina criddle. instagram has admitted a fault in its technology that allows some of this abuse to get through. tell its technology that allows some of this abuse to get through.- this abuse to get through. tell us more about _ this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. _ this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. i— this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. i actually - this abuse to get through. tell usj more about it. i actually recorded some comments o

the tour de france's defending champion and race leader — tadej pogacar has won his second consecutivemountainous one in the pyrenees, and it came down to a race to the line between the top three in the overall standings. pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz — who remain second and third. the slovenian extended his lead to five minutes and 45 seconds. just one line boxing. deontay wilder's match against iceland yearly will now take place on the 9th of october. —— against tyson fury. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. let's get more now on the statement issued this afternoon by england footballer bukayo sa ka. in it he addressed the racist abuse he received on his social media accounts following his penalty miss in the euro 2020 final. we can speak now to tute melaku, who's originally from ethopia but lives in reading. she runs a restaurant. she took to twitter to express her sadness and fear that there would be racist abuse directed at the three black england players, who missed their penalities against italy in the final

tadej pogacar maintains his overall race lead.of the scottish open at the renaissance club, in north berwick. the englishman is ranked 3—hundred and 53rd in the world. he's one shot ahead of lee westwood and americanjustin thomas. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. back to you, james. the prime minister has set out details of britain's final military withdrawal from afghanistan. it's nearly 20 years since the uk and other foreign forces entered the country, in the wake of the nine 11 terror attacks on the united states which were planned by al-qaeda which was given shelter by the taliban in afghanistan. there are concerns that the departure led by the us will leave the afghan government vulnerable to the taliban, who have been making gains in recent months. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports at one of the few nato bases left in kabul, the lowering of the union flag signalled the end of the mission. most of the 750 british troops who remained in the country have no

it's been a good weekend for tadej pogacar at the tour de france — he leads by two minutes and a secondest challenger after 0'connor is over five minutes behind. that's all the sport for now. let's return to our top story now, and the prime minister is expected to tell people in england that it will be left to their "judgment" to manage coronavirus risks, as he prepares to ease restrictions from the 19th of july. borisjohnson will lead a downing street news conference later today, where he will tell the public that the country must "begin to learn to live with this virus". plans for scotland, wales and northern ireland will be outlined later this month. let's speak to professor christina pagel, director of clinical operational research unit at ucl. she's also a a member of the group that established itself as an alternative to the government's official scientific advisors, calling themselves the independent sage group. we are we a re really we are really pleased to have you with us, thank you for your time. is it the right time to ease restrictions?— it the right time to ease restrictio