warren gatland has a few weeks to plug the gaps.ly in doubt but it came at a cost. in many ways, warren gatland got what he wanted but it was completely overshadowed by that ending injury to alun wyn jones. now lions fly to south africa needing a replacement and also a new captain. what a game of rugby and what a story in the premiership rugby final where harlequins won their first title in nine years — stunning defending champions exeter at twickenham. quins were 28—0 down in last week's semi final before stunning bristol and then produced an incredible display in a match winning 40—38 that ebbed and flowed from the first whistle to the last. joe lynskey has the story. this is english rugby's biggest match. to get here, harlequins just have to cross the road. their home ground is next to twickenham but for so long, this match has felt far away. in theirfirst so long, this match has felt far away. in their first premiership finalfor nine years, away. in their first premiership final for nine years, they would not let it pass them by

warren gatland had a few weeks to plug those gaps.ed by that tour ending injury to alun wynjones. now the lions fighter south africa needing a replacement and a new captain. katie gornall, bbc news, in edinburgh. in the club game, there was a thrilling win for harlequins against exeter in the premiership final at twickenham. two late tries from 20—year—old louis lynagh secured quins' first title in nine years, as they came from behind to beat exeter 40—38. the tour de france got under way today with french rider julian alaphillipe claiming the yellow jersey. the closing stages were marred by two big crashes — the first caused by a spectator. and the second saw britain's four time winner of the event, chris froome, go down in the pack and his team say an update will be given tomorrow on his future in the race. geraint thomas finished 8 seconds off the lead. and on the bbc sport website you can find the news of dina asher—smith booking her spot at the tokyo olympics after winning the 100 metres at the british championships. but that's i

ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irish lions tour of south africa. farrell was defence coach under gatland during the past two tours. britain's geraint thomas claimed his first stage victory at this year's criterium du daphine. he broke clear with around half a mile to go and just held on to win. he's now sixth overall, 1a seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. it's one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar — the epsom derby festival — which gets going tomorrow. and hollie doyle is hoping to make history. she's racing in the middle distance oaks on sherbet lemon — and could become the first female jockey to win a british classic. doyle made headlines last year — becoming the first woman to win at british champions day. she told me she hopes to follow in the footsteps of grand national winner rachael blackmore and bryony frost at the king george, and is confident her horse can get used to epsom well, after success in the trials it's all been going very well, she won her trial, so it's encouraging. we always liked

the england prop was a high—profile omission from warren gatland's initial squad, but was since broughtthe bbc�*s rugby union weekly podcast that "life's pretty crazy". asa as a sports person, it's easy to get lost, it's easy to get lost in terms of, when i don't get selected, oh, my god, what are they doing? it's crazy, you should be there, and you can kinda fall into that and, without even realising, become the victim for some that's something that i definitely did not want to because that's not me to stop feeling sorry for myself, i hate that, and it's something that i never want to kind of become. now, it's not losing yourself, in terms of everyone telling how great you are full of it's like, i did not get selected in the first place because obviously i was not good enough, so that's what i need to improve, and that's what i need to improve, and that's what i focused on full is good as i —— if i'm good as i should be that i would be there, and i am modestly not, so i need to improve. the last few weeks of really going back to the basics and improve my game, now i'm there, everyone,

ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irish. britain's geraint thomas claimed his first stage victory at this year's criterium du daphine. he broke clear with around half a mile to go and just held on to win. he's now sixth overall, ia seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. it's one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar — the epsom derby festival — which gets going tomorrow. and hollie doyle is hoping to make history. she's racing in the middle distance oaks on sherbet lemon — and could become the first female jockey to win a british classic. doyle made headlines last year — becoming the first woman to win at british champions day. she told me she hopes to follow in the footsteps of grand national

but despite all the debuts, head coach warren gatland says everyone will get their chance to impress.tion so quickly. and they've already been so accurate. so, look, the whole group have really impressed us. india will go into the sixth and final day, the reserve day, of the inaugural world test championship final with a lead of 32 runs and eight second wickets in hand against new zealand. india's bowlers dominated the early part of the fifth day in southampton — mohamed shami taking four wickets. new zealand eventually reached 249 all out and secured a first innings lead thanks to some hefty blows from their tail enders. tim southee then took two wickets when india returned to the crease to leave the match nicely poised heading into the final day. we have got a tough day ahead of us. like i said because it is exciting to have all three results still possible. it is a quality indian batting line up with two of the best at their crease at the moment, so we're going to have to be on top of her game tomorrow to come, and i thing that first hour or two hours is going to be crucial to how

ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irish farrell was defence coach under gatland during the past two tours. he'lljoin the lions a week before theirfirst test against the springboks in cape town on the 24th ofjuly. gareth southgate says they'll know the full extent of trent alexander—arnold's inury in the next day or two after the liverpool right back hobbled off in discomfort during england's1—0 friendly win over austria. the england manager said afterwards that it wasn't a good situation. he also spoke about some fans booing players as they took a knee ahead of kick off: i did hear it. it's not something, on behalf of our black players that i wanted to hear, because it feels as though it is a criticism of them. i think we have got a situation where some people seem to think it's a political stand that they don't agree with. that is not the reason that the players are doing it. we are supporting each other. the irish fa have comfirmed belfast will remain host of the uefa super cup in august. it'll take place at windsor park

up a problem with his left arm in the first half — forcing him out of the game — giving coach warren gatlandeafter — running in four tries in a 28—10 win. irish forward tadhg beirne amongst the scorers. there's been a dramatic first stage of the tour de france, won by the world champion julian alaphilppe, with two big crashes in the last 30 miles. the first was caused by a spectator holding a cardboard sign — one of the race favourites primoz roglic was involved but managed to rejoin the race. // the second was a racing incident, inside the last five miles — affected many riders including chris froome, who was making his tour comeback. // frenchman alaphilippe had broken away in the last mile and a half for a convincing win. geraint thomas was 10th — eight seconds behind along with most of the favourites earlier, defending champion lizzie deignan finished ninth in la course as dutch rider demi vollering won the women's version of the race — la course. it'll be an eight day stage race next year rather than a one day event. max verstappen is looking to extend his formula one championship lead

ireland scrum—half conor murray says he was surprised to get the call from head coach warren gatlandish and irish lions captain. the wales skipper won't travel with the team to south africa after dislocating his shoulder. the injury overshadowed the lions 28—10 win overjapan yesterday. the lions fly out to south africa today. but the springboks are having their own challenges. the whole squad has been forced to self—isolate after three positive covid tests in the camp. elsewhere, the england a v scotland a international has been called off today. that's also due to positive covid tests in the scotland squad. england's women are taking on india in the first of three one day internationals at bristol's county ground. england won the toss and put the vistors into bat and it hasn't been easy scoring. india are currently 119—4 after 35 overs. you can follow the coverage with the test match special team on the bbc sounds app and on 5live sports extra. there is also highlights tonight on the red button at 7.30pm. chris froome says he will "try and get through" the second stage of the tour d

elsewhere though, conor murray says he was surprised to get the call from warren gatland asking him to at british and irish lions captain. the wales captain who won't travel with the team to south africa after dislocating his shoulder. the injury overshadowed the lions 28—10 win overjapan yesterday. justin tipuric also sustained a tour—ending shoulder injury. we've got to be able to move on, react and make decisions and that's kind of the only way you can deal with it. if you can't go into a shock scenario and have it look as though you're panicking about it, that's going to reflect badly on us. england's cricketers wrapped up a very comfortable t20 series win over sri lanka thanks largely to an excellent 76 from dawid malan offjust 48 balls. england eventually made 180—6 but then bowled sri lanka out for 91. that means england take the series 3—0 in southampton. there was a chaotic start to this year's tour de france with two big crashes in the last 30 miles — the first was caused by a spectator who seem to be trying to get a picture while holding a cardboard sign. the second was insi

but despite all the debuts, head coach warren gatland says everyone will get their chance to impress.st championship final with a lead of 32 runs and eight second wickets in hand against new zealand. india's bowlers dominated the early part of the fifth day in southampton — mohamed shami taking four wickets. new zealand eventually reached 249 all out and secured a first innings lead thanks to some hefty blows from their tail enders. tim southee then took two wickets when india returned to the crease to leave the match nicely poised heading into the final day. we've got a tough day ahead of us. like i said, it's exciting to have all three results still possible. it's a quality indian batting line—up, with two of their best at the crease at the moment, so we're going to have to be on top of our game tomorrow to come. and i think that first hour or two hours is going to be crucial to how each side sets up the day. of course, for that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. hello there. it certainly was a chilly start across eastern

ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irishemic. celtic have applied to uefa for an exemption to allow ange postecoglou to become the club's new manager. the australian doesn't have the required coaching badges, with uefa saying the appeal could take several weeks. celtic are in advanced talks with postecoglou, who is currently in charge of yokohama f marinos injapan, as they look to replace neil lennon. england 25—2 at the moment against new zealand, you can follow that on the website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. it's 50 days to go until the opening ceremony of the tokyo olympics, and the president of the games has told the bbc she's100% certain they will go ahead. international fans are already banned from the games, but with japan facing a fourth wave of covid cases, there are warnings there may be no japanese spectators either so that athletes would have to compete behind closed doors. i'm joined now by emily campbell. she's a current european weightlifting champion and hopeful ofjoining team gb in tokyo. hi, e

despite the debuts, head coach warren gatland says everyone will get their chance to impress.e. the whole group have really impressed us. finally, the rain—affected world test championship final in southampton looks destined to end in a draw. india are 24—1 for by in their second innings — trailing by eight after new zealand were bowled out for 249 in theirfirst innings. there is a reserve day tomorrow, but it looks unlikely either side will be able to force a victory there�*s commentary on five live will be able to force a victory. there�*s commentary on five live sports extra and full coverage on the bbc sports website. that�*s bbc.co.uk/sport. but that�*s all your sport for now. thank you for that. well, as the clock ticks down to this evening�*s kick—off between both scotland and croatia and england and the czech republic, we�*re speaking to supporters up and down the country. in a moment, we�*ll talk tojeff brown at a pub in tyneside, first to dave edwards at a football club in south yorkshire, wherejohn stones played when he was six years old. i�*m surejeff i�*m sure jef

ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irisht the springboks in cape town on the 24th ofjuly. celtic have applied to uefa for an exemption to allow ange postecoglou to become the club's new manager. the australian doesn't have the required coaching badges, with uefa saying the appeal could take several weeks. celtic are in advanced talks with postecoglou, who is currently in charge of yokohama f marinos injapan, as they look to replace neil lennon. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. now on the news channel it's time for your questions answered. we're answering your questions on the what restrictions mean, and consumer rights. you've been sending in your questions, so to answer them, we can now speak to lisa minot, the travel editor at the sun. about the various travel restrictions announced today, including portugal no longer being on the green list. let's start off. straightaway, thank you very much for being with us. if portugal is moved to the amber list, what are the rules for travel there and back to the uk? ~ .

warren gatland is a very experienced coach. he likes his players to have a fun element.phones! thank you, lawrence. fantastic to chatterjee this morning i get that insight. the tokyo dream is overfor mo farah. the four—time olympic champion had one last chance to make the games at a specially—arranged race in manchester last night. 38—year—old farah had been battling a minor ankle injury as he attempted to qualify and defend his 10,000 metres title, but he missed the mark required by 19 seconds. he was very upbeat afterwards, but he says he will not consider his future, take time out to think about his future. i didn't realise that until i came in this morning, used to associate him with the olympics. it didn't quite happen. the collapse of the danish footballer christian eriksen during a euros match earlier this month has prompted a surge in calls for the machines which saved his life. tim brooks died after a sudden cardiac arrest whilst playing golf, more than a mile from the nearest heart defibrillator. now his family want to ensure that more of them are installled at