. in their game with welsh fire who had set them 182 to win.urday. oval invicibles have just started their match against trent rockets, they will go straight through to the final if they win. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines. katie boulter has been knocked out in the first round of the cincinnati open. the british number one went a set up but lost nine games in a row, as she was beaten in three sets by magda linette, who is 13 places below boulter in the world rankings. british number three harriet dart argued with the umpire after she refused her request to change her shoes as yulia putinseva was about to serve in the second set. and her frustrations didn't end there as she lost in three sets. defending champion deymi vollering has extended her lead at the tour de france femmes with four stages to go. puck pieterse beat vollering, in the yellow jersey, to win stage 4 in a photo finsh. but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. stay on that cycling theme and there was

welsh fire had one of australia's best players batting. she made 5a.pti sharma, who has played close on to 200 games for india. the spirit needed to win, but the fire... next, the england captain. she has got her. what you know? gone for 24. danni gibson was only in for 22. a big impact, but still work to do. three balls left, for runs needed. deepti sharma's shot, now it will rested on where the ball landed. just beyond her reach. six in victory. london spirit when their first hundred title at lord's. fourth year of the hundred and they had been waiting. london spirit are now the champions. the winning captain, heather knight, said she was delighted with how their game plan came together, on a packed day at lord's — the biggest crowd at the venue for a women's game. knight, who's used to captaining england, said it was a special moment to come away with a first trophy in the competition, and was speaking to alex hartley after the victory. ifound it quite hard, it was a tricky wicket, a bit slow, so i thought our bowlers did a really good job, and hope

requiring 116 to win, london spirit needed four runs from the final three balls against welsh fire and a six to secure a four—wicket victory for heather knight's side as they win the trophy for the first time. i found it hard to time. it was a tricky wicket, a little slow, so i thought our bowlers did a good job to keep them to a low score hopefully it will not be too hard but pleased with how it went. i wasjust trying to keep things going. danny gibson, a beauty. the exact henning she can play. change the game, shifted the momentum and broke the back of the run chase. kasia niewiadoma has won the tour de france femmes by just four seconds, taking the title on the final iconic climb of l�*alpe d'huez. the defending champion, deymi vollering, who was a minute and a quarter down in the standings after crashing earlier in the race, won the stage, leaving niewiadoma having to finish within 65 seconds of the dutchwoman to keep the yellowjersey. and she made it withjust four seconds to spare for the biggest win of her career. the australian sprinter kaden groves won stage 2 at the vuelta a e

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earlier, welsh fire beat southern brave by seven wickets in the women's match.r signing on a free transfer. miedema said she turned down approaches from abroad to stay in england. she acknowledged that the opening game of the season would be memorable. city begin their campaign at the emirates against arsenal — miedema's former club and the home of beth mead, her partner. it's obsolete going to be a special game for me. i will be playing in the emirates, thejoy stadium, but when i started to speaking to the city i got really excited, mostly by the way they play and eventually, i think for myself i want to challenge myself and i know this wasn't an easy option. obviously with england as well but i got excited with the idea with being part of the city team and that is why in the end i followed my gut feeling and went for city. let's have a quick look at some of the other football news stories today. rangers will play either salzburg or fc twente in the champions league play—off if they overcome dynamo kyiv. tomorrow's first leg is in poland. meanwhile, hearts take

in the men's competition, southern brave need to beat welsh fire to reach the knockout stages — they53 off 30 balls from luke wells. southern brave are 21 for 2 in reply — 161 needed to win off 84 balls but the match has been delayed by rain. 0val invicibles play trent rockets later, they will go straight through to the final if they win. defending champion demi vollering has extended her lead at the halfway stage in the tour de france femmes. stage four took the riders from netherlands into belgium — the race will finally reach france tomorrow — and the dutch rider in the yellow jersey was there to challenge for the stage win. she was beaten in a photo finsh by compatriot puck pieterse but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. gavin will be back at half past six with sportsday here on bbc news and i will be back throughout the evening. see you later. thank you. a woman from cheshire who posted on facebook that a mosque "should be blown up with the adults inside" has been jailed for 15 months. 53—year—old julie sweeney from church lawton admitted

requiring 116 to win, london spirit needed four runs from the final three balls against welsh fire ande first time kasia new—via—doma has won the tour de france femmes by just four seconds — taking the title on the final iconic climb of l�*alpe d'hue, the defending champion deymi vollering, who was a minute and a quarter down in the standings, after crashing earlier in the race — won the stage — leaving newviadoma having to finish within 65 seconds of the dutchwoman to keep the yellow jersey, and she made it withjust four seconds to spare for the biggest win of her career. the australian sprinter kaden groves won stage 2 at the vuelta a espana — groves made the most of the uphill finish into ourem to take the victory. wout van art was second across the line and takes the race leader's red jersey. the first three stages are in portugal this year before crossing into spain. finally, alex yee's dramatic final run to win triathlon gold was one of the great team gb moments at the paris olympics. well, watch this because he's gone and repeated the trick, against his great rival hayden wilde.

a short while ago, welsh fire were almost there — 95 for1 with 35 balls left.stars are using their first week back, to try and inspire people back home. today, gold medallists katy marchant and sophie capewelljoined up with bmx star beth shriever to encourage people to take up cycling and talk about mental health. our reporter dave guest was there. the bike kitchen is a community venture that specialises in refurbishing bicycles and selling them on at affordable prices. and today they welcomed some new trainee mechanics. hang on a minute. isn�*t that bmx wizard beth shriever? and this is your bike. 911. this is my bmx. yeah, that�*s my career number. do you normally have it up on a stand? me personally? no. i�*d have a mechanic i work very closely with who helps me with all my troubles. beth and a group of fellow cycling olympians are in hyde to promote an initiative called change maker. change maker is about tackling inequalities through providing opportunities. social impact programme. we're really proud at british cycling to be at the heart of that. inspirin

they'll face welsh fire in the final at lord's tomorrow.tour de france femme was won byjustine shekiere. the belgian rider wearing the polka dots of the best climber took the longest stage of the race — ending with a summit finish in the alps on la grand bornand. shekiere finished ahead of maeva squiban and deymi vollering. kasia newviadoma of poland retains the yellowjersey and lead the race by 27 seconds. it all finishes tomorrow at the top of l'alpe d'huez. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. brandon mcnulty has taken the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana. the american was fastest on stage one, a time trial in lisbon — the tour of spain actually starts in portugal this year — and leads the race by two seconds. america's lauren coughlin made six birdies in a round of 66, to lead the women's scottish open on day three, by one shot from compatriot megan khang on 12 under par. charley hull is the leading briton on nine under. japan's hideki matsuyama is thejoint leader early in round thre

hayley matthews was the star with bat and ball, as welsh fire reached the final of the women's competitionook the riders from netherlands into belgium and the dutch rider in the yellow jersey was there to challenge for the stage win. she was beaten in a photo finsh by compatriot puck pieterse but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. the race heads into france tomorrow. lots more of course on the bbc sport website, oryour lots more of course on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport up. they are into injury time at allen road, middlesbrough still beating leads, you can follow that on the bbc sport website but that's all for now. hello there! wednesday was a cloudier and fresher feel for most of us, but east anglia still clung on to some sunshine and some heat. 26 celsius was the high on wednesday afternoon in parts of suffolk. but the story will continue to change for thursday. under this influence of low pressure, some wet and windy weather will move its way into scotland and northern ireland. that will gradually sink its way south and east. as it b

they will face welsh fire innings.f the three matches at allen road. yesterday warriors thrashed saint helen �*s 20—0 to move two points clear at the top of the table. jack ferryman named mount of the match after scoring one of wigan�*s three tries. no advantage for lead rhinos, they lost 24—62 warrington. they run in three tries, fullback matthew dufty getting a hat—trick to help keep the gap to leaders wigan to those two points. bottom of the table, battling to avoid the wooden spoon, london broncos came out on top, thrashing hull fc 29—4 stop josh walker claims two tries to claim player of the match. charlie hale is three shots off the lead going into the final round of golf on the women stood before the open next week. she is on nine under part the scottish open, and it is america's lauren conklin with a 1—shot advantage over compatriot aidan kang had of the final day at dunn donald links, after six birdies in her round yesterday of 66. cassini of the dome of poland leads the tour de france by 27 seconds, going int

london spirit men beat the welsh fire in the hundred.la 1 is into its summer break. it's three weeks before the next race in a season that is proving to be highly competitive. max verstappen has seven victories so far, but there have been seven different race—winners. lando norris is second in the championship, and he's been speaking to the bbc�*s matt warwick about the sport's sustainability, with a commitment to becoming net—zero carbon by 2030. to me, motorsport means sound, the smell and thenjust the to me, motorsport means sound, the smell and then just the pure competition. the best of the best are behind it all.— are behind it all. what about sustainability _ are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma - are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma is - are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma is a l are behind it all. what about i sustainability charisma is a very important engage people? i sustainability charisma is a very important engage people? i think so. we are going — important engage people

both games between welsh fire and northern superchargers were abandoned due to the bad weather.ceo and team principal. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more later on, see you then. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon, and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk, for example here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions, the air�*s actually been very humid. the humidity caused by south—westerly winds brought in by a warm sector. cold front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid air to start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the u

at trent bridge, jonny bairstow 855 to guide the welsh fire to a win against the trend rockets, gettingthank you very much. remembrance services will take place across churches in southport to remember victims of the attack. the victims died after being stabbed at a tailored suit themed dance class. five other children were injured along with two adults we are joined by reverend marianne kent. thank you for being with us this morning. tell me a little about the importance of these memorial services that will take place in southport today. i thought the churches would be open to welcome everybody. those of faith and those with no faith to bs a safe space that we are feeling or we are feeling today, the anxiety, the numbness, the fear and the grief, and everybody is welcome, whatever you believe, we need to be together at times like this. it is you believe, we need to be together at times like this.— at times like this. it is nearly a week since _ at times like this. it is nearly a week since these _ at times like this. it is nearly a week since these awful - at times like this. it is nea

shabnim ismail, welsh fire. her team, her approach., big impact. there was still work to do. three balls left, four runs needed. dipti sharma's shot. now it all rested on where that ball landed. 0h! spirit have won in extraordinary fashion. just beyond the reach of shabnim for six. catch was on tenterhooks but the six just went over. yeah, so delighted, obviously, in front of a massive crowd, a record crowd as well. yeah, an awesome day. i'm a bit worried about the trophy lift, actually, it's quite heavy! the trophy, like the tournament, is designed to be noticed. onto the men's final, that's jofra archer for southern brave, whacked by willjacks for oval invincibles. 147 was the oval�*s total. then they bowled and the brave faltered. he's got him, he's got him, down the slope. saqib mahmood was too fast. straight in, the angle change works. adam zampa too crafty, same stumps. southern brave finishing 17 short. the invincibles retain the men's title. there are many forms of cricket, all with their own merit, but they do this very well.

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the men's match isjust getting under way but both games between welsh fire and northern superchargersn who complained about red bull team principal christian horner�*s behaviour has had her appeal against she first lodged a complaint in december that contained allegations of coercive, abusive behaviour and sexual harassment by homer, which he denied. harassment bj backier, harassment bj back to, harassment bj back to olympics. synchronised swimming — synchronised swimming - together. full circle moment to know that we're carrying — together. full circle moment to know that we're carrying on _ together. full circle moment to know that we're carrying on that _ together. full circle moment to know that we're carrying on that legacy. i that we're carrying on that legacy. we definitely got to know each other really deep level and we spent so much time together that we've liberally become person. often we will traded the self go out cereal for flu so it's easy for the coach to correct this book at the same time. . ., . , , to correct this book at the same time. . ,, to correct this book at