on sunday, practice at spa today. the two title rivals max verstappen and charles leclerc were first and second fastest in the last session but will start from the back of the grid after engine and gearbox penalties. verstappen leads the championship by 80 points with nine races left. jesus herrada won a thrilling stage seven of the vuelta a espana. the spaniard timed his sprint to perfection and held off italy s samuele battistella to win the second stage of his career. belgium s remco evenepoel retained his 21 second lead over france s rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that s all the sport for now. hello. the weather is quite out there right
trained without morelos in the last days. manchester city and england midfielderjill scott has announced her retirement from football. the 35 year old played in 10 major tournaments, including two 0lympics with great britain, and helped england win euro 2022. scott made her england debut in 2006 and is second on their all time list of most capped players with 161 and she becomes the second england player in two days to retire following ellen white on monday. defending champion primoz roglic holds the overall leader s red jersey heading into stage five of the vuelta a espana in the coming hours. the slovenian won tuesday s fourth stage after he produced a stunning late effort and now holds a 13 second lead over american sepp kuss in the general classification. serena williams has been training on arthur ashe stadium ahead of the final grand slam of the year, the us open, which starts next monday. the 23 time grand slam champion turns 41 next month and this could be her last major tourna
pidcock is also an accomplished road cyclist and was in the peloton for the tour de france this year for ineos grenadiers where he finished 16th in the general classification. dina asher smith is preparing to defend her 200 metre european title this evening in munich. she qualified easily last night, recovering from the leg cramps she had in the 100 metres. asher smith says that cramping was due to her period and wants experts to investigate how a woman s cycle can impact performance. women s sport and exercise consultant dr rebecca robinson says it s fundamental. where learning more about the menstrual cycle. it is quite a hard area to research, and traditionally area to research, and traditionally a lot of studies have not included females, for example, because of the hormones are difficult to track, or are looking for other areas of health, we have not look particularly at females because we want to exclude those changes in the
the dane, who was runner up last year, finished with an overall lead of 3.5 minutes to win the greatest of the grand tours for the first time in his career. defending champion tadej pogacar was second in the general classification. anotherformerwinner, geraint thomas, was third overall. earlier on at the champs elysees lorena wiebes of the netherlands won the opening stage of the inaugural tour de france femmes. wiebes timed her sprint to perfection to beat her compatriot marianne vos and belgium s lotte kopecky. it s the first time in 33 years the tour de france organisers have allowed the top female professional riders to compete an official multi stage race. canada s brooke henderson won her second major title in dramatic fashion at the evian championship in france. henderson was top of the leaderboard when she four putted on the front nine, but she came roaring back, birdying the last to avoid a play off. it was definitely an interesting day, definitely not the start that i wanted,
until 2024, said he was committed to helping the side return to the top level as quickly as possible. primoz roglic has lost the red jersey at the vuelta a espana, after a fall during stage ten of the race. roglic lost time after a slip on a descent, just two kilometres from the finish line. he was able to continue, but has been overtaken by 0dd christian eiking in the general classification. the stage was won by michael storer of team dsm. we ll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. gavin, thank you for that. bringing you more on that breaking news, charlie watts, the rolling stones drummer, has died at the age of 80. in a statement, his publicist that he passed away peacefully started by family. he was a cherished father, grandfather, and a member of the rolling stones, one of the greatest drummers of his