to the united states where day 3 of action at the world athletics championships is under way. it was an early start in oregon for the marathon runners. tamirat tola of ethiopia is the leader at the moment, in the gold medal position. he s built a gap. these are live pictures. the bbc website is the best place for the iplayer coverage. amidst the chasing group you ve got geoffrey kamworor of kenya and basher abdi of belgium. we will keep you updated on that as things progress, and i think we can see, if he can get himself over the line, there you are, just over two hours, what a moment. he won silver at the world championships in london in 2016 but he is getting a gold wrapped around his neck, tola, with the ethiopian flag as well, that is the ethiopian flag as well, that is
let s update you on the tour de france, and defending champion tadej pogacar remains in the yellow jersey with five stages to go. today was classed as a medium mountain 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 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
look at that, huh? willis? makes me sick to my stomach. because he s number one. it won t last long, by the way. very happy with himself. talking trash about my state. anyway. before we start our weekly nfl picks segment, may i please ask willis for some silence. thank you very much, appreciate that. even as a guest here i realize that willis actually does have plenty to crow about. blah, blah, blah. unfortunately, here s why. we told you monday morning, willis of all people, willis, has moved into the lead in our little nfl picks competition. there he is looking goofy. reigning supreme you would say, right? at least for the moment. he s got a massive, and we mean enormous, one-game lead over most of the chasing group. here we go. here s the games we re picking this time around. detroit is going to buffalo to take on the winless buffalo bills. tennessee heads south to face the dolphins.