reigning tour de france champion yonas vinger go looks like he s in the perfect form to defend his title next month after winning the penultimate stage of the criterium du dauphine. the dane finished 41 seconds clear of britain s adam yates, who s moved up to second overall, but is more than two minutes off the lead. and that s all the sport for now. keep an eye on what is happening in the champions league final on the bbc website, still 0 0 between manchester city and inter milan. we will keep you updated with all the goals as well. ukrainian preisdent, volodymyr zelensky, has for the first time publically confirmed that his country s counter offensive against occupying russian forces is underway. it follows a week of such speculation after an escalation of fighting in the south and east of the country. his comments followed talks he d held in kyiv with the visiting
austria sjurij rodionov.belgian zizou bergs in tomorrow s final as his preparation for wimbledon continues. the 36 year old s most recent british final appearance was in 2016 at the atp world tour finals. katie swan will overtake emma raducanu to become british number one if she wins tomorrow s women s final. swan made it through her semi final with an impressive 6 1, 6 0 victory against lily miyazaki. swan faces yanina wickmayer in the final after the belgian ended the challenge of britain s katie boulter. reigning tour de france champion yonas vingergo looks like he s in the perfect form to defend his title next month after winning the penultimate stage of the criterium du dauphine. the dane finished 41 seconds clear of britain s adam yates, who s moved up to second overall but is more than two minutes off the lead. australia are in ominous form ahead of the ashes against england next week. they set india a mountain to climb, on day four of the final of the world test championship.
for europe for the first time and says he will be watching and rooting for brighton except for when playing against them. the danish cyclistjonas vingegaard has won the fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine, taking over the red letter s yellow jersey the process. he produced a brilliant solo ride to win from julian alaphilippe said afterwards that cycling does not really matter, following the knife attack in france in which four children and two adults were injured. he leads by more than a minute from australia s ben o connor with three stages to go. that s it from us but you can get all the latest sports news at our website, thanks for watching, goodbye.
the semi finals of the surbiton trophy. boulter now has more points than the former us open champion after beating victoria golubic in straight sets. katie swan could yet overtake both of them should she win the title and boulter lose her semi final. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. britain s adam yates remains fourth overall at the criterium du dauphine after finishing sixth on today s stage, which was won by germany s yorg zimmermann. denmark sjonas vingergo retained his overall lead ahead of defending his title at next month s tour de france. took a spectacular catch from cameron green to remove india out for 296 on day three of the world chess championship at the oval. world test championship.
from the women s super league. the club said that, difficult but necessary financial decisions had to be made following the men s relegation to league one. england finished top of their group in the international federation of cerebral paulsey football europeans after beating the netherlands. scotland lost 4 1 to germany and have missed out on a spot in the semi finals. england face ireland on thursday. frenchman christophe laporte extended his overall lead in the criterium du dauphine by winning the third stage. irishman sam bennett came second. laporte leads julian alaphilippe by 11 seconds. britain s fred wright is sixth in the race which is the warm up to the tour de france which begins next month. the latest deadline for london irish to prove they have a future has passed with the prospect of them becoming the third premiership club within a year to be thrown out of the division. chrisjones is our rugby union correspondent. chris, irish were reprieved last week, what chance they