cycling, and belgian s lotte kopecky is closing in on her first major cycling tour title, as she continues to lead the tour de france femmes with three stages to go. she finished fourth on stage 5, 32 seconds behind the leader ricarda who attacked with 36 kilometres to go. managed to race clear to win her first tour stage. kopecky keeps the yellow jersey with a lead of 43 seconds overall. there has been huge controversy at the world fencing championships after ukrainian fencer 0lga kharlan was disqualified after refusing to hands with her russian opponent. she was the first fencer to face a russian or belarussian since the invasion of her homeland and went on to win 15 7 in milan. afterwards, she rejected a handshake, instead to her disqualification from the women s savour
energy and fitness are so important. so will moeen ali s groin strain allow him to play a full part? will steve smith make some big runs? well, he knows exactly how to prepare. joe wilson, bbc news, at the oval. plenty of questions ahead of the second day. great news for scotland who have qualified for the men s t20 cricket world cup. they ve been in blistering form in their european qualifiers and beat denmark by 33 runs in edinburgh yesterday to finish in the top two in the table. they ll be joined by ireland for the tournament in the caribbean and the united states next summer, after they got the point they needed when their match against germany was rained off. belgium s lotta kopecky continues to lead the tour de france femmes with three stages to go as she closes in on her first major cycling tour title. kopecky finished fourth on stage five, 32 seconds behind germany s ricarda bauernfeind,
at the top of the leaderboard. home favourite celine boutier is one of her closest competitors she s part of a group of four golfers on five under par. belgium s lotta kopecky is closing in on herfirst major cycling tour title as she continues to lead the tour de france femmes with three stages to go. kopecky finished fourth on stage five, 32 seconds behind the leader ricarda bauernfeind who attacked with 36km to go and managed to race clear to win her first tour stage. kopecky keeps the yellowjersey with a lead of 43 seconds overall. and that s all the sport for now. soldiers in the west african country of niger have taken over the presidential palace in the capital niamey and announced a coup on national tv.
halfway through the eight stage long tour de france femmes and belgium s lotta kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. dutch rider yara kastelijn got her reward for a long range breakaway taking stage 4 to move up to 7th place overall. kopecky finished in 14th but that s enough to keep her at the top of the overall standings with a 43 second lead. in exactly one year s time, the paris olympics will get under way and to mark that milestone, organisers say the games will offers a blueprint for those that follow, with sustainability at the forefront of their plans. paris 2024 will be run entirely on renewable energy. and there ll also be a first opening ceremony outside of a stadium. our correspondent alex capstick is in paris for us. this time, and 12 months, this area around the rivers think it s going to be absolutely jam packed and hundreds of thousands of spectators will be about to witness what should be as spectacular opening ceremony. the first outside of the stadium will be a boat