But well start at St James Park where the reigning champions Manchester City were held to a 1 1 all draw. Newcastle coming from a goal down thanks to an Anthony Gordon penalty. After their 100 start to the season, pep Guardiolas Side have now dropped four points in a week. Patrick gearey was watching the action. This is English Football because my most relentless winning machine, what happens when you remove a part . The rock of a midfielder is out for months but city are a team of many dimensions. Here is there left back, defenders didnt used to do that. They took newcastle a while to find the rodri Free Zone suddenly there was space and eventually a penalty, too. Anthony gordon brought down, then stepped up to channel calm. And inspire some chaos. Newcastle road that energy for a while, it might ve brought them a second, but as the match went on, their efforts became concentrated on defending both stoic and heroic. Bernardo silvas Magic Countered by nick pope, usually a long, even he
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
these groups. so we know that it was in our best and at the end of the day it was a bit of a help back for that really feels that job day it was a bit of a help back for that really feels thatjob is not done. halfway through the eight stage long tour de france femmes and belgium s lotta kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. halfway through the eight stage long tour de france femmes and belgium s lotta kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. finishing 14th. that s enough to keep her in the royal standings with a 43 2nd. the fires in greece are continuing to advance with forecasters warning on the greek islands the weather conditions make it particularly dangerous. high temperatures are combining with fierce winds where the fires are now spreading much further. currently the heatwave shows no sign of a let up so you