grip on the yellowjersey with three stages to go. today s 18th stage was the last mountainous one in the pyrenees, and it came down to a race to the line between the top three in the overall standings. pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz who remain second and third. the slovenian extended his lead to five minutes and 45 seconds. just one line boxing. deontay wilder s match against iceland yearly will now take place on the 9th of october. against tyson fury. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. let s get more now on the statement issued this afternoon by england footballer bukayo sa ka. in it he addressed the racist abuse he received on his social media accounts following his penalty miss in the euro 2020 final. we can speak now to tute melaku, who s originally from ethopia but lives in reading.
to play and i think it is important we use our platforms to help in anyway we can. the people that do not have the voice, they are who we are standing up for. in the last few minutes, tadej pogacar has won stage 18 at the tour de france to tighten his grip on the yellow jersey with three stages to go. today was the last mountainous stage in the pyrenees, and it came down to a race to the line between the top three in the overall standings. just like yesterday, pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz who remain second and third. the defending champion has extended his lead to 5 minutes and a5 seconds. we ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. let s get more now on that statement from bukayo saka he endured a torrent of racist abuse after the england football team were beaten in the final of the euro 2020 tournament. i can now speak to our technology reporter cristina criddle. instagram has admitted a fault in its technology that allows some of this abuse to get