great work from the team. i am here to help guide them and make sure they work as a group. jayson tatum s game winning performance helped the boston celtics seal their spot in the nba s eastern conference finals after getting the better of the philadelphia 76ers. tatum s 51 points beat the game 7 record held by steph curry. the celtics won 112 88, and win the series 4 3. boston will now face the miami heat the team they they beat in seven games in last year s conference finals, with the openig game later this week. and it s a rest day at the giro d italia, but even without the riders out on the course the order at the top of the general classification has all changed today. that s becase the race leader, remco evenepoel has been forced to pull out after testing positive for covid. it means britain s geraint thomas now holds the lead two seconds up on primoz roglic. tao geoghehan hart, who won this event three years ago, moves up to the third in the standings. and that s all the spo
redevelopment. today, the icc has announced a slot counts slight law change. contentious decisions will now be made solely by the drs system. the ecb say anderson has a say in the mild groin strain he picked up the injury on thursday while playing for his county, lancashire. and it s a rest day at the giro d italia, but even without the riders out on the course, the order at the top of the general classification has all changed today. that s because the race leader, remco evenepoel has been forced to pull out after testing positive for covid. it means britain s geraint thomas now holds the lead two seconds up on primoz roglic. tao geoghehan hart, who won this event three years ago, moves up to the third in the standings. now on the pga tour, australia s jason day won his first and that s all the sport for now.
he last won in 2019 and 2016 and the prize of $18 million. and monday is a rest day on the vuelta a espana but south africa s louis meintjes will still be enjoying his superb solo effort to win stage 9 for a first grand tour stage victory. meintjes broke away with 2.5km to go and finished more than a minute ahead of italy s samuele battistella. belgium s remco evenepoel finished fourth and extended his lead at the top of the general classification. and the us open starts on monday. daniil medvedev and anett kontaveit the two highest seeds in action on the opening day. and serena and venus williams have been given a wildcard to play in the doubles this week. the sisters have won two of their 1a grand slam doubles titles at flushing meadows but they haven t played competitively together for four years. both are also in the singles draw. serena announced this month that she is preparing to end her playing career and while she didn t explicitly say the us open would be her final event, it
being first and second fastest in second practice. ferrari s carlos sainz was quickest in first practice. jesus herrada won a thrilling stage seven of the vuelta a espana. the spanish herrada timed his sprint on the breakaway to perfection and held off italy s samuele battistella to win the second stage of his career. belgium s remco evenepoel retained his 21 second lead over france s rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. hello. if you have plans to get out and about this weekend, which is a bank holiday for all apart from scotland, well, the weather actually shouldn t cause too many issues because it will be mostly dry with sunny spells. not completely dry, still a few showers to watch out for, and an increasing breeze, which will make it feel cool for some.
france s rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that s all the sport for now. hello. we ended the week that some fairly quiet weather and that is how it will continue into the weekend. for many others it is the august bank holiday weekend. plenty of sunny spells on offer, a few showers but it will become breezy, particularly by monday. really quite cool on the north sea coasts. at the moment the weather is quiet, weather systems in the atlantic and that is a chance this weather front will brush the north west of the uk through saturday, but this isn t what it looks like the early hours of saturday. clear spells, the odd local shower. temperatures 15 in