in front of her home fans, the french golfer held her nerve to win the evian championship by six shots becoming the first french winner at the evian resort. the final major of the year is two weeks away, remember, the women s open just outside london. there were no medals for team gb on the final day of the world aquatics championships injapan. but there was time for a bit of history to be made. sarah sjostrom broke michael phelps world medals record, with victory in the 50m freestyle. it was the swedish swimmer s 21st individual world medal to take her past phelps tally. great britain sjess fulagar said it was a delight to be part of her team after they won silver in the mixed relay at the world triathlon championship series in sunderland. fulagar was called up as a late replacement because of illness but didn t let anybody down, finishing second in the fourth and final leg, 23 seconds behind france. norway won bronze.
it was looking like being a struggle for australian cricketers on day three, the fifth and final ashes test at the oval. a couple of quick wickets might be changing the mood. england were showing off their batting capabilities, racing pass 200 for the loss of two wickets at the time. but in the last few minutes, ben stokes and harry brooke are both out, and perhaps then a glimmer of hope for australia. currently 235 4, a lead of 223. and katie lydia key has created a moment of history at the world aquatics championships injapan. the american swimmer won 800 metres freestyle to not only retain her title but win a record 16th individual gold at the championships. she also becomes the first swimmer to win a single world event six times, doing so consecutively. well done to her.
after the third round of the evian championship in france. boutier is 11 under par, 3 shots ahead of nasa hata oka ofjapan. katie ledecky has become the first swimmer to win six world titles in one event, after claiming gold in the 800m freestyle at the world aquatics championships injapan. the american now has a career haul of 21 world championship golds, extending her record as the most decorated woman in the history of the competition. almost completely obscured by cloud on the iconic col du tourmalet, demi vollering won a dramatic stage 6 of the tour de france femmes. the dutch rider takes the overall leader s yellow jersey from lotte kopecky of belgium the race finishes in pau tomorrow with a time trial. england have made it two wins from two matches at the netball
after winning gold in tokyo two years ago great britain s men s 4 by 200m freestyle relay team are now world champions too. the quartet of duncan scott, matt richards, james guy and tom deanjust edged out the united states byjust under a second to secure gb s second gold of the world aquatics championships injapan. and emma norsgaard produced a stunning effort from the breakaway to win stage 6 of the tour de france femmes. the dane held off the peleton to give her movistar team their second win at this year s tour. belgian lotte kopecky finished third and leads the race byjust under a minute ahead of tomorrow s crucial climb up the col du tourmalet. and that s all the sport for now. hello. friday was a pleasant enough day for most of us. just a few showers here and there. but how about the weekend? it is looking a little
dominik koepfer and is a set up. to tennis where dan evans is in action this evening in the second round of the latest atp tour event in atalanta. disappointment for burridge, she is out in straight sets. the world number 108 stephanie. there s been more medal success for great britain s swimmers at the world aquatics championships injapan. duncan scott and tom dean both had a place on the podium in the men s 200m medley final as scott took silver and dean won bronze, whilst lauren cox won bronze in the women s 50m backstroke. and that s all the sport for now. hello. if you spent your day under cloudy skies, i m sure you ll have noticed the quite muggy, humid feel to proceedings. where the sun came out, given that humid air, temperatures climbed quite readily. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see we ve had