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Lottie Woad shoots a level-par first round to lie five shots off the AIG Women's Open lead jointly held by Eri Okayama and Rio Takeda. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Fex2IYZ

Day 1 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India. from BBC News https://ift.tt/o5MRWgN

Athletes who want to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions will have to take a one-time gene test, says World Athletics. from BBC News https://ift.tt/icNmZGz

Watch as France's Leon Marchand breaks 200m medley world record in one minute 52.69 seconds to beat the previous best of 1:54.00 set by Ryan Lochte. from BBC News https://ift.tt/nK5ujpb

England celebrate their Euro 2025 triumph with an open-top bus procession along The Mall in London. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tJUx1vZ

The England women's football team are greeted by cheering crowds as they fly home after their victory over Spain. from BBC News https://ift.tt/X76dNqt

Ben Stokes will not be told to limit his bowling, but must realise he needs to for the good of his England team, writes Jonathan Agnew. from BBC News https://ift.tt/vjcUbuM

Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tXSm8OK

England are hoping for redemption in Sunday's Euro 2025 final as they take on Spain in a repeat of the 2023 World Cup final. from BBC News https://ift.tt/V829bUy

Joe Root's masterful 150 took him up to second on the all-time Test run-scorers' list and gave England complete control over India at the end of day three of the fourth Test at Old Trafford. from BBC News https://ift.tt/yr69Y42

Mexico striker Javier Hernandez says he regrets making sexist comments which saw him fined and warned about his conduct. from BBC News https://ift.tt/BV9NbaP

England are a better side with veteran spinner Liam Dawson included, says former captain Michael Vaughan. from BBC News https://ift.tt/N4ocJtK

UKTV, which presents the award, said it wanted to "reflect on how we continue to support comedy". from BBC News https://ift.tt/e2B3Ui0

England manager Sarina Wiegman says her players decided to stop taking the knee before matches because the impact of the anti-racism gesture is "not good enough". from BBC News https://ift.tt/xqCsXcK

Marcus Rashford's impending Manchester United exit leaves a lot of unanswered questions, writes Simon Stone. from BBC News https://ift.tt/qMl07z5

Rachel Booth, 38, was last seen on Saturday morning at a petrol station in Northwich, police say. from BBC News https://ift.tt/19Rw5yt

England defender Lucy Bronze says players are getting more abuse the bigger women's football becomes. from BBC News https://ift.tt/l07wcns

Scottie Scheffler continues his imperious march towards a first Open Championship title in a third round which contained all the ingredients to set up a classic. from BBC News https://ift.tt/6CzPrH1

With Marcus Rashford set to leave Old Trafford, BBC Sport explains how he ended up on the brink of a remarkable move to Barcelona. from BBC News https://ift.tt/APqcZId

Big screen footage of the two people went viral after reports they were colleagues and at least one was married to another person. from BBC News https://ift.tt/FVquRj4

Highlights from the third round of the 153rd Open Championship from Royal Portrush. from BBC News https://ift.tt/4mgLhAO

Scottie Scheffler battles the worst of the torrential downpours to open a one-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick after round two of The Open. from BBC News https://ift.tt/KkVw3pl

Lee Westwood and Bryson DeChambeau star in the best shots of day two from The Open. from BBC News https://ift.tt/qgpv2ma

Saturday could see 20-40mm of rainfall within an hour over London and south-east England. from BBC News https://ift.tt/JWDerFx

The PM argues MPs "elected on a Labour manifesto" should back the government's plans. from BBC News https://ift.tt/5BEpzcD

Deepti Sharma's unbeaten 62 guides India to a four-wicket win in the opening one-day international in Southampton. from BBC News https://ift.tt/gEIY8e6

Watch as India's Harleen Deol is run out after failing to ground her bat during the first one-day international against England. from BBC News https://ift.tt/n9WU0fb

Jule Brand, Lauren James, Claudia Pina and Delphine Cascarino are all among the scorers of some of the best goals of the group stage at Uefa Women's Euro 2025. from BBC News https://ift.tt/daw3pFT

BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind West Indies' second-lowest Test score of 27. from BBC News https://ift.tt/yV5Cek6

England captain Ben Stokes says he never thought about stopping during his mammoth bowling spells that helped seal the third Test win over India at Lord's. from BBC News https://ift.tt/abDRhuc

Watch the moment Jannik Sinner seals a brilliant comeback win over Carlos Alcaraz to become the first Italian to win a Wimbledon singles title, after the world number one beat the Spanish second seed 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. from BBC News https://ift.tt/bITG6Av

Rory McIlroy is in prime position for another Scottish Open title after surging to a share of the lead with an imposing third-round 66. from BBC News https://ift.tt/OGeXJZI

Black smoke was seen coming from one of the engines of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight plane. from BBC News https://ift.tt/luaGvxK

Newcastle complete the £55m signing of winger Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ifd49Xw

Joe Root finishes on 99 not out at stumps as England close on 251-4 against India after day one of the third Test at Lord's. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8wlJOdG

Qasa Alom looks back at the day’s play at Wimbledon, with highlights from the big matches. from BBC News https://ift.tt/OnTaCoI

The Taliban's supreme leader and chief justice are accused by the Hague-based judges of gender persecution. from BBC News https://ift.tt/bCiQmle

MPs vote to back the Football Governance Bill and establish an independent regulator to oversee the men's game in England's top five divisions. from BBC News https://ift.tt/dU5bmse

Germany's Lea Schuller takes advantage and puts Germany ahead after Denmark's Emma Farge smashes the ball into the face of her own team-mate Emma Snerle in the Group C match. from BBC News https://ift.tt/amH86BA

An official memo also says that the disgraced financier did take his own life - contradicting conspiracy theories. from BBC News https://ift.tt/uf6R0qS

London Pulse secure their first Netball Super League title and denied Loughborough Lightning an unprecedented three-peat with a thrilling win at the O2. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DE2Tbp5

Cameron Norrie is the final Briton standing in the Wimbledon singles after beating Chile's Nicolas Jarry to reach the men's quarter-finals. from BBC News https://ift.tt/kzp0OGA

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic seals his 100th victory at Wimbledon in devastating fashion with a third-round win over compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic. from BBC News https://ift.tt/QBfCc13

McLaren's Lando Norris predicts that Sunday's British Grand Prix could be a "great race" with six cars in with a chance of victory. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Tl1og3G

The forward and his brother both died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/NIiKdL7

Liverpool say they are "devastated" by the "unimaginable loss" of their Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who has died in a car crash. from BBC News https://ift.tt/n5Lcihg

The talking points after the British and Irish Lions' 52-12 victory over Queensland Reds, as Tom English attempts to pick his Test squad. from BBC News https://ift.tt/SfeKvlp

The retailer continues to recover from a cyber attack that is expected to hit profits by £300m. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DE9u0He

British number one Jack Draper starts his Wimbledon bid with a comfortable victory over clay-court specialist Sebastian Baez. from BBC News https://ift.tt/C3EchJ8