BBC News The famous final stage, which for the overall contenders is an unchallenged formality, typically becomes a flat bunch sprint. Last year organisers ASO introduced a circuit which takes on a cobbled climb over the city’s famous Montmartre hill, changing the parcours enough to encourage the heavier, more powerful riders to challenge for victory. […]
BBC News The sun may be hiding behind grey clouds, but for hundreds of people in flowing red dresses dancing on Yorkshire moorland it’ll take more than a threat of rain to dampen their spirits. This is Brontë country, after all, so it’s fitting that it’s also perfect Brontë weather. The group, swaying in unison, […]
BBC News World champion Lando Norris took victory from pole position in Hungary on Sunday to secure his and McLaren’s first grand prix win of 2026. Norris was passed for the lead by team-mate Oscar Piastri at the start but the Australian later retired from the race with a gearbox failure. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen […]
BBC News Kerry: Shane Murphy; Paul Murphy, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey (0-1); Graham O’Sullivan (0-1), Mike Breen, Gavin White; Mark O’Shea, Sean O’Brien; Joe O’Connor (0-1), Sean O’Shea (0-3), Tom O’Sullivan (0-1); Paudie Clifford (0-3, 1x’45), David Clifford (1-6, 1x2pt), Dylan Geaney. Subs: Evan Looney for Casey (28-30), Keith Evans (0-1) for T O’Sullivan (half-time), […]
BBC News On a Saturday evening in Michigan, the skies still hazy from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke, hundreds of voters packed into Detroit’s opulent 104-year-old Opera House, rising from their seats to cheer loudly as Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took the stage. As two of the leading figures on the American […]
BBC News The makers of TV drama Emmerdale hope to continue filming on their village set at a site in Leeds after seeking permission from the council. ITV Studios has applied to Leeds City Council to remain at the farm site in Harewood which the show has occupied since 1997. Current planning permission allows for […]
BBC News Federico Chiesa insists he is only “thinking about Liverpool” amid continued speculation over his future. Across two seasons at Anfield under Arne Slot, the Italian forward has started one Premier League game and scored just five times in 50 appearances across all competitions. The 28-year-old, who joined from Juventus in a deal worth […]
BBC News Beau Greaves has won the Women’s World Matchplay for the third time after coming through a thrilling last-leg decider to beat Fallon Sherrock. The top seed was not at her best but, having been pushed all the way by Sherrock, held her nerve to secure a 6-5 win at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. It […]
