the australian cyclist caleb ewan won wednesday's11th stage of the tour de france. the lotto—soudal rider won a sprint finish — at the end of the 167 kilometre stage from albi to toulouse. his victory maintains the record of a different winner, in each individual stage so far. julian alaphilippe retained the leader's yellowjersey — and he's 72 seconds clear of the defending champion geraint thomas. from france, simon brotherton reports. as predicted it was a fast and furious finish on a hot afternoon and caleb ewan from australia proved fastest of all to take his maiden to a stage win beating a dutchman by the width of a wheel rim after a misprint for the line to victory all the more impressive considering he was momentarily held up when a teammate fell and had to be guided back through the field to the front i another colleague. overall, back through the field to the front ianother colleague. overall, the frenchman julian alaphilippe still leads with geraint thomas in second place. yates is in seventh overall. tomorrow, the race reaches the pyrenees. chris fr

and australia's caleb ewan claims a second win at this year's giro d'ltalia, taking stage 11 in a frenetic finish. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that plans to expand the 2022 world cup to 48 teams have been abandoned by fifa, after a thorough and comprehensive consultation process. fifa president gianni infantino said last year the expansion from 32 teams could be brought forward from 2026 to the 2022 tournament, but the change would have required qatar to share hosting duties with other countries in the region. the 2026 world cup will still increase to 48 teams, though, as planned. our football correspondent john murray has more. over two years ago, fifa voted unanimously to increase the number of teams at the world cup from the current 32 to 48 for the tournament in 2026, which will be hosted by the usa, canada and mexico. last year, fifa president gianni infantino said he hoped it would be possible to bring forward the expansion to the 2022 world cup in qatar. that would, however, have required qatar to share hosting duties with other countries in the

now to cycling where australia's caleb ewan won tuesday's 16th stage of the tour de france, but defending champion geraint thomas couldn't make up any time on leader julian alaphillipe after crashing in the alps. the bbc‘s simon brotherton was watching. the stage and that is expected with the fast men fighting it out in a spectacular sprint finish on a very hot day in the saddle. geraint thomas escaped with scratch knees very lucky. not so lucky for another cyclist living in an ambulance. the australian winning the stage. the frenchman julian alaphillipe retained the yellow jersey. frenchman julian alaphillipe retained the yellowjersey. geraint thomas may be bruised but is also second overall. england will be without james anderson for their historic test against ireland at lord's on wednesday. their veteran record wicket taker is rested for their only ashes warm up with a calf injury. but there will be plenty for the fans to enjoy at the home of cricket where england are playing ireland in a test match for the first time as our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. if this is the one

ewan and fabiojakobsen to claim his third stage win of the year. seven games taking place in the nba. the milwaukee bucks are up in new o rlea ns, the milwaukee bucks are up in new orleans, that one is into the final quarter. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. very windy overnight. it's still going to be very windy during the day on wednesday. sunshine and blustery showers. we're still feeling the effects of storm gareth. this was earlier on, that belt of cloud brought the rain. behind that, we're seeing frequent showers around the centre of the storm, and just on the southern flank of that curl of cloud, this is where the strongest swathe of winds has been, affecting western scotland, northern ireland, increasingly now running over the irish sea. by the time we get to the early morning, into the rush—hour time, the winds still very strong in western scotland and northern ireland. not as strong, though — 50—60mph. strongest winds over

caleb ewan made it a hat—trick in the chaotic sprint in the final stage. but thousands of colombians lined the famous old avenue to chair 22—year—old egan bernal over the line. the youngest runner in the raced and then the youngest to win the tour to france but also the first colombian. lusty‘s winner lorraine thomas made a valiant defence of his crown and finishes as the runner—up — mike thomas. tour to france. what do you want? a new champion. —— grant thomas. i think he needs to enjoy the moment, have a party, celebrate and then try and realise what he has achieved. —— geraint thomas. i am happy to have helped him achieve this goal. on to golf, and south korea's ko jin—young won the evian championship in france. the world number 2 shot a a—under—par 67 in sunday's final round to finish on 15—under for the championship. ko won by two shots, to claim her second major of the year, as colm harrison reports. the fine weather of the first three days were replaced by overcast and thoroughly miserable conditions for the fourth round of