Police have greeted the Bahrain Victorious Tour de France cycling team after yesterday's stage 17 in the Pyrenees

French authorities have announced an investigation into doping allegations against them.

Their hotel and team bus were searched.

Meanwhile, yellow jersey wearer Tadej Pogacar claimed another victory on stage 18.



Ryan Fox is four strokes off the pace after the opening round of golf's Open Championship at Royal St George's.

He's shot a two-under par 68 in blustery afternoon conditions to be in a tie for 18th.

2010 champion Louis Oosthuizen leads by a shot after shooting a six-under 64.



Fiji have rushed Rebels halfback Frank Lomani into their run-on side for tomorrow night's second test against the All Blacks in Hamilton.

He only arrived mid-week from Australia due to travel restrictions.



The Wellington Phoenix are unsure if they can financially survive another season based in Australia.

The side relocated to Wollongong last season, and played two matches in New Zealand when the trans-Tasman bubble opened.

General manager David Dome says recent Covid outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria have them jittery.



Four people have been arrested over online racist abuse aimed at members of the England football team after Sunday's European Championship final loss to Italy.

A specialist team is looking into the comments after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted on social media - the trio missed penalties in the shootout.



The New Zealand Oly Whites have lost to Australia 1-nil in another Tokyo Games warm-up match, after the 2-nil victory in their first fixture.

They conceded in the third minute.

Their Games campaign starts against South Korea next Thursday.



Covid-19 infected Tyson Fury's third world heavyweight title boxing fight against Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled from July 24 to October 9.



Kenya has been forced to drop two runners from its Olympic team ahead of the Tokyo Games because they haven't taken the required number of out-of-competition doping tests.

The move has presented 1500 metre world champion Timothy Cheruiyot a last-minute place in the squad.