provincial team with a just a provincial team with a great support, but we had some good players. don't underestimate how good we were as a team, and obviously we had a bit best manager in the country. it was described as eerie, surreal and resembling a preseason kickabout in asia. last night's europa league final played before swathes of empty seats in baku was certainly controversial. uefa's decision to stage the game in azerbaijan arguably created more headlines than chelsea's 4—1 win over arsenal. olly foster guaged the mood among supporters earlier today. chelsea then heading home as europa league champions once again. a fitting finale? it was a final that really felt so flat. we have told all those stories about the journey is the fans have had to make, about how both clubs failed to take up their allocation because it soon became apparent how expensive and how difficult it would be to get to

baku, and there were over 10,000 empty seats at least. so it did feel very lacking in atmosphere, but the chelsea fans of course were left cheering in the end. let's bring in two of the fans who actually met on the way over. claim to be the first arsenal and chelsea fan to hit baku. joan and gillian. gillian, congratulations. thank you. it was an odd one though, wasn't it? very. very. they didn't feel like a cup final. the baku fans that were in the stadium didn't really know what to sing. we're trying our best but the first half was surreal. it did not feel like a cup final. there we re not feel like a cup final. there were more arsenal fans than chelsea, were more arsenal fans than chelsea, we felt that on the streets of baku, and certainly a few more red shirts. joan, how was the final for you? red it is always an honour to be at a final, to watch arsenal. the atmosphere was flat flatter than

donald trump's hairpiece. we try to give as much noise as we could, and for the local supporters, people coming in from other places, there we re coming in from other places, there were a coming in from other places, there we re a lot coming in from other places, there were a lot of australians here, and other groups who support arsenal, it was sort of a chance for them to see people that they won't get the opportunity to see like we get to see these guys every week. so whilst it was a disappointment, i'm glad we've made the effort to come here and support my team and i will be back there next season supporting them. good luck to both of you on your journey them. good luck to both of you on yourjourney home and enjoy the next couple of days in baku. thank you for having us. joan and gillian, a new found friendship from arsenal and chelsea but obviously it is chelsea who are the europa league champions. kyle edmund has been forced out of the french open tennis after suffering a recurrence of a knee injury during his second—round match against uruguay‘s pablo cuevas. with more, here'sjim lumsden.

edmund had dropped to 30th in the world rankings, down from 14th at the start of the year, after five successive defeats on the clay, which he once described as his preferred surface. had the right stop? he had seen offjeremy chardy are now faced a blow cuevas. the uruguayan made a flawless start, racing to a 3—0 lead. the british number one rallied to force a tie—break but cuevas came through that 7-3. tie—break but cuevas came through that 7—3. he picked up where he left off as that 7—3. he picked up where he left offasa that 7—3. he picked up where he left off as a now heavy legged edmund loped around the court and the second set went the way of the first, this time 6—3. the british number one now cut a forlorn figure. 2-1 number one now cut a forlorn figure. 2—1 down in the third set, he called the train on, and after a short conversation decided enough was enough. cuevas into the third round, edmund out. he's now lost six of his last seven matches. jim lumsden, bbc news. for more on day five

of the french open live to paris and our tennis correspondent russell fuller. any russell fuller. long—term concerns regarding that any long—term concerns regarding that kyle edmund injury, not least with the grass court season so imminent? yes, i think there must be. edmund said he was pretty confident he would be able to play on the grass and he says surgery is not something they are considering at the moment but this is a problem which first appeared at the end of last season. he pulled out of his last season. he pulled out of his last event of the year in paris because of water behind the knee. that was at the end of october. we thought it was precautionary at the time. it caused him problems at the start of the year. he wasn't in any sort of shape at the australian open and it is now apparent it has been causing him intermittent problems since, andi causing him intermittent problems since, and i think the concern is that long matches, such as the four hour match he played againstjeremy chardy in the first round, clearly put a lot of strain on that knee, and two days later he was unable to com plete and two days later he was unable to complete his second round match. there doesn't seem to be a magic solution for the moment, so definitely a concern for kyle edmund

as he approaches the grass court season as he approaches the grass court season and the rest of the year. what about elsewhere on day five in paris? a bit of a scare for naomi 0saka. paris? a bit of a scare for naomi osaka. but once again she came through. that is now 16 grand slam singles matches won in a row as she tries to win three titles in a row, but she was a set and 11—2 down to anotherformer but she was a set and 11—2 down to another former world number one, victoria azarenka. turned it around really well and won the decider after aza renka really well and won the decider after azarenka had ta ken really well and won the decider after azarenka had taken an 11 minute bathroom break at the end of the second set. naomi 0saka won 6—3. wins for serena williams, novak djokovic, juan martin del potro, and also one. katie taylor bids to become the undisputed world lightweight champion on saturday night. the irishwoman holds the wba, wbo and ibf titles and meets wbc champion delfine persoon at madison square garden in new york in what could be a career—defining fight.

this is a history making fight for me, andi this is a history making fight for me, and i think it is definitely the biggest fight in my career. i understand how big this event actually is and this fight as well, it is exactly what i have always wanted, ever since i turned pro. i have always wanted to make history in the sport and to cement my legacy andi in the sport and to cement my legacy and i have a chance to do that on saturday night. it is not unusual any more to have four fighters on the card. it is amazing. it will definitely open doors for the next generation of female boxers coming up generation of female boxers coming up and that is the great legacy for me. i want to be the best in the sport, and i feel like me. i want to be the best in the sport, and ifeel like this is a gift i have been given with the sport of boxing, and i'm very grateful to be waking up every single day and doing something that i absolutely love. this is the

toughest fight of my career today, without a doubt. ifeel well prepared for this title challenge. i had a really good training camp, i put myself through the trenches every single day in training for these last few months for this type of challenge, so i can't wait. topping the bill on saturday as anthonyjoshua, hoping the victory over anthony ruiz anthonyjoshua, hoping the victory over anthony ruinunior will set up an undisputed world heavyweight title fight with deontay wilder. he spoke with our boxing reporter short time ago. the next person i want is tyson fury. after this? yeah, let me get past this, but that's the confidence i have of myself, i think i can beat rui, and then if wilder is not available, it is to start looking at tyson fury. i feel like available, it is to start looking at tyson fury. ifeel like there is still a power struggle where people feel like even though i'm not champion, people still know who i am, i'm still king, and i might put

that stuff aside, man, let's see if we can get a real solid fight under wraps. sorry to keep going on, with boxing i feel like stats and facts, he fought him, he got x, he was happy to fight him for what did he fight him for? we offered him twice as much, and they still say it is not good enough, and i don't get it. big night to come on saturday, that is all for now, back life to the oval and jane dougall. welcome back to the oval, where they have just put the cupboards on the pitch after a successful first day but what about the rest of the tournament? early i spoke to sam curran his brother tom is in the england squad. he has been looking ahead to the other matches and i began by asking him how he felt about the format. i think it is probably the best way of finding out which are the best four teams of going into the semifinals. everyone plays every other team. in the last world cup, you play against a team,

nice to play against everyone, you almost get an unlikely draw and you get the harder games, whereas this is probably the most fair way to decide the best teams of the tournament. most enjoyable, as well. exactly, it is a long tournament, six weeks in england, a great time to be an england player, especially on your home turf, and home support, and it is a great vibe around england at the moment. quite a rousing opening speech from prince harry, talking about diversity in the uk. is that great advertisement for english cricket? probably a few people were really happy to see him at the oval as well, the great ground to play the first game of the world cup. he spoke beautifully about the country and hopefully it is the start of a great six weeks for english cricket. the 0val has emptied now, the fans just making their way home but what a treat they have had to watching england win convincingly by 104 runs over south africa. they had a lot to cheer about and a lot to be hopeful forfor the cheer about and a lot to be hopeful

for for the tournament. the world cup now moves on to trent bridge where the west indies take on pakistan, and then on monday england play pakistan too. but as prince harry said in the opening ceremony, cities will come alive across the next six weeks as world cup fever sweeps the nation once again. from the oval, the stage of an impressive england win over south africa, thanks very much forjoining us. hello again. we have had a real mixture of weather across the country today. quite a few of us have had cloudy skies but we have seen some sunshine in england. cornwall looked glorious early on this afternoon. it has not been like that everywhere though, you can see the extent of the cloud across the north and west of the country and these are weather fronts that have

brought heavy rain, also a few fog patches working in through the english channel. underneath that rain bound in the north and west, things looked rather grey and dismal really around the scottish borders during the course of the afternoon, and that rain will continue on and off across the north—west of uk through the rest of the night as well. further south, through the rest of the night as well. furthersouth, cloud redeveloped. if you mist and fog patches around coastal hills, an odds bit of drizzle but it will be mild, breezy, 13 or 14 degrees widely, but cooler than that for northern scotland. the north west and the uk, we have more rain on the way for friday. a wet start to the day in northern ireland with that rain pushing into the far north of england and scotland where we could see around 40 or 50 millimetres over the western hills in scotland, enough to cause localised flooding issues, some big puddles building up on the roads as the day goes by. away from the weather front, quite a bit of dry weather, if you missed and fog patches to start but the cloud should tend to thin and bright with some spells of sunshine coming through once again. it will feel

quite breezy, quite humid outside, temperatures are likely to peak again around 23, may be 24 celsius with the highest temperatures where we do get the best in the brakes in the cloud across eastern england. for saturday, generally the weather will be a bit brighter but still some patchy rain around, a weather front pushes its way northward through the day, the best of the sunshine for england and wales and it is across eastern parts of england we will see the highest temperatures on saturday, here becoming quite hot, with temperatures up to 27 celsius saturday afternoon. never quite that warm across the north—west of the country, quite a bit of cloud here, but prospects at least for some slightly brighter weather. into sunday, low pressure moves in and that will be pushing a cold front. this band of rain you can see here eastwards a cross this band of rain you can see here eastwards across the country, as it happens, it will introduce fresh air, a bit more sunshine in northern ireland for the afternoon. the cold front never reaches east anglia and south east england until late in the day, so here it could still be pretty warm as we head through sunday. that is your latest weather,

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