and liverpool's virgil van dijk tells the bbc how much he would be prepared to sacrifice to win the champions league final. welcome to the programme. to the cricket world cup first, where england beat south africa by 104 runs in the opening match of the tournament at the oval in london. the hosts are under a bit of pressure to do well. they are on home turf and are favourites, and they didn't disappoint. patrick gearey was watching. world cup ‘s always begin with ceremony and choreography, but you can't plan everything. who could foresee south africa opening the bowling with aao —year—old leg spinner, nor this happening second bowl. jonny bairstow, zero. jason roy, one of england's biggest hitters, stay grounded. he and joe root made beautiful 50s but left before the fireworks could start. over to the captain, eoin morgan, to launch a few rockets. he made 57,

only to find himself quite brilliantly extinguished. so ben stokes brilliantly extinguished. so ben sto kes too k brilliantly extinguished. so ben stokes took over as england's guide, he made 89, his side 311. they would have planned for more. at least it was something to bowl at, and archer gulls at things pretty quickly. he hitan gulls at things pretty quickly. he hit an edge. faf du plessis followed, and later another wicket. south africa's biggest guns taken out by alone archer. that is why they picked him. south africa now had to chase this knowing there were dangers in the deep, but never expecting something this. stokes defying physics, surprising even himself. however often you watch it, you still won't believe it. it will be remembered long after the runs stokes scored in the wicket that finished the match. not everything went to plan, but england and this man have proved that they are flexible. he's had a full day out, and when he does, it's extremely entertaining, and it's great for the game, because we see a lot of him in

training, doing stuff like that all the time, and you just shake your head at it because it doesn't happen every day. and today, his all—round game was on, and that's great for us at the start of the tournament. it shows that right on top of his game. —— he's right on top of his game. to the french open tennis now. naomi osaka survived an early scare in the second round as she chases a third successive grand slam title. no such problems for former champions serena williams and men's 2016 winner novak djokovic. craig templeton has more. world number one naomi osaka admitted to feeling the nerves during her opening match at robert garrigus, and it seemed like she hadn't managed to shake them off on thursday, losing the opening set against azarenka. osaka, chasing her third grand slam in a row, won the next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next round.

next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next roundlj feel like i didn't dip at all in this match, and she was just playing so this match, and she was just playing so well, and i was just waiting for her to get a little bit tired, and i think she did towards the end of the second set, and the third set, so that's when i just tried second set, and the third set, so that's when ijust tried to really accelerate. depending -- defending champion halep also made it through in three sets. she will be up against the winner of the other qualifier. serena williams cruised into the third round with victory over the japanese qualifier, winning in straight sets in just over an hour. williams will play her fellow american in the next round. novak djokovic is in a good position to win his second grand slam of the year, win his second grand slam of the yea r, after win his second grand slam of the year, after a routine win over laaksonen. he will play unseeded italian caruso in the next round, who knocked out home favourite simon. one of liverpool's undisputed stars of the season has been virgil van dijk. the dutchman's presence at the heart

of the liverpool defence has been a huge factor in getting to within a point of the premier league's winner, manchester city, as well as helping liverpool to a second successive champions league final. i'm full of excitement. that's the only way to describe it, really. i'm looking forward to it, like everyone else in the team, like everyone in the city. it's a fantastic, you know, event, a massive opportunity for us to hopefully get a sixth european cup. how dangerous do you think spurs are? you have played them several times, of course, since coming here to enfield this season. they are tough opponents, how dangerous can they be, do you think? they are a very good team. i think throughout the whole thing they have had a lot of strength, a fantastic goalkeeper, two rate centre—backs. obviously the midfield has been, you know, very good. and they have players that can make a difference, as well. so yes, we have to be ready. but i know that they will

definitely think the same about us. we are not a nice team to face, and it's always going to be difficult against us, so yes, we will see. you mentioned liverpool people, the fans, which you see it all around the city, the flags out, everyone is so the city, the flags out, everyone is so excited about this match. how much do you personally want to give them this trophy at the end of this season where you have achieved so much? how much do they feature in your mind? they definitely feature in my mind. but i think also, we mustn't forget that we want to do it for us as well, for the hard work you put in day in, day out, from last year, from what we experienced over there, that we don't want to experience it again. it was painful, was it? losing a final less painful. it still hurts you now, thinking about it? not really, no. it made me better, i think. about it? not really, no. it made me better, ithink. i about it? not really, no. it made me better, i think. i took a lot of experience from it. and yes,

hopefully i can use that. experience from it. and yes, hopefully i can use thatlj experience from it. and yes, hopefully i can use that. i guess you would swap all these positive opinions about you and the praise, player of the year awards, you would swa p player of the year awards, you would swap all of that for this champions league trophy at the weekend? yes, of course, of course. look, football is a team game. and at the end of the day, if you can swap all of these player of the year personal trophies for the champions league, i would do it in no time. but hopefully i won't — i won't have to. so we're just going to — hopefully we're going to do it. anthonyjoshua has told bbc sport he is ready to reset his sights on an alternative opponent if a unification fight with deontay wilder can't be agreed. joshua faces andy ruinr on saturday and is starting to think the opportunity to become undisputed world heavyweight champion won't be next. in new york, here is our reporter ade adedoyin. well, the narrative this week has been about anthony joshua

well, the narrative this week has been about anthonyjoshua wanting to unify the heavyweight division, and that means facing deontay wilder, the wbc champion. we now know that thatis the wbc champion. we now know that that is not going to bejoshua's next fight, with deontay wilder opting to face ortiz, the cuban who gave him a tough fight last year. his promoter called him embarrassing. i omits all that, anthonyjoshua has told us there is a danger of being complacent against andy ruiz, the man he faces on saturday night, he was attempting to become the first mexican heavyweight champion of the world, and a man who has absolutely nothing to lose. as much as i watch andy on and all these other social networks, i feel like there is nothing like fighting him in the mistake, you can watch him in the mistake, you can watch him and feel like i know this guy in and out and they are completely different. do you know what, i am going to be complete in myself. i am not worried about andy, i would just worry about myself. well, if anthony joshua gets through the bout against andy ruiz, he says his next focus is to face the best available challenger, and that would be tyson

fu rey, challenger, and that would be tyson furey, who considers himself the champ. he is aligned with a different television network, but these are obstacles thatjoshua feels he can overcome. he says with wilder out of the picture now, his focus is very much on setting up a huge domestic clash against tyson fu rey. —— fury. ryan moore finished on seven—under—par at the memorial tournament, for his best start in his 14th appearance at muirfield village. he is one shot ahead ofjordan spieth, who holed this 35—foot eagle putt on the fifth. tiger woods made a pair of late birdies to finish on two under par, his first round since missing the cut at the pga championship. italy's damiano cima produced a brilliant ride to win stage 18 of the giro d'italia, just holding off the peleton after being part of a long—range three—man breakaway. with the 222 km stretch from valdaora to santa maria di sala largely made up of descents, it was supposed to be a day for the sprinters. but, with three men in a breakaway, the peleton left it too late to reel them in.

cima just held on to take victory ahead of germany's pascal ackermann and fellow italian simone consonni at the finish. richard carapaz finished safely in the peloton to retain the race leader's pinkjersey. and the first round is over at the women's us open golf in charleston. japan's mamiko higa has a one—shot lead over the rest of the field. and just about to get underway is the opening match in the nba finals, toronto raptors against the golden state warriors. the first time an nba finals match is being played outside the us. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

well, you may have heard by now that it's turning a lot warmer, but the forecast isn't quite so straightforward. in fact, it's not going to be turning hot everywhere, and in fact, some areas are still in for some rain. but i think the main message is that yes, broadly speaking, we are all at least for some warmth. but a lot of cloud out there right now. it's very muggy, a very muggy night, with temperatures in the mid—teens across some southern areas of the uk, but rain too. this is what it looks like the early hours of friday, so some bits and pieces of rain around western scotland, somejust about in northern ireland, a scattering of rain across parts of the lake district. and the temperatures — 1a in london on friday, but a lot fresher there in the far north. in lerwick, only about five degrees. here is the forecast for friday. you can see some moist south—westerly winds will drag in a lot of cloud, mist and murk around the coast.

rain in northern ireland, in parts of western scotland. there could be a lot of rain. by the time this weather front is through, we will have seen about 40—50 millimetres of rain. that's a lot, that's a couple of inches of rain. the warmest and brightest of the weather will be across central and southern areas. temperatures will probably get up to around 22, but not clear, blue skies. there will be a fair amount of cloud around during the course of friday. obviously the orange here, that's warm air spreading across much of europe. in fact, the near continent, temperatures will be approaching 30 degrees. we'll get some of that warmth, it will be wafting in towards southern and central areas. so this portion of the uk will probably see temperatures in the mid 20s, maybe the high 20s in one or two spots. but further north, it's a case of more cloud. only 17 in belfast, squeezing 19 there in newcastle. and then it's all change, because on sunday, a low pressure comes in off the atlantic, brings some showers

almost anywhere, really. there will be some sunshine too, but it does sort of spoil the second half of the weekend a little bit, and it will turn fresher. in fact, temperatures will start to drop away back down into the low 20s across these southern and eastern areas. so that 27—28 degrees on saturday is just a one—day wonder. and in fact, the low pressure is with us during the course of monday and tuesday. you can see there it's anchored just to the north of scotland. so that does mean that, after that brief spell of very warm weather on saturday, from sunday onwards and into next week, it will be turning cooler and more unsettled.

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