funeral for former un secretary general kofi annan takes place later in the ghanaian capital accra. thousands have already turned out to pay their respects to the 80—year—old who died last month. and president putin is expected to attend the joint military exercises taking place in siberia, involving more than 300,000 russian troops. military personnel from neighbouring china and mongolia are also taking part in the biggest exercise of its kind since the end of the soviet era. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. i'm chetan pathak: coming up in your thursday sport briefing, we look ahead to the final women's golf major of the year, to stage 18 of the veulta a espana, and we hear from the two men involved in boxing's fight of the year. the final women's golf major of the year, the evian championship, is getting underway in france. last year's winner anna nordqvist will be looking to become the first woman to successfully defend her title at the evian resort...