and austrian dominic thiem returns from injury winning his first match at the german open. hello and welcome to the programme where it's been a rather eventful day at the tour de france. several riders had to receive treatment for tear gas after police attempted to clear protesters who'd used hay bales to cause an obstruction along tuesday's route. among those affected, team sky's overall leader geraint thomas — who holds on to the yellowjersey. tom fordyce and rob hales were watching. security has been such a big concern at this tour de france after an incident saw one rider put out of the waste but what we saw earlier on stage 16 was both familiar because we have seen strikes and protests from farmers down the years but also different. of all the thing that geraint thomas would have expected to impede his yellowjersey, he would not have expected pepper spray. they came out on the bus and we re spray. they came out on the bus and were not have expected this. it's nothing new in terms of the farmers, they use the biggest sporting event in our country and that is this would

in case you missed it, world number 8 dominic thiem made his competitive return to tennis at the germanaustrian made his first grand slam final appearance at the french open and he looked fully recovered in the first round at hamburg. he comfortably beat 19—year—old corentin moutet in straight sets, 6—4, 6—2. he'll face australian john millman later on wednesday. there was disappointment for the home crowd, though. the highest ranked german in the draw, phillip kohlschreiber, was beaten in three sets by georgian qualifier nikoloz basilashvili. and tokyo, currently experiencing blistering heat, celebrated exactly two years to go until the 2020 olympics on tuesday with a ceremony in the japanese capital. mascots and organisers celebrated the milestone, while 731 paper lanterns with written messages from speakers, athletes and children were displayed at the ceremony. tokyo 2020 officials also said that the swimming and rowing venues will be ready in time despite already being two months behind schedule. finally, have you ever wondered what it's like to fly? well, these pictures give you a

tennis — and the top seed dominic thiem is safely through to the quarter—finals of the german open intralia'sjohn millman in straight sets to seal his place in the last eight. thiem won 6—2, 6—2 — and he'll plays nicolas jarry of chile in the quarter finals. pablo carreno busta is also through to the last eight. the number 3 seed from spain won the first set of his match against aljaz bedene 6—2 — and was leading 4—love in the second when the slovenian needed treatment for a back injury. bedene was eventually forced to retire — and carreno busta will now face nikoloz basil—ashvili for a place in the semi—finals. the american golfer bryson dechambeau, doesn't appear on the european tour very often, but he's the man to beat after the first round, of the european open — also in hamburg. he finished tied for 51st, at the open championship in scotland last week, but carded a 6—under—par round of 66, to head the field. it included 3 birdies in four holes, around the turn. masters champion patrick reed finished four shots back on 2—under. on the lpga tour, tiffanyjoh holds a four shot lead a

and austrian dominic thiem returns from injury winning his first match at the german open.come to the programme where it's been a rather eventful day at the tour de france. several riders had to receive treatment for tear gas after police attempted to clear protesters who'd used hay bales to cause an obstruction along tuesday's route. among those affected, team sky's overall leader geraint thomas — who holds on to the yellowjersey. tom fordyce and rob hales were watching.