yannick maden was briefly in his way, but nadal swept the german qualifier aside 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.eed roger federer is paying his first visit to the tournament in four years. he comfortably beat germany's 0scar 0tter three sets to love to qualify for the next round. thousands of mourners have gathered in vienna today to pay their respects to three—time formula 1 world champon niki lauda, who died last week at the age of 70. family members and former drivers have attended a mass at st stephens cathedral. the current world champion lewis hamilton included there. he's being laid to rest at a private funeral. here are some of the day's other sports stories: caster semenya is appealing the court of arbitration for sport's ruling that she must artificially reduce her testosterone levels. semenya has filed the appeal with the federal supreme cout of switzerland. west ham have confirmed andy carroll, samir nasri and goalkeeper adrian will all leave the club when their contracts expire next month. carroll has spent seven seasons at the club since arriving from liverpool. the investment grou

yannick maden was briefly in his way.ampion swept the german qualifier aside. he won in straight sets 6—1, 6—2, 6—4. number three seed roger federer is paying his first visit in four years to the tournament. he's beaten germany's oscar otte three sets to love to move into the third round. anthonyjoshua says world heavyweight title opponent andy ruinunior will be more dangerous than fellow champion deontay wilder. joshua is the odds—on favourite to retain his three belts against ruiz when they meet at madison square garden in new york on saturday. why is ruiz more dangerous than deontay wilder? when i weigh up the two, i would take the opportunity of deontay wilder, that is how much i wa nt to deontay wilder, that is how much i want to fight, i want to get straight to the big fight. we are counting the minutes until kick off in the europa league final. let's go back to ollie foster in baku. many thanks. they are still pouring in. the gates have been open for a couple of hours. it is a sell out here. not many from the uk be

round of the french open after his second win in a row in straight sets, this time over germany's yannick madenf wednesday's action. there is perhaps no tougher task in tennis than taking on rafa nadal on clay. ii tennis than taking on rafa nadal on clay. 11 times a champion in paris, yannick maden‘s resistance spirited, but like so many before him, short lived. i don't like the word easy, because it is... when you win, it a lwa ys because it is... when you win, it always looks easier, and when you play well, things look easier. when you are playing bad, things look very difficult. so easy is... easy is never, but i can say having a co mforta ble is never, but i can say having a comfortable victory. i have been in control almost all the time, and that's the only thing that really matters. still, there are few who have ever played the game that can make things look as simple as roger federer. a straight sets win for him over germany's oscar also. sloane stephens went all the way to the women's final last year. her journey in 2019 has now reached the third round. it's nice. obviously played well

german qualifier yannick maden is unlucky enough to be in his way.lam champion has won the first two sets of the second round match 6—1, 6—2. it is now 4—3 in a dial in the third. thousands of mourners have gathered in vienna today to pay their respects to three—time formula one world champon niki lauda, who died last week at the age of 70. family members and former drivers have attended a mass at st stephen‘s catherdral. he‘ll be laid to rest shortly at a private funeral. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. 11 english councils have been warned they could run out of cash reserves if current spending continues. that‘s from bbc analysis of data from the chartered institute of public finance and accountancy. tonight‘s panorama looks at the issue of how funding cuts are affecting social care services. one of the carers in the programme is rachel blackford. she looks after her mother barbara, who has dementia. barbara was using a specialised day centre in somerset, until it was closed by the count

defending french open champion rafael nadal plays german qualifer yannick maden in the next few hoursads 87 wins and two losses. while roger federer is also playing later, the 2009 champion faces another german, oscar otte, for a place in the third round. it was a wet and wild stage 16 of the giro d'italia for the riders as it culminated in the gruelling 11.9km ascent of the mortirolo pass as giulio ciccone claimed the win. while richard carapaz has taken a big step towards the overall title the ecuadorian has a 1:47 minute lead heading into wednesday's stage 17. finally, gymnasts love showing off, especially when they can combine it with other sports. here's britain's 2018 commonwealth games gold medallist, dom cunningham, with an unbelievable basketball trick shot. he posted this video on instagram, and even his celebrations are pretty impressive. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your wednesday sport briefing. you heard there about the europa league final between arsenal and chelsea — that match

the defending champion beat german qualifier yannick maden.l face belgium's david goffin in the third round. roger federer is also through after beating another german, 0scar 0tte. and in the women's draw, number two seed karolina pliskova took less than an hour to beat kristina kucova 6—2, 6—2. the czech, who won the italian 0pen earlier this month, is yet to win a grand slam. we're just hours away from the first match of the cricket world cup, where hosts england take on south africa at the 0val in london. defending champions australia, afghanistan, bangladesh, india, new zealand, pakistan, sri lanka and west indies also make up the 10—team competition. they'll all play each other in a round—robin format, before the top four contest semi—finals. i don't know who to win. i want england to win, desperate for england to win, just because they're ranked number one in the world, and the way they've changed the dynamics of play. and having played in australia — i've played for the last four seasons up to last year in australia — and the way the au

the 17 time grand slam champion swept the german qualifier yannick maden aside. the south african's challenge against the new rules that have been brought in by the iaaf, which runs athletics. the 28—year—old said: "i am a woman and world—class athlete. the iaaf will not drug me or stop me from being who i am." it's a really big day for cricket. the world cup kicks off at the oval this morning, as england — the hosts and favourites — play south africa. steve elworthy is director of the world cup for the icc which is cricket's governing body. good morning, and i see you have some company there! yes, the fantastic trophy that someone is going to lift on the 1ath ofjuly. it has been outstanding, the buildup, and we are really excited, it is about time for the cricket to start. it is yourjob to make sure we all watch this, go to as many matches as possible, that we talk about it as much as possible. why should we be interested in this world cup? well, it is one of the biggest global sporting tournaments in the world, cricket. and, the demand we have seen, and the ant

in the men‘s draw. )eleven—time champion rafael nadal has also won by beating germany‘s yannick maden the potential to beat me, when i canjust fight while doe who is talented and have what i want. i would rather take the wild opportunity. i don‘t want to keep on fighting these guys, i want to get straight to the big boys. thousands of mourners have gathered in vienna today to pay their respects to three—time formula one world champon niki lauda, who died last week at the age of 70. family members and former drivers have attended a mass at st stephens catherdral. he‘s being laid to rest at a private funeral. that‘s all the sport for now. thank you. and we‘ll stay with sport and tonight‘s europa league final in azerbaijan — as you were hearing, the build—up has been dominated by the difficulties fans have had trying to get there — and there are fears the match will be played to a half empty stadium. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in baku. i don‘t think we are looking at an empty stadium. this will have a lot of fa ns empty stadium. this will have a lot of fans but they want to be

the spaniard will face german qualifier yannick maden next. meps representing the south east region. they‘re from very different parties, but share the same name. the brexit party‘s alexandra phillips joins us from westminster and the green party‘s alexandra phillips joins us from brighton. alexandra phillips who is a brexit party member, could you raise your hand now so we can be absolutely clear as mike that makes you the green party in brighton. why did this happen, why didn‘t one or other of you change your name? have you discussed this? we both also acknowledged our middle names also begin with the l. i don‘t know how the post room will cope with this but democracy throws up some interesting results. this is a very interesting results. this is a very interesting one as it means the south—east had more meps called alexandra phillips than it has meps that are labour conservative. other alexandra phillips, the green party, how do you distinguish yourself, other than policies? there is a clear divide between the two of us because we are on po