hello, and welcome along to sportsday — with plenty of football to bring you from across the world. we'll start in the premier league, where arsenal moved back up to second in the table — and are nowjust two points off the top, after beating nottingham forest. it was a relatively quiet first half at the city ground, arsenal dominating possession and chances — and they made it count after the break. gabrieljesus and then bukayo saka putting them two up and out of sight. a late forest goal provided some fightback, but not to be for them, as the gunners closed out the 2—1win, to keep the pressure on the league leaders liverpool. i really difficult place to come. we were afraid last year. this year we went to play it right. i think we are really dominant, really intelligent to play the game that we had, we were barely vertical. attacking when we had spaces too. and we

didn't defend that situation well enough. in this league, you have to shop for the last few minutes. a superb win for newcastle united, in the late game, over aston villa. they won 3—1 at villa park to go seventh... villa missing the chance to keep pace at the top. defender fabian schar with two goals to put newcastle in the ascendancy, before an own goal put them three up. ollie watkins pulled one back for villa, and thought he had another which was ruled out for offside. the victory for newcastle ends a run of four straight league defeats. we knew all eyes were on us, really. — we knew all eyes were on us, really. i— we knew all eyes were on us, really, i disappointing when in the permitting, especially away from _ the permitting, especially away from home. we knew we needed to respond _ from home. we knew we needed to respond and this is probably the hardest place in the permitting to come to develop's with a _ permitting to come to develop's with a strong home form, but a really— with a strong home form, but a really great win for us. perhaps the result of the evening goes to luton town — who climbed out of the relegation zone, thanks to their 4—0 thrashing of brighton. striker elijah adebayo

with a hat—trick for them. it was luton's biggest top flight win since january 1989. and a cracker in one of the other games — not everton v fulham, which finished goalless! crystal palace came from behind to beat sheffield united, to take some of the heat off manager roy hodgson. eberechi eze with two of their goals in a 3—2 win. and michael olise with one, and a man of the match performance on his comeback. another day of drama in ivory coast, at the africa cup of nations. one of the big favourites, morocco, who made the semi—finals of the world cup in 2022, were knocked out by south africa. the moroccans missed a penalty late on — agony for them — but it's south africa who join mali, in completing the quarter final line up. our reporter celestine karoney was at the match in san pedro. south africa has delivered the latest upset of the tournament with a 2—0 win over morocco to reach the quarterfinals at the nations come for the first time since 2019. goals from... gave them the wind, silencing a

partisan crowd over 19,000 at the stadium in san pedro. i missed a penalty in the 85th minute for morocco before he was sent off an injury time, wrapping up a disappointing outing for a team that is ranked as africa's best and was a pretty tournament favourite. morocco came into the tournament hoping to build on an impressive wild technique world cup outing where they became the first african side to reach the semifinals at the fifa world cup. south africa will now play... in the quarterfinals. any other match on the final day of the round 16, burkina faso was defeated 2-1, 16, burkina faso was defeated 2—1, and will not play hosted ivory coast the last eight. so let's take a look at the quarter final ties, starting on friday — with nigeria up against angola, followed by democratic republic of congo v guinea. on saturday, hosts ivory coast — who knocked out defending

champions senegal — will play mali. cape verde against south africa completes the round. south korea are into the quarter finals of the asian cup — after a dramatic penalty shoot out win over saudi arabia. jurgen klinsmann's side were trailing 1—0 until the ninth minute of injury time — cho gue—sung with the equaliser. with the scores level after extra time the game when.... south korea goalkeeper jo hyeon—woo effectively won it for them with some crucial saves and it was left to wolves forward hwang hee—chan to score the winning penalty. they face a tough tie with australia in the last eight on friday. i think this when gives the team an enormous amount of energy. it gives the team even more spirit. this is a group of players that i personally as a coach enjoy so much working

with because they badly want to do well for their country. they have a lot of heart stop and that's what they showed the second half. they showed that in extra time. we wanted to win the game badly before penalty shoot—out. i mean, we didn't count on a penalty shoot—out because anything can happen in a penalty shoot—out. two superb goals helped uzbekistan seal their spot in the quarter finals, as they beat thailand 2—1. the winner coming in the second half from abbos—bek fay—zullayev, at aljanoub stadium to set up a last eight clash with hosts and defending champions qatar on saturday. england's tyrrell hatton has become the latest high profile name to join liv golf in a deal reportedly worth about £50 million. he's expected to make his debut in mexico this week as part of masters champion jon rahm's team. hatton, a fixture on europe's last three ryder cup teams, is a six—time champion on europe's dp world tour and picked up his first pga tour title at the 2020 arnold palmer invitational. the 32—year—old is currently

ranked 16th in the world. there's already been reaction to this from players on the pga tour. former world number one justin thomas says he's disappointed that hatton has made the move. i think at the end of the day if that is what he thinks is best for and that is what he's to deal. 0bviously best for and that is what he's to deal. obviously i am bummed out and i wish he wasn't, but, you know, it is not like i am going to call him and give him some spiel about how he shouldn't. i am sure he has done his homework and research and feels it is the best decision, but it is what it is, i guess. a blow for england, ahead of the upcoming six nations. marcus smith has been ruled out of their tournament opener against italy in rome on saturday with a calf injury. the harlequins fly half left england straining base in girona on crutches yesterday. his absence opens the door for northampton's fin smith to make his international debut. england are already without some key players who helped them to the world cup

semi—finals as our rugby correspondent chrisjones explains. marcus smith was set to start for england this weekend, and even though england have and put a timescale yet on his return from his calf problem, he will definitely not play against italy. it's another selection blow for the england boss steve bob flick. he's already without 0wen farrell and withoutjoe marching in that field. there is the experience to call upon him and thatis experience to call upon him and that is crucial as a world—class operator. the intriguing option is the unformed uncapped 21—year—old things met them whether smith starts or is on the bench, he is sent out to make his debut in the study of olympic oil. lots to ponder and mean his squad and his replacement on thursday evening. whoever is

selected, it is confident that england are in a good place. and of the england fans are going — and of the england fans are going to _ and of the england fans are going to see a team that they could — going to see a team that they could be _ going to see a team that they could be proud to support. a team — could be proud to support. a team that fights for everything and hopefully trying to inspire we're — and hopefully trying to inspire we're all— and hopefully trying to inspire we're all behind jamie and all behind— we're all behind jamie and all behind the boys. gets picked this is— behind the boys. gets picked this is a _ behind the boys. gets picked this is a really exciting time to be — this is a really exciting time to be an _ this is a really exciting time to be an english fan and an english _ to be an english fan and an english player. with less than six months to go until the olympics, organisers say that security measures for the games are "unprecedented". the paris chief executive also says that they've sold almost all the tickets. 0ur sports editor dan roan has been speaking to etienne thobois. i don't know if it's the expectation of the gb performance and sold to british people and it will be the french supporters and very excited to welcome you guys into paris for the games.

angelique kerber�*s return to competition has suffered another setback after defeat at the linz open in austria. she was beaten by italy's lucia bronzetti 6—1, 6—3. (tx 00v)kerber has lost six of her seven matches since returning to the wta tour after having a baby. bronzetti will face fourth seed elysia mertens in the last 16. and finally, australian open championjannik sinner has been honoured by italian premier giorgia meloni.he�*s the first italian to win a grand slam singles title in nearly a half a century after defeating daniil medvedev on sunday. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello. a fairly potent area of low pressure is going to move to the north of the uk. it's been named storm ingunn by the norwegian metservice. the southern half of the uk is going to be bright and breezy on wednesday, but that storm will bring some strong winds and heavy rain across northern parts of the uk, particularly so for parts of scotland, where the strongest winds could reach around 85 mph. here's the storm system, you can see it developing here. it is moving well to the north of us. but just look at all those isobars heading our way through the day on wednesday. so that's the active front that's bringing the strong squally winds and heavy rain. first thing wednesday,

i think temperatures are going to be nearfreezing, perhaps even a little below through central parts of england and wales. but i think frost free further north where we've got the cloud, the winds — gales already during wednesday morning and the rain moving in. so that rain willjust shift its way gradually further eastwards across parts of scotland through the morning. this line here could produce some really heavy bursts, perhaps some hail and thunder,. and those gusts of wind could reach 85, possibly close to 90 mph up towards the western isles. but widely, we're looking at gales across scotland, parts of northern ireland and northern england as well. so gusts 55, perhaps 60 mph across this zone, enough to cause some significant disruption, particularly when combined with the heavy rain. further south across england and wales, you should stay dry for a good part of the day, not as windy as further north, but still blustery. 8—11 celsius towards the south, a touch colder in the north with that fresher air moving in. and some wintry showers follow on overnight into thursday across the high ground of scotland. but eventually the cloud and the rain clear away, so it's going to be another fairly chilly night, actually. we're likely to see a touch

of frost in a few prone spots, certainly as we head on into thursday. but thursday does look like a much quieter day because we'll lose the tail end of that storm system. and this ridge of higher pressure builds its way in for thursday. so that's going to squeeze away most of the rain and it will bring lighter winds. still quite a breezy day across northern and western scotland with some rain arriving later. best of the sunshine for central, southern and eastern parts of the uk. and here temperatures perhaps down a touch on recent days, 9—10 celsius, so a slightly fresher feel to the weather. but then it looks like we see things turning milder once again. so looking ahead for friday into the weekend, some rain in the north and the west, drier towards the south, but it is looking mild for all of us. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm steve lai. the headlines: president biden says he's decided how to respond to the drone attack that killed three us soldiers injordan but cautions against a wider war in the middle east. the constitutional court is due toissue the constitutional court is due to issue a really was good to barely move forward party which won the most number of parliamentary season last is election. anger and sexism accusations in australia after a news channel alters an mp's body and outfit. we speak to the mp in

the image, georgie purcell. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states, where presidentjoe biden says he has decided how to respond to an attack on a us base injordan that killed three american soldiers. the drone strike was the first time us soldiers were killed by enemy fire in the region since the israel—gaza war began in october. i don't think we need a wider war in the middle east, that is not what i am looking for. that was joe biden _ not what i am looking for. that wasjoe biden speaking as he left the white house when he cautioned against a wider war in the middle east. no details are given about how or when the us would respond, so what could americans do? here is our international editor.-

americans do? here is our international editor.