one of his players early for the africa cup of nations. and world number one andy murray still rates novak djokovic as the biggest threat this year. hello, and thanks forjoining us here on sport today. we are going to kick off the show in the english premier league, where arsenal are up to third after a 2—0 win over crystal palace at the emirates, oliver giroud grabbing all the headlines with an outrageous scorpion back—heel to open the scoring in the first half. he will be thinking he has got one of the contenders for goal of the season. alex iwobi added another in the second half, but all the post—match talk centred on giroud's moment of magic. i think i needed god's help to score this goal. so yeah, thanks, god. it was...i was a bit lucky, but it was the only thing i could do. the ball was behind me, and i tried to hit it

from the backheel, and obviously after it was all about luck. i must tell you, i was spoiled over the years with all the great strikers we had, you know. and everyone, from bergkamp on, all the players we had arrived — you remember all of them for their top quality, but as well they are linked with special goals. this one will be the giroud goal, you know, forever. our season won't be defined by results against the top six. personally, i think the top six are so much better this season than last, so it's even more difficult to get a result against them. it was a bit easier last year, it's not now. so what we do with it when we play the teams in the bottom half of the league is going to be the defining reason on whether we get out of trouble, or whether we don't and that starts for me with swansea, on tuesday night. meanwhile, the gunners‘ north london rivals tottenham hotspur

are into the top four. they are nowjust a point behind arsenal, after they cruised past watford 4—1 at vicarage road, spurs utterly dominant throughout, mauricio pochettino's side hammering the hornets. they were 3—0 up after just 41 minutes. england internationals harry kane and dele alli scored two goals apiece, as spurs scored four goals in consecutive away matches. former tottenham defender younes kaboul grabbed a late equaliser for watford, who have now lost five of their last seven matches in the league. tottenham though in great form, and they will be relishing taking on league leaders chelsea in a titanic clash at white hart lane on wednesday. well, the team was... was good, and the performance was, i think, great. so yes, very pleased, very pleased because he use different information today, different players, but we give the same philosophy, in a sense, and the team always is...

always believe in the way that we play, and always look forward. yes, it will be very difficult, but on top of that it is very important to get back the players that are injured, and the january transfer market is always very difficult, so we will see something we need to do, especially this situation. the africa cup of nations starts in less than a fortnight, and that means many players have alreadyjoined their countries for pre—tournament preparations. eric bailly is one such player, with the ivory coast demanding players are with the camp on the second day of this month. his club manager isn't exactly delighted by the situation. he is leaving, he goes for the national team. it has to be the national team on the second of january. we asked them, for him to

be on the third. they refused. and so we be on the third. they refused. and so we cannot play against west ham. i wish ivory coast will be champions, because with this kind of decisions, it is because they are controlling every second. so for sure they want to win the african cup. the first tennis grand slam of the year kicks off in just a couple of weeks, and ahead of the australian open in melbourne, world number one andy murray gets his 2017 campaign under way this week when he competes at the qatar open. after a year that included retaining his olympic title and winning wimbledon for the second time, the 29—year—old insists 12—time grand slam champion novak djokovic still poses the biggest threat. you know, we played many big matches over the years, and slams, played at the olympics, and obviously the

match at the end of the last year for number one ranking, so we competed many times against each other for competed many times against each otherfor some of the competed many times against each other for some of the biggest prizes. and hopefully it will be the same again this year. the beginning of the season, you're still kind of checking your engines, you're still... you know, not feeling as co mforta ble still... you know, not feeling as comfortable on the court, because you haven't had any official matches for more than five or six weeks. so i'm looking forward just to start off well, continue on with a good, i guess, tempo of preparations that i had in the last couple of weeks. and try to perform well. plenty of big names on show in perth for the hopman cup. hosts australia lost their opening—round match in group b by 2—1 against spain. despite nick kyrgios getting australia off to a winning start against feliciano lopez, daria gavrilova then lost to lara arruabarrena, before she paired up with lopez to take the doubles match. he has been flattened by rhinos, walked underwater, pommel—horsed

with max whitlock and played in goal for team gb's olympic—winning hockey squad. those are just some of the highlights of mike bushell‘s year. every week the bbc sport presenter gets stuck into a different sporting challenge to encourage you to get off the sofa and try something new. here were his best bits from 2016. what the hell is that? its mike bushell. it is so fast, this is insane.

you've still got it as well, haven't you? i am pretty slow, mate. not at all. is great to see the kids play. it is what we have talked about! we have trained for it, we have lived it, all we can do our cause. what was that?

if you fall off, carry on. i still can't catch them, running! it isa i still can't catch them, running! it is a big jump, i still can't catch them, running! it is a bigjump, stop, stop. i have brought some protection. come on, then. come on. mike bushell being smashed in a

zorb. and finally, two of the biggest table tennis stars in the world have tied the knot in taipei on sunday, japan's ai fukuhara and taiwan's chiang hung—chieh ringing in the new year in the best possible way. chiang proposed to fukuhara after the 2016 rio olympics. the couple had initially planned to get married before the end of last year, but chiang said that they delayed the wedding date for a special reason, saying that one january can be seen as a completely new beginning for them both. the couple will reportedly also hold a wedding ceremony is japan, as well. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. well, many of us had a bit of a wet new year's day, but that wet weather

was courtesy of a cold front. the cold front has cleared through, introducing much chillier air, but much clearer, sunnier conditions as well for many of us today. a bright, crisp, but distinctly chilly start to your monday. some ice around after yesterday's rain, so watch out for that. could be quite slippery, particularly across the north and east, where we have some wintry showers, in actualfact. so it is not dry everywhere, but for the majority there will be blue skies as you step out first thing in the morning. this is 9:00am. a lovely start to the day, if you wear a few layers, that is, across most of wales and northern ireland. some of those wintry showers still peppering some northern areas of the province. the snow settling on the highest ground of northern ireland, and down to quite low levels, actually, across the north of scotland. so yes, it could be an icy start here, but for the central belt southwards, it should be largely clear and sunny. some showers, wintry showers, will be pecking away at the north—east coast of england, a few making it inland. but for most of us, actually, it will be a dry start to the day,

with a lot of sunshine. a bit of patchy cloud, perhaps, filtering down across east anglia, but it should stay largely dry here. further west, though, temperatures close to freezing, so as i mentioned, watch out for one or two slippery surfaces. but it should be dry, and stay dry, for the majority of us as we go through the day. the wintry showers continuing across the north of scotland, though i think the snow will tend to turn back to rain, at lower levels, at least, and most other places will stay fine. still some showers down that east coast of england, and maybe one or two filtering through the irish sea, eventually into some north—western coasts of england. a cold —feeling day, despite all that sunshine. temperatures much, much lower than they have been for the last couple of days in many places, so three to five degrees will be typical. we soon go into frost across the southern half of the uk, and there could well be some slippery surfaces, so watch out for those. if anything, though, temperatures will recover further north, with increasing cloud, and a somewhat milder wind pushing in from the north—west, carrying some showers, principally to the west of scotland. so a different sort of day

here as we go through tuesday, a lot more cloud around. some showery rain for a time, on a stiff old breeze, especially across the north of scotland. some of this cloud will filter its way down across england and wales. but, bar the odd shower, actually, still plenty of dry weather, with some sunshine across these more southern and eastern areas. after that chilly start, temperatures slow to recover, but a degree or so higher than they will be today. but on wednesday we see some cold air coming back in again, particularly into the more northern and eastern areas. here the best of the sunshine. further south and west, we will hold onto a bit more cloud. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: caught on camera — cctv footage of the moment the gunman launched his attack on party—goers in an istanbul nightclub. a huge manhunt continues. questions for indonesia, after 23 people are killed when fire breaks out on a crowded ferry. others are still missing. queen elizabeth has missed a second church service as she continues

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