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rise of donald trump. that is all for now. hello, i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight. no comment from sir bradley wiggins today as british cycling is told to get its house in order. murray has to dig deep in dubai...he‘s pushed all the way by kohlshreiber in the quarterfinals and remembering a lisbon lion and a celtic legend...tommy gemmell has died after a long illness . good evening, it has been a terrible week for british cycling, in the space of 2a hours they have issued two statements, yesterday admitting ‘serious failings' in their record keeping ,

missing medical records that has hampered a uk anti—doping investigation, today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation, let's cross live to their headquarters at the manchester velodrome and speak to our report david ornstein. david, cycling fighting at all france to try and save what is left of its reputation. yellow firstly the fallout continued, from that controversial sport and media committee in london. where british cycling, team sky, bradley wiggins came under stinging criticism for the anti—doping procedures. and also as you say that, they're keeping of records when it comes to the dishing out of substances, even in an illegal way. but the attention shifted to date, to culture and

behaviour and values within british cycling. liz nicholl is the chief executive of uk sport, they fund olympic and paralympic sports in britain. british cycling is the heaviest recipient of that funding, and here is what liz nicholl had to say. brew i think this is a governing body that has not had its eye on culture and behaviours. but it isa eye on culture and behaviours. but it is a governing body now that is listening to the outcome of the independent review, and has committed to actions that should address that. so, i'm optimistic for the future. and, frankly, they have achieved huge things, when the environment hasn't been great, at the opportunity is there to make things right. so, they have their plans in place to address and improve on those cultural issues but more damaging could be this ongoing investiagtion by uk anti—doping

into allegations of wrongdoing. yes we still know very little more about what happened in 2011 when a package was delivered from here at the national cycling centre, to the french ski resort, by simon cope. a coach on the team. he delivered that package, via london and geneva, two bradley wiggins of team sky. it was administered by doctor richard freeman, now simon cope spoke to the commons committee yesterday, he said he didn't know what was in the package. doctor freeman was supposed to speak to the committee and he said he was ill, so, bradley wiggins was asked for comments and he'd night, he declined to comment, but we did hearfrom night, he declined to comment, but we did hear from jonathan night, he declined to comment, but we did hearfrom jonathan browning. the new chair of bridges cycling today. and he says he wants to get

today. and he says he wants to get to the bottom of this. brew we need to the bottom of this. brew we need to make sure that we are not only clea n to make sure that we are not only clean but we are actually be able to demonstrate. that we are clean. we hope that notjust demonstrate. that we are clean. we hope that not just to ourselves and out hope that not just to ourselves and our staff and our riders but to the public ourselves. i have not come across any evidence of cheating. from what i have seen is an organisation that has grown dramatically over these last few years. have been challenged to perform at the highest level have achieved great performance. but it is an organisation that needs to reset in terms of its priorities, of not only delivering performance that is very important to all of us but making sure that we have got the right people development and organisational developed and structures in place and that is something. our reporter at the manchester velodrome. thank you very much indeed. arsene wenger says he's not interested in the barcelona job even though there's a vacancy there at the end of the season and

his own position is up in the air. the arsenal manager is set to make ‘a mutual decision' with the club about a new contract in the next month but won't lose his focus on what he's doing at the moment. iam not i am not looking forjobs in other clu bs, i am not looking forjobs in other clubs, orforjobs i am not looking forjobs in other clubs, or for jobs off i am not looking forjobs in other clubs, or forjobs off other people. i'm just focused on me getting to the next level and trying to improve, recalls i think as well, competent managers, needs to always try to improve and always try to see what you can do better and reinvent yourself and that is what i tried to do. and that is basically it. football's lawmakers are to discuss the captain's role on the pitch and how it can be enhanced to increase respect for referees. the international football association board meets at wembley tomorrow to discuss a range of proposals but they say the focus will be on player behaviour.

i think what we are saying is that the captain has more than a piece of material on its arm, but can we bring them into football much more. can we consult with captain is much more about how the game should be played. should we encourage much better relationships between the captain and the players. but should also the captain bear some responsibility, can we get to a point where for a major incident, the captain may be able to talk to a referee, and if that stops, six players from each team, talking to the referee, that will enhance respect and improve the game. one celtic‘s lisbon lions, has died. he scored against inter milan as the clu b he scored against inter milan as the club became the first british team to win the trophy. david curry has beenin to win the trophy. david curry has been in glasgow celtic pay tribute to one of their legends. 50 years on

from celtic‘s greatest triumph, supporters and fans from other teams remember one of the men who turned the footballing dream into reality. scoring celtic ‘s opening goal, in a two — one win in inter milan over the european cup in lisbon. there is no way anybody could see us winning the match so we went out with a couldn't care less attitude, we played with the class right through that season. as i say we didn't have any pressure at all, we didn't feel any pressure at all, we didn't feel any pressure. his goal that day was one of the great iconic moments in scottish football history, it is simply imprinted on the mind not just because of its significance, but because of the spectacular nature of the goal itself. he had a long stride that covered the ground very quickly, tremendous length and a superb shot. that all came, distilled into that one single

iconic moment. inside celtic park two of his team—mates share memory ofa two of his team—mates share memory of a friend and fairly lisbon lion. to me he was one of the finest fullbacks at the time. honestly but the most important thing for us, was the most important thing for us, was the dressing room, because it was so close to each and every one of us. tommy thought he was danny kaye, i know that he looked like him but he believed he was, and he was an entertainer. as well as an entertaining career with celtic, he played 18 times. and with mixed results. every player feel sorry for him after you have done them but at the time, it is a sort of, you just can't stop yourself doing it. it is done on the spot for the moment and thatis done on the spot for the moment and that is it. everyone is sorry after—the—fact. that is it. everyone is sorry after-the-fact. yarns and i will

fa ct after-the-fact. yarns and i will fact is that tommy gemmell will be remembered principally for his celtic performances. and as a lisbon lion. for us in this particular year being the 50th anniversary, it is so sad. deeply sad that we are mourning tommy, i hope that we can celebrate as well, who tommy was and what he did for this club and what that team did for this club and what that team did for this club and what that team did for celtic. one of the lisbon lions who has died today at the age of 73. despite warnings from the british boxing board of control about the distatsteful verbal threats, david haye has told tony bellew to ‘enjoy his last days' ahead of their heavyweight fight on saturday night. i must warn you there is flash photography in these pictures... there has been so much animosity between the fighters, with haye the main protagonist over the last couple of days, making a series of crude and threatening comments. there isn't even a title on the line at the o2 arena so both men have

definitely been doing their bit to sell the heavyweight contest as a ‘grudge—match‘. he has got under my skin and chased me for a year he has got under my skin and chased me fora yearand he has got under my skin and chased me for a year and a half. he has really made things personal. so wa nts to really made things personal. so wants to do that, i'll make sure that he never, ever, ever does that again. and how do you do that? i am legally allowed to do as much damage asi legally allowed to do as much damage as i can to inflict in 36 minutes. with ten ounce gloves on. if you believe is he can stop what i am bringing, he is in for believe is he can stop what i am bringing, he is infora believe is he can stop what i am bringing, he is in for a world of hurt. but i hope that is the case. this is going to be. li i promise you i will. i promise you. then great. don't get up and make sure your little rat coach doesn't throw the towel in. there's not going to

be another day. this is it. enjoy your last couple of days. you enjoy it. i'm sure it is. just don't quit. to the positive side of boxing. and great britain's double olympic boxing champion nicola adams received her obe from the duke of cambridge at buckingham palace today. adams was the first woman to win an olympic boxing title at the london games in 2012 and last summer successfully defended it in rio dejaneiro. she will have her first professional fight on april the 8th. billy vunipola could be back for england for their last two matches in the six nations championship. he's been out since november with a knee injury but his recovery has gone better than expected and the number 8 is available for his club saracens in the premiership match against newcastle on sunday. if that goes well he could be fas—tracked into the squad for the twickenham match against scotland the following weekend four. andy murray breezed

through the first two rounds at the dubai championships, but he's having it much tougher in the quarterfinals. the world number one is facing the german philipp kohlschreiber who is ranked 29th in the world. kohlshreiber has only beaten murray once in five meetings but has always taken at least a set off the scot, and he edged the first set on a tiebreak. the first break went to murray early in the second set though, to give him a 2—1 lead but he wasn't able to hold on to it ...the second set went the way of the first into a tie break and it was an epic one, murray saved seven match points, he eventually took it 20—18 to level the match and we're into a third and deciding set. we will keep across that for the rest of the evening, that is it for sports day, from now for all of us —— from all of us from the bbc sports centre it is goodbye. you are watching bbc news, it is

coming up to a quarter to seven. the police watchdog has warned that there will be cutbacks to the forces in england and wales and they are putting the public at risk because services are having to be rationed. there are calls for the us attorney generaljeff sessions, to resign after undeclared talks with russian officials. accusations of bullying and sex is at the highest levels of the sport. and an update for you on the sport. and an update for you on the financial markets, the fts seat the financial markets, the fts seat the dax down slightly. a lot in trading to, the dow and the nasdaq down as well. the race for the presidency in france is hotting up, with all the candidates on the campaign trail. the centre—right republican francois fillon has already confirmed he'll fight on, despite being under investigation over his wife's working arrangements, while today the candidate many see

as the front—runner emmanuel macron, unveiled his manifesto. he's promised to ban nepotism in parliament, and spoke about the transforming france's rigid labour market. translation: we and our project have chosen first of all to look to the future, the transformation of the world of work, the transformation of oui’ world of work, the transformation of our productive model, the digital transition. these are risks, but they also brilliant opportunities, and so, at the heart of this project there is the refusal to knowledge defeat. i will not say in this project, that we have already lost the battle over the nature of work. no. work is going to change, and we will part of that change, we will go with it, and we will transform the balance of forces.