the attack for weeks. the suspect, sayfullo saipov, a 29—year—old uzbek immigrant, was shot and injured by police. we have to get much tougher. we have to get much smarter and we have to get much less the politically correct. theresa may has written to party leaders inviting them to talks about the sexual harassment claims at westminster. a report about the experiences of hillsborough families says the "burning injustice" felt by people affected by public disasters must end. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days, we'll be talking to a us congressman as well as a former adviser to george w bush about how to tackle extremist terror in the us.

we'll also be finding out why council spending on agency social workers has nearly doubled in the past four years and nine months on from lincoln's record breaking fa cup run, the city is experiencing a baby boom. join us for more on that at 8pm. that's all ahead on bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm katherine downes. liverpool, city and spurs in champions league action tonight, with tottenham playing host to the defending champions real madrid. with 100 days to go to the start of the winter olympics, we meet the american skier who feared his sexuality would ruin his career.

i feared that they would think i had been deceitful or this time and they would resent me for that. i felt i had a lot to lose and i would lose it all, so i was scared. and i'm with england's cricketers in perth as they prepare for the first warm up as they prepare for the first warm up match ahead of the ashes. good evening. lots to bring you tonight, but we're going to start with the champions league. liverpool and manchester city also in action but tottenham have the toughest test. they're playing host to defending champions and 12 times title winners real madrid. 0ur reporter chris slegg is there. the arch of wembley behind you there. this is surprisingly the first thing that real madrid have been to wembley. he would be nervous on the big stage, though, will be?

no, iam on the big stage, though, will be? no, i am sure they want to be. what a night in prospect. tottenham fans waited years for a chance to see the side test themselves against the best on a regular basis. last year, they failed that test. this year, they failed that test. this year, they are passing every test that comes their way. a highly creditable draw a fortnight ago. still waiting to get confirmation on whether harry kane is that tonight after that hamstring problem. the coach is confident. he insists they won't be playing for just another draw tonight. of course, the game that you must be brave when you are going to play against the best team in the world. it is difficult. when the mentality

is right and it is good, we are going to play without fear and try to dominate the game and try to win. so the confidence as they are, but real madrid have so much talent at the disposable, don't they? cristiano ronaldo has scored in all three of his previous champions league game against tottenham. they do have entities, of course. gareth bale, the otherformer do have entities, of course. gareth bale, the other former spurs do have entities, of course. gareth bale, the otherformer spurs man is not available to it. the goalkeeper who had a stupendous late, great performance, a couple of weeks ago, he does not play either. confidence they are for tottenham to work and perhaps could get their first ever win against real madrid. real madrid, the europe for the first time. even more a to what is the standard —— one of the standard fixtures in this stage.

enjoy the match. thank you for now. liverpool are top of their champions league group on goal difference and that's mainly down to the scoreline last time they played maribor. they won 7—nil away from home. tonight, maribor come to anfield and conor macnamara is there. understandably, liverpool fans have high hopes of putting in a decent performance and a good result tonight. he beat maribor by 7— nil just two weeks ago when these teams last met in the champions league. liverpool are top of the champions league group on goal difference. jurgen klopp says he is keeping his feet on the ground and not taking anything for granted, despite that high school the last time around. anything for granted, despite that high school the last time aroundlj have played too many football games in my life the feel relaxed, or whatever, before a game like this. it is the champions league. they deserve to be in the champions

league, we deserve to be in the champions league and we decide whether performance whether we deserve to stay in the champions league. jurgen klopp there, who has a couple of decisions to make tonight. some high—profile errors, and an injury picked up in the warm up. silly book of daniel, who did not take any part in the premier league game, but has been in good goal—scoring form and the liverpool fa ns goal—scoring form and the liverpool fans would love to see him in action here this evening. manchester city are also in action tonight, and could move a step closer to booking their place in the knock—out stage with a win in italy tonight against napoli. city have been in fantastic form this season, and are unbeaten in all competitions. their opponents are themselves enjoying a good season domestically, sitting top of serie a, leaving city weary of the threat they can pose tonight. happily is a related team. it is

difficult to meet the high intensity of the game, so we have to make it asa of the game, so we have to make it as a long as possible with a high intensity. to win the game and beat them, that is the point. you can follow all the build—up and action from the champions league this evening with 5 live final score on the bbc sport website and mobile app or by pressing your red button from 6.30pm. england players have agreed "sensible" rules for drinking on the ashes tour of australia but there will be no curfews, that's according to their coach trevor bayliss. england are continuing their warm—up in australia ahead of this winter's ashes tour. henry moeran is there for us. yesterday saw england's cricketers having a light training the service —— session, and training intensifies. in the heat of western australia as they prepare for a two—day warm up match this weekend.

the scheme and the two following a two—day warm up match this weekend. the scheme and the two following its bleeding into the test in brisbane area bleeding into the test in brisbane are a chance for england to make plans, knowing they will be going into the ashes without ben stokes. if you lose a player. we have to work out a different combination for this first test match. i am confident we can, but the team that is more than capable of winning. regarding player content in light of that incident in bristol last month, trevor bayliss said the players had met to discuss what was expected of them off the field. however, no official regulations were put in place by the england management. henry moran, bbc news, perth. still to come this evening, we'll be live in los angeles ahead of the world series decider between the dodgers and the houston astros. and i am in portugal with the

england rugby team as they prepare for the upcoming autumn internationals but injuries have taken their toll once more. let's have a quick look at some of the days other sport's stories. andy murray's is to fall out of the world's top ten for the first time in three years when the new rankings are released on monday. he hasn't played sincejuly and will fall to at least 15th. meanwhile, rafael nadal‘s straight sets win over hyeon chung in the second round of the paris masters today means he will end the year as the world number one for the fourth time. chris coleman says he has "no idea" if the upcoming friendlies against france and panama will be his last in charge of wales. he had previously said he would leave after wales failed to qualify for next year's world cup, but he's been urged to stay on by his senior players. and england's floryntina parker and wales' amy boulden are a shot off the lead at the ladies 0pen

in abu dhabi. they're on five under par. the local wildlife did a decentjob at trimming the rough for them. here's a gazelle sporting a fetching wig to show off to its pals. jonny may will miss england's first autumn test against argentina at twickenham with a hamstring strain. the winger has picked up the injury in england training. 0ur rugby union reporter chrisjones is with the squad at the training camp in portugal. 20 degrees in portugal, a far cry from england in november but a crucial preparation here. the curse struck again and a host of players have bumps and bruises and a jonny may is set to be ruled out against —— for the game against argentina. her big up is this? it is a big

blow, especially for a jonny may. it's the best form i have seen from him fora it's the best form i have seen from him for a long time, ten tries in nine games. it just him for a long time, ten tries in nine games. itjust goes to show, the embarrassment of riches that england have could be there for us. it we are congested with quality. a disappointment forjonny may but england have the players to deal with it. the door could be opened for marlon yard, who missed out on the squad initially. he has been in the squad initially. he has been in the news today after completing his switch from harlequins to sail. his discipline was called into question. u nfortu nately, discipline was called into question. unfortunately, the kid has run out of lives. for others, as a club, we

will be in the better players moving forward. we have some fantastic winners at the club. it's a massive shame for the club, don't get me wrong, but sometimes, people have to make strong stances and, as a club, we are right behind johnny. make strong stances and, as a club, we are right behind johnny. we will share the model if there will be any replacements called up, given the injury situation. we will also get the reaction to the world cup schedule which has bid tomorrow morning ayes which will be announced tomorrow morning. —— which will be announced tomorrow morning. in august, conor mcgregor took part in one of the most controversial fights of the year. the mixed martial arts star took on undefeated boxer floyd mayweather in las vegas. the fight was stopped in the 10th round, but now mcgregor says he'd take on a boxer again, as long as they stepped into his world. he's been speaking to our reporter thomas kane: it has what it is, i got beat. it's

a sign of a true champion. he got the win, fair play to him. if it happened in a rematch, it is a question of me having a heavier sparring partner in the later rounds, and leaning on me. i was a lwa ys rounds, and leaning on me. i was always against the fast twitch, and there was never against forward pressure. it took me by surprise and i got beat. if i had the remit i would collect it and i would be ten. the —— he is retired, not going to start calling him out. if it happens, who knows?” start calling him out. if it happens, who knows? i would beat ten. have you spoken since? no, we haven't spoken. i respect what he did. i accept it. let him be. haven't spoken. i respect what he did. iaccept it. let him be. maybe, though. who knows? we will see. will you get back in a boxing ring? of course, i believe so. the next one will be a ufc, mixed martial arts

belt, 100%. iwill defend my will be a ufc, mixed martial arts belt, 100%. i will defend my weight weight belt and then boxing is certainly an interest of mine, no doubt. when would you be ready to fight? i doubt. when would you be ready to fight? iam ready doubt. when would you be ready to fight? i am ready right now. i a lwa ys fight? i am ready right now. i always stayed training. don't get me wrong, that was in camp and out of camp. can you say i'll be back? ideally, i would like to be —— to ta ke ideally, i would like to be —— to take one of these boxers until mixed martial arts built? i handled him pretty easily it and the and i got fatigued and got stopped. 0ne pretty easily it and the and i got fatigued and got stopped. one hour. someone come into my world now. right now i am focused on my world, the world of true fighting. a plane carrying the olympic torch has landed in south korea, 100 days before the 2018 winter olympics begin in the city of pyeongchang. great britain's athletes are predicted to have their best

winter games ever, with five medals predicted. david mcdaid reports from south korea. yesterday the olympic flame arrived in the country and also some great britain athletes are already here. the skating team are here to prepare for the final qualifying events in asia ahead of next february ‘s games. today, they visited the city ‘s official countdown clock and among them, elise christie, one of what —— britain's best hopes of a medal. that is taken to be here when the 100 days to go. the dream is to go out and when and at least pick up a medal and i am looking forward to bringing it all together and getting there. 0bviously, bringing it all together and getting there. obviously, it's been a long time waiting for that chance to get out there and try, so definitely to go home with some kind of a medal. of course, in recent months, the

world has focused on this region because of tensions surrounding north korea and the olympic —— the nuclear programme. the team they have already said they have plans in place should that situation escalate jigging place should that situation escalate jigging games time when british athletes are here. the athletes here right now is certainly don't seem too concerned. it's not going through our minds and we are excited to get performances down. there are plans in place and that is not something we have to concern ourselves with. great britain 's shorts —— short track speed skating tea m shorts —— short track speed skating team are here and getting used to their surroundings. team are here and getting used to theirsurroundings. come team are here and getting used to their surroundings. come next february, they will hope to be part ofa february, they will hope to be part of a wider team gb, around 60 athletes strong, aiming to bring back britain's best ever medal tally, beating the best of four medals. among those competing will be gus kenworthy, the american freestyle skier. he became a media star not only for winning silver at the sochi 0lympics but also, later, for publicly declaring he is gay. he's been called the first action—sports star to come out and has since been hailed

as a new standard bearer for lgbt people in sport. 0ur correspondent andy swiss went to meet him. i'm just hoping that might story serves as encouragement and a beacon of light for any people that are in the closet in sports. of anything i've done my life, the thing i'm the most proud of for sure is coming out and doing it the way that i did it. in the frenetic world of freestyle skiing, gus kenworthy stands alone. world number one and also the first openly gay competitor. when he won silver at the sochi olympics in 2014, kenworthy had not revealed his sexuality. behind the celebrations, he says he felt deceitful, guilty and even considered quitting, for fear of what his sport would think. your whole sport is based around you image and your persona. —— your whole sport is based around your image and your persona. it's like, your social media followers and your sponsors and just the way that you portray yourself and ijust didn't want to throw that all away.

i had just heard friends and people in the industry say homophobic things. we used to have snowboarders at events, call us skier fags and anytime anything was bad at a contest, whether it was the weather or the course or thejudges, it was, "this is so gay, that's so gay," all these things, so i wasjust like, "oh, my god, that's not what the words means." i was like, "what are they going to think when they realise that i actually am gay?" and you came out. yeah! and what was the reaction you got? it was crazy. the reaction when i came out was the opposite of what i expected. i posted the cover and i tweeted it it and it was just like my phone stopped working, it was going so crazy. i got calls from people, other people in the industry who had joked about things, called me gay, called me a faggot, whatever, called to say that they were so sorry and had no idea that if they ever had they would have never said these things. "i've been feeling so guilty all morning." i was in tears hearing these apologies. i get messages every single day from kids. i want to help them come to terms with themselves, help them come out. it does make me feel really, really good. and coming out, he believes, has actually enhanced his marketability. he's one of america's faces

of the winter games and he told me it's given him the focus to realise his sporting potential. what would it mean to you to go to the winter olympics and come away with a gold medal, how much would that mean to you? my god. i get goosebumps even hearing you say that. i want to do well for myself but i want to do well for the lgbt community. i want to be their sports guy. i want to be at the olympics, like, i want to get a medal for that community. the sky's the limit, then, for a man who blazes a trail both on and off the snow. baseball now, and the world series is all set for a dramatic climax later on in los angeles, after the dodgers beat the houston astros in game six on yesterday to level things up and force a decider. nick marshall—mccormack has been covering the event for us and is in los angeles for us. this is exactly what you would want

for the world series, coming down to the last match. this has been brilliant, nail—biting, roller coasters. we are in the hollywood hills, just around the corner from the dodger stadium. the love drama here. this one has a movie written all over it. if you wa nted movie written all over it. if you wanted tickets behind the dugout, $550,000. we are in game seven, we had the brilliant games sex for dodgerfans. we'll show had the brilliant games sex for dodger fans. we'll show you some of the highlights. there was silence all around dodger stadium the couege all around dodger stadium the college george garton had a dinner for the astros, a big home and that put them one up. there were a couple of singles coming out for the dodgers which put them back to 2—1. at