and england take the second ashes test against australia to a decisive final day in adelaide as they look to level the series. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. but we start with the news that russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter olympics. the international olympic committee fronted the media in lausanne earlier and explained their decision after a 17 month investigation headed up by the former president of switzerland, samuel schmid. here's the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. the report includes, in particular, the manipulation of the anti— doping lab retreat at the olympic winter games at sochi 2014. the ioc executive board, after

following a few processors, has issued proportional sanctions for this systemic manipulation while protecting clean athletes. so those clean athletes from russia will still be able to compete in south korea next year. the ioc stopped short of banning all russian athletes. our sports editor dan roan is in lausanne. the punishment meted out to russia here today in lausanne is unprecedented in olympic history. never before has a country being banned from an olympic games due to cheating, doping, on the scale that russia is alleged to have benefited from. it has taken several years for this gavel to fully unfold. but this really was the most important moment to date. the commission has been working away for 17 months as a result of the remarkable allegations from the former head of the moscow anti— doping lab. he turned

whistleblower and made extraordinary claims about a state—sponsored doping scandal that benefit at about 1000 athletes over many sports, and saw the sochi games in 2014, sabotage. russian topped the medal table in many advanced, that have dropped down to fourth now overall due to the allegations. this is a sporting powerhouse nation. remember that it sporting powerhouse nation. remember thatitis sporting powerhouse nation. remember that it is due to hold the world cup next summer. but it was told today that it effectively was a sporting pariah. kick—out of the winter olympics in february, its deputy prime minister, who has had to deny

allegations that he was in some way complicit in that conspiracy, he has been handed a life ban by the ioc when it comes to the olympics. of course, he is in charge of the 2018 world cup. russia has been asked to pay $50 million as a contribution to the fight for clean sport. its officials have had their accreditation removed as well. it is accreditation removed as well. it is a very dark day for russian sport, today. the big question now is what they will do. what will their retaliation be? they have already said they will appeal in the court of arbitration for sport, but it has been said that vladimir putin is considering more dramatic measures, such as tomb boycott the winter olympics, forbidding any russian athlete to participate. many critics will say that the ioc should have done as last summer, before the rio olympics. they have done it now and the ratification should not be

underestimated. now to football news. —— and the ramifications. tuesday brought the completion to four of the eight groups as the champions league moves towards the last 16 knockout stage. the big news is that atletico madrid who've played in two of the past four finals have failed to make the knockout phase and our football reporterjohn bennett has been explaining what happened to diego simeone‘s side. i think the champions league will miss atletico madrid. they did well in the night, getting a 1—1 draw at sta mford in the night, getting a 1—1 draw at stamford bridge. they took the lead through summer games. it was not enough. they had to win against chelsea and hope that roma slipped up. roma got a decent game, but in the end, diego bharati got the only goal ina the end, diego bharati got the only goal in a game. a win for roma. they goal in a game. a win for roma. they go through to top spot. they needed a win to go through to top spot, chelsea. that is bad news for chelsea, who is now the only things they can play up paris saint—germain and besiktas. they could be huge

advantage for chelsea. atletico madrid go through to the europa league. they will be highly motivated to try and win it again. chelsea drawing with atletico madrid means that roma top group c leaving antonio conte‘s team as runner‘s up and open to a difficult tie in the last 16. when you play this competition, then you go through to the next round, you go through to the next round, you must be ready to face, to face the best teams. in these games are... we know that... we could play against barcelona, against paris saint—germain, or besiktas. but i think we must be ready, we must be ready. because when we played, this isa ready. because when we played, this is a fantastic competition. this is the best tournament. reason, i want to go through. i want to try to be the best in this tournament. we must

be ready to face every team. elsewhere on tuesday, in group djuventus moved into the knockout stages joining barcelona after victory over olympiacos in greece. bayern munich won against paris saint germain but the french team still qualify top of group b, while in group a manchester united despite going behind at home to cska moscow scored twice in the second half to see jose mourinho‘s side finish top. iam i am really happy, because we don't wa nt to i am really happy, because we don't want to qualify it with a defeat. we don't want to qualify it with a bad performance, so the objective was to qualify playing well and trying to get at least a positive result will stop and they think we did that very, very well. not many predicted england winning the second ashes test a couple of days ago but they could just about do it with a couple of decent partnerships when play gets underway in under two hours time in adelaide. after bowling australia out cheaply on tuesday,

england now need just 178 more to pull off an unlikely victory. much will depend onjoe root, unbeaten on 67. he's got all rounder chris woakes at the crease, with only two recognised batsman after him, england will be reliant on their skipper to push them somewhere near the target — which would be the highest successful chase in english test cricket history and in the past few minutes from a sunny adelaide oval andy swiss sent us this look ahead. what an enthralling final day's play we have in prospect here at the adelaide oval. australia still the favourites, but england have given themselves a chance of what would be one of the great cricketing come back. they looked to beat inside after two days here. dasha ‘s hopes seemed all but over. they have lodged a thrilling comeback after bowling australia out forjust 138 in their second innings. that set england a target of 354 to win. it would be a record run chase if they

get there. and they have given themselves a chance. joe root, the captain, still unbeaten on 67. he will be the key man for england on the final day. they still have more batting to come. the likes of moeen ali, jonny bairstow. australia still the favourites, and if they win this match, they will go 2—0 up in the series. bilby difficult for ring me to come back from that. they will have plenty of support here. the barmy army will be in full voice. england, as they say, still with a chance of what would be one of the great cricketing comeback. and select will need to scored a further 379 runs with seven wickets remaining if they will win the third test against india and level the series. they declare their second innings on 246 — five. virat kohli and rohit sharma both in half centuries. the big talking point

from this match has been the smog enveloping the players and the city. sri lanka's players were affected. one bollard sri lanka's players were affected. one bolla rd before sri lanka's players were affected. one bollard before working. —— before walking off. ronnie o sullivan has been enjoying his 42nd birthday at the uk snooker championship. the man they call the rocket was worthy of his name as he tore around the table at the barbican in york, thrashing michael white by 6 frames to 1 to reach the last 16. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello. this is the point where this week's weather begins to get considerably more dramatic. and this is the driver of the change, this curl of cloud on the satellite picture, a deep area of low pressure which has been named by the met office, storm caroline. nothing will happen much on wednesday morning. feeding in a lot of cloud and some mild air. temperatures as we start the day, eight, nine, ten across the south—west. expect cloud. the odd patchy rain and drizzle that the 11 degrees for plymouth. cardiff, similar. across west wales, starting to turn quite breezy by this stage. the wind picking up in northern ireland and this area of wet weather will slide in from the west. rain settling in across western scotland. persistent rain in the high ground.

eastern scotland, starting the day dry. and it will be eastern areas that will have the best chance of any brightness through the day. further west, a lot of cloud and strengthening south—westerly winds. gales in exposed spots in the west in the afternoon. northern ireland and western scotland in particular, outbreaks of rain. a mild day wherever you are. that will not last. wednesday night, the wind is strengthening in the west. outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west as well, as storm caroline swings across the north of the british isles. notice many isobars tight together. strong winds with us for thursday. across scotland, winds of 80 miles per hour, perhaps even stronger. very strong winds elsewhere as well. rain clearing away from the south—east. then brighter skies. and then some showers, which will begin to turn wintry over high ground in the north. that's because things will be turning colder. as we move out of thursday into friday, this is a really wintry looking weather chart. the winds are whistling down from the arctic bringing cold air —— the winds are whistling down from the arctic bringing cold air which will plunge right across the country.

there will be some dry weather and sunshine at times. there will also be showers. most of the showers will be snow showers. they could crop up just about anywhere. most likely in the west, but also in the far north. and that snow will be right down to low levels. when you add on the strength of the wind, it will feel sub—zero across many parts of the country. so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder. and then we will see some snow showers and some ice. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: president trump is expected to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel later. some arab leaders say relocating the us embassy is a dangerous move. russia is banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea,

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