winter olympics after the ioc banned the country from competing in south korea due to a state—sponsored doping programme. and england head to perth for the third test against australia knowing they're on the brink of losing the ashes after the hosts won the second test to take a 2—0 lead in the 5—match series. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with champions league football in europe and liverpool have qualified for the knockout stages top of group e after a 7—0 victory over spartak moscow at anfield. jurgen klopp‘s side move through to the last 16 with phillipe coutinho grabbing the first of his hat—trick from the penalty spot before adding two more while sadio mane notched a double, the first of which was a wonderful volley and add in a goal each from roberto firmino and mohamed salah and it's easy to see why the manager was happy. it was not easy with my assistance,

i was sitting outside when it was 6-0 i was sitting outside when it was 6—0 and we were looking at each other and thought, wow, how did that happen? it was... i neversawa team, i've seen some teams losing 7-0 but team, i've seen some teams losing 7—0 but even when it was three, four, 5—0, they still had their moments, they still had scoring situations and we had to accept the level we played tonight to beat them and then because of the development of the game it was a high result, that's all. confirming liverpool's result in group e with sevilla joining them in the last 16 while in group f, shakhtar donetsk beat manchester city 2—1, tojoin pep guardiola's side in the knockout stages as city had already qualified. in group g, vincent aboubakar scored twice as porto beat monaco 5—2 to go through in second place behind besiktas, who'd already secured top spot. and in group h tottenham and real madrid had already secured their passage prior to these

games but but what does the spurs coach expect in the next stage? we need to wait to play again. we need to see the draw and i hope that we keep that level and of course, oui’ we keep that level and of course, our motivation and it is massive, the competition, and we are going to try to win every game as far as we can. john bennett says natalie‘s failure

to reach the last 16 is a huge shock. when you saw this group, you thought napoli would go through. donetsk have been superb. napoli could have won that match. because donetsk did theirjob. they beat manchester city 2-1, theirjob. they beat manchester city 2—1, ending their winning theirjob. they beat manchester city 2—1, ending theirwinning run theirjob. they beat manchester city 2—1, ending their winning run of 20 games, 2—i, ending their winning run of 20 games, ending that unbeaten run which stretches back to april. a great performance. wonderful goal from bernard. and the head coach promised to dress as zorro after the game in the postmatch press conference this is something for social media. and he did do that. so here are the 16 teams who've qualified for the knockout stage. there are 5 from england, 3 from spain, 2 from italy, and onlyi each from germany and france — with switzerland, ukraine, turkey and portugal also represented. 8 of the 16 are previous winners of the trophy —

including the holders real madrid. the draw takes place on monday 11 gmt. elsewhere, the fifa club world cup got underway in the uae on wednesday. the gulf league champions al—jazira representing the host nation beat auckland city of new zealand, the 0fc champions league winners, in their first round play—off. romarinho scored the only goal of the game and al—jazira will now face the asian champions urawa red diamonds of japan in the quarter—finals. but al—jazira's coach admits they didn't really deserve to win. very lucky to be on the winning side, of course, you have to be honest. we started the game pretty well. after that, it looked like some nervousness came into the team and even after scoring a goal, we didn't recover from that. probably because of the inexperience of a lot of players but if i look at the

game, they were the better side. russian president vladimir putin has said moscow will not prevent any russian athlete who wants to compete in next year's winter olympics as a neutralfrom doing so. they're his first comments since the international olympic committee announced on tuesday that russia will be banned from february's games in south korea. the ioc says athletes who can prove they're clean — and have not previously been sanctioned for doping — will be allowed compete under a neutralflag. the ioc have been congratulated for a show of strength. yesterday when announcing the decision to the russian delegation after the ioc executive board decided, when i announced the decision to them. there are, i was informed that there would be a meeting on the 12th of december next

week including athletes and sports leaders in russia. this question would be discussed and there is maybe a decision. we are confident that the clean russian athletes will seize this opportunity. now to cricket and australia are on the verge of regaining the ashes after a comprehensive i20 run win over england in the second test at the adelaide oval. england succumbed on the final morning to lose their last 6 wickets forjust 57 runs with the hosts leading 2—0 heading to perth for the third test of the five match series starting next thursday. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is in adelaide. england now know they have a mountain to climb if they are to retain the ashes. they now have a 2— day warmup game in perth this weekend before the third test gets under way next week and they a bit

of australia win that test, they will regain the ashes and just to make it even more daunting, england haven't won in perth since 1978. one man who is not here with england is ben stokes, currently playing domestic cricket in new zealand. and we've had news that ben stokes has been named in england's1— day squad forjanuary. he is waiting to find out whether he will be charged over an incident in bristol in september and despite being named in this squad, he is currently unavailable for selection until the crown prosecution service decides whether to charge him and until the england and wales cricket board decides whether to take any disciplinary action so as things stand at the moment, ben stokes is still unavailable to play. mo farah is being tipped to become the fastest european marathon runner in the next 12 months by the man who currently holds that title. sondre norstad moen, who broke the european men's marathon record injapan last weekend has told the bbc that he expects farah

to take his record next season. i think you can break the record, mo, very easily so i have to focus on myself, try to improve. he hasn't broken any outdoor world record yet. but with all his titles, the potential is there but it's up to him to continue training and marathon is totally different from five and ten kilometres so we just have to see. three time championjohn higgins is out of snooker‘s uk championship. the scot who was a beaten runner up at the world championship earlier this year lost to mark king. higgins is the the 13th player among the top—16 seeds to go out of this event. england's world number 21 king won four of the last five frames winning it 6—5 to move through to the quarterfinals.

australian open organisers say that serena williams has registered to play at next month's tournament in melbourne. the 36—year—old won the event for the 7th time injanuary while in the early weeks of pregnancy. the 23—time grand slam singles champion gave birth to her daughter in september. tournament director craig tiley said "she's got her visa, she's entered, she's practising. there's no question she'll be ready in our view." the cleveland cavaliers are going for a 13th straight victory against sacramento. it is 89— 86 with 7.5 minutes remaining in the match up to sacramento. in the eastern conference, cleveland is second in the western conference, sacramento a second from bottom in 14th position but they lead by a point with minutes remaining. until, goodbye.

-- until minutes remaining. until, goodbye. —— until next time. hello. the day ahead will bring some very windy weather and then we get plunged into the deep freeze. storm caroline, a deep area of low pressure is drifting to the north of the british isles. a band of rain sinking southwards and eastwards but look at all the white lines, the isobars on the chart, very, very windy, storm force winds are possible in northern areas and then we opened the floodgates to this very cold air plunging all the way in from the arctic. we're starting thursday on a fairly mild note, a wet note for some and a windy night for all of us. the mild weather will not last, though, because ours are bands of rain clearing south and east and we will all get into cold air, wintry showers in northern ireland and scotland but the real concern here is the strength of the wind. as you can see, we're expecting wind gusts in excess of 80mph across

northern scotland particularly, and it could well be enough to cause some disruption, yes, but also some damage. so the met office has issued an amber be prepared warning for the strength of the wind, and even further south across central parts of scotland, just fringing into northern ireland, there's a yellow warning in force, gusts of 70mph possible here. elsewhere it starts wet and windy across the south—eastern corner, that rain will take a while to clear away. then the skies will brighten and then we get into the wintry showers blown in on this strong north—westerly wind, could easily be blizzard conditions in the snow showers and those temperatures coming down as the afternoon goes on. now, into thursday night, these snow showers will drift further southwards and eastwards. we could see a covering of snow just about anywhere, but mostly in places exposed to this north—westerly wind.

could be some icy stretches around as well. a very wintry look to the weather on friday. some sunshine, still some snow showers, a bitterly cold north—westerly will wind, your thermometer will read 2—5 degrees but it will feel subzero for many. now, saturday looks like it will bring something a little bit quieter, the winds easing from the west. still very cold but not as many showers at this stage, 1—5, those are the maximum temperatures. then as we head into the second half of the weekend, it's all eyes on this front of system hurtling in from the atlantic. yes, it's going to wring some rain but as it interacts with the cold air there's the potential for some significant snow. don't take these graphics too literally, there's a lot of uncertainty about the positioning of this, but some significant snow is possible on sunday. we will keep you posted. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is tom donkin. our top stories: president trump recognises jerusalem

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