six months on, he's still not played another competitive match. today, murray — in his official statement — admitted he's not yet ready to compete and he's flying home to assess all the options. that suggests surgery. so, does this look like the end? it is very sad when someone has to retire, and i'm assuming this is the end of his career, and it may not be. so, you know, forgive me, but i've got a new hip and it's just an awful long way back. it's a real uphill struggle from here. the australian open is busy promoting itself. tennis must go on. although it's a sport heavily reliant on over—30s for its marketing, and that's not a long—term solution. johanna konta will still carry british hopes at the australian open. well, perhaps. she withdrew from her match in brisbane overnight, with suspicions of — guess what? — a hip problem. more assessment on friday. low—grade strain, she suggests. just be fit forjune, wimbledon might well hope. this week, andy murray posted this picture of himself on social media. "the little kid inside me," he explained, "just wants to play

tennis and compete." it's difficult to be denied something so simple. joe wilson, bbc news. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc2 in a few moments. here's evan davis. tonight, you've heard of bitcoin — the digital currency that appears to conjure up money from nothing — but we'll look at the other wacky speculation going on in the world of cryptocurrencies. it's been called ‘the dot—com boom on steroids‘, why is it so bedazzling to shareholders? join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday. coming up, a blow to spurs as they are held to a 1-1 blow to spurs as they are held to a 1—1 draw by west ham. the story of the afghan player of his football career began in a refugee camp. and we live in sydney we re refugee camp. and we live in sydney were spread out the advantage yet again heading into the second day of the fifth and final ashes test. good evening. we start with

tonight's premier league. despite only 48 hours of rest since the last game, there was notjust bought —— there were not just game, there was notjust bought —— there were notjust one but two stunning strikes at wembley this evening. tottenham snatched a draw against west ham. drew savage was watching. three wins out of three over the festive period. with 2017's leading scorer around, what could go wrong for spurs? right times this felt more like a training exercise than a competitive game. attack versus defence. spurs laboured to find a way through the massed ranks of west ham players. west ham were obstinate. surely it would only be a matter of time before a goal came?

the hammers haven't even had a shot onto the 70th minute but this was worth waiting for. pedro obiang surprised everyone. spurs needed something special. it came from south korea. another surprise. david moyes urged his team forward. hugo lloris came to the rescue. spurs pushed towards the champions league places put on hold. you'd think west ham might be happy. well, they are getting there. you feel disappointed, of course, but very pleased with the performance. after 48 hours playing swansea, today i think the team was fantastic. the effort. and yes, you create, you dominate, you make

everything to score. it wasn't possible. i accept that his football and sometimes it happens. we are miles away from howl and sometimes it happens. we are miles away from how i want us to play. but we are doing something is right, like the way we are defending. if we keep defending like that, especially against the top teams, we will have a chance to take points. hopefully we will get a couple of players back fit in the coming weeks and months. if we can do that, hopefully it will help us. liverpool's philippe coutinho and mo salah were mr ma's fa cup derby against everton due to injury. coutinho has a thigh injury which comes amid increasing speculation about his future. liverpool expect another bid from barcelona during the transfer window. but jurgen klopp is remaining tight—lipped about the situation. look, all the

things i could say no will only create stories. you will write the stories any way. so i have nothing to say about it. that is actually how it is. that is how it is! it is a transfer window. that is all. that is all. i know that means already open the door halfway because i mentioned it is the transfer window. but there is nothing to say about it. what would help me or the player oi’ it. what would help me or the player or the club... that was the wrong direction. that is the only thing i'm interested in. that is all. manchester city women's latest signing wants to be part of history after arriving at the club. this is the latest destination in the denmark striker‘s incredible life story. born in afghanistan, she

and her family paid traffickers to ta ke and her family paid traffickers to take them to england after the taliban murdered her father. take them to england after the taliban murdered herfather. they we re taliban murdered herfather. they were eventually dumped in rural denmark, where she found her love of football in a refugee centre. she signed from us champions portland and hopes to make her mark in european football. she has been speaking to joe corrie. i want to contribute, i want to score goals, i want to win trophies. i want to work hard. i have a lot of goals, i always do. i want to be pa rt goals, i always do. i want to be part of history. the club is so young. women's football. they have achieved so much. just being part of that journey and trying achieved so much. just being part of thatjourney and trying to reach even higher levels is amazing. and asi even higher levels is amazing. and as i said, i really want to do something. i want people to talk about, yeah, she did some great stuff! you're route into football

has been very different to most players. talking about the first time you got your first football, the first time you kick a ball? the first ball like got was from my dad. ididn't first ball like got was from my dad. i didn't really kick it. we played something else. girls weren't really allowed to do sport. when we finally found out he was supposed to kick it, we used to do it sometimes, yeah. my knowledge of football was really little before we came to denmark. that is when i started playing and seeing football for real. i mean, we were a bunch of young kids from different countries and we didn't really have anything to do. besidesjust and we didn't really have anything to do. besides just going around and trying to learn new stuff. it started as foreign and really fast became an obsession. the competition got into every kid. what do you know

about manchester city? —— what did you know that manchester city? how much research did you do? actually not that much. i've been really busy lately. i didn't have the time to do research. i like the fact that i show up somewhere and try to learn and adapt to the situation. so far i have had a positive impression, apart from the weather! it seems to bea apart from the weather! it seems to be a really good place. you have already had a good taste of the manchester weather. already had a good taste of the manchester weatherlj already had a good taste of the manchester weather. i know. they say this is going to last for a couple of months yet. it doesn't really get better. that is kind of scaring me. an incredible story. the second day of the final ashes test of the series gets underway in just under an error in sydney. england closed day one and 233—5. patrick geary has beenin day one and 233—5. patrick geary has been in sydney covering this. patrick, it is becoming a familiar

story. england coming out on top, they make a good start but late wickets have left them in a precarious position again? yes, holly. it was their series encapsulated in a day. where there is hope they seem to find trouble. those wickets tilted the balance in australia's favour. england batted in murky conditions. they lost careless early wickets. in joe in murky conditions. they lost careless early wickets. injoe root and dawid malan they started to rebuild their innings. malan was dropped by steve smith. both batsmen went to 50 and both look pretty co mforta ble went to 50 and both look pretty comfortable as england got to 220—3. with the third ball of the new ball joe root hit it's straight to mitchell marsh. you could see how disappointed he was. it was such a big wicket. instead of sending a night watchman in to see at the end of the innings, they sent injonny ba i rstow. of the innings, they sent injonny bairstow. that was a tactical error, many have said, and it has cost

england. they have lost another talented batsman. they know how their last two established batsman at the crease and plenty of runs yet to get. it all gets underway in the next hour. what sort of total do they need to stay competitive in this match? there would have hoped for more than 450 when they decided to bat. they downgraded that. dawid malan, after yesterday, said another 150 would take them to 380, that probably isn't enough. australia will fancy getting them out for a less. england have a long tail. australia could put together a big first—innings score themselves. we may see mason crane today. we will see him with the bat and ball. to expect a young leg—spinner on his debut to be shane warne is not realistic body has played at this ground before. he could be useful. he did nothing is first day of test cricket.

expect his second day to be pretty busy. we're relying on you to bring us busy. we're relying on you to bring us good news tomorrow. fingers crossed. that is all from sportsday. ina crossed. that is all from sportsday. in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dia chakravarty, the daily telegraph's brexit editor, and laura hughes, political correspondent from the financial times. welcome. happy new year. let's show you what front pages we have. the metro leads with that explosive book behind the scenes of the white house, which includes unflattering

material about the president and revelations about his hair. the times also features the book in which steve bannon is said to have made some sensational claims about his former boss. the express looks at how much money is spent on foreign aid, and says some mps say it should be diverted to the cash—strapped nhs. the ft reports on the story we brought you earlier, about companies being warned to replace all their computer hardware or risk a cyber attack from hackers. the telegraph leads on the release ofjohn worboys, thought to be one of the uk's most prolific rapists, who is set to be freed from prison. the mirror also has that story. it says worboys will be released just eight years after being jailed. the sun headline says that is not just this as a parole board approves his release. and the guardian leads on the national health service winter crisis, which led to an apology from the prime minister after tens of thousands of people

had their operations postponed. let's start off with donald trump and this sensational book, as it is being described. the new line on that, according to the times newspaper, is that donald trump's mental health has been questioned by steve bannon, his former ideological soul mate and top aide who know, it seems, has turned against him. the basic story is that michael wolff, the journalist, is basic story is that michael wolff, thejournalist, is bringing out a book tomorrow and president trump's lawyers are trying to get an injunction to stop that from being published. the explosive claims you talk about, talk about the spectacular falling out between steve bannon, his former right—hand man, and donald trump. it talks about invoking this amendment, the 25th amendment, which questions... which can actually depose a president from office on mental health grounds. it has gone to that

sort of level. there is a huge amount of interest. this is following the events of what happened after charlottesville and trump's inability to actually condemn what is seen as the white supremacist aspect of those incidents. some sensational allegations in this book from what we have read so far. do we learn a lot, do we think, but the real white house, the real donald trump?” think it is less about the white house and more about donald trump's time in the white house. already people are suggesting this book is not true, that it is actually not totally accurate. but whatever does come out will be incredibly damning to the president, which is why he is taking these dramatic steps to try and stop its publication. ironically though and brilliantly for the author himself, this huge storm is

the best pr you could ever hope for. it isa the best pr you could ever hope for. it is a best seller already. it was meant to come out next week. but because of the excitement it is being published tomorrow. and donald trump so angry about it. the front page