phillipe coutinho is officially presented as a barcelona player after completing his $192 million dollar from liverpool. a late glenn murray goal against crystal palace puts brighton through to the fourth round of the fa cup. he'll return to the tennis court soon. —— and andy murray undergoes hip surgery in melbourne but promises he'll return to the tennis court soon. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that phillippe coutinho says he's finally realised his dream after officially becoming a barcelona player on monday. the brazilian joins the catalan club from liverpool in one of the most expensive transfers in football history, but he won't be able to make his debut for three weeks because of a thigh injury. austin halewood looks back on a busy day for the 25—year—old. it was a transfer saga that had rumbled on for months but after three failed bids in the last tra nsfer three failed bids in the last transfer window, barcelona finally

have their man. translation: 's barcelona, it is the best team in the world with the best players. great idols of mine played here and other idols of mine are playing here right now sue it was an easy decision to make. coutinho is leaving liverpool for a fee thought to be in excess of $190 million, signing a 5.5— year deal with barcelona. the brazilian completed his medical at the club's training ground on monday and despite a right thigh injury which looks like it could delay his debut for three weeks, the move was then made official. translation: coutinho is happy to come here, he is willing and his patience with us is crucial to having him today. all barcelona supporters across the world can be satisfied that one of the stars in the world of football has landed at barcelona, our club. so what are barcelona, our club. so what are barcelona getting their money? in

its five years at anfield, the brazilian scored 5a goals in the 200 appearances. he hit a double figures in each of the last three seasons. he was careful not to forget those he was leading —— leaving behind. translation: want to thank liverpool for the five years i spent there. the club understood what i wanted and they try to hold me there but they understood my dream was to come here. after one of the season's biggest transfer sagas has been put to bed, it is time to get back to matters on the pitch but with one of the highest pricetags in football history now attached to coutinho's name, the next thing he has to do is prove he is worth it. in england the video assistant referee more commonly known as var was used for the first time in a competitive english match as glenn murray scored the winning goalfor brighton in their third round fa cup match against crystal palace, watching was our sports news correspondent richard conway. a cold, crispjanuary night, an fa

cup third—round game. so far so normal that this was a historic occasion because the video assistant referee system was used the first time in english club football. now the game finished 2—2 brighton. crystal palace crashed out, brighton into the fourth round but it was not without incident. dale stephens opening goal was checked just to make sure it was a valid goal and then glenn murray's winner, was handball? referee did jack. it was located in an operations centre 75 miles away to see if it was a handball but they judged miles away to see if it was a handball but theyjudged it came off his knee. this trial will continue and a decision over whether it is to be used on a worldwide scale is coming ina be used on a worldwide scale is coming in a few weeks but the feedback so far has been good. not without teething troubles but the officials are determined to eye on

those out and get the var system working throughout the world. now, if the english county of yorkshire was a country, it would have finished 12th in the medal table at the 2012 0lympics. yorkshire is now contemplating sporting independence by setting up its own international football team. they won't be taking on spain or brazil though — opponents will include other parts of the world that see themselves as having their own distinct cultural identity, from greenland to tibet. dave edwards went along to their trials. yorks. god ‘s own county. it's got its own identity, its own dialect, its own identity, its own dialect, its own identity, its own dialect, its own way of life. so why not its own football team ? a its own way of life. so why not its own football team? a national anthem has already been chosen and these players, some would experience with leeds united in hull city, are hoping to be picked. amazing. it's a

great community project. a great project to be part of. i've been a trial in many clubs and it's a great opportunity and i have come and enjoyed it. i hope i get to represent yorkshire. when you are a little kid, you grow up thinking you wa nt little kid, you grow up thinking you want to play international football but when you get released from the academy, you think your dream has died and this comes along, yes, i can play international football, i can play international football, i can play international football, i can play for yorkshire, it's a proud moment. to play for yorkshire, you've got to be born here. the home ground is the yorks newbuild stadium, the usual place of hemsworth miners welfare at sea. the get deeper and uefa, yorkshire has been accepted as the newest member of comefa, the confederation of independent football associations which holds its own world cup. it includes some countries in places which are not recognised as countries so that potential opponents include western armenia,

tibet and greenland. yorkshire's first match will be in three weeks' time against the isle of man national team. yorkshire time against the isle of man nationalteam. yorkshire have time against the isle of man national team. yorkshire have a very strong, distinct identity, some people consider themselves more yorkshire than english. this is a reflection, we are giving yorkshire people the rowing team to cheer on, some something they can identify with. equipment is already sorted and the players should not even think about any diving or playacting. for the yorkshire football team, that is a disciplinary matter. 0nly proper football is allowed here. champion. andy murray is expected to be absent from the tennis tour until the grasscourt season after undergoing hip surgery in melbourne. he's posted a picture on instagram from his hospital bed he has coach jamie delgado sitting next to him and says "i'm feeling really positive and looking forward to starting rehab.

thanks to everyone for the well wishes and support the last few days. it really helps." south africa will be without fast bowler dale steyn for the rest of the test series with india due to a heel injury. the proteas won by 72 runs on a thrilling day four of their first test in cape town. 18 wickets fell in total, with 200 runs scored but the 3a year old steyn who hadn't featured for over a year missed out on a day when conditions favoured bowlers. south africa added just 65 runs to their total after day 3 had been washed out due to rain, with ab de villiers top scoring with 35. chasing 208 for victory, india's innings crumbled when they lost captain virat kohli. 0nly he and ravi ashwin scored more than 20 as the tourists were bowled out for 135 in just under 43 overs. a partnership of 70 between shadab khan and hassan ali helped take pakistan to a score of 246/9. in the second one day international

of their five match series in new zealand. the visitors won the toss and elected to bat with khan and ali both notching half centuries while mohammad hafeez had earlier hit 60 in nelson as his side look to level the series at1 each. now, some sad news in rugby league — 23—year—old papua new guinea centre kayto 0ttio has died after what his club in england club has called "a sudden health issue" in training. 0ttio was part of the png side which lost to england in november's world cup quarter—finals. he onlyjoined widnes vikings last month and was due to travel to britain next week in preparation for the start of the super league season next month. two time champion nani roma sustained head and neck injuries in a crash near the end of the third stage of the dakar rally. roma rolled his minijohn cooper works rally car a kilometre before the finish of the day's stage in peru. despite the accident, he and co—driver alex haro managed to arrive at the finish line only 26 minutes down on stage winner nasser al—attiyah. stephane peterhansel‘s peugeot came

in second and takes the overall lead. the frenchman is chasing a record 14th dakar title in the event that also visits bolivia and argentina. vestas11th hour racing took the lead in the 11th leg of the volvo ocean race, with dongfeng race team, who dominated the race in the previous five days, relegated to fourth position. as the fleet entered their sixth day of competition, the distance spread between the top five boats was just six nautical miles, with all of them easing into the light winds of the doldrums for the second time in the race. they'll also have to keep a look out for pods of feeding whales such as these, before arriving in hong kong later this month. including coutinhi, that's bbc.com/sport. for me and all of us, goodbye.

typicaljanuary weather this week. cloud around, on the cool side, could have a lot of mist and fog and some frost as well. limited amounts of sunshine. we are starting tuesday on a cloudy note. some places with clear skies, for example north scotland. a cold and frosty start there. between weather systems, high pressure to the east. this area of low pressure will bring increasing wind and rain to the south—west of the country later in the day. for most of us, we are under a run of south—easterly wind. it will bring a lot of cloud across the country, starting a misty, murky, hill fog throughout the day. conditions don't improve as we head into the afternoon. some places will see the brightness. favoured spots in a south—easterly

wind with shelter, it the north—west of scotland. also north—west parts of england. it will stay cloudy and cool with the misty, murky conditions. temperatures in the mid—to high single figures. could see 10—11 degrees in the south—west with that weather front as it pushes into the south—west of england and wales. that weather front moves eastwards and reaches northern ireland and then the rest of scotland and towards other parts of england. quite fragmented as it reaches northern and eastern areas by the end of the night. behind the sky is clear, turning quite cold. some frost and ice after the overnight rain. showers piling into the south westerly and into the channel islands.

for wednesday, we start off on a cloudy, wet note, central and eastern areas. a good improvement through the day. the rain it should eventually clear away, may leave some cloud around across the far east of england. wet all day for the shetland isles. plenty of sunshine in its place, not feeling too bad. the area of low pressure clears away and takes the showers with it. then we are in a region of slack high pressure, what that means — by the end of the week we could see a return to light winds and that risk of overnight frost and fog. thursday starting off on a cool note, maybe mist and fog around. if it lifts and breaks we should see good sunny spells developing. 0n the cool side, 3—8 at best. friday, similar picture. slack winds. could start off with mist and fog. sunshine through the afternoon. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.

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