on he had committed sexual offences on a large scale against vulnerable boys. the trial continues. they belong to national action. the six appeared at westminster magistrates‘ court. they will appear at the old bailey later this month. that is it from me. you can get in touch via social media. you can also find us on facebook. hello, i‘m nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today. from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: super sub ageuro saves the day against bristol city in the english cup. kerber puts williams out of the contest in sydney with a powerful three set performance. but the dakar rally motorbike champion is out of the race after hurting his back in a jump.

hi there — wherever you are around the world welcome to sport today. manchester city have come from behind to beat bristol city in the english league cup on a chilly night in england‘s north. pep guardiola‘s men had to work hard to turn it all around against an enthusiatic bristol side. city went down in the first half when bobby reid slotted a penalty after a john stones foul in the box. but the sky blues ramped things up the second half and equalised with a beautiful one—two move from kevin de bruyne and raheem sterling to give the belgian a delicious goal. and then the super sub sergio aguero came on and headed city into the lead. the shortest man on the park doing the damage in extra tine. city 2—1winners. antonio conte has said he is viewed

with jose mourinho antonio conte has said he is viewed withjose mourinho is personal. he was later cleared of any wrongdoing. i have this book of a person of regret? i don‘t think so. we both said that things and we will see what happens in future. he said the serious words, used the serious words. i won‘t forget this. this is not a problem from the club. i stop, stop. atletico madrid booked their place in the quarter—finals of spain‘s copa del rey after seeing off third—tier lleida. diego simeone‘s men won the second leg of their last 16 clash 3—nil. they won 7—nil on aggregate. valencia beat las palamas 4—0 on the night, 5—1 on aggregate. zinedine zidane has some problem

solving to do at real madrid. his side face segunda division team numancia in the last 16 of the copa del rey on wednesday. real have a 3—nil lead from the first leg, and nothing more than a convincing win do for zidane. morale is low — their 2—2 with celta vigo at the weekend means that the spanish champions are now 16 points behind primera division leaders barcelona. translation: i knowi translation: i know i am only temporary but i‘m going to work 3000% and i‘m going to give everything. i say that because i believe in what i do and can rely on my players. it‘s notjust something i‘m saying because we‘ve gotjust one player or had three or four bad matches. real madrid midfielder luka modric appeared in court in a tax fraud case in madrid on tuesday. the croatian international is accused of defrauding authorities of more

than a million dollars in 2013 and 2014. the player‘s wife, vadja, is also being accused of tax irregularities. both deny any wrongdoing. england propjoe marler will miss the first two matches of the six nations. after being banned for 6 weeks. playing for his club harlequins at the weekend marler was sent off for striking sale sharks‘ tj ioane in the head with his shoulder. there‘s less than a week to go until the first tennis major of 2018 — the australian open. many of the leading contenders are going through final preparatons in sydney, and austin halewood has been looking at some of those who‘ll be challenging for the women‘s title. with so many tennis‘s biggest names looking to hone their skills ahead

of the australian open, competition is fierce at the sydney international, so much the so that angelique kerber and venus williams we re angelique kerber and venus williams were meeting in the second round and it was the power of williams from the baseline which ought to take the first set. 2017 was something of a nightmare per angelique kerber, having dropped out of the top 20 but with that behind her, she is finding herform again with that behind her, she is finding her form again and with that behind her, she is finding herform again and once with that behind her, she is finding her form again and once she with that behind her, she is finding herform again and once she did, with the matt shaw square, williams had no answer. the consistency of the german from the back of the court and then her touch taking ahead. before she sealed the win and ahead. before she sealed the win and a place in the quarterfinals. the big matches kept coming in sydney with a repeat of last year‘s final. despitejoanna with a repeat of last year‘s final. despite joanna konta with a repeat of last year‘s final. despitejoanna konta racing into a lead, it was agnieszka radwanska taking the first set and she did in some style. and the second went the

same way, joanna konta battling hard but radwan skill was consistent, this time too good. —— rod want sky. after a 10— week break, dominika cibulkova is back, her power at parrot as she took the first set from elena vesnina. in the second followed the same script, dominica back to her best. north korea has agreed to send a delegation, including athletes, to next month‘s winter olympics in south korea. the breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high—level talks in more than two years. the delegation will include athletes, officials and a group of cheerleaders. only two north korean athletes had qualified for the games but both missed the participation deadline. that means they‘ll need ioc clearance to compete. the winter olympics will be much ——

will be very much inspiration to everyone, everyone in the world and it will have a good impact on politics and also we hope it will have a good impact on more peaceful and reconciliation in words. following a a—nil ashes series defeat in australia, the england cricket coach trevor bayliss has announced his intention to step down. although it won;t come until after a shot at redemption she in the 2019 ashes series. he says the heavy defeat to the aussies had nothing to do with the decision and he vowed to start the job of building a team that is capable of winning down under. the australian came into the job in 2015 and started well, with a home ashes win. however, general test results have been mixed. england‘s record under bayliss is won 15, lost 18. would always felt that around about

the poor— you mark its time to change ina the poor— you mark its time to change in a slightly different approach from someone reinvigorates things. when your country needs you — you have a duty. and that‘s the way sri lanka all—rounder angelo mathews feels after being reappointed as his nation‘s one day skipper. he relinquished the captaincy in all three formats last year after the shock home one—day series defeat against zimbabwe. but matthews is out to restore the team‘s performances before the 2019 world cup. cricket has given me a lot so if i‘d turn my back in our hour of need, i will be feeling bad. in a few months‘ time. so those were the reasons. i wanted the new captain to

have enough time to build a team for the world cup. in nfl, the oakland raiders never really recovered from the decision to tradejon gruden to tampa bay 16 years ago. season after season they under—performed, under nine different coaches. only the cleveland browns had lost more games during gruden‘s16—year absence than the raiders. owner mark davis hopes that will all change now that he has finally lured gruden back for a second stint as the team‘s coach. i love football. i love the players that play it, i love the preparation, i love thejourney. i love football. and i love the city of oakland. i had a son here. some of oakland. i had a son here. some of my great memories in life are in oakland and i want to give them to the best years of football that i can possibly help deliver. and i the raiders. the brand is global. everywhere i went as a monday night

football a nalyst, everywhere i went as a monday night football analyst, the raider nation would come out of the ground. i love the raiders. most of all, i love to win and i‘m going to do everything i can, no guarantees, no promises, but i want to win. defending motorbike champion sam sunderland has been forced to pull out of the dakar rally. (oov next) the british ktm rider had to be helicoptered to hospital —— the british ktm rider had to be helicoptered to hospital after suffering back pain in the fourth stage through peru. frenchman adrian van beveren won the stage on his yamaha and is the new overall leader. it was a grim day for cyril despres in the cars. he crashed his peugeot into a rock while crossing the inca desert and has also withdrawn from the race. his teammate stephane peterhansel remains in the lead. from all of us at sport today, goodbye. tuesday was a disappointing day up and down the country,

cold, damp and grey with the exception of western scotland which saw a little sunshine. into wednesday we start to see a bit of change to the weather. a band of rain slowly moves eastward across the country. first thing on wednesday, across central and western areas, clear skies and quite chilly with a touch of frost, a little fog. wednesday for many of us looks brighter. we should see some sunshine, particularly in the afternoon because it begins cold with ice in northern ireland. central, northern and east areas has a weather front slowly moving out into the north sea. in fact, for a good portion of scotland it could stay damp all day. there will be a little mist and murk and hill fog. most of the rain across north—east of scotland and into the northern isles so i think some western fringes and south—western parts of scotland should see sunshine in the afternoon.

that veil of cloud with the weather front is draped across the eastern counties of england down towards the south—east. the further west you are, the brighter the afternoon. it will feel a little warmer in the sunshine. ten, 11 degrees maybe and a couple of showers across the south—west. as we head towards wednesday evening and overnight a few heavy showers will clear away from the south—west of england. the weather front will eventually clear from the eastern side of england but is confined to the northern isles there. elsewhere under clear skies with light wind it will be quite chilly and a touch of frost here and there. some mist, ice and fog — that is a sign of things to come towards the end of the week with morning frost and fog. it could cause a little bit of a problem. for thursday it is a cold start with a little mist and fog around. frost as well but it should generally lift. there is a little that could be stubborn in a few places

but there should be sunshine breaking through for many although for the northern isles will remain damp. a bit more cloud across the coastal and eastern counties. as we head into friday, high pressure holds on with a change across the west. tightly packed isoba rs and more breeze. clouds arriving in northern ireland late in the day but for much of the country should be dry, chilly with an early fog but a few sunny spells in the afternoon. on saturday the weather front across the west will very slowly move eastwards during the course of the day. it won‘t reach the east until later on where it will stay dry and on the cool side. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: north and south korea stage their first talks for more than two years. south korea‘s president says denuclearisation is the path to peace. flash floods and mudslides in southern california leave

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