live in melbourne for rafael nadal‘s match. history in english football, as kelechi iheanacho becomes the first person to score a goal using the video assistant referee system. and the war of words betweenjoshua and parker continues. lots more on all those stories to come but first let's head to melbourne where day three of the australian open is underway. the star attraction on court later, is rafa nadal — the world number one, up against leonardo mayer of argentina. our tennis correspondent russell fuller, is in melbourne and we canjoin him now and before nadal, we'll have the british number two, kyle edmund in action... andy murray underwent hip surgery last year. he is up against denis

istomin was pakistan. rafael nadal will be on the mainboard labour arena on a hot and sunny day in melbourne in a roundabout two or three hours time up against leonardo meyer of argentina, 52 in the world, and we will get to seek record d ivots rolled and we will get to seek record divots rolled and nick kyrgios, the australian who won the brisbane title in the first week of the year, a big hope for the home crowd. let's talk about the women's draw. caroline wozniacki is the one to watch this wednesday. she will be on the rod labour arena shortly. semifinalist here in 2011, playing the croatian who is making her debut. they will follow another

match. the czech republic player is causing her some problems. and a word for the 15—year—old ukrainian, the youngest to win a match at the australian open since martina hingis in 1996. despite being 521 in the world. she isjust won her second round match. she beat australian 0livia rogowska. thank you the joining us on sport today. all the details on the website. kelechi iheanacho became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee in english football — as leicester beat third tier side, fleetwood town, in their fa cup third—round replay. iheanacho opened the scoring with a routine strike from islam slimani's pass. the big talking point of the game came — when ihenacho had a goal disallowed for offside. but refereejonathan moss liaised with video official mikejones

and the goal was awarded 68 seconds after it hit the back of the net. leicester will play peterbrough in the fourth round. meanwhile west ham needed extra time, but were eventually 1—nil winners over third tier side, shrewsbury. reece burke with the goal. they'll play bournemouth or wigan in the fourth round. in france, radamel falcao scored an injury—time equaliser to claim a 2—2 draw for monaco against nice. but marseille leapfrogged them into second place, on the table by beating strasbourg 2 nil. india lost the key wicket of skipper virat kohli as south africa looked to seal a series victory in centurion. at the end of day four the tourists were on 35/3, still needing another 252 runs to seal an unlikely victory. an innings of 80 from ab devilliers and a half century from dean elgar helped the proteas to set a target of 287 for india

to level the series. the british heavyweight boxer, anthonyjoshua, said it was an honour to be sat next to his fellow world championjoseph parker. but that was about the only compliment he paid the new zealander, as the pair announced their unification bout. the fight, in cardiff on march the 31st, will uninyoshua's wba and ibf belts with the parker's wbo title. mike costello reports. anthonyjoshua still anthony joshua still in anthonyjoshua still in fine form after the main press conference has ended. this is a separate room where television interviews take place after the main press conference which took place in the suite along from here. where the build—up to the press c0 nfe re nce was from here. where the build—up to the press conference was dominated by claims from the camp, had been on

steroids. claims that were withdrawn. the joseph steroids. claims that were withdrawn. thejoseph parker camp we re withdrawn. thejoseph parker camp were insistent. that anthonyjoshua has a weak chin. this what is responsible is. it was in the european championships i was hurt when mccracken knows. i went back to watford. i stopped when mccracken knows. i went back to watford. istopped boxing. iwas caught up to represent the country. i was very unfit. when your tank is empty, it's hard to perform. the second time, the day i went up to training. i'm not going to use an excuse but david price is a puncture. and you know all in times

what it taught me, it would take more than a human to stop me. joseph parker holds the wbo version of the world title. 18 of them inside the distance. he has a strong amateur pedigree. he has been monitoring joshua. i met joshua once more. he was doing quite well. i will be studying them since then. i watched him at the olympics. i watched him coming through when he first started the professional career. i feel coming through when he first started the professional career. ifeel he was a good fighter. he's got a lot of support as you can see. he has a lot of good things. i think this is my time. to be part of this major event. it is my time to put up a

great challenge. i feel like event. it is my time to put up a great challenge. ifeel like i event. it is my time to put up a great challenge. i feel like i truly am at great challenge. i feel like i truly amata great challenge. i feel like i truly am at a whim. victory the joshua will give him three of the four world championship belts. chance for joshua to move a step closer to heavyweight history in march. the 5— the five—time world snooker champion ronnie 0'sullivan gave another demonstration of his brilliance, with a 6—0 defeat of hong kong's marco fu at the masters tournament in london. fu didn't pot a ball in the first four frames. jamie broughton has this report. ronnie 0'sullivan is the game's most popular player in europe. 0'sullivan hasn't been feeling very well this week but there was no sign of that early on in the match. he then followed that century break before

frame too. the third frame of the match saw marco fu continue to struggle while the defending champion kept taking his chances. to century breaks went enough for 0'sullivan. he soon made his third to ta ke 0'sullivan. he soon made his third to take a 4— nil lead. marco fu hadn't managed to pot a single ball. there was no way back to the man from hong kong. 0'sullivan soon completed a 6— nil victory in 82 minutes. afterwards, marco fu predicted his opponent would go on to win the tournament for a third yearin to win the tournament for a third year ina to win the tournament for a third year in a row. 0'sullivan is certainly going to take some stopping. and in the other first round match on tuesday, there was a rare tussle between two englishmen — as kyren wilson came from behind, to beat barry hawkins 6 frames to 4.

hawkins took the first frame with a century break, but wilson then went 3—2 in front with a break of 109. and although hawkins levelled up, wilson pushed through to take the final two frames and book his place in the second round. robert kubica has taken a significant step towards making a return to formula 1 with a role as reserve driver at williams for 2018. the pole has not raced in f1 since suffering life—changing injuries in a rally crash seven years ago. williams have signed sergey sirot—kin as a race driver to partner canadian lance stroll, after deciding the russian out—performed kubica in a test last autumn. but kubica will work on development and take part in some practice sessions. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. well, there's been some significant

accumulations of snow across parts of northern ireland and scotland, the far north of england, and we continue to see wintry showers, snow showers, through the course of the night, early into wednesday so that's prompted the met office to issue an amber warning for parts of south—west scotland, northern ireland, for this combination of snow and ice. very windy too during the overnight period. gale force winds, particularly across irish sea coasts in towards the south—west for a time. plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulate and continue to tot up. across the south, dry interludes in fact, particularly the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday looks like to be another cold and a windy one,

wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but through the afternoon, like i mentioned, increasing amounts of sunshine for england and wales with most of the showers confined to scotland and northern ireland, the far north of england with snow amounts continuing to tot up here. cold if you factor in the wind, subzero feeling temperatures in the north. to the south with the sunshine, shouldn't be too bad. 0nto wednesday night, this is the area of low pressure

will the next hazard to our shores. a spell of wet and very windy weather to all areas. across the north of this rain band, we're likely to see a spell of snow for northern ireland, northern england, central, southern scotland, which could be heavy for a time. severe gales sweeping through england and wales along with rain but it clears out quite quickly through thursday morning, and in fact, into thursday afternoon, an improving picture, the winds falling lighter. there'll be fewer showers, most in the north and west, against snow on the hills, but some good spells of some joint further south and east. but that area of low pressure will cause some disruption, the severe gales, heavy rain and also the snow, which could fall across southern areas, so keep tuned to your bbc local radio. and then into friday itself, it's looking quieter. not as strong, those winds. still blustery across the north and the west where there'll be most of the snow showers. good sunny spells further south and east. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: 20 countries meet to step up pressure on north korea.

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