this is as much for everyone who did support me through that as it is for me. well, the british team are hoping the games here in pyeongchang can propel them to new heights. but while the focus here might be on the athletes, the olympic movement itself is also under scrutiny. the reason — russia. the country is banned from these games because of doping and yet more than 160 of their athletes have been allowed to compete under a neutralflag, as oars — olympic athletes from russia — and more could still be admitted leaving rivals, including britain, frustrated. the uncertainty, it can be really challenging, quite tricky and i think both the ioc and the court of arbitration for sport is involved now as well and those decisions will be happening we think right up until possibly the starting point of the games. it's a bit of a mess, isn't it? it's certainly a truly confusing situation and one i don't think anybody in sport would want. and this is no time for distractions. after their success in sochi, led by lizzie yarnold's gold, team gb's target here is up to 10 medals.

so will it be a winter wonderland? they'll be hoping the celebrations are onlyjust beginning. andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's evan. today and tomorrow a cabinet committee is it arguing about brexit and what it should look like. so we'll have our own inhouse gathering tonight, thrashing out those arguments. everyone agrees we finally need to make some big decisions, but can they agree on what to do? join me now on bbc two. that's newsnight with evan. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. over. hello there. a frosty night for those of you who finished the day with some sunshine today, but for many parts of the uk, skies were a good deal more like this weather watcher‘s spot, captured in north berwick through the afternoon. afternoon. greater conditions. that will stop the temperatures from dropping too much and will help to introduce something a little less chilly for tomorrow, if i show you the chart where you see the yellows the chart where you see the yellows the slightly less hello, you're watching bbc news.

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. no drama for spurs. they are into the last 16 after seeing off league 2 newport county. england can't stop maxwell as they lose to australia in their t20 tri—series opener. and how south korea's winter games wonderland is proving too cold for some of the competitors we catch up with a rising british star as she returns to the winter games. evening, the line up for the last 16 in this season's fa cup is complete.

tottenham were playing newport county tonight in the last of the 4th round replays. the league two side came very close to knocking spurs out at rodney parade, only a late harry kane goal forced the replay. he wasn't needed this evening at wembley. spurs winning 2—0, but it might have been more and they will now face league one strugglers rochdale in the fifth round. jim lumsden was watching tonight's match. baaten manchester united and drawn had beaten manchester united and drawn and had lest.--” beaten manchester united and drawn and te? a had lest,,-., twice and had a player quit to become a tattoo artist. with arsenal in store on saturday, they made changes. kane, eriksen and dele alli saved for the bench. newport have been eight minutes from a huge shock, but the draw brought them a lucrative replay. they held their own for almost half an hour before dunn butler was given a sleepless

night. that ruptured confidence. a second goal was not long in coming. a first second goal was not long in coming. afirst ini7 second goal was not long in coming. a first in 17 months for the injury ravaged erik lamela. the defence managed to restrict the chances to a view, although the renter should have made the most of his. not once, but twice. he wasn't the only one. dele alli had been introduced and could not find a way through either. newport held on to keep the score respectable. spurs have not won a major trophy since the league cup in 2008. with a trip to rochdale next, this could be their best opportunity in some years. for me, always this type of game is so for me, always this type of game is so difficult. it is difficult to analyse the games. the fa cup is a lwa ys analyse the games. the fa cup is always very different to win the league, a different competition. you want to win playing well and you

wa nt to want to win playing well and you want to win playing well and you want to win scoring a lot of goals. but i think the most important thing now is to go to the next age. i'm very proud of the players this evening. they put in a huge amount of work and they have done themselves, the club and fans proud. they didn't stop and we should have scored in the end. there was one match in the women's super league this evening and it was an impressive win for arsenal against liverpool ladies, 3—0 away. jo currie was the match for us. liverpool came into this match knowing a win would have taken them to within four points of leaders manchester city. however, an impressive display from arsenal put paid to that. first—half goals from them included a controversial penalty from vivianne miedema, and a fantastic strike from dominique janssen. they were added to in the second—half with a goal from lisa eva ns. second—half with a goal from lisa evans. arsenal stay fourth, but are within a point of liverpool, who stay third. in a moment, we are going to hearfrom stay third. in a moment, we are going to hear from the arsenal women's boss, first, here is the

liverpool ladies boss scott rogers on the opening goal, the controversial penalty. everybody will watch that back. it was not really for me to comment. you can probably guess my feelings, but i will end up with a suspension if i say what i really think. i am not going to do that. from our point of view, the moments change the game. caught on the break a couple of times, could have been unlocked. once we resolved that and got in control of the game, we scored, and from there we started to get in with them. the opening goal was a penalty. from where we were sat, it looked like the foul happened outside of the area. what was your view? i could not see it, honest to god. i think it looked... it looked like the player had gone down and i could not see it. i don't know. i would have to see that on video. the fixtures continue to come thick and fast. both of these teams are back in action this sunday. arsenal, well, they are at home to the bottom side, yeovil. liverpool take on the

top side, manchester city in the north—west derby. another day, another series for england's cricketers. it's the t20 tri—series against australia and new zealand over the next fortnight. england's opener was in hobart today and they lost by five wickets as glenn maxwell starred for australia and england captain eoin morgan rued their bad day with the bat. paul garrity reports. on this tour, australia have shown why they are the best test cricket and england have led the way in the 50 overs series. in the battle over 20 overs, england a great start. dawid malan masterful with the bat to claim a half—century. ashton agar had his say. two wickets to hold england's acceleration. three more batsmen fell, as england set a target of 156 to win. an explosive start at the australian innings, two wickets in the first over, the hosts

on the back foot. cue glenn maxwell. if dawid malan was england's a master, maxwell was even more majestic, making his way to a half—ce ntu ry majestic, making his way to a half—century in just 30 balls. majestic, making his way to a half—century injust 30 balls. he survived a couple of scares, dropped already before jason roy gave him grounds to continue. and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition job. maxwell, sealing his century and leading australia to a five wicket win. british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor and outdoor champion tested positive for the banned asthma drug clenbuterol. he hasn't competed in over a year since he broke his pelvis in a motorcycle accident. he will now face a uk anti—doping hearing. great britain's tennis players have made a strong start to their fed cup round robin event in estonia. straight sets wins for hetaher watson and johanna konta saw them beat portugal, next up are the hosts on friday for a chance to reach the play offs over the weekend. staying with the fed cup, the former romania team captain ilie nastase has seen his ban

for racially insensitive comments and sexual harassment reduced. nastase insulted konta and british captain anne keothavong during their tie in bucharest last year. he was originally suspended from attending itf tennis events until the end of this year, this has been reduced to the end of april, although his fine has gone up from seven to £14,000. jason and laura kenny will both make their british team comebacks at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands later this month. since increasing their olympic gold medal haul to 10 between them at the rio olympics in 2016 the couple have got married and had a baby, albie, six months ago. jason also retired briefly before returning to competitive cycling last month. this friday sees the opening ceremony for the winter olympics in south korea.

rowan cheshire's debian games four yea rs rowan cheshire's debian games four years ago was over before it even started, knocked unconscious in a fall in training. it almost saw her quit the sport of half pipe skiing, but she is back. it was a massive setback for me. i bawled my eyes out, i would cry. setback for me. i bawled my eyes out, iwould cry. i setback for me. i bawled my eyes out, i would cry. i thought, setback for me. i bawled my eyes out, iwould cry. ithought, i setback for me. i bawled my eyes out, i would cry. i thought, i don't wa nt to out, i would cry. i thought, i don't want to do the sport again. the sport of half pipe is not for the half—hearted. rowan cheshire's first olympic experience ended in a hospital bed. serious news concerning one of team gb‘s youngest tea m concerning one of team gb‘s youngest team members, rowan cheshire. concerning one of team gb‘s youngest team members, rowan cheshirem concerning one of team gb‘s youngest team members, rowan cheshire. it was the first of three concussive falls which almost ended her career. the physical scars healed quickly enough, but the mental barriers

lasted a lot longer. there was a point where i probably didn't think i would get another chance, i was scared i was going to hurt myself. the consequences of head injuries can be quite high. ijust felt really panicked by it, stressed almost. i have this anxiety about hurting my head again. we saw rowan from being very confident and focused, travelling all over the world on her own, and then suddenly she would not go to a train station by herself or make her way to manchester without me being with her. it was sad, really. we gave her the option of saying that was it. and she said no. all british hopes lay with rowan cheshire. now she has conquered concussion demons and made it to another olympics. conquered concussion demons and made it to another olympicslj conquered concussion demons and made it to another olympics. i want to prove myself, almost. i didn't get to show my country what i could do.

it is my dream to win a medal and if it is possible at this one, then i am going to go for it. i am going to give it my all. we come from one of the flattest counties in the country. the fact she made it to the olympics is incredible, really. even if she does nothing else, i am so thrilled and proud. after a rough time, she now has a smile back on herface and has promised no half measures on the half pipe in south korea. that's all from sportsday. a reminder of our top story, spurs are through to the last 16 of the fa cup, beating newport and it's league one rochdale next. coming up next on bbc news, it's the papers hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and the former labour advisor and political commentator ayesha hazarika. good to see you both. we have quite a few of the papers already in. let's look at some of them. the ft leads with the state of the uk stock market, suggesting it's trailing its rivals because of concerns around growth and profits. it also has news of the german chancellor's coalition deal to stay in power. some low alcohol beverages are being marketed as if they are soft drinks, warns the metro, quoting a study that claims people who switch to weaker drinks could end up consuming more alcohol overall. the express reports that millions of households will see their council tax bill rise this year. the picture shows the duchess of cambridge getting her

heel stuck in a grate. the telegraph has revelations about a campaign to overturn brexit that apparently has the backing of billionaire george soros. the i newspaper focuses on the plight of young migrants prepared to take extreme risks to get to the uk. the times reports on a hundred million pound financial shortfall at surrey county council. the sun has a response from denise bulger to the news that her son's killerjon venables has been jailed for a second time over the possession of child abuse images. the guardian's front page reveals secret government documents have estimated a no—deal brexit would hit the economy to the tune of £80 billion. no chance of getting through an addition of the papers without talking about brexit. no matter how ha rd we talking about brexit. no matter how hard we try! we are going to start with that story, the front page of... we tried really hard(!) we

can't ignore it, a secret plot to thwart abraxas, apparently, a picture of mr george soros? —— thought brexit. apparently it is his plot, he is a billionaire, known quite famously for breaking the bank of england, that is in reference to the fact that he bet against the pound during the 1992 black wednesday currency crisis. he did not literally break it! he has been accused of coming up with plans over accused of coming up with plans over a dinner, a secret document has been lea ked a dinner, a secret document has been leaked that would put the government ina leaked that would put the government in a position where it would have to call a general election will probably hold a second referendum. the goal is not to get a soft brexit, it is to reverse the decision. i don't think it is particularly newsworthy that some people have enough money to be holding a private dinner are discussing the fact that they would like to remain in the european union. even putting a document together is not shocking. i imagine lots of people are doing this. the