another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying the triple world champion. so it's heartbreak for elise christie yet again after failing to win a medal at the last olympics, four years ago, history has repeated itself here in pyeongchang, herdreams ending in bitter disappointment. right now, i'm a bit shell—shocked. you know, i worked so hard to come back from this injury. i think a thousand people wouldn't have skated with my ankle the way it was. the only thing i can say is, i can promise britain that i'll fight back from this, and i will come back for beijing. and hopefully, you know, i can do britain proud then. commentator: it's going to come in nicely and pick up his three. there was better news for britain's curlers as the men out dazzled the colourfully dressed norway and, like the women who beatjapan, can progress to the semi—finals with victories tomorrow. in the figure skating, penny coomes and nick buckland finished 11th in the free dance final, an event that will long be remembered for the world record display of tessa virtue and scott moir.

skating together since childhood, the canadians took a stunning second gold of the games, and are now the most decorated skaters in winter olympic history. david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. football, and chelsea have drawn 1—1 against barcelona in the first leg of their champions league tie at stamford bridge. chelsea were leading until an equaliser in the 75th minute from lionel messi. natalie pirks was watching the action. he's barcelona's little magician, lionel messi, scoring goals forfun — only never before against chelsea. commentator: here's hazard. instead, it was the blues creative maestro who almost caused some early damage. commentator: great little turn of pace. you always know barcelona will dominate, and so it came to pass. messi with a beautiful cross, paulinho wide with the header.

the best chances though fell to chelsea, willian becoming all too familiar with the woodwork, not once... commentator: willian didn't need him. ..but twice. commentator: good position again. 0h, he's hit the other post now. prompted howls of disbelief from the chelsea bench. but if the first half you don't succeed, try and try again. commentator: it's another one! willian proving the third time is indeed a charm. commentator: he gets it right for chelsea. as the clock ticked down, chelsea needed only to stay vigilant, punished by you know who. commentator: messi! chelsea no longer messi's bogey team, conte left rueing what might have been. chelsea knew they would need a near—perfect match tonight to beat the five times winners of the champions league. they almost got their wish. one bad ball being pounced on by barcelona and it's left the chelsea players here feeling as if this was a defeat. how

important will that away goal be, huw, we will find out next month at the camp nou. natalie perks with the latest on the here is what is coming up tonight. lionel messi strikes to deny chelsea a precious victory against barcelona

in the champions league. bayern munich are on the brink of the quarterfinals. and history repeats itself for elise christie, her medal hopes are over. lionel messi capitalise on a chelsea mistake as barcelona take a precious away goal back to spain following a 1—1 draw in the first leg of their last 16 tie in the champions league. our sports correspondent was watching this evening and she joins us how. watching this evening and she joins us now. it looks like chelsea has got their tactics spot on until lionel messi struck. absolutely. they really had. they looked solid, they looked compact. antonio conte had said beforehand

that they needed a perfect match. they were almost there. just 15 minutes before the end. barcelona, you know they are going to dominate possession, but the better chances had fallen to chelsea, and particularly willie and in the first half, he hit the woodwork twice. read his golf game it was rather special. he took its beautifully the celebrations it prompted, particularly from the bench, were something to behold. it really was important for them and to get that all—important goal and to try and deny barcelona the chance and they nearly did it. with 75 minutes on the clock, just 15 minutes left, one ever and ball, but is all it was, it fell to iniesta, a simple pass to lionel messi, for his first ever goal against chelsea. that is quite ha rd to goal against chelsea. that is quite hard to believe. the first ever in

his ninth attempt but you cannot give barcelona that kind of space and of course they were punished. chelsea were left feeling as if this was a defeat. of course it is a job at that crucial away goal could prove all—importa nt next at that crucial away goal could prove all—important next month. after the match cesc fabregas was chatting and he said going to the nou camp for 90 minutes to try to defend as a suicide mission, saw chelsea have to go there. cesc fabregas says that they may well have to go there with a game plan, they cannot sit against barcelona. bayern munich at all but made sure of the place in the quarterfinals as they beat besic does 5—0. ——

besiktas 5—0. the five—time european champions in ominous form. staying with football, aston villa's push for automatic promotion suffered a setback after they were held to a 1-1 setback after they were held to a 1—1 draw with preston. some of the other results this evening. bolton pulling further away from the relegation zone. sunderland are bottom of the championship. sheffield united and middlesbrough up sheffield united and middlesbrough up to seventh and eighth respectively after victor tonight. manchester city striker sergio aguerra will not face any action from the fa following a confrontation with a fan following the fa cup defeat against wigan. sergio aguero claimed he was spat at bya sergio aguero claimed he was spat at by a supporter. both clubs have been charged forfailing to

by a supporter. both clubs have been charged for failing to control their players after fabian delph was sent off just before players after fabian delph was sent offjust before half—time. that preceded these ugly scenes after the full—time whistle. speed skater elise christie's medal hopes hinge on herfinal event, but the elise christie's medal hopes hinge on her final event, but the two—time world champion could not claim that medal she desperately craves as she was disqualified in her third and final event. first ever bronze medal in mixed doubles carling... from the lights to controversy, he could now be stripped of his medal, but this case has broader implications. he is russian. this country is banned from these games because of a huge doping scandal. apologies. we were hoping to bring you the events which saw feliz

christie disqualified. we have brought you the wrong piece. tiger woods has been named as vice captain for the 2018th ryder cup in paris. us captainjim furyk announced the addition of tiger woods and steve stricker as his vice captain is ahead of this year's matches. jim furyk has now settled on the vice captains, davis love iii is also a vice captain. they missed england's‘s opening two victories over england and wales after they were given suspensions in january. nathan hughes also returns to the squad after injury. a man who knows the competition well, former scotland and newcastle player, doddy where, whose battle is with motor neurone disease. ——

doddie weir. our correspondent caught up with him. he tasted success caught up with him. he tasted success with the falcons and as a scottish international and british lion he has been part of epic battles on the pitch. but as it stands his fight against motor neurone disease is one that he cannot win but he is determined to do everything they can to change that. nothing much has changed in 20 yea rs. that. nothing much has changed in 20 years. there is one drug available. it isa years. there is one drug available. it is a muscle wasting disease. i wish i had been doing more gymnasium work when i was with falcons. ultimately my goal is to try to get

it to stop, but we might have to go for a slowdown. that is a fight i am willing to give. the special shirt sporting the foundation logo is one of many ways that the rugby community is supporting the campaign. the battle is now with red tape as well as the disease. they are more forward—thinking, more helpful. with that you come back buzzing. you come back to the uk and you are back to stage one. we were looking for a drug from france. we were denied access by the borders medical staff on the back of it was not safe, which i totally understand, but my professor and doctoral work prepared to put their name to it. that is frustrating. we are having a little fights. it is frustration. he is

still working and his determination to see his children grow up drives him on. his positive approach to life and sense of fun is stronger than ever. you have got to have a positive spin. i am still here, eating, sleeping, talking. no one ever thought this would happen, i never thought this would happen. my story at the moment is, do not worry about tomorrow, get on with today, they do not know what is going to happen to —— you do not know what is going to happen tomorrow. england one—day opener alex hales has signed a deal with notts to play only limited overs matches until the end of the 2019th season. he has played 50 81—day internationals for his country and will prioritise the shorter format. that is all from sports day. coming

up, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the economist ruth lea and john rentoul, chief political commentator the independent. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. threats of no more cash for un aid work dominates the front of

tomorrow's metro as the government warns it may withdraw millions over allegations of sex abuse by aid workers. that theme continues on the front page of i. the financial times, the head of the financial conduct authority features on the front, he is underfire in an authority features on the front, he is under fire in an alleged tax avoidance scheme. the telegraph has the queen enjoying herself at london fashion week. the paper leads with the scandal at save the children saying that the former chief executive at that organisation has admitted making what he called unsuitable and thoughtless comments to female members of staff. hundreds killed in just to female members of staff. hundreds killed injust two to female members of staff. hundreds killed in just two days, but as the war in syriai. the times

features a story on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn who is accused of wanting a soviet style. let us start off with the guardian. syria, and full image. eastern ghouta, this is a catastrophe. these are the pro—government forces attacking this territory. they rebel