we will update you. and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. the latest headlines... freezing conditions mean lives could be put at risk. be put at risk. have blanketed the whole of the uk today with more expected tomorrow. today with more expected tomorrow. arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter. manslaughter. believed to have been killed in the blast. blast. ireland, saying it will threaten the uk's constitutional integrity. uk's constitutional integrity. may to put country before party and not rule out a second referendum. not rule out a second referendum.

toys "r" us and maplin go into administration. administration. and the duke and duchess of cambridge in their charity work. cambridge in their charity work. first look at what else is coming up on news. on news. administration, we look at what this means for the high street. means for the high street. joe tanner and pauljohnson, deputy editor of the guardian. editor of the guardian. that is all ahead of us. now, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the

headlines... in the quarter—finals of the fa cup. ben stokes is back making the difference for england. in the second one day international. and the olympic athletes from russia no more. once again to full member status. hello again. great to have your company. dreaming of eventually heading back there, no doubt. at spotland to force tonight's fifth round

replay. so can they do it again? joe lynskey looks ahead. go down the divisions and there is a special connection. special connection. players and fans take the journey together. together. spotland they seize the spotlight and now the greatest stage awaits. and now the greatest stage awaits. late equaliser has rarely meant so much. an opportunity! would you believe it? believe it? the ball is drilled home by steve davis! by steve davis! and rochdale, the wembley dream is alive. wembley dream is alive. was completely different to howl remembered. remembered.

to be there will be a special moment. moment. football match and that is always at the forefront. the forefront. juventus here but every hurdle requires focus. requires focus. more than most that no one is invincible. invincible. competition, it is a very difficult accommodation. accommodation. not immune to the weather, they have worked all day to get it ready. worked all day to get it ready.

seasons, they arrive at the bottom of league one. of league one. to history comes through being bowled. bowled. one they never expected and now they go to take the journey even further. we can speak to richard. we can see a light survey of snow around you. a light survey of snow around you. but the game goes ahead in slightly better weather than most parts? absolutely. extremely cold but the pitch looks fantastic. fantastic. particularly spurs, he will be expected to win. expected to win.

beat one of the best sides in the premier league. premier league. for an excellent if pretty cold contest. contest. they were not wembley, that was thrilling but they lost. thrilling but they lost. they would rather have a dull match and when? ” am sure there would! am sure there would! they lost that 3—2 against stockport county. 3—2 against stockport county. you heard keith hill talking about daring to dream. daring to dream. dele alli, that something remarkable might happen. might happen. it is a cliche but anything can happen in the fa cup. anything can happen in the fa cup.

back to equalise with a second goal from steve davis in stoppage time. from steve davis in stoppage time. they are up against it but who knows? knows? extra game but even more so if they lose the extra game? lose the extra game? they absolutely would be. it would be a disasterfor spurs. spurs. this is probably their best chance of silverware. chance of silverware. with the draw and earn a replay and all that money for rochdale. all that money for rochdale. created chances and they scored two goals. goals. about but they cannot afford to lose this either. thank you. stay

warm. not going ahead in scotland. all three games in scotland are off because of the weather. there'll be no action there tonight. following their win last night at stjohnstone. so is there now a genuine title race? here's david currie. ibrox today and at the moment, rangers are pretty hot stuff. rangers are pretty hot stuff. johnstone the latest team feeling the heat. from the spot... it becomes three out of three. becomes three out of three. rangers have the lead in perth. doherty. that was a great run from josh windass. up and down! 3—0, rangers! tavernier.

that is clever! rangers have four. have four. wins taking them to within six points of celtic. points of celtic. raising the prospect of a title challenge? perhaps. going into the old firm game, we'll get ahead of ourselves. get ahead of ourselves. realistic, this is still a tall order. order.

surrounding area will have defrosted by then. against league leaders celtic. celtic. know if rangers can mount a serious title challenge this season. still being grilled about his future at the club. in the efl cup final. legend ian wright. but wenger reckons there's more to it than that. people always say the players don't want it enough. want it enough. that is the common response that you get the most. response that you get the most. for me, it is not the main reason. me, it is not the main reason. my position is my position. position is my position. that is the last worry i have at the moment. moment.

have to answer these count of questions. coming up... 0lympics, laura kenny got married and had a baby. the world track cycling championships. and snow beyond our borders. formula 0ne's pre—season testing. check for the latest on your phone.

the series, thanks in no small part to ben stokes. to ben stokes. ball and he ran out the new zealand batsmen as well. batsmen as well. zealand with more than 12 overs remaining. remaining. involved in an incident outside a bristol nightclub. bristol nightclub. from him shortly first, here is tim hague. there's not a single snowflake in sight here. the hotter in this match. early wickets and brilliant fielding setting the foundations for victory. what about the boy ben? back on the field, at his very best.

century along with stokes. the best all—rounder in the world showed all facets of his skill. impressive than stokes. a one—handed catch, giving that man around £26,000. what a day! with the winning runs. performance, in every respect. a dominant display to trawl the match level at 1—1. match level at 1—1. go, the next early on saturday that this is how they did it. this is how they did it.

scoring with the bat, 63 not out, one more than the captain. one more than the captain. took two becketts although moeen ali outdid him. outdid him. the end, 36 off 29, he helped to finish things. finish things. including from the test captain, just the 0d! just the 0d! great performance and it sets up the rest of the series beautifully. rest of the series beautifully. to have you back, ben stokes, says the barmy army. the barmy army. assured performance on and off the pitch. pitch.

in front of those microphones, we can hearfrom him... microphones, we can hearfrom him... there was a bit of emotion, to be honest. honest. not out at the end and did not give it away. it away. and all the training at home, so that was a good feeling. that was a good feeling. down, making sure i was raring to go. go. under too much scoreboard pressure to score. to score. there was no pressure to really start trying to kick on. really start trying to kick on. really good to spend time in the middle of the ball game. middle of the ball game. happy to be back. back. man, he made his own luck, also his bank balance is looking pretty good. bank balance is looking pretty good.

he earned 50,000 new zealand dollars with an incredible one—handed catch. with an incredible one—handed catch. needs to be one—handed and he managed both. managed both. 50,000 heading his way and about £26,000. and about £26,000. very big jos buttler six towards the end of the night. end of the night. you are impressed he could even see it! he could even see it! from new zealand to the netherlands... championships in the netherlands. finished just behind the united states. the medals will be won tomorrow evening.

she has slotted back into the team very well. very well. weaknesses so getting that nice balance and she performed. balance and she performed. she will be very proud. the men went one better. they were fastest overall in qualifying for the team pursuit. will take on germany in the first round. that's a little later tonight. these are the live pictures from the coverage. coverage. bbc sport website and on the red button. button. men, the defending 0lympic champions going in the team sprint qualifier.

russia's 0lympic membership has been restored. restored. games in south korea by the iocjudo state—sponsored doping. state—sponsored doping. during the games themselves, as originally planned. originally planned. samples in a laboratory, all very cloak and dagger. cloak and dagger.

turns of the ioc, it was looking purely at sochi. purely at sochi. fail doping tests when they were in south korea. south korea. under its flag and would be welcomed back but they could not do that. back but they could not do that. suspension and that is what has happened, the confirmation we have. happened, the confirmation we have.

the book seems to have a lot more to come. come. authorities and the ioc and other governing bodies on a global scale? governing bodies on a global scale? wonder whether russia really has truly reformed. truly reformed. because it thinks it is still work to be done. to be done.