russia's ct way). 4,. 7. «hm-warn. russia's suspension at l -~~':~ h m ww lift russia's suspension at the closing ceremony, the idea is russia would march back into the stadium under its flag and would be welcomed back but they could not do that. they said as long as there are no further violations, we will lift the suspension and that is what has happened, the confirmation we have. clearly this chapter has closed but the book seems to have a lot more to come. how do you assess the relationship between the russian authorities and the ioc and other governing bodies on a global scale? lots of people look at this and wonder whether russia really has truly reformed. it has not been welcomed back into the wider world of the anti—dumping world, accreditation is still pending because it thinks it is still work to be done. the relationship between russia and the ioc will be quite tentative but the ioc will not want to be further embarrassed by any doping issues and russia wants to

look to the future and it wants to continue to be part of the international sporting landscape. but lots of people have questions about whether things have truly changed and we have the world cup in russia coming up this summer. and when we look at that wada investigation, richard mclaren‘s report looked at the different sports, football is included amongst them, and there are lots of sporting bodies looking at the russian issue and wondering if we have heard the last of itjust and wondering if we have heard the last of it just yet. and wondering if we have heard the last of itjust yet. richard conway. there's been a fair bit of controversy over paralympic classifications recently and the british paralympic association has published new guidance. the uk athlete classification code places athletes‘ rights and responsibilities at the heart of the process as they bid to prevent manipulation of the system. it is about understanding who is

responsible for what and particularly, how can we better educate the athletes and support personnel and everyone involved in the delivery of paralympic sport to make sure they understand how the process works and at a national level, what the responsible views are. when it comes to it will be a better understanding that so anyone with concerns can be set on a genuine concern rather than lack of understanding. a survey of britain's leading para—athletes has found more than a quarter do not feel cared about as a person. the findings — obtained by the bbc — were part of a british athletics ‘culture health check‘ feedback session at a world class programme weekend. some of the key points showed "athletes feel like a medal commodity and disposable". there is "disengagement between staff and athletes" and when it came to classification, there's a need to "remove the fear of voicing your opinion". but not all agree. hannah cockroft is one of those.

tweeting today... much more on our website. a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. scotland and england won't face disciplinary action after both sets of players clashed in the tunnel before saturday's six nations match at murrayfield. the incident happened when the teams left the field after the warm—up — as england back owen farrell and scotland number eight ryan wilson appeared to clash at the entrance to the tunnel. six nations organisers said there was "no evidence of violent conduct". meanwhile wilson has also been cleared of alleged foul play during the match. he was cited following an incident involving england's nathan hughes but a panel has decided he wasn't guilty of making contact with the eye area. greg rutherford has pulled out of the world indoor championships, which start in birmingham on friday.

the 2012 olympic champion says he's not fit enough and had already withdrawn from april's commonwealth games. he'll now focus on returning to full fitness in time to defend his european championship title in august. ronnie o'sullivan has been in ruthless form at welsh open snooker. the five times world champion took just under an hour and a quarter to beat scotland's graeme dott 4—0 to reach the third round in cardiff. and afterwards he declared he is very relaxed about his game and his life. my my life is so good, i whole lifestyle progression, but people have to work, but his work. i don't call what i do work, it is a luxury, igo call what i do work, it is a luxury, i go from one place to the next and straight my life like a holiday. you get the readies and the trophies! you get the readies, yes! defending champion stuart bingham

is also through to round three — he beat welsh teenager jackson page 4—2. you can watch the action from the welsh open on the bbc two in wales and the bbc sport website. that gets under way at seven o'clock this evening. period against walsall did go ahead last night despite extraordinary scenes at london road, this video of peterborough players steven taylor and junior mirallas grabbing some brooms and helping to clear their lines. the snow threatened to abandon a game they were winning and they eventually went on to win that 2-1. no they eventually went on to win that 2—1. no small part to them. and if you think it is just the

2—1. no small part to them. and if you think it isjust the uk... fernando alonso brave the elements to managejust fernando alonso brave the elements to manage just one lap fernando alonso brave the elements to managejust one lap before calling it a day. and the mercedes tea m calling it a day. and the mercedes team will be making use of their free time building their own snowman. free time building their own snowman. it became quite a hit on social media. never miss a chance for branding! a reminder that the big game tonight is at the home of football, wembley, rochdale taking on spurs in the replay. the pictures have deserted us! spurs have named their team, nine changes from the weekend, there we go. there hasn't been much snow. harry kane starting on the bench, as he had for the first time, daddy of big stars were rochdale to try to get past. that is all from sportsday. more throughout the evening. good night!

this week has got ever colder and snowy and parts of scotland are bearing the brunt of the heaviest snow through the night and into the morning. met office warnings, the red area covers much of the central belt, the highest level of warnings so belt, the highest level of warnings so the snow is piling up and a very dangerous situation, particularly for anybody still travelling. and you have this amber area through the rest of northern and eastern scotla nd rest of northern and eastern scotland into north east england we re scotland into north east england were further as to showers add to the accumulations. elsewhere, scattered snow showers around, a few centimetres in places as we go through the night with clear skies we re through the night with clear skies were clear spells also. if we look at the snow for scotland and the north east, we have some totals, sunspots getting even more than this. and at very dangerous

situation continues into the morning. the south, increasing cloud and numerically temperature is not as low as last night but still bitterly cold and another severe frost and it feels colder in the wind. tomorrow, the showers continue to affect scotland into north—east england and northern ireland. but we start to see outbreaks of snow rather than snow showers reaching parts of southern england initially for thursday, reaching parts of wales also. the wind picks up with this, the wind—chill becomes even more of a factor across england and wales through thursday and look at cardiff, feeling like minus 11. thing is getting quite dangerous through thursday evening, into the night, south west england and wales, the swirl of wind pushing moisture northwards into colder air. and we can see the snow turning heavier and drifting in the wind across south—west england into wales with

the amber warning through thursday evening. the situation could go downhill quickly here and quite icy, sunspots going into friday further south as less cold air moves in with that brings freezing rain. through friday, an area of snow affecting england and wales and perhaps northern ireland so quite widely was —— we shall see a few centimetres with impacts on travel and still snow showers running into eastern scotland. it is still bitterly cold and colder in the wind. jared kushner is in charge of relations with china, mid east peace and reinventing the us government. it's a huge, difficult brief for someone who has just had their security clearance downgraded. the president's son in law may find it harder to tackle those tasks now he can't even see top secret intelligence. the children of parkland return to school, two weeks to the day after a gunman walked in and killed their friends. i think eventually it will be normal again,

but not the same normal it was before, it will probably be a new type of normal because those 17 people aren't going to be there. evangelist billy graham becomes only the fourth private citizen in america to lie in honour in the us capitol. also on the programme: