and tiger woods is ready to play this week as he warms up for a potential fifth masters title in april. hello and welcome to the programme wherever you're watching. it was a winner takes all showdown — the prize? a place in the quarterfinal of the champions league. for tottenham, they came tantalisingly close... for tottenham, they came tantalisingly close before two—time european champions juventus scored twice in the second half of their last 16 tie at wembley to book their place in the last eight. our football reporter john bennett has more. juventus know how to get the job done, their experience counted. this isa done, their experience counted. this is a site that has been into the last three champions league finals. they were up against it. top number against it. juventus had a penalty turned down but tottenham took the lead. slightly fortunate with the finish but tottenham were the better

side. allegri had to change things. he brought onto pullbacks and worked straightaway. he equalised on the night and stepped up again. he scored a winner at wembley. until this moment, i think tottenham was much better in the game was under contract but of course, that is football. keep going and tapped to try to see the future with the competition and in football, you cannot stop. juve will bejoined by manchester city who are also through to the quarter finals — but not before basel proved pep guardiola's side could be beaten at home this season. gabriel jesus gave city the lead before half time but mohamed elyounoussi equalised before setting up michael lang's

winning goal to give the swiss side a 2—1victory. it finished 5—2 on aggregate though with pep guardiola resting several first—team players. shanghai as ipg was awarded a point against olsen. that was one of three draws. this is a chance the shanghai to extend their lead —— lead across the top of group f. it would have put them at the lead but they were forced to settle for a draw instead. twice the visitors from korea led from this girl and later sung but twice, oskar came to the rescue of shanghai. shanghai remained two points clear of the top of the group and unbeaten but this will feel like

two points dropped rather than one gained. in the other game in that group, kawasaki looked to be heading for their first group, kawasaki looked to be heading for theirfirst win. but group, kawasaki looked to be heading for their first win. but nara considered a stoppage time penalty. a draw claimed the victory and kawasaki that the bottom the table. they won with two goals from sydney. they won with two goals from sydney. they now the south koreans are ahead. penalised with coming together and giovanni romain —— moreno put away the results the penalty. elsewhere, france defeated germany 3- elsewhere, france defeated germany 3— nil on wednesday. both teams

looking for a first win on the tournament. after the first two goals, the third was scored in the 68th minute to wrap up the win in orlando. however it did come at a cost. the defender stretchered off with what appeared to be a serious leg injury. meanwhile, the united states are currently i— nil up against england. the president of cycling's world governing body believes chris froome should not defend his tour de france title later this year. the briton has won the blue—ribbon event fourtimes, including the last three. however froome produced an "adverse" urine test at last year's vuelta a espana, another of the grand tours. david lappartient thinks that matter should be resolved before froome thinks about competing. that would be a disaster for the image of cycling. on a legal point of view, he has the right to ride but for the image of our sport, that could be a disaster. i don't want to

put our sport into trouble so i think even for him to be concerned and concentrate, defending his own case, my point of view, it would have been better to him not to ride. meanwhile, it was good day for this team sky rider, wout poels, who won the 4th stage of the paris—nice race. the dutchman — who could find himself leading team sky at the giro d'italia or tour de france if chris froome is suspended — clocked 25 minutes and 33 seconds for wednesday's 18—kilometre time trial around saint—etienne. the spaniard luis leon sanchez of the astana team was 7th—quickest on the stage, but that was enough to retain the race leader's yellow jersey. he's 15 seconds ahead of poels. six of the world's top 20 golfers feature at the valspar championship this week. 2015 champion jordan spieth is the highest—ranked player in action as he looks for form ahead of the masters. meanwhile tiger woods makes his third start in four weeks as he steps up his preparation for the opening major of the year. after playing honda and really

feeling good about it, i wanted to push myself and my practice sessions, which i did, push myself in the gym a little bit and thought, ican in the gym a little bit and thought, i can handle two weeks in a row. i did it in la and i do this in hondo, even i didn't play four rounds in la. i felt like even i didn't play four rounds in la. ifelt like i could handle two weeks in a row. that is one of the reasons why i am here. in regards to approaching augusto, it's just reasons why i am here. in regards to approaching augusto, it'sjust been simple things. alignment stuff. i would have typically done in the off—season. i was pretty sick and therefore, i had to kind of learn on therefore, i had to kind of learn on the go during the season. i've just been getting comfortable with the short game. had a good time up there and check that out. actually play ——

played quite a bit of golf last week. it was a week off and did a bit of practice. played some golf. feeling a little more refreshed. looking forward to getting back at it and hopefully giving myself a chance. sourav ganguly is considered to be one of the best captains in international cricket. the former indian skipper‘s aggressive form of leadership brought in a new era to the sport in the country. he's released a book — chronicling his achievements, his disappointments and the controversies. he spoke to the bbc and first explained how he steered his team out of the match fixing scandal in 2000 that saw four players banned. i would say that my biggest advantage was i met some fantastic people. i believed in picking the

right talent and once i picked the right talent and once i picked the right talent, it was about giving them opportunities. also, there was them opportunities. also, there was the fear of failure away from everyone. when i grow up as a cricketer, i realised that as a young player, you are worried lunch. you want to do well at the top level and you know that if you miss out, you lose a lot so i had to take that insecurity away from the minds of young cricketers. there is no problem in getting dropped. the problem in getting dropped. the problem was, i was playing well. i don't know if i would have played well, i have would have become a victim. that is a bit of a scare. i was 37 and i wasn't playing one—day cricket because i was told, in spite of whatever i achieved in one—day

cricket, i might not go on until 2011 in the world cup because i was 37 andi 2011 in the world cup because i was 37 and i would be a0 by them and they wanted to bring in young players. i played test cricket for a couple of years in the past 100 test matches. as i keep saying, and i read the stats in that book. i am one of the three to play 100 test matches. of all the people who played for india. and that's very satisfying. when i picked up a cricket bat, i believed i could score a run. i had this god—given ability of enormous belief, of picking myself up and coming back. i think that is what i wanted to tell young cricketers. more about the sport website. from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now.

hello. temperatures are on the up this weekend as it turns milder but we are not there yet and snow is still part of our forecast for the first part of thursday. here's a look at the recent satellite picture. this area of cloud pushing in from the south—west, bringing in some rain, sleet and some snow to parts of england and wales as thursday begins. a fairly messy looking picture, by no means everyone seeing snow. you're more inclined in the higher ground of wales, midlands, into parts of northern england but, in heavier bursts, even to lower levels, you could see a bit of snow. maybe a few centimetres, a brief, light covering out of this. here is how things look during the first few hours of the morning. behind the area of rain, sleet and snow, further wintry showers coming into parts of wales. but in parts of northern england and the midlands, as thursday begins, we could see some snow falling to relatively low levels.

a good idea to just check the situation before heading out, make sure you are not going to encounter too many problems. bbc local radio station a good source of information. this latest weather system begins to pull its moisture away, eastwards, from england and wales as we go into the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland, a mainly dry but frosty icy start to the day. some good sunny spells to come as it stays mainly dry. but in towards the western isles, far north—west of mainland scotland, northern isles there will be some showers around. following our weather system for england and wales, one or two showers, wintry on hills but some good sunny spells to come here. most places though a chillier day, especially in the breeze, across southern parts, with temperatures in single figures. fine thursday night as we see a frost settling. chance for a few icy patches. some wintry showers, still some snow across parts of scotland, particularly the hills. fine weather to come during friday but cloud increasing to southern england and south wales as we start to get some outbreaks of rain moving in through the afternoon and the evening. it turns wetter from the south. as we look at that big picture going into the weekend, this weather system here, still as it edges its way

northwards, on it leading edge, there could be some snow, especially to higher ground. but this is a warm front, this the leading edge of milder air, warmerairand you can see that on the colours here, for saturday. that gradually edges itsway further northwards as we go through the weekend. so we know the weekend, temperatures are heading up. not the whole story. it's going to be milder, yes, but there will be some rain at times and most of us will see some rain at some stage of the weekend, thankfully not all the time but here is an idea of what we might expect over the weekend, at least for the capital cities. and that gives you an idea of what many of us can expect. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: it's confirmed — a toxic nerve agent was used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia skripal — and a police officer — are still critically ill. police are now treating the attack as attempted murder, but they're not giving any more details of the substance used. president trump pushes ahead

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