i know 100%. in the pitch and outside the pitch, so i always smile, i'm a happy man, i'm blessed. cristiano ronaldo's return here to the club where he made his name was always going to be a big story. on his one previous visit, five years ago, he was afforded a hero's welcome, but on this occasion he has serious allegations hanging over him, with his reputation and brand on the line. ronaldo bursting forward. ronaldo has become one of the biggest and most marketable stars in world sport, but some of his main sponsors have expressed their concern. so what sort of reception can he expect at old trafford tomorrow evening. tomorrow evening? we know the allegations and he is going through a tough time, but we have to also say that he is innocent until proven guilty, so the reaction from the fans and from the people towards him shouldn't be any different, until things are proven obviously otherwise. with las vegas police re—opening their investigation into the claim, juventus have been criticised for publicly backing their record signing. ronaldo scored again at the weekend, despite the controversy swirling around him. both this season and today, there's little sign it's affecting him. dan roan, bbc news, old trafford.

newsnight is coming up on bbc two, here's kirsty wark. as theresa may faces increasings a relessness as theresa may faces increasings arelessness in her own party we ask how near we have come to the signatures of 48 mps needed to prompt a vote of no confidence in her. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's ten wins in a row for arsenal as they beat leicester city, moving up to fourth in the premier league table. ronaldo‘s back in town — the forrmer manchester united

striker returns to old trafford and responds to recent allegations of rape made against him. and dreaming of a fa cup shock — the draw for the first round's been made and the met police team hope for another upset. hello and welcome to sportsday. in the premier league this evening, arsenal made it ten wins in a row as they moved into 4th place with a win over leicester city. despite going behind in the first half, a thrilling second half performance led by captain mesut ozil secured the three points for the gunners.

austin halewood reports. few trips strike fear into the heart of leicester fans more than a visitor asked. you would have to be almost to remember the last time they won there in the top flight in 1973. fox is needed a helping hand and they got it. but it was not given. luck then swung in favour of leicester, a deflection sending this shotin leicester, a deflection sending this shot in from ben chilwell. it was not going to plan. leicester in total control. a deserved lead but a lapse in concentration, arsenal sweeping into the box and mezut ozil into the net. no team has scored more second—half goals than the gunners this season and with their firepower on the bench it is not ha rd to firepower on the bench it is not hard to see why. aubameyang did not need long to make his presence known, just two minutes. then a second, three minutes later. another

second—half masterclass from arsenal, another when from emory. the premier league not that difficult after all. the champions league group stage reaches the halfway point this week. manchester united have won one and drawn one and lie second in their group behind italian champions juventus. they'll play each other tomorrow night and former united striker cristiano ronaldo is back at old trafford. he's now a juve player, and his new club have stood by him over a rape allegation which he denies. he was given time off during the recent international break with portugal but this match wasn't one he was going to miss. here's our correspondent david ornstein. juventus arrived in manchester earlier this evening and made their way straight here to old trafford. they had a look around the pitch. cristiano ronaldo of course the centre of attention, returning to the club where he spent six glittering years before leaving for

a then world record £80 million fee to real madrid in 2009. he has since moved on last summer tojuventus but he comes back here in circumstances that he would perhaps not have wished with rape allegations hanging over him because of course police in las vegas have reopened a sexual assault investigation from 2009 at the request of a woman who has alleged that she was raped by ronaldo. these are allegations that he has dismissed as they use and insisted his conscience is clear. tonight here at old trafford he spoke for the first time since the allegations and here is what he had to say. you didn't listen what i say but i am happy, man. this is not... the statement, we give two weeks ago, if i'm not wrong. so i am glad. of course, i'm not going to lie on this situation. i am very happy. my lawyers, they are confidence, and of course i am, too.

so the most important is i enjoy the football, i enjoy my life. the rest, i have people who take care of my life, and of course the truth always coming in first position. so i am good. leading the opposition ofjuventus and ronaldo of course will be his fellow portuguese jose and ronaldo of course will be his fellow portuguesejose mourinho, a lwa ys fellow portuguesejose mourinho, always in the news, not always for the right reasons. but today he has escaped punishment after the altercation at stamford bridge in the closing minutes after chelsea equalised to deny manchester united what would have been a moral boosting victory on saturday. he has been reminded of his responsibilities while the chelsea member of backroom staff involved with jose mourinho member of backroom staff involved withjose mourinho has been charged. today many questions were put to jose mourinho about ronaldo, about

his own player paul pogba and several others but he was content to focus on the match itself. several others but he was content to focus on the match itselflj several others but he was content to focus on the match itself. i do not wa nt to focus on the match itself. i do not want to speak about paul pogba or about individuals, i do not want to speak to the spanish journalists because they are only interested in renaldo and real madrid. now i'm going to play against one of the wea kest clu bs going to play against one of the weakest clubs in the world, one of the biggest candidates of winning the biggest candidates of winning the competition. that is what motivates me, that is what brings me here. manchester united have not lost at home in european competitions since march 2013 when they were beaten by real madrid and on that occasion they were managed byjose mourinho, with the winning goal—scorer of course mr —— renaldo. but in the event as they face stiff opposition, they have now won the italian title seven times. 100% start to the season ending only with

a draw at the weekend against genuine. they have not lost at home and in the competition since november 2017. juventus sitting top of this champions league group, two points clear of manchester united but manchester united will be hoping to turn the tables and enjoy another famous european night under the lights. the kick—off tomorrow night at 8pm. national league south side hampton & richmond borough have the chance of pulling off an fa cup shock after they were paired with league two 0ldham athletic in today's first—round draw. one of the lowest ranked sides, the metropolitan police who play in the seventh tier, will host newport county of league 2. portsmouth, who won the cup a decade ago, will travel to non—league opposition. they will play either chippenham or maidenhead. the full draw can be seen at the bbc sport website and app. the england and wales cricket board has dismissed allegations that a small group of england players were involved in spot

fixing in seven matches. the claims were made in an updated documentary made by the qatari based broadcaster aljazeera. the players were unnamed and the ecb says the limited information is "poorly prepared and lacks clarity and corroboration." the documentary has also been dismissed by fast bowler mark wood who is with the england squad in sri lanka. it doesn't bother me, to be honest. we get corruption training, anti—corruption training, we speak to the guys. there's a guy called peter 0'shea i trust a lot — he's at the end of the phone if i need him. all the aljazeera stuff to me has got no hit or anything to it. if they came up with concrete evidence and they said a name and they could prove something i would maybe be more worried but at the moment it doesn't bother me because they keep making accusations and there is nothing behind it so at the moment i'm not too fussed. england's rugby league team

thrashed france over the weekend but the test series against new zealand over the next three weeks promises to be much tighter, with some thrilling ties to be played at hull's kcom stadium, anfield and elland road. tanya arnold was at today's series launch. these england players come into the series fresh from some narrow misses in the world cup last season and from beating new zealand in the mid—season test in denver. they know they are in for a heck of a series because since then new zealand have beaten them, they've beaten the number one side australia. we need to ta ke number one side australia. we need to take another step forward, we're building for the world cup in 2021. we did well in the world cup but we need to make sure we get this test series behind us and keep taking steps forward. i'mjust

series behind us and keep taking steps forward. i'm just taking each game as they come and this saturday definitely it is important to keep that consistency. with one slip—up you could be out of the team so we just take it one game at a time. well england will hope they have it all wrapped up by the time they come here to elland road. it all kicks off at hull on saturday and you can follow that on the bbc. 0rganisers of rugby union's champions cup say they will apologise to cardiff blues and glasgow warriors after they told the sides to wear kits that were almost an identical colour. glasgow changed from their usual black strip to one that's sky blue — pretty much the same shade as the home side, they are called cardiff blues! glasgow won the match 29—12 but it was difficult for players officials and spectators to see which team was which. the blues fly—half gareth anscombe said the situation was an "out—and—out disgrace". that's all from sportsday.

coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, steve richards and camilla tominey, associate editor at the daily telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian leads on the prime minister's plea to mps during a commons debate, in which she asked for time to deliver brexit. the telegraph carries a warning from public health england, that rising antibiotic resistance

is making hip and knee operations life—threatening. the metro reports on new research, which reveals plastics are polluting people's bodies. the same story makes the front page of the daily mail. but the paper also carries a picture of simon mayo and jo whiley, following the announcement that their radio 2 drivetime show is to end. the financial times leads on an expected 13 billion pound annual windfall in the budget, which it says will help the chancellor pay for nhs spending. and, mps and peers are calling on theresa may to end the persecution of veterans in northern ireland, over incidents going back nearly 50 years — that's in the express. so, a varied set of front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. brexit surprise surprise, once again

seems to be preoccupying certainly a few of the papers. another difficult day for the prime minister. but she confronted her critics, leading for time, says the guardian. to an extent confronting her critics. the line from this address was jailed yesterday, they the brexit was 95% done. but got quite heavily controlled online. 0ne pointing out that 95% of the voyage of the titanic was successful for the perhaps a little bit cruel. she was there for quite some time handling some brickbat from within her own party. and we have the statement she made about this frankly start to negotiations juxtaposed with her position as leader, not of curvature of the weekend of the mind being out and some aggressive language being used by backbenchers. wobbly ——

about tenure. i do not think we've got really any more answers. for all the threats over the weekend was a relatively polite session today. the threats over the weekend was a relatively polite session todaym is getting surreal because each time there is a preview thing this is a huge moment, a moment of epic history. absolutely nothing moves at all. and yet you sense it is ethics of the papers have to put it on the front page. she has been pleading for time for ages now but it is dramatic even though nothing much moves. the clock is ticking and it is still not clear what form brexit is still not clear what form brexit is going to take. it is an extraordinary drama. in a strange way quite a slow—moving one because she comes to the house of commons and says the same thing each time and says the same thing each time and actually does not move it on very much. so on we go, i guess