barcelona have abandoned plans to play a la liga fixture against girona in miami that was scheduled for the 26th of january. and liverpool go into their final champions league group game against napoli needing a win on tuesday. hello there and welcome along to the programme. we start with football, where chelsea have suspended four people from attending matches, whilst an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of manchester city forward raheem sterling takes place. it comes on the day the professional footballer‘s association in the uk says clubs must take ‘the strongest possible action‘ if fans are found to racially abuse players. sterling was the victim of alleged abuse at chelsea over the weekend, and the pfa back sterling's criticism of some press coverage, saying they are in no doubt that ‘negative narrative, influences public opinion and emboldens racist rhetoric‘. here‘s the former liverpool and england starjohn barnes‘ take on how he thinks the media play a part. if you look at the influence the

press has, and i‘ve had this conversation with them for many yea rs, conversation with them for many years, do they reflect or influence society and they are much more influential, as we‘ve seen for brexit. not talking about the people voted leave or more remain, both sides were influenced with the scaremongering so it‘s a given that it does influence it. what perception do we have when we read headlines like muslim gangs, jamaican drug dealers, nigerian conmen, where you have white criminal gangs and drug dealers and conmen but whenever it‘s reported, it‘s a slumped on the certain group. this ticks away at our sensibilities in terms of looking at other groups more negatively and that‘s the point being made, we have someone publicised the not knowing another quy publicised the not knowing another guy is publicised the not knowing another guy ‘s name and is black, not in an obvious way to criticise him but

saying, he is not played one game but paid £2.5 million for a house. had is that tickle await our sensibilities in terms of our perception of him to the do have a big part to play in terms of the way the report. generally speaking, in terms of society. barcelona have abandoned plans to play a la liga fixture against girona in miami due to a "lack of consensus". the catalan club had proposed the 26th january fixture would take place in the us city, and had the support from la liga. but the spanish football association and players‘ union were vocal in objecting to the move. barca said it had agreed to withdraw the proposal, adding: "this project will not prosper until there is agreement between all parties." well, the uefa champions league returns on tuesday, with qualification for the knockout stages hanging in the balance for some teams. liverpool are one team hoping to reach the next round, but it‘s far from certain forjurgen klopp‘s side — they have to beat napoli one nil, or by two clear goals at anfield. we have the chance is still go

through and that‘s pretty special, after the campaign we played so far, we have to use and create a special atmosphere with the way we played and we have to use the atmosphere is well and yes, i am really looking forward to it. it‘s a big opportunity for us and we will do it right. there was one premier league game on monday. a superb late free kick from everton salvaged a point in injury time against watford. it was left—back lucas din—yay who stepped up and hit a curling free—kick into the corner which left watford goalkeeper ben foster with no chance. with watford leading 2—1, everton had already missed the chance to pull level, when foster saved a penalty with his feet from gylfi sigurdsson. so the sides take away a point each. staying with football,

and river plate were crowned copa libertadores champions after their victory over boca juniors. the second leg of south america‘s elite club competition was played for the first time away from the continent, after being moved to madrid‘s bernabeu stadium, despite protests from both clubs. they won 3—1 on the night, 5—3 on aggregate. claire thornton has the details. thousands of fans descend on buenos aires to celebrate the victory of river plate. instead of being played in their own backyard, this super classico actually took place over 10,000 kilometres away in madrid. the spanish capital is no stranger to hostile football crowds but even still, this match had the highest ever number of police officers

securing the city after violence from fans and an attack on a bus led to the postponement. finally on sunday, the battle returned to the pitch. the home of rail madrid. it wasn‘t until the 44th minute that the deadlock was broken. an impressive counter—attack. after 20 minutes of ordinary time, there was an equaliserfor minutes of ordinary time, there was an equaliser for river plate for the match to be taken to extra time. they had barely started when the 2— footed challenge of barrios saw boca to play the game with one man down. but dynamic but didn‘t river‘s flavour. the perfect expression of their intent as they went ahead for their intent as they went ahead for the first time. boca rally that had

the first time. boca rally that had the chance to equalise at the finish. the goal was left empty. gonzalez allowed martin as for the easiest of finishes for river plate. translation: the players did this for all those people who felt any hope of seeing this happen was gone. not everyone in our society is violent, only a few. there were many people at the ground to a well—behaved, they just wanted people at the ground to a well—behaved, theyjust wanted to see a show and we couldn‘t give it to them. now those who blamed —— page can have a little joy thanks to oui’ page can have a little joy thanks to our players. translation: i want to thank and congratulate the boca players to how they played, even when we were one or players to how they played, even when we were one oi’ two men players to how they played, even when we were one or two men down. they pushed, they fought and they tried to get a draw. they are champions, they won the cup. it was a final where are the team could

have won. despite river plate's jubilation, this final will always be remembered for the wrong reasons. for now, though, after a short visit to europe, the copa libertadores is heading back to south america where it belongs. to cricket now, and after beating sri lanka in their first overseas whitewash in 55 years, perhaps unsurprisingly england have stuck with the same test squad to face the west indies. here‘s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. december at lords and an air of serenity about the english cricket team. they just won serenity about the english cricket team. theyjust won a test series in sri lanka 3—0 so why change things? joe denley retains his place in the squad despite not having a sniff of the action in sri lanka. then folks who came in as wicket—keeper batsman, he retains his place. johnny bairstow will bat at number

three in the west indies, although he is absolutely concrete about that. also in the squad is ben stokes. the independent disciplinary committee made him available for this series but i asked national selector ed smith but he is expecting stokes now to be a changed man. there are many stages to this process and people have asked me, what state is ben stokes in question mark before edgbaston on the eve of the trial, was him in a fit state to play? the test match turning in england‘s favour. we also saw in sri la nka england‘s favour. we also saw in sri lanka just before the findings, the cdc, that he was a key person, but only in the field but he was also pa rt only in the field but he was also part of a really progressive hard—working core part of a really progressive ha rd—working core of part of a really progressive hard—working core of senior players led byjoe hard—working core of senior players led by joe root hard—working core of senior players led byjoe root and the vice—captain. ben stokes also in there. setting very high standards. fitness, attitude, just the mood

around the place one of real cooperation and teamwork and hard work. but that i observed with ben stokes. to be honest, i haven‘t got much to add to that. he is a terrific cricketer. i hope his best days as an england player are ahead of him. england will play three test matches in the caribbean. knitwear not needed in barbados. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me, sarah stone, and the rest of the sport today team, it‘s goodbye for now. hello.

well, tuesday isn‘t going to bring any major changes to our weather, neither is wednesday. it‘s probably from around thursday, friday, that‘s when things will start to change, it‘ll turn bit colder and the weekend is also looking interesting. at the moment, we‘ve a lot of cloud across the uk. this is the satellite image from monday into the early hours of tuesday. a lot of cloud across the uk. there are storms in the atlantic trying to come our way, but they can‘t because of high pressure building to the east of us, and that prevents from the weather heading our way. so effectively we‘ve got a little mild air in western parts of the uk, the colder air is in the east here, so first thing on tuesday morning we‘ve got a touch of frost anywhere from norwich all the way up to eastern scotland. belfast and plymouth will be quite a bit milder, around 5—6 degrees. the weather on tuesday, as i said, not much happens, quite a lot of cloud across the country, especially these central areas. not absolutely everywhere. some sunshine in scotland, the clouds may break up a little bit further south too and this

weatherfront, as i said, doesn‘t really move much because of the high pressure building to the north and north—east of us. here it is around scandinavia, building into europe as well, and basically when we get that pattern of intense high pressure, these weather systems are stuck in the atlantic. they come very close, nibbling into parts of ireland with stronger winds and the milder air, they don‘t quite cross us. this is the thinking for wednesday — a lot of cloud across the uk, a low behind me trying to get in but it can‘t because of the building high pressure. maybe ahead of it, a few dribs and drabs of rain expected in the far west of the british isles, but that‘s pretty much it. a dry day on wednesday, often cloudy but some sunny spells around as well. in fact, that high pressure, with its east to south—easterly winds, will finally win and dominate by the time we get to thursday, sending the colder airfrom europe. so the easterly winds will increase across the uk,

the temperatures will drop. even in london we‘re talking only about five or six degrees from thursday onwards, and with that easterly wind, it‘s going to feel even colder than that. in fact, temperatures will feel like they‘re around zero or so, so a really nippy day ahead on thursday and friday. friday night into saturday, we actually think the high pressure loses eventually and the low pressure wins, and weather fronts may bump into the old air, a period of snow in parts of northern britain, still a long way off so we‘ll keep you posted on that. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the british prime minister postpones a vote in parliament on her brexit plan because, she admits, it would have been defeated. if we went ahead and held the deal

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