hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a great night for english clubs in the champions league, as liverpool and tottenham both pick up results that see them into the knockout stages. an incredible human being — pep guardiola praises his player raheem sterling for confronting the issue of racism in football. and australia look to level their series against india when the second test gets underway in perth on friday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that premier league clubs liverpool and tottenham have both picked up the required results that take them through to the knockout stage of the champions league. at anfield, jurgen klopp‘s side needed a victory with a clean sheet or by two clear goals to make the last 16. and mohamed salah‘s first—half goal proved the difference asjurgen klopp‘s side, who were beaten finalists last year, secured second place in group c despite finishing level on points

with the italians, as paris st—germain topped the group, winning 4—1 away to red star belgrade. iam i am still full of adrenaline. i could fill it in bottles again. so this game was just amazing. it was outstanding, unbelievable. the boys played... their whole hart on the pitch. i'm not sure of the right saying, but it's just, pitch. i'm not sure of the right saying, but it'sjust, with pitch. i'm not sure of the right saying, but it's just, with each pa rt saying, but it's just, with each part of their body they were in that game. tottenham are also through, after salvaging a 1—1 draw at barcelona. ousmane dembele‘s wonderful early goal looked likely to prove the difference between the sides. but lucas moura took mauricio pochettino‘s side through from group b with an 85th—minute equaliser, despite finishing level on points with inter, who also drew 1—1 in italy against psv eindhoven.

i think they were fantastic. to celebrate our players inside with the staff, with everyone from the club, was the first time that you feel something this special. the connection was amazing. now we need to be clever in the way that we need to be clever in the way that we need to manage that energy that we created after tonight. elsewhere, in group a, borussia dortmund finished top after a 2—0 win in monaco, with atletico madrid playing out a goalless draw away to club brugge. while in group d, porto and schalke, who were already through prior to this game, both collected wins. manchester city are in action in the champions league on wednesday, and their manager, pep guardiola, has addressed the allegations of racial abuse directed towards one of his players, raheem sterling. he said racism is everywhere, and that it's notjust in football. chelsea have banned four people while an investigation into the incident at stamford bridge on saturday is underway. raheem is an incredible, incredible

human being. so... so it's tough to understand, today, you know, what happened a few days ago about the position, the whole history for the black people. and you have to protect them, you have to protect how equal we are, all together. so it's tough to understand in the 21st century is still to be in that position and to be in a power position, and helpless to be better, and everyone. we have to fight, strictly, for human rights, for everything, to make a better society for the future, for everyone. pep guardiola there, and earlier, former chelsea player frank sinclair spoke to my colleague sarah mulkerrins about the events. you kind of think that you are

getting somewhere, but you always are swimming against the tide, u nfortu nately, are swimming against the tide, unfortunately, because it's notjust the thing in football, it is a end that's, you know, social, as well. —— it's a thing that is, you know, social. and you do as much as you can to try and protect the game, but outside of the game there is still a big problem in this situation. so i was very surprised by it, and, you know, what's good now is that the likes of raheem, they have a voice. in ourday, we likes of raheem, they have a voice. in our day, we didn't really have a voice or the support, but they can express themselves in situations. with myself, i was advised more to sweep things under the carpet and ignore it, but now it's very much outspoken, and i think that the way it should be. what about how we do portray young footballers, and the difference that raheem brought up. do you see that? yes, you know, it certainly evident in the example that raheem ‘stalking about certainly evident in the example

that raheem ‘s talking about with two of his fellow young professionals at the football club. it certainly is... you can see it there. it is fair in black—and—white, the way that they are portrayed. i think raheem has a point, because people do still pick up point, because people do still pick up the newspapers and read them, or whether it be online news, and it does affect the way people feel about, you know, people that are in the public eye. and i think raheem's been suffering for that, with england, with man city, in his day—to—day way of life, i think it suffered from the bad press that he has received. —— he's suffered from the bad press he has received. united arab emirates champions al ain take on oceania champions league winners team wellington in a fifa club world cup playoff on wednesday. hosts al ain will have home advantage against their fellow tournament debuta nts at their ground, and head coach zoran mamic will be hoping his side can respond following their 5—3 defeat to al—wasl in the presidents cup final. wellington will venture into new territory after the debutants caused an upset when they beat fellow new zealand outfit and club world cup regular auckland city, en route to securing

the oceania champions league title, and with it a spot in the tournament. that ended auckland city's seven—year run at the club world cup, and the winner will play tunisian club esperance de tunis in the quarter—finals. all of our players, you know, they are not professional, they have otherjobs, are not professional, they have other jobs, they have are not professional, they have otherjobs, they have other lives. and, you know, but at the same time, including justin here, who we've got a lot of players that have represented new zealand, have been at fifa competitions before. i touched on, you know, the o—league campaign, as well, playing in front of big crowds and very difficult conditions and environments, and those are the experiences that we draw on as a group. and you know, tomorrow is a new experience, but it will be an experience we will really

relish. now to cricket, and they came closer than many expected to what would have been an impressive win in the first test, and australia are taking a sense of optimism into the second match against india on friday in perth. it was the aussies' first home defeat in ten years against the team who are currently number one in the world, and their coach, justin langer, admits they were outplayed in adelaide. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we just weren't able to... we were losing wickets at crucial moments. we probably missed a trick that, actually. if we had has been two or three down overnight, it might have been a different ball game. it wasn't the case. india outplayed us, there was no doubt about that. there was no point in the game when i felt we we re point in the game when i felt we were on top of india. do they great credit, they bowled really well. they showed great fighting spirit. we probably just fell short and they showed great fighting spirit. we probablyjust fell short and not wearing down the indian bowlers enoughin wearing down the indian bowlers enough in this test match. it is going to be hot on friday. it will be an important toss, i would imagine. and there is always working out that balance. but hopefully on a

wicket which is conducive to a bit of swing and seem, hopefully the bowlers will get the job done. —— seam. the new formula e season kicks off in saudi arabia this weekend, with new technology, new drivers, including felipe massa, and also new versions of their electric cars. john watson has been to see one of those that you will be able to watch in all 13 races, although frankly he didn't have to go far to find one — about 50 metres that way. so, as you can imagine, this area here, up to around here, is the safety cell. that is the cockpit that we will be sitting in. behind that we will be sitting in. behind that will be housed the battery, there. the battery has 52 kilowatts. the car is capable of speeds of 174 mph. behind that you will have the gearbox, the powertrain. every single manufacturer will develop their own, and that is where you see their own, and that is where you see the differences in efficiency and basically tenths of a second between the teams. so that component there,

manufacturers are spending millions and millions of pounds developing that to ensure that they've got the most efficient powertrain possible. it's as if you've got 20,000 double—a batteries running together to power this car forward. it is pretty big at the back. you have this massive rear diffuser. there i am thinking there is no exhaust on this car, is there, because it is battery powered. absolutely, and no clutch. so just as the throttle pedal, and off you go. it looks like the batmobile. it does, that is the thing, everyone has a generic rear wing assembly. this doesn't. it has the rear wing effect of thing going on. it is not the most efficient aerodynamically, but that means that we can raise really, really close on the streets get. we can get close, we can overtake more, it gives better and more exciting, fund, raising. two games under way in the nba. the

rockets have struggled somewhat, they are 47— 46 up with two minutes remaining until half—time, and in the spurs against the suns, the spurs leading, and the toronto ra ptors spurs leading, and the toronto raptors up against the la clippers. hello. you can expect a definite chill in the air over the next few days, particularly as a biting wind picks up. but for western parts of the uk, there is a little bit of rain in the forecast. what we've got on the satellite picture from a little earlier on is this stripe of cloud. it's a frontal system pushing in from the atlantic. it is bringing some outbreaks of rain, but whereas we might expect a front to sweep through, bringing rain for all of us, this front is running up

against some resistance, this area of high pressure blocking the front‘s progress. so it won't get much further than the south—west of england, wales, northern ireland, south—west scotland, here some rain, but elsewhere, wednesday getting off to a largely dry if rather cloudy start, with the odd fog patch. through the day, we should see bright conditions spreading from the east, so more in the way of sunshine, but with that, some colder air spreading in from the east, as well. so the mildest weather will be in the west, 10 degrees in belfast, in stornoway and in plymouth. now, as we go through wednesday evening into the night, we'll see more and more clear skies filtering through. still a bit of patchy cloud, but where the skies stay clear and starry for any length of time where you are, it is going to get a little bit chilly. you see the pale green and blue colours here on our temperature chart. 0ur towns and cities around about two, three, or four degrees, but some spots in the countryside can expect a touch of frost. and then into thursday — well, this weather battleground continues. frontal systems still trying to bring rain in from the west,

high pressure blocking their progress, and around this high, at this stage we're going to have an increasingly brisk east or south—easterly wind, and that is going to make it feel cold. so on thursday, any wet weather really confined to the far south—west of the country, particularly parts of cornwall. elsewhere largely dry, apart from the odd shower, just sprinkling in across the north sea coast. there will be some spells of sunshine, but look at the strength of the wind, particularly in some southern and western areas. and temperatures, well, on the thermometer, not particularly impressive. but add on the strength of the wind, this is what it is going to feel like. if you're spending your day in the channel islands, it'll feel subzero, norwich and birmingham feeling like freezing. a very, very chilly feel to the day. now, on friday the winds will be lighter, it may not feel as cold, even though the temperatures will still be quite low. a change, as you can see, though,

as we get on into saturday, because those fronts in the atlantic will make a bit more progress by this stage. we'll see some windy weather, some very wet weather for some, and as the front runs into cold air, especially over high ground in the north, there could be some snow. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: at least three people are confirmed dead and several others injured in the french city of strasbourg, after a gunman opens fire near a busy christmas market. 0ne eyewitness overlooking the scene filmed the immediate reaction to the attack. what happened was, i heard two distinct noises, but i took them to be firecrackers. but as i turned a corner, i saw one person on the ground with a wound.