and cycling's most successful team of recent years will need a new sponsor, after team sky's decision to withdraw from the sport at the end of 2019. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that we now know the make up for the last 16 of the champions league. only one group was left to be decided heading into wednesday night's final round of games and that was in group f. manchester city had already qualified but lyon needed a draw or better away to shakhtar donetsk and it took a second half goal from world cup winner nabil fekir that saw them equalise to snatch the point and finish second. in england, hoffenheim struck first against manchester city courtesy of an andrej kramaric penalty with the hosts needing at least one goal, but they scored twice through leroy sane for a 2—1win, making it nine goals in his last 10 matches for both club and country. today we finished the group stage,

we finish in the best way, so we will be in the best 16 teams in europe, so try to arrive in that period in the best conditions, match players fit and a big compliment for everybody in this group is every group is tough and we did so well. elsewhere, bayern munich and ajax had already qualified from group e, but the battle was for first place. ajax had to win, but it finished 3—3 with robert lewandowski scoring twice for bayern and dusan tadic getting two for ajax. the holders real madrid finished top of group g, despite losing 3—0 at home to cska moscow. roma, who like madrid, had already qualified, were beaten 2—1 by viktoria plzen. and the two qualifiers from group h also lost their final matches. juventus were beaten 2—1 by young boys in switzerland, while manchester united lost 2—1 at valencia where marcus rashford scored a late consolation for the visitors.

i think that, to qualify in this group, isa i think that, to qualify in this group, is a success. i think that, to qualify in this group, is a success. never i think that, to qualify in this group, is a success. never a failure. to finish second in this group is always a success. i don't think that the draw finishing first or second, apart from a couple of clu bs or second, apart from a couple of clubs that are clearly much better than the others, i don't think a draw will be significantly different. so here's the full list of teams who've qualified for the knock—out stage. there are four teams from england, three each from germany and spain, two from france and italy, with portugal and the netherlands also repesented. the draw for the last 16 takes place on monday. the fifa club world cup began on wednesday, with a victory for the host club al ain. they came from 3—0 down to beat team wellington on penalties. colm harrison reports. it is the fourth time the uae has

staged the fifa club world cup and alain staged the fifa club world cup and al ain were hosting the opening match of this year ‘s tournament, but after only ten minutes the pro— elite champions were a goal down to a stunning strike. further goals meant the new zealanders, who qualified as the lse champions league winners, were 3—0 up and adding for the quarterfinal. but al ain were farfrom adding for the quarterfinal. but al ain were far from finished and responded with two goals in a four—minute spell either side of the break. the japanese international led the revival before a second was added. the comeback was completed thanks to a fine finish from the swedish striker, 3—3 discourse topic a goalless extra 30 minutes meant penalties and al ain were 11—3 up in the shootout when wellington had their spot kick saved. sending al ain into the next round where they

will face the african champions of tunisia. it means there is a big character in my team. there is big confidence in my team. you cannot tell every day that you will come up from 0—3, comeback. but we comeback today and it is a great thing, it is a great point for our next game. of course, the next game will be different, different. everything is possible, we have to believe, today we believed that we would come back and we came back. the future of team sky, the british road racing team, is in doubt. the media company sky will end their sponsorship deal at the end of next year. they've dominated the sport since their launch in 2010, winning eight grand tours — including six of the last seven tour de france races with three different winners — sir bradley wiggins, chris froome and this year's winner geraint thomas. the team's image has recently been damaged by a number of anti—doping

investigations, although no wrongdoing has been proven. 0bviously obviously it was a shock and it was disappointing, to start with. but i think when you sit back and look at it, ten years is a long time as the main title sponsor in cycling and it has been an incredible nine years so farand we want has been an incredible nine years so far and we want to go out on a high and make it the last and the best year yet. certainly not the end, hopefully it is not the end, is also quite exciting at the same time. a review into the deaths of horses atjump racing's cheltenham festival in england has warned that welfare issues threaten the future of the sport if not addressed. significant plans aimed at improving safety have been announced after details of the review were published on wednesday. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has more. cheltenham, where jump racing cheltenham, wherejump racing makes its champions. all the excitement, the celebrations, the betting, the tradition, it is all here. but every

horse which runs is at risk. there is always a danger. but how great? at the grand annual chase this year, three horses died. in that one race loan. today in london, to be hake a set cheltenham's recent rate of the talent is was unacceptable. the grand annual will have a smaller field, but through racing, jockeys and races with a poor record of falling could be barred from races. we need to appeal to the generations whose attitudes are changing about the use of animals. we got to bring our participants are long. ultimately it is about the commercial viability of the sport, we have a people believing in it to invest in it. every horse at cheltenham will now be checked by a vet before it is allowed to race. logic suggests that unfit horses are likely fall as. is then head to charity and is a qualified vet. clearly there is 17 recommendations

and now, 17 of those are implemented. they are very broad ranging, not least you might talk about jockeys and the responsibilities jockeys have along with trainers to really make sure we have racing which places the racehorse at the heart that. the bha acknowledges that the only way to stop horse fatalities entirely would to stop horseracing. new spectators need to be believing that the risk is reduced, if they don't, then racing will lose it future. that is today's message. what the bha recommends, cheltenham says it accepts. australian batsman marcus harris insists his side have momentum heading into friday's second test of their series against india in perth. the 26—year—old made his test debut in the 31 run loss to the tourists in adelaide, just a sixth test match win down under for india, but playing at his home ground harris believes both he and his team can make the changes required for victory. if you have a good day, make it a

great day and it is simple stuff. that sort of test cricket. that is the main thing is and a few little things when you come to perth, a few plans to have with the wicket being bouncier, the way you set up on some ideas you have. that is why it is good to have a wicket out here and facing the boys out there. the win in adelaide means it's the first time india have ever taken a lead in a test series down under. their bowling coach thinks the lively perth pitch could help what he believes to be probably one of the best groups of fast bowlers that india has ever had. the fast bowlers are doing a great job. it is notjust one or two, there is a bunch of bowlers who are doing well. is not about doing well, i think it is the consistency with which we are able to perform over a period of time and that is very, very encouraging. australia remain on course to retain their title at the men's hockey world cup being played in india. they beat france 3—0 to reach the semi—finals,

with blake govers scoring his 6th goal of the tournament. earlier, harry martin scored the winner as england beat argentina 3—2. the remaining quarter—finals are on thursday. there are games taking place in the nba. the big game everybody is looking forward to is the toronto ra ptors, looking forward to is the toronto raptors, they are 22 and seven so farfor raptors, they are 22 and seven so far for the season, up against the golden state warriors who have won the last two nba championships. they are looking for a hat—trick this season. they are19— are looking for a hat—trick this season. they are 19— nine, second in the western conference at the moment. looking for a victory in that one, that gets under way at 3:30am gmt. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.

there'll be a definite chill in the air over the next couple of days. not only will the air be cold, we have strong winds to contend with, which will exacerbate the chilly feel during the day ahead. it should be dry for most, but not quite for all. a frontal system lingering in western areas bringing some outbreaks of rain here. that front making very little progress, though, because it's running up against this big block of high pressure, and the squeeze between the two will be driving brisk south—easterly winds across the country. it will not feel warm by any stretch of the imagination. now, we're starting off thursday on a largely dry note. a fair amount of cloud around and a few showers peppering north sea coasts. and our weatherfront bringing cloud and some patchy rain for northern ireland, the far south—west of wales, the far south—west of england. elsewhere, we will develop some long spells of sunshine. however, we will have the wind to contend with, particularly gusty for some west western coastal areas. so, put a thermometer outside, it might say five, six or seven degrees, but factor in the wind chill and it will feel more like —1

for the channel islands, freezing for birmingham, one degree in glasgow. a very chilly—feeling day leading into a pretty chilly night thursday night into friday. there'll be more in the way of clear, starry skies ahead. winds easing a little so that will allow temperatures to drop, particularly across scotland, england and wales. you can see this blue shading on our temperature chart. towns and cities will get down to freezing or a touch below. it could be colder than that in the countryside. not quite as cold across the far west, particularly northern ireland, because here, there'll be more cloud, there'll be some patchy rain. this old weather front still lingering here as we go through friday. elsewhere, a decent amount of sunshine. still the potential for one or two showers blowing into north sea coasts. now, these numbers don't look particularly impressive — three, four, five degrees — but by friday, the winds don't feel as strong, so it might feel a bit less bitter.

so as we head towards the weekend, a change, because these frontal systems here will have a bit more impetus about them. they will make more progress. they'll bring some wet weather across the country but that rain running into cold air. just about wherever you are there could be, for a time, a little bit of snow. 0ver high ground in northern ireland, northern england and especially scotland, there's the potential for fairly widespread and potentially disruptive snow. we'll have to keep you posted on that one. however, milderairwill waft in from the south—west all the time, so wintry weather will slowly but surely turn back to wet weather, and eventually all of us will get into the milder air on sunday and monday, but there will still be wind and rain at times. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the parliamentary party does have confidence... cheering the british prime minister theresa may survives a vote of no—confidence from her own party. however, the challenges over brexit remain. here is our new mission —

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