teenage german driver sophia florsch surviving this dramatic crash that could have easily ended her career — and possibly her life. it is a miracle. it happened quite fast. i had a top speed in kilometres 275 and, um...yeah, but some weeks later i can do nearly everything again, so for me it'sjust to be happy and to continue and see positive. sofia was taking part in a formula 3 race in macau when her car collided with two others, catapulting her through the air, over the safety barriers, and into an advertising hoarding. amazingly, just one month on, she's back home in munich preparing for christmas with her family and taking her recovery one step at a time. i remember everything from the crash. one of my first thoughts was to tell the team over the radio, "0k, i'm 0k, please tell my family." but it didn't work, and then when i was in hospital, the first thing my dad immediately did was a selfie and sending it to my mum and my sister that i'm 0k.

so you want to get back behind the wheel again. what are your long—term ambitions in racing? my goal is to get to f1 and have success there, and also maybe be world champion if possible. after what's been a difficult time, and an enforced break, sophia seems to be getting her life and her motorsport career slowly back on track. jo currie, bbc news, munich. a reminder of the main story tonight — the ongoing chaos at gatwick airport, where hundreds of flights have been cancelled and tens of thousands of passengers affected. the police say there have been 50 drone sightings at the airport in the past 2a hours. the airport has said it can't confirm when flights will resume — and they are continuing to monitor the situation there through the night. there will be more details on newsnight, of course, and on the bbc newsnight, of course, and on the bbc news channel. now it is time for the news where you are, have a hello, welcome to sportsday.

embarrassed arsenal say they're identifying who threw a bottle at dele alli in the north london derby. first day on the job — ole gunnar solskjaer arrives to meet his manchester united team. and sophia floersch tells the bbc she remembers every bit of her 170 mile an hour crash at the macau grand prix. it is a miracle, but that's probably also the reason why i am happy and why... yeah, i'm normal. hi there. thanks forjoining us.

arsenal say they identified a cctv image of the person who threw a bottle at dele alli in tottenham's league cup quarter—final win at the emirates last night. the club have said they're embarrassed by the incident and are now working with the metroplitan police to apprehend the culprit. in a statement, they said they're not responsible for the actions of one individual, but send their apologies to dele alli and everyone at tottenham hotspur for this incident. the spurs boss mauricio pochettino had this to say about dele‘s reaction to it earlier this afternoon. it is so clear, he is so mature. with the process, like us, we are growing and learning. i feel his situation that, when i think that, i hate this action. i know arsenal is going to take the responsibility and fix

the problem, but of course, dele‘s behaviour was fantastic. now, the man behind me may be familiar to any of you who watched sportsday yesterday. norwegian tv reporter emil gukild was a guest on the show. well, today, he was waiting to greet ole gunnar solskjaer as he starts the task of trying to revive manchester united's fortunes. solsjkaer took his first training session with the team today as he begins his spell as interim manager. here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. ole gunnar solskjaer flew into the uk last night. he was driven to the carrington training ground behind me atjust before 8am. his players followed in the subsequent couple of hours. he held a meeting with the club's executive vice—chairman, ed woodward, the man who sacked jose mourinho. and then he led a player's meeting and training at 11am. they will train again tomorrow. also, tomorrow, a news

conference and we will hear more from solskjaer before the squad fly to wales head of their meeting on saturday. solskjaer has led that club, his only previous experience. he will hope to do better this time around. manchester united are 11 points off the top four, 19 points off top placed liverpool. they have also got the not so small matter of the champions league last 16 tie against paris looming. they need to bring the fans back on board as well. behind—the—scenes, manchester united will want to restructure for the summer, a potential director of football coming in, but crucially, a permanent manager. that could be ole gunnar solskjaer, but it is more likely he will return to hisjob in norway, and united will be looking for their fourth permanent manager in six years since sir alex ferguson retired. formula 3 driver sophia floersch says she didn't realise just how bad that 170 mile an hour crash

was at the macau grand prix until she saw it back. the 18—year—old suffered a fractured spine when her carflew through the air before smashing into a fence last month. but she told bbc sport'sjo currie that it didn't feel as scary as it looked. i remember everything from the crash. it felt completely different for me. it's just happening so fast, so, yeah, i remember everything. at what point did you think this has gone horribly wrong? well, already, when i did not have the control any more, because i lost my two side wheels. then you are like, "ok, this is going to be a crash," but i never thought it was going to be a really bad crash. even when i was in hospital, the crash was not so horrible. just when i saw the video for the first time, i thought it looked quite bad.

it does not look nice at all, really horrible. i did not expect it to look that bad, because in the car, it did not feel so horrible. i had two broken bones in my spinal column. one part of this bone went into where the nerves go, and it had to be corrected by 50%, and that is the reason i had to do surgery. i started with my rehab two weeks ago so as not to lose any more muscles and to get the body working again. i can do everything apart from using my back and my neck. it's been a so it's been a quite ok couple of weeks. you had family at the track that day and family watching back at home. what was it like for them to witness that crash? my mum and my little sister were at home, my dad was with me. it was quite bad for all of them. the video looks horrible. it was also one of my first thoughts to tell the team over the radio, "i'm ok,

please tell my family." but then it did not work. in the hospital the first thing my dad was to do was to take a selfie and sent it to my family. but that is probably the reason why i am happy and normal. for me, it isjust to be happy and to continue and be positive. plenty more to come, but let's have a quick look at some of the day's other stories now. england's bronte law has broken a ladies european tour record by holing nine birdies in a row at an event in morocco. bronte, who isjust 23, scored a course record—equalling ten under par 62 in the third round. she followed that with a bogey—free 64 in the fourth round today, before winning by one shot. and anthonyjoshua now has another three letters to add to his wba, wbo and ibf world heavyweight belts. he's become an obe after receiving an order of the british empire for services to sport from prince charles today. equestrian william fox pitt was made mbe.

there'll be no three letters on offer on saturday, but plenty at stake when dillian whyte faces british rival dereck chisora in a long—awaited rematch in london. it's two years on from a brutal encounter in manchester, which whyte narrowly won on points. whyte says he's a "different animal" now but he still expects it to be close, because both he and chisora are risk takers. when two fighters clash, they either put each other out and just enrage into a massive flame. and that's what's going to happen. the fact it will be round 13, 1a, 15,16, i do not think it will be a round one rematch. i think it picks up in the same place. i am fitter, stronger, and he will be as well. there will be a little bit of separation that will start showing, maybe as soon as the first bell. i will bring a different level to this fight and he will know that he is fighting a more mature, solid, strongerfighter. better balance, better everything this time around. phoebe schecter only began playing

american football just overfive years ago. but her rapid rise saw her become captain of the great britain team, and she has now spent the past season as a full—time coaching intern with the buffalo bills in the nfl. that's made her just the third woman in a coaching position in the league, but she's told the bbc that she's had little time to reflect on it. it's a very long journey, but it is a bit of a roller—coaster. in essence, when i moved over to the uk about six years ago today, i started playing american football over there for the first time. knew i could not play forever, and got into coaching. and through that, over the past three years, it has reallyjust been an upwards spiral, essentially, in some ways. i've gone from never coaching to having a couple of internships, one full season, or at least one season with a college, and now this

season with an nfl team. it has been climbing, climbing all the way, which has been a fantastic learning curve for me. i think you need to have a really great hard work ethic at first. that is a huge part. being passionate about what you do, the energy that you bring. for me, i try and bring as much positive energy as possible. coaching's about teaching. so if you can teach someone and have a good emotional iq, that's really important for this role. if you have a female or minority as an option, and they are the best candidate, absolutely, why would you not give yourself that extra 1% edge or whatever that may be? just having someone that might look like you in that role gives kids a hope that, "one day, actually i can achieve that. if that's my dream. i want to be a coach

or a player or an official," or whatever that might be. when you see someone who looks like you, you definitely believe in that yourself. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and rachel cunliffe, comment and feature editor at city am. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and the gatwick airport story dominates, of course. the metro says the police are hunting the saboteurs, who are playing cat and mouse with authorities by flying devices above the airport — grounding more than 800 planes. the daily express expresses

there is outrage that at least two remote—controlled aircraft have been able to operate unhindered near the runway for at least 2a hours. the times reports passengers are facing days of chaos at gatwick. the daily mail questions why up to 350,000 passengers had their christmas holiday plans ruined by a lone drone operator. according to the daily telegraph, environmental protesters are suspected of orchestrating the drone attack that's shut the airport down. the sun says the suspected eco—activist has piloted the craft at least ten times over the airfield. the guardian reports that there are now demands for new aviation regulations to tackle the threat of drones. the financial times also has the gatwick story on its front page, but their main story is beijing being accused of a worldwide campaign of cyber attacks against the us, britain and their allies —

aimed at stealing trade secrets from governments and technology companies. hardly surprising that the chaos at gatwick is dominating the papers in the morning. the daily mail, i think asking the question that many people are going to be asking. how could this speck in the sky ruin christmas for 350,000? first of all, you know whoever did this is a man. secondly, it is outrageous that we have all known about drones. in holland, currently they can have eagles that attack drones. in other countries, they have big nets. the idea that this drug has ruined the whole day and many holidays for many holiday makers, and the army could not get rid of it, we had nothing in place to get rid of it, apparently there's

anti—drone stuff that can actually bring drones down. what are we doing in our country worried about security? it could be mr putin having fun. there are a lot of theories. lots of theories. photos showing this tiny thing apparently the size of the siegel that has brought the uk's that the biggest airports —— the uk's second—biggest airports —— the uk's second—biggest airport to a standstill. we are still working on the galatians around drones. you're not allowed to fly within one km of an airport. they've been doing that. we have not had to deal with the issue of how to get one down. apparently you cannot shoot them.