the visit clearly been picked up and the visit [10w clearly been picked up and the visit now is not going ahead. it may or may not have something to do with this pretty lacklustre speech that the defence secretary gavin williamson made last monday talking about sending the uk's aircraft character —— carrier to the pacific. that will be noticed in china. and today the former chancellor george osborne said that the government china strategy was all conceivable and a reminder of how sensitive the relationship is between china and the uk. in recent years rainbow bootlaces have become a way for sportsmen and women to show their support for the lgbt community. but now non—league football team altrincham have taken it to a new level by playing a game in a whole rainbow kit. our reporterjo currie was at the match. altrincham football club was looking a little more colourful than usual this afternoon. and it was a scene also reflected in the changing room, with these specially designed one—off rainbow shirts taking the place of the team's usual kit.

it is in support of football versus homophobia. it's a simple idea, but one that has seen the club go viral. itjust shows how much work we've got to do, that something being done at this level by a club like ourselves has resonated so clearly around the world. the club has sold over 250 shirts with proceeds going to charity. and they've gone down well with the fans. i'm part of the lgbt community, i'm bisexual, and i have come to games with my civil partner for years. so homophobia still exists in football, anything we can do to stamp it out is a great idea. in football especially it's one of those subjects that is not approached much so i think it's really great to support. altrincham believe that they are the first senior football club anywhere in the world to have a kit based on the lgbt flag. they hope that this move will help encourage other teams to promote the football against homophobia message. this may only be one small gesture by one club but it represents a much bigger ideology. that football really is for everyone. joe currie, bbc news.

we're back with the late news at 10 past 10. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday, with me john watson, i'm joined john watson, i'mjoined by john watson, i'm joined by kathy. the headlines this evening. newport county's players and pitch at rodey parade are challenging pep‘s city stars in the fa cup we report on the non league side taking a stand against homophobia. i think if we can do something positive like this like they kick it out campaign, we can do something positive. and saracens regain the top spot in the premiership

with an impressive victory over rivals leicester. also coming up in the programme. laura muir proves she's ready to win more medals as she breaks the national indoor record for the mile in birmingham and we'll meet the sprinter who's determined to compete at next year's olympics just two years after a serious motorbike accident. plenty to get there tonight. we start with the fa cup and the tie of the day at rodney parade — newport county who've produced more than one cup upset already this season are dreaming of another if they can beat manchester city. surely they can't do it again, can they??? having despatched leicester and middlesbrough, they're very much in the tie, where it remains goalless at half time. and newport will feel they should be ahead —

tyreeq bakinson denied by ederson. a great chance, and a great save city who've gone with a strong team, riyad mahrez, david silva and leroy sane all starting and the latterhad city's best chance, but couldn't keep his effort down. still nil — nil. afc wimbledon are a club who've been through it all. former winners of the fa cup before the club split, their cup run this year was ended by millwall at kingsmeadow. murray wallace with an early goal that put them through to the quarterfinals. leaving them one win away from a spot at wembley in the semi—finals. john pakey reports after seeing i placed him in the

last round, when both fancied the chance to grab more headlines in the fa cup. it was certainly causing a shock ahead of that match. the goal and the last i then he lost a bet, and the last i then he lost a bet, and had to die his beard and the clu b and had to die his beard and the club colours. running the woodwork, denying a goal. it proved to be a frustrating mess, as championships i took the lead. mary wallace was unmarked as he headed the visitors ahead. millwall were not ready to walk away though, they show they are up walk away though, they show they are upfora walk away though, they show they are up for a battle, and kept piling on the pressure. it was more of the same as the second half started. this time andy asked questions for the millwall defence. this bear was there for the cup tie, the football chances were lacking. hopes for a penalty in this case were ruled out for offsides. it was millwall who made a late run to try to seal the win, but gregory stopped just before he can apply the finish. they kept wimbledon in the match, but couldn't find a chance they needed to force the game to extra time. that dream

was over for the game to extra time. that dream was overfor them, the game to extra time. that dream was over for them, but for millwall, the quarterfinals awaits. heartfelt n. hard at times, good quality. if we would've gotten a second, we would've gone three or four today. wimbledon made it very tough for us. all the cliches, the mentality today, as well as a physical battle. i thought today my boys showed a real great character. the calmness they showed at times, we could been better with the ball definitely, but it was all about getting through to the next round. us being in the court of final for the last three years, that's a great achievement for us. it is a great run. brighton are in the draw for the quarterfinals after they beat championship side derby county 2—1 at the amex stadium. they might be struggling in the premier league but went ahead in the first half thanks to a great finish from anthony knockhaert. they were two up by the break when yves' bissouma's shot was followed up byjurgen locadia. but derby got back into it thanks to a familiar name...38 —year—old

ashley cole heading in his first goal in england since 2012. brighton held off the fightback though and are into the last eight, it's a year when it has quite a lot of the premier league teams are out of the premier league teams are out of the premier league teams are out of the competition, and i think probably the likes of ourselves and others that are still in there, you know, they have that opportunity to progress one step further. i think ultimately, it's you know, it's generally a premier league type that wins it. but it opens the door a little bit this season. 50 a wins it. but it opens the door a little bit this season. so a list of fixtures to come then this weekend. more ties tomorrow as you can see. bristol city against don castor against palace, and that big one on monday night, it's against palace, and that big one on monday night, its live on bbc one chelsea against manchester united.

manchester city has not taken the lead against newport. the race are a with the goal. with a little bit of help with newport goalkeeper. he headed off down a tunnel, rather quickly last time they knocked out middlesboro. his hands are in the stands watching, but don't appear to bring his site any good luck at the moment. an unfortunate moment for him. norwich city have gone top of the championship after a comprehensive 4—0 win at second from bottom bolton. teemu pooki scored twice in the win that puts norwich clear. they're two points ahead of sheffield united who also won 4—0, and leeds who have a game in hand. elsewhere west brom won 2—0 at aston villa, they remain fourth, // while the other matches ended in draws rangers missed out on the chance to narrow the gap between themselves and celtic at the top of the premier league down to three points.

rangers had to settle for a 0—0 draw at home to stjohnstone..that means celtic could go 8 points clear with a win at kilmarnock tomorrow. third place aberdeen were also held at home by st mirren.. elsewhere there were wins for hibernian and dundee.. the funeral of emiliano sala, the argentinian footballer killed in a plane crash in the channel, is taking place in his home town of progreso, with cardiff manager neil warnock in attendance. sala had just signed for the club when his plane went missing. a wake was held at the club he played for as a youth — where he was described as a celebrity. his body was repatriated on friday after a privately funded search found the wreckage of the flight. he was my player, you know? and the feelings i had, you know i chased him, wanted him, and he said to me i will get you the goals that keep you

up will get you the goals that keep you up in the premier league, and i said i know you well. a very sad story, neil warlock who has made the trip to argentina for that funeral. non league altrincham town showed their support for the lgbt community by wearing rainbow shirts in their league game against bradford park avenue this afternoon. the club claims to be the first senior side to do so as they showed their support for the ongoing initiative against homophobia in football which has previously seen players wearing rainbow laces. jo currie was with the club before kick off. what is the idea behind these kits? we are just trying to raise awareness for homophobia in football, and hopefully eradicate that, and kick it out in some capacity. we want to cause a ripple effect where people take note of what we are doing, we've been a success today. you talk about a ripple effect, the club announced you're doing this a couple of weeks ago. since then it's gone viral, are you surprised with how big the story has been? no, it's a huge thing. everyone is aware of equality i think if we can do something always trying to promote that thing

with the children, why should we do it terraces reflects the society we're living in, and if we can sort of show that we are doing something positive, then hopefully like the kick it out campaign, it can have a positive outcome. you normally wear your usual red and white striped kit, what was the players reaction when you were told you're going to be wearing a rainbow kit? it was positive really. we have done something similar before, last year we had that special diversity kit, and the breast cancer awareness kit in the past. so the fact that we are doing this is not something that is two different. it's all positive. what are the chances of you playing in this kit every week from now on? i wouldn't mind that. i think you would have something to say, it willjust be a one off this week. if you at home would like to get a hand on a little bit of history, you can. at the end of today's game, the ktis might be sweaty, but the clubs are auctioning them off for charity.

if you want to make a bid, you can do that, just head over to the football club website. there might be a little bit of time if you want to get your hands on one of those shirts. nowjust down the road from altrincham, the new salford city co—owner david beckham put in an appearance at the club's home game against dover athletic this afternoon. beckham took a 10% stake, joining former manchester united team—mates nicky butt, ryan giggs, paul scholes and gary and phil neville as co—owners. beckham was there with his son romeo but he didn't bring them any luck.. they lost 3—1. lots of people probably delighted to see him in the stands today. saracens remain on course for a potential treble winning season as they returned to the top of the premiership with victory over leicester today. they remain in the hunt in europe in the champions cup and the premiership rugby cup. their 33 — 10 win today coming despite having a number of key players who are away on international duty. sid kohli reports.

despite a number of marquee players being retained by eddiejones for the six nations, this was still very much a big ticket match—up in north london. in the opening five minutes, tigers were resolute in defence, and won a penalty, taking the lead — through an impressive matt tooma effort but the lead would last a mere minute. as a swift counter attack from inside their own 22 saw the first try of the game scored by scrum half richard wigglesworth tigers hit back though a decisive try before half time, as eastmond and worth combined brilliantly to set upjonah holmes, whose blistering pace gave tigers the lead but sarries were not to be denied, a try from a line out through tom woolsetencroft put them firmly in control. with ten minutes to play, saracens' hopes a of a bonus point win looked bleak but ben spencer's interception and try got put them within one. and then it happened, david strettele skipped over the line one minute from time, to seal their fourth try and gave them the elusive bonus point. saracens go top, dislodging exter chiefs, with their hopes of an unprecedented treble still very much alive. sid kohli bbc news.

elsewhere northampton thrashed sale 67—17, bath beat newcastle and harlequins who are now in third place beat worcester. in the pro 1a leinster beat zebre update benneton still going on but with 20 big two points— 19 lead, the cheetahs kicked off around an hour ago, 17 points— 12, the game a little bit later on cardiff blues against glasgow warriors, which is at 7:35pm. now lets round up some of the other sporting headlines today great britain's men have suffered their first defeat in the hockey pro league. they lost 2—0 to australia in perth, to drop down to third in the table, behind belgium and the netherlands. and gb women are still without a win, after they lost 3—0 to australia.

they're bottom of the nine—nation table. joe o'connors dramatic run at the welsh open has come to an end. the world number 103 had beaten kyren wilson, ding junhui and john higgins on route to the semifinal, but a scalp of stuart bingham proved one step too far as he fell to a 6—2 defeat. and in the biggest race since the equine flu outbreak hit the horse racing calendar, sur—name comprehensively beat favourite waiting patiently in the ascot chase... cricket and england assistant coach paul farbrace is to leave his position at the end of their tour of west indies to become the sport director of warwickshire. farbrace will take up the position in county cricket in march, meaning he won't be part of england's coaching team for the world cup and ashes series this year. he will succeed ashley giles, who left edgbaston to become managing director of england men's cricket last month. sri lanka have pulled off

a remarkable victory in the first test against south africa in durban the tourists started the day on 83 for three chasing a target of 30a to win, which looked unlikely when they slumped to 226 for 9. kusal perera then played the innings of his life, clearing the boundary five times on the way to an unbeaten 153, fittingly he won the match with a four, with last man vishwa fernando hanging on to help secure a memorable victory. it's some turnaround for sri lanka who were recently thrashed by australia yeah you wont want to miss that in what has been a busy day of athletics, with the indoor grand prix meeting in birmingham. the story of the day, mike bushell aside, was provided by laura muir, the scottish middle distance runner who set a new british record in the women's indoor mile. we can join radzi chinyan—ganya and steve cram

to reflect on the big talking points of the day. now negley have had a great day here, steve thank you very much forjoining me. first off, she is in fine form. the neck great when against a world —class neck great when against a world—class pole vault failed olympic champion. the commonwealth champion, not only the win, but then she went higher than she did last week and the trials, 481, that equals her best of this year. she's only went separate on higher, all the way back in 2012, and she had a go at going higher year as well. i think there's more in the tank for her. it was a great win today. there wasn't anything left in the tank however for wasn't anything left in the tank howeverfor samuel, his wasn't anything left in the tank however for samuel, his world wasn't anything left in the tank howeverfor samuel, his world record was absolutely incredible. and unexpected. i'm sort of smiling about it, it was a great race, because he was the favourite, he just missed the high

record last week, he took it out, he's only 19. he comes past him, sales around the last 50—60 metres, and breaks a world record. that has stood since 1997, one of the all—time greats, it was an incredible performance. i'm not even sure he knew when he did it what he'd actually done. 20 years ago i was sat there and watched someone break a world record here, so it's lovely to be back. it arguably, the performance of the day, even though it was a world record, was her british record. laura has had a british record, this might have been one of the best, on her own, so laurent, superb performance she is in the form of her life. and now they are being indoors with two gold medals in sight. it was a great record today. that european championship is in the first and the 3rd of march, and right here on bbc. the indoors may have come a little too soon forjames ellington as he continues his recovery after a near career ending accident two years ago. he has been speaking to david

mcdade. this may look like a training run, but actually represents a triumph, medical science, and human spirit. away they go. two years ago james ellington was a european champion relay runner, and a two—time olympian. then, he was involved in a motorbike accident. the neck that's the scar where it snapped my bone and came out of the skin. it was a pair. it was blood everywhere. his injuries were complex and traumatic. especially for a professional sprinter in the best form of his life. physically i was capable of everything, changing my life and then boom, a medical expert where highly doubtful. that you would ever run again? yeah, but mentally i never doubted it. having been re—dealt with screws and the carbon

fibre rides, and after two years i've tough rehab, ellington is now backin i've tough rehab, ellington is now back in his racing spikes training for a spring come back. blue neck to neck when you are down you sort of dream of that. so when you go through this process the first time, evenif through this process the first time, even if you fall, itjust through this process the first time, even if you fall, it just shows you that you are on the right trajectory. what is the future, what is the goal? my goal is to come back and be better than i was before, which some people this is impossible, this year in 2019, my target is that championships. if i don't do it and get close to it, then there is no doubt in my mind i will be back in 2020. in the olympics, 100% i will go. will be back in 2020. in the olympics, 10096 i will go. and given his progress to date, you wouldn't bet against the neck against him. hardwick from our presenter, who took part in that indoor championship in birmingham. in agile and he was incredibly nervous at this point, taking part in a proper 60 metre race against 20 days.

amazing, he has been doing a lot of training for this moment. he is against future stars of the sport, it was fascinating to see. and he gets across, and apparently that is not a bad time in considering his age. amazing stuff, amazing to see it. later on in his potential career, amazing stuff. that is all from sprite state, we are back at half past seven. bye for now. hello, after a couple of days of hitting temperatures in the 16 — 17 celsius, on the nif 14 today it isn't that horrible for the stage of winter? it's well above average for this time of year, we are staying mild, but more of us have cloud compared to the last fee days, rather grey and misty view into... we will get to see some sunshine,

and sums to age into our sunday, but there is a chance of rain. the weather system out into the atlantic, it's this area of low pressure, i read this area of cloud, without a bit of patchy rain, that is going to be across the uk and through our sunday. for northern ireland and western scotland, you are still close enough to this to have clouds already, and patchy rain. that will pop up later in the night, and the wind will strengthen as well. the clouds we have will clear out into the north sea, but nowhere particularly cold overnight, but we start sunday in belfast at 10 degrees. let's take a look at your sunday morning. a lot of sunshine is back across a large part of england into east wales, but the further west you are you've got that's weather moving in. the clouds will increase, rain to start the day, northern ireland, western scotland, there will be if you have your breasts in this as well. it is quite windy, in fact the west of scotland

likely to strengthen during the day at around 50 mph or so, it's a cloud outbreaks and drain slowly moving east replacing the early sunshine that we have across a large part of england, but noticed how not much of left on this, and behind it we write andi left on this, and behind it we write and i began into the afternoon. at showers for northern ireland and northland scotland. blustery with the wind, it's another mild day, while their tent that night and today could be up to 16 celsius. as igo into today could be up to 16 celsius. as i go into sunday night and into monday morning, it stays blustery towards the northwest of the uk and there will be heavy showers around. we will keep a zone of cloud for east anglia into southeast england that could produce a light rain at time, and no frost. the clouds stay with us on monday, elsewhere there are sunny spells, but further, heavy showers running for northern ireland, northern west england, western scotland, could be hail, thunder, and gusty wind. temperatures at the start of the new week, we are taking a little bit the next step backwards with wet and windy systems moving into the north

and west of the uk. they will be covered later in the week, and back towards the mid—teens and places. that is your latest forecast, i will be back again in half an hour. this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at seven. in the last few minutes — the regional airline — flybmi — announces it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. all flights are cancelled with effect from today. as the family of shameema baygum ask the government to help bring her home — thejustice secretary says the main priority has to be the safety of the public. the funeral of footballer, emiliano sala, who was killed when his plane

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