the home side were level. soon, city's night would go from bad to worst. a second penalty, nabil bentaleb on target again. schalke into a shock lead. another brilliant penalty kick. indeed, it shocked the visitors into life and although they were reduced to ten men, leroy sane returned to haunt his former club. what a story! before raheem sterling provided the final flourish. a timely boost for city, and their european dream, ahead of the second leg. david ornstein, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's kirsty. after three senior tory backbenchers jumped ship to join eight former labour mps in the independent group, are we witnessing a seismic shift in british politics or simply an outburst of remainer frustration, which will lead to nothing? we are discussing that right now on bbc two. that's all from us. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. good night.

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. your headlines tonight: after being touted as strong favourites, manchester city found themselves 2—1 down to schalke in the champions league. could they bounce back? jason roy hits a hundred as england look good, chasing their highest ever odi total. an lgbt group drops martina navratilova after her comments about tra nsgender athletes. we speak to one of those criticised by the 18—time grand slam—winner.

good evening. welcome along to sportsday on a dramatic night for manchester city. they were down to ten men, but pep guardiola's side staged a late comeback to beat shalke 3—2 in the first leg of their champions league last—16 tie. raheem sterling the man to give the visitors the victory in the final minute. and there also some var controversy to throw into the mix. we'll to try to dissect it all. our sports correspondent david ornstein is here. a bizarre game in a way. and very hard to make sense of what happened and how it happened. to try and dissect it would be the key word. we are all catching our breath. what a incredible match that was. city were expected to win this. schalke have had a really poor season schalke have had a really poor season and city to the lead through

sergio aguero early on, who else was meant that put city in cruise control, really. they had a number of challenges after that but did not ta ke of challenges after that but did not take them. schalke with the other end and had a speculative strike from range that struck the arm of nicolas otamendi. schalke appeal for a penalty, the referee considered it and the video assistant referee after a foreman gave the penalty. it was scored by the former tottenham midfielder. and then unbelievable for city and with the kids. this time it was fernandinho who committed the file. schalke against going and it seemed it city or in big trouble here. even worse after half—time with the sending off of yosemite for a second booking. but they left it late and got what they wanted. the former schalke player leroy sunday with an unbelievable free kick to turn it around. to happen to you in then at the death camp at raheem sterling grabbing the winter. while! 50 important for

camp at raheem sterling grabbing the winter. while! so important for city that they could have had a loss but would have won away go but now they have a victory and three away goals. and this a competition, the champions league they want to get their hands upon above all else. those three away goals put them in real control of the tie heading into the second leg at the top of march at the etihad stadium. they will be firm favourites to go through. they turned their attention to the league cup final on sunday against chelsea and they have a couple of winnable premier league matches before the second leg. if they wrap up their first trophy of the season on sunday, they will be in such high spirits because they are still in contention for an unprecedented quadruple in english football. and going on the evidence of the neck with a bit like they are in the mood to go for it. so what a performance for city in a season that is turning out pretty well for them. certainly is so far. thank you forjoining us on sports day, david. well, wednesday's other fixture wasn't short of drama either as atletico madrid beatjuventus, one of the favourites

for the competition, 2—0 in spain. after having a goal ruled out by var, atletico finally went ahead late in the game. jose maria gimenez pouncing on the loose ball in the box. and then just five minutes later, the home side were in again. this time it was their other centre—back, diego godin, who fired the ball home. there was a big win for struggling millwall in the championship this evening. jed wallace with the only goal as they beat high—flying derby. that win lifts them five points above the relegation spots. alfredo morelos scored four goals for rangers as they thrashed kilmarnock 5—0 in a fifth round scottish cup replay. kilmarnock had daniel bachmann sent off in the first half, and andrew halliday got the other rangers goal. they're heading towards an extraordinary finish in the first one—day international between england and the west indies in barbados. the hosts batted first,

and it was chris gayle who once again dominated the innings. a brilliant 135 from him helped west indies to 360—8. that included 23 sixes, a record for an odi. england will have to beat their biggest ever run chase if they are to win, but they're making a good go of it. openerjason roy making a fine century. he went for 123, butjoe root and captain eoin morgan going along very nicely. england currently 319—2 from 42 overs. england's women's side go up against india in three one—day internationals beginning on friday. it's the start of a tour of the sub—continent that also includes three t20s against india and a series in sri lanka. it's the first time england have played india since beating them in the semi—finals of the world t20 in november, but england opener amyjones says the squad aren't being complacent. i guess you can take confidence from previous games and obviously it was a big one,

everyone was obviously very confident on the back of that, but obviously playing india is always challenging and we have never won a series out here. equally, our practise has been brilliant, and all the girls are feeling pretty confident. looking forward to it. an lgbt group has cut ties with tennis great martina navratilova after she said it was a form of "cheating" for transgender women to be allowed to compete in women's sport. the company athlete ally called the comments, written in a sunday times article, "transphobic". the 18—time grand slam—winner is a gay rights campaigner and suffered homophobic abuse when she came out in 1981. amidst the criticism, there has been some support. paula radcliffe tweeted... swimmer lizzie simmonds wrote...

one of the athletes criticised by navratilova in her original piece was rachel mckinnon. she became the first transgender athlete to win a cycling world title in october and is also an adviser for athlete ally. she spoke to the bbc earlier. this is not a new issue. the ioc, the highest levels of support have continued this a settled issue for over 15 years. so the time for dialogue, for people who oppose the inclusion of trans athletes has come and gone in an important respect. and back in december, when martina first made some comments on twitter that i view to be transferred a bit,

myself and a bunch of other people did engage with her in dialogue and athlete ally reached out to her at that time and martina either did not respond or dug in her heels. this latest piece in the sunday times was unprompted. it was something that she thought hard on and has committed to writing. trans athletes have been openly allowed to compete since the 2004 olympics. in the way that the regulations work for the ioc is that any sport that wishes to compete in the olympics, that international organisation also has to meet the ioc policies. so trans athletes have been openly allowed to compete at the world level since 2004. and not a single trans person has ever gone to the olympics since

2004, not a single trans athlete has gone to the olympics since 2015 when the regulations were made easier. an emotional steve stricker was close to tears on wednesday as he told a news conference what it means to him to be handed the task of regaining golf‘s ryder cup. stricker, who won the event once as a player, will lead the usa team in his home state of wisconsin as the american captain. some people see this, and they don't think i'm very passionate orfiery about playing the game of golf and what i do for a living, but deep down i'm very competitive. we want to win this more than ever, and i'm here to help in any way i can. so, i'm very blessed and happy to be here, thank you. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good night.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster and author john kampfner and economics and trade correspondent at the telegraph, anna isaacs. lovely to have you both here tonight. chat in a moment. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. "tory defectors march out with a view to destroy the party," is splashed across the front of the telegraph after anna soubry, heidi allen and sarah wollaston became the first tory mps to resign and join the independent group, accusing the prime minister of a "dismal failure" to stand up to eurosceptics.

the daily mail leads with the backlash those three tory mps now face after announcing they're quitting the conservative partyjust as theresa may enters a critical period that will determine whether she gets her brexit deal over the line. "tory trio swell ranks of new political group," is the headline on the front of the financial times. the paper also reports on sainsbury‘s planned multi—billion—pound takeover of asda being on the brink of collapse after the competition watchdog voiced concerns over the deal. tories are now blukip. the metro lead with anna soulbry, heidi allen and sarah woolaston comparing the conservative party to the right—wing ukip after announcing their defection to the newly lanched

independent group of backbenchers. former prime minister david cameron urged the three conservative defectors to stay in the party hours before they quit, according to the times. the paper also reports on new recommendations from the government's climate change committee which suggests gas boilers and cookers should be banned in new homes within six years to meet britain's legally binding emisisons targets. the number of britons stripped of their citizenship has soared by more than 600% in a year, according to the independent, which reports that so—called islamic state member shamima begum is one of more than 150 people subjected to the measure

for the "public good" since 2010. let's start with a big story in a delete mail. not strictly what she said it, or what was said. what she actually said was i cannot imagine she could return to the conservative fold, not least because if we do our job right, there will not be a tory party to go back to. so that is a statement of intent but it is on the same as the saying in the headline. journalism isjournalism same as the saying in the headline. journalism is journalism as we all know. i think it shows a high degree of ambition. if it's a little at the moment unformed in the form of the independent group, the idea that you are going to have some kind of manifesto that is kind of well defined, which we have not seen yet but if you are implying that we are going to do ourjobs so well that one of the major parties will not exist any more and what is still a two party system, you are making a pretty bold claim for a group that as it does not sin to have a

coherent electoral strategy. so it is going to be interesting to watch. not necessarily a problem. we are all obsessed in this with mr bubble in twitter and people saying things all the time and things have to happen every few minutes in order for them to seem to have value. the public does not operate in those terms in the normal people do not. in terms of getting a sense of what people want, a more moderate reasonable party, the impression that you have to party leaders in at jeremy corbyn and theresa may who are hell—bent on brexit and on much more visceral politics. and one interesting thing about when one co m pa res interesting thing about when one compares this with the foundation of the sdp in the 80s. it was remembered as being mainly labour splitting off into a more centrist party. and this is and i think it is going to be increasingly small but