hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a 16—year—old boy has been found guilty of the rape and murder of six—year—old alesha macphail — killed on the isle of bute last summer. a bbc investigation finds people having to wait six months for disability payments, because assessors are too tough. more than 70 people have died in bangladesh. in the row over shamima begum, who ran away to join the islamic state group, jeremy corbyn says she has a "right to return to britain" # 0h, # oh, what can it mean? and peter tork — singer and bassist with the monkees has died at the age of 77.

in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in half an hour, beyond 100 days have the latest on the arrest of us actorjussie smollett — as police accuse him of pretending to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. we'll hear from a disability campaigner about delays to payments with people with long—term disabilities. and we'll be taking a first look at what's making tomorrow's front pages in the papers. i'll be joined by katy balls — deputy political editor of the spectator, and the writer and broadcaster steve richards. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening... arsenal eradicate their europa league deficit

in the blink of an eye at the emirates as they try and reach the last 32 along with chelsea and celtic. the six nations coaches reveal their cards as england wales and scotland all make changes ahead of a critical weekend. england's women prepare to begin their cricketing year they're in india for a one—day series against the team they beat to win the world cup. also coming up in the programme... breaking news about breaking. the olympics in 2024 could feature a new sport with gold medals replacing the ghetto blasters. and a world away from where he grew up, west ham's felipe anderson tells us about life as the youngest of six in santa maria. hello, and welcome to sportsday.

hello again. welcome to sportsday. the european future of three clubs will be decided later and one of them could help decide their manager's future too. marurizio sarri'sjob seems to be on the line and he says chelsea need to start winning. as it happens, they're the only british club with a first leg lead in the europa league last 32. celtic‘s place in the competition is hanging by a thread while arsenal also have to turn around a deficit. they've already kicked off their second leg the gunners were 1—0 down on aggregate when they kicked off against bate borisov, at five to six at the emirates, and drew level after three minutes when zhakar volkov tuned the ball into his own net. arsenal nearly had another goal which would have given the lead after a ll which would have given the lead after all after 20 minutes. half time is approaching there. i—i overall.

celtic are trying to over turn a 2—0 deficit in valencia. they have had plenty of possession and chances so far yet they have to make it count yet. celtic are also down to ten men in the last few moments. chelsea are the best placed team to go through even given all their recent troubles. getting through to the europa league last 16 is the first of a series of targets maurizio sarri might have to meet if he's going to keep hisjob. they're leading malmo 2—i ahead of tonight's second leg at stamford bridge, from where emma saunders reports. tonight simply must win for the chelsea manager as recent defeats have seen chelsea knocked out of the fa cup and dropped out of the premier league pass make top four. capitalising on the elite this evening and progressing in the europa league will be good ahead of

sunday, the game against manchester city. all that to come. first of all... manchester city supporter has been left fighting for his life following an incident after their champions league win over schalke last night 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein has been following the story. what more can you tell us? this news reached us alone to crunch time. they confirmed they were aware of an incident. there were staff from manchester city staying behind and more staff flying out to assist the family of the fan. we later had a statement from the german police. i will read it to you now... there was a violent confrontation on the walkway in front of the away‘s fans stand between two supporters of schalke and manchester city. a32—year—old englishman received a blow from a fist which knocked him

to the floor. he suffered a trauma to the floor. he suffered a trauma to his skull and brain. after that received medical treatment, first aid on the spot and was taken to a local hospital. he remains in acute dangerfor his local hospital. he remains in acute danger for his life at the present time. a very worrying story after what is a great evening for manchester city on the pitch, as the lead 3—2 after the first leg of their champions league tie. thank you very much indeed for that update. the scottish football assosciation will speak to the government and police in an attempt to control a what they call "unacceptable" incidents. it comes after kilmarnoock boss steve clarke accused rangers fans of "living in the dark ages" as his side lost in the scottish cup. rangers have said that will not be tolerated. the sfa said "we must do all that we can under our current rules and engage with clubs to seek to eradicate such behaviour.

wales and northern ireland have been paired together in the qualifying draw for the women's 2021 european championships. they've also been put in the same group as top seeds norway, belarus and the faroe islands. scotland will face former head coach anna signeul as they've been drawn with her finland side as well as portugal, albania and cyprus. as hosts, england do not have to qualify. wales and england have named their teams for the six nations match that brings together the two remaining unbeaten sides in cardiff. the home side have selected gareth anscombe at fly half. while for england, jack nowell comes in on the wing and ben moon is picked at prop. 0ur correspondent chrisjonesjoins us. chris, what do these changes tell us about the kind of game we'll see on saturday? i don't think we can read too much into england's changes. injuries so eddiejones needed into england's changes. injuries so eddie jones needed to into england's changes. injuries so eddiejones needed to replace them. and thenjack has been outstanding when he started for england. he was

the shoe in to come in on the wing for ashton. the welsh selection is significant. dan biggar is a test match warrior, who has spearheaded wales to famous wins over england, most notably in the 2015 world cup. the manager wants to see whether he can get the backline moving and stretch england back wide. he wants to see whether he will be the world cup number ten. gareth davies an interesting selection by gatland. the most experienced of the options at number nine for wales. it is also roof decision day, significant when you have the managers involved. roof decision day, significant when you have the managers involvedm will be open. it will be open. it is a lwa ys will be open. it will be open. it is always a saga. roof closed, roof open, wales was one to closed. england have said, you may want it closed so we are going to have it open. that is what eddiejones has said. maybe trying to dilate the

cardiff atmosphere. warren gatland has got his own back. he has had a p0p has got his own back. he has had a pop at the travel preparations. england are not travelling down to cardiff until friday afternoon. he feels they are playing with fire with the m4 traffic. significant mistake by travelling tomorrow. coming through newport at about five o'clock is not the best thing to be doing, going through the tunnel. you know, there is a good chance there could be tractors and buses holding it up. it's going to be an experience for them. soi so i hope you have taken that advice on board. i am going down tonight on the train. as long as you are not involved in rush hour traffic, that is important. scotland have made a change at fly—half. is important. scotland have made a change at fly-half. scotland have been ravaged by injuries. they lost four key men after the defeat

against ireland. their excellent fly— half against ireland. their excellent fly—half was injured playing club by fly—half was injured playing club rugby last weekend. the manager has had to make four changes. bradley comes into the pack for brian wilson. blair kinghorn, who has been impressive, he comes in at full—back and more significantly, it is peter horan who plays instead of the kingpin russell. he could have gone for a young adam hastings but townsend thinking it could be a step too farfor townsend thinking it could be a step too far for the youngster. it is horan who is tasked with trying to spearhead scotland to their first win in paris in 25 years. -- five yea rs. let's have win in paris in 25 years. -- five years. let's have a look at some of the other stories today. nico hulkenberg topped the time sheets at the end of the first week of formula one preseason testing in barcelona. but he'll be hoping his renault is more reliable when racing. world champion lewis hamilton narrowly avoided crashing into robert kubica and british rookie lando norris had a tricky time in his mclaren.

rugby league side widnes vikings have postponed this weekend's match against sheffield eagles while discussions continue over their survival. the vikings were relegated from super league last season after seven years. a proposed takeover fell through earlier this week and staff and players weren't paid yesterday. we have postponed this weekend's against sheffield. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been fined 45 thousand pounds by the fa after comments he made about the referee following their match against west ham aerlier this month when he said kevin friend's performance was affected by his decision to award liverpool a goal that was offside. well, one of the players involved in that match has told us he'll never forget what it was like growing up alongside five siblings in santa maria in southern brazil. felipe anderson has scored nine goals in his first season for west ham and says the glamour of the prmier league is a far cry from his childhood. well, a difficult childhood from

what i experience myself. when it came to the end of the month, i could see my parents were sad because they could not give us the best. they had debts and sometimes they had arguments. it meant if you wa nted they had arguments. it meant if you wanted to go out at the weekend, that was not possible and maybe there was not enough food on the table. it is something i can take strength from now. it has helped me keep my feet on the ground and remain humble and have a drive to help others. i know there are so many people in difficult situations. break dancing is being put forward for the games in paris. our sports correspondentjoins me now wearing

suitable clothing and the right footwear. this raises a lot of eyebrows. yes, in some ways, yes, and in some ways not. break dancing has come a very long way any very sharp space of time since breaking out on the streets of new york in the 19705 to being an olympic sport. when you consider it against the backdrop of the general direction of the olympic games in recent years, especially under the leadership of the president, it is not a surprise. there is a determination that the games should move with the times, they should be current and speak to younger generation. so we have seen over the winter and summer 0lympic5 attem pts over the winter and summer 0lympic5 atte m pts to over the winter and summer 0lympic5 attempts to modernise and bring in different sports, different events to reflect that. break dancing i think is very much in keeping with that desire. french organisers

nominating it as one of their chosen sports that they want to showcase but whether we will see a pass 2024 remains to be seen. it will get an opportunity to shine during that month in paris. richard, for now, thank you very much indeed. that is richard conway for us. we are not going to get his expertise on break dancing because we have two people in the studio to tell us more. you are both from break dance manchester. first of all, we have had a conversation about how excited you are. it is a proposed move, not definitely there but the prospect of it happening, how did it make you feel? it made me feel proud because i have put so many years into the dance farm, as well as competing around the world. and basically to be part of the olympics, as our community, i am fired up because it

will be at the dance form into my people. right now, it is underground. clearly this is a decision that has disappointed other sports. adam, what would you say to those who think it is not an olympic sport and it does not fit the 0lympic ideal. sport and it does not fit the olympic ideal. first of all, how do you define a sport? it is a physical activity. it conditions your body, keeps you healthy, keeps you fit. in that sense, it has it covered. i believe break dance is more than a sport. you look at where it came from, came from the streets, the people in the ghetto who had nothing. it was developed in the bronx. there were gang wars going on oi'i bronx. there were gang wars going on on their doorstep. this was something they created and it empowered them and give them an opportunity to leave that situation and to get out of the bronx and reach other places and neighbourhoods and become famous and become stars. to see it as a tool

that was developed by street kids i'iow that was developed by street kids now coming into the one of the highest social platforms, i think thatis highest social platforms, i think that is an incredible thing. i think it definitely deserves a spot.|j used to do dumb stuff as a child but since i started dancing, iforgot about that. it encouraged me to travel and how to treat people. everyone i have met throughout my journeys, every relationship, i treat them like my baby. i'm a first it really helped me get out of eight state of mind that was full of fa u lty state of mind that was full of faulty thoughts and all of that. it just helped me push myself to positive things, i guess. you have some work to do because we want you both on team great britain if it comes to that. we will try. thank you. i appreciate you coming in.

where there is a potential winner, there has to be a loser and squash is one of those sports that has been overlooked by the organising committee. nick matthew is a former world number one and joins us now. we tend to have these conversations too often for squash. i know that for sure. what did squash due to try and be attractive to the organising committee? yes, you are right, we do tend to have these conversations are way too regularly. i think 2012 was the first disappointment, big disappointment for squash when i was still a player and now i have moved on intoa still a player and now i have moved on into a coaching and media rule and we are still having these discussions. i think the olympics seems to have move away from the traditional ideals of faster, higher, stronger. we are looking at the youth appeal and engagement of youth. the sport has moved with the times. we have awards from youtube and we have signed a deal with

facebook. it has led to our1 million prize fund this week. we are proving we are a sport that is going places and things like the youth 0lympics, squash is a massive hit with interactive balls, giant ipad you hit the ball is against. we are moving with the times but u nfortu nately moving with the times but unfortunately other sports have stepped in front of us in the queue. you have given us an example of all of the thing squash has done, but it is falling short. what criteria might not be meeting? that is a good question. we meet all of the criteria that has been put out there. things like it being the pinnacle, having a truly world and global tour. being televisual, all of these things. a good anti—doping record. we take all of them. a big question that needs to be asked is what does a sport have to do? it seems like there was criteria are

not being covered by some of those sports. good luck to some of those sports, but if there is a criteria, it has to be judged sports, but if there is a criteria, it has to bejudged on sports, but if there is a criteria, it has to be judged on that and met, otherwise what is the point? thank you we appreciate your time today. that is matthew joining you we appreciate your time today. that is matthewjoining us from massachusetts. the ecb have confirmed how their new format will work when it's introduced into domestic cricket in 2020. the hundred will involve eight new city—based franchises over five weeks and these are the playing conditions announced today. 100 balls per innings, change of ends after ten balls, bowler to bowl five or ten balls, 25 ball power play, tactical time—outs for bowling side. the new competition is aimed at attracting a wider audicne this to the game and the new teams will be agreed later this year. meanwhile, england have recalled sam billings and dawid malan

for the three—match twenty20 series against west indies which starts next month. all—rounder ben stokes and wicketkeeperjos buttler will be rested. 0penerjason roy will also miss the series to return home for the birth of his first child. while the men's year is in full swing