olympics. he team—mates in the olympics. he posted saying that he was heartbroken and vowed to continue his legacy. in just a few hours, an online petition gathered more than i million signatures asking the nba to immortalise him for ever in their logo. the nba has yet to respond but they have called off tonight's la kers they have called off tonight's lakers match. america's biggest sporting event, the super bowl, ta kes pla ce sporting event, the super bowl, takes place on sunday. the nfl hasn't announced whether there will bea hasn't announced whether there will be a tribute to kobe bryant but his close friend who is playing in the game says he will honour his memory. he would tell me to stop being a baby and man up and play it and do it in his honour and when this game for him and that is what we have to try and do. place at dominating the ball, just like he would have wanted. his mentality still lives on. in california, the authorities are still gathering evidence as they

try to find the cause of the crash. the semifinal line up is taking shape at the australian open, roger federer is there by the skin of his teeth, saving seven match points. that wasn't the only big talking point in melbourne today, john watson is there for us. welcome to melbourne park in what has been an extraordinary day of tennis. i don't think anyone would have predicted what was to unfold and today. roger federer saving those seven match points in an extraordinary match against tennys sandgren. he will now face novak djokovic in the semifinal. it is one of that money would have predicted. raonic is facing novak djokovic in the quarterfinals today. the 38—year—old had already battled through 15 set marathon when along

came another. federer cruised through the first set but the world number 100 foot back and took the next 6—2. the usually unflappable federer —— unstoppable federer has a medical timeout. tennys sandgren thrived to move into the lead. a ball girl clattered into his injured leg. he had five more match points which the swiss dismissed to force a deciding set. federer closed in on a remarkable victory but one which may have taken a toll. it really depends sometimes how you are feeling inside, how much it takes away from you so must say i feel pretty good right now. federer has only played unseeded opponents so far in this

job are next up it is novak djokovic who is working for a record extending eighth title, he lost no sets against raonic. raonic forced a tie—break in the third but was prom ptly tie—break in the third but was promptly thrashed a 7—1. so, novak djokovic and roger federer will square up next. in the women's draw. barty was bidding to become the first australian woman to reach the semifinals in many years. kvitova one the first set. i knew that i had to bring my best against kvitova

today, just try make the most of it and good to get a quick start in the second. she will play 14th seed next to ended coco gauff‘s time. second. she will play 14th seed next to ended coco gauff's timem really was an incredible comeback. russell is with me, we have seen the fed ready some impressive things in his career and arguably that comeback is up there with the some of those moments that appears on the brink. seven times in that fourth set and there were times where tennys sandgren, he will have a few regrets, he knows he could have pushed a little bit harder in those match points, federer played for the most pa rt match points, federer played for the most part a very conservative point, he was struggling with injury, he had the treatment of court for a

groin problem, he was also warned for swearing, wasn't happy at the linesjudge who is next for swearing, wasn't happy at the lines judge who is next on for swearing, wasn't happy at the linesjudge who is next on him to the umpire that he got through but once he saved are those match points in the decider he started hitting the ball deeper and more like the fed rate we are used to seeing but he is not in the form he needs to be in to win the australian open or even to come close to threatening novak djokovic in the semifinal on thursday. interesting, novak djokovic to come next. away from the action, we saw martina navratilova making a protest out on court. she was parading a banner alongsidejohn mcenroe today. tell us what happened. this was after her legends match, she climbed into the umpire's chairand match, she climbed into the umpire's chair and called john mcenroe on to court. there went that many spectators in the time so they u nfu rl spectators in the time so they unfurl this banner which martina navratilova had made in her hotel room. she had bought some paint and ca nvas room. she had bought some paint and canvas and had tried to do it in the

style of aboriginal art and on it it said... navratilova has had the view for a while that margaret court's views means that she should not have a court named after her. i spoke to her earlier. i felt that the conversation had stopped and we got it going a couple of years ago and i thought tennis australia would do something, they are the ones that make the decision but nothing has happened and margaret keeps doubling down. does john mcenroe support, he was in court with you? does that make a difference? he talked about

renaming the arena and when i saw him he had no ideal renaming the arena and when i saw him he had no idea i was doing this and asked him if he would walk around the court with me and he said absolutely. what have tennis australia had to say about this? absolutely. what have tennis australia had to say about this7m isa australia had to say about this7m is a difficult one with margaret court because they have always taken the view that you should mark her achievements and it is the 50th anniversary of her winning all four grand slams in one year. a phenomenal achievement in whichever year and there is a ceremony to mark that on monday but they have always said that they completely disagree with her personal views. they were unhappy that martina navratilova and john mcenroe took this stance. they issued a terse statement which said...

we will wait to see what comes next from tennis australia. thanks for that. more from russell to come as we head to those remaining quarterfinal matches. that was john watson. it has been a poor tournament for the british players, harriet dart was the last one standing, she came through qualifying before getting knocked out in the second round by simona halep last week. shejoined us earlier and is very upbeat about her australian open performances. super exciting for me to be challenging one of the top players ina grand challenging one of the top players in a grand slam and to be able to do it on in a grand slam and to be able to do itona in a grand slam and to be able to do it on a big arena. i can only look at it as a positive and hopefully ta ke at it as a positive and hopefully take it with me going forward. at it as a positive and hopefully take it with me going forwardm at it as a positive and hopefully take it with me going forward. it is not just to you take it with me going forward. it is notjust to you play on the courts, i suppose going into a grand slam environment, that must really educate you as well and you came through obviously three matches of qualifying as well and there was all that wildfire scenario hanging over

melbourne as well so it must have been quite a strange situation as well? it was definitely different for sure. it is awful what is going on in australia at the moment and i can only feel for the whole population and it has been really, truly devastating. you know, drawing qualifiers we were affected a little bit and qualifiers we were affected a little bitandi qualifiers we were affected a little bit and i was just fortunate enough that i paid late enough in the day that i paid late enough in the day that i paid late enough in the day that i wasn't affected. simona halep, the top player at the open, you gave it a good go. it was quite a chasing experience and wimbledon last year when you came across another top player barty. i'm learning a lot from all these experiences and for me it is just being able to continue to improve and ifi being able to continue to improve and if i keep doing that i can definitely keep challenging the top players and hopefully in the near to distant future get some wins. i consider most of the late bloomer,

and 23, you see a lot of teenagers break through but that wasn't me. the austrian open is reaching the sharp end now, how do you see the women's tournament shaping up? who do you think will be the eventual champion? i think it looks to me that there will be a barty halep final but everyone plays whitaker tennis and i think there'll be some really matches. —— everyone plays really matches. —— everyone plays really good tennis. a little bit of the weight on your shoulders and heather watson, you have a big fed cup qualifier coming up next week to get through to these newly revamped finals. it is unfortunate that joe couldn't be with us but she had to make the best choice for her health

andi make the best choice for her health and i support that. ——jo. last make the best choice for her health and i support that. —— jo. last year was my first shipping fed cup and going that the number two player will bring a slightly different situation. some quick news for the villa leicester game. jamie vardy is on the bench. only 90 minutes and then straight to penalties if it is still level and there is going to be a debut for aston villa up front, their new signing. a quick recap on oui’ their new signing. a quick recap on our top story. israel folau has which backed to rugby league. he was sacked by rugby austria for making homophobic comments. he will be playing for catalan dragons in the new super league season that starts this week. for me and the rest of the team it is goodbye for now.

it has been a chilly day but today a contest. many were greeted by a dust of snow, even several centimetres to higher ground as you can see in this weather watcher picture in the island. further east, fewer showers, plenty of sunny spells, it was a beautiful afternoon in leicester. most of the show were out along the west facing coast with a bit of exposure to the wind and then continue through the night tonight. elsewhere we will see some clearer skies and temperatures are likely to follow a set temperature is get down to just below freezing in the north. again, we could see further snow showers around. if you get some showers around. if you get some shower through the night, that could lead to some icy stretches as well first thing. that is certainly worth bearing in mind if you are up and almost everywhere is at risk of seeing some icy stretches, picking

on minor rural roads. there is a brief ridge of high pressure to start the day. it is still noticeably breezy, windy in the far north—west but this weather front, thatis north—west but this weather front, that is going to arrive a little bit later on so yes, we start with some showers before more persistent rain is as enter northern ireland, scotland, north—west england. across england and wales, a few isolated showers but he had largely dry and bright. the rain into the afternoon, it could be quite heavy, as much as an inch of rain in places, perhaps in west scotland and gust of wind in excess of a0 mph for a time for is not a miserable end to the day here. a little bit milder further south, again, dry wood some sunshine coming through and hides up to ii again, dry wood some sunshine coming through and hides up to 11 degrees. milderair is through and hides up to 11 degrees. milder air is going to flood in as we move into thursday due to the wind direction changing to a south—westerly, putting milder air, the yellow tones right across the country so a real difference from thursday onwards. in scotland and some running through the channel coast but are sandwiched in between the two, a good slice of cloudy

conditions, mr mackie to start with and the cloud thick enough for some drizzle but look at the difference in the temperatures, nine and i3 hour high. —— misty and murky. there will be some wet and windy weather to come on friday so it does look as though it was stay mild for the end of the working week but there will be some rain, some of it heavy, particularly for scotland. that is it, take care.

you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump calls his middle east peace plan the deal of the century. the palestinians say it is an ultimatum, no basis for an agreement and they will not sit down to discuss it. the peace plan calls for creation of a palestinian state with its capital in portions of east jerusalem. it demands a four—year freeze on israeli settlement activity, and a $50 billion economic package for the palestinians. after 70 yea rs of little after 70 years of little progress, this could be the last opportunity they will ever have. the peace proposal is a convenient distraction for president trump, in the midst of impeachment, and for prime minister netanyahu, who faces his own domestic politcal problems. we will get the views of former

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