a perfect night for these kinds of players to thrive on occasions like this. and as we said this feels like an important watershed moment for super league. winter stand where we're at as a sport and as a game. the signings in the clubs are promoting themselves in marketing themselves, it's very important for themselves, it's very important for the future broadcasting deals so it's a very important season and exciting season and a very unpredictable season. i tried to write down this and it cannot do it. i think write down this and it cannot do it. ithink we're write down this and it cannot do it. i think we're in for a thrilling layer. super league never disappoints, and wonderful product that this year feels better than ever. what are your hopes for wigan this season, what would success look like for you? i'm not going to lie, we finished second in the table last year but driving away from here after hours semi final defeat was a painful experience and i felt really disappointed with the season. and we expect big things, so we need to

get to finals and we need to win trophies. if we don't, ultimately that a disappointing season. it's going to be difficult because there are a lot of teams vying for the same positions and same ambition. so bring it on, i'm excited where we are at as a club and it's unpredictable. it's unpredictable but super. so thats kris radlinski, wigan against warrington this evening. let me take you through one or two other things to look out for this season. this man of course, israel folau. we've talked about sonny bill williams as one of the big cross—code global stars, folau is another. his move to catalans was announced this week, a huge amount of anger within the game about his signing after he was sacked by australian rugby for his homophobic views. he won't play this weekend, catalans are playing huddersfield, but he could play next week, potentially making his debut against wakefield. there will be lots of attention on him and on catalans dragons. that story will rumble

on. elsewhere, it will be a hugely poignant season for hull kingston rovers. many are tipping them to struggle on the pitch but all that is put into perspective as they continue to support their player mossy massoy who suffered a serious spinal injury in pre—season. his career is over, but the club and the wider sport will continue to support him in his rehabilitiation. the game of rugby league once more pulling together, as it has done very publicly in recent weeks for superleague legend rob burrow, the former leeds rhinos player, after his moror neurone disease diagnosis. rhinos will want a big season. they get started on sunday against perrenial superleague underachievers hull. and what about this, tomorrow night — a replay of last seasons grand final, saints against salford. their seasons starting as they finished. there is

so much to look forward to. said there will be lots of talking points and look forward to what should be a barnstorming season. thanks forjoining us. plenty going on elsewhere today including concerns over this year's chinese grand prix. the fia — motorsport‘s governing body — says it'll take any action required to protect the public and those within motorsport in the wake of the corona virus outbreak. george north will play at outside centre for wales for saturday's six nations opener against italy. scarlets' uncapped winger johnny mcnicholl will take north's place on the wing. wales are the defending champions scotland coach gregor townsend will give edinburgh number eight nick haining his international debut against ireland on saturday. there are 10 changes to the starting fifteen that faced japan in theirfinal match of the rugby world cup. graeme mcdowell birdied his last three holes to sit in a share of the lead after the opening round of the saudi international. he said he was especially pleased given the windy conditions.

john higgins has been knocked in the first round of the german masters snooker. the four time world champion was beaten in a decider by robbie williams. ding junhui also suffered an early exit in berlin. for some they're the must have piece of equipment in running right now. for others — they're creating an unfair playing field. nike's controversial vaporfly. it's wearers have set the five fastest marathon times in the last 16 months but world athletics are expected tomorrow to introduce tighter regulations around it — but are unlikely to ban it. so what's causing all the fuss? our editor dan roan has been disecting it with scientist tom allen. so one of the key features of the issueis so one of the key features of the issue is the foam. to get early light and then they can make it really quite thick. so when it

deforms a lot in storms —— stores energy. another feature deforms a lot in storms —— stores energy. anotherfeature is the deforms a lot in storms —— stores energy. another feature is the stiff plate which you can see. that's a composite plate so it's fibre reinforced composite ants to think it's a huge stiffness along the length that sought to increase the leverage and stiffen the front of the shoe. stiff in the front of the foot and allow the athlete to run more efficiently. how much of advantage should they have that with the other it'll increase around 4% but these claims are based on the average runner in the study, some runners have no advantage in others may have a larger advantage depending on the individual. all about the interaction with the athlete with the equipment. so is the lateness and thickness, i understand as well there are to be you tell me, it's not all, is it? there are new prototypes that are believed to be even thicker it maybe have more plates and that's just what we can see that the runners are root currently wearing. shoe companies make five or ten or more yea rs companies make five or ten or more years ahead of what's being

released. there could be stuff in the labs notes for more advanced than this which will be coming out soon or than this which will be coming out soon or may than this which will be coming out soon or may be in the future. two time olympian mara yamauchi was sponsored by a different brand during her marathon running career. she's questioning the credibility of distance running right now. if the situation continues i'm wondering if we need to set the records. we need to eras for spring shoes and after spring she was. because the women's world record was broken by about 80 seconds. a man's world record broken by about 80 seconds. a man's world re cord i broken by about 80 seconds. a man's world record i think it was 70 seconds. these are country miles and distance running and we are talking about world records where you expect improvement to be a small number of seconds, and yet they are totally obliterating records, i don't think we have actually even seen the best performances in these shoes yet. basketball has been rocked by two tragic deaths in the last week. la lakers legend kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash —

not long after the only scot to play in the nba — robert archibald — also passed away at the age of 39. this week, all euroleague games are holding a moment's silence to remember them. described as a trailblazer, archibald forged a successful career with the likes of the toronto raptors and orlando magic. hope webb has been meeting those who spotted his talent at a young age and learning about his legacy in scotland. in terms of basketball he's a warrior. every time he got a new challenge she would step on the face of it. did not get there by luck, he got there by talent and hard work. success seem to follow him around andi success seem to follow him around and i think that's part and parcel of certain players. robert archibald was a baxter ball giant in all senses was a baxter ball giant in all senses of the word coming in at a staggering six tall. he was able to achieve what no scottish player before him had managed after being selected to play for the memphis grizzlies and the 2002 nba draft.

but as primitive journey started a queen and high school. —— queen and high school. it was spotted by his pe teacher neil thompson. it it was spotted by his pe teacher neilthompson. it was it was spotted by his pe teacher neil thompson. it was always one that came to training every missed training and never missed an excuse and have expected his mum and dad they said he was so focused on basketball, they were hoping it would of been just as focused on his schoolwork. he was really a very, very keen to do his very best. his dedication it led to his family moving to the us, a scholarship at the university of illinois and that he was scouted for the worlds largest basketball league. he never once thought of himself as a superstar because you get players for talented and they are ahead of the game, and then really standouts but his feet are firmly on the ground because he knew that's not where he wanted to finish. he wanted to finish as a professional player

if he could. neil still coaches basketball at the school and continues to spread robert's message of success to aspiring players. many of success to aspiring players. many of the kids here look up to the man from their small town who managed to make it big. he's a iteration to anyone, and he ages in scotland because itjust shows anyone, and he ages in scotland because it just shows the all the ha rd because it just shows the all the hard work pays off. his status robert's former team—mate james steele are now coaches the town best of our club. he travelled to visit roberts at the height of his success. if he makes the nba we will go to his first game, and then he makes it to the nba. the second game to be washed was against the lakers, kobe bryant won the game on the game—winning shot and into the game 103 -- 102. it game—winning shot and into the game 103 "102. it was game—winning shot and into the game 103 —— 102. it was really horrible that we lost scotland's most prolific possible figure, and arguably the worlds. he left the

nba 2004 and represented his team the london 2012 olympics. he passed away last week at the age of 39. sot can inspire others to follow in his footsteps and once again make it into the nba. his legacy should be that we provide opportunities to players to develop and be the best that they can be. at the four young people it should be about having that dream, chasing a dream and going after it with everything they have got because that's what robert did. tributes there to robert archibald. and just lastly — liverpool have paid tribute to their most successful manager bob paisley with a bronze statue outside anfield. he's seen carrying former captain emlyn hughes — an iconic moment from 1968. liverpool legends like kenny dalgish and ian rush attended the unveiling. this is what rush thought paisley would have made of it. he would get embarrassed. you know, he would be embarrassed and say, "i don't deserve that," but that's the man he was. and he did deserve that because he's done every position in liverpool football club. from reserve team manager

to assistant manager to manager, he's done everything. he was that person who knew everything about liverpool football club. just before we go, a nod ahead to tomorrow's programme live from cardiff ahead of the six nations. sarah mulkerrins and guests will preview the tournament and i'll have the best of the aussie open, transfer deadline day and the super bowl. that's 6.30 tomorrow evening. from me and the team — hope to see you then. goodbye. hello. temperatures have been on the up hello. temperatures have been on the up again today but that change comes with a lot of cloud, low cloud from the mist and fog in places, damp drizzly weather is a view from the sussex coast earlier today. he brought up certainly so much milder airfrom a long ways brought up certainly so much milder

air from a long ways south of the uk and that stays with us the next couple of days, so the much warmer colours coming in across the uk. this represents the feel of the weather and does not indicate will be huge amount of sunshine, certainly not the case now all the way through the weekend. some sunnier moments and it is a very windy evening out there, still a chance to sync gusts in excess of 60 mph, some spots in scotland down to northern england. strongest winds everyday under the ireland sing a speu everyday under the ireland sing a spell of rain moving in, southern and western scotland into northwest england especially cumbria, mile to the south but maybe a touch of frost in northeast scotland as friday begins. and during friday we take this rain and push it south and east across england and wales, behind it will be brightening up with dry weather and a few showers running into scotland to source in the west are most frequently to the northwest of scotla nd are most frequently to the northwest of scotland where some will be heavy. it's another blustery day an average wind speed to gus going to be higher around 40 to 50 mph in places, but it's very mild and

exceptionally mild in some spots, temperatures widely in double figures up today and some spots in eastern england could well be reaching 15 celsius. that's how fred is looking, take a look at the big picture for the weekend and low pressure on saturday and if you weather fronts affecting parts of southern england. rain in scotland especially in the west will push down across parts of northern ireland and northern england. some extent of the rain and i will clear weight with sunnier skies coming behind. a little bit cooler on saturday and so quite windy out there particularly in england and wales. and then on sunday another speu wales. and then on sunday another spell of wet weather feeds north and show your start in hell snow in the pen nines, higher parts of scotland and behind that if few showers coming into western areas but also some sunny coming into western areas but also some sunny spells and so mild to the south chemical odour across the northern half of the uk today to

colderfor all northern half of the uk today to colder for all next week.

this is beyond 100 days. as the coronavirus continues to spread, the world health organization meets for the third time to decide whether to declare the outbreak a global health emergency. meanwhile, the united states has just announced the first person—to—person transfer of the virus. uk families rush to wuhan airport hoping to get a seat on a government plane that's due to take off in 24 hours' time. american scientists tell the bbc they could have a vaccine ready to fight the coronavirus by the end of the year and it might be necessary.

they do not respect borders, so this virus could be on our doorstep very quickly. also on the programme: after endless nights in westminster and countless trips to brussels, brexit day is finally upon us. as the uk prepares to coundown to the exit tomorrow night, we'll try and predict what the future might hold for britain as it goes it alone. and who knows, brexit might coincide with donald trump's acquittal in the senate. his impeachment trial is nearing an end, with no sign republicans are pursuaded by the democrats' call for witnesses. hello, and welcome. i'm katty kay in london, with christian fraser. tomorrow, the uk is set to leave the european union, but today it is lending a helping hand to europeans stuck in wuhan. a british government plane that is set to take off in the next few hours evacuating uk nationals will also have a number