as liverpool are beaten for the second game in succession. and rain could wash away australia and england's hopes at the women's t20 world cup. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. the coronavirus continues to impact global sport... but the president of the international olympic committee says it's still full steam ahead for the scheduled start of the tokyo games in july. thomas bach's been speaking at an executive committee meeting in switzerland on tuesday. 12 people have died injapan with almost a thousand cases of the virus identified. japan's olympics minister says the games could be postponed until later in the year if neccesary, but bach says that isn't being considered at the moment: there is a task force in place since

mid february and following the regular information for the task force which consist of the ioc, the organising committee, the host city of tokyo, the government ofjapan, and in particular the world health organisation, of course, we will continue this regular consultation with thisjoint task continue this regular consultation with this joint task force to be able to address any development which may occur. even before the olympics there are two major football tournaments on the horizon — the copa america, to be held in colombia and argentina, and euro 2020 which is being staged in 12 different countries right across the continent. uefa delegates met in amsterdam on tuesday to talk about the european championships — and the qualifying play—offs which take place later this month. the bbc‘s laura scott was there... coronavirus wasn't on the agenda

today at ua first congress, but with the euro set to be played across 12 cities the summer, it dominated discussion. much to the frustration of ua for president alexandre shefer in. let's try to be optimistic. don't inc. about that scenario. later. —— do not think about it. don't inc. about that scenario. later. -- do not think about it. any disruption that would pose a significant problem because of the congestion of the depot by calendar. but you if i say they do have some detailed contingencies in place. —— ufo we have plenty of matches are ready starting in the next couple weeks. they are different scenarios implemented that will allow us not to share any further details right fiow. to share any further details right now. but there are different scenarios for the more urgent matters that are coming in two weeks' time. allow us to take this verse. and then we'll worry and we can assure you there are plans for everything. although football authorities do not want people to

panic. scotland manager steve clarke didn't travel to amsterdam because of coronavirus. in the swiss fa president said that a risk shaking professional football to its foundation. the main business of the day in amsterdam was the draw for the second edition of the uefa nations league — which gets under way later this year. 55 counties were drawn into 1a groups in four leagues. you can see the draw in full on the bbc sport website — but this is how the top league looks. the netherlands and italy are in group one — along with poland and newly—promoted bosnia. england — who reached the semi—finals last year, and belgium — the world's top—ranked team, are both in group two. the holders and reigning european champions portugal are alongside the world champions france in group three. and spain and germany are among the teams in group four. the germans were among the teams due to be relegated — but have been reprieved by the decision to expand the groups from three teams to four. staying with football — chelsea are through to the quarterfinals of the fa cup in england, ending liverpool's hopes

of a treble winning season with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. nick parrott reports. the last time these two met in the fa cup was the final eight years ago. chelsea triumphed on that occasion and a repeat would keep alive their hopes this season. liverpool's focus is on the league. once again, jurgen klopp runs the changes for the cup. so far it worked for him. he would have been pleased until a couple of errors recently until the 13th minute. chelsea were sloppy in the back too. the world's most expensive goalkeeper was saving everything liverpool could throw at him. and another one! his efforts weren't the only spectacular ones of the evening. ross barkley had extra motivation against liverpool. the former midfielder left the reds

trailing in his wake as he powered chelsea into the quarterfinals. nick parrott, bbc news. really are the best team in the land. them and man city have proven that. this year is incredible. for us that. this year is incredible. for us to put in the effort and the focus, and the determination and the quality what we put into the game, it was something special tonight. a one off. we know very well there is a lot of work to do in a long way to go to get to where we want to go. but you have to celebrate those moments. you know how dangerous liverpool all are to the last minutes. we deserve to lose because they scored twice and we did. in both goals we made a massive mistake. we know that. we lost a ball here and in front of the box. that doesn't help. especially with the quality. we lost the ball and our situation with the formation was really open.

that's exiting this competition putting more pressure on the champions league? —— put any more pressure? i don't know if we felt more pressure actually. i have no clue. we prepare games independent of other competitions. newcastle united are also through to the quarterfinals after winning 3—2 at championship leaders west bromwich. miguel almiron scored twice for newcastle — who led 3—0, before west brom staged a fightback. but newcastle held on, to go through to the last eight. in the night's other game, sheffield united needed extra—time to see off championship side reading. billy sharp scored the winner in a 2—1victory — to send the blades into the last eight. there was a big upset in the german cup where saarbrucken knocked out bundesliga side fortu na dusseldorf — to become the first team

from the fourth division to reach the semi—finals. in front of a home crowd, saarbrucken took the lead after half an hour with a goal from tobias janicke. it was 1—0 at half—time. after missing a penalty six minutes from the end, dusseldorf finally equalised in the 90th minute — mathiasjorgensen with the goal that sent the match into extra—time, and then penalties. with the sides level at 6—all in the shoot—out, mario muller then scored to put saarbrucken in front once again. butjorgensen then had his penalty saved — sending saarbrucken into the semi—finals for the first time in 35 years. bayern munich are also through to the last four. yoshua kimmich scored the only goal of the game as the holders won at schalke. they're bidding to win the trophy for the 20th time. on to cricket — and the weather is threatening thursday's semi—finals at the women's t20 world

cup in australia. tropical storm esther is expected to bring rain for most of the day — and that could lead to both matches being washed out. with no reserve days in place for the semi—finals, india and south africa would go straight through to the final as winners of their respective groups — with australia and england both eliminated. tuesday's final group matches both fell foul of the weather — as jo currie reports... the weather has affected both matches here at the sydney showground. earlier, thailand put in a fabulous performance against pakistan, making 150 only for the rain to start falling and the game to be abandoned, denying thailand their first—ever win at the world cup. the later match between south africa and the west indies never even got under way because of the bad weather. south africa take a point away from that game. they will now play the host and defending champion australia in the semifinal. england will face india.

australia star all—rounder elise perry has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. that is because of a hamstring injury. she won't play in the semifinals of the final should australia get there. that final takes place in melbourne on march the 8th. finally, you know you've made it when a toy doll is created in your likeness. dina asher—smith — the reigning world and european 200 metres champion — is among several sportwomen who've had a barbie doll made in her image. it's all in honour of international women's day on sunday — and to raise awareness of female role models in the sporting world. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. we are going to start wednesday with the widespread frost. but there is more rain on the way, as these weather fronts head in, particularly to parts of england and wales. so even where you start with some sunshine, you will see some cloud increasing and the chance of rain pushing north. but lots of uncertainty about how far north that rain might get. we may not see too much in northern ireland or northern england, much of scotland staying dry. that's how it looks temperature—wise, first thing, that widespread frost, but notice we aren't so cold towards southwest england. that's because here we are starting the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain. and this very gradually spreads further north across the rest of southern england, wales, into the midlands

during the day. but it is a slow process and you may not see too much rain towards northern england and northern ireland. cloud will slowly increase, you may get a few showers starting to break out. showers too for western scotland, but for the rest of the east it is mainly dry. a bit of sunshine, as well. it will feel a bit cooler, the chance of seeing a bit of hill snow, perhaps the peak district, especially as this begins to pull away on wednesday night. and then, skies will clear, northern ireland, scotland, northern england in particular for a chance of frost again going into thursday morning. so for some of us, it will be a cold start on thursday, but the frost isn't as widespread as elsewhere, temperatures hold up underneath cloud. and the potential on thursday for seeing some soaking rain into the channel islands, perhaps also southern counties of england will see strong winds, as well, although there's lots to play for in how far north any rain here will get on thursday. so watch this space. showers into northwest scotland, elsewhere at a fair amount of dry

weather on thursday. and then into friday, we will bring along a week weather system across the uk, just pick out some thinker cloud here with the chance of seeing some patchy rain and perhaps some hill snow out of that amount. fairly quiet at the moment on friday. but unfortunately, that will not last because we have a stronger weather system, a deeper area of low pressure heading our way to the weekend. here it is, and that means the weekend's weather will get windier again. this weather front will take rain southwards on saturday. the further south you are, you may not see too much rain during daylight hours, but on sunday once this weather system begins to pull away, it is sunshine and blustery showers. that's your latest forecast.

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