‘ first ”f: 3it it't ‘ur ”f: 3it it't ‘u3 “a could be quite icy first thing in the morning. the temperatures first thing, a mild start for many. outbreaks of rain to continue but slowly through the afternoon across south wales and south—west england, the cloud and rain will linger. elsewhere we should see more sunshine coming through. temperatures will be quite contrasting. 10 or 11 down to the south—west. four or five further north. still on the cool side. that could be an issue through the middle pa rt could be an issue through the middle part of the week. we have got these weather fronts pushing part of the week. we have got these weatherfronts pushing in from part of the week. we have got these weather fronts pushing in from the west and behind these fronts is where the mild air is sitting, originating from the south—west. is that which is into that cold air, the further north and east you go, on the leading edge we could see some sleet and snow. it looks likely it will be chiefly to higher ground but there are still the possibility of it affecting lower levels were a time so keep watching the forecast for wednesday. round following on behind and here we still keep it on the mild side. 10 or 11. but for

scotla nd the mild side. 10 or 11. but for scotland and north—east england, it still stays cold, three or four. some rang to clear away during thursday and then quite a bit cooler for all by friday. thanks. a reminder of our top story... queueing for the vaccine. so far 2.3 million people have received the first dose but the government warns us first dose but the government warns us not to get complacent and still comply with the rules. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin

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i'm sarah mulkerrins. celtic‘s controversial training trip to dubai is not going away as 13 first team players are forced to self—isolate, but their game against hibs tonight is still due to go ahead. european cup rugby has been suspended after french authorities say the public health risk is too high to allow their clubs to continue to participate. golf severs its ties with donald trump as the us pga championship is taken away from him in 2022 and the r&a rule out turnberry for the open. also coming up in the programme — we check in with pip hare in the southern ocean as her solo round the world voyage in the vendee globe hits some trouble. i'm still going to throw everything i have at it. and at some point, the sun will come out. hello, and welcome to sportsday.

you're very welcome along to sportsday. is elite sport on its final warning? this weekend was full of the joy of cup football, yet some of the scenes of crowds gathering and teams celebrating drew criticism for a lack of social distancing. this followed on the back of some clubs sanctioning individual and team trips abroad over the festive period. celtic have 13 players self—isolating after one player, christopherjulien, tested positive on return from their training camp in dubai. from scotland, here's chris mclaughlin. it was supposed to be the trip to kick—start celtic‘s faltering season. kick—start celtic‘s faltering season. it could be the trip that effectively finishes it. injured defender christopherjulien has tested positive. 13 other players as well as the manager and his assistant must now self—isolate. if there was not already huge

frustration at government level, there certainly is now. frustration at government level, there certainly is nowlj frustration at government level, there certainly is now. i do have doubts based on how the club itself described it. doubts about whether celtic‘s trip to dubai was really essential. and i have some doubts about some pictures i have seen about some pictures i have seen about whether adherence to bubble rules was strict enough. tonight's league match against hibs goes ahead but for the next three games, the clu b but for the next three games, the club will have a squad that will look very, very different. we took an injured trip on a —— injured player on a train trip to dubai. he is caught coronavirus and as a consequence 13 players and many who thought the trip was not necessary, it was a cake lidded risk. and also to date news all football outside of the top two leagues in scotland is being suspended as it stands for three weeks. i can understand some people's and wondering how long this will lasted what happens if it lasts

longer but the reality is we believe it is worth that. as i said, but can do is deal with the timelines we have and look at the time line for the end of january. have and look at the time line for the end ofjanuary. as the virus and pressure intensified, football in scotla nd pressure intensified, football in scotland limbs on it for now. the pandemic is also impacting on the premier league schedule. on the day it was confirmed that there were 36 new covid—positive tests from 2593 tests carried out. tottenham will now play fulham on wednesday night after their match at aston villa was postponed because of coronavirus cases in the villa camp. the club requested to rearrange the spurs game due to the number of players and staff who either tested positive for covid—19 or were now placed in isolation by the club. villa fulfilled their fa cup match with liverpool by picking a squad made up entirely of academy players. so that means spurs will play fulham on wednesday in a fixture reshuffle and fulham's scheduled home match against chelsea on friday will now

take place on saturday. villa, who were due to host everton on saturday, now host carlo ancelotti's side the following day. the pandemic has also had a major impact on rugby union with the announcement in the last hour that european cup competitions have been suspended. it comes after french authorities said it was too great a public health risk for their clubs to participate. for more, let's bring in our correspondent chrisjones. there were rumblings about this. now it's confirmed, so what's the immediate impact? hi there. as you say this was a story that has been rumbling for a few days. it was inevitable that this decision would come today. the french government have driven this and have advised their clubs not to

play. concerns over rising coronavirus cases especially in light of the new strain in the uk. what it means now is a very good question. the french have moved very quickly. they will play some league matches over the next two weekends that had been scheduled for european action. we have not heard anything yet from the pro14 with the premiership ever that the calls from a leading club figures to bring forward some of their matches to avoid a fixture pilot. a number of clu b avoid a fixture pilot. a number of club directors said why not play some premiership matches over the next few weekends in the absence of european rugby? but in the last few minutes the premiership have confirmed they will be taking a two—week break. so from an english by two—week break. so from an english rugby point of view, there will be no club rugby over the two weekends. and they we look at the wider picture as well, we know that february usually sees the six nations, big international competition around europe. what sort of impact do we think you could potentially have on the international game? that is a huge question. if the french government

have serious reservations about their sporting teams travelling to their sporting teams travelling to the uk and also uk sporting teams travelling to them, it stands to reason the six nations, which left to forget is scheduled to star in just around four weeks' time on the 6th of february, but for now the six nations is still going ahead. the men by the competition is but a different story for the women that is being confirmed this week and will be pushed back to later in the spring. but for the man, will be pushed back to later in the spring. but forthe man, it will be pushed back to later in the spring. but for the man, it is still all systems go for it february the 6th and while it is easier to bubble up 6th and while it is easier to bubble up international teams as we saw in the autumn compared to the number of clu b the autumn compared to the number of club teams that are not really in a bubble environment, what is coming out of france in the government does call into question whether that six nations will be able to proceed as planned in february. but for now it is scheduled to go ahead on that first weekend next month. 0k, chris jones, thank you very much for joining us, already union

correspondent. let's quickly round up some of the day's other sports stories and... england women's manager phil neville is set to become the new manager of inter miami. neville was set to take charge of team gb‘s women's team at the tokyo olympics injuly, the final month of his contract. but it's now expected he will leave before that to take up his new role in the states. the defending masters champion stuart bingham survived a comeback to book his place in the quarterfinals of the masters. he beat thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh by six frames to four in milton keynes. this weekend's skiing world cup event in wengen has been cancelled due covid concerns. one slalom and downhill race have been moved to kitzbuehel instead. india batted with great resolve to pull off a memorable draw against australia in the third test in sydney overnight. that keeps their series tied at 1—1 ahead of the final test in brisbane,

but the focus in the aftermath of the test was on the behaviour of the australia captain tim paine and batsman steve smith. patrick gearey has the story. in test cricket nowadays, very little is private. so anyone watching or listening could hear the australian captain tim paine's chat here. dropping a curse loses its impact in the next over if you drop a catch. austria drew a match they should have one and tim paine, who would already been fined for swearing as an umpire, was asked if his behaviour outfitted with the policy of playing with respect. we wa nt to ta ke policy of playing with respect. we want to take the game is close to the fans as closely as we can. and sometimes that is part of it. we try oui’ sometimes that is part of it. we try our best that we are not perfect and occasionally if the worst thing we do is slip out the f bomb, i think

we are doing ok. do is slip out the f bomb, i think we are doing 0k. old wounds do is slip out the f bomb, i think we are doing ok. old wounds can easily be reopened, especially ones cost bites sandpaper. the ball tampering scandal in cape town is a lwa ys tampering scandal in cape town is always in the background for australia and the captain that day was captured on some tv feeds appearing to remove a guard where he judges where the stumps or not. cheating or not, and he abetted through and save the game. twice he slipped to the barrier, making three dropped catches in a day for the australian keeper and skipper. dropped catches in a day for the australian keeper and skipperlj have australian keeper and skipper.” have not had too many worse days than that today. it's a horrible feeling. you know how fast bowls and the spinner bowled their hearts out and gave everything to the team and i certainly feel that i let them down. so i have to wear that. but i will get another crack at it next week. all eyes were on them, waiting for them to slip. the australian journey back from disgrace is the

subject of a glossy amazon documentary. test cricket cannot easily be stage—managed and ahead of the series finale, reminder that the cameras are always on. well, for more on those incidents, i spoke to cricketjournalist melinda farrell, who was covering the test in sydney. there was footage that went out on the world feed while the host broadcaster in australia was in a brake that showed during the drink break, steve smith walked up to where the opponent was batting, walked up to the crease, looked as though he was doing a bit of a shadow batting, left—handed, which is odd because he is right—handed. and he shadow batted for a bit and then appeared to scuff up the area around the crease a little bit maybe around the crease a little bit maybe around where he would mark his guard. we have not spoken to steve smith. no one has been able to ask

him if that was a deliberate think. i know a lot of people are saying that it was. some people are saying that it was. some people are saying that it was. some people are saying thatitis that it was. some people are saying that it is just steve smith because he has so many batting courts anyway, he is always shadow batting, a lwa ys anyway, he is always shadow batting, always doing something a little bit odd. that is very much normal for him. look, it's one of those things that i think probably gets blown up a bit on social media, especially when there is video. if it was deliberate, then it's kind of a bit ofa deliberate, then it's kind of a bit of a weird and patty, i guess he could say it, thing to do. something that a schoolboy would do. i don't think there was anything that would actually put the batsman off. he went back and immediately was marking his guard out again anyway. anything steve smith does in the wa ke anything steve smith does in the wake of the ball tampering scandal a few years ago is always going to attract a lot of attention. anything thatis attract a lot of attention. anything that is perceived as being unsportsmanlike or not in the spirit

of the game. i have spoken to the india camp. they do not intend to put up any kind of complaint about that incident. so as far as they are concerned, it stays there. just something that will follow steve smith around and be a big talking point i think particularly on social media. golf's governing bodies on both sides of the atlantic have moved to distance themselves from the us president donald trump. the pga of america voted to move the us pga championship in 2022 from the trump national course in bedminster. following on from that announcement, the r&a have said that turnberry will not stage the open championship until they are "convinced that the focus will be on the event" and not the owner. ben croucher has this report. it is an age old argument that sports and politics should not mix. often a source of conflict in a really inseparable but not when it comes to donald trump and golf with widespread condemnation of the

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