�*on m toniht's ”roramme. .. history maker. rafa nadal wins a record 21st grand slam men's title, becomng the most successful men's singles player of all time. mo salah helps fire egypt into the semi finals of the africa cup of nations. and england cling on in canberra to deny australia victory and keep the women's ashes series alive. hello and welcome to tonight's programme. on an historic day in grand slam history. rafael nadal�*s victory over daniil medvedev to claim the australian open title makes him the msot successful men's player of all time.. surpassing his greatest rivals novak djokovic and roger federerer. surpassing his greatest rivals novak djokovic and roger federer.

he did it in epic fashion, coming from two sets down in melbourne, he dug deep in a battle that will go down as one of the most amazing grand slam victories of his illustrious career. austin halewood was watching. as the sun sets on another australian open, the crowd in melbourne were looking for one final piece of magic. rafa nadal knew he could leave the rod laver arena as the most successful men's singles player in history, but right now daniil medvedev is at the top of his game, and it didn't take the russian long to seal the first set, and the second soon followed. but so many times in his career, nadal has seemingly done the impossible, and into the third, an unlikely comeback looked on. nadal pulling one back. at 35, after six months out england, —— injured, just reaching the final is up there with the best of nadal�*s achievements. but that was not

enough rafa, the spaniard forcing a decider, and with the clock ticking past 1am, deep in the fifth set, he did it. a, past 1am, deep in the fifth set, he did it. ~ ., ., ., ., ., ., did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know _ did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if _ did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if i _ did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if i would _ did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if i would be - did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if i would be able i did it. a month and a half ago, i didn't know if i would be able toj did it. a month and a half ago, i i didn't know if i would be able to be back on the tour playing tennis again, and today i am here in front of all of you having this trophy with me, and you really don't know how much i thought to be here. i can't thank enough all the support i have received, since i arrived here you are just amazing. thank you so much for the love. fix, you are just amazing. thank you so much for the love.— you are just amazing. thank you so much for the love. a 21st grand slam title for nadal, _ much for the love. a 21st grand slam title for nadal, and _ much for the love. a 21st grand slam title for nadal, and after _ title for nadal, and after everything he's faced in the build—up, it will certainly go down as one of his best. austin halewood, bbc news. this was only nadal�*s second australian open title and comes 13 years after his only previous success, all the more remarkable considering he had been struggling with afoot injury that threatened his career just a few months ago. afterwards, nadalsaid it's one of the most emotional wins of his career.

of course it is amazing to achieve a grand slam at this moment in my career, it means a lot to me, and it is a special number, 21, and i am not... i mean, i know how it means, and it is a big significance, this title. ., liverpool's mohamed salah inspired an egypt comeback as they reached the semi—finals of the africa cup of nations, with an extra—time 2—1 win over morocco. he scored and assisted, with hosts cameroon waiting in the last four. nick parrott reports. egypt's journey to the semifinal was far from easy. the game was just a couple

of minutes old when they gave away a penalty. former southampton player sofiane boufal put morocco ahead. that was as exciting as the first half got, but the second was full of drama. up until the interval, salah had been taking corners. when he moved into the box, he finally delivered. egypt might have had another in normal time had it not been for wolves defender and morocco captain roman saiss's impeccable timing. and for the second game in a row, the goalkeeper was a hero, his save taking the game to extra time. salah is rated as one of the best players in the world, and this is why, turning on the style when it mattered to set up aston villa midfielder trezeguet to put them through to the semifinals where they will face cameroon. the second quarter final of the day is under way. it is half time between senegal and equatorial guinea, and it is senegal who are 1—0 up at the moment. famara diedhiou scoring

after a lovely ball from sadio mane who's on the pitch despite going off in their previous game wiht suspected concussion. equatorial guinea, ranked 114th in the world, are surprise quarter—finalists. burkina faso awaits the winner. and you can watch the second half of this match on bbc two right now. a busy day in the women's fa cup fourth round. 111 games today. no major upsets however injury to arsenal star striker vivienne miedema may overshadow their win over london city lionesses. miedema's solitary goal on the stroke of half—time was the difference this afternoon which sees the iii—time winners progress to the enxt round. miedema was substituted after the break after struggling to shake off a knock. here are the rest of the day's results. asi as i mentioned, no surprises. with wsl sides birmingham city, reading, everton, west ham and manchester united

all through to the fifth round. and a special day for manchester united legend ole gunnar solskjaer as his daughter karna made her debut for the club. in the championship, derby came from two goals down to equalise with the last kick of the game — drawing 2—2 with birmingham at pride park. birmingham had a comfortable lead after goals from lyle taylor and this from scott hogan, leaving wayne rooney's side with it all to do. but derby scored both their goals late on, the first this effort into the far corner from luke plange to give them hope, before deep into injury time, krystian bielik grabbed a dramatic point which leaves derby seven points from safety. well, ahead of that game, derby fans staged a protest in light of the club's financial plight, a situation which has left the i38—year—old club on the brink of extinction. they marched frm the city centre to pride park brandishing save derby county banners. earlier this week, the efl agreed to extend the deadline by four weeks

to allow time for the club's administrators to show there are sufficient funds to complete the season. new signing jordan hugill scored five minutes into his cardiff city debut as they beat nottingham forest 2—1. the result means cardiff are six points above the relegation zone. forest remain 8th. as transfer deadline day approaches, let's see what news we've had today. liverpool have signed colombian international winger luis diaz from portuguese side porto in a deal that could eventually be worth £50 million. liverpool will pay an initial £37.5 million fee for a five—and—a—half year contract. manchester united midfielder donny van de beek is set tojoin everton on loan. van de beek is targeting more minutes after only being given four premier league starts since joining united from ajax for £35

million in 2020. newcastle have confirmed the signing of brazilian midfielder bruno guimaraes from lyon for an initialfee of £35 million. the club have also agreed have agreed a £13 milion deal for brighton defender dan burn to return to his native north east. rugby union now, and premiership leaders leicester have been stunned this afternoon, after a second—half fightback from sale, who clinched a 35—26 victory at the a] bell stadium. the hosts found themselves struggling after a lackluster first—half performance but managed to complete the comeback by way of a dan du preez interception and sealed the victory with a tom roebuck try. there was also a surprise in the other game — second placed saracens beaten by wasps. viktor hovland has won the dubai desert classic after a play—off with england's richard bland.

bland missed his birdie putt on the first play—off hole, leaving norwegian hovland to tap in to win the tournament. rory mcilroy was tied for the lead heading into the final hole but ended up bogeying the last after his approach shot found the water. probably the best women's test ever, but an opprtunity missed. that's how england captain heather knight has described their grandstand finish to the ashes test in canberra. england nearly ran down the biggest fourth—innings chase in women's test history before a collapse left them scrambling to survive, nesta mcgreogr was watching. it was a clever decision. just before tea on the last day, australia declared, setting england a tempting target of 257. it would be a record chase for heather knight's side, but the captain couldn't repeat her first innings century. trapped lbw, much to her disgust.

and a heroic effort from sofia dunkley followed. 45 from just 32 balls. nat sciver top scored on 58, but captain meg lanning put a stop to that. beth mooney was superhuman, diving for a catch despite breaking herjaw in two places before the series began. england lost six wickets for just 26 runs, and suddenly switched to survival mode. kate cross blocked out the final over as england ensured the points were shared. the ashes are alive, just. australia only have to win one of the three one—day internationals to retain them. england have to win them all. we finish with basketball. london lions comfortably beat newcastle eagles 87—117 to lift the women's basketball league cup. the lions led throughout the final at birmingham's national indoor

arena. they were never really threatened by an eagles team which has had to rebuild in recent weeks under a new coach and additional urgent recruits. and in the men's final, leister riders have won their 5th bbl championship in 9 seasons beating manchester giants 83—69. manchester got off to a strong start but couldn't maintain momentum as leicester began to find theirform in the second quarter. leicester's geno crandall took home the mvp award agfter a 26—point performance. that's all from sportsday. thanks for waching. bye. hello there. after what's been a very quiet month so far, this weekend has been stormy. saturday we sought storm malik, and now we have

got to content with storm corrie, which is going to batter northern parts of the country this evening and overnight and even into the start of monday. so there it is, storm corrie coming in off the atlantic, squeezing the isobars as it moves across the north of the country through the overnight period. office yellow warning for the weather over much of the north of the country, up to 80 mph or more across the northern half of scotland where we have an amber warning in force. with that strong wind, a band of rain will spread south and east followed by blustery showers across the north and west, wintry over northern and western scotland, and also a risk of ice by the end of the night as it will be pretty cold. further south, less cold than what we have had the previous night. into monday, storm corrie clears away slowly, the strong winds eventually ease down but it will be a windy start across northern and eastern areas. as the storm clears, it leaves a blustery day with sunshine

and showers, most of them across northern and western areas. the best of any sunshine will tend to be across eastern areas, but it is going to be another chilly day, temperatures only up to 8 degrees. moving out of monday into tuesday, which is the 1st of february, we see this milder air, once again it is going to be breezy or even windy, and there will be a lot of cloud, low cloud hugging western coasts and western hills. a little drizzle, the best of any brightness will be across eastern areas, but the temperatures you will notice, the low teens for most of us. as we head through wednesday, another mild day with temperatures in double figures, a lot of cloud around with spots of drizzle, and it will be another windy day. from wednesday into thursday we see a change, this colder air moving southwards across the uk, and again it will remain quite breezy. but it will turn

colder for quite breezy. but it will turn colderfor all quite breezy. but it will turn colder for all of us by the end of the week, even the chance of some wintry showers across northern areas, the best of any brightness across the south and east.

this is bbc news the headlines at 8pm. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. hundreds more british troops could be sent to eastern europe amid fears russia is preparing to invade ukraine. we think it is highly likely that he is looking to invade ukraine, that is why we are doing all we can through deterrence and diplomacy, to urge him to desist. rafael nadal claims a record 21st grand slam men's tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. both the uk prime minister boris johnson and the chancellor say a widely—opposed rise in national insurance will go ahead to fund health and social care.