hello from the bbc sport centre. rafael nadal says that he's leaving tennis "with the peace of mind that he's left a legacy, which is notjust a sporting one but a personal one." it was a highly emotional night in malaga as nadal, brought an end to his professional career. he lost his singles rubber and spain went onto to lose their davis cup tie against the netherlands, spelling the end for the 22 time grand slam champion. he announced his decision to retire last month after another injury hit year on tour. he'd hardly played since the olympics, but targeted this tournament on home soil

as the best way to bring his 23 year pro career to a close. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was there the presentation on court. we had contributions from roger federer, serena williams, novak djokovic and andy murray, and nadal was wiping away tears quite regularly. all his family, who followed him over the world for over two decades were there, as you'd expect. with rafael nadal, the pistons were flying. you could see all the effort that went into it. the m french open titles, imagine winning the same grand slam at the same venue 1a times. no one has got close to that. nadal�*s heir apparent in spanish tennis carlos alcaraz, did his best to extend nadal�*s

career by winning his singles rubber before losing in the doubles. he paid this tribute to nadal. is legacy is going to be eternal. he has been great for tennis and the sport in general, and it is difficult for me, i don't want to think i could continue the legacy that he has left, it is difficult and almost impossible. patrick vieira has been given the task of trying to keep genoa in italy's serie a. the 48—year—old former arsenal and france midfielder joins genoa with the club 17th top division, just one point above the relegation zone. the former crystal palace manager, who left strasbourg injuly, succeeds former italy striker alberto gilardino who was sacked on tuesday.

tottenham are appealing against the length of rodrigo bentancur�*s ban for a racial slur about his teamate son heung—min. the uruguayan midfielder made the comments in a tv interview injune and was charged by the fa in september, and earlier this week he was given a 7 game ban. the club say they "accept the guilty finding against rodrigo by the independent regulatory commission, but they believe the subsequent sanction is severe." there are some important games in the women's champions league later, there's an all british clash as chelsea take on celtic. chelsea top the group and a win over the bottom side will see them qualify for the quarter—finals with two games to spare, that's if twente slip up against real madrid. there are also matches in group a, eight—time champions lyon will defintely qualify if they beat roma. the defending nba champions boston celtics ended the cleveland cavaliers�* 15—match winning run in a thrilling 120—117 win in the nba cup. the cavaliers became just the fourth franchise in nba history to win 15 in a row at the start of a campaign

by beating the charlotte hornets on sunday. but six celtics players led by jayson tatum's 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, reached double figures to inflict a first defeat on the cavs. and that's all the sport for now. there is excitement amongst fans because the film wicked is about to open and fans because the film wicked is about to open— fans because the film wicked is about to open and the author of the film says — about to open and the author of the film says he _ about to open and the author of the film says he is _ about to open and the author of the film says he is desperately l the film says he is desperately happy after seeing the film version. there have been some great reviews and some mixed reviews but the author says he is still buzzing after watching it last week. i'm delighted to say that he joins me from boston. thanks forjoining us.

what did you love about the movie? . ., , ., ., movie? nice to meet you and nice to be _ movie? nice to meet you and nice to be back— movie? nice to meet you and nice to be back in _ movie? nice to meet you and nice to be back in london - movie? nice to meet you and i nice to be back in london where i wrote wicked many years ago, and what makes me excited about the film is the spectacular quality of its appearance, that is to say the spectacle, the old—fashioned movie spectacle, it is like ben her, gone with the wind, it is just grand and sweeping, but also the performances of the stars, especially cynthia and ariana who outperform any expectations.- who outperform any expectations. who outperform any exectations. ., u, expectations. the word came from your _ expectations. the word came from your imagination, - expectations. the word came from your imagination, is - expectations. the word came l from your imagination, is what is in the movie true to your imagination?— is in the movie true to your imauination? ~ ., ., ., imagination? what i wrote about 30 ears imagination? what i wrote about 30 years ago _ imagination? what i wrote about 30 years ago when _ imagination? what i wrote about 30 years ago when i _ imagination? what i wrote about 30 years ago when i was - imagination? what i wrote about 30 years ago when i was living . 30 years ago when i was living in london, that had more to do

with the kind of desperate fragility such as took hold in the us during the 30s, the dust bowl 30s and also in europe, with the threat of fascism on the rise, and a lot of this film is candy coated, it is willy wonka on steroids but that makes the moral questions that makes the moral questions that the two actresses address much more urgent and i have made my piece together that few with the high sugar —— i have made my peace with the high sugar content.— sugar content. white is it still relevant _ sugar content. white is it still relevant today? - sugar content. white is it still relevant today? it i sugar content. white is it still relevant today? it is| sugar content. white is it. still relevant today? it is sad the are still relevant today? it is sad they are still _ still relevant today? it is sad they are still relevant - still relevant today? it is sad they are still relevant but. they are still relevant but they are still relevant but they become more relevant which is that if you want to boil it down to just a few lines, simply that the instinct to make snapjudgments and simply that the instinct to make snap judgments and take a quick and permanent action

against an enemy is an instinct that i think we need to avoid. we need to calm down and take a deep breath and count to five as kindergarten teachers taught us, and consider we do not know the shape of somebody else's sold by what they look like. you wrote it when you were in london. what made you come up with the idea?— with the idea? several things. i was in london _ with the idea? several things. i was in london during - with the idea? several things. i was in london during the - i was in london during the first gulf war, when missiles were going out of kuwait, i guess it was, into iraq, and i watch the coalition of the willing and i watch the british and americans get together and try to make it the closest approximation to adjust wall, and at the same time, james

bulger was murdered by two schoolboys, and the question of how schoolboys could wake up in the morning and decide whether to have weetabix for breakfast and then become murderers by the evening is a question that bedevilled everyone in the uk andindeed bedevilled everyone in the uk and indeed the world, how do people become capable of doing such a heinous act? i have not answered this but the level intended to grapple with it. you have been a children's author, and then to write this, so how challenging is it to write about evil for children? ready challenging. wicked was published for adults, on the aduu published for adults, on the adult lists both in england and the us with up but it is loved by children the world over. the story is, but if you read up to page 14 of my novel, you see

the first six scenes between puppets and you realise, oh! put that book down, that is not for a nine—year—old lucy, that is for somebody else. the journey — is for somebody else. the journey of _ is for somebody else. the journey of wicked - is for somebody else. the journey of wicked from the book to the musical, how has that been for you to witness? did you realise it was going to be such a phenomenon? h0 you realise it was going to be such a phenomenon? no author who has started _ such a phenomenon? no author who has started life _ such a phenomenon? no author who has started life in - such a phenomenon? no author who has started life in the - who has started life in the fifth floor of garrett expects to make money, and i lived in england i was financially embarrassed, as the british would say, and i voted knowing i might have a small chance at earning a small nerdy population of people who would pass it between themselves —— and i wrote it. i did not know i would be tweaking a chromosome of popular culture

but that seems to be what i have done, and i'm at peace with this. have done, and i'm at peace with thie— have done, and i'm at peace with this. ., ., , ., with this. how do you feel with the fact that _ with this. how do you feel with the fact that this _ with this. how do you feel with the fact that this is _ with this. how do you feel with the fact that this is in - with this. how do you feel with the fact that this is in two - the fact that this is in two parts? the fact that this is in two arts? �* ., the fact that this is in two arts? . ., the fact that this is in two arts? �* ., ., ., . parts? i'm a catholic so delayed _ parts? i'm a catholic so delayed gratification . parts? i'm a catholic so i delayed gratification works parts? i'm a catholic so - delayed gratification works for me! ., , ., delayed gratification works for me! . , ., me! have you been involved in the production _ me! have you been involved in the production at _ me! have you been involved in the production at all? - me! have you been involved in the production at all? i - me! have you been involved in the production at all? i was - the production at all? i was consulted _ the production at all? i was consulted at _ the production at all? i was consulted at the _ the production at all? i was consulted at the very - the production at all? i was - consulted at the very beginning and i wanted to make sure everybody spoke the words i invented correctly, and they do, and i did come to elstree studios and watch it being filmed 18 months ago and that was less than ten miles is the broom flies from where i finished writing the novel in west hampstead.— finished writing the novel in west hampstead. lovely synergy there. it west hampstead. lovely synergy there- it has _ west hampstead. lovely synergy there. it has been _ west hampstead. lovely synergy there. it has been lovely - west hampstead. lovely synergy there. it has been lovely to - there. it has been lovely to talk to you. so many people are looking forward to watching the movie when it comes out this weekend. good to have you with us on bbc news. matthew is here

next. hello there. it's staying cold through the rest of this week. there's a risk of some further snow and icy conditions. have a look at the satellite picture. this area of cloud here could head towards the south west of england and bring some wintry weather by the morning, but today most of the wintry showers are coming in on that northerly wind, which is why it feels so cold. even if you've got the sunshine. and many places will be dry this afternoon but temperatures are 3 to 5 degrees. feeling a lot colder down the east coast of england, where the rain, sleet and snow that we're seeing here is going to move away this evening. more snow showers inland across northern scotland overnight. a few wintry showers get pushed into northern ireland over the irish sea. icy conditions here too, and a wintry mix arrives in the far southwest of england. it's going to be another cold night. temperatures similar to last night, another widespread frost. but this time we have this area of low pressure here. and whilst it's going to bring

most of the rain and snow into france and a lot of snow to the alps, we're just going to catch the tail end of that, which is why we could see a couple of centimetres of snow over the hills in the south west of england. more snow showers overland across scotland developing a bit more widely. stronger winds for western scotland, blowing some wintry showers to northern ireland and again over the irish sea. eastern parts of england, lighter winds than today. it will be dry and sunny, but it's still going to feel cold. and if anything, temperatures in the south and southwest are a little bit lower than today with that cloud and wintry weather too. that should be moving away overnight. still got cold air though as we arrive into friday. another widespread frost. some icy conditions following earlier showers. those showers near the east coast and stronger winds should move away. the winds do become lighter. on friday, many places will be dry and quite sunny. still cold, mind you. temperatures mayjust creep up a little bit though across england and wales and also northern ireland. but big changes to come over

the weekend because this deepening area of low pressure is going to be steaming in from the atlantic. it could be the next named storm of the season. it's going to bring with it some very windy weather moving into saturday. it's going to bring with it some heavy rain and, just for a while, there could be some snow all the way from the vale of york northwards into scotland. snow lifting onto the hills. and that's because milder air is going to be heading in slowly but surely through the day. temperatures up to 1a or 15, perhaps, in south wales and the southwest of england.

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and, rafa nadal — one of tennis�*s greatest champions — brings an end to his glittering career.