this is your update from the bbc sport centre. more from the returning premier league in just a moment but first we are into a deciding doubles match at the davis cup as australia and the usa battle it out for a place in the semifinals in malaga. a thriller to open the tie which was ultimately decided 16—14 and one third set tie—break. the australian eventually prevailing in a match lasting on the way to 2.5 hours and look at what it meant there to the australia team but there to the australia team but the usa levelled the tie with a straight sets win 6—3, 6— four that finished. and the tie is now into the doubles — where it's usa's tommy paul and ben shelton, back out again against matthew ebden and jordan thompson.

the australians took the first set 6—4. 3—3 in the second. chelsea captain reece james has suffered another injury setback as his side prepare to return to premier league action. james missed much of last season with hamstring issues and had surgery which — it was hoped — would fix the problem. but he's already missed several games this season, and his boss says he'll miss saturday's trip to leicester, enzo maresca's former club. it's a hamstring, yeah, hamstring. it is a muscle problem and we don't want to take, as i said, any risk for this weekend so hopefully it is not something long. after chelsea, lyon and real madrid became the first sides to seal their places in the women's champions league quarter—final, another trio could join them in the last eight later. manchester city are through if they avoid defeat. a win for bayern munich at norwegian champions valerenga would see the german side through. and assuming bayern avoid defeat, arsenal will progress with a win againstjuventus. arsenal's results — including a 4—0 win atjuve

in the reverse fixture — have been much improved under interim manager renee slegers. and olympic gold medalist emily fox, of the us, was asked if she'd like slegers to carry on following the departure ofjonas eidevall. yes, i think renee has been amazing in this blog and shown us what she can do but i think we are all focused and why we have done so well is being focused on the present and so with that i think after tomorrow and the international break, we all kind of disperse and then regroup and see where we are at. formula one is back this weekend — fittingly at a city that knows how to party — las vegas — but japanese driver yuki tsunoda says he was nearly sent home by immigration officials as he tried to enter the usa. the rb driver says he was held for hours despite having the correct paperwork and required visas. he's also claimed an immigration official asked for details of his salary, before he was alowed to enter the country.

tsunoda says he was wearing pyjamas after a long flight and that "maybe i didn't look like an f1 driver". and double olympic triathlon champion alistair brownlee has announced his retirement. the british athlete won gold at london 2012 before defending his title in rio four years later. he was also a double world champion in 2009 and 2011 and has competed with his brotherjonny on the biggest stages. alistair — who's 36 — says he's fulfilled his childhood dream and has achieved far more than he ever dared to imagine. ultimately, itjust feels really right. i know that is a wishy—washy thing to say, but it does, and i'm happy with it. i have been doing it for a long time. there are so many other things in sport that i want to be able to do, i want to do all sorts of endurance challenges, remain fit and healthy and be involved in sport into my old age. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more later on, see you then. studio: gavin, thank you.

the documentary shows how christopher reeve rose to global fame, starting with the first of four a documentary on the life of christopher reeve — the actor who portrayed superman — is emerging as a favourite in the looming oscars race. reeve was one of hollywood's biggest stars four decades ago but in 1995 he was paralysed after a horse riding accident. tom brook reports. the documentary shows how christopher reeve rose to global fame, starting with the first of four superman films in 1978. it goes behind the scenes, it shows his screen test for the role, and we hearfrom the men who made the decision to cast him. the idea came... rather than casting a well—known superman, we should go for an unknown and have stars around him. but with the involvement of three of reeve�*s now adult children, the documentary, which makes extensive use of archive and home video material, explores what happened to this hollywood star when he almost died after a horse riding accident in 1995. it left him paralysed from the neck, down and on a ventilator.

i met him on several occasions before and after the accident and was always very impressed by his perspective. now i'm literally paralysed, but there's a lot of people walking around who are somehow paralysed by a lack of self—esteem, feelings of inadequacy. they don't dare to go for their dreams. they're depressed. they feel very negative. the film's british co—director, peter ettedgui, has been in the us this week screening his documentary for awards groups. he hopes it shows how effective reeve was as an advocate for people with spinal cord injuries. when he realised he could harness his reputation as superman, which was still loomed in the public imagination all over the world. he could harness that, um, to make real progress for people

with disabilities, and particularly people suffering from spinal cord injuries such as his own. christopher reeve died in 200a. tragically, his wife dana died from cancer 17 months later. the documentary is an attempt to clarify reeve�*s legacy as a man who could hardly have responded better to adversity in the wake of his horse riding accident. the important part of his legacy is about how you incorporate adversity in your in your everyday life. you know, and i think what happened with christopher is that as he said, you know, um, in he became a better father and i think a better human_ being in many ways, to his wife, to his children and, you know, that's a rather extraordinary sort of like part of his personal legacy, i think. the film has already tied in first place at the critics choice documentary awards, but it faces stiff competition in the oscars race

because several strong documentaries are vying for an academy award nomination. but whatever happens, this documentary serves as a thoughtful and affectionate portrait of a man who had a big impact on his fans, family, show business colleagues and people with disabilities. tom brook, bbc news, new york. now you might remember this piece of modern artwork — a banana, duct—taped to a wall. it caused a buzz in the art world, and it's now been sold at auction in new york for more than $5 million. the conceptual piece, by the italian artist maurizio cattelan, was expected to sell for around $1.5 million, but after a franctic bidding war, it was bought by the chinese collector, justin sun. at $5 million. don't miss this opportunity. it's going to go and

it's going to go fast. at $5 million. here it is. are you bidding, madam? at $5 million for the banana. here it is. only at sotheby�*s. these are words i never thought i'd say. $5 million for a banana. it's your expensive banana, and the hammer is coming up. this is it. final time. carly? don't let it slip away. so, does a banana taped to a wall really constitute a work of art? that's the question i put to the art critic, writer and broadcaster, estelle lovatt. it is art, yes, it's conceptual art. and conceptual art, it's the idea that's actually more important than the finished work of art itself. it's very witty, it's very indulgent. it's... it's meant to make you think as well as look. question what is the role of art? what is the role of capitalism? what is its message? and it does all of those things, even though

originally it cost 35 cents. yeah, and it is a fresh banana. and the purchaser of this says he's going to eat the banana and has been given instructions then on how to replace the banana using the duct tape, for future reference. but what does this say to you then? what does this piece say to you? you know, i think it's really interesting because first of all, it says that we are all artists. second of all, it says that anything and everything can be art. and the price of art has started to go wild ever since the 15th century, since the renaissance. and it became restricted and only accessible to the privileged elite. artworks like this makes us realise that if we can't make sense of it, it must be conceptual art and it's good conceptual art. well, what about people who would say, "well, actually, speaking of sense, this is about more money than sense. it's about a cryptocurrency millionaire being able to demonstrate that he has

so much money that he can pay millions of dollars for what is a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape?" what do you make of that view? well, you know, if you've got that sort of money and it's going spare, it's sort of like loose change to you or i, annita, then it's worth it because you've bought yourself eternity. you've bought yourself an everlasting connection to the art world and a story that we'll talk about in hundreds and hundreds of years' time. you've bought yourself, in an instance, a viral sensation that's provoking and heating art world debate about what art is. and that was estela lovett, art critic talking to me earlier. thanks for your company today, i'm on x. we will be here with you, do stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. the next named storm of the season is going to bring a significant change in the weather for this weekend. but before we get there, we've still got this cold air in place. these are the temperatures this afternoon for most of england and wales. it's a little bit colder than it was yesterday. and through this evening, overnight and into friday, there's going to be some more snow showers around, some icy conditions as well, most of the snow falling inland across northern and western scotland. sleet and snow showers, though, for northern ireland over the irish sea into wales, northwest england through the midlands and towards east anglia. and whilst it's going to turn dry in the southwest, here it's likely to turn icy as well because there will be a widespread frost — could again be down to —10 in parts of scotland. we're going to find these showers along the north sea coast moving away. many eastern areas will be dry. we've got a few more wintry showers for western scotland, northern ireland and around some western parts of england and wales.

snow mainly over the hills, because temperatures are beginning to risejust a little bit on friday, getting up to 6 or 7 degrees at best. but heading into the weekend, we look out in the atlantic and we've got this rapidly deepening area of low pressure. it's been named storm bert by the irish metservice. it will sweep wet and windy weather northwards and eastwards across the whole of the uk into the cold air, though we could well find a lot of snow falling across this part of scotland. icy conditions, hence this met office amber warning could well find some snow for a while in northern england, particularly over the hills and through the vale of york. but as that wet weather pushes northwards and eastwards, the snow will lift onto the mountains as it turns milder and we get some heavy rain, particularly wet weather in wales and the south west. on top of that, it's going to be very windy, with the strongest winds 60 miles an hour or more through the irish sea and into the northwest of the uk. but temperatures are going to be rising gradually through the day as we draw in milder air on those strengthening south to south—westerly winds. there's our storm, storm bert, still around through the second half of the weekend,

sitting close to the north west of the uk. that weatherfront is going to bring some rain, which will become confined more to the south east of the uk, but across the north west, close to the storm, here we've got those winds gusting 60 or 70 miles an hour and lots of heavy, perhaps even thundery showers as well. mildest weather in the south east. otherwise, temperatures are going to be a little bit lower.

ya live from london. this is bbc news. the international criminal court issues arrest warrants for israel's prime minister, it's former defence minister — as well as a hamas millitary commander, who israel says it killed injuly. there are conflicting reports over whether a russian weapon which hit dnipro in ukraine was an intercontinental ballistic missile. john prescott — former deputy prime minister of the uk and a towering labourfigure — has died at the age of 86. we will speak to his colleagues. and these are pictures from iceland, where lava is spewing from this volcano near the capital for the tenth time in three years. the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, his former defence minister, yoav gallant,