the goals earning harry kane international recognition, as he's short—listed for the ballon d'or.eford full—back zak hardaker will miss the world cup after testing positive for cocaine. yes, good evening. wales's world cup dreams are over, beaten by the republic of ireland in cardiff tonight. it was winner takes all in their final match in qualifying, either side could guarantee themselves a play—off spot. ireland i—o winners, welsh hopes shattered in cardiff, ben proud reports. if they gave points for passion, wales wouldn't be in this position. a play—off for the play—offs. he might have been missing, but wales still posed an attacking threat through aaron ramsey. this was a crunch tie, joe allen discovered that all too literally. passion was replaced by tension as wales created the openings. round—off shot them. attention turned to turmoil, james mcclea n attention turned to turmoil, james mcclean delivered the counterpunch, their only shot on target in the second half, the only one that found the back of the net. their defence proved impenetrable, with wales reduced to pot sho

argentina when ecuador took and early lead in their must win qualifier in ecuador but the five—time ballonn the altitude of quito which meant the avoided a shock elimination. after a ll after all of the insults and of course a retirement from international football, a course a retirement from internationalfootball, a great night for the enormously. there were jubilant scenes in the central american group for panama — a country ofjust four million — defying the odds to reach the world cup for the very first time. they beat costa rica 2—1 — with their president promptly declaring today a national holiday. no such smiles on the faces of the players from the us or chilly. the american captain said it was the perfect storm, what could have gone wrong did as they were beating 2—1 by trinidad and today. is the first time they will miss the world cup since 1986. there were tears afterwards. the back—to—back champions chilly were had high hopes as well but they and their golden generation could not deliver this time. alexis sanchez and his team—mates were beaten 3—0 by brazil to drop out of content

i don't want to be cynical but there's money involved here ballon d'or has been around since one thousand nine hundred six i'm going to be cynical actually has been around as well for quite a while offering its own awards but in two thousand and ten they went together in two thousand and sixteen started creating this spectacle and you can see it's a spectacle this time in london and they put on their own award show they wine and dine the players and it's now on par maybe just a little less than the ballon d'or as far as its significance but the players love it the fans love it because they have a vote up the least a little bit about or nothing about this award is eleanor's just media and so who cares about the media right now and you have twenty five percent of the fans voting and what about ronaldo winning the prize again we think that i'd love to make fun of him as a guy who loves to love himself but but. you love your work right a lot of your words too and he's got that pensive look in his face but he's a team player as well he's a great individual but he brays brings the level of his

and to a draw in the professed match day and they put themselves in the spotlight once small the ballon plaza followed the example set by me. any u.s. sports teams with the starting eleven taking a need before kickoff and after a quiet start. was sent off for this crunching tackle just before halftime shocker was then able to take advantage of having an extra body on the pitch when another foul later on gave leon gretzky the chance to score from the spot he did so with style shot because. the netted a second to secure the win. the argentine capital buenos iris is known for its incredible cafe culture the city is even often referred to as the paris of the south but just how fast is their service well hundreds of waiters took part in the country's annual race on saturday the challenge walk as fast as you can without dropping the bottles and glasses on your tray the balancing act was a mile long taking home top honors in the women's category was. ross hole while carlos they have won the men's race. who says coffee gives you just as us all from us right now thanks for watching. all. right.

from the ballon d'or and they said, "n0, because they split from the ballon d'or and they said, "no,he best coaches and teams and fans. " celtic fans the best coaches and teams and fans." celtic fans won the best fans award. well done to them. cristiano ronaldo is the best player. he beat lionel messi and neymar to the honour after helping real to a champions league and la liga double last season. thank you a lot. i mentioned neymar to be here. i'm really glad. it's a great moment for me. i know i have fa ns great moment for me. i know i have fans over the world. thank you a lot for the support. lieke martens of barcelona and the netherlands won best female player. she was player of the tournament at euro 2017 as her country won the title and her international manager sarina wiegman was named best female coach. everton‘s search for a new manager is underway after ronald koeman‘s sacking yesterday. he spentjust 16 months in the job and the weekend's 5—2 defeat to arsenal leaves them in the relegation zone. former everton winger pat nevin believes the club will once again look for a bi

leno messi all in their finery and hoping to be named the best in their business it's not the fabled ballon d'or awards but if i had spent the money to make sure it's a close second. and they were in names. coronato there was no close second for one although after leading reality champions league and lower league titles i'm really glad this is a great moment from a. she forgave reports and it's. now i have the worlds solved thank you a lot for the support we're now that was asked later in his native portuguese how he does it. a lot of work a lot of time on the pitch a lot of time in the gym a lot of time with the physical trainers a lot of cold water a lot of hot water massage just lots of eating many years of dedication when. they need these either. when all those coach also made his way to the podium for helping to make real madrid the premier club in the world but missing from the ceremony because she's preparing for international competition. markets received her award with her dutch teammates together this summer they won the giro twenty seven team title. finally thirty nine year old j

the big pocketed fifo came in and cold branded and called it the ballon d'or awards for about six years they spent about fifteen million euros on that sixteen seventeen year old million euros on that and in two thousand six hundred they decided to go off on their own and create their own entity finances had to have something to do with it i'm sure they can sell their own t.v. rights so they have this big spectacle themselves the ballon d'or is still probably for old school guys at least like me the premier award to win and that comes up in a couple months but this one is a big deal and they bring in and they wine and dine the stars and they love it and they love it and they love it when the fans love it there what do you think about ronaldo winning again stunning. stunning he's a stunning player no question he was going to win i think and he won easily with votes from the from the fans from players from coaches and and the like and so they bring those all together in this award ceremony by the way and that's why perhaps it's got more fan appeal ok so there's a lot of input into how the

no surprise, harry kane has been named on the short list for the 2017 ballon d'or a award. 0thers includedist were leaked to kenya and de bruyne, the full list be announced later. kyle edmonds suffered an early break in the first set before composing himself and cruised to a 6—3, 6—2 win. it sets up a match with the marin cilic tomorrow. great britain had finished the championships with two goals. it is her second world gold following the team event in 2015. to the boxing ring, chantelle cameron failed to make the really rio 0lympics. but she is now professional and beat her french opponent on the weekend. we had exclusive behind—the—scenes access. east london on a saturday night. if you dream of being a professional boxer, this is what it is all about, for cha ntelle cameron. boxer, this is what it is all about, for chantelle cameron.|j boxer, this is what it is all about, for chantelle cameron. i go to sleep at night thinking about fighting, andi at night thinking about fighting, and i wake up thinking about fighting. the cameras, the crowd, the lights, the show of it. a tiny changing ro

the next division in line ballon all-star. stark. it still belongs to the hopkins family today. thomas down ored lived in the hollow below us. his wife was a hopkins. at the time of the battle, several degrees were around the house. as he stated to get an inkling of some of the things going on in the west, the started to shift one brigade and face them do west. they formed about 75 yards away .rom the tree line they send skirmishes forward to check out the words where they were met by advancing confederates and drove to the wheel. they exchanged fire in less than 75 yards. effective rifle ranges about 300 yards. blankas deadly point combat. not as quick as you might imagine. with confederates hidden in the trees and the federals exposed in the infield. the difference and give just a little bit of protection to the federals out here. confederates were stymied for a few seconds, remember that confederate line was two miles. a -- a brigade of 300 to 400 yards. easily swept past this ought, promises to come on the flank or rear of the generals located here. when he realized his brig

sportsday on bbc news, international recognition for top‘s harry kane as he is short listed for the ballonr award, given to the world's best player. good evening. the prime minister has given her strongest warning yet that britain might have to leave the european union without a formal brexit deal. mrs may said it was profoundly in the interest of both sides to agree a deal, but that steps to minimise disruption would be needed in case the talks failed. the prime minister also signalled that britain could still to be bound by rulings of the european court ofjustice during any transition period after brexit, an approach that's already being opposed by some conservative mps. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. since she last went off to the commons, she has survived an attempt to force her out, lost her voice in front of the nation and, if that's not all, ministers‘ antics have been fodder for the front pages. but the biggerjob in hand is to get the brexit talks moving. statement, the prime minister. theresa may, trying, hoping, to ignore the pressure on her. but first — to

last picture in ecuador came in two thousand and one and so despite his talents he's been crowned ballon d'or when a record five times may soon have to accept the world cup is a trophy too far. so argentina with lionel messi could not make it max i mean who would have thought that it would have come to this how did it come to this. i mean it's unbelievable really that one of the best teams in the world the only thing you can really criticize is that imbalanced their attack features some of the world's best players linnell messi paolo di bella said you are glare zero but further at the back it looks a bit thinner they haven't got a world class goalkeeper haven't had for many years and their defense is weak as well strong players like roberto i have is and that's the retired long time ago and they haven't really been able to replace these big players for many years their coat. polly he was brought in in june to sort of fix everything he had great success with chile but he hasn't really been able to put his style which is a very attacking style successfully on to the side three drolls in fi

in just a second edition football's governing body had split with the french magazine behind the ballon d'or award that's existed since nine hundred fifty six creating instead the best fee for awards. rinaldo messi and neymar was side by side as they vie for the best men's player but the best women's player wasn't present at. the lake in martin's in camp with the netherlands change she led to european glory this year the boss alone and made to feel that was presented her award by dutch grace markov on boston. we know he is. anything is either the real madrid boss was named as cards of the year for the first time after steering rail to a second straight champions league title brazilian grade for now though paired with maradona to present the key men's award of the evening and they were in is it is their no no no no. he scored twice in last year's champions league final and help from madrid to that trophy along with the spanish league title enjoy the moment the moment is great i feel happy. when. i win the best player in the world so i'm so glad happy. the next year i don't know what's go

but peter thank you so much five time fifo ballon d'or winner. has fired in a half trick to qualify for the world cup in russia with a three one win over ecuador the ecuadorians actually took the lead in the first minutes if i had lost they would have been eliminated altogether but macy's three goals guaranteed they would take their place had rushed to the relief of all of then you watched the match and when osiris. clearly didn't defend not that the court was some of the greatest class ever assembled. and that a. little was remarkably easy three goals finally ended and that's the opt out do you know went behind with a goal in the black widow at that moment to trim out right to cross out into you know they'll be. off the twelve minutes knew what i am not that little prick to the top. ranked up how. the looks field are beginning to realize the result would be much regard to the way. i feel losing now began the process of planning for the world cup next year a russian rocket science well known felt they should have been that they must be clear that

be ahead a presidential runoff next month against vice president joseph looks likely way a won the ballon d'or in one thousand nine hundred five you also went to skid out i was with ac milan has been serving in the liberian senate since two thousand and fourteen for the opposition. and major league baseball the l.a. dodgers beat defending world series champions the chicago cubs in their playoff opener yes a plague start on the night for the dodgers scoring an ivy i double and a home run l.a. went on to beat chicago five to two the dodgers are now three wins away from their first world series appearance in twenty nine years the cubs will have the chance to level their national league series on sunday and game two still in l.a. . i think that the season we had versus season they had last year i think that you can parallel those two in the confidence that we have in our group and they had in their group last year so i think there are some similarities but i really can't speak to them i just know that this year we're very focused group very confident group and we know we have a lot of work to

harry kane has been short listed for the ballon d‘or given to the world‘s best players.. it comes as england announced their squad today. leeds‘ head coach brian mcdermott has his sympathies for his former player. you just think, what a shame that is. for him, for england. he is a fantastic player. clearly it didn‘t help cas. yeah... it isa clearly it didn‘t help cas. yeah... it is a tough one for zak, i hope he pulls up. because this is a big thing. but at the same time, don‘t mess about with drugs. just don‘t... don‘t be stupid. and everybody needs to realise whether it is performance—enhancing or just social drugs, it doesn‘t work. itjust does not work and long—term it will catch up not work and long—term it will catch up with you. kyle edmond has through in the shanghai masters. he suffered aan in the shanghai masters. he suffered a an early break in the fist set before composing himself and going on to before composing himself and going ontoa before composing himself and going on to a win in china. the result sets up a second round meeting with the fourth seed, mari

looks likely way or one the ballon d'or in one thousand nine hundred five he also won to skid endos with ac milan he's been serving in the liberian senate since two thousand and fourteen for the opposition and italian moto g.p. rider andre divots yoso has won the grand prix of japan the decoding rider edged championship leader mark mark has a final lap to win by last second very wet conditions with rain rain mark believes it did it she also by eleven points in the overall. and that's all your sport for now peter back to you sara thanks very much told she likes her. now it's well known the ancient city of venice is sinking but you may want to know it's also shrinking it's fifty four thousand citizens are steadily leaving complain the city has been overrun by tourists but fed up locals are hoping to change all that with an anti tourist campaign charlie angelo reports. venice the timeless city that tourists seem to have little time for twenty million visit each year three quarters of them only stay for twenty four hours they follow the same routes see the same sights the impact is devastati

night in london there is to be named the world's best player if you're wondering what happened to the ballon d'or awards which have been around since one thousand nine hundred fifty six they do still exist but the first splits with the french magazine behind them last year in the best awards were born the hash tag the best was tweeted out around seven hundred fifty thousand times on monday quite a global spread as you can see there most of it's weights in portuguese because of course we're now there is portuguese rather than english with brazil spain in the u.s. the most active countries saudi arabia and nigeria also combined to produce ten percent of the total tweets wealthy first made a huge push to connect with football fans across the world online through this events and on their website fans were able to vote in each of the categories for the first time along with a national team coaches camp sins and selected journalists as well the event was streamed live on you tube over one point soon million people watched via you tube the number was even higher on fief is facebook page where fans

unimaginable for most of us just a year ago we, those of us who love the truth and justice ballon politicalty, have to draw a line in the same. -- sand. they drew a line in the sand 60 years ago. we must defend the right of every american to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice. [applause] dr. gates: we must, at all cost defend the affirmative action , program that launched so many people of color in women of all colors into their positions of authority and power. [applause] gates: we must fight for health care as a right -- [applause] dr. gates: and to keep the pipeline of opportunity open for the next generation and the next generation after that. regardless of our ideological differences, we must link arms and stand publicly against anti- semitism, and against homophobia, and against islamophobia. [applause] dr. gates: and against black racism in ladies and gentlemen against white supremacist ideology and all this ugly, hateful speech. [applause] dr. gates: the little rock nine stood at the end and they stand now for the promise of opportunity and equality etched in the word

harry kane is the sole english nominee for the ballon d'0r, the prize given to the world's best footballerpremier league players as well as the usual suspects such as messi, ronaldo and neymar. england's rugby league world cup squad has been announced with no place for castleford's zac hardaker. he's been suspended after failing a drugs test. and britain's gold medal winning hockey coach is targetting more 0lympic success after returning to work following his heart attack. danny kerry says he's asking his players to "go to the moon" again. 0bviously he means that figuratively. going as far as they possibly can, winning gold in tokyo 2020, it would be incredible, wouldn't it? seen those pictures overnight or iceland celebrating? 0h, overnight or iceland celebrating? oh, yes. we will have them at 6:30am. they're very good at celebrating, aren't they? they have very good football structure, but still. the smallest nation to reach a world cup in terms of population. and they're a really good team as well, makes you wonder what we are doing in this country. anyway, carry on! that's a question f

the tottenham striker has been named on short—list for the 2017 ballon d'or award which is given to theld cup squad. earlier i spoke to our rugby league correspondent dave woods who told me hardaker has proved a frustrating player to manage. he has had a career what's been defined by some off field indiscretions. this is a test he took in early december. we can't prejudge his mitigating circumstances that he may put forward , circumstances that he may put forward, but that normally would trigger a two year ban. he isn't in the world cup squad now for obvious reasons. but there is a surprise execution elsewhere as well? one or two might have been surprised that sam tomkins is not involved especially in the absence of zac ha rd especially in the absence of zac hard acre. there is a couple of debuts. alex walmsley. it is an interesting selection. british number three kyle edmund overcame a nervy start to ease past jiri vesely at the shanghai masters. the 22—year—old suffered an early break in the first set before composing himself and cruising to a 6—3, 6—2 win in china. the result sets up