high profile players from around the world let's have a closer look at the top division the chinese super league find of this first of all it's made up of sixteen teams from all around the country the most valuable squads in that league are worth millions of dollars the most expensive club is based in one jew and part owned by a billion a mars ali baba group it's thirty seven players have a total market value of more than eighty million dollars not the chinese super league has been able to attract more and more high profile foreign players as well and that has seen the total value of the really rise dramatically from thirty six million dollars just ten years ago to well over half a billion dollars right now so is football brain child china closer to the rest of the world or is it the other way around let's bring in. my colleague michael de silva from the w.'s sports department michael first my first question is you know. manchester city won a leading football clubs in the world you can even say but why then buy a third tier team in the super league in china is a good question i think the answer

the belgian midfielder has had a medical with the chinese super league side shandong luneng.en confirmed but the chinese transfer window doesn't close until the end of february. ba rcelona's highly—rated midfielder denis suarez has joined arsenal on loan until the end of the season. he played for the arsenal manager unai emery at sevilla. the ivory coast international wilfried bony has moved from swansea city to the qatari stars league side al—arabi on loan until the end of the season. all the details are over on the bbc sport website. in spain, real madrid are through to the semi—finals of the copa del rey, after a comfortable victory at girona. karim benzema scored twice as real won the second leg 3—1. marcos llorente also scored for madrid as they completed a 7—3 aggregate win. and lazio are through to the semi—finals of the coppa italia after beating inter milan on penalties. it was goalless after 90 minutes, and 1—1 after extra—time. lucas leiva scored the winning penalty as lazio won the shoot—out 4—3. cricket and australia have made a dreadful start to the 2nd test aga

france and after more than five years, marouane fellaini has left the club to play in the chinese super league 5:30pm. see you then. now unless you're one of those who have had a new year declutter — you might instead have old medicines lurking in the back of a cupboard — and those packets of tablets can soon stack up. in north yorkshire, a "medicines amnesty" is underway, to encourage people to return drugs they no longer need. patients are also being encouraged to have an annual review — to make sure they are on the right medication. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been to harrogate to find out more. we've probably all got them tucked away in cupboards at home — old medicines and drugs we no longer use. but they can really pile up. so, chris, what have we got here? well, this is medicines that have been returned to us today from one patient. one patient! one patient, and it's approximately five to six months' worth of medication that the patient hasn't been taking routinely. so what are the implications of that? if patients aren't taking their medicines as has been prescribed the