alex mcleish agrees deal to become the scotland manager for the second time. the bhoys are buoyant.ng downhill fast. parsons slides his way into contention for a team gb‘s first medal at the winter olympics. good evening. plenty to come but we start with the big story and football. bbc sport understands that alex mcleish has agreed a deal with the scottish football association to become their manager for a second time in” years become their manager for a second time in 11 years after leaving the post. the former rangers and aston villa boss will sign a deal until 2020. he was the unanimous choice and will replace gordon strachan who left the post last october after failing to reach the world cup. after a busy week in the champions league the europa league returns this evening with all 32 teams in action. for scottish champions celtic, a very good result beating saint petersburg 1—0. the russians hadn't played for over two months due to their winter break and the second half well meant the scottish champions capitalised on the lack of match practice. the second leg will be back in ru

we'll all be forgiven if alex mcleish leads scotland to euro 2020? absolutely.rogramme: stepping out of his father's shadow, chris eubankjr has a world title fight tomorrow night when he takes on george groves in manchester. and age is nothing but a number — roger federer can become the oldest world number one tonight. the manchester city manager pep guardiola has spoken today about the barry bennell trial and expressed his sympathy for the victims of the former youth coach's sexual abuse. bennell, who was associated with some clubs in the north west, including city, has been convicted of 43 counts of child sex abuse between 1979 and 1990 and will be sentenced at liverpool crown court on monday. here's our sports mews correspondent richard conway. no child should suffer the way we did. for the survivors of barry bennell‘s reign of abuse, the pain and memory of their ordeals will never fade. they are left instead to reflect on how one of britain's most prolific paedophiles was allowed to get away with his crimes for so long. he got away with it because he was so

alex mcleish said becoming scottish managerfor a second alex mcleish said becoming scottish manager fors a tremendous honour. he was confirmed in thejob 11 years tremendous honour. he was confirmed in the job 11 years after leaving the first time. he replaces gordon strachan on a deal until 2020. absolutely ecstatic to be back as the national coach. and of course, it goes without saying, but i will say it anyway, the goals are to win the nation 's league, and to get to the nation 's league, and to get to the euros in 2020. no question i am up the euros in 2020. no question i am up for the challenge. i believe i am the right man for the job. liam plu nkett the right man for the job. liam plunkett has been ruled out of the rest of the limited overs tour of new zealand. he has a hamstring injury. the aggravated an injury suffered in the one—day series in australia last month when he returned for the tri— series match against new zealand on tuesday. england could still have a final to play in that game after australia completed a record run chase to defeat new zealand by five wickets in auc

alex mcleish has agreed a deal to become the new scotland football manager, for the second time. mcleish has been given a deal until 2020 after discussions with the scottish fa over the past few days. he takes over from gordon strachan who left in october. team gb could be about to win its first medal of the 2018 winter olympics, after dom parsons put himself in contention in the men's skeleton competition. he's in fourth place at the halfway stage, ahead of the final runs tomorrow. there are flashing images in this report from our sports correspondent andy swiss in pyeongchang. here he is for great britain. run two, dom parsons. he arrived an outsider, he is now a contender. dom parsons is ranked just 12th in the world but wearing team gb's much discussed new skin suit, he was out to prove his case. dom parsons is flying around this track. he looked so impressive in his training runs here, but can he back it up with a big performance when it really matters? the answer was encouraging. dom parsons goes to the front! he ended up fourth at the halfway stage, just 300th off a second

alex mcleish. there is also another interesting name on the list. dalmarnock manager. he has completely transformed, an extent he returned to be scottish clu b extent he returned to be scottish club scene. just under four months, he has taken them on an impressive run, and of course culminating in that when against celtic at the weekend. he is also a name that the sfa are very keen on, too. no doubt, at hampden park, you may well have been expressing some adverse weather, but where many in this country rushed inside, this is russia. it is basically snowball fighting. the sport, it says here, is played dream two teams with seven days each. they tried to hit each other with as many snowballs as possible. those who get hit are eliminated from the game, and they wear protective helmets. it originated in japan. it wear protective helmets. it originated injapan. it is held annually. —20 degrees, it was, for them to attempt to throw snowballs. more like ice balls. that is the way, particularly with the cold snap setting in, we finish on sports day. weather

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we will hear from alex mcleish back in charge of scotland. tennis, rugby league and boxing, a massive all british world title fight to look forward to this weekend. that is all coming up on sportsday at 6:30pm with me, olly foster. now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to have you with us, what have you been watching? we go to set on to wear saoirse ronan stars as lady bird dreaming of romance and not serving coffee. we set sail on the ocea ns serving coffee. we set sail on the oceans with colin firth single—handedly taking on the world in around the world yacht race starring as donald crow hurst in the mercy. and there is more water as sally hawkins stars in guillermo del toro's fishy fairy tale and an unlikely relationship with an aquatic alien. it isa aquatic alien. it is a very interesting wick. i loved lady bird, i loved it! i'm glad you did. of all the films this film season lady bird has given me more pause

we will hear from alex mcleish back in charge of scotland. on sportsday at 6:30pm with me, olly foster. now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to have you with us, what have you been watching? we go to set on to wear saoirse ronan stars as lady bird dreaming of romance and not serving coffee. we set sail on the ocea ns serving coffee. we set sail on the oceans with colin firth single—handedly taking on the world in around the

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alex mcleish says becoming scotland manager for a second time is a "tremendous honour". it the firsthe former rangers and birmingham boss replaces gordon strachan on a deal until 2020. iam i am absolutely ecstatic to be back as the coach. it goes without saying, and i'm saying it anyway, that's the goals are to win the nation ‘s league groups and to get to the euros in 2020. there is no question that i am up for the challenge, i believe that i am the right guy that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more for you in the next hour. great britain 21st me medals table after that bronze, some way behind, but if you're to follow what's happening, go to our website. much more coming up in the next hour. the former football coach barry bennell will be sentenced next week, after being found guilty of another seven sex offences against children. yesterday's verdicts mean he's now been convicted of a total of 43 offences. many of the parents of the boys bennell trained were taken in by his promises to ma

retirement from international football with scotland for a second time after talks with new manager alex mcleishr damascus in syria, despite a un security council resolution calling for a ceasefire. local health officials say several people have suffered symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas in the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta. the syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons. our middle east correspondent martin patience is in neighbouring beirut. martin, what do we know about this chemical attack? well, in one incident, activists told us more than 12 people were treated for the suspected symptoms of a chemical attack. they think it was perhaps chlorine gas, and when rescuers went to the scene of the incident they smelt of that gas and there was very distressing videos posted on social media. it has not been confirmed and, interestingly, the syrian government's ally russia has come out to dispute those claims describing these claims as totally bogus. now, in the past, the syrian government has denied using chemical weapons and that is not the position of the we

elsewhere away from pyeongchang alex mcleish has agreed to become scotland manager of the second timeers and birmingham boss replaces boa rdman the former rangers and birmingham boss replaces boardman strachan. michael 0'neill the northern ireland manager was unable to be secured for thejob. liam manager was unable to be secured for the job. liam plunkett manager was unable to be secured for thejob. liam plunkett has aggravated a terror he suffered in the one—day series against australia, he returned for the tri— series against new zealand. england said abel announce a replacement in the coming days, the one—day series against new zealand starting a week on sunday. that's your sport. thank you. 15 months ago this programme exclusively spoke to these four men — who with quiet emotion told you about the horrific sexual abuse they'd experienced three and a half decades earlier, as young footballers — abuse perpetrated by their coach barry bennell who had links with manchester city junior teams and worked at crewe alexandra football club. they also told you they believed dozens of other b

scotland will this morning announce alex mcleish as their new football manager.up. there was sucess in the last 32 of europa league for celtic. they managed a 1—0 victory over russian side zenit st petersberg at celtic park. calum mcgregor‘s second half winner means they glasgow side have the slight advantage going into the second leg in a weeks' time. meanwhile, the impressive week for english clubs in europe continued with a comfortable 3—0 away win for arsenal against ostersunds. mesut ozil with the last of the goals in their first leg against the swedish side. the women go later on, including laura dees and lizzy yarnold in the skeleton and i have been to see lizzy yarnold in training in germany to see how she feels about becoming the first british athlete to try to retain an olympic title. we will get the split at some point. see you later. for 25 years, barry bennell lived a double life. publicly lauded as one of english football's best talent spotters, but in private he carried out a campaign of sexual abuse against young boys. he's been convicted of a tot