anti-doping agency involving 31 criteria for the russian agency to be reinstated. russia's agreement to deliver additional drug test lab samples is one of the reasons the world anti-doping agency agreed to reinstate the russian anti-doping agency in 2018 but just last week, the current head of russia's anti-doping agency said thousands of changes were made to those drug test results. the world anti-doping agency had only been table verify authenticity of a portion of the plo provided samples and these statements confirmed that russia is still intent on cheating in international sport competitions. the world anti-doping agency is currently considering thousand respond, including possibly designating russia as noncompliant and suspending russian athletes from international sport competitions until that country is again designated as compliant. but the doping program goes beyond just harming clean athletes. president putin view this is type of scheme as a geopolitical tool to characterize the west as unfair and opressive. one year ago, the united states department of j

anti-doping agency for orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping earlier this month. though salazar has appealed the ban and been publicly backed by the company nike c.e.o. mark parker announced the project would be shut down in an internal memo this situation is a distraction for many of the athletes in his compromising their ability to focus on their training and competition e its successful runners at this month's world athletics competition in like german bronze medalists constanza close to half in or netherlands gold winners sits on his son are just 2 of many nike sponsored athletes who will now need to find new coaches in training facilities salazar's case has cast a shadow on results by oregon project affiliated runners international olympic committee president thomas buff has called for an investigation into athletes who trained with salazar. who is there any results olympic results the faked it or directly or indirectly with regard to. the principle of. the u.s. anti-doping agency made it clear the athletes were unaware of the doping which is a major factor i

by a man from poland his name is witold banca he would become the new president of the world anti-doping agency wada in january is most pressing concern will be the russian doping scandal which has severely damaged what is reputation in an exclusive interview with g w news he gives us his thoughts on the challenges that lie before him. this is the man charged with solving sports doping crises vetoed banquette takes over as president of the world anti-doping agency at the start of 2020 with a lengthy to do list and we need to increase the controls of calls and we need then to doping playing sports we have state countries without anti doping policy without controls in africa country and we have only won the credit. however budgets of about 36000000 euros leaves little room for building new laboratories. stablish inc antidoping solidarity fought to engage the private companies the public companies to finance the console sport tickler enough that proposal may set off alarm bells for some observers after the controller see surrounding the oregon project run by a sports clothing brand nike several at

he was found guilty of doping violations after a four—year investigation by the us anti—doping agency calls to look into his athletes. former world champion jenny simpson hasjoined ioc president thomas bach in asking the world anti—doping agency to investigate. here is what bach is asking of wada. all the athletes being investigated, who were training in this centre there. does the report address the whole period of the existence of this project, or only part of it? could any results, 0lympic results, be affected directly or indirectly? from athletics in qatar to rugby injapan. south africa and italy meet in the world cup on friday. there were two games on thursday, with fiji beating georgia and ireland picking up a crucial bonus point against russia. there was little margin for error after losing to japan last week, and as our correspondent katie gornall reports, whilst not at their best, they had more than enough in kobe. after that shocked defeat to japan, ireland knew that they couldn't afford any more slipups, and they arrived here as overwhelming favourites, not just to arrived

russia's anti doping agency rosado on wednesday predicted a lengthy ban for the country's top level athletes including next year's tokyo olympic games and even the winter games in 2022 this in the wake of a new scandal involving the alleged falsifying or deleting of doping lab laboratory data given to international investigators russia was previously banned from competing in numerous competitions including the rio olympics in a d w exclusive are you rewrite chateaus sat down with resigned as deputy chief to talk about the alleged data manipulation so can you give me 100 percent guarantee on the rossana has nothing to do with these my evaluation absolutely i guarantee you that ok let's move on to comments made by your boss. the director general of assad who said that that is the least manipulations were performed at the behest of senior officials want to see to that but with this deal i think the person or group of people who did this are very bold i don't know what their motives were in effect they undermined not only the minister of sport but also undermined the president both the minister

champion has been speaking tonight for the first time since his former coach was banned by the us anti—doping agency. today, nike and i still be shutting down the oregon project, its athletics training programme founded by salazar and it was used by six years for him, he is in the us to defend his title and reacted angrily when asked about salazar. you guys are going at it again and the headlines farah, farah. there is no allegation against me. i have done nothing wrong, let's be clear here, this is about alberto salazar. i feel let down by you guys, to be honest. there is no allegation against me, as i've said again and again. you read paragraph, you go through and it talks about farah and it says the bottom there is no allegation of wrongdoing against me. on the football was on the big guns in the 2020 qualifier, we have the world champions france currently 1—0 up and that clash. the european champions are hoping to remain on course to qualify for group b over luxembourg and there 2—0 up and england are currently level with the czech republic and a win for the visitors would see them qualify for n

anti-doping agency has banned alberto salazar head of a leading track and field program for 4 years he's been found guilty of orchestrating and facilitating doping of the program he runs is funded by nike which should pick a champion of farah and u.s. for now and again a rapper amongst yeah they've trained under him the nike are the project but they have not been accused of wrongdoing salazar said he would be nike has made. the french champions league football returns tonight with byan munich against tottenham at the game comes at a perfect time for bind striker robin have a dossier who set a record by becoming the 1st player to net 10 goals in the opening 6 just like the games. there can be no doubt who the main man and byron is this season robert leaven dusky just keeps getting better and better the polish striker has scored 12 goals in mind games in this campaign but in buy ins champions league clash against tottenham he'll face another of the best strikers in the world english forward harry kane. is complete with unleashed and there's nothing he can do and he's a very strong striker

charged with solving sports doping crisis he told banquette takes over as president of the world anti-doping agency at the start of 2020 with a lengthy to do list we need to increase the controls of calls and we need then to doping playing sports we have state countries without antidoping policy without controls in africa country and we have only won a critique of the laboratory in south africa however the budgets of about 36000000 euros leaves little room for building new laboratories. they propose. to doping so they don't default to engage the private companies the public companies to finance the content particle are enough that proposal may set off alarm bells for some observers after the contriver see surrounding the oregon project run by sports clothing brand nike several athletes involved in the project led by coach alberto salazar one gold medals before he was banned from athletics this year over doping violations i don't want to raid the concrete company because it's very important for me to engage some. companies to increase the budget for and to open controls 35 banks will become the youn

anti-doping agency has banned alberto salazar the head of a leading track and field program for 4 years he's been found guilty of orchestrating and facilitating doping that the program that sells are runs is funded by nike and the british olympic champion mo fara and u.s. runner galen rupp are among the after 2 trained under him at the night in oregon project but they have not been accused of wrongdoing salazar said he would appeal nike has not yet commented. and we have tom going to i from get a few sports for more on the story here tom salazar and also we should say u.s. doctors named jeffrey brown were also banned and they were both banned in the same announcement what are they accused of doing now yeah that's right so as you mentioned they're both under the for you orchestrating i'm facilitating doping alberto salazar in his capacity as. the head coach of the nike oregon project and dr brown was both an advisor to that. organ project and also the personal physician of some of the athletes now the report of the u.s. anti doping agency also notes that back in itself is a fairly seriou

the report from the usa anti—doping agency, makes for very damning reading indeed. the full blessing of the sport's governing body, uk athletics. within a year, mo farah was unbeatable. but in 2015, i revealed in a bbc panorama programme a series of allegations over salazar‘s use of banned steroids and other unethical practices. there were no claims against mo farah. he initially stood by salazar, but today he said he was relieved that usada has completed their investigation into alberto salazar. i left the nike oregon project in 2017 but, as i have always said, i have no tolerance for anyone who breaks the rules or crosses a line. salazar said he was shocked by the decision and would be appealing. steve magnus was an insider who blew the whistle. i asked him about farah's decision not to cut ties with salazar sooner. i don't know what mo knew, or didn't, no. i don't think he knows that. but i know what he knew from 2015 onwards. and, like, you've got to face up to those decisions that you tie yourself to. like, that part of it deserves to be looked at. because he k

athletes who are part of the nike or a gun project, who's founder was banned today by the us anti—doping agencyf the race, donovan, was keen to stress that he never directly worked with him, and was trained by different coach. he says he's not sure whether the group will continue and he has to consider his future ahead of an important 12 months. what he hopes to add an olympic glory to his world title here. intimate, evidence will be a strong favourite for gold once again. lets turn our attentions to tonights champions league action. eight matches in total, including two premier league sides. firstly, in group b. tottenham hotspur, last years beaten finalists of course. but it has been a very grim night indeed for them. they've been thrashed this evening 7—2 at home by the german champions bayern munich, in group b. perhaps time to look away if you're a spurs fan, it for the most part, not pleasant viewing. spurs actually went ahead early on. son hyun min with the goal after just 12 minutes. so a decent start for mauricio pochettinos side. that lead though, didn't last. joshua kimmich equalisin

tonight spoken for the first time since his former coach alberto salazar was banned by the us anti—doping agencynike announced it is shutting down the oregon project, its athletics training programme founded by salazar and veteran camp was used for six years by mo farah who is not accused of any wrongdoing. he is currently in the us to defend his chicago marathon title and earlier reacted angrily when questioned about salazar. there is a clear change this, i've seen this many times. i've seen it with raheem sterling, with lewis hamilton, as a sacrament there is no allegation against me, i have not done anything wrong. this allegation is about was be clear here, it is about alberto salazar and oregon project. ifeel it down by you guys to be honest. there is no allegation against me. asi there is no allegation against me. as i said again and again. he read a paragraph, you go through, you hear talks about farah and then right at the bottom it says "there are no allegations against mo farah of wrongdoing." let's be clear there is no allegation against me. it has been another eventful day at the rug

the big story of the day wasn't what was happening on the track, but the decision by the us anti— doping agencyzar, the founding of the nikkei 0regon project, and there are two athletes from the group involved in the 800 metres final. donovan fraser, who won, was always in control. he accelerated for the last 50 metres to win his first global title. when i got with him trackside after the race he was getting to stress he never directly worked with salazar and wasn't trained by him. he did so with a limited interaction he had with a limited interaction he had with him and was a good guy and a good coach, and had sympathy for him. he also had to consider his future. to be honest, i don't know what is going to happen to the 0regon project. it might be disassembled, but i know nikkei knows about salazar, i'm just as curious as you are “— knows about salazar, i'm just as curious as you are —— nike nose. knows about salazar, i'm just as curious as you are -- nike nose. the next few months will be extremely important for him, he'll be hoping to at olympic glory, but you will have to consider him a str

manipulation of their athletes doping results the country is now facing a long banned from international competition as a result that's what the top brass of russia's anti-gay doping agencyare telling the w news you'll hear it in an exclusive interview in just a moment. google calls it a milestone in quantum supremacy a computer that can solve a complex problem within minutes a task that today's supercomputers would need thousands of years to do but google's rival i.b.m. they're casting some belts on whether the research which was leaked last month whether it really represents a quantum leap. called superposition quantum properties multiply exponentially as cubits are connected to each other the more cubits that can be strung together the vastly more powerful a quantum computer becomes but those cubits need cooling to almost absolute 0 to limit calculating errors google's team has made significant progress in terms of theoretically opening a new era. quantum computing gives us a chance to not only i've seen many practical use cases and helped make the world better in a way that we can argue just with classical computers along but it also allows us to help understand the

the decision follows a four—year investigation by the us anti doping agency, known as usada, and a two—yearlosed doors. a statement from usada is due on tuesday. to football, and in the english premier league manchester united and arsenal played out a mistake—ridden 1—1 draw. the game was a pale shadow of their mighty clashes of years gone by, scott mctominay gave manchester united the lead at the end of the first—half. arsenal equalised just before the hour courtesy of pierre—emerick aubameyang. it was originally ruled out for offside but was overturned by the var. the result takes arsenal into the top four, but manchester united are now down in 10th in what is their worst start to a season in 30 years. you wanted to take three points tonight, and we had great opportunity to get those three points because we had the game where we wanted, but that is sometimes, or how many times this season have we been 1—0 how many times this season have we been1—0 up and how many times this season have we been 1—0 up and we haven't managed to get the second goal, which is the most important thing, and you

anti-doping agency made it clear the athletes were ununaware of the doping. >> in our opinion, they were manipupulated. we c current -- we c can't fault that into having to receive medical treatment. >> with salazar appealing his band, the only thing definite about this situation is that oregon project athletes will need to find a new place to train. collect today is the united nation international day of the girl child that aims to highlight and address the challenges girls face in promoting empowerment. dw news has been asking girls around the world about their lives and ambitions. clark sometimes ac men on the street who was let women like this. i find it t unpleasant. >> people thinknk it is bad beig a girl because you can'tt do o lot of thingngs the boys can do. it's actually in the mindset of people because we can do it. >> i want to become a pilot when i grow up. >> i want to save the world from being full of plastic. >> i like being a girl. it's nice t to be a girl. >> us girlrls feell bad when we give them morere chores thanan e boys. >> i hope that women and g girls will be res

brent: russia's anti-doping agency predicted a lengthy ban for the country's top-level athletes. this comes in the wake of a new scandal involving the alleged falsifying of doping laboratory data given to investigators. russia was previously banned for -- from competing in competitions for the rio olympics. our very own ri we sett up -- juri rescheto sat down. >> let's move onto comments made by your boss. he said these manipulations were passed by senior officials. what do you say to that? >> i think the person who did this was very bold. i don't know what their motives were. only the minister of sport -- it undermined not only the minister of sport but the president. the president said a dialogue was taking place. all data will be held -- handed over. they recognize that mistakes were made. >> who can guarantee that things will change even if the present himself cannot -- resident himself -- presidedent himself cannot? >> i don't want to offend anyone. there are e course exceptions but just because you're a a gret athlete does not mean you can read a a sports federation or becom

in the words of the anti—doping agency, salazar was found guilty of orchestrating and facilitating whatonduct. in other words, breaking the rules. not of doping any of us at the lease but of breaking anti—doping rules. specifically, he was found to have been guilty of three separate charges. —— any others at the lease. the administration of prohibited methods, i infusion, multiple athletes, tampering with or attempted tampering with it doping control processes, and trafficking 01’ control processes, and trafficking or trying to traffic testosterone which is of course a ban performance enhancing substance. a doctor that he worked closely with, doctor brown, and texas was also banned just like salazar. in this news is sending shock waves through the world of track and field and be gone because this is a man who as you know is a legendary distance running coach, he is the man who has really helped mo farah become britain's most decorated every track and field star, and tonight, he is banned from the sport and disgrace for the next four years. mo farah was the star people but towards the en

were first made in that bbc panorama documentary, which triggered an investigation by the us anti—doping agencys to transform women's cricket have been revealed today, with the ecb announcing 50 million pounds of investment over the next five years, in a bid to make the sport more gender—balanced, in england and wales. the money will help fund a0 new full—time professional contracts, and help grow all areas of the women's game. three young players of cricket coming through in the of this massive opportunity to go in their intrinsic professional and see how good they can be. i am massively excited and it is a huge opportunity for them and i hope these young girls come through and really push the sport forward and keep trying to build on it. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anna mikhailova, deputy political editor at the daily telegraph and the broadcaster, david davies. brexit, brexit and more brexit for you in this edition. think of it as fibre, annoyng but oh so hea

he will become the new president of the world anti-doping agency this coming january. his most pressing concern will be the russian doping scandal, which has severely damaged wada's reputation. in an interview with dw news, he gives his thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead. reporter: this is the man charged with solving the sports doping crisis. he takeses over as president of e e worlantiti-doping agencyy at the startrt of 2020 with a lengy to do list. >> we have to eliminate the anti-doping blank spots. wewe still have countries withot anti-doping policies. in south africa, only one accredited laboratory. reporter: the wada budget leaves lilile room fofor buildiding new laboratories. >> i propose engaging the private companies, the public companies to finance. reporter: that proposal may set off alarm bells for some observers after the controversy surrounding the oregon project run by nike. several athletes involved in the project won gold medals before he was banned by athletitics ths year for anti-doping vioiolatio. >> it is very important for me to engage some

one other story dominating the headlines as alberto salazar, bound by the anti—doping agency, she stretchedfor the next round, i had a few words with akamai didn't want to be drawn on it so she had not been spoken to salazar and said it had been a difficult time for her, the timing has not helped but she was to focus on the positive and when her second gold medal i'd afterward she may speak dies at length. now to football. it was the biggest margin of defeat for any english side at home in europe. the first time tottenham have ever conceded seven goals at home. so how is it that spurs, champions legaue finalists last season, four months on, were on the end of a 7—2 defeat to bayern munich? ? jack pitt—brooke writes for the athletic and follows the club closely. iasked him, how troubled are tottenham ? i thought in the first half they we re i thought in the first half they were really good, pochettino said it was the first half of the season and iagree, was the first half of the season and i agree, even though they went in at half—time to — one, it was in the second half where tottenham lost

wrongdoing by him were made in that bbc documentary which triggered an investigation by the us anti—doping agencyonships in stuttgart where simone biles has become the most succesful female gymnast in the championships history. she led bsa to build. —— she led the usa to gold. another incredible performance from simone biles. she really showed what she is wet to the team and it was a tea m she is wet to the team and it was a team effort. she is now the 15 times world champion and the most successful ever female gymnast at world championship level here is what she had to say after the event. it was really exciting, not our best meat but it just it was really exciting, not our best meat but itjust shows the strength we have that we still came out on top even after having a couple of falls. personally for you 15 times world champion now and 2112 medals, the most successful woman at world level ever. it means the world to me, i worked so hard to get where i am in to see that i'm still improving over all these years it is an honour to even represent the country. and what more can we say about simone b

anti doping agency salazar has been found guilty of orchestrating in facilitating doping british olympic champion mo ferrari and us runner guillen rupp are among the athletes who have trained under him at the nike oregon project but they have not been accused of any wrongdoing salazar said he do feel nike has not yet commented. u.s. opera star just enormous died at age 74 saying more than 80 times at new york's metropolitan opera. shero showered rather with prizes on or a doctored story her long career she sang for to us the presidential moderations queen elizabeth's birthday and the opening ceremony of the atlanta olympics. it's to bangladesh now in its capital dhaka has one of the worst traffic problems on our planet the world bank says more than 3000000 working hours are lost each and every day there as commuters sit in bumper to bumper jams as a result many are turning to a new ride sharing service but as we report that comes with his own problems. for decades nearly 20000000 residents getting from a to b. is a daily nightmare the bangladeshi capital is one of the most congested citi

anti—doping rules. he has been banned forfour yea rs rules. he has been banned forfour years after an investigation by the anti—doping agency. had breached doping rules by trafficking the banned steroid testosterone, administering an intravenous infusion over the legal limit and tampering with evidence. farah started training with salazar in 2011 and was unbeatable within a year. he had gone to nike's oregon project in the united states with the full blessing of uk athletics, the full blessing of uk athletics, the sport's governing body. but i revealed in a bbc panorama in 2015 necib is a validation is salazar involving the use of banned steroids. —— a series of allegations against salazar. i will not leave alberto, i have seen no clear evidence. but today mo farah said... uk athletics, following a review of panorama's allegations, gave farah the green light to continue working with salazar. it said today it acknowledged the judgment and added its investigation... salazar said he was shocked by the decision and would appeal. steve magnus was the insider who blew the whistle. i asked magnus was the insider who blew the whistle

anti-doping agency has banned alberto salazar the head of a leading track and field program for 4 years he's been found guilty of orchestrating and facilitating doping now the program that salazar runs is funded by nike a british olympic champion and a u.s. runners gaylene are among the athletes who trained under him at the nike oregon project but they have not been accused of wrongdoing sellers are says he will appeal nike has not yet commented. in soccer that champions league returns tonight iron munich is facing off against tottenham the game comes at a perfect time for byron striker. he set a record by becoming the 1st player to net 10 goals in the opening 6 going to sleep again. there can be no doubt who the main man at byron is this season robert levon dusky just keeps getting better and better the polish striker has scored 12 goals in knowing games in this campaign but in buy ins champions league clash against tottenham he'll face another of the best strikers in the world english forward harry kane. is complete has unleashed can there's nothing he can do and he's a very strong st

claimed that gold in the 10,000 last saturday, her coach alberto salazar was banned by the us anti—doping agencyntegrity, and that she had worked very hard to be here. a few days ago, the ioc president asked for all athletes associated with alberto salazar to be tested. to that, she reacted angrily when i spoke to her at track—side after the race. she said she is open to be tested every day. she said they are clean, and she said she would never do anything to tarnish her reputation. shelly—ann fraser—price of jamaica claimed her second gold medal at these games. herjamaican quartet one victory in the ax100m relay, that set the world's fastest time ahead of britain. and in the men's ax100m relay, it was gold for the usa, a very, very strong quartet that included christian coleman and justin gatlin, the gold and silver—medallists in the 100 metres, and the 200 metres gold—medallist making amends for their disappointment in london 2017 when they finished behind the british quartet. the competitive world of publishing has seen many titles come and go, but one monthly magazine has just launched its 5

mr salazar has been under investigation by the us anti—doping agency since bbc panorama first revealedhas this report. he's the man who helped turn sir mo farah into britain's greatest ever track athlete. alberto salazar, just days ago here at the world championships in doha, has been found guilty of breaking anti—doping rules, including trafficking in the bannedd steroid testosterone and tampering with evidence. banned forfour years, once considered the most influential coach in running, salazar is disgraced. very disappointing that one of, ithink, a renowned, recognised coach like salazar, who has been coaching for years, has chosen to fall foul of the rules. farah started working with salazar in 2011 at his prestigious nike oregon project with the full blessing of the sport's governing body, uk athletics. within a year, farah was unbeatable. but in 2015, i revealed in a bbc panorama a series of allegations over salazar's use of banned steroids and other unethical practices. there were no claims against farah. farah stayed with salazar for another two years despite the doping claims

spoken tonight for the first time since his former coach alberto salazar was banned by the us anti—doping agencyics training programme — founded by salazar. that training camp was used for six yea rs by that training camp was used for six years by farah who is not accused of any wrongdoing. he's in the us to defend his chicago marathon title, and earlier reacted angrily when questioned about salazar. it is very disappointing to see the list, you guys going at it again and again, and headlines, farah, farah, farah. asi again, and headlines, farah, farah, farah. as i said there is no allegation against me, i have not done anything wrong, these allegations, let's be clear, they are about alberto salazar and oregon project. do you feel let down by him? i feel let down by you guys to be honest. there is no allegation against me, as i said again and again. you read a paragraph, you go through, it talks about farah, and then write at the bottom it says there is no allegation of wrongdoing against mo farah, so let's be clear, there is no allegation against me. as super typhoon hagibis approaches japan,

were first made in that bbc panorama documentary, which triggered an investigation by the us anti—doping agencyve more for you in sportsday at half past ten. austin, thank you for that. the parents of a ten year old boy who died after contracting hiv through contaminated blood products, were given a standing ovation at a public inquiry today after describing the family's ordeal. lee turton died in 1992. his mother told the inquiry she believes the government knew the blood products being used were infected, as did the pharmaceutical companies, but that they did nothing. hugh pym has been speaking to lee's parents. good morning, son, merry christmas to you. are you all right? i got a stomach ache. huh? i got a stomach ache. it was lee's final christmas. he was ten and only had weeks to live. he'd been infected with hiv because of his treatment by the nhs. i can't get to sleep. he was just four when his parents were told he had contracted hiv after being treated for his haemophilia with contaminated blood products. he never had a childhood, he could never do the things other children did, that wa

champion has spoken tonight for the first time since his former coach was banned by the us anti—doping agency is shutting down the 0regon project, then flex training programme headed by salazar and the company says the situation and what's it that did make it he is there to defend his title and earlier reacted angrily when questioned by salazar —— about salazar. seeing you guys going at it and again and again and headlines, like i said, there is no allegation against me. i have not done anything wrong. let's be clear here, this is about salazar. in the oregon project. i feel let down about salazar. in the oregon project. ifeel let down by about salazar. in the oregon project. i feel let down by you guys, to be honest. there is no allegation against me. as i have said again and again, you read a paragraph, you go through, it talks about that and write at the bottom, there is no allegation against me or wrongdoing. so let's be clear, there's no allegation against me. the typhoon is already seen two rugby world cup matches called off tomorrow in scotland feared that there must win game againstja

there has been a four—year investigation by the us anti doping agency and a two—year court battle behindlazar‘s training camp in oregon in 2017, but he denied his was connected to doping claims. fresh from winning her first major global medal, dina asher—smith runs the fastest time of the day to reach the semi—finals of the 200 metres at the world athletics championships in doha. manchester united suffer their worst start to a league season in 30 years. a 1—1 draw at home to arsenal leaves them tenth in the table after seven games. and scotland can still make it into the knockout stage of the rugby world cup after a commanding win over samoa. they're third in their pool after two games. commandingi commanding i think a little bit of an understatement there. they walloped them. and thank you for joining us in the studio today. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. you have been warning us about what is going on, and some flooding as well. that's right, good morning, everybody. at the moment the environment agency has 88 flood warnings and 223 alerts. now, those are updated a

salazar, who coached four—time olympic champion mo farah, was banned by the united states anti—doping agencysalazar‘s link with farah. before his departure at the end of october, black will support farah at the chicago marathon on sunday. andy murray‘s injury comeback again showed positive signs as he pushed world number 12 fabio fognini all the way in the second round of the shanghai masters. after losing the opening set after a tie break, he came back to win the second set 6—2. a tight decider saw an angry murray tell fognini to "shut up" as he failed to serve out for victory. his defeat comes on the day, australian open organisers announced he‘ll make his return to the tournament injanuary. wales women are in action as they take on belarus in their euro 2021 qualifier this evneing. wales are currently second in their group.. they‘re looking to bounce back from their disappointing 2—2 draw with northern ireland last time out. 20 minutes into the first half at the borisov arena — it remains goaless. you can follow that match on the bbc sport website. scotland face russia in the rugby world

anti-doping agency found salazar guilty of a range of dopey offenses including trafficking testosterone salazar says he will appeal the decision the doping issue raised its head on saturday following christian coleman's victory in the 100 meters his win was soured by controversy before the championships of the mystery doping tests andy ritchson spoke to the head of the athletics integrity unit david howman who says coleman has done nothing wrong under the rules he missed. the other breach that he was at least to have committed was a failure to provide the proper we're about some from asia so it wasn't a missed test. the difficulty was that the. use of for those 3 for ideas or 3 breaches occurred in a 12 month period. and i didn't because the rule says the failure s.p. act takes place at the time that you inserted you were about information into the system not the day that you actually filed so. his free elite's breach was to place in a 14 month period not a 12 month period he's innocent. he's still got the possibility of another strike within a 12 month period but you can't cast aspersi

anti-doping agency found sellers are guilty of a range of doping offenses including trafficking testosterone salazar says he will appeal the decision away from the athletics the barrett brothers are getting ready to make history at the rugby world cup bowden jodie and scot are all in the new zealand starting line up for wednesday's pool match with canada it's the 1st time 3 siblings have played in the same team at the world cup the all blacks have had any live in daybreak since the opening game win over south africa and that's all the sport for now we'll have more from mr lee for international stadium later on all right peter thank you very much well the u.s. secretary of state my pompei o has met with the italian prime minister just epic kaante in rome his visit comes as the push to impeach president donald trump gains momentum home payoh didn't respond to questions about the issue during an earlier meeting with italy's president it's pompei was 1st official visit to italy as part of a european tour. and renowned american opera singer jessye norman has died she was 74. the 4 time grammy awa

anti-doping agency found sellers are guilty of a range of 13 offenses including trafficking testosterone salazar says he will appeal the decision away from the athletics the barrett brothers are getting ready to make history at the rugby world cup bowden jodie and scots are all in the new zealand starting line up for wednesday's pool match with canada it's the 1st time 3 siblings have played in the same team at the world cup the all blacks have had an 11 day break since they opening game win against south africa. that's all the sport for now will have action from semifinals at the national stadium later on we'll see you later peter thank you well renowned american opera singer justin norman has died she was 74 years old. the. grammy award winning singer made her operatic debut in 1969 and gained worldwide fame in 1907 norman became the youngest person to earn a prestigious kennedy center honor she was also awarded the u.s. highest honor for the arts she died from complications related to a spinal cord injury she suffered in 2015. thanks very much for watching the news hour on al-jazeera

but this is off a play investigation by the us anti—doping agency and in 2015 the bbc panorama programmepanel found salazar and a doctor in his employee, possessed and trafficked a bond performance enhancing substance and administered or attempted to administer a prohibited method to multiple track and field athletes. investigation added that salazar tempered and attempted to tamper with the doping control process. as he had mentioned, it's worth reiterating there are no allegations against mo farah, he spent six years working under salazar at the origin project before he left in 2017. he said he did not leave because of the allegations against salazar, and a former olympic silver medallist who isa former olympic silver medallist who is a bbc commentator also an ambassadorfor is a bbc commentator also an ambassador for nike says mo is a bbc commentator also an ambassadorfor nike says mo farah has not done anything wrong. mo farah isa has not done anything wrong. mo farah is a great champion and he has not done anything wrong. to create some guilt by association. by implication, he has ne

anti-doping agency. to establish a matrix if you will, a format. so i want to say that we all have an interest in ensuring our country and our athletes are not defrauded in international sports competitions. this bipartisan bill would fill an unfortunate gap with regard to u.s. law enforcement to hold accountable those who engage in such fraud. it would also serve as a deterrent to those considering engaging in doping fraud conspiracies and would provide a mechanism to gain visibility in a wider net of for the national corrupt practices that are connected to coping fraud. i leave my i leave my colleagues with the visual that so many of us, if we were not able to be at the olympics, watched as our athletes were able to stand under our flag. the emotion of that moment. the emotion of the athletes, the emotion of those of us watching. the excitement of standing in honor of your nation and representing your nation, anyone who has talked to an olympian knows that that is one of their greatest hons honors. so let's give them that been greatest honors. so