and in half an hour, bbc sport takes a look at paralympicgb's medal prospects at the winter paralympics in south korea. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the world's facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. that's the assessment of the united nations which says more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and the middle east. three and a half billion pounds are said to be needed — byjuly — to avert disaster. this report from our world affairs correspondent richard galpin contains images some people may find distressing. for months now, it's been known that millions of people, including this young baby in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. families forced to flee their homes and left with little to eat.

all this week, bbc sport has been looking at the state of sport — and in football on the frontline, richardd football. but syria's players are making friends on their travels. with their country at war, they must play home games on neutral ground. here in malaysia, the players are preparing for the most important fixture in their history, while backing syria, there is renewed fighting in the capital damascus. football is still being played in syria but six years of conflict has thrown the domestic game into crisis. the performances of the national team have already given president assad's regime a propaganda opportunity. but facilities are crumbling. there are a few countries want to play them in friendly games. their best players have all left the league. syria's coaching staff arguably have the toughest jobs coaching staff arguably have the toughestjobs in world football. coaching staff arguably have the toughest jobs in world football. six yea rs toughest jobs in world football. six years we work in syria, 60s we play on the field not in good condition. we cannot play any friendly game i

and in half an hour, bbc sport takes a look at paralympicgb's medal prospects at the winter paralympics in south korea. good evening and

snowboard cross finals at the world championships in sierra nevada, spain, you can watch on the bbc sportpeople racing each other down a mountain — if that's your cup of tea you can find it on the red button or at bbc.co.uk/sport, and we'll have more through the afternoon. south korea's ousted president park geun—hye has left the country's presidential palace amid growing

much more sport with lizzie greenwood—hughes on bbc news throughout the rest of the evening. all of us at the bbc sport centre, it is goodbye for now. keep the brollies handy this weekend, there is some rain in the forecast, and at some stage we will all season, a fair bit working north across much of england, wales and northern ireland. lots of showers falling behind, and that will continue northwards over the next few hours, really quite wet in northern ireland, and once that rain gets into the eastern side of scotland, it will be there for quite some time. with a lot of cloud, most places four to six degrees, so no real places with frost. through tomorrow, a pretty miserable day on eastern side of scotland, cold, wet and windy. northern ireland and rise up and windy. northern ireland and rise up from the south. any rain in eastern england doesn't last long, central and eastern england, a decent day, top temperatures in double figures across much of england and wales. sunday, a bit of a role reversal, england and wales seeing wetter weather followed by sunshine and scattered

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. no comment from sir bradley wiggins on a day that british cycling admits to more failings. andy murray says he's never experienced anything like it. seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi—finals. and hear the tigers roar. they have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. good evening, what a terrible few days it's been for british cycling. today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation.

they've also been taking on being presenters at the bbc sports centre. hello, you're watching bbc news and now on score report news day, my collea g u es now on score report news day, my colleagues peter and ryan from wyvern academy in darlington can bring you the latest sports stories. the cheltenham festival is underway. there have already been two races and our sports reporter can tell us more. the school reporters working behind the scenes and so we are literally behind—the—scenes here of bbc sport, which you will know and love and if you're paying attention, you will have a spot of the present this afternoon have been a bit younger than usual. i'm this afternoon have been a bit youngerthan usual. i'm not this afternoon have been a bit younger than usual. i'm not. rude, younger than usual. i'm not be rude, it is true, because they are here now. ryan and peter, you've just presented our afternoon bulletin, how was it for you? it was very nerve—racking building up. it how was it for you? it was very nerve—racking building up . it when nerve—racking buil

you're watching bbc news, and i'm jj chalmers with a round—up of the latest sport.port understands that leicester city will offer craig shakespeare the manager'sjob until the end of the season. leicester have won both matches since shakespeare was named interim manager after claudio ranieri's sacking. you're watching bbc news, and i'm jj chalmers with a round—up of the latest sport. bbc sport understands that leicester city will offer craig shakespeare the manager'sjob until the end of the season. leicester have won both matches since shakespeare was named interim manager after claudio ranieri's sacking. ranieri guided leicester to the premier league title last season, but the club managed only five league wins under the italian this campaign arsenal will need to make champions league history tonight and become the first club to overhaul a four—goal first—leg deficit when they line up against bayern munich at the emirates tonight. we may be seeing a different side to arsene wenger — he's asked for a "lucid rage" from his players. the players are ready to fight, but

damn, many thanks, more on happen-m- story on the bbc sport website. walsh riding four winners, including victory on nichol‘s canyon we can go live to the course, where the sun is setting on lizzie greenwood—hughes. lizzie, a nice quiet night in the local pubs and the bars for the irish. well, they deserve it, don't they? there was an a green sweet cake, six out of seven races today at cheltenham run by —— one by irish trainers. there is an amazing horse sale going on behind me. one has just sold for 170,000 euros, some serious horses here tonight. today has been about the irish, two men in particular, ruby mullins —— ruby walsh and willie mullins. let us ta ke walsh and willie mullins. let us take her look first of all at the ryanair chase, where they co mforta bly ryanair chase, where they comfortably won that grade one title.

all this week on bbc world news we're discussing the state of sport, and a new survey commissioned by in amateur sport. the comres—bbc sport survey has revealed that illegal drug taking is not just confined to elite athletes. our sports news correspondent katie gornall reports. fame, glory, money. there are many reasons why professional athletes take performance—enhancing drugs. and sport is overwhelmed with culprits. the disgraced cyclist, lance armstrong, has ended years of denial by admitting using performance—enhancing drugs. but what might be harder to understand is why amateur athletes would dope. dan stevens was a former amateur cyclist. a few years ago, he started taking a number of substancesrrrm to boost his performance. he was banned in 2014 after refusing to take a test. —— i had always been a clean athlete, and this situation that happened with me when i was 39 years old, the real thing from me wasn't really about racing. i didn't do a lot of racing on the substances. the main thing was curiosity. like, what does this do? how — how much of a difference does this give you?

as part of state of sport week, bbc sport has been looking at the phenomenon. 0ur sports correspondent st—germain gaming team at their base in berlin. packed crowds are nothing new in sport. this is the sport as you know it. with all the fervour of football fans, gamers are making

now to the final installment of the our state of sport week, bbc reporter and former paralympian katetary sportsmen, to hear their inspirational stories on how sport has changed their lives. the simplest of tasks can seem challenging when life as you know it changes with the smallest of breaths. i must have breathed in at the wrong time, i was diagnosed with fever, i breathed in baseball. i would not be able to lift my child when i came back from afghanistan. it isa when i came back from afghanistan. it is a deteriorating muscle condition, as time passed by, phil reached breaking point. people could not do the things that they wanted to because i was there, i was a burden on the family. my wife called me and we turned it around. with the help of military charities, he was introduced to shooting, a sport well suited to his condition. to be able to have something to be able to do, rather than sitting, resting all of the time, gave me more purpose in life again, after i saw my kids afterwards, i will never forget that. that is the best day ever now. like phil, many other military has now

you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website.t the government must plan for the prospect of the brexit negotiations ending without a deal and that failing to prepare would be a serious dereliction of duty. joining me now from westminster is the chairman of the commons foreign affairs select committee crispin blunt. very good morning to you. did you see any evidence of any planning when you were putting together your committee report? we asked the government for evidence, and they declined to give us any evidence. in an answer to me on the float of the house of commons, david davis said it would be engaging in a guesswork. however, since then, we've had the briefing out of the cabinet to three weeks ago, saying david davies warned members of the cabinet that no deal was a possibility and we should begin to plan for it. so it looks as though work was starting. who would've been implicit work anyway, but we need —— we think this work these to be over. it's notjust by the government are prepared itself for no deal. individuals and bu

snowboard cross finals at the world championships in sierra nevada, spain, you can watch on the bbc sporte red button or at bbc.co.uk/sport, and we'll have more through the afternoon. south korea's ousted president park geun—hye has left the country's presidential palace amid growing calls for her arrest. a short time ago she arrived at her private home in seoul. she was removed from office on friday after being linked to a corruption scandal. thousands turned out for rallies in seoul yesterday, a day after three people died in protests. earlier i spoke to our correspondent stephen evans is in seoul. he began by giving more details on her return to her private home. her supporters were there, cheering her like a conquering hero coming home. people were wondering about her demeanour after her time in the blue house, was she down, up, defiant? hurt demeanour was very defined, a smile on herface as she waved out of the car window, then she got out and shook hands with political allies. a statement was issued saying the truth will come out, it will take some time but it will come out. people

i am ollie foster at the bbc sports centre.of the most astonishing matches in the history of the champions league tonight. barcelona were 4—3 down against paris st germain, but they are through after winning 6—1 in barcelona. luis suarez got there first after a couple of minutes. paris st germain gotan couple of minutes. paris st germain got an away goal to lead barcelona needing six. neymar‘s free kick made it four. it was in the 88th minute. but they still needed a couple. surely not enough time? that they have a second penalty in injury time and it was 5—1. with the last kick of the game, sergio roberto got on the end of a beautiful through ball and sparked jubilation as you might expect. the nou camp has seen some pretty exceptional things and this is right up there. 6—5 on aggregate and they go through. the outgoing manager had joked in the pre—match conference that they could score six. he must be feeling very clever. another champions league match to bring you up to date, dortmund beat benfica. manchester city failed to

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.murray won't be fit to play in great britain's davis cup quarterfinal against france that starts a week on friday. he has a tear in his elbow and needs rest and no decision has been made about when he'll be able to return to action. the davis cup captain leon smith says the world number one's absence will be a "big loss" to the team. kyle edmund, dan evans, jamie murray and dom inglot will head to rouen without him next week. the winners will play serbia or spain in the semis. johanna konta is into the quarter finals of the miami open for a second successive year.the british number one beat spain's lara arruabarrena in straight sets overnight to set up a last eight meeting with simona halep. the england and wales cricket board are pushing ahead with their plans for a city based t20 tournement to be launched in the summer of 2020. eight franchises will operate outside the county structure. the ecb are looking to attract new younger audiences. cricket does need to change, i think that s

ollie foster is in the bbc sports centre. it appears to bea in the bbc sports centre.s to be a damaging afternoon for a number of the parties. the reputation for british cycling is at an all—time low. doctor richard freeman was supposed to be there to date in a fascinating couple of hours at westminster. he is unwell, still employed by british cycling, the doctor who received the package, was adjusted decongestant as sir dave bra ilsford was adjusted decongestant as sir dave brailsford said, six years ago. as some suspect, one of those steroids that sir bradley wiggins had therapeutic use exemption is for, but not on the final racy won. british cycling responding to the frustrated comments in parliament. they say... british cycling saying they needed to get their house in order, and they have. at the heart of it is getting the evidence from doctor richard freeman, he said he was not well enough to appear in front of the select committee to find out what exactly was in that parcel. finally team sky has come out of a statement saying they have done no wrong. nick colsaer

that's all from us at the bbc sport centre.ning, but for now, let's joinjohn watson live in dublin for this year's final inside six nations. you john is in a very load dublin. the city is rocking on saint patrick's day. ireland know they can stop them winning with back—to—back grand fun titles. they would love to do that. welcome to inside six nations. welcome to dublin and welcome to the rds arena, which hosts a legends match tonight between ireland and england — are lots of familiar faces from english and irish teams. england already have the title in thebagrbutjrelad are hoping to upset the party. england arrive here to face dublin tomorrow. it would i an tomorrow. it would be an unprecedented i9 tomorrow. it would be an unprecedented 19 win in a row. ireland would love to stop them from achieving that on §§ml " ’ ' ireland would love to stop them from achieving that on 5?“ patrick ‘s achieving that on saint patrick ‘s weekend. before we look ahead, let's— rem md-ourseivepoihcw-e eddiejones's side secured the title — helped,

last week bbc sport revealed that british swimming was investigating bullying complaints by number ofrs about a coach. last month, british cycling apologised for failing is afternoon dependent review into allegations of bullying and sexism. uk sport to borrow brings in new standards of governance, but a lot of change seems to be need to be made. thing you for bringing us up to date. everton midfielder tom cleverley‘s loan spell at watford will be made into a permanent move at the end of the season.cleverley has signed a five—year deal moving for an undisclosed fee. the england international joined watford injanuary and has made eight appearances so far. he also had a successful loan spell at vicarage road during the 2009—10 campaign while on manchester united's books johanna konta will climb to a career high seventh in the world tennis rankings if she beats caroline wozniacki in the miami open final this weekend. konta beat venus williams to become the first british woman to reach the final. amazing to think, konta was just six years old when williams first won this tournament 19 year

you're watching sport today from the bbc sport centre. ted 0lympian of all time, doping cheats are ruining sport. the 2022 commonwealth games in durban is in doubt. and the aussie open title wasn't enough. serena williams has itchy feet. i tell you what, you will love this surprise appearance that shock to some park players. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today and michael phelps, the most decorated 0lympian of all time has told the us congress he never felt any competition outside of the united states was clea n. outside of the united states was clean. the swimmer testified in front of officials from wada and the international olympic committee. he called for an urgent overhaul of global anti—doping

for now, from all of us at the bbc sports centre, goodbye.hat her timetable for for more triggering for more brexit negotiations by the end of the month remains on track.

danny savage, bbc news, south cumbria. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ue leaders chelsea take another step to the title, with a 2—1win at west ham. chapecoense prepare for their first international match since the air disaster that devastated the brazilian club. and we talk to the man who believes canada can fall in love with rugby league. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that chelsea have re—established a ten—point lead at the top of the english premier league, after a 2—1 victory away to west ham. eden hazard and diego costa scored in the london derby, before manuel la nzini's injury—time strike. chelsea have made it seven league matches since they last lost, as the blues continue their quest for a title in antonio conte's first season at the club. we must think that we are able to ta ke we must think that we are able to take 26 points, to win this title. but it is important to see game by game,

that will be live on the bbc sport website.after brushing aside spain's guillermo garcia—lopez in straight sets. the world number one needed just an hour and 12 minutes to complete the comfortable win. murray was playing for the second time at his first tournament since his fourth—round defeat at the australian open injanuary. he'll face germany's philipp kohlschreiber in the last eight. he had been dealing with shingles. but dan evans is out. the british number two lost to fourth seed gael monfils. evans fought back after losing the first set to take the second but was swept aside by the world number twelve in the decider. golf could be quicker and simpler. that is according to the rule makers. he is our sports correspondent. there are few sports as steeped in tradition as golf. it's lost data back to 1744. the game has evolved but the rules are notoriously difficult to navigate. anything they can do to make a game quicker has got to be a bonus. today we need to be a bit more mindful that people new to the game needs to unders

bbc news. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.spanish international, fernando torres, taken to hospital after suffering a head injury against deportivo la coruna. andy murray saves seven match points, as he sneaks into the dubai championships semi—finals. and british cycling lurches further into crisis after admitting "failings" within the organisation. hello, and welcome to the programme, where it's spain's primera division where we start, and the news that atletico madrid and spain striker, fernando torres, has been taken to hospital after a heavy collision in their 1—1 draw away to deportivo la coruna. torres and deportivo's alex bergantinos went up for the ball five minutes from the end of the match. the 32—year—old appeared to lose consciousness and landed head first on the turf with players from both sides racing to his aid before medical staff attended to him and removed him from the field on a stretcher where he was taken to hospital. the club have tweeted since torres was taken to hospital, saying this. "torres suffers a

for now, from all of us at the bbc sports centre, goodbye.he headlines: theresa may has told mps that her for mps that her timetable for for more triggering for more brexit negotiations by the end of the month remains on track. aid agencies are warning that time is running out to save more than 20 million people facing famine across africa and the middle east. africa and the middle east. a crew member from a crashed irish coastguard helicopter who died after being pulled from the sea is named as captain dara fitzpatrick. here is how the london and frankfurt indexes finished. and how the american markets are getting on. remember the moment when two young children crashed their father's bbc world news interview while he was live on air? i'm sure you've seen it. it went viral. let's take a look. i would be surprised if they do. the... pardon me. pardon me... my do. the... pardon me. pardon me... my apologies. it's been described as the funniest video of the year, and now we've spoken again to professor robert kelly. he and his wife spoke to my c

hello, you are watching bbc news this is the latest on the bbc sports centre this lunchtime.al manager arsene wenger has denied striker alexis sanchez was involved in a training ground row with his team mates in the lead up to saturday's premier league defeat to liverpool. the player took part in full training this morning having only featured in the second half of arsenal's 3—1 defeat. the pair shared a handshake at the club's training ground it's believed the incident was behind his omission from the first team, wenger claimed it was a tactical one. com pletely completely false, but i understand that you have two feed the newspapers and we respect that. when you do not win the games, it is not a lwa ys you do not win the games, it is not always down to real stories. we have to a cce pt always down to real stories. we have to accept that. alex sanchez has 15 months on his contract, said the decision about whether he is here or not depends on arsenal football club are not on arsenal football club and often anybody else. there'll be no champions league football on terrestrial

you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website.iversary on saturday. all but one of the 28 leaders of the eu nations have gathered in rome. britain is, of course, missing. the six founder members — italy, france, germany, the netherlands belgium and luxembourg — could not have imagined the challenges the eu would be facing in 2017. our special correspondent allan little reports from rome on the successes and failures of the past six decades. the british were not here in 1957 and will be not here today. they signed a pledge to unify europe coming here, in the splendour of a capital that had once brought unity by conquest to the ancient world. the six founding nations, that small, initial group, we re were driven bit the experience of war. twice in their direct living memory. the men who sat at this table were notjust building a trading bloc, they were trying to turn the page on centuries of conflict in europe and create a page when war would not become difficult, but impossible. how do you sit—in this room 60 years on and breathe ne

bbc news. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gregate over two legs to move into the champions league quarterfinals. ravi ashwin helps india to victory over australia in a bad tempered second test match. and serena williams is set to relinquish her world number one ranking after pulling out of her next two tournaments with injury. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with champions league football and the news that holders real madrid and five time winners bayern munich are the first sides through to the quarter—finals this year. real won 3—1 on the night and 6—2 on aggregate against napoli while arsenal lost 5—1 for the second successive time against carlo ancelotti‘s bayern munich going down 10—2 on aggregate. the arsenal manager arsene wenger has again had his future questioned but he believes the officials were at fault. we were really unlucky tonight because it was a 100% penalty at 1—0 on walcott in the first half, i checkedit on walcott in the first half, i checked it on television. in the second half the refe

coverage also on the bbc sport website.are closing in on the appointment of their next manager, following the sacking of steve mcclaren for the second time. we understand gary rowett is the wanted man. he left birmingham in december, having led them to seventh place, and the deal could be finalised in the next hour oi’ could be finalised in the next hour or $0. could be finalised in the next hour or so. wigan sacked warrenjoyce after just four months in or so. wigan sacked warrenjoyce afterjust four months in the job. they are second bottom in the championship. celtic‘s stuart armstrong has been called up to the scotla nd armstrong has been called up to the scotland squad for the first time. he hasjoined a 30 man party announced by manager gordon strachan today by bournemouth‘s ryan fraser who has broken through to the first tea m who has broken through to the first team this season, and tom kenny fall. all of them have been selected for the first time. they play a world cup game against canada. two of the biggest clubs in

from the bbc sport centre, here isjohn watson.eir hands with ferrari after watching sebastian vettel win the opening race of the formula one championship at the australian grand prix. a badly timed pit stop cost the british driver, as vettel won in melbourne. nick parrot reports. the sebastian vettel victory finger had not been seen for 18 months — until today. that's because mercedes have dominated formula one for the last three years. starting from pole in melbourne, lewis hamilton was the favourite to win the race, and when he emerged from the first corner in the lead, many might have thought all bets were off. new rules have been brought in to make the cars faster, and the sport more exciting, but this race was won thanks to a tactical error. with sebastian vettel pressuring hamilton, mercedes blinked first, bringing him in for fresh tyres. he came out in fifth and got stuck in traffic. radio: we need to get past verstappen. i don't know how you expect me to do that right now! vettel timed his stop to perfection. he came back

you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website.otballers — something he says could have ‘life—threatening implications‘. jiri dvorak, claims around half of players involved in the past three world cups regularly took non—steroidal, anti—inflammatory drugs. he spoke to david ornstein as part of the bbc‘s state of sport week. it‘s known as the beautiful game but the pursuit of glory can be ugly. when injury occurs there is pressure to play through the pain and now a leading doctor says the use of legal medication is one of football‘s biggest problems. if you cover up symptoms over years or decades, this is general in medicine, if you have an underlying pathology and you constantly cover up with medication, the underlying pathology or disease is not cured. dr dvorak warned about this in 2012 when he found almost 40% of players at the 2010 world cup took painkillers before every game. football‘s governing body fifa say they are providing education on the well—being of athletes, while the professional footballers‘ association insist it

and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s katherine downes.of his 60—metres title at the european indoor athletics championships in belgrade. he won his heat and was fastest overall, to qualify for the semi—finals. he‘ll be joined there this evening by theo etienne and andrew robertson, who also won their heats. and through to tomorrow‘s women‘s semi—finals is britain‘s asha philip — who was part of britain‘s bronze medal winning 4 by 100 relay team at the rio olympics. she too qualified first in her heat — the semis take place tomorrow afternoon. coverage continues on the red button, as well as the bbc sport website. jody cundy produced a stunning ride to win the c4 one—kilometre time trial at the para—cycling world championships in los angeles. cundy has never been beaten in this event — it‘s his 13th world title in a career that also includes four paralympic gold medals on the track. certainly getting harder as i‘m getting older, the recovery afterwards. don‘t know if it is just because i‘m getting older or the fa ct we because i‘m getting

gna nasegaram at time now for some sport, let‘s joint karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre.ithuania in a qualifying game for the 2018 world cup. in a qualifying game jermain defoe marked his return to international football at the age of 3a with the opening goal, and with just a few minutes remaining, england are now leading 2—0. andy swiss reports from wembley. are now leading 2—0. a are now leading 2—0. day to put football firmly in perspective. a day to put football firmly in perspective. armed police on duty as wembley struck a poignant note. outside, the flags at half—mast, inside, the team is led out by five—year—old cancer patient bradley lowry before a tribute to the victims of wednesday‘s terror attack, reid is laid in the centre circle as 80,000 fans fell silent. —— wreaths. the match itself seemed straightforward for england, it certainly began that way. the recall jermain defoe slotting them ahead. although an error from keeperjoe hart nearly gifted lithuania and equaliser, england were in control at the break. after it, they struggled for fluency at first, but e

as part of state of sport week, bbc sport has been looking at the phenomenon. main is one such club. living in berlin,7where the game‘s but it‘s playing the long game. the business model of esport is quite new, and i‘m sure that we can bring to this sport a kind of... 55.3 has ease rime for psg it‘s all about getting a seat at the table at a tournament like this. esports events in europe, and the players here compete in front of thousandsfinthea—renpf e with a revenue last year of £1.45 billion, but in just four years‘ time these figures making esports worth almost £3 billion. brands are desperate for a slice of the action. places like this and events like this are more popular for young and for older people, and especially women sometimes. young people like me... everyone can like this. esports have an older public. such is gaming‘s momentum that experts predict it will become one of the top five sports in the world. it‘s like football, or like any other sports games. you have people to cheer for, teams to cheer for, and it is just amazing. you might not agree,

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight: thrashed again by bayern munichor arsenal and perhaps au revoir for arsene wenger. german opposition too for england's women, and it's not going well in washington. "we made mistakes but we're a clean team." sir dave brailsford say‘s it's no mystery what was in that package for sir bradley wiggins. good evening. it's now seven seasons in a row that arsenal have been knocked out of the champions league in the last 16, but never in such a humiliating manner. already trailing 5—1 after the first leg against bayern munich, the germans won by the same scoreline tonight. 10—2 on aggregate is the second biggest victory over two legs in the history of the competition. let's speak to our sports correspondent natalie pirks at the emirates stadium. there was unrest before kick—off among the fans natalie, what was the mood like after that? they went away with about 20 minutes to go, they didn't stick around to see the end. they knew exactly what was coming. 0bviously see the end. they knew exactly what was coming. obviously the

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight.comment from sir bradley wiggins on a day that british cycling admits to more failings. andy murray says he's never experienced anything like it. seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi—finals. and hear the tigers roar. they have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. good evening, what a terrible few days it's been for british cycling. today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation. they have promised to implement a 39 step action plan to improve athlete and staff welfare. yesterday they admitted to ‘serious failings' in their record keeping, missing medical records that has hampered a uk anti—doping investigation, that enquiry centres on sir bradley wiggins and a package hand—delivered to his doctor six years ago after he won a race in france. its contents can't be verified and sir bradley wasn't offering any answers today. more for

bbc news, leeds. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. after a 1—0 win over holders manchester united. through by the skin of her teeth — angelique kerber wins in indian wells after a 3 set marathon. and the 2022 commonwealth games will no longer be held in durban after failing to meet the criteria. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that seven time winners chelsea have beaten holders manchester united 1—0 to progress to the fa cup semi finals. watching at stamford bridge was 0lly foster. manchester united fans have been coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with no joys. coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with nojoys. as coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with no joys. as they were frisked for offensive items, the united team bus was underjust as much scrutiny. anything offensive on there, a striker, just one will do. marcus off his sick bed. as a mourinho used to have a hold over chelsea's player of course. he remembers the good old days. the new man is not doing too badly either. the

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.three goals in seven minutes as barcelona beat psg in a champions league thriller. manchester city miss the chance to go second in the premier league with a 0—0 draw against stoke. it'll be a yellowjersey for france's julian alaphilippe as he takes the overall lead in the paris—nice cycle race. hello, thanks for joining us on sport today. there's only one place we could possibly start our show, that's with the champions league. an extraordinary night of drama and heartbreak. one of the greatest comebacks in european football, if not the history of the sport. barcelona are through to the quarter finals after beating paris st germain 6—5 on aggregate, that's after having lost the first leg 4—0. they won 6—1 on the night. in tuesday‘s other champions league tie, it was wham—bam aubamayang, pierre emerick aubamayang with a hat—trick to send borussia dortmund through to the last eight at the expense of benfica. but the headlines will be dominated by that historic result at the camp now.

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ind to beat roma and take control of their europa league last 16 tie. should i stay or should i go — arsene wenger admits the fans are a factor. andre greipel sprints to victory on stage five of the paris to nice race. after all that champions league excitement on wednesday, it's the turn of the europa league to take centre stage. and there was a 6 goal thriller in france as lyon came from behind to beat roma in the first leg of the last 16 tie. the home side had taken the lead after 8 minutes but mohamed salah drew the italians level on 20 minutes, before on—loan spurs defender federico fazio put roma ahead just after the half hour — at this point all one way traffic. the second half though belonging to lyon. they scored 3 unanswered goal, including a rocket from alexander lacazette in injury time to put themselves in the driving seat to reach the quarter finals. 11—2 final score. meanwhile manchester united grabbed a vital away goal as they drew 1—1 at russian side rostov. henrikh mk

today is on hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centrelifiers before argentina lose to bolivia. china's hopes are dealt a major blow after a 1—0 defeat to iran. and roger federer beats roberto bautista agut to make the quarter—finals of the miami masters. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. we start with the news that argentina have been beaten 2—0 away to bolivia in their south american world cup qualifier, dropping them into the play off position. it all comes on the back of what was a bad day when their star player and captain lionel messi was banned for four international matches for abusing an assistant referee. the incident took place during argentina's1—0 win over chile on friday, when the barcelona forward was caught on camera swearing at the official after flagging him for a fou, but the ban was put in place just hours before the match which was played in la paz. messi has also been fined just over $10,000 and will miss the next three matches after this one, although both messi and the argentine football fede

you're watching sport today from the bbc sport centre. coming up: strong words from the most decorated olympian of all time, doping cheats are ruining sport. the 2022 commonwealth games in durban is in doubt. and the aussie open title wasn't enough. serena williams has itchy feet. i tell you what, you will love this surprise appearance that shock to some park players. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today and michael phelps, the most decorated olympian of all time has told the us congress he never felt any competition outside of the united states was clea n. outside of the united states was clean. the swimmer testified in front of officials from wada and the international olympic committee. he called for an urgent overhaul of global anti—doping procedures and said athletes need to believe in fair play. throughout my career i thought that some athletes were cheating and in some athletes were cheating and in some cases those suspicions were confirmed, given all the testing i am so many confirmed, given all the testing i a

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.hird miami masters title gathers pace. india are on the verge of winning the fourth test and the series against australia. and senegal‘s friendly with ivory coast in paris is abandoned after pitch invaders rugby tackle lamine gassama. hello and welcome to the programme and we start with tennis news. 18 time grand slam winner and world number six roger federer had few difficulties negotiating a path to the fourth round of the miami masters yesterday. the big one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del potro. the swiss who's already won the australian open and indian wells masters tournaments this year was rarely troubled against del potro, and will play spain's roberto bautista agut in the round of 16 as he searches for a third title at this event and first since 2006.

judah bbc sport centre now. jess has the latest sport —— to the bbc sports centre. centre, with me, jessica creighton. fifa has opened proceedings against neil taylor following the wales defender‘s tackle on the republic of ireland's seamus coleman last friday. taylor was sent off and received an automatic one—match ban for the challenge, but that could now be extended, potentially to three games. everton defender coleman needed surgery on a broken leg following the incident during the two sides' world cup qualifying match in dublin. it's not yet known when he'll be back playing. arsene wenger says his future as arsenal manager isn't completely sorted — despite saying recently he would inform everyone of his decision "very soon". arsenal's recent poorform — where they've lost six of their last nine games — means the frenchman has come under pressure from some fans to leave, when his contract expires in the summer. at his weekly press conference today, though, he wasn't giving anything away. i'm very clear in my mind, but anyway, but i stayed two months or two yea rs

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.as berdych, to seal his place in the miami masters semi—finals. gale—force winds cause the first round of the ana inspiration golf to be suspended for the day. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that fifa has announced how the expanded 48—team world cup will be divided up in 2026. all football regions will see their slots increased, with africa the biggest winner. the plan to expand the competition beyond its current 32—team format is subject to approval in may. each confederation is guaranteed increased places, with oceania granted an automatic place for the first time. fifa are also proposing a six—nation play—off tournament to decide the last two slots at the 48—team world cup in 2026, as our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. europe richard conway reports. get 60 places, that is the price europe get 60 places, that is the price that they put on their support for this tournament being taken

well that's all from me tim hague at the bbc sport centre.oin me for updates throughout the evening, but now, it's time to join katherine downes live from the principality stadium in cardiff for this week's inside six nations. has it really been two weeks since eve ryo ne has it really been two weeks since everyone was talking about the italian confusing tactics against england. since scotland got that big win over wales and ireland kept alive their title hunt with the dominant performance over france. the drama kicks off again here the night in cardiff, welcome to inside six nations. welcome to friday night rugby here in cardiff. we are under the roof of the principality stadium, the music is arm and friday night vibe isjust getting started. ireland know only a win will do to give themselves the best chance of lifting this trophy again. iamjoined best chance of lifting this trophy again. i am joined by former irish captain, keith wood who will be lending his expertise. before we speak to you, thank you for coming to talk to us, let's look at

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. year's beaten finalist kei nishikori is knocked out of the miami masters by the unseeded fabio fognini. world number one lydia ko is back to defend her title as the first women's major of the year tees off in the next 2a hours. and cristiano ronaldo is immortalised in bronze as madeira airport is renamed in his honour. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a shock at the miami masters tennis. the un—seeded fabio fognini has knocked out the second seed kei nishikori. the japanese player was the runner—up last year but was always on the back foot in this quarter—final and lost the first set 6—4. the second set was even easier for the italian as he sent the world number four running all over the court to win it 6—2, meaning he's also the first un—seeded player to make the semi—finals in ten years, and he'll play the winner of rafael nadal and jack sock. and unique kerber is looking like

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.paulinho hat—trick against uruguay sends brazil seven points clear at the top of south american world cup qualifying. iran move closer to a place at next year's world cup finals in russia after beating qatar 1—0 in doha. and the picturesque surroundings of dharamsala gears up for the final test between india and australia starting on saturday. hello and welcome to the programme, where a paulinho hat—trick has helped brazil to a 4—1 win away to uruguay in south american world cup qualifying. an edinson cavani penalty gave the hosts an early lead in montevideo but paulinho who grabbed his third on the stroke of full—time led the way for brazil with neymar also on the scoresheet. lionel messi was the lone scorer for argentina, netting from the penalty spot in the 16th minute and moving them into the automatic qualifying spots beating chile in buenos aires. james rodriguez scored for colombia in their 1—0 victory over bolivia in barranquilla, while paraguay won 2—1 over ecuador with venezu

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.t everton and celebrate harry kane's two goals with some unique handshakes. world number one, dustinjohnson, wins the wgc event in mexico city. and fans of peshawar zalmi celebrate after winning cricket's pakistan super league title. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with english premier league football. tottenham have trimmed the gap to seven points between themselves and english premier league league leaders chelsea, who play west ham on monday, after spurs scored a 3—2 win over everton. the england forward harry kane scored twice moving him to 19 league goals for the season and also taking him top of the goalscoring charts. dele alli got tottenham's third late on. impressive handshakes all—round. but two late everton goals did set up a nervous finish.