and you can follow qualifying on the bbc sport website and bbc radio 5live sports extra, that gets undermanchester arena tonight. he faces spain's frank urquiaga for the wba continental lightweight title before retirement. also fighting tonight, ireland's katie taylor will look to hold world titles at two weights. joe denly will play no further part in england's t20 series in new zealand. the batsman has been ruled out with an ankle injury picked up during practice on thursday. novak djokovic will play denis shapovalov in the final of the paris masters. djokovic beat grigor dimitrov in the semis. shapovalov had a walkover into the final after rafa nadal withdrew with an abdominal strain. 20—year—old rider afridza munandar has died following a crash at malaysia's sepang circuit. the indonesian was takling part in a tournament to promote young talent in the sport, despite the tragedy qualifying for tomorrow's malaysian grand prix has gone ahead. mark marquez was involved in a crash in that, the honda rider, who sewed up his sixth world title last month, spent much of the session trailing p

the dmt men's final is still to come today and you can watch it on the red button and on the bbc sportcan keep up—to—date with the competition in tokyo and see more of those tumblers in action. and just a reminder, the draw for the euro 2020 championships ta kes pla ce draw for the euro 2020 championships takes place at five o'clock, involving both england and wales. that is on bbc two and the bbc sport website. back to you. thank you, holly. three people have been stabbed in an attack on a busy shopping street in the hague in the netherlands. police said they are still searching for a suspect. images and videos on social media show dozens of black friday shoppers running away from the scene. the three young people who were stabbed were treated in hospital and later discharged. the families of two police officers who died when their helicopter crashed into the clutha pub in glasgow six years ago have spoken out in support of the pilot. an inquiry ruled last month that the crash happened because pilot david traill took a chance and ignored fuel warnings, killing the crew and seven peopl

the time now is approaching 1:45 in the morning and we cross live to the bbc sports centre. from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: chelsea come back in a champions league thriller at stamford bridge. eight goals they share with ajax. saracens in the dock. the european rugby champions plan to appeal a points deduction, which threatens to scupper their season. and the world champions arrive home. south africa receive a hero's welcome, after their rugby world cup triumph injapan. hello and welcome to the programme. the european champions league delivers again, with a feast of goals, drama, and entertainment. the pick of the ties on tuesday of match day four — chelsea against ajax. it was an incredible match at stamford bridge. chelsea staging a comeback to level it four all — while the visiting side were reduced to nine men. an eventful game, as our football reporterjohn bennett explains. this game had everything, two red cards, va are decisions going against the home team, changing the atmosphere on the ground, and eight goals as well. what a comeback by chels

and you can follow qualifying on the bbc sport website and bbc radio 5live sports thra, that gets undereams, it's ireland's women's first leg of their olympic qualifier against canada — live on the bbc sport website. let's return to south africa's win over england in the rugby world cup. it's south africa's third win but, back in 1995, nelson mandela was there to present the trophy to captain francois pienaar after he led the springboks to their first world cup win. it was an historic moment for the nation just a year after the end of apartheid. today, 2a years later, siya kolisi, the sprinboks' first ever black captain, was the man to lift the trophy in another landmark moment for the rainbow nation. and watching from new york, was nelson mandela's grandson, ndaba mandela, and i spoke to him a little earlier about how he felt about today's historic win. i mean, that was an absolutely proud moment for me. you know, to see a black man really being able to achieve his dreams because, you know, you can imagine, looking at our history, there are many young people who feel they don't belong

you can see a profile of all six on the bbc sport website.n the 15th of december from aberdeen. that is all from us for 110w. aberdeen. that is all from us for now. next from bbc news it is the papers. from us, it is good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the telegraph's deputy political editor anna mikhailova and chief leader writer sonia sodha from the guardian. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the times and the story that everyone is talking about — in an unprecedented move into politics, the chief rabbi has said jeremy corbyn‘s handling of anti—semitism makes him "unfit for high office" while warning that the "very soul of our nation is at stake" in next month's general election. staying with politics, the telegraph has the headline, "labour denies plot to sacrifice corbyn". a senior adviser to labour has suggested corbyn‘s future could be up for discussion if a deal with the snp or lib dems is to be agreed. the guardian reports that child

bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... ing bbc news, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. wales have lost their bronze medal match at the rugby world cup. the match in tokyo this morning was for the two losing semi—finalists and new zealand were always on top, running in six tries for victory by a0 points to 17 the all blacks, three time champions, who were beaten by england last weeeknd, showed their intent from the off, with two early tries, beauden barrett with one of them. hallum amos went over for wales first score but 28—10 down at the break they were always playing catch up. new zealand never eased up, more tries followed and it was their head coach steve hansen who will be the happier as he leaves the post. warren gatland is also stepping down after 12 years in charge of wales . i really hope that what we have achieved in the last ten or 12 years that we have earned respect and put respect back into wales as an international team that they continue the new coaches come in and continue the new coaches come in and

it's effectively the champions league final for south america — and on the bbc sport website and app al is live on bbc two from quarter to eight tonight, and as adam wild reports, the build—up to the game has been anything but straight forward. reaching the final, it can take patients. just ask the 1981 team, the last time. a strong party making the last time. a strong party making the team waitjust a little longer. the opponents, this is them leaving buenos aries, the fence they did turn out have seen it all before. the remarkable journey nearing turn out have seen it all before. the remarkablejourney nearing its end, the final destination is has not always been quite so clear. last years clashes between the bitter rivals meant the second leg of the final was played in madrid. this year, political unrest in chile has caused the final itself to make the journey to peru. has caused the final itself to make thejourney to peru. but has caused the final itself to make the journey to peru. but now, curators, south america's biggest clu b curators, south america's biggest club game breaking

bbc news, berlin. now, with all the day's sport, here's holly hamilton, at the bbc sport centre. good evening.endance record for an england women's game tonight but a last minute goal saw the lionesses lose 2—1 in their friendly with germany — leaving phil neville's side with just one win in their last seven games. jo currie reports. these funds braved the damp and drizzly conditions, hoping to witness a bit of history as the lionesses walked out at wembley for only the second time. a sold—out game and an expectant crowd. however, an early goal from game and an expectant crowd. however, an early goalfrom germany captain alexandra popp threatened to dampen spirits. since the world cup semifinals, england have been suffering from somewhat of a hangover. nikita parris couldn't find the tonic from the spot. 0n the big stage, england needed a big player. ellen white, brilliant finish. step ellen white, back from injury and back on the scoresheet. the world cup's joint top scorer picking up where she left off. a cheer from picking up where she left off. a cheerfrom more picking up where she left off

commentary on the bbc sport website.ngland's women are taking on germany in a friendly. the two time world champions dominated the opening play, which led to an unmarked alexandra popp putting the germans ahead afterjust 9 minutes. england's first proper chance came 30 minutes later with a penalty from nikita paris. the german keeper denying her an equaliserjust before half time the equaliser finally came, ellen white doing what she does best. these are live pictures from wembley, a very wet night at the minute, you can watch this live on bbc two. this could make history for a couple of reasons. england have never beaten germany on home soil. you can watch for yourself on bbc two and on bbc sport website. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around today. england's tyrell hatton shot a seven—under—par 65 to move into contention for tomorrow's final round of the turkish open. hatton‘s in a group on 15 under that trail austria's outright leader matthias schwab by three shots. the harry cobden—ridden give me

and you can follow qualifying on the bbc sport website and bbc radio 5live sports extra — that gets undere world cup finallists are taking on canada at 7pm tonight in dublin in the first of their two legged qualifier. meanwhile team gb's women's side — the olympic champions in rio — took a big step towards securing their place at tokyo. after izzy petter broke the deadlock five minutes after half—time, hannah martin and anna towman followed with two more to beat chile 3—0 and give them a solid lead going into tomorrow's second leg. i think ultimately we were controlling the game, so for us, i think we are trying to get more and more goals. we wanted to keep on the front foot, not allow them into the game it all. so really, really happy we kept a clean sheet and we have three goals going into the game tomorrow. and it was a blistering second half performance from the men's side in their first leg against malaysia. after samuel ward's equaliser — this from phil roper put them ahead. before alan forsyth and james gall made it 4—1 to give great britain the advantage going into their second le

play starts at 10pm, and there's full text commentary on the bbc sport website. n in the two match series. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport very good afternoon tea. watching bbc news. let's take a look at some of the main story said today. security forces in iraq have killed at least 15 protesters in the southern city of nassiriya. they opened fire to clear two bridges being blocked by the demonstrators. more details from our middle east correspondent, martin patience, who is following developments from neigbouring lebanon. in the past two months, we have seen enormous demonstrations against the government right across iraq. and often they have turned violent, with the security forces mowing down the protesters, most of whom are young iraqis. we saw that again this morning in the southern city of nasiriyah. protesters were occupying two bridges. the security forces moved in to clear them away. and at least a dozen of the demonstrators were killed in the violence. the reason youn

now on bbc news, sport today.this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: from 2—0 down, tottenham win jose mourinho's first champions league game in charge and qualify for the knockout stages. russia's told they'll be able to compete at euro 2020, even if a four—year ban from sporting events comes into effect. and after a year where he nearly retired and then came back, we hearfrom former world number one andy murray about his new documentary. welcome to the programme. we start with football, and three more teams have qualified for the knockout phase of the european champions league. 13—time winners real madrid and the english champions manchester city are through. more on them coming up. but so are last season's beaten finalists tottenham hotspur. it was jose mourinho's first home game in charge — and it didn't look good for spurs when olympiacos went 2—0 up, with goals from youssef el arabi and ruben semedo. but tottenham turned it round with goals either side of the break fr

now on bbc news, sport today. is all hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, from the bbc sportern munich maintain their perfect champions league record this season, with robert lewandowski scoring again — to qualify for the knockout stages. they‘ re joined by juventus — who produce a late late show against lokomotiv, tojoin the last 16. and calling time on her career. nicola adams — a double olympic champion — retires from boxing at the age of 37. hello and welcome to the programme. european giants bayern munich and juventus have sealed their places in the knockout phase, of this season's champions league. bayern, who sacked manager niko kovac this week — continued their perfect form in europe, by beating olympiakos... butjuventus needed a stoppage winner in russia. our football reporterjohn bennett explains how bayern managed to keep their momentum, despite starting slowly. to be honest, they were a bit flat, certainly in the first half but robert lewandoski never let them down. he gave them the lead on 68

now on bbc news: sport today. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.sek pospisil stuns italy's fabio fognini. russia bp holders croatia 3—0. denmark hold on in ireland to seal their qualification for the european championship finals. and despite missing out on the rugby world cup title, england head coach eddiejones speaks to us about why he believes his side can still dominate the sport. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's being called the world cup of tennis, with 18 countries involved. the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format. more on that in a moment, but there's already been a big upset with italian world number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. als against dominic thiem. we will see you soon. let's return to today's election campaigning. scotland's first minister, the snp leader nicola sturgeon, has said scotland's voice must be heard in this election — or it risks not having a say in its own future. she was speaking at a campaign event in paisley this evening. let's hear what she had to say: the future of our country is quite literally on the line. scotland stands right now at a crossroads. if we don't make our voice heard in this election, if we don't demand the right to choose a better future, a fairerfuture, are more equal outward —looking, open future for our country, we will have a future determined and decided for us, we will have our future imposed on us by the likes of borisjohnson and by a broken westminster system. nicola sturgeon speaking a little earlier in edinburgh south. the labour party's online operations are reported to have been hit by a second cyber attack, following one yesterday. mr corbyn, who was on t

bbc iplayer. with all the sport now, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. good evening.at britain at the para athletics championships, with seven medals, including three golds. hannah cockroft won her 11th world title in record breaking fashion to kick off a memorable super sunday for the british athletes in dubai. kate grey reports. dubai is not used to the rain but for the british athletes, it felt like home today. world record holder kare adenegan versus the defending champion, hannah cockroft, in the t34100 metres, hannah cockroft is head down and away and carry them again struggling to keep we are down. she's going to get the world title again! hannah cockroft!l down. she's going to get the world title again! hannah cockroft! a new world record time, hurricane hanna is back. i had settled for silver in my head, i thought to myself the whole time i would be happy with silver, if kare adenegan beats me, fair play so to come out on top, everyone got the race that they asked for and i got the medal i wanted! wiz britain's medal count boosted, spirits are high for this e

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. over the british gangster film ‘blue story‘. a second cinema chain has stopped showing the film after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. odeon cinemas say they have extra secrity in place for screenings. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen. earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke the designer william adoasi who is leading calls for a boycott of the cinemas who've banned the film. i think it sets a really, really negative precedent. i think when you actually watch the film, which i fortunately have, you see that it actually humanises people from these backgrounds and it gives you context to why people may go down the wrong path and actually shows you how empty that lifestyle is. so it in no way glorifies that lifestyle at all. so for them to just blanket ban it is really, really bad. the police didn't say that the film shouldn't be

there‘s more on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. that‘s it. ws. let‘s return now to news that the royal family and senior politicians have joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph in central london to remember the fallen in conflicts over the last two centuries. as part of the commemorations, a spectacular 750,000 poppies cascaded over the white cliffs of dover. they were carried in a second world war dakota dropped from an altitude of 500ft over the battle of britain memorial. five veterans including former raf servicemen were on board the aircraft. the poppies were all purchased from royal british legion for nearly £a,000. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell has more on the poppy appeal and the events marking remembrance day at the cenotaph. as always, a very moving ceremony. the pavements absolutely packed with people that have been here for a couple of hours waiting to observe the two minutes‘ silence. you can probably hear the bands behind me. because it is the march of the veterans. up to 10,000 veterans who are marchin

published their financial figures for the past year, you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sporthe last hour, prosecutors in sweden say they will discontinue their investigation into an allegation of rape made againstjulian assange. the wikileaks founder has been in belmarsh prison in southeast london since he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in april. swedish officials say there was unsufficient evidence to support the rape accusation made back in 2010. but mr assange still faces extradition to the united states, where he's wanted on charges related to the mass leak of american secrets. those hearings are due to begin in february. a former royal marine who was accused of the murder of a wounded taliban fighter has spoken to the bbc after having his anonymity lifted by a court. sam deen, known until now as marine e, admitted that, in afghanistan in 2011, he offered to shoot the insurgent. the fighter was then killed by sgt alexander blackman, also known as marine a. charges against mr deen were dropped in february. he's been speaking about what happened to clairejones fr

you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. election with a high turnout of around 80%. the main contest is between the former defence secretary and the housing minister. the election comes just seven months after a terrorist attack killed more than 250 people. buses carrying muslim minority voters, attacked by unidentified gunmen in sri lanka's north—west. no—one was injured, but it meant the election started on a nervous note. as voting got under way, worries about continuing violence began to dissipate. people came out in large numbers. in a country that saw fear and religious divides after deadly bombings this year, it was a sign ofjust how much this election matters. we do not want the separation. muslims, burghers, singhalese, all must be together. a bomb went off quite close to my house. it made me think, "that is my family, we might be gone," you never know what could happen. so i want my country to be stabilised again. the attacks that took place inside this church and at several other locations in sri lanka, carried o

there's more on the bbc sport website, including the irish boxing star katie taylor, who has won anothertoday's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hello. a storming start to the weekend, some quite nasty weather for a time across southern england, south wales, the isles of scilly and the channel islands. a very exposed weather station on the isle of wight notched up a wind gust of 109 mph, more typical where these. some damage and disruption. the winds have eased this evening but not completely. quite blustery across parts of southern england and northern scotland. overnight, cloud and rain rain, heavy burst into eastern scotland but where winds are light, ireland, south—western scotland, wales and parts of the midlands, fog patches will develop in the morning. low pressure around tomorrow, but it will not be stormy. some will escape dry and get to see sunshine. in eastern scotland, the intensity of the rain will ease, outbreaks of rain in the east of england, showers leading to the east of england. for many in england and wales, dry and sunny weather around

max verstappen is on pole for tomorrow's brazilian grand prix — there's much more on the bbc sport websitebc news. as we've been hearing, prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein and allegations that he had sexual relations with virginia roberts, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. he says that on the alleged date he had taken his daughter to pizza express in woking. 0n on that particular day, that we now understand is the date, which is the 10th of march, i was at home, i was with the children. i had taken truce toa with the children. i had taken truce to a pizza express in woking for a party at four or five in the afternoon. then because the duchess was away, we have a simple rule in the family that when one is a way, the family that when one is a way, the other is there. i was on terminal leave at the time from the royal navy, so therefore i was at home. why would you remember that so specifically? why would you remember a pizza express birthday? because going to pizzaexpres

you can follow that doubles on the bbc sport website. all from me. goodnight. hello, this is bbc news. a number of police officers have been assaulted while trying to break up brawl at a birmingham cinema. west midlands police were called to the star city complex in nechells late this afternoon following reports of a group with machetes. a spokesperson for the force said fighting broke out as officers tried to clear the area. several arrests have been made. i spoke to rachael allison who witnessed the trouble, and said it broke out right in front of her as she stood in the queue. 0ne of her as she stood in the queue. girl punched this face, one girl punched this girl in the face, started slapping her. the audience watching was getting involved. this man held the girls backin involved. this man held the girls back in the next thing you know, the police rush in with their batons, telling everyone to get out and stay away. so, what can you tell us about this report of machetes?” away. so, what can you tell us about this report of machetes? i

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ter five years in charge, tottenham part company with mauricio pochettino. semi—finalists in 2016, wales book their place at euro 2020 after beating hungary. and canada win again to become the first country through to the quarter—finals of the davis cup. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. tottenham have sacked mauricio pochettino after five years in charge at the premier league club. he was appointed in may 2014 and led spurs to the champions league final last season. but they have made a disappointing start to this campaign, and are currently 14th in the league, 20 points behind the leaders, liverpool. jose mourinho is the favourite to takeover. patrick gearey reports. totte n ha m tottenha m fa ns have tottenham fans have long said that mauricio pochettino is magic. very few expected this disappearing act. the manager considered the best of their recent history, sacks less than half a year after taking them to their first—ever champions league final. ina to their first—e

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.relentless rain across scotland and the north—east of england. today we are anticipating it becomes dry here is the rain moved southwards. we will see much colder air following on behind it. this is below that has been generating all the wet this trailing front also coming in for us. today behind the front northerly wind picks up the arctic air, feeding in and it will trickle its way south. first thing today, still some rain across the north—east of england, that will clear up through the morning, then ourfront brings wet conditions do northern ireland, wales and southern counties of england as we head onto the afternoon and early evening. but, still seeing temperatures in double figures here. to the north, clear skies, much more sunshine but that northerly wind and highs of five and six, dealing very, very different even by this afternoon. on through the evening and overnight, some heavier rain for awhile out of that front out of southern england, perhaps in wintry showers coming on t

now on bbc news: sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak. centre. coming up on the programme: england score seven times in their i,000th game as they qualify for the euro 2020 finals. roger's revenge — federer‘s flying as he beats novak djokovic to reach the semis of the atp finals in london. and 10 years on from the attack on the sri lankan team bus in lahore, test cricket is returning to pakistan. welcome to the programme. thanks for joining us. we start with football — and four more teams have qualified for next year's european championship finals, and they include england, who'll be hosting the semifinals and the final. harry kane scored a hat—trick as england thrashed montenegro 7—0 at wembley to seal their place in the finals. alex oxlade—chamberlain opened the scoring after only 11 minutes with his first goal for england for two years. marcus rashford and tammy abraham were also among the scorers as england marked their i,000th international with a comprehensive victory. you know, it's been a

now on bbc news: sport today. hello. you're watching sport today with me, ben croucher.ing: perfect ‘thieming'! dominic thiem beats novak djokovic to guarantee a semifinal spot at the world tour finals. roger federer grabs his first win by beating italy's matteo berrettini and makes his final group game very interesting. and we'll show you how italy's assunta legnante won a second gold at the world para athletics championships. welcome along, wherever you're tuned in around the world. who predicted this, then? a group containing novak djokovic and roger federer and after playing both of them — it's dominic thiem who's already through to the last four at the world tour finals in london. he followed up sunday's win over federer with a dramatic win over djokovic in the last few hours. paul frostick reports. this was the day that austrian dominic thiem would now prove he is a top layer on all surfaces. not many can take novak djokovic all the way, and in a dramatic first is that, it looked as though this would play out as standard,

now on bbc news: sport today.ort centre. coming up on this programme: ten months on from the death of emiliano sala — cardiff are facing a ban on signing new players unless they start to pay his transfer fee. and history for lebanon in the asian football confederations cup. al—ahed bring home the country's first tournament victory. and we assess where lewis hamilton stands amongst the greatest racing drivers of all time. welcome. let's start with football first. cardiff city, who were relegated from the english premier league last season — could be banned from making transfers until the summer of 2021. that's if they don't pay french ligue un side, nantes, the first installment of the $20 million transfer fee, for striker emiliano sala. the argentina striker was killed in a plane crash injanuary before making his debut. the bbc‘s nicola smith is at cardiff city — and explains fifa's reasoning behind the potential punishment. it was

and that's all from us at the bbc sport centre. me mark edwards, and the rest of the sport team, thats your monday sport briefing. here are some of the events going on in the rest of the day. president emmanuel macron arrives in beijing for a three day summit. the england rugby team land back at heathrow following their defeat in the world cup rugby final on saturday. and later this evening in madrid, the main candidates will participate in a live tv debate ahead of the november 10th election. she's had a career spanning more than 70 years, scaling the heights of showbiz, winning oscars and wowing fans around the world. now, at the age of 84, damejulie andrews has lifted the lid on her hollywood years in a new book. louise minchin caught up with her in london. what i love about your book, we are so what i love about your book, we are so familiar with the movies, mary poppins, the sound of music, so many others, but it is the back stories about what actually happened on set, what went on, and that is the whole point of the book. i w

bbc news. that's all the sport for now, but there's live action coming up with the barbarians against fiji heres over on bbc two. that's it from me. the next news on bbc one is at 5.15. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on our top story. prince andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. speaking to newsnight‘s emily maitlis at buckingham palace, the duke addressed accusations that he'd had sex with a 17 year old american girl. he said he couldn't remember meeting virginia roberts and denies allegations of inappropriate conduct. earlier i spoke to emily maitlis from newsnight and asked how the interview came about. there was months of planning that went into this. we've been in discussions with the palace about an interview of some kind with the duke of york for pretty much a year. i think it was raised more recently, in may, this is before epstein was arrested and charged, and following his death in a prison cell in new york in august, i think there was a sense that things had

now on bbc news, sport today.this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a 5—star showing from sevilla in the europa league — as they cruise into the next round. dollar bills for sonny! the all black switches codes, to rugby league on the biggest contract in the sport's history. and a solid start forjustin rose as he bids to win a third turkish open in a row. we start with football. sevilla are through to the knockout stages of the europa league. the spanish side — aiming to win the trophy for a record—extending 6th time — cruised into the last 32 with a comfortable victory in luxembourg. munas dabbur opened the scoring after only 7 minutes against dudelange — the first of two goals on the night for the israeli international. munir el haddadi went one better, by scoring a hat—trick as sevilla won 5—2 to become the only side, in the competition, to make it four wins out of four in the group stage.

bbc news. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today from the bbc sport centre. could face another spell in sporting wilderness, as anti—doping bosses back a ban on their athletes for major events. england investigate after their fast bowler, jofra archers, says he heard racial abuse, in their defeat to new zealand. and "the booing of bale has to stop" — tha's the call from real‘s manager to the fans, after the welshman‘s controversial flag stunt. we start with the news that wada, the world anti—doping agency, will recommend that russia be banned from all sports for four years. the wada committee investigating russia's violation of doping rules, have concluded the country should be punished for an alleged manipulaton of a database of test results. if the wada board agrees with the recommendations, then clean russian athletes could be forced to compete in neutral uniforms at next year's tokyo 0lympics, just as they did in rio. but the sanctions could affect other sports too. here are the main recommendations made by the wada committee: a four—year ban from all spor

you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport website as they try to level the series.at is all the sport. many thanks. it appears itappears in it appears in the report that he was released hello. this is bbc news. let's get more on the london bridge attack. it's emerged that usman khan had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. earlier i spoke to mark fenhalls, a criminal barrister and and former chair of the criminal bar association — for his analysis of the justice system. it appears in the report that he was released according to law and obeying his licensing conditions. it seems to me that the real problem here is that nobody sought to address his attitudes while he was in prison and the current system we have around supervision is not providing people with the kind of support or security for the rest of us that reduces the risk of this kind of thing happening. ok, so if we look at risk assessment and what takes place as part of that process, i mean really it is only a likelihood, isn't it, a probability? it is not a prediction. yo

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.erling has been dropped by england for this weeks euro qualifier against montenegro after an altercation with liverpool'sjoe gomez in the england camp yesterday. the manchester city forward says that emotions got the better of him. it happened as the squad assembled for the wembley match on thursday and the trip to kosovo at the weekend. the pair both trained this morning. there was a scratch under gomez‘s right eye as a result of the incident. we will hear from the england manager gareth southgate later this afternoon, but in a statement he said that the emotions of yesterday's game at anfield were still raw. that saw liverpool beat city and the sterling and gomez squared up to each other. sterling has tried to smooth over the incident at st george's park, saying, "we both understand it was a 5—10 second thing, it's done and we move forward and not make it bigger than it is." i think for something like this to happen away from the training ground is very unusual. it is quite the sensa

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun.s programme: al—hilal are the asian champions and become the final team to seal their place in next month's fifa club world cup. glory for spain in the davis cup in madrid, as rafael nadal seals their 6th title. and jon rahm is europe's top golfer, clinching the season—ending tour championship in dubai. hello, and welcome to the programme. saudi arabian side al hilal are the asian club champions for a record—equalling third time. they beating japan's urawa red diamonds 2—0 in the second leg of the champions league final for a 3—0 aggregate victory. craig templeton reports. 0ptimism was high among the travelling fans, but they are one goal lead heading into the second leg was a slender one. their opponents, temp one mac —— urawa red diamonds, beat them in a final two yea rs diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now was diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now was the time for revenge. the match did not spike into life un

from the bbc sport centre, enjoy the rest of your day. we will. i'm sure we will.cisco, a rather unusual member of staff can be spotted among the corridors and departure gates of one of the city's airports. sporting a pilot's cap and pink toenails, five—year—old lilou is helping stressed travellers have a more enjoyable journey. gareth barlow reports on the world's first airport therapy pig. "pigs might fly", as the old saying goes, but lilou is getting pretty close to taking off. at least, she's certainly taken off with passengers at san francisco's international airport. i've never seen one here, so it's interesting. it's fun. i got really excited. she can do tricks like a dog. you know the nails, the hat, just the — i don't know how to really explain it but it's actually really cool. lilou is part of the wag brigade, which uses therapy animals, including the world's first therapy pig, to ease the stress of travellers and flying. it makes them happy and pause for a second. just smiling. it makes them go "oh, it's great" and snap out of the moment. a musician. a s

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including detailed reaction and analysisnship. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more in afternoon live after 2pm with jane dougall. thank you very much indeed. more now on health bosses warning politicians to not use the nhs as a "political weapon" during the general election campaign. nhs providers has urged the main parties to not make "empty promises" over future funding for the health service. chris hopson is the ceo of nhs providers, and he spoke to the bbc earlier about the kind of promises they are talking about. i know both the secretary of state for health and the shadow sector of state for health, and they both want the best for the nhs, but when we get into the heat of general elections, all kinds of things can happen. let me give you one example, this channel and the rest of the bbc for the last two or three years has been absolutely clear that we are facing a social care crisis. what happened in the 2015 general election? it all revolved around a death tax. in 2017, it all revolved around a dementia tax, and what we didn

you can check out all of the latest on the bbc sport website.reaking the premiership salary cap. the english and european champoions were hit with a 35 point penalty and 5 million pound fine. england head coach, eddiejones has been speaking about the issue. he says relationships may have been damaged within his squad by the punishment. eight of his matchday squad for the world cup finaljust over 2 weeks ago were sarries players, including his captain, 0wen farrell. and jones can see some of those players prioritising club over country to help keep them up. that could have a significant impact and it's something that we need to weigh up and look at very carefully. 0bviously, weigh up and look at very carefully. obviously, there may be some dislocation between saracens players and the rest of the clubs. that's a reality, and we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder, and there might be some saracens players that feel like they've got to play for their club instead of their country to make sure they don't go down. so it's going

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.p very much. some of us had more rain and not just rain, some snow there into the welsh hills in shropshire, very wintry for a time today, thankfully we have not seen the huge amount of new rainfall in those areas seeing the worst of the flooding but there are still some severe flood warnings, head to the website for full details about the areas affected by those and at the moment. this is where the rain is setting overnight, it will be across parts of england, southern half of england and wales, easing in intensity, some hill snow mixed in, northern ireland drier but icy as temperatures dip away in the frost sets in, so ice and untreated surfaces and a risk across parts of northern england and scotland for that as it turns cold and frosty here as well. under clear skies. the low pressure that but today's rain is pulling away southwards, with the gap between weather systems so these become important as we look at the longer forecast but as for the number on sunday, it is looking much q

commentary on the bbc sport website.inst germany but it wasn't the history making win they hoped for, the lionesses lost 2—1. the two time world champions dominated the opening play, which led to an unmarked alexandra popp putting the germans ahead afterjust 9 minutes. england's first proper chance came 30 minutes later with a penalty from nikita paris. the german keeper denying her an equaliser. just before half time the goal finally came, ellen white doing what she does best but in the last minute of normal time, klara buhlfoud a chink in england defence to give germany a 2—1 victory. it leaves some questioning phil neville's future as head coach.. i don't listen to those types of people who are saying those types of things. i've been in football long enough that as a manager you have to ta ke enough that as a manager you have to take the responsibility. i do take the responsibility. it is a lot to do with me and we have just got to make sure that i improve as a manager and the players will improve to. let's have a qui

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.art to threaten sydney. at least three people have died in the fires in new south wales and queensland. helena wilkinson has the latest. the scale and ferocity of these fires is clear. this is new south wales on the east coast of australia, being ravaged by the flames. three days since the wildfires began, they‘re still burning and spreading. more than 1,000 firefighters are working across this state and queensland to try and contain them, but conditions are difficult. it‘s just the worst thing i‘ve ever seen, honestly. the fire front is coming at us. there‘s nothing you could do about it. lost a few friends in the fire, lost all my possessions. possessions are nothing. it‘s the people that count, eh. the devastating power of these fires is clear to see. this used to be what someone called home. now there‘s nothing left. 150 homes have so far been destroyed and thousands of people have had to evacuate. australia‘s prime minister says he‘s proud of how people have helped each other. peo

details of all the other days results on the bbc sport website.de of the premier league, gavin. let's start in scotland, where celtic are now three points ahead of rangers at the top of the premiership. odsonne eduarde and captain scott brown both on the scoresheet, whistjames forrest got 2 in a 4—0 win over livingstone. hibs, kilmarnock and st mirren also won today. west brom remain top of the championship. thanks to a 2—1 win over sheffield wedesday. but leeds are breathing down their necks. they beat luton, thanks to a late own goal, to move into second. stoke's mini revival under new boss michael o'neill continued as they beat wigan. neil harris survived a scare in his first game in charge of cardiff city as they came from 2 goals down, to draw 2 all with charlton athletic. the bluebirds missed a penalty early in the second half but a goal from nathaniel mendez—laing and subsitute lee tomlin's equaliser made the difference. and in spain, we thought there might have been huge upset, when leganes went into half time, with the lead against la lig

right now on the bbc sport website, you can watch the track cycling world cup, which is taking place co.uk/sport, or via the red button. that's all from me for now. i'll bring you a full round up on sportsday at 10.30pm. see you then. look forward to that, holly. thank you. let's return to the election campaign now. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has been campaigning in south wales. he's said his party would try for a few more days to agree an electoral pact with the tories, but he's repeated his condition that borisjohnson would have to abandon his deal with the eu. at a speech in newport, mr farage once again criticised the prime minister's deal. this is mrs may's deal with new wrapping paper. this is not brexit and boris is not good enough. we will not put up with being stuck for a further three years at least in negotiations. we will not put up with a total bill that will be £65 billion. and the hell, will not put up billion. and the hell, will not put up with regulatory alignment on everything from financial services to fisheries because we will never be free, we w

full coverage on the bbc sport website. abu dhabi, ahead of sunday's final grand prix of the season. once again, verstappen was the only man to challenege the mercedes drivers. he finished 0.074 seconds ahead of world champion lewis hamilton, with valterri bottas in third. qualifying gets under way at one o'clock this afternoon. slowly but surely saracens are moving back towards zero in rugby union's premiership. remember they've been docked 35 points for breaching the salary cap, but six penalties from england's 0wen farrell and this try from scotland's sean maitland helped them beat bath 25—12 last night. they're now on minus 18. while in the pro 1a ulster picked up a bonus point as they beat scarlets 29—5. this spectacularfinish from matt faddes was the first of their five tries. in the other match edinburgh beat munster to go second in their group. it's day two of the trampoline, tumbling and dmt world championships in tokyo with more medals for great britain. shanice davidson claimed silver in the women's tumbling fina

, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre.rld championship. second at the us grand prix in texas was enough for him to secure the title with two races to spare. he is now one title behind michael schumacher‘s record and his mercedes team boss says there is no limit to what he can achieve. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. everything in his view could be chaos. it didn't matter, all lewis hamilton had to see was the end of this grand prix. to win the title he didn't need to win, eighth place would do but look at the silver car overtaking. always racing. sebastian vettel was soon out and he didn't wait for the ferrari mechanics. he had his own diagnosis. wait for the ferrari mechanics. he had his own diagnosislj wait for the ferrari mechanics. he had his own diagnosis. i think that the suspensionjust had his own diagnosis. i think that the suspension just failed. something broke. hundreds work in a team, but all for the driver. hamiltonmy career was inspired by his father. anthony watched as lewis gave everything and

that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers.e are the journalist and commentator anne ashworth, and john crowley who is the editorial director of first draft, an organisation that investigates the spread of misleading and false news. hopefully none of that this morning. let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph leads on plans in the conservative manifesto to cut hospital car parking fees. the mail on sunday has quotes from a former head of m16 repeating his view that jeremy corbyn is unfit to hold the keys to number 10. the sunday mirror goes with labour's plans to restore pensions for the 3.8 million who lost out when the pensions age rose. the observer also leads on labour's pension plans. the independent looks at liberal democrat plans to target conservative "big beasts." and away from politics, the sunday times says that the queen has cancelled prince andrew's 60th birthday party. let's begin and plunge straight in and start with the sunday times. but yourformer paper and start with the sunday times. but you

extra and via the bbc sport website and app.eaten the netherlands 2—1 in their davis cup tie. andy murray kicked off the campaign with a win in the singles — which he said he didn't even deserve! . .. jim lumsden reports. britain would need to win for five consecutive days if they're going to retrieve the trophy that they went backin retrieve the trophy that they went back in 2015. rejuvenated andy murray, the dutchman played tennis that the latest status winning the first set. he had admitted to putting on weight after the birth of his third child, but burned off some of the fat by breaking the dutchman first game and giving the british fa ns first game and giving the british fans the opportunity to burst into song. he soon add more to rejoice over when they leveled the match in britain were back in business. the power and precision returned, along with it another nail—biting tie—break, a three—time grand slam champion summoned another gear and gave britain a victory that he later said that he did not really deserve. dan evans

bbc news. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. come true: stefanos tsitispas wins the atp finals to become the youngest season ending winner in 18 years. a 99th international goal for cristiano ronaldo as portugal qualify for euro 2020. and max verstappen wins as the ferraris collide on a day of drama at the brazilian grand prix. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. he beat roger federer in the semifinals. now, greece's stefanos tsitsipas has completed what he calls a roller—coaster week in london after winning the atp finals on his debut at the event. the 21—year—old from greece had to come from a set down to beat dominic thiem in sunday's final, making him the youngest winner of a season—ending event since 2001. imran sidat reports. it's a final that not many would have predicted at the start of the week. but it has been a tournament which has seen the next generation finally come of age. for dominic thiem and stefanos tsitsipas, it was the opportunity to win the biggest title of their careers,

and there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of spain being crowned tennis world champions:58,161 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. more now on the lib dems — and their leader, jo swinson, has said there has "been a squeeze" on her party during the campaign, but that she is "not conceding yet". speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn's neutral stance on brexit, and said the liberal democrats' priority was to stop brexit from happening. well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives? well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a maj

i'm katie shanahan, with the latest from the bbc sport centre.way from being knocked out of the atp finals in london, as well as losing his world number one ranking. but, as adam wild reports, he is still in the mix at the o2 arena. from spain, rafael nadal! here was the world number one once more under the world number one once more under the spotlight. rafa nadal‘s meek opening defeat led many to question his performance. now it was daniil medvedev‘s turned to us just what the spaniard had left. well, this was his first answer, nadal seeming at once more determined, showing more fight. but medvedev is part of the new generation, looking to unseat the old guard. here he was with plenty of his own replies, taking the first set on a tie—break. nadal had come to london recovering from an abdominal injury. did he really have the stomach for this? the second is that showed he had all that was required, medvedev misplacing a forehand and the match was level once more. into a third set. the contest now impossible to judge. medvedev the first to make hi