celtic are approaching half—time in their europa league tie. celtic led 1- their europa league tie.celtic led 1— mil from the first leg their europa league tie. celtic led 1— milfrom the first leg but their europa league tie. celtic led 1— mil from the first leg but fell behind afterjust eight minutes in russia. former chelsea defender giving roberto mancini's side the early advantage. as things stand, brendan rodgers men only need one goal to progress. arsenal take on swedish side 0stersund later, and will begin the match with a three—nil advantage from the first leg. midfielders aaron ramsey and mesut 0zil will miss the match through injury and illness, manager arsene wenger though still believes he has enough at his disposal to secure another victory. i always try to find a team who can win the next game. so i build a team with a good opportunity to win the game for us. we played in front of home fans but that is still a lot of stea k for home fans but that is still a lot of steakfor us, home fans but that is still a lot of steak for us, this competition is important for us. it i

against league leaders celtic.w if rangers can mount a serious title challenge this season. still being grilled about his future at the club. in the efl cup final. legend ian wright. but wenger reckons there's more to it than that. people always say the players don't want it enough. want it enough. that is the common response that you get the most. response that you get the most. for me, it is not the main reason. me, it is not the main reason. my position is my position. position is my position. that is the last worry i have at the moment. moment. have to answer these count of questions. coming up... 0lympics, laura kenny got married and had a baby. the world track cycling championships. and snow beyond our borders. formula 0ne's pre—season testing. check for the latest on your phone. the series, thanks in no small part to ben stokes. to ben stokes. ball and he ran out the new zealand batsmen as well. batsmen as well. zealand with more than 12 overs remaining. remaining. involved in an incident outside a bristol n

celtic have injury concerns. in fa ct, celtic have injury concerns.regulars, including leigh griffiths, missing out this evening. a very intriguing night in the cold and wet of the east end of glasgow. also coming up in the programme... thought to be the world's oldest football match, the royal shrovetide game in ashbourne lasts for two days and you're lucky if you even see the ball. so while britain's winter olympians are in the thick of competition in pyeongchang, their paralympic colleagues are getting ready to fly out to korea. today, all the team got together for the official team launch in manchester and our reporter kate grey was there. today has been the launch of the paralympicsgb team heading to pyeongchang in just a few weeks' time. there was a fancy gala dinner taking place to send them on their way. of their 17 athletes competing, and nowjoined way. of their 17 athletes competing, and now joined by way. of their 17 athletes competing, and nowjoined by four of them. scott, for you, it will be the first time in 20 years that a british athle

celtic opted to train in glasgow.k last week. in terms of zen it, that result in glasgow took quite a lot of people here by surprise last week. they have been on an extended winter break. but we expect a very different performance tomorrow night. we always play well at home, and in the europa league, i am confident. we need to have a good game, concentrate. without pressure. this is important. an intriguing match in prospect. around 800 celtic fa ns match in prospect. around 800 celtic fans expected in the city before kick—off. if you have a travel get and you are runaway, bring every‘ you have. it looks very cold there. it looks very cold there. it could be mistaken for pyeongchang. tony bellew and david haye have come face to face again today, ahead of their heavyweight rematch in may. the fight will take place a year after bellew defeated haye with iith—round stoppage. the original december date was postponed because of an injury to haye.

celtic opted to train in glasgow.e city, and crucially they bring with them that 1-0 and crucially they bring with them that 1—0 victory from celtic park last week. now, in terms of zenit, i think it is fair to say that result in glasgow took quite a lot of people here by surprise last week. they have been on an extended winter break, but they expect a very different performance tomorrow night. we have always played well at home in the year of the leak. i am confident. we need to do a good game, concentrate, without pressure. this is important. 50 a game, concentrate, without pressure. this is important. so a very intriguing match in prospect tomorrow, around 800 celtic fans are expected in the city by the time kick—off comes. if you haven't travelled yet and you are on your way, bring every single coat you have. absolutely coming yes, come prepared. the fa have confirmed they won't be taking any disciplinary action against liverpool's roberto firmino, after he was accused of using discriminatory language against ever

but if they played we be played celtic park, celtic can do it. we'll celtic change our tactics?osure in wider areas. brendan is a tactical magician at times, he comes up at the right formations at the right times. he did that at celtic park and he will have to do that tonight. he will be interested in how they will set up because they are away from home. thank you very much indeed. as i mentioned, it is cold but it will be warmer inside the stadium as it has a roof. bbc radio scotland has the earlier kick—off covered. thank you very much. british gymnasts have sacked the men's head coach following allegations of misconduct. eddie van hoof guided the british men's team to five gold medals at the rio olympics and was named 2016 coach of the year. he was suspended last november after an investigation was launched into his behaviour, and british gymnastis is citing irecconcilable differences for today's decision. the winter olympics next, and team gb‘s men couldn't match the women by reaching the semi finals of the curling competition. they had one last chance to make it — a play—of

celtic have restored a nine—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeene headed injames forrest's cross from close range to give celtic a 1—0 lead at half—time. he then set up kieran tierney for their second, giving celtic their tenth win in a row against the dons — who stay in third place in the league. great britain is celebrating a record haul of medals at the end of the winter olympics in south korea. the team was unable to add to its tally of five medals on the final day but it's a games that will live long in the memory after a spectacular closing ceremony. andy swiss reports. britain's olympicjourney britain's olympic journey has britain's olympicjourney has not a lwa ys britain's olympicjourney has not always been the smoothest. 17th and 18th for the much touted bobsleigh team, a disappointing finish. but there have been medals. yarn old wins gold again. —— yah yarnold wins gold! after some £30 million of funding, they have not come cheap, but the team believe they are worth it. this is a historic game for us, oui’ it. this is a historic game for

celtics down three. kyrie irving. >> kyrie irving doesn't believe in "gma." >> look at him explode to the basket. celtics down just one. less than ten seconds to play. wizards with a chance to win it tied at 98 apiece. bradley beal. no, so they go to overtime and washington didn't shoot well at all in overtime. they were 2 for 12. jalen brown knocking that down, he had 18. celtics win it, 110-104, so that's five out of six for boston. lots of news at the nba trade deadline. espn.com will get you caught up on all that. >> or call us up and we'll tell you about it. >> that's it from here. back to you. >> ring, ring. all right. >>> up next in "the pulse," who is to blame for a possible tequila shortage? >>> also ahead the mistake that ended with an olympic team holding on to 15,000 eggs. >>> plus, where to get discounts on this national pizza day. he gets the best deal on the perfect hotel by using. tripadvisor! that's because tripadvisor lets you start your trip on the right foot... by comparing prices fro

celtic led one—minute's silence for the former celtic and republic of ireland midfielder. the best possible start. a mistake by defenderjoseph samantha vic allowed the opposition back into the tie. james forrest completed his hat—trick in the second half. he helped celtic to the victory and a place in the quarterfinals. no real shocks elsewhere in the scottish cup. falkirk, motherwell, hearts, kilmarnock and morton all go although the focus of most rugby union fans will have been on the six nations, there are still some domestic matches to take a look at... with leaders exeter suffering a shock defeat to worcester warriors gloucester remain unbeaten at home, with a 24—17 win over leicester at kingsholm. there were also wins for sale sharks and second—placed saracens. in the pro 1a, it's a 7:35 kick off for cardiff's game with the cheetahs and for zebre's trip to munster. rugby league history has been made, with the first super league match played outside europe. woolongong in new south wales is one of australia's rugby league heartlands and a decent crowd watched wigan bea

celtic have restored a nine point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeennd then set up kieran tierney for their second giving celtic their tenth win ina row second giving celtic their tenth win in a row against the dons who stay in third place in the league. away from football ben stokes made his playing return for england for the first time since being charged with a fray, but cannot prevent his team slipping to a three wicket defeat. in the opening one—day against new zealand after it is from joe root and jos buttler england posted 284-8. and jos buttler england posted 284—8. new zealand were indebted to tom latham and a century from ross taylor seeing them closed the target. the key was won with four balls to spare and the stokes took and captain owen morgan two wickets and captain owen morgan said he bowled brilliantly. and there was a birdie of a different kind on the pga tour at the honda classic in florida. tiger woods tee shot on the eighth, a goose, but it seems “— shot on the eighth, a goose, but it seems —— teasing by it all and decided to go a

celtic have restored a nine—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeenheaded injames forrest's cross from close range to give celtic a 1—0 lead at half—time. he then set up kieran tierney for their second, giving celtic their tenth win in a row against the dons — who stay in third place in the league. the winter olympics has drawn to a close in pyeongchang with the final medals decided. the men's ice hockey final was a classic as the olympic athletes from russia came from behind to beat germany 4—3 in overtime in a thrilling climax. there were jubilant scenes as the oar won their second gold of the games and 17th medal overall. the winning team proudly sang the russian national anthem as the olympic flag was raised in honour of their win. russia meanwhile have been told by the international paralympic committee that their ban for state sponsored doping will be lifted if no more of their athletes test positive in south korea. two olympic athletes from russia have been caught cheating so far. the athletes had to parade at the closing ceremony under the oly

around 800 celtic fa ns match in prospect. around 800 celtic fans expected in the city before kick—off. if you have a travel get and you are runaway, bring every‘ you have. it looks very cold there. it looks very cold there. it could be mistaken for pyeongchang. tony bellew and david haye have come face to face again today, ahead of their heavyweight rematch in may. the fight will take place a year after bellew defeated haye with iith—round stoppage. the original december date was postponed because of an injury to haye. where there was love after theirfight, their was still some mutual respect between the boxers, before the insults came. he‘s a fantastic athlete, when you can push your body and do the things he can do, which i am sure are off the richter scale for what he can actually do physically. he is going to sustain injuries. ijust hope they wrap up in cotton wool, bubble and everything for this camp and sing him nurse —— nursery rhymes. i have a lot riding on this and i‘m eating tissue, simple as that. i have done a lot

aberdeen won yesterdays to cut celtics lead to eight points.ite. adelaide strikers have won australia's big bash this morning. opener jake weatherald hit 115 off 70 balls. that made him man of the match playing at home in the final they made 202 for 2 off their 20 overs. and the women's final was won by defending champions sydney sixers. their opponents the perth scorchers featured england world cup winners nat sciver and katherine brunt but they failed to make an impact as they were bowled out for 99. and the sydney side cahsed that down with five overs to spare — australian captain elise perry hit the winning runs as her team won the tournament for the second time. and the sydney side chased that down with five overs to spare — australian captain elise perry hit the winning runs as her team won the tournament for the second time. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news it's time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers are bringing us today. with me are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator,

great news for celtic, it is sad for the scottish team. year is at that stage in his career where he wants to extend it at club level with the games he has. it is a sensible decision. he made his debut for scotland in a friendly against the usa on the 12th of november 2005. his competitive debut came against georgia in march 2007. as he became an influential player for his country, he was made captain in 2013. in 2016, he retired from scotland duty and had to be lured back two months later by gordon strachan. but the new scotland boss will have to do without his services. the new scotland boss will have to do without his serviceslj the new scotland boss will have to do without his services. ijust hope it doesn't regret this decision. if we, fight for euro 2020 —— if we qualify for euro 2020 and he is not pa rt of qualify for euro 2020 and he is not part of that and you look back on that and say, i could have had an opportunity to play for my country ata opportunity to play for my country at a major finals, it could be a decision he regrets

through the the celtic tiger the start of the the financial side of growing to a substantial. you see the gables the possible phylum from. in london. we are gaining already i mean and dublin we're not going to take out huge financial houses some see the move. into dublin happened before it is happening is more and more of the financial companies and the insurance companies aviation are opening up dublin offices are expanding their dublin office and that's good for us we've probably moved from position where about one percent of our population would have been non irish now to our work force about fifteen percent. and would be new irish whichever term you like to use is made a huge difference and i think if bracks it happens the will be again in that area right across the food sector which issues for else to drink sector. and many deals are small or small or medium size industry c s m e casualty and they will suffer. if there is any kind of tired of sift or any kind of obstacle if you go back twenty years ago only a target of the trade that took place anywhere else in europe bet

that is alljust bought aberdeen host leaders celtic.tic. that is alljust bought for now. i will have more in the next hour. thank you. colombia has extradited to the united states an ecuadorean man it accuses of being one of the region's top drugs smugglers. prosecutors say washington prado alava attempted to join the ranks of the farc rebel group in order to avoid extradition. russell trott reports. taking no chances, handcuffed and surrounded by heavily armed police and security guards, the man said to be a top drug lord and a top target for the united states is about to face justice there. over the past decade, prosecutors say washington prado alava, an ecuadorian, smuggled more than 250 tonnes of code cocaine. a fingerprint taking and an armed escort in the full glare of the media, a final humiliating downfall of an alleged drug smuggler said to have ordered the murder ofjudges prosecutors and police officers. translation: he is accused of introducing hundreds of tonnes of cocaine into the us. during this three—year investigation, m

the man who presided over the celtic tiger the economy of the one nine hundred ninety s. one of the economic implications of that for i am a look at your political career over the period. so when waving to this but so close to be you will that the tea show through the the celtic tiger the start of the the financial side growing to a substantial. can you you see the gables that possible for i went from. then in london yeah well we are gaining already i mean and dublin we're not going to take out huge financial houses some see the move. from london to dublin that's going to happen both what is happening is that more and more of the financial companies and the insurance companies aviation are opening up dublin offices are expanding their dublin office and that's good for us we've probably moved from position part about one percent of our population what have been non irish now to our working force about fifteen percent and would be our new irish whichever term you like to use is made a huge difference and i think. if bracks it happens will be again in that area right across

celtic boss ‘s number was up. everything was back it.bout bravery and having courage to play. we have a lot of young players in the team, and we see the contest from last week. across the two games, we were much better in the first game than them. i thought in the scheme, if we played with a little bit more courage and will could have got a better result. are through the next 16. calum chambers's own goal added to the nerves which were compounded barely a minute later when the visitors shocked their host with a second strike. just after have time they boosted the gunners taking advantage ofa boosted the gunners taking advantage of a defensive error to make it 2—1 on the night. personal go through on aggregate. the sunderland owner is prepared to give the club away for free. that's according to sources close to the club. the london—based american took control of the club and the bbc has been told he is open to offers the buyer can be found to ta ke to offers the buyer can be found to take on the championship ‘s substantial debt. that coul

can celtic do it?ttle bit just celtic might have to change their shape little bitjust to celtic might have to change their shape little bit just to combat what they are going to do, but if they play the way they did at celtic park they are capable of doing it. do celtic change their tactics question not they played a diamond at celtic park and they used the free play in the middle very well, but they may have to change because they might get exposed in the wide areas. whatever brendan rodgers comes up with, he's a tactical magician, at times, he comes up with the right formation at the right time, and he did that in the first leg and he will have to do that again tonight. it will be very interesting in how they set up because they are away from home. for now, thanks for joining us. as i mentioned, it is freezing cold here but it will be warm inside the stadium, it has a roof, thankfully. early kick—off but bbc radio scotland has got it cove red bbc radio scotland has got it covered and the game is live

celtic were exposed to danger when kilmarnock went forward.g his four year goal drought in style. kilmarnock‘s winless streak goes back further, they could have scored more. jordan jones spurning a golden opportunity and mulumbu doing almost everything right. killie would have paid dearly but for mcdonald saving celtic‘s only shot on target in the 90th minute. defeat wouldn't derail brendan rodgers but with the europa tie an injury list is what he doesn't tie an injury list is what he doesn't want. elsewhere, aberdeen closed to gap at the top of the premiership to just eight points after their 3—0 victory over hamilton. bottom side ross county beat dundee four one.. there were also wins for hearts and hibs while it ended in a draw at fir park between motherwell and partick thistle. tennis now, and britain face an uphill battle in marbella to rescue their david cup tie with spain, after losing in the doubles this afternoon. jamie murray and dominic inglot were beaten in straight sets by pablo carreno and feliciano lopez which means britain have

celtic have restored a nine—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeenrrest's cross from close range to give celtic a 1—0 lead at half—time. he then set up kieran tierney for their second, giving celtic their tenth win in a row against the dons — who stay in third place in the league. the winter olympics have come to a close in pyeongchang with the union flag being carried by snowboard big air bronze medallist, billy morgan. a colourful light show and south korean music brought 16 days of action to a conclusion. ioc president thomas bach praised the joint korean hockey team for showing that sport brings people together in what he called a fragile world. this is the final medal table. norway top of the table with a record 39 medals, ahead of germany and canada. great britain have had their best winter games with five medals, including lizzy yarnold's gold. they finished in 19th place. and though britain have been criticised for investing more in winter sports, the chair of uk sport think this performance represents good investment. there is an amazing rea

the man who presided over the celtic tiger economy of the one nine hundred ninety s. one of the economic implications. for i am a look at your political career over the period. so one waving to this but. maybe you will to the t. show through the the celtic tiger and the start of the the financial side going to a substantial. kind you you see the game of the possible phylum froma. in london yeah well we are gaining already i mean and dublin we're not going to take out huge financial houses and see the move. from london to dublin that's going to happen but what is happening is that more and more of the financial companies and the insurance companies aviation are opening up dublin offices are expanding their dublin office and that's good for us we've probably moved in position where about one percent of our population would have been non irish now to our work and force about fifteen percent and would be new irish whichever term you like to use is made a huge difference and i think if bracks that happens there will be again and that area right across the food sector which

green along draymond meanwhile, meanwhile, draymond green along with celtics guard, kyrie irving and-a forward, swin cash visit los angeles children's hospital. all three basketball stars partnered up with n-b-a cares. they visited a non-profit pediatric health care center thursday. they took pictures with the kids and their families. tiger woods hoping to make the cut at the genesis open he has never won his hometown tournament in hometown never won his he has genesis openthe cut at the hoping to make tiger woods hoping to make the cut at the genesis open he has never won his hometown tournament in his career. we head to the riviera country club -- the last time tiger played in the genesis open was back in 2006. -- the cut was set at two over par but tiger stuggled the entire afternoon. his tee shot in the seventh goes into the rough it leads to a bogey... but he was still on track --in the back nine... he fell apart he had three straight back to back bogeys tiger finished with 8 bogeys ends round two with a 76. --he will not play over the weekend woods misses the cut by 4 strokes t

it is a great club, celtic, it is a huge club. we have is amazing and that really helps us in these games, but of course we want to go and perform well and we always respect that it is a very difficult challenge for us what we are up against, but we always aim to go in and be as competitive as we possibly can be. and be as competitive as we possibly can be. arsenal might need to win the europa league if they are to play in the champions league next season — the winners, remember, are guaranteed a spot in next season's competition and arsene wenger‘s side are currently eight points off a top four spot in the premier league. they are in sweden to play ostersunds, one of the more remarkable sides left in europe. patrick gearery has been to meet their english manager and discovered a club that likes to do things differently. the first thing you will notice about ostersunds is it is absolutely freezing. there is snow everywhere. one of the places where there isn't an oversight on the pitch. it is an artificial surface and it has to be

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celtic are 2-0 just before half—time.ing. celtic‘s goals were scored by ciaran tierney and mooser dembele. ben stokes took two wickets in the cricket. more sport in an hour and 15. the leaders of germany and france have urged vladimir putin to stop fighting in eastern boot. despite the un security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. another air attack on the besieged enclave of eastern ghouta yesterday. shortly after the un decision, similar bombings were reported. even as they voted unanimously in support of the resolution, there was doubt on all sides about how much effect it would have. the text calling for an immediate ceasefire took place by one calling for a truce without delay. it would not apply to any jihadi militants. we are deeply sceptical that the regime will comply. but we supported this resolution because we must demand nothing less. we owe this to the innocent people of syria, begging for help. the russians said it was naive to think difficult issues could be addressed overnight. the syr

celtic held a minute‘s silence ahead of their scottish cup game to remember their former player liamring a hat—trick. they‘ll be joined by falkirk, motherwell, hearts, kilmarnock and morton. the winter olympics in south korea are in full flow, and it‘s been a mixed day for team gb. the men‘s snowboarders crashed out in the slopestyle heats, but speed skater elise christie is safely through to the quarter—finals of the 500m short track. our correspondent andy swiss reports from pyeongchang. she is britain‘s biggest medal hope. and elise christie was soon showing precisely why. she led her 500 metres heat from start to finish, setting a new olympic record. it was some statement of intent, and after her disqualification of the last games, what relief. i was so nervous! i was like, maybe i‘m not going to do this, but actually, it was fine. i was excited. i am just glad i got to race in front of eve ryo ne glad i got to race in front of everyone again. but british hopes in the snowboarding came crashing down. jamie nicholls and then team—mate billy morgan both tumbled out of the slopestyl

celtic play aberdeen tomorrow. elsewhere there were wins for motherwell, hamilton, and stjohnstone.l winter olympics is now one day away from the closing ceremony in south korea. team gb will be coming back from pyeongchang with a record—breaking haul of medals — one gold and four bronze. billy morgan won the sixth medal of the games, finishing third in the big air snowboarding event. there could have been a sixth medal in the curling. but great britain's women lost their bronze medal match to japan. 5—3 the final score to japan who took their first medal in the sport. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. thank you, hugh. the comedy actress emma chambers has died at the age of 53. she was best known for playing alice tinker in long—running series the vicar of dibley, alongside dawn french. she also played honey thacker in the film notting hill. a little earlier, my colleague annita mcveigh was joined by our arts correspondent, lizo mzimba, who began by reading out a statement from emma chambers' agent. we are very sad to announce

celtic were beaten 1—0 by, and, only the second mistake defeats is rendon rogersjoined the the secondts is rendon rogers joined the club in may 2000 16. -- rogers joined the club in may 2000 16. —— brendan rodgersjoined the club. kilmarnock move up to sixth place while celtic are eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. there were also wins for aberdeen, ross county, premiership. there were also wins foraberdeen, ross county, carts premiership. there were also wins for aberdeen, ross county, carts and hibernian. all the sports news on the bbc website, including the latest from the women's six nations. ireland currently trialling france 17-0. thank you very much. that is it from both of us tonight. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. in most parts of the country today, the weather was horrendous. grey, cold, dark, really awful day with some outbreaks of rain. sunday is looking a lot better. you can see this very slow—moving weather front. what does slow—moving weather front mean? well, it means that once i

celtic play partick thistle in the fifth round of the scottish cup.old than it has been today. rain around for some of us, tomorrow much colder again. england and wales seeing showery abbots of rain through the course of the afternoon. there will be snow showers. coming later to parts of south—east england and try for a time house were then norway and back to northern ireland. a snapshot of the uk at 4pm, we will see some clearer weather in scotland which means there will be some sunshine at times, a scattering of showers that in the west but after some sunny showers that in the west but after some sunny spells and northern ireland, it clouds over again and outbreaks of rain come back. generally try a picture from northern england, wales, western england and into east anglia. some early sunshine today. it's been a cold start across eastern areas, there will be a slow recovery today, elsewhere some slot into double figures may be as high as 12 degrees in south—west england. more rugby today, sunshine on the ground a tease. cloudy damp at twickenham. it

he died of cancer at the age of 36. 0n the pitch, celtic are leading 2—0, both goals from james forrestkris doolan pulled one back for partick. australia have cruised to a seven wicket win over england in the t20 tri—series to secure their place in the final. england were restricted to 137—7, this spectacular throw from david warner removing dawid malan after both openers had gone with only 11 runs on the board. australia reached their target with 33 balls to spare. england now face back—to—back matches with new zealand. there is a place in the final at sta ke. there is a place in the final at stake. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. mike bushell at the bbc sports centre. mike bushell at the bbc sports centre. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5.25, bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. let's return to our top story this hour — the government is reviewing its funding of 0xfam in the light of claims that some of the charity's staff paid for sex in haiti. a government

from the boston celtics, please welcome kyrie irving!u prefer kyrie? or kyrie? >> kyrie, please. >> jimmy: is it irving or ving? >> irving. >> jimmy: okay, good. very good. thanks for coming, it's great to have you here. charles barkley was here last night, talking about the all-star game. this is your fifth all-star game which is great, congratulations. >> thank you, i appreciate it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: charles said that the guys don't play hard during the game. and if they do play hard, they're idiots. which camp do you fall into on that? >> well, i have a deep and competitive spirit. when i go out there, in specific matchups you want to go at, you want to be kind of prepared as best you can. so it's best to get your sleep the night before. >> jimmy: really, so you're taking it somewhat seriously? >> somewhat, somewhat. having some fun at the same time. but you know, you want to have that "i want to destroy you" attitude, you don't want to get embarrassed. >> jimmy: they're doing it differently this year. in the past, eas

four months, he has taken them on an impressive run, and of course culminating in that when against celticis also a name that the sfa are very keen on, too. no doubt, at hampden park, you may well have been expressing some adverse weather, but where many in this country rushed inside, this is russia. it is basically snowball fighting. the sport, it says here, is played dream two teams with seven days each. they tried to hit each other with as many snowballs as possible. those who get hit are eliminated from the game, and they wear protective helmets. it originated in japan. it wear protective helmets. it originated injapan. it is held annually. —20 degrees, it was, for them to attempt to throw snowballs. more like ice balls. that is the way, particularly with the cold snap setting in, we finish on sports day. weather forecasters are saying that this week could be one of the cold est of this week could be one of the coldest of the winter. the freezing conditions are set to last. this footage was taken by police as they intended incidents intent. the motorway was soon cleared and no one was

celtic are playing stjohnstone is the day's other fixture. 0—0, into the second half.r now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. still goalless between rochdale and totte n ha m. politicians from across zimbabwe havejoined mourners for a memorial service to honour the late veteran opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai, who died of cancer four days ago. his body was flown to zimbabwe from south africa yesterday. mr tsvangirai is being given a state—paid funeral. many of his supporters say he should have been awarded the status of national hero, which would have seen him buried at the heroes' shrine in the capital. mps have called on the home office to issue a medical cannabis licence to a boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug. six—year—old alfie dingley, from kenilworth in warwickshire, suffers up to 30 violent seizures a day. his parents want to treat him with medical cannabis oil, which is illegal in the uk. a short while ago, i spoke to our correspondent anisa kadri about this case. these mps sit on a group on parliamentary drug policy ref

aberdeen won yesterdays to cut celtics lead to eight points.oday's singles rubbers if they're to beat spain in their davis cup world group tie in marbella. jamie murray and dominic inglot were beaten in straight sets in the doubles by pablo carreno busta and feliciano lopez yesterday. cameron norrie and liam broady are due to play for gb in the singles but captain leon smith can select kyle edmund if he is fit. you can follow it all on bbc two from 10 o'clock this morning. it could be fantastic, or it could bea it could be fantastic, or it could be a spanish win. kud is the big word. thank you. this is the point where we say goodbye. you are off to read the news on the andrew marr show. yes, i am, you are off to read the news on the andrew marr show. yes, iam, but first, the weather. for many people as we go through today, there will be is a lot of sunshine, the sunnier of the two weekend days. yesterday's cloud was responsible for the patchy cloud and he'll slow. still some patchy cloud, but good spells of sunshine coming through. a feed of wi

celtic were beaten back 1—0 at kilmarnock.ain. overall, it is 1—1 after the singles matches. we will have more details coming up at around 5:30pm. small businesses affected by the collapse of the construction giant carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government—backed loans from high street lenders. thousands of suppliers were left unpaid, after the firm went into liquidation last month. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. britain's second biggest construction company collapsed three weeks ago leaving debts of almost £1 billion and a pensions deficit ofa similaramount. apart from those directly employed at carillion, thousands of smaller suppliers and contractors faced ruin due to unpaid debts. our main concerns are those payments are made. contractors and people's livelihoods of the main thing. this obviously impacted on them. now the government is providing guarantees to small firms worth £100 million through the state—backed british business bank. these will allow companies who lost money due to ca

the styx is the celtics is the river of the dead right from the beginning i like that toss a lot because it really gets to the heart of the match on this separation. and of the living and the danger that really appealed to me. a severe storm develops and the situation looks bad. not both skipper and sail boat survived the night intact the next morning the doctor sees another boat nearby west we fly over it's full of african refugees. but you're blyton for she stays but her staying there causes people to jump in the water people who can't swim dusting and i think there's that conflict where you want to help but you realize that you can't help everyone's just it's an incredibly awful situation like it is it. and it's a situation that demands much of the doctor strength and one that seems inescapable . sticks is one of the most intelligent films yet on the refugee crisis. of course the bodhidharma it's not just about the movies the policy is to place the actors directors and producers to meet and that mingle in a relaxed atmosphere since my town my first you meet everybody and. you talk to

*§f*~é;“£:—: ,..,- ~ — — ——— — — the quarter—final draw has been made with holders celtic at home toalso have an old firm trip, away at ibrox to face rangers. now to the rugby, where scotland got their first win of this year's six nations with a hard fought 32—26 comeback victory over france at murrayfield. john watson has more. bagpipes play murrayfield roused for the first time in this year's six nations. france the first to find their flow — teddy thomas endearing himself to his team—mates, if not the scottish faithful. if much was expected before defeat to wales, having found his stride, teddy thomas made his own luck here, his kick evading greig laidlaw. a response again was needed and huthones found it, and a hole in the french defence. tries were the tale of the first half, points from penalties — the story of the second. greig laidlaw, nerveless, edging scotland in front. if errors cost them in cardiff, laidlaw punished french mistakes at murrayfield to revive their campaign, scotland proving they are happiest at home. john watson, bbc news. it felt like a bit of a long time

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celtic have restored a nine—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership after beating aberdeen. he then set up kieran tierney for their second, giving celtic their tenth win in a row against the dons — who stay in third place in the league the winter olympics has drawn to a close in pyeongchang with the final medals decided. the men's ice hockey final was a classic as the olympic athletes from russia came from behind to beat germany 11—3 in overtime in a thrilling climax. there were jubilant scenes as the oar won their second gold of the games and 17th medal overall. the winning team proudly sang the russian national anthem, as the olympic flag was raised in honour of their win. following that, it was the traditional closing ceremony. the unionjack was carried by snowboard big air bronze medallist, billy morgan. a colourful light show and south korean music brought 16 days of action to a conclusion. the international olympic committee has vowed to end russia's ban — if there are no more positive tests from their athletes in pyeongchang. this is the final medal table. norway top

celtic drew 0—0 at home to stjohnstone in the day's other fixture, but have still increased their leadslope—style skier james woods desribed his fourth place finish as "minging" as he narrowly missed out on a bronze medal. britain needed just one more to make it a record 5 at a winter olympics but failed to add to their tally today. at least lizzie yarnold and laura deas received their medals after yesterday's sliding success but great britains women have lost again in the curling. from pyeongchang here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. from a dry ski slope in sheffield to an olympic final. james woods has long made the extraordinary seem effortless, and once again how he rose to the occasion, as he tricked, flipped and leapt his way right into contention. commentator: what's he got for us? cheering you can hear what the crowd think of that. what a run by james woods! he came here with such high hopes for a medal, will that be enough? it seemed it might be. second place for woodsy. .. and with just a few left to go he was still in bronze, before america's nick goepper snatched aw

alan mcgregor saw the only goal for the game in celtic. and two goals for olympic marseilles.rid and arsenal, the way from home and both in scandinavia. atletico one 4—1 at copenhagen and mesut ozil scored their 3—1 victory against their swedish opponents. the former head coach of the australian national side, ange postecoglou, has backed his successor bert van marwyke to do well with the socceroos. postecoglou stepped down as head coach last november, just a week after australia qualified for the world cup finals. they'll face france, denmark and peru in the group stage in russia, and postecoglu, who's preparing for the newj—league season with yokohama, says van marwijk was the best choice available to australia. i think it's a good appointment. he obviously knows the players, having coached against us, and i guess with the timeframe that was involved it is probably limited choices in terms of who they could appoint. guess the other chance for him now is make sure that the players in the team realise his potential for the world cup. we had a similar time last time but we had

for scottish champions celtic, a very good result beating saint petersburg 1—0.ans hadn't played for over two months due to their winter break and the second half well meant the scottish champions capitalised on the lack of match practice. the second leg will be back in russia next thursday. earlier arsenal took another step towards the last 16 with the comfortable wind in sweden. for arsenal it was very much a step argenal it was very much a stgg qt; start. pyeongchang at. winter olympics. pyeongchang at the winter olympics. both the men and women's carling teams in good positions to qualify from their round—robin groups. the men beat japan while from their round—robin groups. the men beatjapan while the women snatch the sudden—death victory against china and other good news for team against china and other good news forteam gb against china and other good news for team gb with don parsons put himself in contention to win a medal on the mend's skeleton. the sprint and the slide that puts britain in contention for their first medal of the games. while rivals are

had a victory over the boston celtics on sunday. it is now 36 points apiece.lo once again, thanks very much indeed forjoining me. it's time we updated you on the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles and this will take us right through the next few days, on into the weekend. hmm, tuesday, a bit of a mixed bag to say the least. wet in the south, snow further north but once the snow cleared it ended up being a really glorious afternoon and a spectacular one across the isle of lewis. if you thought that's a bit ancient history, that's the band of weather that brought us the rain on tuesday, here's the next great event looming with intent in the western side of the british isles. ahead of it it's quite important to tell you with these clear skies the temperatures will have dipped away. once we start bringing the weather elements together, we've got the cold weather in place, in comes the moisture from the atlantic so no great surprise if i tell you that after a bright enough start for central and eastern parts, in comes this weather front from the a

celtic are out of europe, what went wrong?ourage. but his young side will learn from the experience. they crashed out of the europa league after a 3—1 aggregate defeat against zenit st petersburg. celtic had led 1—0 from the first leg, but conceded three goals in a disappointing performance. they had 67% of possession but clearly lacked a cutting edge, with rodgers saying his team needed to show more bravery to play more positively going forward. the arsenal survived a scare in the last 32 tie, it is now six years in a row they have lost the home leg of their european tie, they went 2—0 down to their swedish opponents, 0stersunds, banks to a 3—0 first leg lead and this goal from sayed kolasinac, they went through, 4—2, and arsene wenger hoping to avoid a difficult draw for the last 16, that will be taking place at midday. too many mistakes and too many lives lost, and it's got to stop. that's what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has told this programme. he's concerned about the findings of new research showing that gps, pha