chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not consideringome won the event for a fourth time injuly and then followed it up by winning the vuelta a espana. now 32, he says he's hungry for more success. it's a good question. i definitely don't feel as if i'm there yet. i guess i'll know when the time is right. but for the time being i'm still hungry, still motivated to keep trying to win another tour de france and i'm just going to take it one year at a time. so long as the body's able to do this then i'm going to keep going. obviously there's the five tour de france wins, which is currently the record if you like of number of tour de france wins. so that would naturally be my focus for next year, it's to try and join that very elite club of four guys who have ever done that before. but having said that, i'm not necessarily fixated, i'm trying to reach a certain of tour de france wins, i'm trying to do the best i can do in this short window as a professional cyclist and if that's four tour de france wins that i currently have now and are not

chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not consideringa fourth time injuly and then followed it up by winning the vuelta a espana. now 32, froome says he's still hungry for more success. i'd definitely do not feel as if i am there yet. i guess i will know when the time is right. but for the time being, i'm still hungry, still motivated to keep trying to win another tour de france and i will ta ke another tour de france and i will take it one year at a time. as long as the body is able to do this, i will keep going. there are five tour de france wins, which is currently the record of number of wins. that would naturally be my focus for next year, to try to join that very elite clu b year, to try to join that very elite club of four guys who have ever done that before but, having said that, i am not fixating on that. i'm trying to reach a certain number of wins, i'm just trying to do the best i can do as i'm just trying to do the best i can doasa i'm just trying to do the best i can do as a professional cyclist, and if thatis do as a profes

chris froome is on the hunt for more titles.empts to win what would be a third grand tour in a row. he won the vuelta a espana for the first time in his career this year which came after winning the tour de france for a fourth time. he's attempting to become only the third rider in history to hold all three grand tour titles at the same time. a decision on whether england cricketer ben stokes will be charged after an incident outside a nightclub will not be made for several weeks at least. police announced on wednesday that they had completed their investigation and sent the findings to the crown prosecution service. stokes did not fly to australia with the england squad for the current ashes series but on wednesday landed in new zealand and is expected to play for canterbury in their domestic competition this weekend. from the dugout to the desert. . . . football coach andre villas—boas has confirmed that he'll take part in next year's dakar rally. villa—boas — who won league titles with porto in portugal and zenit saint peters

and hungry for more success, chris froome tells us he‘s focussing on winning a fifth tour de france title cup in russia. it‘sthe first time since 1958 the azurri have missed out on the sports showpiece event after losing out on aggregate to sweden in their two legged qualifier. the second leg in milan finished goalless despite the best efforts of the hosts to manufacture a goal meaning the 1—0 win for the swedes in stockholm last week proved the difference, while the italian manager gian piero ventura, who has only been in charge for 17 months, will now come under serious presssure and 39—year—old goalkeeping legend gianluigi buffon has announced his retirement from the international game. a short time ago i spoke to football journalist mina rzouki who questioned what type of italian team this was.

chris froome will take part in the giro d'italia next may as he looks to hold all three grand tour titlesfrance and vuelta a espana this year and will attempt to win the giro before trying for a fifth tour title next year. only two men in the history of the sport have held all three at the same time. great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal — from the sochi winter olympics almost four years ago. the ioc have banned three more russian athletes for doping — including two from the four man bob. with two russian crews from 2014 now affected by doping bans, pedning any appeals, the british crew should be promoted to third. ten triathletes have been chosen to compete for england at next yea r‘s commonwealth games. the event on the gold coast will feature paratriathlon for the first time, while alistair brownlee, who had been competing in the longer ironman events, will defend his title. the challenge of it is really motivated. i'm not worried about the sprint distance or to heat. the time frame is tougher, coming back from injury, and basically having four months to prepare for it

chris froome says he will target victory at next may's giro d'italia where he will attempt to seal aance winner won the vuelta a espana for the first time this year after winning the tour de france for a fourth time. he will attempt to become only the third rider in history to hold all three grand tour titles at the same time. froome has only raced in the giro twice before, the last time was in 2010 when he was disqualified. nearly four years after the sochi winter olympics the international olympic committee today banned 3 more russian athletes for doping, including two from the four man bob. with two russian crews now punished after ongoing hearings by an ioc commision into allegations of russian state sponsored doping, it should promote the british crew into a medal position. john hardie has been given a three—month suspension following a scottish rugby union investigation into gross misconduct. it's believed the investigation centred around alleged cocaine use by the scotland and edinburgh forward. the ban means that hardie won't be available to play until mid—january. and 10 tri

now, cyclist chris froome has won the tour de france four times but he's still hungry for more!ospect of racing and he's hungry for a fifth tour title. it's a good question. i definitely don't feel as if i'm there yet. i guess i'll know when the time is right. but for the time being i'm still hungry, still motivated to keep trying to win another tour de france and i'm just going to take it one year at a time. so long as the body's able to do this then i'm going to keep going. four—time champions italy failed to reach the world cup for the first time since 1958 after a play—off defeat against sweden. there's been plenty of reaction on social media. the gazetta dello sport doesn't mince its words. this was their headline not long after the match finished, saying that it's an apocalypse. zlatan ibrahimovic, the former sweden international and now manchester united player recovering from injury posted a picture of the team saying "we are zweden" while the official italy twitter account tweeted a quote from gigi buffon saying "blame is shared equallly between everyone. there can't be

before we go, let me show you triple tour de france champion chris froome as you've never seen him beforeld possibly have a career in martial arts movies after he stops racing bikes. this was the pre—race entertainment ahead of the saitama criterium injapan. as you can see, ninja froome is clearly not a man to be messed with after displaying his considerable throwing skills. let's head back to 0lly at hyde united. many thanks indeed. yes, we arejust over an hour away from kick off here, at hyde united in the 8th tyre up here, at hyde united in the 8th tyre up against mk dons, the gates are open, 3,000 expected. i spent a couple of hours here and i was talking to their top scorer matt beadle. he has been here less than a year, he was a top scorer last season. he has been the man they look for, for their goal, already five in the tournament so far, he is upset he is going through a goal drought. he hasn't scored in two but he will be up front against league 0ne mk dons and he took me behind the scenes and told me what this clu b the scenes and told me what this club is all about. they are l

they include chris froome and anthonyjoshua. last year's award was won by tennis star, andy murray.o stay now with that news that prince harry is to marry his girlfriend, the american actress megan markle, next spring. the couple — who will live at kensington palace — became engaged in london earlier this month. the queen and the duke of edinburgh said they were ‘delighted'. this afternoon, prince harry and meghan markle gave an interview to the bbc‘s mishal husain. prince harry spoke of being ‘beautifully surprised' as he got to know ms markle, and the couple confirmed they had first met on a blind date set up by a friend. ms markle said since then, they had never spent more than a few weeks apart, and that they simply enjoyed being together. over the next 20 minutes we're going to show you that extended interview, starting with the couple's thoughts on the moment prince harry proposed. it happened a few weeks ago, earlier this month, here at our cottage. just a standard, typical night for us. just a cosy night. what were we doing? just roasting chicken. trying to roast a chicken.

chris froome says he's targetting victory in next year's giro d'italia to complete a hattrick of cycling'so, the vuelta d'espana and the tour de france. he keeps a sort of setting is girls andi he keeps a sort of setting is girls and i think that's the thing, he wa nts to and i think that's the thing, he wants to break new boundaries and where he to win, it would be historic achievement if he did when the giro d'italia. that is what is setting its sights on. just remarkable. superhuman. back to our main story this morning, donald trump has hit back at theresa may after she criticised him for sharing far—right videos on twitter. the us president told the prime minister that she should be focusing on what he called destructive radical islamic terrorism in the uk rather than on him. alex forsyth is with us now. good to see you, you are win the prime minister in jordan. any see you, you are win the prime minister injordan. any sense of how the prime minister is reacting to donald trump's reaction? there is some irony that this tour of the middle east that theresa may is undertaking is to build

chris froome says he will target victory at next may's giro d'italia where he will attempt to seal anner won the vuelta a espana for the first time this year after winning the tour de france for a fourth time. he will attempt to become only the third rider in history to hold all three grand tour titles at the same time. no more goals in the premier league. we will be right across that and i will be back in sportsday at 10:30pm with all the results. 0ne one of the most notorious murders, lin and megan russell, killed as they walked along a country lane in kent in 1996. the man arrested over crime says the alleged confession of another killer, the serial killer levi bellfield, suggests he could have committed the murders. 45—year—old lin russell and her six—year—old daughter, megan, were killed in a frenzied hammer attack. but nine—year—old josie survived, despite suffering terrible injuries. the gallstone, a known criminal and drug addict, was arrested a year later and found guilty of the russell murders, but has always protested his innocence. we intend first to read a statement... a

now before we go here's britain's tour de france champion chris froome as you've never seen him beforel arts movies after he stops racing bikes. this was the pre—race entertainment ahead of the saitama criterium injapan. is that a bit of wushu? one yellow jersey to another. as you can see, ninja froome is clearly not a man to be messed with after displaying his considerable skills with a throwing star. a p pa re ntly apparently that's the official word, throwing a star. don't try that at home. how about trying this? no, don't! imagine a wake board or surf board and put an engine on it, you have jet surfing, a sport that only came to the uk in the summer. it's catching on though, and semi—pro british rider anya colley will race for medals at the motosurf world cup off naples in italy this weekend. before she left i revved the engines alongside her in training. at the cutting edge of a new way to walk on water, britain's number one jet server anya colley who's made history this season competing in the motosurf world cup. a bit of a mix between serving, wait boarding and then anything wit

chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not considering it up by winning the vuelta a espana, becoming just the third rider to do so. i definitely don't feel as if i am there yet, i guess i will know when there yet, i guess i will know when the time is right, but for the time being i am still hungry, still motivated to keep winning another two and france and i'm just going to ta ke two and france and i'm just going to take it one year at a time, and as long as the body is able to do this, i'm going to keep going. you can watch rafa nadal at the world tour finals and the crucial italian world cup play—off with sweden on the bbc sport website. 1958 was the last time italy failed to reach the finals. that game is still goalless with sweden leading by a single goal from the first leg. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30. thank you, see you later on. the former boyfriend of the reality tv star ferne mccann has been found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a nightclub in east london. arthur collins, who's 25, was convicted at wood

chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not considering and then followed it up by winning the vuelta a espana — just the third rider to do so. now 32, froome says he's still hungry for more success. i definitely do not feel as if i am the yet. i know when the time is right but, for the time being, i am still hungry and motivated to win another tour de france and i am just going to take it one year at a time. as long as the body is able to do this, i will keep going. centre jamie roberts has been recalled to the wales squad for the rest of the autumn internationals. having won 93 caps and after captaining wales to victories against tonga and samoa on their summer tour, roberts was a somewhat surprising omission from the original 36—man party. he comes in due to concerns over jonathan davies following his ankle injury in their defeat by australia on saturday. scotland prop wp nel will miss the remaining autumn tests after breaking his arm against samoa. he's set to be replaced by zander ferguson and, with lock tim swinson and flanker rob ha

chris froome says he will target victory at next may's giro d'italia where he will attempt to seal a for the first time this year after winning the tour de france for a fourth time. he will attempt to become only the third rider in history to hold all three grand tour titles at the same time. froome has only raced in the giro twice before, the last time was in 2010 when he was disqualified. john hardie has been given a three—month suspension following a scottish rugby investigation into gross misconduct. it's believed the investigation centred around alleged cocaine use by the scotland and edinburgh forward. the ban means that hardie won't be available to play until mid—january. that's all the sport for now. the prime minister has been in iraq on a surprise visit. theresa may met her iraqi counterpart haider al—abadi, and praised the country's efforts to battle the so called islamic state group. mrs may's visit came after iraqi forces backed by an international coalition including britain drove is from areas of the country it had controlled since 2014. the prime minister spoke to our

now, here's britain's tour de france champion chris froome as you've never seen him before. stops racing bikes. this was the pre—race entertainment ahead of the saitama criterium injapan. as you can see ninja froome is clearly not a man to be messed with after displaying his considerable skills with a throwing star. one of the bestjet one of the best jet service one of the bestjet service in britain will be taking part. at the cutting edge of a new way to walk on water, britain's number one jet surfer anya colley, who's made history this season competing in the motosurf world cup. it's a bit of a mix between surfing, wakeboarding and then anything with a throttle. if you done biking, if you've done cars, if you've done anything and you like speed you will be good at it. you've got to lean your whole body over to get it to turn good with the speed. anya, and indeed the whole of the uk, are playing catch up in this latest motorsport. we only got involved a couple of months ago when for the first time a leg of the world cup series was hosted on these shores with 48 riders from

now, here's britain's tour de france champion chris froome as you've never seen him before.this was the pre—race entertainment ahead of the saitama criterium injapan. as you can see ninja froome is clearly not a man to be messed with after displaying his considerable skills with a throwing star. he's having too much fun for a ninja! he's smiling too much. ina in a while we will be speaking to one of the best quizzes in britain. the vixen is going to the championships and after this we will be trying to vex the vixen with the viewers's and questions. the chase has been no preparation for these tough questions! will speak to her shortly. that should be fun. thank you, mike. it's 841. so—called islamic state has lost control of two of its last remaining strongholds in syria and iraq. al-qaim in iraq has been recaptured by government forces, and syria's army has taken back deir al—zour, which was important because of its proximity to the border with iraq. around 350,000 civilians from the syrian province have been forced to flee their homes after weeks of fighting. today the uk

chris froome won his fourth tour de france title this year and lewis hamilton becoming the most successfulur world titles to his name. anthonyjoshua... the world heavyweight title win against wladimir klitschko. really made his name this year. what a fight. totte n ha m name this year. what a fight. tottenham striker harry kane on the list, fantastic year, winning the premier league's golden boot. british tennis represented by johanna konta, lost to venus williams in the wimbledon semifinal last summer. he might not have lost his way to the strictly glitter ball butjonnie peacock is a contender after winning another 100 meter gold at the world championships injuly. adam peaty one two bristol gold medals at the world championships, smashing his own world record and jonathan ray from northern ireland made motorbike history in september becoming the first rider to win three successive world superbike titles. what an amazing year for england's winning cricketers —— women cricketers. and yet shrubsole pa rt women cricketers. and yet shrubsole part of the whole world cup winning team. bianca wal

chris froome won his fourth tour de france title this year and the climbing specialist followed it upy‘s nan will be sat at home cheering because the 22—year—old swimmer also makes the shortlist. is she on the list? she should be! i bet she will be voting. he won breaststroke gold over both the 50 and 100—metre distances in the world championships, smashing his own world record in the process, plus his nan mavis made it to hungary to cheer him on. well done. no andy murray on this year's list but british tennis is still represented in johanna konta. the world number nine had an amazing wimbledon, didn't she? she made it to the semi finals remember where she lost to venus williams. i wonder if she will be baking some of herfamous muffins to bring to the ceremony? of course. what, to try to wow? exactly! oh, and now, we have seen a lot ofjohnny, haven't we, in strictly ballroom? lot ofjohnny, haven't we, in strictly ballroom ? he lot ofjohnny, haven't we, in strictly ballroom? he is in the hunt, he is on the list. before the ballroom this year, peacock returned to the stadium where he e