next year they take their case to the court of arbitration for sport. patrick gearey reports. ouched onjersey‘s shore and left a mark. this is an island of influences but with an independent streak. an identity they want to display on the football field as a full member of european football's governing body, uefa. thejersey fa wants these young players to represent their island on the international stage, to play countries, not just counties. but there is a barrier. uefa's rules say membership is only open to countries recognised by the united nations as an independent state. jersey don't fit the bill. what we are saying to uefa is that we want to challenge that independence. we are independent here in many, many ways and more independent than many of their current members. we are saying to uefa judge us on our footballing capacity, our footballing ability. jersey argue that uefa already includes a number of non—un states, look north to the faroe islands, part of the kingdom of denmark, or down on the mediterranean, gibraltar, a british overseas territory. then there's the comp

madrid's transfer ban has been halved from two windows to one, after an appeal to the court of arbitration for sportopean champions, along with atletico madrid, were punished for breaching rules on the transfer of under—18 year olds. both failed in appeals to fifa in september but now sport's highest court has partially upheld an appeal from real. it means they cannot sign any players in january but will be free to do so in the summer transfer window. atletico have also appealed to cas but no decision on their case has been announced yet. india have beaten england by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth and final test in chennai. it completes an impressive 4—0 series victory and fifth successive test series win for india. behind by 282 runs, it was always going to be a tall order to salvage a draw but england started their second innings well: the tourists were 103 without loss at one stage. but then came the collapse. they lost four wickets for just 26 runs as india closed in on victory. ravindra jadeja was the pick of the indian bowlers, claiming a career—best seven for 48. respectable innings from

the referee that matters right now is the court of arbitration for sport that will consider the casehave the application discussed. what happens in courtrooms on distant shores will decide just how farjersey football sets down this particular channel. that's all from sportsday. coming up next is adam fleming with review 2016 — a year in politics. ever feel you need to get away from it all? especially when ten years worth of politics has been squeezed into just one. i believe that this thursday can be our country's independence day. applause. i do not think it would be right for me to try and be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. tomorrow is going to be a very historic day, i believe that. i think it will be brexit plus plus plus, does that make sense? i'm theresa may and to be prime minister. i'm adam fleming, come with me to a secluded log cabin, there no wi—fi, no phone reception, just you, me and a lot of events to think about. it was the issue that split the nation. the european union, leave or remain. in the first part of the year, david cameron embarke

of sorts. a ban which stopped them signing new players for two transfer windows has been halved by the court of arbitration for sportable to sign players again from next summer. a similar appeal by madrid rivals atletico has yet to be decided let's just show you these pictures from kansas city in the us state of missouri — where the driver of a stolen pick—up truck is doing his very best to evade the police — and taking a rather unconventional route in the process. the dramatic chase was captured from a helicopter camera as the man reportedly reached speeds of up to 160 kilometres per hour — but as you can see he was eventually cornered and arrested. thankfully no injuries were reported. at least 2a cities across the north—east of china have declared extreme air pollution alerts. millions of people are confined indoors to avoid the toxic smog. flights have been cancelled and highways closed because of low visibility. many are angry asking why the government has not done more to tackle the problem and are fearful for their loved ones. transocean tra nsocean mac he transocean mac he is coffee, always a feeling flame i

next year they take their case to the court of arbitration for sport. patrick gearey reports. nd of influences but with an independent streak. an identity they want to display on the football field as a full member of european football's governing body, uefa. thejersey fa wants these young players to represent their island on the international stage, to play countries, not just counties. but there is a barrier. uefa's rules say membership is only open to countries recognised by the united nations as an independent state. jersey don't fit the bill. what we are saying to uefa is that we want to challenge that independence. we are independent here in many, many ways and more independent than many of their current members. we are saying to uefa judge us on our footballing capacity, our footballing ability. jersey argue that uefa already includes a number of non—un states, look north to the faroe islands, part of the kingdom of denmark, or down on the mediterranean, gibraltar, a british overseas territory. then there's the complicated case of kosovo, accepted as a uefa member this y