third round of the sydney international with a comfortable straight—sets win over australia's daria gavrilovaiam back i am back just i am backjust after 10am. this morning, in an exclusive interview with this programme, nicole kidman tells this programme she'd like more kids at the age of a9, but her husband won't let her. she's just been nominated for a best supporting actress bafta for her role in the film lion, which tells the true story of a young boy who gets lost in india and ends up being adopted by an australian family. the film also gets four other nominations. in a wide—ranging interview, nicole kidman also talks about ageism and us president—elect donald trump. but we start by talking about herfilm. where are you from? kolkata. which part? i'm adopted. i'm not really...

despite nick kyrgios getting australia off to a winning start against feliciano lopez, daria gavrilovarrena, before she paired up with lopez to take the doubles match. he has been flattened by rhinos, walked underwater, pommel—horsed with max whitlock and played in goal for team gb's olympic—winning hockey squad. those are just some of the highlights of mike bushell‘s year. every week the bbc sport presenter gets stuck into a different sporting challenge to encourage you to get off the sofa and try something new. here were his best bits from 2016. what the hell is that? its mike bushell. it is so fast, this is insane. you've still got it as well, haven't you? i am pretty slow, mate. not at all. is great to see the kids play. it is what we have talked about! we have trained for it, we have lived it, all we can do our cause. what was that? if you fall off, carry on. i still can't catch them, running! it isa i still can't catch them, running! it is a big jump, i still can't catch them, running! it is a bigjump, stop, stop. i have brought some protection. come on, then. come on. mike bushe

broady is up against daria gavrilova while watson is playing the more experienced samantha sto5ur. of time5 i've played against her a couple of times before. she's a great player. she's been around for a long time. and she has an all—round game. and i think for me, it's not the focus on her too much. i know the talk will be about her a lot, playing at home, which it is every single year. i ju5t which it is every single year. i just want to focus on myself and play my game as best as i can. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead going into the final day of the south africa open. mcilroy had looked set to be out in front when he holed from the fairway with this shot at the par four 5eventh. you always think it's going your way if you managed to nail your second shot. but under pressure from the world number two, england's graeme storm has held firm at the top of the leaderboard. he followed up his round of 63 yesterday with a five under par round of 67 today, to take him to 17 under parfor the tournament, three clear of mcilroy. li5a a5hton has become bdo world dart5 champion for t

broady is up against daria gavrilova, while wat5on is playing the more experienced samantha sto5ur, whoround a long time and has an all—round game. i think for me, isju5t not and has an all—round game. i think for me, is just not the focus on her too much. i know the talk will be about her a lot, playing at home, which she does every year. i did wa nt to which she does every year. i did want to focus on myself. —— iju5t want. and to play my game as best as ican. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead going into the final day of the south africa open. mcilroy had looked set to be out in front when he holed from the fairway with this shot at the par—four 7th. watching it, feeling good about it, into the hole it drops, with a bit of back 5peed, too. but under pressure from the world number two, england‘s graeme storm has held firm at the top of the leader board. he followed up his round of 63 yesterday with a five under par round of 67 today, to take him to 17 under parfor the tournament, three clear of mcilroy. li5a a5hton has become bdo world darts champion for the third time after a c

she took the first set against another australian daria gavrilova, but eventually lost after a gruelling 6—4, 7—5 the final score. in the men's draw, kyle edmund beat colombia's santiago hiraldo in straight sets, taking just under two hours to do it. he'll face 30th seed pablo carreno busta next. british athletics say they are confused as to why david weir has used social media to criticise them today. the six—time paralympic champion voiced his frustration with the governing body saying he doesn't want to race for his country again. but this morning, on twitter, weir wrote, "i have been let down again. today is the day i officially retire from gb i will never put a shirt on again. thanks british athletics. what a joke." weir had won four gold medals at london 2012, but returned from rio last summer empty handed. he had already said that he'd retire this coming april after the london marathon. you can find those stories on the bbc sport website including the first round of the masters snooker. i will have more for you in the next hour. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. we will h

third round of the sydney international, with a comfortable straight sets win over australia's daria gavrilova crazy. the british and irish governments say they're going to work to try to find a solution to the most serious political crisis in northern ireland in a decade. yesterday, the deputy first minister, sinn fein's martin mcguinness resigned. it came after weeks of tensions between his party and their partners in the power—sharing government, the democratic unionists. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. my colleague ben brown is at stormont. as you say, the worst political crisis here in a decade after the resignation of the deputy first minister. that is under the power—sharing rules here and means that the first minister also has to step down. the row is over this renewable heat scheme that she introduced in 2012 when she was enterprise minister. it is hugely controversial, potentially going to cost about half £1 billion. because of the failure to cap the subsidies on this. so, the sinn fein and martin mcguinness have accused the eu paid of arrogance. —— the dwp. she has acc

third round of the sydney international after a comfortable straight sets win over australia's daria gavrilova annual world christmas tree throwing competition held in germany. it includes three different types of borrowing, the highjump, which you can see there, the javelin, and this guy has a rope, i am not sure if that contravenes the rules, and spinning. that is one of the categories. it looks like it is allowed. christopher miloff went the service, 22.5 metres. that is a long way. miner still on the front garden. it fell over in the wind this morning. i saw it as i was heading out. at least i have something interesting to do with it. i have always thought the welly wack is the best. my dad broke the record. 641. breakfast. northern ireland is facing its most serious political crisis in a decade, following the resignation of deputy first minister martin mcguinness. the departure of the sinn fein politician from the country's power—sharing executive means democratic unionist leader arlene foster loses her position as first minister. to find out more, we're joined byjon tonge, professor of p

naomi broady plays another australian, the number 22 seed daria gavrilova, later. two hours. lewis hamilton's new teammate at mercedes has finally been confirmed. he'll be partnered by finland's valtteri bottas, who's leaving williams to fill the seat left vacant by world champion nico rosberg. felipe massa will come out of retirement to take bottas' place at williams. rory mcilroy said he was bitterly disappointed to withdraw from this week's abu dhabi championship with a fractured rib. mcilroy complained of back pain during the south african 0pen, which he lost in a play—off, but a scan has revealed the real problem. northern ireland's mark allen knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snooker. it went down to a deciding frame and allen potted an incredible pink to beat higgins 6—5 at alexandra palace. it's the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. another former world champion departed early as stuart bingham was thrashed byjoe perry by six frames to one. perry will play ding junhui for a place in the semi

third round of the sydney international with a comfortable straight—sets win over australia's daria gavrilovale kidman tells this programme she'd like more kids at the age of a9, but her husband won't let her. she's just been nominated for a best supporting actress bafta for her role in the film lion, which tells the true story of a young boy who gets lost in india and ends up being adopted by an australian family. the film also gets four other nominations. in a wide—ranging interview, nicole kidman also talks about ageism and us president—elect donald trump. but we start by talking about herfilm. where are you from? kolkata. which part? i'm adopted. i'm not really... i'm starting to remember. 0ur beautiful boy. a life i'd forgotten. are you 0k? i had another family. what happened ? i was lost. it is a true story, which i think is always important to say, because it's about an indian boy who gets lost in india from his mother and his brother, and then it's about an australian family who adopts him and his journey, which is extraordinary, to then finding his biological mother back in india. do

a bit later today, naomi broady plays number 22 seed daria gavrilova.w! would have to return well and try to be the first want to dictate, otherwise she would have been all over me. “— otherwise she would have been all over me. —— the first one to dictate. in the men's draw, kyle edmund beat colombia's santiago hiraldo in straight sets, taking just under two hours to do it. he'll face 30th seed pablo carreno busta next. the rfu are investigating a complaint from sale that one of their own team passed information to the bristol camp ahead of a narrow defeat earlier this month. it's understood to be sale's former bristol wing tom arscott — seen here in the blue. bristol fought back from 15—0 down to win the game 24—23 on new year's day. seven sports are challenging the removal of their funding for the tokyo olympics and paralympics in 2020, with another asking for more cash. badminton is among five sports which lost funding after rio 2016 looking to reverse uk sport's decision. they are joined by goalball, not funded in 2016, and table tennis which only g