the elbow isn't100%, but it's good enough to beat dominic thiem. this guy's dakar rally chances are all at sea, as his dreams are washed away. hi, there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. zinedine zidane signed a new contract which will keep him at real madrid until 2020. but he admits results will need to start going his way to keep him in thejob. zidane played an almost unrecognisable real madrid team, to struggle through to the copa del rey quarter finals against numancia. lucas vasquez scored twice, as did guillermo for the second division side. they laboured to a 2—2 draw but real took the tie 5—2 on aggregate. earlier, alaves beat formentera 5—1 on aggregate and leganes are through to copa del rey quarter—finals for the first time in their 89 year history, at villarreal‘s expense. a week after a thrilling 2—2 premier league clash, chelsea and arsenal failed to reproduce that excitement. they drew 0—0 in an english league cup semi—final first leg. they'll go again at the emirates on the 24th of january. james vince and

wawrinka, not fully fit, though, after knee surgery, not fully fit, though, after knee surgery, then dominic thiemot fully fit, he a lwa ys can't say he's not fully fit, he always is. he came through that one in five hours. he's looking relaxed, he's playing his tennis, enjoying his tennis and would you believe the 58th ranked chung or the 97th ranked sandgren will be in the australian 0pen semifinals, it's incredible to think we moments away from them walking out to rod laver and i'm excited to see how they get on and how they perform on this court, will the nerves get to them? they both have big games so it will be exciting. both came in believing and one dream is going to come true. thanks for talking to us from melbourne park. the world's number one tennis player has hit out at the atp tour's gruelling schedule, saying organisers need to think about the health of the players. rafa nadal retired hurt from the australian open in the fifth and deciding set against marin cilic. somebody who is running the tour should think a little bit about what's going on, you know? too many people getting injur

the elbow isn‘t 100%, but it‘s good enough to beat dominic thiem. welcome to sport today. zinedine zidane signed a new contract which will keep him at real madrid until 2020. but he admits results will need to start going his way to keep him in thejob. zidane played an almost unrecognisable real madrid team, to struggle through to the copa del rey quarter

the american beat fifth seed dominic thiem in five sets in one of the shocks of the tournament.week but has already beaten former champion stan wawrinka and now thiem on his way to the quarter—finals. meanwhile, roger federer hsa roared through to the quarter finals — becoming the oldest man to reach the last eight since ken rosewell in 1977. he beat hungary's marton fucsovics in straight sets — he'll face czech tomas berdych next. at around 3.30am in the morning kyle edmund tyakes on third seed grigor dimitrov of bulgaria for a place in the men's semi—finals. it's been a breakthrough tournament for edmund who could even overtake andy murray as british number one if he pulls off an upset against dimitrov. the crowd are really into it. this and the us open is where they get loud and intimate. quarterfinals is the best result in a grand slam. no point celebrating that. you only celebrate when you win the tournament. i want to try and go over the winning line. confirmation that the edmund versus dimitrov quarter—final is on five live from around 3.30am tomorrow morning. great brita

has dropped to number 1a in the world returned after six months out with an elbow injury to beat dominic thiemhe competes in melbourne. now to a dark tale of skulduggery on the water. ajapanese kayaker, desperate to make the olympic team has been banned for eight years for spiking a rival‘s drink with a banned substance. yasuhiro suzuki, seen on the right here, wanted to compete in the kayak four at his home toyko 0lympics, but after last year's japanese championships he was only ranked fifth. so while his teammate seiji komatsu was competing in another event, suzuki put a banned anabolic muscle—building agent into his water bottle — komatsu then failed a doping test and was disqualified. suzuki's foul play only came to light after he began to feel guilty, and confessed everything to the japan canoe federation, and apologised to komatsu — who has had his ban overturned, but still isn't impressed. translation: we have been close this private and in competition in the sport. i was shocked that a fellow racer has done this. it is unbelievable this has happened in oui’ unbelievable this has happen

dropped to number 14 in the world — returned after six months out with an elbow injury — to beat dominic thiemasing a record seventh australian open, title if he competes at the tournament, which begins on monday. the elbow and needed more time to recover. i'm getting my elbow into matchplay. today was our best of three match, the first of those i have played since wimbledon last year. i'm happy with the way it went. and some good news for british tennis. heather watson is through the last eight at the hobart international. that's after a straight sets win over australian jamiee fourlis. watson will next face world number 55 donna vekic from croatia. amir khan says he's targetting winning a world title, after signing a deal to fight for eddie hearn's matchroom promotion company. the former world champion will make a return to the ring after nearly two years out when he fights in liverpool, on 21 april. his opponent is yet to be announced. khan has linked up with promoter eddie hearn on a three—fight deal. hearn says he's aiming for a british mega—fight with kell brook at the end of the year. t

he returned to court at the kooyong classic in melbourne beating dominic thiem in straight sets.the groove, getting my elbow into matchplay. and today was the first best of three match i have played since wimbledon last year, so i am very happy with the way it went, and that is all i can say. 13—time champion sebastian loeb has abandoned the dakar rally. the nine—time world rally championship winner withdrew from the race after his co—pilot daniel elena suffered an injury when their peugeot fell into a sand hole. yazeed al rajhi also had a bad day, realising his car was off—road, but not off—land. stephane peterha nsel extended his overall lead after winning the fifth stage. and here is what has been catching oui’ and here is what has been catching our eye on social media. a future major—league baseball star is born, at least, he was 22 months ago. look at least, he was 22 months ago. look at this incredible hand eye co—ordination. how good is that connection? and he has the fist pump down pat too. and just in case you thought asher was having a lucky day out in the batting cage,

dominic thiem, is a various, raonic, great players, but they are not as good as federer —— zabret.not him off the top perch, him and nadal at the moment, i don't see anybody right now. —— zverev. john lloyd speaking withjohn watson a little earlier. england have — to a certain extent — avenged their ashes loss to australia with a comprehensive victory in the one day series. surrey swing bowler tom curran took five wickets as england won the final match by 12 runs — to take the series 4—1. alex gulrajani was watching. a new dawn for cricket in western australia with a seller cloud, crowd at perth's new arena to witness england finding the boundary rope with relative ease. after bairstow fell short of a half—century root stood his ground and made 50 with a little help. others couldn't come as he soon ran out of batting partners and england were reined in, although tom curran cut loose at the end. a suitable warm up as de matter what followed as he removed david warner early in the australian reply. in his absence marcus stoinis took on the england bowlers and had a bit of a party. bu

dropped to number 14 in the world, returned after six months out with an elbow injury to beat dominic thiemrecover. i am gating in the groove and getting my elbow from a match play and today was the first best of three match that i've played since wimbledon last year. so, i'm very happy with the way it went. heather watson, the british number two is into the last eight at the hobart international. and that's your sport for now. thanks, sarah. people who work with drug users in manchester have told this programme that a new, ultra potent strain of the synthetic cannabinoid spice is causing devastating affects in the city. they say the ban on formerly "legal highs", introduced in may 2016, has made the epidemic in manchester worse and more dangerous because users don't know how strong the strains are that they're smoking. strains vary widely in potency, but evidence suggests that some can lead to hospitalisation or even death. our reporterjohn owen has been investigating. we bought you his full report earlier. here's a short extract. it's early evening in piccadilly gardens on the edge of man

perhaps a chance for rising stars like dominic thiem or alexander zverev to stake a claim.ly 92 in the world. if konta makes progress she will be having some challenging matches but given how she finished last season, losing five in a row, she will relish that opportunity at a venue where she has a very good record. she could play a recent world number one, pliskova, in the fourth round and the current world number one simona halep in the quarterfinals, but that‘s a conversation for another day. heather watson meanwhile will start against the world number 50 from kazakhstan, a player ranked slightly higher than she is. cameron norrie is defeating qualifying means it willjust be kyle edmund in the member is a draw for britain. against kevin anderson, they played last year in the third round of roland garros and kyle edmund have the advantage but lost in five sets. the advantage for kyle edmund, he can beat anderson in the opening round and playing well, assuming the ankle scare from last week in brisbane is not a major concern, he would find himself in a reasonably favourabl