at kampton took place in october 2016 when his horse was brought down by the horse ridden by graham gibbonsthe night ruled the incident to be accidental. however, todayjudge karen walden—smith ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, gibbons�* actions during the race were "undertaken in reckless disregard for the safety of mr tylicki". there's more details of all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will have more for you later on. this is bbc news, the headlines: the omicron variant is making up nearly three—quarters of new covid cases in the us. president biden will outline his response later — including 500 million free tests and military help on standby. the uk chancellor announces a £1 billion grant — for the hospitality sector in england — as it struggles with a collapse in bookings because of a rise in covid cases. the high court in london has ordered the ruler of dubai to pay more than $700 million in a divorce settlement to his ex—wife — princess haya ofjordan. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk, with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from manchester. i'm stephen sackur. of

at kampton took place in october 2016 when his horse was brought down by the horse ridden by graham gibbons

and last week a high courtjudge ruled that fellow jockey graham gibbons was responsible.ss riding would be much the way forward, simply because when you punish a jockey for doing a manoeuvre in a race that should not have been done, then the jockey gets x amount of days to be on the sidelines. that would send the right signals out there. i think it'll make the sport overall a cleaner, safer environment, then. in response to last weeks ruling the british horseracing authority said that... the full transcript of the hearing will also allow us to consider any of the other relevant matters which were raised over the course of the hearing." to tennis now — and novak djokovic has pulled out of this week's atp cup in sydney heightening speculation he could skip the australian open next month. the world number one is yet to confirm if he's received the coronavirus vaccination having previously expressed his oppostion to it. all players and staff competing in melbourne must be jabbed or have a medical exemption. but andy murray has been practicing at melbourne park, where the firs

was responsible. that fellow jockey graham gibbons was responsible.— was responsible.nt for. reckless riding would be much the way forward simply because when you punish a jockey for doing manoeuvre in a race that shouldn't have been done the jockey gets x amount of days to be on the sidelines. that would send the right signals out. i think it will make the sport overall a cleaner and safer environment. in a cleaner and safer environment. in response, the british horseracing authority said we will consider the high courtjudgment in detail and carefully assess what implications it may hold for british racing in discussion with industry stakeholders. the full transcript of the hearing will allow us to consider any of the other relevant matters which were raised over the course of the hearing. arsenal manager has tested positive for covid again. you will miss the new year's day match against manchester city. he first contracted the virus in march 2020 which prompted the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he is now isolating but is expected to undertake med

a judge has found the formerjockey graham gibbons was responsible for the fall that left fellow jockeyat kempton in october 2016 left tylicki paralysed after his horse was brought down by the horse ridden by gibbons. the stewards on the night ruled the incident to be accidental. howeverjudge karen walden—smith ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, gibbons's actions during the race were "undertaken "in reckless disregard for the safety of freddie tylicki". australia have added uncapped fast bowler scott boland to their squad for the third ashes test in melbourne. boland comes in as cover, while fellow pacemen pat cummins and josh hazelwood also return. as for england — they'll need to re—group after going 2—nil down. but england coach chris silverwood is sticking by his selections so far and says he has no regrets and would pick the same again. looking at the experience they were having out there, i'm happy with the skill set of the tests and there'll always divided opinion. and not everyone is going to agree with you. that is the beauty of sports. and so, yeah, i've got no probl

down following a fall five years ago, and last week a high court judge ruled that fellowjockey graham gibbons forward, simply because when you punish a jockey for during a manoeuvre in a race that should not have been done, then the jockey gets xml of days to be on the sidelines. —— x xml of days to be on the sidelines. —— x amount of days. that would send the right signals out there. i think it'll make the sport overall a cleaner, safer environment, then. in response to last week's ruling, the british horseracing authority said that... chris woakes admits england's cricketers were under—prepared for their ashes tour, but he says they can't use that as an excuse for the their performances. use that as an excuse for their poor performances. england are 3—0 down in the series, with the ashes already lost and two matches still to go. woakes says now is not the time to feel sorry for themselves. as a group of players, we have to take pride in what we do. 0bviously, no—one means to perform badly, no—one means to lose the way we have. we're trying extremely hard to put things right. but i think tha

in october 2016 left freddy paralysed after his horse was brought down by the horse ridden by graham gibbonsd death threats after crashing out of the abu dhabi grand prix. his wreckage meant a safety car had to be deployed, ultimately taking away the sizable gap lewis hamilton had built up over rival max verstappen. verstappen went on to win the race and the championship, after catching up with hamilton behind the safety car. latifi says he was shocked by the scale and tone of the hate and abuse he received. he added that he had expected some of it so deleted social media apps off his phone immediately after the race. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. a three million pound fund is being made available to clubs and venues in wales — after it was announced all sporting events would be held behind closed doors from boxing day. the welsh government said the spectator ban would apply to all indoor, outdoor, professional and community sports events. one of the events is the welsh grand national at chepstow. it'll take place without spectators for the second successive season.

a judge has found that graham gibbons was responsible even though stewards at the time ruled that itttle for justice. yes, he said in the statement that he was delighted by the outcome of this claim but he did say that it had been a long five years and in october 2016 when he had this tragic fall during the race and found that it was accidental. 0ver fall during the race and found that it was accidental. over the course of the five day hearing and the high court earlier this month, showing dozens of replays in 2016 when they collided with the horse and other horses but freddie and that incident was trampled by other horses it was left paralysed from the waist down. and this basically centred on whether this was just a racing incident with unfortunate consequences, tragic consequences really. but when those are the accidental and whether or not gibbons thought he was liable for the injuries suffered and smith said that the actions and his horse across the racing line, were not merely lapses of concentration or inattentiveness, but were undertaken inattentiveness, but were undertaken i

a judge has found the formerjockey graham gibbons was responsible for the fall that left fellow jockeyrjudge karen walden—smith ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, gibbons's actions during the race were "undertaken "in reckless disregard for the safety of freddie tylicki". australia have added uncapped fast bowler scott boland to their squad for the third ashes test in melbourne. boland comes in as cover, while fellow pacemen pat cummins and josh hazelwood also return. as for england — they'll need to re—group after going 2—nil down. but england coach chris silverwood is sticking by his selections so far and says he has no regrets and would pick the same again. looking at the experience they were having out there, i'm happy with the skill set of the tests and there'll always be divided opinion. and not everyone is going to agree with you. that is the beauty of sports. and so, yeah, i've got no problem with that. and we have those outing this test i bet it was really good. and so, i've got no problem with that, to be honest. one player england would have hoped to have available