novak djokovic and kei nishikori is another want to look forward to as well.y — wada — has decided against re—imposing sanctions on russia even though moscow missed a deadline to hand over data from the laboratory at the centre of alleged state—sponsored doping. russia's anti—doping agency turned over the requested information eighteen days late — but said that did not warrant re—imposing the suspension. experts have begun analysing the data in an attempt to identify competitors who benefitted from one of the biggest cheating scandals in sporting history. here's our sports editor dan roan. last year, russia paid a humiliating price for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country's flag and anthem banned from the pyeongchange winter olympics, to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but today wada decided against a suspension because the data has been since been handed over, the head of the organisation telling me it was a key breakthrough. it's major step forward in the directio

kei nishikori has his work cut out, i sat down to a polish qualifier, after being one breakdown, now they are in a second set. nishikori is in danger of going down two sets to love, something he has only come back from twice in his career. what can we look forward to in the evening? the day's at liners including the headline evening session, novak djokovic, looking for a seventh record australian open title, first since 2016, and serena williams, another former champion, for that it is overall grand slam singles titles, she is one way, 23, from equalling margaret court's all—time record which she really wa nts to all—time record which she really wants to match and she really wants to break, facing tatiana maria for the first time, and they are just going through their warm. naomi us sucker who beat serena williams in a controversial us open final at the end of last year is also in action coming into the grand slam for the first time as one of the favourites to win. and in with a chance, would you believe, one of 11 women with a chance of ending the tournament as world number one —— n

kei nishikori has won his first atp title since 2016 after beating daniil medvedev in the brisbane international way by his russian opponent. but nishikori, who left medvedev frustrated at times, had lost nine consecutive atp finals before this, but this time, he held firm, winning 6—4, 3—6, 6—2 at the pat rafter arena. in the women's final, karolina pliskova has won her second brisbane international title after beating lesia tsurenko in three sets. the ukrainian took the first set and was serving for the match in the second, but lost her nerve as pliskova turned things around to take it 7—5. tsurenko then rolled her ankle at the start of the decider, allowing pliskova into a 3—0 lead, which she never lost — taking the set 6—2 to join victoria azerenka and serena williams as the third woman to win the tournament twice. bad weather is affecting the fifth and final day of the fourth test between australia and india at the sydney cricket ground. india are on the verge of an historic test series win, with the hosts set to resume on six without loss in their second innings, still trailing by 316 runs

record equalling 24th grand slam by contrast, the men's quarter—final between novak djokovic and kei nishikori4—1 down in the second set. nishikori had been taken to five sets in all but one of his matches up to the quarters and this appeared to be a step too far. and in the semi—final djokovic will face frenchman lucas pouille who beat 16th seed miloa raonic in four sets. it's the first time that pouille has reached this stage of a grand slam forjamie murray who lost in the quarterfinals ofthemerr‘s doubles with partner bruno suarez. they were beaten by finland's henri kontinen and john perrs of australia, winners in melbourne two years ago. and it got even worse for murray a few hours later when he lost in the quarter—finals of the mixed doubles with partner, bethanie mattek—sands. they were beaten by astra sharma and john—patrick smith. britain's neal skupski though is into the semi—finals with maria jose martinez sanchez from spain. it's the women's semi final day tomorrow at melbourne park. first up on the rod laver arena petra kvitova takes on danielle collins — followed by the last two

world number one novak djokovic prepares for his australian open quarter final against japan's kei nishikoris no trace of the light aircraft which was carrying the argentine footballer emiliano sala. it went missing on monday night whilst making it's way from nantes in france to cardiff in wales.

advanced to the aussie semis when kei nishikori retired in the second set after less than an hour of play.... djokovie eighth-seeded nishikori let the umpire know he couldn't continue. djokovic faces frenchman lucas pouille in the mens semifinal friday... rafeal nadal takes on stefanos tsitsipas in the other (pam) with the raiders on their way out of town, and the a's planning to build a new stadium ... what will become of the oakland coliseum? we'll show you what the a's want to do with it ... next. ♪ they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland. (ken) as the oakland athletics continue plans to build a new waterfront ballpark in the jack london square neighborhood... today, the team's president shared the organization's new ld happen to the existing colesium site. kron four's philippe djegal reports -- the a's want to revitalize east oakland. (philippe) architect bjarke

by contrast, the men's quarterfinal between novak djokovic and kei nishikori was something of a non—eventigh strain when a set and 4—1 down in the second set. nishikori had been taken to five sets in all but one of his matches up to the quarters and this appeared to be a step too far. djokovic is two matches away from a record seventh and in the semifinal djokovic will face frenchman lucas pouille who beat 16th seed miloa raonic in four sets. it's the first time that pouille has reached this stage of a grand slam but it's further evidence of the strides he's made under coach amelie mauresmo, former coach to andy murray of course. and talking of murray, it wasn't a great day forjamie murray, who lost in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles with partenr bruno suarez. they were beaten by finland's henri kontinen and john perrs of australia, winners in melbourne two years ago. and it got even worse for murray a few hours later, when he lost in the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles with partner bethanie mattek—sands. they were beaten by astra sharma and john—patrick smith. britain's neal sk

he'll open against a qualifier, then kei nishikori and alexander zverev look like his biggest obstaclesse younger players who'll finally be looking to step up and put a marker down for a new generation of players to start winning regularly. rafa nadal potentially has a fourth round meeting with britain's number one kyle edmund in his sights — remember, edmund reached the semi—finals of this tournament last year and he's seeded 13th this time round. nadal, though, if he comes through that is set to meet roger federer in the semi—finals, that's if the great man, the 20 time grand slam champion, can negotiate his way through this path. that includes another young next generation star stefanos tsitsipas of greece. and federer is looking to win what would be a 100th atp tour title in melbourne. i could live happily ever after with 99! but if you're so close, knowing that i'm going to be playing this season, you know, iwill give that i'm going to be playing this season, you know, i will give it a go. bisley every tournament i will go. bisley every tournament i will go to, people might talk ab

the world number one and top seed will face kei nishikori, and the japanese player could be a tough prospectcome back from two sets down twice. in barbados, the first day of the first test between west indies and england gets underway. it's not been the happiest of times for the windies — they're on a four—match losing streak, having not won a series against one of the top eight test nations since 2012. meanwhile, england are fresh from winning their away series in sri lanka. however, they haven't won either of their past two test series in the caribbean and were only 2—1 winners against the west indies in the home series two years ago. i felt like since the start of last summer, i have had more of a handle on things and more of the direction of where i wanted the team to go. i think we are starting to see that more now that it has felt that way for a while. i think the way we played throughout the summer was a big factor in giving me more confidence and probably that was what came out more in show lank. —— sri lanka. i feel a what came out more in show lank. —— sri lanka. ifeela bit what ca

kei nishikori has won his first atp title since 2016 after beating daniil medvedev in the brisbane international nine consecutive atp finals before this. he held firm this time, winning 6—4, 3—6, 6—2 at the pat rafter arena. in the women's final, karolina pliskova has won her second brisbane international title after beating lesia tsurenko in three sets. the ukrainian took the first set and was serving for the match in the second, but lost her nerve, as pliskova turned things around to take it 7—5. tsurenko then rolled her ankle at the start of the decider, allowing pliskova into a 3—love lead, which she never lost. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. let us bring you some breaking news because a man have been charged with murder after a father was stabbed to death in front of his son on a train here in the uk on friday. the man who is 35 is accused of killing 51—year—old lee pomeroy on a train from guildford report london on friday. chelsea mitchell, 27 has also been charged with assisting an offender. a man has been charged with murder after 51—year—old lee pomeroy was stabbed t

world number one novak djokovic is through afterjapan's kei nishikori retired in the second set of theirl after three five set matches a thigh strain put paid to his chances of making it any further. djokovic is on for a hatrick of grand slam titles and looking to make it a a record seventh in melbourne. he'll face lucas pouille for a place in the final. scotland flanker hamish watson will miss the entire six nations, they've confirmed that he's got a broken a hand. lots more on the bbc sport website. learning to program computers, or coding as it's known, is becoming an essential skill, and one that children are being taught in primary schools. it presents particular challenges for visually impaired children, but there is help on hand in the form of a new teaching aid, as our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. i think we need six... theo who's blind and his sighted friend ollie have a common passion — computer programming or coding, and now there is a way they can do it together. a system where theyjoin up these pods to build a programme. music plays. ok, and then we n

another positive note for japan if i may take a look at the australian open is that kei nishikori advancingo the fourth round of the quarterfinals in the aussie open last night, yesterday. i think if you are japanese, he's got so many fans in this country. it is a good day on many fronts. shery: thank you so much, kathleen hays in tokyo. jinpingpresident xi stressed political stability and said serious danger in the unusual meeting of country's top leaders. he points the growing and slowing economy. tom mackenzie joins us from beijing. tom, are we seeing an increase sense of urgency from president xi jinping? was a cool tohis provincial leaders at this unusual meeting that took place in beijing. we were given no heads up, no official heads up or guidance that this meeting was going to happen. we only found out about it after the meeting had taken place. this is a call from president xi for these provincial leaders to wake up and smell the coffee on a number of issues. the domestic issues, whether it is the environment or economy. also, external pressures. but as you said, front and center,

up against danil medvedev he lost the second set, but took it over four sets and will now face kei nishikorierena williams is also into the quarter finals but it wasn't a straightforward start against simona halep. the announcer introduced the world number one — serena's title for so long — and she, headphones on, mind on other matters, took to the court simona halep, who is actually world number one! serena won it in three sets, keeping alive her hopes of matching marageret court's record of 24 grand slam singles titles. she literally lifted her game to a new level. and i didn't. i kind of state at the same level, and i should have lifted my game as well. but it is part of this journey on my way back. if serena wins her quarterfinal match she'll be in line to meet naomi osaka in the semis, who beat her in that infamous us open final. the fourth seed came from a set down to make it through and must now beat elina svitolina to keep the prospect of the pair meeting in the last four alive. jamie murray has entered into a war of words with compatriot dan evans, saying the briton has made a hash

the big serving all of it nicky shorey nishikori gave up a two set lead in his match but for the second time in the tournament he survived in five sets that is in keys beat. in straight sets keys esmé the semifinals three of the past five grand slam tournaments. getting school children excited about learning mathematics isn't always easy so teachers in the netherlands have come up with a way of showing just how useful math can be in the real world all with the help of a pool table. ok now this isn't a pool hall it's a classroom in the netherlands. these children are learning math in an unconventional manner. triangular numbers arithmetic i also teach them geometry to convey students are busy learning math without being aware of it and you know basic. twenty schools in the netherlands are using this method called smart it aims to make musts interesting and fun for children these students at least are enjoying themselves by. oh miss manipulate it's more fun than sitting in a chair then we practice what we've been learning and. i didn't know you can learn math like this it's really creative. here and you wangle an education that adds up to a bright fut