jermaine beckford, you have scored so many goals, especially for leeds united.c sport team tonight, but if you're in that late stressing, what would your mentality be? just to go out there, enjoy the occasion, nothing close, nothing to prove, just take it all in. this is a phenomenal stadium. —— if just take it all in. this is a phenomenalstadium. —— if you're just take it all in. this is a phenomenal stadium. —— if you're in that leads a dressing room? phenomenal stadium. —— if you're in that leads a dressing room7m phenomenal stadium. —— if you're in that leads a dressing room? it is a chance to prove themselves to a big audience, do you think? absolutely. absolutely everybody has been hearing about what leeds united are doing and they have won another game at the top of the lake. it is another opportunity to show everybody what they're about. —— top of the league. it does not matter what 11 are there, they'll play exactly the same type of football, apart from minor to skilful playmakers who are going to be rested today. i am itching to get there, to be honest

arsenal are through to the fourth round of the fa cup after beating leeds united 1—0.nship leaders had enough chances to win it, but couldn't take them and the gunners will now face bournemouth in the last 32. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. this is where leeds feel they belong. arsenal partly, but in general, the big time. it's the path their manager plots so intensely...from his bucket. while leeds were unmistakably marcelo bielsa's team, even if they wore pale blue rather than white, they just overran arsenal in the early stages. bamford hit the bar. leeds threatened to score with almost every attack. emiliano martinez was in goalfor arsenal. he at least showed his skills. well, he had to. arsenal's manager has his own reputation to build, and mikel arteta needed more from his players. well, he'd picked a strong team.

arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one from 7:30 tonight. radio 5 live. the games keep on coming, tomorrow it's the first of the league cup semi—finals — and there's a manchester derby to look forward to as united host city. 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s manchester united side have lost huge ground to city in the last few years, but he's still full of praise for the way that pep guardiola's side have dominated. i had rather admired his team, they have raised the bar so much since pep guardiola came in, the standard they have said is something for us to aim for. it looks like rhys webb's made his final appearance for the french side toulon. the club's owner says webb has shown a "dishonest attitude" over his move back to wales. the scrum half will rejoin 0sprey‘s next season after being released early from his toulon contract forfamily reasons. johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional tennis, as she prepares for the australian 0pen later this month. she lost in the first round in straight sets to barbora strycova — a player who konta's fai

coverage of arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one and before kick off you can watch the fourtharance for toulon. last week, the welsh scrum half said he would leave france at after being had been released from the last year of his contract with the french side to return to ospreys, but toulon's owner says webb has shown a "dishonest attitude" over his move back to wales. some breaking news for you. there was an investigation on an alleged racist instrument on the 22nd of december the chelsea defender claimed that he was abused. that case has been closed, tottenham and the metropolitan police say that they have now exhausted all mines, at the news of investigation, and can find no evidence to support his claims —— all lines. they say that he has their full support, claims —— all lines. they say that he has theirfull support, but claims —— all lines. they say that he has their full support, but they can find no evidence whatsoever regarding that claim of racist abuse at the tottenham hotspur stadium just before christmas. we will have more on that in sports day at 6:30pm. the ter

also took place on monday with 13 time winners arsenal progressing thanks to a 1—0 win at home to leeds unitedes after half time with reiss nelson the recipient of a bit of luck as he bundled home the ball from close range alexandre lacazette was lucky to escape a card of any colour with 15 minutes remaining despite var getting involved but it's arsenal who progress to the last 32 where they'll travel to fellow premier league side bournemouth i tried to give them advice to try to tell them exactly what we were going to face, and after 32 minutes we decided to win. they may look like a small team, when we change our attitude and desire and change a few things that halftime in our organisation, we were completely different. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says neighbours city have "raised the bar" under pep guardiola. the two sides meet in the league cup semi—final first leg later. solskjaer says city's form in recent years has given his side "something to aim for". derby games are always hard to predict, united beat city 2—1 in the league last month, producing one of the best per

man stole the show last time round, but who will be the hero for arsenal tonight as they take on leeds united prime minister, scott morrison, has promised over a billion pounds in aid to help his country recover from the continuing bushfire crisis. fires have so far ravaged an area around the size of ireland, with several smaller fires in the states of new south wales and victoria threatening to merge to create mega fires. mr morrison has been heavily criticised for his response to the disaster. last week, he had to cut short a visit to the town of cobargo after angry locals heckled him. clive myrie is there. hello, fiona. there are so many towns and villages like this across south australia hit hard by those bushfires. they need the help of the government and quickly. places like this, a population more than 600. cobargo. the fire swept through new year's eve, little power, water, people feel ignored. they have been left to defend for themselves. but while the government has been attacked for its response, firefighters, particularly in the volunteer firefighters, particularly in the volu nte

third round in 22 of the past 23 seasons, but they have a tough test on monday when they face leeds unitedw manager mikel arteta secured a first win in charge of the gunners on new year's day with a 2—0 victory over manchester united in the premier league. the north london outfit are the most successful side in the fa cup, having lifted the trophy on 13 occasions. leeds won the fa cup for the only time in 1972 by beating arsenal 1—0 in the final. the competition that is very attached to this football club in recent yea rs, attached to this football club in recent years, and we have to take very seriously and we have to try to go to the next round. the way they play, the manner they behave, i follow them, my coach for a long time, i know how tough it is going to be to play against them. the atp cup is underway on day 4 in australia, with world number one rafael nadal set to take to the court when spain face uruguay later. nadal made his first appearance of 2020 in perth on saturday, and he came through 6—3, 7—5 which gave his nation an unassailable lead over georgia. on monday nadal will co

and on monday, arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one — kick off at the emirates is 7.56pm.m, are encouraging fans to take a minute to consider mental health. that certainly has gotten people talking this weekend. and don't forget to catch all the goals from today's fixtures on the bbc website and app. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at 7.30pm. i'm off to think about what tattoo i want. until then, goodbye. good evening too. some of you had a lovely su nset good evening too. some of you had a lovely sunset this evening, fairly cloudy to finish or saturday. but overall, not a bad start of the weekend. winds will pick up over the next few days, and as for tomorrow, we almost do it all over again. fair bits of cloud across the country, but we also notice it is that bit breezy or as well, picking up even more next week. far north of scotland, outbreaks of rain pushing its way eastwards. i bring you some milderairto its way eastwards. i bring you some milder air to shetland with temperatures at 3—4dc all afternoon, probably warmer tonight than it has been today. clear

arsenal are through to the fourth round of the fa cup after beating leeds united 1—0.them. the gunners will now face bournemouth in the last 32. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. this is where leeds feel they belong. arsenal hardly, but in general, the big time. it is the path their manager plots so intensely. leads were unmistakably the team even if they wore pale blue rather than white. theyjust overran arsenal in the early stages. danford hit the bar. leads threatened to score with almost every attack. martin has at least showed his skills. he had to. arsenal public manager has his own reputation to build and they needed more from the players. he picked a strong team. free kick taper for example. commentator: it was always going to be him. close. a note arsenal were energised and even though this attack featured a big assist from a leeds boot, it was a sign of the way the game had moved. if arsenal supporters wanted commitment, we saw it. var examining the entanglement here. no further action. it. var examining the entanglement here. no furtheraction. have

and on monday, arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one — kick off at the emirates is 7.56pm.ng one minute pastis those kick—offs being one minute past is at the fa cup and prince william are trying to get fans to ta ke william are trying to get fans to take a minute to look at mental health issues over the next few days. that's all from sportsday. good evening. fairly breezy day on the way tomorrow, but it will get even windier as we head into next week. but at least a lot of dry weather to come through the next 2a hours. through tonight, the main chance of rain will be across shetland. milder air chance of rain will be across shetland. milderairtowards shetland, it's been a very cold day there today. milder air elsewhere across the west, a few showers from the thicker cloud here. some clear skies, just noticed 2—3dc to the northeast of scotland, a fairly cloudy day for most of us with some rain coming and going all day long across the far northwest of scotland. there'll be a few showers across western and southern parts, much like we saw today with the vast majority being dr

and in the fa cup, arsenal beat the championship leaders leeds united 1—0 at the emirates.

arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one from 7.30pm tonight.itish talent has triumphed at the golden globes. the newly knighted sir sam mendes got two awards for his first world war epic, 1917. the other big winners were the eltonjohn movie rocketman and phoebe waller—bridge's ground—breaking sitcom fleabag. 0livia colman was honoured for her portrayal of the queen in the crown. with me is is the entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. yesterday everybody said it would be a great night and it clicks? 34 nominations, leading the pack but wilting on the vine as it turned out the huge disruption, much hyped will have to wait for another year. it will happen but not this year. we thought we had the irishman going into these leading categories, two popes, not to be. ended up being a love letter to traditional hollywood with 0nce love letter to traditional hollywood with once upon a time in hollywood and sam mendes is 1917 taking the gold. the brits overall, and i mentioned a few of them, was that as a prize? i think so. some of them

liverpool and everton live on bbc one on sunday, as well as arsenal v leeds united on monday evening.text commentary and goal clips across the weekend. now, onto someone that's starting the new year we thought we would take a look at the effect on footballers in the top flight. the effect on footballers in the top flight. for most of us, this is the time of year we resolved to get fit. the league footballers it's the point of exhaustion. this weekend, most premier league clubs will play their fifth game in 15 days. before that, the leaders liverpool were at the world world cup. they will be facing everton in the fa cup. the boys ran 13 kilometres last night to wina boys ran 13 kilometres last night to win a premier league game. i can tell them, try and run only 11 so you are fine for the next game but it doesn't work like this. it is more, it's quicker, it's more physical and demanding in all departments. there are numbers behind the grumbles. according to the website physio room, 120 premier league players are currently injured, including 11, a whole team, and newcastle. spurs lost to

they need a half time telling off from boss mikel arteta to spring them into life against leeds unitedt the emirates. after his success at the golden globes, will sam mendes‘s warfilm 1917 be in with a chance of a bafta? we'll bring you the nominations live. britain's biggest grime artist and this week's number one, stormzy, is joining us on the sofa later. good morning. today is going to be windy wherever you are, particularly so windy wherever you are, particularly so in the northern half of the country, gales or severe gales. i will have more later. it's tuesday the 7th of january. our top story: a british teenager, convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli men in cyprus, is due to be sentenced this morning. the 19—year—old could be jailed for a year for causing public nuisance after she retracted her original statement alleging she'd been attacked by 12 men in aiya napa. the teenager could be jailed for a year and find £1500 after a judge rejected her pleas in court that she was gang raped. and only retracted her statement after she was denied access to a lawyer, a

that's arsenal against leeds united, and you can watch it live on bbc one from 7:30 tonight.lub's owner says webb has shown a "dishonest attitude" over his move back to wales. the scrum half will rejoin 0sprey‘s next season after being released early from his toulon contract forfamily reasons. johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional, as the preparations for the australian open later this month. she lost in straight sets to ba rbora strycova, a player who konta's failed to beat in their three previos meetings including in the quarter finals of wimbledon last year. konta has been struggling with a knee injury, which she'll want to improve before melbourne. and over the last few weeks we've shown you the various states the zlatan ibrahimovic staue was left in. toilet seats left on it, its nose was cut off. now severed at the ankles! it's had to be taken away for repair. the vandalism a result of the players investment in a rival swedish club. apparently the local authority in malmo plans to bring it back. perhaps for even more punishment! that's all the sport for now.

his side beat leeds united in the third round of the fa cup last night.of the tournament despite the ongoing bush fires. reigning men's champion novak djokovic had suggested that the start could be delayed because of the air—quality in melbourne. i'll be back with more on those stories later. in australia, hundreds of volunteer firefighters have attended the funeral of one of their colleagues, who died while battling bushfires. andrew 0'dwyer was killed in new south wales last month when a tree fell in the path of his fire engine. his 19—month—old daughter charlotte was presented with her father's medal for bravery at the service. meanwhile, crews fighting the fires are preparing for conditions to worsen. officials in australia say almost 2,000 houses have now been destroyed in the crisis. my colleague lucy hockings sent us this update from wandandian, in new south wales. i'm standing by the princess highway near the town of wandandian, and driving here we came through mile after mile of charred out forest. and we've just had some local firies, some volun

and in the fa cup, arsenal beat the championship leaders leeds united 1—0 at the emirates.rning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the british teenager who was convicted of lying about being raped bya group convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli men in cyprus has been given a four month suspended sentence, meaning she is now free to return to the uk. her lawyer told the bbc there was huge relief she was being allowed to go home, but confirmed she would appeal her conviction. the 19—year—old was found guilty after she retracted her original statement alleging she had been attacked by 12 men in ayia napa. she says she was coerced into changing his story. our correspondentjohn maguire was at court in cyprus and a short time ago spoke to her lawyer, louis power, about the sentence. we are delighted, of course. we came to court with trepidation, notjust because of the damaging effect of the conviction, not knowing whether, in fact, it would be immediate custody or, in fact, a suspended sentence, so we are pleased she is going home. tell us a little bit about h

united. there was a huge game in the championship, leeds are still top of the table on goal difference from west and it was a bittersweet afternoon for west brom's semi ajayi. he scored both goals, he gave the baggies the lead in the second minute of the match after some head tennis in the leeds box, the ball just crossing the line. and it was ajayi's own goal after the break that saw leeds come away with a point. he unwittingly deflected patrick ba mford's header past his own keeper. leeds stay top, then, and both sides are nine points clear of brentford and nottingham forest, who are third and fourth. england's cricketers are having a tough time of it on tour in south africa, jofra archer is a doubt for the second test which starts in cape town on friday. the fast bowler has soreness in his right elbow. he took six wickets in the first test which england lost. he was also one of the 11 players affected by a sickness bug. the rest of the squad trained this morning. archer was there but didn't bowl. that's all the sport for now. the pdc world dad's final is under way, peter wright is 3-2 up agai

leeds rhinos yesterday. hello and welcome to sportsday. in a moment we'll bring you up to date with all the latest premier league transfer news, could be some movement at manchester unitednham, but we're going to start in spain and a managerial sacking. barcelona are the reigning champions, top of the la liga and still in the champions league, hardly a club in crisis but ernesto valverde is on the brink of leaving. let's speak to let's guillem ballague. was that his last training session? what is the very latest?” was that his last training session? what is the very latest? i think it was his last training session. we expect a public notice about apm uk time. the meeting, board meeting which lasted two hours has just finished a few minutes ago where they discussed who will replace nso valverde. it is something they thought for a while, they contacted thierry henry in november, xavi said no right now and now we are between candidates including mauricio pochettino. had they've been courting xavi a former midfield star who had been in qatar at the moment? this is the ceo of the sporting director, because he is recovering. you have to believe them until we found that that a

leeds and to manchester, is more uncertain because it‘s at a much earlier stage. a final decision is due next month. tom burridge, bbc news, in birmingham. the uk‘s biggest trade union uniteing tojoin sir keir starmer and lisa nandy on the ballot to replacejeremy corbyn. the result of the leadership contest will be announced at the beginning of april. our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. i think it is highly likely that they will back rebecca long bailey today. we know that they are pretty left—wing, the leadership of unite are certainly very pro—jeremy corbyn or have been in the past. the expectation is that they will want people to carry on in the same sort of mode asjeremy corbyn. that is definitely being seen as rebecca long bailey. mccluskey, the secretary when he arrived this morning. i think whatjeremy did four years ago, he probably changed british politics forever, and i think he changed the labour party. we now have a clear alternative to a conservative austerity government, a government that actually governs for the rich as opposed to the rest of the people, and whatjeremy corbyn has done with labour, and that is his legacy, is to create

website — and the draw for the fourth round will be made tonight ahead of arsenal's game against leeds unitedckle on the striker, but thankfully it didn't take kerr out of the game. she went on to have a hand in a couple of goals, including this beauty from guro reite. england are closing in onjust their fifth test match win in a year — they're firmly in control against south africa thanks to a maiden test fifty from dom sibley on day three of the second test. he finished the day unbeaten on 85, so will be back out there again when play starts in a couple of hours time. england are 218—a in their second innings, that's a lead of 26a. and over the last few weeks we've shown you the various. statues, toilet seats, its nose cut off. it's been taken away for repair. the result of the investment by ibrahimovich on arrival swedish club. it's quite disturbing, isn't it? it doesn't look great, does it? sporting statues over the last few yea rs. sporting statues over the last few years. the irony of this one, it looks quite a lot like it. the one over madeira airport, that was the worst. it will be ba