great britain's adam yates of mitchelton—scott was leading the race when the remaining stages were cancelledteam ineos said on twitter that "it's a shame the uae tour has been cancelled, but public health must come first. we are all awaiting testing, and will remain at the hotel until further notice". there have been 650 cases of coronavirus so far in italy — that's the highest of any european country. now the new mls season gets under way in north america this weekend, with two new clubs inter miami and nashville joining the league. inter miami's board includes the former england captain david beckham — who was given the chance to co—own a team as part of his contract, when he was a player with la galaxy. as inter miami prepare for sunday's opening game at los angeles fc, beckham's been speaking to our sports correspondent natalie pirks about the club's ambitions. at times, it's felt like an impossible dream. but on sunday, david beckham's 13—year vision will become a reality. after he surveyed his new kingdom, his mood was one of reflection... ..and relief. it's been such a long journey th

the mitchelton—scott rider made his decisive break from the front of the peleton with around 5 km toead of tadej pogacar and alexey lutsenko. the brit now takes the race leader's red jersey. there is much memorabilia out there celebrating the life and career of the one and only cristiano ronaldo. the man has his own museum in his hometown. but perhaps this memento takes the biscuit — a statue made of him entirely from chocolate. it is the creation of portuguese chocolatierjorge cardoso. it took around 200 hours to create the sculpture, which is being exihibited in ovar in northern portugal as part of their carnival celebrations, before going in cristiano ronaldo's museum in madeira. iam not i am not sure what he would make of it, to be honest. it is being exhibited in northern portugal. let's hope they have the air—conditioning on, otherwise it would wouldn't it? —— it would melt, wouldn't it? you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. we're stuck in this colder air stream thro

great britain's adam yates of mitchelton—scott was leading the race when the remaining stages were cancelleden cancelled, but public health must come first. we are all awaiting testing and will remain at the hotel until further notice. there have been 650 cases of coronavirus so far in italy. that is the highest of any european country. world number one novak djokovic will bid to reach the final of the dubai tennis championships later on friday. he beat the seventh seed, karen khachanov of russia, in straight sets on thursday to progress to the semi—final, where he will now face gael monfils. second seed stefanos tsitsipas meets britain's dan evans in the other last—four tie. on the wta tour, it is semi—finals day at the qatar open in doha. the world number one, ashleigh barty, will face the 2018 winner, petra kvitova. barty sealed her place in the last four by beating garbine muguruza in three sets. she won the decider 6—2. and something that has been making the headlines is this superb putt from an 84—year—old woman to win a flash new car. mary ann wakefield held her nerve with the whole c

the mitchelton—scott rider won the third stage from al qudra to jebel hafeet.al two ties in the last 16 take place later on wednesday. lyon hostjuventus, but one of the biggest matches of the round takes place at the bernabeu. as manchester city travel to face real madrid. this will be city‘s first champions league match since the club found out they were going to be banned from the tournament for the next two seasons, due to breaking uefa‘s financial fair play rules. and with their premier league title defence as good as over, pep guardiola will be desperate for his side to lift the trophy this season. we play the king of this competition so we know the challenge in front of us that we have to face but at the same time it is not the last one. so in life you are in this business you want to train you wa nt to business you want to train you want to play and you never know what will happen. and novak djokovic is back in action on wednesday at the dubai tennis championships. it‘s his first tournament since winning the australian open. he takes on germany‘s phillip