one thing that unites this entire ostersunds success unites this entire ostersunds success story, andfear nobody. the venues for the revamped domestic twenty20 competition have been announced with durham's home, the riverside, the only test match venue not to be chosen. the tournament will include eight venues including the sse swalec in cardiff and the aegeas bowl in southampton, but chester—le—street is the biggest name to be left out. it will only host one one—day international in 2020. british cyclist chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time tour de france champion began his 2018 season at the ruta del sol in spain today, despite an ongoing doping tribunal prompted by the test at last year's vuelta a espana. froome insists he has a right to continue competing. i know i have done nothing wrong, thatis i know i have done nothing wrong, that is my starting point, i know i have done nothing wrong. there is a pi’ocess have done nothing wrong. there is a process in place for me to demonstrate that an obviou

ostersund calls itself vinterstaden, the winter city.om wintry obscurity to playing arsenal in europe all the more remarkable, and stranger still they've been led there by an english manager who mixes coaching with a degree in emotional intelligence. it's notjust about how you control or pass a ball or shoot. it's about how we interact with each other. if you are a footballer for two hours a day and then you have to live in ostersund, you have to be somebody‘s husband, somebody‘s friend, somebody‘s brother, so i think it's important we have a responsibility to help develop the person as well. it's brought amazing results. ostersund have gone from the fourth tier of swedish football to beating much bigger european clubs. they are based in the remote centre of sweden, nearly 300 miles from stockholm. the current club was founded around a month after arsene wenger took charge of arsenal. the whole population of the town could fit inside the gunners' emirates stadium with loads of room to spare. so they've found another way, using not just t

patrick gearey, bbc news, ostersund. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.art with the rain and snow radar, because i want to draw your attention to where the snow is falling, north and west scotland, very heavy in places. the blue showing where the rain is. slightly milderair showing where the rain is. slightly milder air moving showing where the rain is. slightly milderair moving in, showing where the rain is. slightly milder air moving in, but it is a north—south divide. cold across the northern half of the country, and we have that snow. pretty heavy in north and west scotland, with accumulations of snow even down to lower levels 15 centimetres plus over the higher ground was with a strong west, south—westerly wind, gale forced, they could be drifting, conditions. driving conditions across parts of scotland and northern ireland as well as further south, much milder than of late, ten oi’ south, much milder than of late, ten or 11 degrees, but cold furthermore. this evening and overnight, showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and the far nor

el arsenal visito al ostersund del futbol sueco.to, cortesía del alemán, así que ya tienen un día y medio en la siguiente ronda. en el atlético madrid se vio sorprendido pero supo reaccionar. sam pato al 21 y luego le dio la ventaja los colchoneros, los 95 minutos del complemento abrieron la ventaja y solamente puso el contundente cuatro a uno a favor del equipo español. el villarreal llegaron todos los goles en el segundo tiempo en donde luego de haber iniciado el complemento abrió el marcador, puzol dos a cero al minuto 49, para darle margen de error. en el fútbol mexicano el día de ayer terminó el torneo de clausura, los resultados que me llamaron la atención fue la goleada que santos le metió a gol león. ya suman 10 goles en su cuenta personal, algo que no ha pasado desapercibido y ya empieza los rumores de un posible traspaso al américas, pero el dil dice que solamente se preocupa de jugar. >>> eventualmente si, pero ellos te tranquilo aquí, vamos a esperar lo que va a pasar, lo que decía santos, está preparado para enfrentar t

arsenal are already in action agianst swedish side ostersund. this one kicked off at 6pm.control already. they lead through the natural monreal early goal. just 12 minutes on the clock before more poor defending gifted arsenal a second. this time an own goal putting them to version zero up. so far, no problems with half—time approaching. arsenal already under way. scottish champions celtic face a tough task at home to zenit st petersburg this evening, in a five past eight kick off. chris mclaughlin will be watching this one for us. celtic under brendan rodgers are all about progression and in a european sense, it is alreadyjob done. third place in the champions league and progression to the europa league is already one better than last year. but brendan rodgers believes that this zen it site under roberto mancini are the favourites to make. celtic have injury concerns. in fa ct, celtic have injury concerns. in fact, a total of seven first—team regulars, including leigh griffiths, missing out this evening. a very intriguing night in the cold and wet of the east end of glasg

europa league action tonight, as arsenal take a first leg 3—0 nill lead to sweden where they meet ostersunds over zenit st petersburg. chris maclaughlin is there. it is -21 it is —21 degrees here in st petersburg, absolutely stunning but absolutely freezing. the hermitage behind me, the winter palace isjust over here and he had a man who never feel of gold, pat bonner. it is a beautiful city, can celtic do it tonight? i think they can but they will need a performance. it played exceptionally well at celtic park, every single player and they will have to do that again. i expect roberto mancini to change the team a little bit, the temple will be up. the fullbacks will engage and celtic may have to change their shape a little bit. but if they played we be played celtic park, celtic can do it. we'll celtic change our tactics? be played at diamonds and used the middle of the pitch very well. they may have to change a little bit to not risk exposure in wider areas. brendan is a tactical magician at times, he comes up at the right formations at the right times. he did that at celtic park and he wil

leading 3—0 from the first leg against ostersunds fk of sweden, they conceded two goals in the firstow, back to the curling in perth and let's see how it is done because this is a rising star the great britain, merely smith said. but for billie smedts. her brother is in the team. i was trying to concentrate on the sport but i was advised —— admiring your skills. can you show me how you should send the stone on its way using the back foot as your anchor, the sliding 40s forward and watch this. poetry in motion, curling in motion. it cannot go beyond the blue line and there goes the stone, releasing itjust before the stone, releasing itjust before the blue line, and you get a bit of curl, you hope to get it around at the end towards the house. happy with that one? it is talk to you. how was that? fine. how much practices that take? quite a lot. let's talk about your brothers, we felt them because they were beaten by the ridiculous switzerland stone scored five. how are they feeling?” have spoken to them a bit, they are gutted but happy that they have had a good time out there. they hav

week for english clubs in europe continued with a comfortable 3—0 away win for arsenal against ostersundszy yarnold in training in germany to see how she feels about becoming the first british athlete to try to retain an olympic title. we will get the split at some point. see you later. for 25 years, barry bennell lived a double life. publicly lauded as one of english football's best talent spotters, but in private he carried out a campaign of sexual abuse against young boys. he's been convicted of a total of 43 charges relating to assaults carried out between 1979 and 1990. one of his victims was david lean, whojoins us now. good morning. good morning. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. just before we talk in a bit more detail about what happened to you, i'm imagining the events of the past few years, specifically the past few days, must feel very important for you? it is great to finally see justice. i important for you? it is great to finally seejustice. i don't important for you? it is great to finally see justice. i don't feel i got justice finally see justice. i don't fee