sport today is coming up next.llion for social care in england, admitting the system is clearly under pressure. allison holt reports. four times a day care workers help 76—year—old averil smith with such things as washing, dressing and getting to the toilet at her nottinghamshire home. a stroke left her partially paralysed. this is what the extra £2 billion announced for social care will help pay for. mrs smith believes it's something the chancellor had to do. notjust me, people need it, it's people that really can't do nothing. so what would you say to the chancellor about this and making this a priority? get your hand in your pocket, stop being so tight. how would he like it if he was sat at home all day and can't move? for her husband who cares for her the rest of the time this council—funded support is also crucial. if i didn't get it for the last two or three years i would have been in my grave now, so it's vital that we get it. and of the money the chancellor has found, councils will get £1 billion in the com

you're watching sport today from the bbc sport centre. coming up: strong words from the most decorated olympian of all time, doping cheats are ruining sport. the 2022 commonwealth games in durban is in doubt. and the aussie open title wasn't enough. serena williams has itchy feet. i tell you what, you will love this surprise appearance that shock to some park players. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today and michael phelps, the most decorated olympian of all time has told the us congress he never felt any competition outside of the united states was clea n. outside of the united states was clean. the swimmer testified in front of officials from wada and the international olympic committee. he called for an urgent overhaul of global anti—doping procedures and said athletes need to believe in fair play. throughout my career i thought that some athletes were cheating and in some athletes were cheating and in some cases those suspicions were confirmed, given all the testing i am so many confirmed, given all the testing i

you're watching sport today from the bbc sport centre.ated 0lympian of all time, doping cheats are ruining sport. the 2022 commonwealth games in durban is in doubt. and the aussie open title wasn't enough. serena williams has itchy feet. i tell you what, you will love this surprise appearance that shock to some park players. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today and michael phelps, the most decorated 0lympian of all time has told the us congress he never felt any competition outside of the united states was clea n. outside of the united states was clean. the swimmer testified in front of officials from wada and the international olympic committee. he called for an urgent overhaul of global anti—doping

lebo diseko is here next and sport today is on hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centrelifiers before argentina lose to bolivia. china's hopes are dealt a major blow after a 1—0 defeat to iran. and roger federer beats roberto bautista agut to make the quarter—finals of the miami masters. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. we start with the news that argentina have been beaten 2—0 away to bolivia in their south american world cup qualifier, dropping them into the play off position. it all comes on the back of what was a bad day when their star player and captain lionel messi was banned for four international matches for abusing an assistant referee. the incident took place during argentina's1—0 win over chile on friday, when the barcelona forward was caught on camera swearing at the official after flagging him for a fou, but the ban was put in place just hours before the match which was played in la paz. messi has also been fined just over $10,000 and will miss the next three matches after this one, although both messi and the argentine football fede

time now for all the sports news in sport today.for a 48—team world cup in 2026. and roger federer beats tomas berdych, to seal his place in the miami masters semi—finals. gale—force winds cause the first round of the ana inspiration golf to be suspended for the day. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that fifa has announced how the expanded 48—team world cup will be divided up in 2026. all football regions will see their slots increased, with africa the biggest winner. the plan to expand the competition beyond its current 32—team format is subject to approval in may. each confederation is guaranteed increased places, with oceania granted an automatic place for the first time. fifa are also proposing a six—nation play—off tournament to decide the last two slots at the 48—team world cup in 2026, as our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. europe richard conway reports. get 60 places, that is the price europe get 60 places, that is the price that they put on their support for this

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gregate over two legs to move into the champions league quarterfinals. ravi ashwin helps india to victory over australia in a bad tempered second test match. and serena williams is set to relinquish her world number one ranking after pulling out of her next two tournaments with injury. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with champions league football and the news that holders real madrid and five time winners bayern munich are the first sides through to the quarter—finals this year. real won 3—1 on the night and 6—2 on aggregate against napoli while arsenal lost 5—1 for the second successive time against carlo ancelotti‘s bayern munich going down 10—2 on aggregate. the arsenal manager arsene wenger has again had his future questioned but he believes the officials were at fault. we were really unlucky tonight because it was a 100% penalty at 1—0 on walcott in the first half, i checkedit on walcott in the first half, i checked it on television. in the second half the refe

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.t everton and celebrate harry kane's two goals with some unique handshakes. world number one, dustinjohnson, wins the wgc event in mexico city. and fans of peshawar zalmi celebrate after winning cricket's pakistan super league title. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with english premier league football. tottenham have trimmed the gap to seven points between themselves and english premier league league leaders chelsea, who play west ham on monday, after spurs scored a 3—2 win over everton. the england forward harry kane scored twice moving him to 19 league goals for the season and also taking him top of the goalscoring charts. dele alli got tottenham's third late on. impressive handshakes all—round. but two late everton goals did set up a nervous finish.

time now for all the sports news, in sport today.e from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a paulinho hat—trick against uruguay sends brazil seven points clear at the top of south american world cup qualifying. iran move closer to a place at next year's world cup finals in russia after beating qatar 1—0 in doha. and the picturesque surroundings of dharamsala gears up for the final test between india and australia starting on saturday. hello and welcome to the programme, where a paulinho hat—trick has helped brazil to a 4—1 win away to uruguay in south american world cup qualifying. an edinson cavani penalty gave the hosts an early lead in montevideo but paulinho who grabbed his third on the stroke of full—time led the way for brazil with neymar also on the scoresheet. lionel messi was the lone scorer for argentina, netting from the penalty spot in the 16th minute and moving them into the automatic qualifying spots beating chile in buenos aires. james rodriguez scored for colombia in their 1—0 victory over bolivia in b

sport today is coming up next. you are watching bbc news.h our latest headlines. president trump has signed a revised travel ban against six mainly muslim countries, with some of the contentious aspects of the old order removed. a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people as part of a "death squad" under president duterte. a zoo in cumbria, where nearly 500 animals died within four years, has been ordered to close. the owner of south lakes safari zoo where a tiger keeper was mauled to death in 2013 was refused a new licence to operate by the local authority. he now has four weeks to appeal against the decision, as our correspondent danny savage reports. south lake safari zoo. conditions for some of the animals here have been so bad it's now been ordered to close. the problem is animal welfare. an inspection in january found poor accommodation, uncontrolled breeding, and exotic animals living in unheated, rat—infested conditions. we've had reports from the public over many years that we've obviously c

hello, thanks for joining us on sport today.re's only one place we could possibly start our show, that's with the champions league. an extraordinary night of drama and heartbreak. one of the greatest comebacks in european football, if not the history of the sport. barcelona are through to the quarter finals after beating paris st germain 6—5 on aggregate, that's after having lost the first leg 4—0. they won 6—1 on the night. in tuesday‘s other champions league tie, it was wham—bam aubamayang, pierre emerick aubamayang with a hat—trick to send borussia dortmund through to the last eight at the expense of benfica. but the headlines will be dominated by that historic result at the camp now. i spoke to our football reporter jon bennett earlier for his take on an incredible match. it looked as though psg had saved it after an awful first half. edinson cavani's goal to make it 3—1. it looked as though things were over. things calmed down, that a frantic end to the game. a wonderful freekick for neymar, a penalty for neymar, a question

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.change in spain as real madrid regain top spot after barcelona slip up. liverpool come from behind to beat burnley 2—1 in the english premier league. and rafael nadal kicks off his indian wells campaign with a straight sets win. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with football in spain, where real madrid have regained top spot in the primera division, after a 2—1win over real betis on sunday. betis took the lead in madrid after what can only be described as a calamitous own goal from goalkeeper keylor navas. cristiano ronaldo got his 19th league goal of the season just before the break with a well directed header. and after scoring against napoli in the champions league on tuesday, sergio ramos once again got his name on the scoresheet with an 81st minute winner. after their incredible comeback in the champions league mid—week, barcelona looked like a different side against deportivo. luis enrique made five changes from the team who beat psg 6—1. barcelona went behind whenjo

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ind to beat roma and take control of their europa league last 16 tie. should i stay or should i go — arsene wenger admits the fans are a factor. andre greipel sprints to victory on stage five of the paris to nice race. after all that champions league excitement on wednesday, it's the turn of the europa league to take centre stage. and there was a 6 goal thriller in france as lyon came from behind to beat roma in the first leg of the last 16 tie. the home side had taken the lead after 8 minutes but mohamed salah drew the italians level on 20 minutes, before on—loan spurs defender federico fazio put roma ahead just after the half hour — at this point all one way traffic. the second half though belonging to lyon. they scored 3 unanswered goal, including a rocket from alexander lacazette in injury time to put themselves in the driving seat to reach the quarter finals. 11—2 final score. meanwhile manchester united grabbed a vital away goal as they drew 1—1 at russian side rostov. henrikh mk

time now for all the sports news in sport today.en as manchester city and liverpool finish 1—1 in the premier league. australia's marc leishman wins the arnold palmer invitational earnigg an invite to themasters! and roger federer wins a record equalling fifth indian wells masters title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and in the english premier league manchester city and liverpool had to settle for a point apiece as they battled out a thrilling 1—1 draw at the etihad stadium. it was a hugely entertaining game with controversy throughout. james milner put liverpool ahead against his former club six minutes

more on that in sport today.> more on that in sport today.ewly chosen chief executive has said it will be her priority to heal the divisions in the semi—autonomous chinese territory. carrie lam was elected by a specially—appointed committee of nearly 1,200 people, most of them loyal to beijing. ms lam had the backing of the chinese government in beijing and was widely expected to win. juliana liu is in hong kong for us. juliana, i see you're out and about, very much a monday as normal for many hong kongers going out about their business. what has been the reaction so far to ms lam's when? carrie lam is the first women chief executive elect in hong kong but that historic fact being overshadowed somewhat by the fact she has become such a polarising figure in the past few days. she was not the people's choice. she admitted that somewhat in her first press c0 nfe re nce , admitted that somewhat in her first press conference, saying she was coming into this role with humility and she would try to mend the divisions in society that she sees. let me

we are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. er a prominent panel of leaders and achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audience. thank you, david. i will be with a select group of stakeholders and experts for some of their questions about the issues concerning them. this is of course the culmination of a special week of programmes and reports across the bbc about the state of sport. here's a reminder of what we have covered so far. certainly the figures as regards the prevalence of performance enhancing substances as an amateur level are incredibly alarming. this is the dark side of exercise. it is a hard situation. everybody wants to make something for syria. it can grow as big as football. the young generations are into digital news and everything, so there is no doubt.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.hird miami masters title gathers pace. india are on the verge of winning the fourth test and the series against australia. and senegal‘s friendly with ivory coast in paris is abandoned after pitch invaders rugby tackle lamine gassama. hello and welcome to the programme and we start with tennis news. 18 time grand slam winner and world number six roger federer had few difficulties negotiating a path to the fourth round of the miami masters yesterday. the big one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del paco. —— he beat one martin del potro. the swiss who's already won the australian open and indian wells masters tournaments this year was rarely troubled against del potro, and will play spain's roberto bautista agut in the round of 16 as he searches for a third title at this event and first since 2006.

for me and the rest of the sports today team, see thanks to a ridge of high pressure, thursday turnedf sunshine and a top of 17 in england. during the course of the night, central and eastern areas will hold on to the clear skies. friday morning, temperatures quite chilly. further south and west, increasing cloud, light and patchy rain, hillfog, and some mist as well. a bit more of a breeze here, so a mild start in southern areas and further east. this area of low pressure will bring increasingly unsettled weather to western areas. friday morning, an east—west split. cloudy and breezy here across the west with drizzle. chilly and bright in the far east. a bright start in scotland and the northern isles. further west, cloudy with light rain. mist and murk in northern ireland and hill fog. also the case for north—west england and the south—west of england. the east of the pennines and east anglia, it will be a chilly start. at least bright with sunshine. notice the temperature difference. 6—7 degrees in the east, 10—11 in the west. the cloud in western areas will creep eastwards as the

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. year's beaten finalist kei nishikori is knocked out of the miami masters by the unseeded fabio fognini. world number one lydia ko is back to defend her title as the first women's major of the year tees off in the next 2a hours. and cristiano ronaldo is immortalised in bronze as madeira airport is renamed in his honour. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a shock at the miami masters tennis. the un—seeded fabio fognini has knocked out the second seed kei nishikori. the japanese player was the runner—up last year but was always on the back foot in this quarter—final and lost the first set 6—4. the second set was even easier for the italian as he sent the world number four running all over the court to win it 6—2, meaning he's also the first un—seeded player to make the semi—finals in ten years, and he'll play the winner of rafael nadal and jack sock. and unique kerber is looking like

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. victory over azerbaijan in their world cup qualifier. dustinjohnson creates history by winning the wgc matchplay event in texas. and world number one angelique kerber is through to the last sixteen of the miami 0pen. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and there were three groups in european world cup qualifying on sunday including world champions germany. they were away to azerbaijan where they continued their impressive form making it five wins from five played in group c winning 4—1 in baku. lutz pfannenstiel was there and he told me that it wasn't quite as easy as the scoreline suggests for the germans. the first 25 minutes azerbaijan played very good football. they did not make it easy for germany and it was quite a challenge. at the end of the day, the will class of the players gave us a clear victory. the first time in eight games that germany have conceded a goal so that would be disappointing?

all have been denied, but today, the man tasked with salvaging the sport's reputation told me it was ology today? we've already met with groups of both riders and staff and we've made it very clear that where there's been failings, we apologise for those. we recognise them, but we're going to do something about them and move forward. so there was a bullying culture then here at british cycling? i think there have been some well reported instances where behaviour was unacceptable. today, with training here continuing as normal, british cycling unveiled a 39—point action plan, designed to overhaul governance and athlete welfare. it all stems back to last year, when former sprint cyclist jess varnish complained about sexism and bullying amid a culture of fear at the sport's high—class performance programme. and she's not alone. a decade ago, jenny copnall was national mountain biking champion and says she was also a victim of discrimination at british cycling. i've certainly known of staff who have said to me down the years, and particularly when i retired, that they supported and they h

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: honours even as manchester city and liverpool finish 1—1 in the premier league. australia's marc leishman wins the arnold palmer invitational earnigg an invite to themasters! and roger federer wins a record equalling fifth indian wells masters title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and in the english premier league manchester city and liverpool had to settle for a point apiece as they battled out a thrilling 1—1 draw at the etihad stadium. it was a hugely entertaining game with controversy throughout. james milner put liverpool ahead against his former club six minutes after the break — sergio aguero then scored against liverpool for the fifth successive premier league game at the etihad stadium after 69 minutes — before both sides wasted opportunities to secure a vital win in the race for top—four places. media career as a manager. ——i have had a medium career stop it's one of the more special days of my life because after

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.spanish international, fernando torres, taken to hospital after suffering a head injury against deportivo la coruna. andy murray saves seven match points, as he sneaks into the dubai championships semi—finals. and british cycling lurches further into crisis after admitting "failings" within the organisation. hello, and welcome to the programme, where it's spain's primera division where we start, and the news that atletico madrid and spain striker, fernando torres, has been taken to hospital after a heavy collision in their 1—1 draw away to deportivo la coruna. torres and deportivo's alex bergantinos went up for the ball five minutes from the end of the match. the 32—year—old appeared to lose consciousness and landed head first on the turf with players from both sides racing to his aid before medical staff attended to him and removed him from the field on a stretcher where he was taken to hospital. the club have tweeted since torres was taken to hospital, saying this. "torres suffers a

from me and the rest of the magnificent sport today team, goodbye. hello, there. good morning.kend. we saw a bit of rain and some brighter weather. so some rainbows in places but some of the showers were really quite heavy and they contained hail. have a look here at 0xfordshire. and we also saw some snow. yes, snow there over the higher ground in wales. so a variety of weather. all down to an area of low pressure swirling around the heart of the uk. that is drifting its way ever eastwards and will continue to do so over the night. gradually things are calming down, although it is still fairly gray over the eastern side and into the small hours of the morning with small outbreaks of rain. another area of rain moving into the south—west of the uk. it will be chilly, generally speaking. temperatures up to five degrees and a touch of frost possible in the north of scotland. it is notjust rain across the south—west of england, there is potential for snow on the tops of the moors. apart from that, an ugly commute with the surface water and spray. the bulk of wales and the midlands a

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme.e in the fa cup semi finals after a 1—0 win over holders manchester united. and the 2022 commonwealth games will no longer be held in durban after failing to meet the criteria. might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead? might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead ? protests might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead? protests in france after two of the biggest clu bs france after two of the biggest clubs stunned supporters by announcing they are to merge. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that seven time winners chelsea have beaten holders manchester united 1—0 to progress to the fa cup semi finals. watching at stamford bridge was olly foster. manchester united fans have been coming here forfour years manchester united fans have been coming here for four years without anyjoy. as they were coming here for four years without any joy. as they were frisked for expensive items at the shed end, the united team at bus were underjust as much scru

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hi there.the best weather so far. western areas will have rain today. rain coming from the south and west. across eastern areas of england, the air has been coming up from the near continent, and that will bring temperatures into the low 20s in the warmest spots. as i said, the warmest day of the year so far. a mild start to the day with temperatures staying in double figures, 11 to 12 degrees as we start off. always the risk of pulses of rain affecting northern ireland. western areas of scotland is looking wet. cumbria as well. further pulses of rain across these western areas through the day on and off through the rest of the day. for the east, after a cloudy start, things will brighten up the sunshine coming in. for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. not too much rain towards the murray coastline. brighter spells. northern ireland, rain. there or therabouts for much of the day. some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales seeing some rain even

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good evening.ahead. but, with clear skies sunday night, monday morning starts on quite a chilly note. it is not a bad day, though. it is looking mainly dry, and many of us will see some sunshine around, too. the front that we saw on sunday, that brought cloud and drizzly rain, clearing away towards the east, and we've got this area of high pressure building in from the south—west. that is going to be dominating the weather through the next couple of days. so first thing monday, temperatures five or six degrees in most of the towns and cities, but it is certainly a chilly start to the morning in more rural spots. in northern ireland, temperatures have been down to freezing already. elsewhere, just one or two degrees above freezing, so we are likely to see a touch of frost for one or two prone spots during the morning. let's take a look around the country, 8:00am. some sunshine widely across southern england, much of wales, too, in fact. temperatures starting to slowly pick up, so a fresh feel to thi

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rge of barcelona next season. manchester city book their place in the quarterfinal of the fa cup. and it‘s a second round exit for roger federer at the dubai championships. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that barcelona head coach luis enrique has confirmed that he won‘t be at the club next season. the 46—year—old is in his third season at camp nou and won the champions league as part of the treble in his first year at barca, and led them to the domestic double last season but this campaign has been more problematic including a 4—0 loss in the opening leg of their champions league last 16 match against paris st germain. earlier i spoke to radio catalunya‘s ernest macia who believes now is the right time. probably this is a good moment because in canberra present a relapse for the team and a stimulation and a release for the team. now there‘s tension, today they won easily 6—1. it was against sporting

from me and the wonderful sport today team, goodbye. hi there.nd 72 degrees fahrenheit. it wasn't warm and sunny everywhere. pulses of rain affecting north and western parts of the uk. the rain affecting this part of the country in the next 12 hours. the front very weak, though, as it goes south—east. the wettest weather will always be in the north and western parts. however, wherever you are in the morning, it is going to be a mild start to the day. temperatures around 11—12 degrees for many of us. but there will be some rain around. i think it will be a wet start to the day across south—west england and wales. fairly heavy rain. a few spots getting across the midlands and hampshire. not amounting to much. east of this line it will probably be largely dry. the front will be very weak as it moves on later during the morning. northern ireland, a cloudy and wet note. the rain moves through quickly. skies will brighten up. a different story here in scotland. heavier as the day goes by, with some strengthening winds in the north. north—west england,

from me, tulsen tollett, and the wonderful sport today team, goodbye for now. hello there.the next few days. the satellite sequence of shows that we saw a fair bit of cloud across the south of the uk and that tended to melt away, but it's coming back in overnight and there more cloud across the north of the uk as well. but in between, large areas with clear skies, which means temperatures will drop away, it will be a chilly start to the day for most places but with the clear skies overnight there should be a good deal of sunshine through the day—to—day. temperature wise this morning, starting off at around about six or seven degrees underneath the cloudy skies in cardiff and in london. but northern england northwards, bottom end of single figures, particularly in more rural spots. i think we'll see a frost developing in some parts of scotland and northern ireland. not so in the south—west, more cloud, some outbreaks of rain here, six or seven degrees through the morning. a little bit brighter there in the western side of wales. but the eastern side of wales, through the mid

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.turn more unsettled now as we continue to head through the week. that's because we've got this area of low pressure out in the atlantic slowly encroaching in, it will be bringing increasing cloud, outbreaks of rain and increasing wind as well. meanwhile, high pressure remains anchored across the near continent. this feature will be bringing some showers into the south—west corner of the country during the course of the night. and i think generally it will be a cloudy and night to come for most, certainly central and northern areas, a bit of mist down the east coast there. so as a result, not quite as cool by the time we reach first thing on tuesday morning. could see the odd pocket of frost, though, across the north—west corner of scotland. that's because skies will remain clear here. so we've got showers from the word go across the south—west for tuesday morning. a bit of sunshine through the midlands and the south—east. more in the way of cloud across northern areas but a line of sho

from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello, good morning.howers, but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching i20mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wet weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bringing some damaging mistral winds to south—east france, and gusty winds into sardinia and corsica. here at home, things very much quiter. the winds quite light, actually, and a lot of the showers that we had earlier on are beginning to fade away. so we will see clearer skies developing, and it will be turning into quite a chilly night. ground frost, i think, in many places, and in the countryside there may be a pinch of air frost as well. so a chilly start to tuesday morning, but a dry and bright one for the most part. the showers along those north sea coasts tending to pull away. and instead we look to the

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. after a 1—0 win over holders manchester united. through by the skin of her teeth — angelique kerber wins in indian wells after a 3 set marathon. and the 2022 commonwealth games will no longer be held in durban after failing to meet the criteria. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that seven time winners chelsea have beaten holders manchester united 1—0 to progress to the fa cup semi finals. watching at stamford bridge was 0lly foster. manchester united fans have been coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with no joys. coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with nojoys. as coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with no joys. as they were frisked for offensive items, the united team bus was underjust as much scrutiny. anything offensive on there, a striker, just one will do. marcus off his sick bed. as a mourinho used to have a hold over chelsea's player of course. he remembers the good old days. the new man is not doing too badly either. the

from me and all the sport today team. goodbye. hello there. good morning.the west, and all our weather is coming in from off the atlantic at the moment, all this cloud spilling across the uk. it's driven by an area of low pressure that's running between iceland and scotland, with these weather fronts too. the rain across the northern half of the uk is running across fairly quickly, but to the south, things grind to a halt towards the end of the night. so after the rain across the northern half of the uk we get some showers rattling into the north—west of scotland early on in the morning, and again, there could be a bit of snow across the mountains. there'll be a strong wind, gales probably for northern scotland. by the morning, sunshine is out across northern ireland, and the cloud continuing to break up across northern england, brightening up quite nicely as that rain is out into the north sea. but across east anglia, southern england, perhaps the south midlands, mid and south wales, we've got more cloud. quite low cloud, quite mild. but there will be some

it be that after decades of focus on stamping out the illegal substances in sports, performance enhancing drugs, that here todaye is more systematic use of performance enhancing drugs in athletics, in cycling, in other sports than there's ever been before. i don't think you can say that. look at what we've learned about the russians. yes, systematic doping in russia. in the past there's been systematic doping in russia. the russian systematic doping has been going on for at least a0 years according to professor richard mclaren, who did the report. so it's not something new. you've worked in the recent past with a former russian anti—doping executive who blew the whistle on what was going on, plus his partner, who is a former elite athlete who did dope for a while. you worked with them, they're now living in exile in the united states. and they have told you it was industrial scale. yes, of course. but going back through decades. but how come it can have been in the very recent past industrial scale when, as i made the point, the world anti—doping agency, the iaaf, and all of the other different world bodies sup

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more on that in sport today later this hour.o the 18th century british explorer, captain james cook, failed to reach its expected auction price of between $600,000 and $830,000 in sydney. captain cook made three long voyages of discovery around the pacific and it's thought the waistcoat was worn on the first of them, to australia. hong kong's newly chosen chief executive has said it will be her priority to heal the divisions in the semi—autonomous chinese territory. carrie lam was elected by a specially—appointed committee of nearly 1200 people, most of them loyal to beijing. ms lam had the backing of the chinese government and was widely expected to win. earlier i got the reaction from the bbc‘sjuliana liu in hong kong. carrie lam is the first woman chief executive elected in hong kong. but that historic fact overshadowed somewhat eye the fact that she has become such a polarising figure in the past few years. she was not the people's choice. i think she admitted that come at somewhat, in her first press conference, saying that

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it is an important day for sport today. watchers pick the ascent in about half an hour ago. —— picture sent in. quite a lot of fog on the south coast. hopefully it will break up. it is a cloudy and murky start. coastal and hill fog as well and also some rain around across the far north—west of scotland. that will sink steadily south towards the borders as we go through the morning. an improvement eventually. light and drizzly bits and pieces through the early morning in northern ireland. a fair amount of cloud through northern england, towards the south—west, but already we have a bit of brighton is pushing through in the south—east corner. now it isn't going to be blue sky and sunshine. the cloud will be hazy and sunshine. the cloud will be hazy and high up. but with some sunshine we should get warmth, possibly the warmest day of the year so far. at the same time the weather front wea ke ns the same time the weather front weakens after this drizzly rain in the north of england and north wales. if you get the sunshine and t

we are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. d we have brought together a prominent panel of leaders and achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audience. thank you, david. i will be with a select group of stakeholders and experts for some of their questions about the issues concerning them. this is of course the culmination of a special week of programmes and reports across the bbc about the state of sport. here's a reminder of what we have covered so far. certainly the figures as regards the prevalence of performance enhancing substances as an amateur level are incredibly alarming. this is the dark side of exercise. it is a hard situation. everybody wants to make something for syria. it can grow as big as football. the young generations are into digital news and everything, so there is no doubt. translation: it gave me a new start, new friends, and helped me in that way. i had to control my anger, had to just stay calm inside and outside the ring. i chose a sport, actively, as a way of living. you talk about painki

gymnastic stock are charged with sexually assaulting women and girls he had been treating for sports injuries. today, his attorneys asked the court to ban the attorney general from commenting about the casing the statements jeopardize their clients right to a fair trial. >>> as many as 50 women from baylor university came forward claiming they were sexually assaulted by members of the foot all team. several of those women have filed a federal lawsuit against the university alleging the will order or mishandled reports for >>> the texas rangers are working to determine if there is action that should be taken. university officials are cooperating with the investigation. >>> when someone kills an 8- year-old girl, everyone needs to worry. these words after the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect in the shooting of a girl that was shot in the back seat of her mother's car. someone in another car pulled out and started shooting, hitting her in the chest. hundreds gathered at the scene of the violence to support the family. >> she has been my little angel since kindergarten. when you looked at her face, you s

we are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. e brought together a prominent panel of leaders and achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audience. achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audiencelj achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audience. i will be with our studio audience. i will be with a select group of stakeholders and experts for some of their questions about the issues concerning them. this is the culmination of a special week of programmes and reports across the bbc about the state of sport. here's a reminder of what we have covered so a reminder of what we have covered so far. certainly the figures as regards the prevalence of performance enhancing su bsta nces prevalence of performance enhancing substances as an amateur level are incredibly alarming. this is the dark side. it isa dark side. it is a hard situation. everybody wa nts to it is a hard situation. everybody wants to make something for syria. it can go as big —— grow as big as football. the young generations are in

ioc delegated that decision to the international sports federations, nororganizations t may not have had the ability to under take such tasks. even today it remains unclear what sanctions the ioc and other sports related organizations can or will take in response to wada's independent investigation. collectively these organizations must take decisive action, must send an unambiguous message that they will not be able to create an advantage over athletes. wada's independent investigation raises serious concerns about policing doping including ability to sanction athletes institutions and even countries that continue to conspire the anti-doping code. i'm encouraged by the recommendation made by a group of national anti-doping agency that would strength then wada. the group wants to ensure that wada has the authority to investigate suspected doping violations, also want to provide wada additional resources to better develop anti-doping situations. and remove conflict of interests in order to protect whistle blowers. we all care about the international community, but it will continue to be questioned until an effective anti-doping system i

. >>> sad news for sports fans today. 60-year-old football legend dwight cart announced he was diagnosed with a.l.s. he's the author of the most popular amazing six-yard touchdown reception, winning game 28-27 against the dallas cowboys in '82. clark says every one of his old 49ers teammates have reached out and offered their support. >>> prince william and wife kate middleton wrapped up a trip to paris, the prince's first official visit since his mother princess diana died there nearly 20 years ago. the royal couple met with survivors of the 2015 attack at the bataclan concert hall, including one who had been shot seven times. will ask kate praised their courage, calling them very brave. the pair met with french president fran wau holland. prince william said the friendship between france and the uk will remain strong despite britain's decision to leave the european union. >>> the hottest-trending video on the internet, twins and their wild midnight antics caught on camera. >>> donald trump now taking construction bids to build his wall with mexico. find out just how big he wants it. yo

enforcement and immediately put them in contact with a third party expert in the field of child abuse in sports. today, the discussion is not just about dr. nasser and his victims, it's a need for reordering priorities to put the safety and welfare of young athletes first. while the president of usa gymnastics steve penny resigned after increased public awareness of the issues and dr. nasser is behind bars awaiting trial. we are stuck with a board of directors who put the reputation above the well being and safety of the young girls. it was usag who awarded steve penny with financial bonuses even after the sexual abuse allegations. it is telling nobody from usag apologized or expressed concern for the survives who have come forward. it is encouraging to me the bill will benefit all youth sports, not solely gymnastics and aimed as all forms of child abuse. participation in youth sports should be joyful. i know firsthand what it takes to reach the pinnacle of sport and proud to represent our country at the olympic games where i represent the youngest gold medalist in gymnastics history. it is simply un-