now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. good evening and welcome to sportsday.up in the show: the home nations‘ coaches name their squads for the six nations championship, which starts on saturday. after 21 years in the game, frank lampard calls time on his football career. he won three premier league titles and four fa cups with chelsea. and as chris eubankjunior attempts to win his first world title fight on saturday, questions have been raised about the credibility of the ibo belt. thanks forjoining us. england head coach eddiejones has named his team to face france in their opening match of rugby union's six nations championship. the tournament starts on saturday, withjones batting down implications that the england team, and crowd, are arrogant. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. well, never mind warm weather training in portugal, england are backin training in portugal, england are back in surrey on the grey and windy day. some rain in the air. his flexibility is important to england. on the wing, evan daly. on the front row, joel harlech is fit

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. captain cook no longer...wo ashes victories and a record 59 matches in the role, alastair cook steps down as england's test skipper. the loss of a legend — the former south africa captain joost van der westhuizen has passed away, aged a5. and canada's dennis shapovalov is hit with a fine after his davis cup disaster. after a record 59 matches leading his country, alistair cook has stepped down as england's test captain. there is some flash photography in this report. 2012. england's new cricket captain, alastair cook, posed for the cameras like a visit to the dentist. he would rather not, but he knew that he had to, so smile. cook captained his way this way, old —fashioned, reasonable. yes, even inspirational. 0n foreign soil or home he withstood more test matches than any other england captain. but it takes its toll. the demands get to every skipper eventually. and having lost the recent test series in india emphatically a—nil, cook decided he'd had enough, explaining in a statement today, stepping down has b

hello and welcome to sportsday. up tonight — the win that could kick—start their season — but what chance of leicester securing that in the champions league tonight? mkhitaryan puts manchester united on the cusp of the last 16 of the europa league. and george north looks to make a flying return for wales in the six nations this weekend. yes, hello and welcome. leicester city's struggles in the premier league this season have been well documented. but as they return to champions league action tonight, manager claudio ranieri is hopeful their match with the spanish side sevilla can provide the much needed win to kick start their season. the bbc‘s colin hazelden is in spain. leicester city haven't scored a premier league goal in 2017. you would think the last thing they would think the last thing they would need would be a trip to seville, flying high in the league, pushing barcelona and real madrid ha rd pushing barcelona and real madrid hard at the top. speaking yesterday to the press, foxes manager claudio ranieri i

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. i'm 0lly foster these are our sportsday headlines tonight. flying high in championship...it‘s the seagulls against the magpies tonight, first against second. it's a first match in five weeks for andy murray and there's no drama in dubai as he reaches the second round. and we'll hear from james taylor as he continues to adapt to life after cricket following his life threatening heart condition. good evening, in a moment we'll have more on leicester's managerial situation after that stunning win against liverpool last night, but as the champions think about survival, two teams odds on for promotion to the premier league go head to head tonight. championship leaders brighton and hove albion are one point clear of newcastle united. the magpies are looking to go straight back up after last season's relegation while brighton haven't played in the top division for 3h years. john young is at the amex stadium for us evening. little doubt that for both teams this is the match of the season. esp

now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson.the champions heading for the championship? the threat of relegation looms for leicester after another defeat. burnley and brady halt the run of league leaders chelsea at turf moor. and scotland fall to france as les bleus bounce back in paris. yes, good evening. chelsea have extended their lead at the top to ten points tonight, but it's with last years champions leicester city we start. a team seemingly in freefall after slipping to their fifth straight league defeat. a 2—0 loss at swansea leaves them one point above the relegation zone and fighting for survival, a season on from lifting the premier league title. hannah lupton reports. not much to smile about when faced with a relegation battle. claudio ranieri's leicester are one point above the bottom three and so are swansea, but they are revitalised since paul clement took charge. with so much riding on this game, it was all rather cagey. that was until alfie mawson managed to break free, the central defender showing his survival

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm mike bushell.ps have passed a motion of "no confidence" in the fa. wales look to be biggar, and up north, ahead of their big six nations match against england. and a year to go before the winter olympics start in south korea, we'll be meeting some of stars, who hope to make it a best ever winter games for team gb. thanks forjoining us, first tonight then, mps in the house of commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the football association. there have been calls for english football's governing body, to reform itself for decades, but now they could face legislation, if they aren't seen to modernise from within. for more on this we can join our sports editor dan roan, who's outside wembley stadium. good evening dan. firstly, how much weight does this vote carry, and what sort of changes do they want, are we talking measures to help the england team? in terms of how much clout it carries, the answer is none, officially. it's more of an embarrassment for the fa. after all, parliament today dec

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson.a goalkeeper‘s resignation and now an fa investigation — how the sutton story has taken a turn for the worse. keeping his eye on the ball — why pep fears a backlash from his critics if city fall in the champions league. and why athlete welfare is being prioritised by uk sport. hello and welcome. sutton united's fa cup tie with arsenal was meant to go down as the one of the biggest moments in the club's history. but the resignation of their reserve goalkeeper threatens to overshadow their moment in the spotlight. wayne shaw's decision to eat a pasty on the sidelines of their fifth round tie was meant to be a bit of fun. but when it emerged a betting company had offered odds on him eating the pie during last night's fifth round tie, it prompted an investigation by the fa and the gambling commission. and that led to his departure. patrick gearey has been following developments. we did not expect to be talking about sutton united and there are 46—year—old reserve goalkeeper today and even

now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes.s what's coming up tonight... parliament table a motion of "no confidence" in the football association, as mps plan to debate the way the sport is governed. stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight—week fa ban while at west brom last year. and the world's most improved male tennis player prepares to lead great britain into a davis cup battle with canada. iam lee i am lee foster at twickenham. coming up later, it is inside six nations. on the eve of the championship will look ahead to the weekend's matches. so, a packed sportsday tonight. we're starting with football. as always we've cherry picked the day's best news lines from the managers' press c0 nfe re nces . but before we hear those, let's see who's playing who with a look at the weekend's premier league fixtures. eight games tomorrow and two on sunday. as always with influence at both ends of the table. there's a classic six—pointer in the relegation zone between crystal palace and bottom club sunderland and fellow

now, time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson.njoe root says he's privileged to be given the role. can manchester city re—establish their place in the top four with a win at bournemouth? and given a boot by the rfu, former sale winger tom arscott is found guilty of passing on confidential team information. joe root has described it as a "a huge honour" to be given the england cricket test captaincy. the batsman, who succeeds alastair cook, says he feels "privileged, humbled and very excited." can he continued to produce the runs now he has the added responsibility as captain? a tremendous performance. root has played magnificently. magnificent hundred from root. in really tough circumstances. he is the dynamo of the england team. joe root has got used to being english cricket's great hope. now he faces something newer. great responsibility. the way in which he plays his cricket, he goes about his business, you would imagine it will lend itself to being a great captain. in january he became a father for the first time, he'll approa

but first sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.peaks for the first time since stepping down as england cricket captain saying he could no longer give his all to the role but wants to continue breaking records for the side. leicester city are united behind their manager claudio ranieri, he says there are not in a crisis. and we find out about an unusual form of preparation for the welsh rugby union captain alun wynjones. alastair cook says it will be great for england's cricketers to have a new voice with a new drive and new ideas. cook has been speaking for the first time since stepping down as england test captain. he told our sports correspondentjoe wilson he could no longer give his all to the role. every captain knows the ultimate direction. it's when, not if, the end comes. alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions. well, list the responsibilities he is now leaving behind. a test match cricket captain doesn'tjust toss the coin, he must be an on field tactician, a team diplomat, media politician, and in the case of ala

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. on the way tonight: jamie vardy keeps leicester's european dream alive. mikatrayan scores to send manchester united into the last 16 of the europa league. and england dropjonathanjoseph for their six nations clash with italy. good evening. jamie vardy scored a crucial away goal to keep leicester's hopes of reaching the quarter finals of the champions league alive. their 2—1 defeat to sevilla in spain leaves them with a chance of progressing with the second leg to come. but perhaps more importantly, his goal might kick start leicester's season with the champions struggling in the premier league. patrick gearey reports. in the season that has gone to pieces, leicester city needed some escapism in spain. but the present keeps catching up with them. wes morgan, sauron liable, —— sauron rash. liable, but correa was kicked out. for the most part, the goal was going to be innovative. sarabia. ranieri tried to steer his side from the rocks. but sevilla chasing barcelona and real madrid, corre

the sportsday move could spark a political row.ing, it is repaired to act. the defence secretary is saying that russia is preparing to use prolonged attacks in an attempt to destabilise nato. 0ur correspondent ports. the defence secretary has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with a company which is weapon rising information. finally there is the use of cyber weapons to disrupt criminal infrastructure. the russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the united states of america. russia is accused of meddling in the presidential election. claims it was sanctioned at the highest level although that is denied by the kremlin. the defence secretary is warning about russia and that follows comments by the nato secretary general last week. i trust the reports we have seen week. i trust the reports we have seen from many national intelligence services, including germany and the united states, that russia is behind many of the cyber attacks. we have seen many

that's all the sports from sportsday. coming up next on bbc news, it's click.r decades, scientists all around the world have been trying to create a machine that can match our intelligence. and nowadays artificially intelligent algorithms can perform many tasks much better than us. for a long time scientists have been using games like chess, draughts and go as a benchmark for testing ai. and that's because all these games have a certain amount of unpredictability built into them. namely, their human opponents. but this week the ai community has been celebrating a big win after a poker playing algorithm called liberatus defeated four top human players in a 20—day match of heads up no—limit texas hold ‘em poker. i've been using poker as a benchmark for 12 years. now the best ai has surpassed the level of the best humans but even this big win is only a little step towards creating a general artificial intelligence. one capable of sophisticated thought across a wide spectrum of areas, and solving problems just as well as a human can. it's an incredible time. and it

these are oui’ it is time for sportsday. these are our headlines. an embarrassing end to the tour of india for england. they lost the t20 series. the top four all drop points last night. manchester united need to cash in against hull tonight. fans and players say farewell to graham taylor today. good evening. the england cricket captain said his team were not at the races today. madison understatement. this was their last match on tour, a t20 series decider, chasing 203 for victory and they disintegrated losing the last eight wickets. test series lost, one—day series loss, surely not this one. after deciding to bowl, they had a big breakthrough. they kohli went walkies. they brought back the noise. we will not see that ball again. different ball, same result. ms dhoni reached a half—century. england had to find 203 for victory. a reverse sweep for six. while there we re a reverse sweep for six. while there were many more maximums from joel root and one morgan when they were both out in successive balls, things unravelled. six in total. the tourists

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening... late winnerfor a late winner for manchester united in the efl cup final at wembley. another hat—trick for harry. kane scores three as spurs thrash stoke. another win for england in the six nations, but only after they were trailing at half—time to italy. manchester united have won in the efl cup final. they ended up on the losing side. ibrahimovic was the difference between the teams. he stared united to yet another trophy. that was quite some match. stared united to yet another trophy. that was quite some matchm stared united to yet another trophy. that was quite some match. it must be. it was one of the cruellest cup finals. they had not even conceded a goal in the entire tournament up until today. they were just edged out by manchester united side being led byjose mourinho, who has won 2a major traded in a 17 year managerial career. let's take a look at what happened. after the opening goal had been wrongly disallowed, manchester united went up the other end and punished southampto

that's all from sportsday.ou might have. 0vernight a mixture of rain and snow coming in, brew with the best chance of picking elation over the pains, —— pennines. the biggest risk will be on saturday morning. widespread frost but they will be some sunshine around the western peripheries, northern ireland and the west of scotland doing 0k, otherwise they bloody day, a tendency for snow showers to turn back to rain during the day across eastern areas. across the pennines we are expecting some further snowfall and there could be some sizeable accumulations, maybe ten centimetres more, above 300 metres elevation in the pennines. a cloudy night tomorrow night with temperatures getting low enough for a frost, in northern scotland, and then on sunday we do it again, cloudy skies are a number of showers, heavy snow over the pennines, cold winds and temperatures up to six celsius then get a bit less cold early next week ‘s as those bitter winds ease off. bbc news. our top stories: president trump is considering a fresh

now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight.ing up, we will be looking ahead to a busy weekend in the premier league. can anyone catch chelsea in the pursuit of this year's title? we'll have more on the russian athlete who has been stripped of her gold medal from the london olympics and we will be live in cardiff with inside six nations at 6:30pm ahead of the big match between england and wales tomorrow. we'll hear from the welsh forward, sam warburton, ahead of the match. he was instrumental in his side's victory last weekend. and we will be previewing the rest of the weekend's matches as well, including scotland, who face france after the hugely impressive victory over ireland in round one. that's all to come in sportsday at 6:30pm. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have the 20th century women, i new film starring annette bening. we have the lego batman movie, wh

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now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes.g up tonight, here are the headlines: claudio ranieri says he dreamt of staying at leicester forever. he was sacked last night as the champions sit a point above the relegtion zone. manchester united face a 5000 mile journey in the last 16 of the europa league — drawing russian side rostov today. and from north america to west yorkshire — the toronto wolfpack get ready for their first professional game in rugby league. and coming up on a masterchef, we are in edinburgh and looking forward to the game between lots to get through so let's start with claudio ranieri. the man who helped make one of sport's biggest stories when he managed leicester to the premier league title last year has now become one of football's most famous managerial sackings after he was relieved of his duties last night. 0ur sports editor dan roan has been following the story for us and joins me now. dan, leicester poor in the league all season and there had been rumblings as to ranieri's future for a while but thi

now, with those all—important rugby results, here is sportsday. welcome to sportsday. 16th successive win for england as they pile on the pressure to edge past wales in the six nations. two goals in two minutes helped liverpool beat spurs and threaten their type tulle hopes. —— title hopes. great britain beat croatia to force their way into the group two play—offs. welcome, we will tell you all about the premier league action today in just a moment, that we will start with the six nations, and a thriller in cardiff. england have beaten wales 21—16, to register a 16th straight win. it was a victory by just register a 16th straight win. it was a victory byjust five points but seemed unlikely until the final five minutes. wales at home to england, the kind of game to light up and fire up the coldest winter days, and while this is the one every welsh woman, man and child wants to win, england are on a mission. 15 wins in a row, and they did not hang around. the welsh defence still holding out until now! ben youngs with that one, but wales were not going anywhere, they only

now on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm james pearce.s evening... another trophy for manchester united after a late winner in the efl cup final at wembley. another hat—trick for harry. kane scores three as spurs thrash stoke. another win for england in the six nations, but only after they were trailing at half—time to italy. hello. good evening. manchester united have beaten southampton 3—2 to win the efl cup at wembley. a classic cup final. southampton will consider themselves unlucky after having a goal wrongly disallowed and recovering from 2—0 down to come back to 2—2. ibrahimovic was the difference between the two teams. in1976, in 1976, the same clubs made the samejourney in 1976, the same clubs made the same journey with the same expectations. then southampton stunned manchester united to win the fa cup. 41 years on, they came to repeat the feat in the league cup. opposing sides with opposite projects, united the big spenders, saint the heavy sellers, joined only in the aim of winning. to win you often need the big calls to go you

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday.m tim hague, and coming up for you this evening... will manchester city's gabriel jesus play again this season? it's been confirmed that he's broken a bone in his foot.

high time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday.ello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gnanasegaram and hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: wales against england is heading for a cracking conclusion in the six nations. two goals in two minutes for liverpool could derail totttenham's title hopes. and great britain beat croatia to force their way in to the fed cup group two play offs. it is a very busy day. we will get to the premier league in a moment but we really do have to start with a cracking game in the six nations between wales and england. england are the defending grand slam champions and are on a record unbeaten run. but as the game enters its final stages, it's tight at the principality stadium, as tim hague reports. wales at home to england, the kind of game to light up and fire up the cold est of game to light up and fire up the coldest winter days, and while this is the one every welsh women, man and child wants to win, england are ona and child wants to win, england are on a mission. 15 wins in a row, and they

he is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, katherine downes, and john watson.he headlines this evening: scotland beat wales for the first time in tean years — it finished 29—13 in the six nations. ireland are playing france. they are leading in the final stages of their match in dublin —— ireland are leading. and can anyone stop chelsea, as the premier league leaders go 11 points clear at the top? also coming up in the programme: what next for claudio ranieri as the leicester boss goes to the training ground to say his goodbyes. and a year away from competition, but lizzie yarnold slides to a bronze medal at the skeleton world championships. but let's start with today's six nations action, where scotland beat wales 29—13 at murrayfield — a win that's been a long time coming for the scots. you've got to go back to 2007 for the last time they got a six nations win over wales. and after an opening weekend win over ireland, scotland's good form continues despite that narrow defeat to france in round two. let's get some reaction from murrayfield — our reporter patri

hello and welcome to sportsday.ike bushell, on a night when wayne rooney has made up his mind. he's not going the chinese way, and has announced this evening that he's staying put at manchester united. spurs have some work to do at wembley tonight. they must overturn a 1—0 deficit in the second leg of their europa cup tie against gent of belgium. stepping into the captain's shoes — jon barclay will skipper scotland and nice car f lewis hémiltfifi‘é 55,54"? thanks forjoining us. we start tonight with the news that will silence the frenzy of speculation about wayne rooney's future. negotiating for the england and manchester united captain to latest big name to join the chinese super league. but, no, hold the front page. richard conway, our sports news correspondent, is here to tell us more. we had a statement from wayne was in the past hour in which she, as she put it, - to end the as she put it, plans to end the speculation. "despite the interest which has been shown from other clubs, for which i'm grateful, i want to

and in the next few hours, we are hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm mike bushell.he headlines tonight: mps warn the football association: change or the government will force you to. a fanfare for the start of the new super league season good evening. mps in the house of commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the football association. there have been calls for english football's governing body to reform itself for decades but now they could face legislation if they aren't seen to modernise from within. our sports editor is dan roan. the government has already threatened the fa with tens of millions of pounds worth of funding cuts if it does not start to reform itself. today was an important staging post in what has always been seen as the nuclear option, passing a bill in parliament to force its hand to tell it now was the time to reform. critics are unhappy with the lack of diversity and independence on the fa's main decision—making bodies. they are also concerned about the perceived dominance of the professional game, the premier league. they want change

hello and welcome to sportsday.. it's round two of rugby union's six nations, we'll have the latest from all of the home nations. confusion at rangers is mark warburton denies he has resigned. and stripped of gold from london 2012 — the russian athlete banned for doping. yes, hello and welcome. the news from ibrox tonight. —— big news. before we look ahead to another busy weekend of six nations action, history was made in the aviva premiership tonight as bristol winger tom varndell broke the all time try scoring record. he surpasses mark cuetos tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequins tonight. patrick gearey reports. he has plunged into rugby history. try 91 against harlequins has beaten the premiership record. he has spent a career turning pace into points. he told me recently about his love of crossing the line. scoring tries is myjob in the team. any player was to leave their mark on the game. ifi was to leave their mark on the game. if i can do that that would be fantastic.

hello, good evening and welcome to sportsday, with me — mike bushell.o happily ever after for leicester city — their fairytale is over after manager claudio ranieri is sacked. wayne rooney has made up his mind. he's not going the chinese way and has announced that he's staying put at manchester united. and sent out by gent, spurs‘ europa league dreams are over, after a 2—2 draw on the night at wembley is not enough. thanks forjoining us and if you are scratching you're head and wondering how a footballing fairytale can end so brutally, then you're in the right place. most of us are doing the same tonight, after leicester city sacked their managerjust nine months after he defied the 5000—1 odds and took the foxes to the premier league title. our sports news correspondent richard conway is in london for us. they put on a decent display in spain last night, so how did this happen today? it seems the claudio ranieri was this afternoon that he would be dismissed. correct to say that it has come as quite a brutal surprise to many. that is in spite of the peri

coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news.ck on court for the first time in five weeks, andy murray is into the second round of the dubai 0pen. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were killed in a gun attack on a beach in tunisia has described the local police and military response as "at best shambolic, at worst cowardly". he said their delay in arriving at the scene was deliberate, and singled out one officer who fainted with fear, and another who removed his shirt to hide the fact that he was an officer. he ruled the victims of the terror attack at the resort in sousse in 2015 had been unlawfully killed, but stopped short of finding there had been neglect on the part of the tour operator tui. families of some of the victims are now preparing to sue tui themselves. daniela relph was in court. these are the bereaved, for more than a month they've listened to chilling details of multiple murder, many of them witnessed their loved ones being kil

time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday.lcome to sportsday with me, olly foster, and tim hague. good evening to you. these are our headlines this evening: the six nations starts with a magical murrayfield afternoon for scotland beating one of the tournament favourites, ireland. england have started the defence of their title — they are playing france at twickenham. chelsea are 12 points clear at the top after beating arsenal at stamford bridge. also coming up in the programme... great britain's davis cup tie against canada has resumed with the doubles. it's i rubber all in ottawa. and bees stop play in the third one—dayer between south africa and sri lanka. good evening. so many goals to tell you about in the premier legaue today, but we're going to start with the tries and kicks in the the six nations. the championship is underway, and the first match was a classic at murrayfield, with scotland and ireland sharing six tries. but it was the boot of the scots captain greig laidlaw that made the difference. his two late penalt

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. your main headlines this evening...tain cook no longer... after two ashes victories and a record 59 matches in the role, alastair cook steps down as england's test skipper. russia will not be allowed to compete at this year's world championship in london. athletics governing body the iaaf suspended them from competition due to recent "state sponsored doping". and the loss of a legend — the former south africa captain there's plenty to come, including news on uk sport funding. but first... but first, alastair cook had become "drained" as england's test captain — that's according to england's director of cricket andrew strauss. cook stepped down today after leading his country in a record 59 matches. a warning — there's some flash photography coming up injoe wilson's report. 2012 and england's new cricket captain alastair cook posed for cameras like a visit to the dentist — he would rather not, but he knew he had to, so smile. alastair cook captained his way, old —fashioned, reasonable, and yes, even inspirational. on for

coming up in sportsday on bbc news. swapping the premier league for the middle east. clattenburg quits english football to take up a role in saudi arabia. it's more than 150,000 million million miles away from earth — now an international team of scientist is determined to try to photograph the supermassive black hole that they believe is at the centre of our galaxy. so they've built what's effectively the world's biggest telescope. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh has had exclusive access to this ambitious project underway in america. this is our galaxy, the milky way. a swirl of stars and planets including our own earth. at its centre it has a heart of darkness, a supermassive black hole. it's an object with immense gravity that pulls in everything around it. it's so strong that it even sucks in light. in a few weeks' time, researchers here will try and take a picture of it. so, there's a tonne of excitement around getting this picture. we are all really looking forward to getting the data in april and making that first picture. and not only because it's goin

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson. on the way tonight: crisis, what crisis?liverpool to show signs of pl survival after claudio ranieri's dismissal. clever tactics or is rugby in need of a rule change — the italian job that's split opinion. and one of britain's best, andrew triggs hodge hangs up his oars after winning three olympic gold medals. what must claudio ranieri be thinking this evening. leicester city beat liverpool 3—1 tonight, their first match since the title winning manager was sacked on thursday. it moves leicester out of the relegation zone, but will leave many wondering how it is only now, immediately after his departure, that the team were able to produce a league performance worthy of champions. andy swiss is live outside the king power tonight. what a turbulent few days it has been here after that sacking of claudio ranieri. the team came here briefly with the form in freefall. they had lost their last five premier league matches. hadn‘t recorded a premier league win in the whole of 2017. and even scored a goal in the league in the whole of

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hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. 0n the way tonight... can anyone catch chelsea?tripped of gold — the russian athlete banned for doping following victory at the london olympics.

coming up in sportsday: we will have the latest from the davis cup.nd, ireland's women beat scotland in the six nations. scotland haven't won in the tournament since 2010. good evening. eu leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in malta against what they see as a potentially hostile us president. donald trump has previously praised the uk for voting for brexit. today, eu leaders declared the importance of a strong europe in the face of a newly uncertain relationship with america. theresa may offered to act as a bridge with the us following her visit to washington — though one eu leader responded it's impossible to build bridges with the us when communication is done mostly on twitter. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports from malta. this report contains some flashing images. a stroll in the sun among europe's leaders, but soon theresa may will be walking alone after brexit, then she'll need all the friends she can get. friends, she believes, like donald trump. she took his hand last week and took home his promise of 100% commitment

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines tonight. the same old sorry story.re battered at bayern and will need a second leg miracle to stay in the champions league. the best player in women's football is heading to england... usa captain carli lloyd joins manchester city on a short term deal. scotland will be without their captain for the rest of the six nations. greg laidlaw is ruled out with an ankle injury. we hear from the new england test cricket captain — joe root gives an insight into what kind of skipper he'll be. good evening. for arsenal, it's all too familiar. for six years in a row the last 16 has proved to be the end of the road in the champions league, and it's looking very likely it'll be seven. they were thrashed 5—1 by bayern munich in the first leg of their tie at the allianz arena, as drew savage reports. a strong sense of deja vu in munich. twice in the last six years, arsenal have come here and failed to reach the quarterfinals. and arjen robben has been doing this all his career. the problem is stopping him. a move from robert lewandowsk

in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on we'll have more on the collapse of that southern rail deal and be getting reaction from labour's transport spokesman, as well as commuters in brighton. we'll hear from president trump as he announces a new nominee for labour secretary and launches a fresh attack on the media. and our guests in the paper review at 10:40 tonight are former trade minister lord digbyjones and the broadcaster henry bonsu. now, straight to washington where president trump is holding an impromptu press conference. those are criminal leaks. they will put out by people in agencies, i think you will see it because we have our people, we do not have are people in because we cannot get them approved by the senate. jeff sessions has been approved in justice so we are looking into that seriously, it is a criminal act. when i was called out on mexico, i was shocked because of all this phone equipment, when i was called up phone equipment, when i was called up on mexico i was really really surprised. but i said, it d

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. coming up.fives for city who stun monaco in their last sixteen champions league tie and why uk sport have promised to protect athlete welfare and why the sutton united fa cup dream has all turned a little sour. hello and welcome. manchester city manager pep guardiola said the club's critics would kill them if they didn't make the quarterfinals. well he should sleep easy tonight as his side took a huge stride towards the next round with a thrilling 5—3 victory over monaco at the etihad. andy swiss is live there tonight. and andy, a hugely entertaining contest in the first leg? one of the most extraordinary games you are ever likely to see, we expected gold, monaco top scorers gci’oss expected gold, monaco top scorers across european football at the moment, i don't think weeks baited eight goals and seemingly endless drama. —— expected gold. began well for manchester city, took an early lead, monaco led 2—1, then 3—2, but three late goals for manchester city have given them the initiative. —— expe

welcome to sportsday.lastair cook wants to continue breaking records for england and has ‘no issues‘ about playing under his successor. the premier league champions leicester city are ‘united behind their manager‘ claudio ranieri. he says they aren‘t in a crisis. and we find out why wales rugby union captain alun wynjones is the toast of town. good evening, plenty to come, including tennis and formula 1 news but we start with alastair cook. he has been making the headlines this week. he says it will be great for england‘s cricketers to have ‘a new voice‘, with a ‘new drive‘ and ‘new ideas‘. cook‘s been speaking for the first time since stepping down as england‘s test captain. our sports correspondent joe wilson spent some time with him earlier today. every captain knows the ultimate direction, it is when, not if the end comes. alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions but lists the response abilities he‘s leaving behind. he doesn‘tjust toss the coin, he must be the on field tactician, diplomat, me

good evening and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the show. the home nations‘ coaches name their teams for the six nations championship, which starts on saturday. after 21 years in the game, frank lampard calls time on his football career. and cameroon set up an african cup of nations final against egypt after beating ghana 2—0. thanks forjoining us. england head coach eddiejones has named his team to face france in their opening match of rugby union's six nations championship. ahead of the tournament, which starts on saturday, jones has been addressing comments made by former scotland and british lions coachjim telfer who compared jones to donald trump and said the twickenham crowd "look down their noses at the opposition." unsurprisingly, jones doesn't agree. we do not behave arrogantly. we are very respectful. if you look at her record on the field and our interaction with opposition teams that there is hardly disrespectful. to have a go at the crowd is out of order. the easy thing is, do not come to twickenham. as far as the team goes, sar

that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.ad to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and martin lipton, deputy head of sport at the sun. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the i leads on the government's decision to shut down the unit it set up to investigate allegations that british troops abused local people while serving in iraq, saying it's cost £60 million. the daily mail, which campaigned on that story, says the witchhunt against british veterans cost £60 million. the mirror reports that a fundraiser who collected thousands of pounds for the sun of the rugby is in court accused of keeping the cash. 0verstretched nhs hospitals are paying doctors £4000 a day, according to the times. the telegraph says the apple is demanding a campaign against fake news, which it says is killing people's minds. the guardian claims the government has abandoned the idea is of donald trump addressing both parliaments when it comes to britain for a state v

hello and welcome to sportsday.oming up: sterling cashes in as city move up to second in the premier league. joe root calls it a huge honour to be namesdengland test captain. to be namesd england test captain. and could khan face pacquiao, as he wins a twitter vote to be his next opponent? good evening. a 2—0 win for manchester city over bournemouth tonight, moves them up to second in the premier league table. it re—establishes their place in the top four, eight points behind chelsea. as for their title aspirations pep guardiola called the gap to the league leaders massive but said his side would take each game as it comes. ben croucher reports. look closely and you will see a man heading for one of the best seats in the house. only sergio aguero didn't wa nt to the house. only sergio aguero didn't want to be sitting there. benched for a third game running asjesus continued upfront. you will spot jesus injuring his ankle. manchester city had already made a replacement. only a deflection and the post prevented raheem

that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment — the papers.bringing tomorrow. katie martinjoins the newspapers will be bringing tomorrow. katie martin joins us from the ft. and oliver wright, policy editor at the times newspaper. nice to have the great. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the i. its front page has the attack on the louvre. npower is increasing its energy prices. the daily express goes with the same story, describing it as goes with the same story, describing itasa goes with the same story, describing it as a kick in the teeth for customers. the times is claiming that a senior mp has received funding from a chinese law firm with links to the chinese government. the paper says there is no suggestion of impropriety. the ft focuses on donald trump smack the decision to review us financial regulations put in place after the 2008 crash. the telegraph leads with news that the government will force developers to use land they have planning permission for or risk losing it. the guardian reports european leaders at a summit in malta h

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. on the way tonight... can anyone catch chelsea?iverpool and spurs are trying as they go head to head in the premier league this weekend. and stripped of gold — the russian athlete banned for doping following victory at the london olympics. i will be live from cardiff this week's addition of inside six nations. i will be joined week's addition of inside six nations. i will bejoined by week's addition of inside six nations. i will be joined by the former wales international martyn williams, to preview a raqqa preview all this we can's six nations action. yes we'll be back with lizzie in cardiff a little later in the programme. tonight though, can anyone stop chelsea 7 the premier legaue leaders are nine points clear at the top, a lead which could be reduced to six points, should second—placed tottenham win tomorrow. they lead the chasing pack, but travel to anfield to face liverpool, who themselves have not given up their feint title hopes, despite having failed to win in therl last five league matches. strong opponent. until yesterd

hello and welcome to sportsday, i‘m tim hague.. sutton united knocked out of the fa cup by arsenal. they regain top spot in the championship with victory over aston villa. and the five sports that lost their olympic and paralympic funding have their appeals rejected by uk sport. so only one place to start — sutton united at home to arsenal in the fa cup fifth round. this the kind of tie the competiton is famous for, but it didn‘t end as the romantics would have hoped. the premier league side beating their national league opponents 2—0 this evening. and our reporterjohn watson, who was at the game, can give us all the details. as you say, sutton united‘s fa cup dream is over. they did dream, but that dream is over. it was a spirited display from the home team and it could have been a different story had some of their efforts gone in, in the second half. it was lucas perez, in a rare start for arsenal, who got them under way. it was a on second got their the second half they got their second and it came courtesy of theo gassed see!

that's all from sportsday. from myself and the team, bye—bye.housands of operations are being cancelled with highly—skilled surgeons left "kicking their heels" because of a shortage of hospital beds. that's the warning from the royal college of surgeons and the organisation that represents nhs trusts. in a joint letter to the sunday times, they argue that a lack of funding for health and social care in england is leading to what they call a "shocking waste" and damaging efforts to improve efficiency. nhs england says only 1% of operations are cancelled. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more. over the past few weeks, the bbc two documentary series hospital has demonstrated how a shortage of beds contributes to the pressure on the health service. this can lead to long waits for those needing to be admitted from accident and emergency departments, but also for those needing planned surgery. i sometimes feel that i spend as much energy on trying to organise and manage beds and the movement, the flow, of patients within the hospital to a

now on bbc news — sportsday. the draw has been made for the fa cup quarterfinals.ant—killing heroics, lincoln city will face arsenal at the emirates will face arsenal at the emirates will go to sutton united. manchester united face an away trip to premier league leaders chelsea. ibrahimovic‘s goal took them past blackburn. three tries from joe burgess helped wigan warriors win rugby league's world club challenge for the first time in 23 years. hello, good evening, it's been another fantastic weekend of sport and the fifth round of the fa cup certainly hasn't disappointed. there's still one game to come as well. but the draw has been made for the quarter—finals and lincoln city — after that giant—killing against premier league side burnley yesterday — they could face arsenal at the emirates stadium if they can beat another non—league side, sutton united tomorrow. so, time for a look at the games from today. holders manchester united had zlatan ibrahimovic as a substitute in their visit to blackburn rovers. in the end his introduction was the difference as they came