i'm tulsen tollett.the least 16 of the champions league, the cleveland cavaliers aim for a record equaling 13th win in a row in the nba and usain bolt has a stue of himself unveiled in jamaica, eventually. the last 16 of the champions league will be decided on wednesday evening across europe, after the final round of group games. there's still plenty to play for with three groups yet to be decided. after blowing a 3—0 lead to draw with sevilla last time, liverpool need a point at home to spartak moscow to seal their qualification. the atmosphere can and should help us the atmosphere can and should help us tomorrow. we all know how special the space can be. in specific moments. that is what i am looking for. that is what they want. that is what hopefully everybody knows. —— thatis what hopefully everybody knows. —— that is what i want. premier league leaders manchester city have already made it through to the knockout stages, but they'll be looking to complete a perfect group record when they travel to sh

but from me tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. friday. but last night the film's stars, including british actors daisy ridley and john boyega, were on the red carpet in london for its european premiere. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, was there. the stars of star wars, cinema royalty, on the red carpet with actual royalty. princes william and harry, such fans of the saga, during filming, they secretly played cameos as stormtroopers, much to the excitement of the cast. it was great, fantastic. fantastic. phenomenal. and they've done an official visit as well. they got in an x—wing and all that kind of stuff. it was fun. the last generation the ninth story in the saga. i'm from the czech republic and it is a great story. it is special for me. what is star wars to you? it is everything, really. it's almost a way of life, i think. van power like this has driven the franchise for a0 years and is also the reason why many expect this film to make more in the final two weeks of 2017 in any of the film makes in the entirety o

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.iefing: manchester united and manchester city prepare for sunday's derby at old trafford, cristiano ronaldo makes it a record equalling fifth ballon d'0r, and the jockey in ireland who not only held on when falling, but won the race. jose mourinho and pep guardiola go head—to—head in the manchester derby this sunday as city look to extend their lead at the top of the table over second placed united. city have won their last 13 straight games in the premier league and are yet to be beaten this season in the league, while united know a loss at old trafford would see the gap at the top widen to 11 points with almost half the season completed. golden state coach steve kerr has been trying to put a positive spin on his best player being out for two weeks. stef curry sprained an ankle earlier this week but the warriors still won against the charlotte hornets without him on wednesday and face the detroit pistons later on friday. over in memphis, the torronto raptors will be trying to make it

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.er begins to get considerably more dramatic. and this is the driver of the change, this curl of cloud on the satellite picture, a deep area of low pressure which has been named by the met office, storm caroline. nothing will happen much on wednesday morning. feeding in a lot of cloud and some mild air. temperatures as we start the day, eight, nine, ten across the south—west. expect cloud. the odd patchy rain and drizzle that the 11 degrees for plymouth. cardiff, similar. across west wales, starting to turn quite breezy by this stage. the wind picking up in northern ireland and this area of wet weather will slide in from the west. rain settling in across western scotland. persistent rain in the high ground. eastern scotland, starting the day dry. and it will be eastern areas that will have the best chance of any brightness through the day. further west, a lot of cloud and strengthening south—westerly winds. gales in exposed spots in the west in the afternoon. northern ireland and wester

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.: claudio bravo to the rescue as manchester city move through to the english league cup semi finals after a 11—3 win on penalties over leicester city. former wimbledon champion marion bartoli is making a tennis coming, more than four years after retiring. and we talk to the men's surfing world champion john john florence after he makes it back to back championships. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news manchester city have moved through to the semi—finals of the english league cup after a tense penalty shootout win over leicester city. the match finished level at the end of normal time afterjamie vardy‘s penalty in the7th minute of stoppage time cancelled out bernardo silva's opener. pep guardiola whose side have gone 16 matches undefeated in the league made nine changes to the team that beat tottenham on saturday but it was goalkeeper claudio bravo who saved riyahd mahrez‘s effort after vardy had put his attempt wide that proved to be the hero as his side p

from me tulsen tollett and the outstanding sport today team, goodbye.isles at the moment. that‘s not to say that it‘s completely dull by any means at all. a glorious end to the day captured by a number of our weather watchers. but elsewhere, well, it was one of those. the cloud sat there, so did the fog in some locations. but there is a sign of a change on the way. already we‘re seeing the cloud and rain associated with this weather front moving into the northern and western parts of scotland. it will continue its journey a bit further south during the course of the night. first thing on wednesday, quite a variety to the temperatures. where the cloud pops away, two degrees or so in the east. 0ut towards the west, fully exposed to the moist south—westerlies coming in from the atlantic, well, it‘s nine, ten or 11 degrees. here we are first thing on wednesday. hill fog to be had if the cloud is broken overnight. there is the chance of the odd patch of fog. so bear that in mind. and enough about some of the cloud across the western facing hills and coasts f

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.pics but clean athletes can compete as neutrals. atletico madrid draw with chelsea but fail to make it through to the knockout stages of the champions league. and england take the second ashes test against australia to a decisive final day in adelaide as they look to level the series. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. but we start with the news that russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter 0lympics. the international olympic committee fronted the media in lausanne earlier and explained their decision after a 17 month investigation headed up by the former president of switzerland, samuel schmid. here's the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. the report includes, in particular, the manipulation of the anti— doping lab retreat at the 0lympic winter games at

hello i'm tulsen tollett and coming up on your tuesday sport briefing — the new york giants sack theirerpoo, and everton is the pick of the3rd round fa cup ties and did you hear the one about the former australian fast bowler who got stuck in a lift? no? well stick around to find out who. .. in just a few hour's time we'll know whether russia will be allowed to compete at next year's winter olympics in south korea. the international olympic committee are meeting at their head quarters in lausanne to decide russia's fate, after allegations of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games in sochi. the world anti—doping agency say russia are still non—compliant with their code and, as a result, the former wada chief, dick pound, believes the country shouldn't be allowed to compete i think it is a real mute point. you have to walk the walk as well as talk the talk. you cannot say is zero tolerance to doping in sport u nless zero tolerance to doping in sport unless it is russia. the credibility is shot. you have to say we are a principal organisation, there, dubbed was unacceptable and the coun

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and coming up on your monday sport briefing: the cleveland cavaliers are lookingng for a kind fa cup draw, while manchester city continue their winning run in the english premier league. we're looking ahead to a big night of nba action this monday, where the cleveland cavaliers are on the road to the windy city looking for their 12th straight victory when they take on chicago bulls. the cavs currently own the longest winning streak in the nba with 11 straight wins so far this season and have been inspired by the amazing form of lebronjames. they're nowjust two wins shy of their franchise record set in 2008—09. and defending champions arsenal will be hoping that the fa cup will again be favourable to them, the draw for the third round will be made later when the teams from the english premier league and the championship find themselves in the hat. the games will be played on the weekend of sixth and seventh january. manchester city have a chance to break new ground against their rivals manchester united at old trafford next sunday. david silva's 83rd minute finish

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and coming up in your tuesday sport briefing: the russian olympic team aret the upcoming winter olympics. who has drawn who in the last 16 of the uefa champions league. plus: we will introduce the bbc‘s african footballer of the year for 2017. lots of football news to come, but first: the russian winter olympics team are meeting on tuesday to decide whether they will compete in pyeongchang next year under an olympic flag. the international olympic committee announced last week that russia are banned from the 2018 games after allegations of state—sponsored doping by the country at the last games in sochi. russian athletes would need to prove that they are clean in order to compete under the neutral flag. they drew barcelona in the champions league, and have slipped 14 points behind manchester city in the premier league after losing to west ham on saturday. time to change their fortunes, then. chelsea will hope to do that when they play huddersfield in the coming hours. we lost the game, against west ham, despite we dominated the game, we controlled the game.