chris froome finished in tenth place in the ruta del sol on his return to racing. chris froome has dominated the attention during the race this week, but just scraped the attention during the race this week, butjust scraped into the top ten after the final time trial, but a belgian held on to take overall victory in the race and the winner's red jersey. that is all from sports day, there will be more spot on bbc news throughout the evening. thank you forjoining us. thank you forjoining us. good evening. sunshine was much more limited today as we head into tomorrow there is likely to be a change of fortune. all this cloud is spilling in front of the atlantic, but there are a few breaks behind that and they could arrive in western areas tomorrow. at the moment we have got thicker cloud thatis moment we have got thicker cloud that is pushing its weight eastwards and that is bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle. still a few breaks in the cloud for a across east anglia, so turning chilly here. no frost by the end of the night. temperatures typically six, seven and eig

chris froome says he should be allowed to compete as he returns to cycling for the first time since an adverse drugs test. well, plenty to come but if you‘re a liverpool fan and you cancelled that valentine‘s day dinner in order to watch the football tonight, congratulations, you clearly made the right decision. and it was a case of ‘p.s i love you‘ asjurgen klopp‘s side wrote home with a huge 5—0 win away at porto... side wrote home with a huge 5—0 win away at porto. my date for the evening is our football reporterjohn bennett — we‘ll discuss things in just a moment but first, the action. it was watched byjohn watson... it's it‘s been nine years since liverpool last appeared in the knockout stage alongside your‘s elite, a run that belies their rich history in the european cup. where great players once trod, others followed. sadio mane given a helping hand as they announced their return. alongside him in attack, mohamed salah. his touch and trickery doubling liverpool‘s lead. their free—flowing football saw them top the group. it's football saw them top the gr

chris froome defends his decision to return to cycling after his adverse drugs test. i know i have done nothing wrong. that's my starting point, i know i have done nothing wrong and there is a process in place, you need to be able to demonstrate that and that is what i intend to do. good evening. we'll start with the latest action on day five of the winter olympic games in pyongchang, south korea, and after the disappointment of elise christie in the short track speed skating, today team gb began its search for that elusive first medal of the games with both men's and women's curling teams in action. both teams won medals in sochi four years ago and both have begun well here. but the most spectacular action today came with a quite brilliant performance in the halfpipe from american shaun white as adam wild reports. he needs 95.25 and a run of his life. in sport they say reaching the very top is tough, staying there are even tougher. in snowboarding that is true in more ways than one. this is true in more ways than one. this is shaun white, arguably the greatest sport

cyclist chris froome finished in 10th place at the ruta del sol on his return to racing as tim wellens claimed overall victory in the race around andalucia in southern spain. froome has hogged the media spotlight during the race this week butjust scraped into the top 10 after the final time trial. it was the belgian wellens, who held on to stay in red and take overall victory. in the nhl, philadelphia flyers were 7—4 winners over the new york rangers in what was the 50th anniversary of the first game the rangers played at the current madison square garden. in what was a feisty contest, there were a few scuffles on the ice but it was the flyers who showed composure when they needed it as travis konecny scored the go ahead goal in the second period extending philadelphia's winning streak to five on the road while the rangers have lost their last four. while connor mcdavid scored his third hat trick of the season and fourth of his career as the edmonton oilers beat the colorado avalanche 11—2 to snap a six—game losing streak. the 21 year old captain of the oilers now has 11 goals in

chris froome finished in 10th place at the ruta del sol on his return to racing as tim wellens claimed overall victory in the race around andalucia in southern spain. froome has dominated the attention during the race this week butjust scraped into the top 10 after the final time trial,

cyclist chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing, despite an ongoing doping investigation into an adverse test. the four—time tour de france champion is competing at this week's ruta del sol in spain, with some of his rivals calling for him to be suspended. this is a process that a lot of have gone through, a lot of other writers have gone through as well and i don't see why i should have different treatment to all of them. they were all racing in the meantime until they got to the end of their processes . until they got to the end of their processes. obviously there is a process their that allows for me to demonstrate that there has been no wrongdoing and that is what i intend to do. —— there. we are in the middle of that process now and i am not able to speak about the publicly. —— about that. roger federer moved a step closer to reclaiming the world number one ranking for the first time in over 5 years, after beating belgium's ruben bemelmans at the rotterdam open. the two—time champion at the dutch indoor event won 6—1, 6—2 against the world number 116.

chris froome finished in 10th place at the ruta del sol on his return to racing as tim wellens claimed overall victory in the race around andalucia in southern spain. froome has dominated the attention during the race this week butjust scraped into the top 10 after the final time trial, but it was the belgian who held on to take overall victory in the race and the winner's red jersey. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. coming up next it is meet the author. coming up next it is meet the author. if you have read any of the four mick herron novels featuring jackson lamb, you will know what to expect in the fifth, london rules. skulduggery, streets alive with lowlife a nd skulduggery, streets alive with lowlife and a threat of terror, a political class that is self—centred, often incompetent, sometimes corrupt. time is pressing and the threat is real and jackson land's ramshackle outfit never playing by the rules has to try to save the day. welcome. jackson lamb and his merry men and women are pretty rough lot. sort of. they are qui

chris froome will begin his 2018 cycling season next week in spain, despite being under investigation for the use of his asthma medication last year. the four—time tour de france winner will be part of the team sky line—up for the ruta del sol, starting a week on wednesday. froome returned an "adverse" drugs test at the vuelta a espana in september, but denies any wrongdoing. scrum half richard wigglesworth has been called up to the england squad for their six nations match agaionst wales on saturday. he's replacing the injured ben youngs. and there's been some bad news for ireland with the news that leinster flankerjosh van der flier will miss the rest of the season with a serious knee ligament injury, sustained in saturday's win over france. world champion tom daley has been named in england's diving squad for april's commonwealth games in australia. the 23—year—old, who won a combined three commonwealth gold medals in 2010 and 2014, will compete in the 10m platform and 3m synchronised events. following last week's announcement that formula 1 is to dispense with its use of â

chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time tour de france champion begins his 2018 season at the ruta del sol in spain today despite an ongoing doping tribunal prompted by the test at last year's vuelta a espana. and froome insists he has a right to continue competing. this is a process that eric lot of athletes have gone through, that the lot of other riders have gone through was well and i don't see why i should have different treatment to all of them. i mean they were all racing until they got to the end of the processes. there was a process to demonstrate that there has been no wrong doing and that's what i intend to do. we are in the bill of that process now and i'm not able to speak about it publicly. —— in the middle of that. liverpool are hoping to follow the lead of manchester city and spurs in the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie tonight. so far the premier league sides have been impressive... and liverpool play porto in portugal but despite being favourites to go through. jur

chris froome defends his decision to return to cycling after his adverse drugs test. i know i have done nothing wrong. that's my starting point, i know i have done nothing wrong and there is a process in place, you need to be able to demonstrate that and that is what i intend to do. good evening. we'll start with the latest action on day five of the winter olympic games in pyongchang, south korea,

chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his lavvers drugs trust. —— since his adverse drugs test. i will have more on those stories at 2:30pm. the actor minnie driver has resigned as an ambassador for 0xfam, saying she‘s horrified by the sex scandal claims at the charity. it comes as 0xfam‘s regional director in asia has told the bbc she is aware of past abuse cases involving the charity‘s workers in the philippines, bangladesh and nepal. matt cole reports. what happened in haiti? that‘s the focus of the charity commission enquiry, which holds its first meeting with 0xfam today. but now a senior figure in the charity says there have been largely unreported cases in other countries, as well. there were cases in the philippines. there were also cases in bangladesh. there were whistle—blowers coming forward in bangladesh, as far as i know. there was also a case in nepal. it was after the 2013 super—typhoon yolande in the philippines that some cases took place, but then and now, the questions about perpetrators being flagged to o

froome part of our lives on the day david beckham even that the norwegian skier nor the excuse that they have. this sudden development when you start competing at a high level and yet coach will tell you that a little puff of the inhaler will give you a little extra want to present when it comes to the crunch and you talk about a lot more the host of capital sports on moscow's capital f m thank you very much for that. however it is not only russian athletes participation in the olympics that has led to controversy the north korean teams visit to pyongyang has seen an angry reaction. south korean activists protested thursday as a north korean orchestra gave a sold out performance on the eve of the games they were holding reading. at the olympic. event is supposed to be about sport and peace it seems these days are these games are now becoming more and more politicized particularly when it comes to issues of the korean crisis. bit of a technical problem here will sort out the glitch on the program for the meantime though moving now to iraq around seven hundred fifty thousand children

chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time told for petra kvitova france champion begins in spain. froome insists he does have the right to continue competing. this is a process that a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of other riders have gone through as well. and i don't see why i should have different treatment to all of them. they were always think in the meantime they got to the of their processes. there is a process that allows me to demonstrate there has been no wrongdoing, and that is obviously what i intend to do. and we are in the middle of that process now and i am not able to speak about that publicly. to update you on the champions league football, approaching half—time, real madrid the defending champions are now trailing paris saint—germain1—0. liverpool 2—0 up against porto. i will be back with more sport on sportsday at 10:30pm. back to that shooting at a high school in florida. this is in the town of

chris froome will begin his 2018 cycling season next week in spain, despite being under investigation for the use of his asthma medication last year. the four—time tour de france winner will be part of the team sky line—up for the ruta del sol. that starts a week on wednesday. froome returned an "adverse" drugs test at the vuelta a espana in september, but denies any wrongdoing. a new athletics world cup event will ta ke a new athletics world cup event will take place in london this summer. the london stadium will host the games this july, it the london stadium will host the games thisjuly, it will be almost a year after it hosted the world championships. britain and the usa will take part along with south africa, poland, france, germany and jamaica. athletes will compete in all fields and track events up to 5000 metres. —— 1500 metres. a survey by the professional players federation has found that more than half of the 800 former athletes that responded said that they had problems with their mental or physical health following retirement. when i came back from the olympics in

defending tour de france cycling champion chris froome says he intends to clear his name after failing a don't test last year from his in spain competing in his first race since the test results became public the thirty two year old says he has no plans to stop racing while an investigation continues for him has to explain why a test result showed double the allowed level of a legal drug. go for bill who has pulled out of the genesis open after surviving a fatal car crash in los angeles on tuesday night the six time p.g.a. tour when i was a passenger in a ferrari that flipped after hitting two cars the driver of the for ari was killed while hurst was released from hospital with minor injuries to luke wilson was in one of the other cars that escaped. and that is all your support for now back to jonah in london. josiah gave her that well that's it for me joe doll for this news hour but don't go anywhere because i'll be back in hoffman minutes in fact for the hof our news. ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this

chris froome will begin his 2018 cycling season next week in spain, despite being under investigation for the use of his asthma medication last year. the four—time tour de france winner will be part of the team sky line—up for the ruta del sol. that starts a week on wednesday. froome returned an "adverse" drugs test at the vuelta a espana in september, but denies any wrongdoing. you can keep an ear on the football on bbc radio 5live or indeed follow it on the bbc sport website. much more coming up in sportsday at half past ten, see you then. i will look forward to it. hugh grant has settled his claim at the high court for damages for phone hacking by mirror group newpapers. it's understood the actor has accepted a six figure sum, which he has donated to hacked off , the group that campaigns for press accountability. one of the gang who stole money from a safety deposit fault in london and hatton gardens has died in prison. he was serving a role in the robbery in 2015. it is believed he had been ill for some time. an independent investigation into his death will be carried out. the

defending tour de france cycling champion chris froome says he intends to clear his name after failing a don't test last year from his in spain competing in his first race since the test results became public the thirty two year old says he has no plans to stop racing while an investigation continues froome has to explain why a test result showed double the allowed level of illegal drug golfer bill hass has pulled out of the genesis open after surviving a fatal car crash in los angeles on tuesday night the six time p.g.a. tour when i was a passenger in a ferrari that flipped after hitting two cause the driver of the ferrari was killed while hurst was released from hospital with minor injuries to luke wilson was in one of the other cars that escaped. and that is all sport from our have more feel later. thanks very much to you been watching the al-jazeera news are with me it's a whole robin. that's with a lot of news to stay with us. the scene for us where they are on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is compl

chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time tour de france champion begins his 2018 season at the ruta del sol in spain today, despite an ongoing doping tribunal prompted by the test at last year's vuelta a espana. froome insists he has a right to continue competing. this is a process that a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of other riders have gone through as well and they don't see why i should have different treatment to them. they were all racing in the meantime until they got to the edge of their processes . until they got to the edge of their processes. there is a process there that allows me to demonstrate that there has been no wrongdoing and thatis there has been no wrongdoing and that is obviously what i intend to do and we are in the middle of that process now and i am not able to speak about that publicly. liverpool are hoping to follow the lead of manchester city and spurs in the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie tonight. so far, the premier league sides have been impress

froome says he intends to clean his name after failing a dope test last year froome is in spain competing in his first race since the test results became public the thirty two year old says he has no plans to stop racing while on the best occasion continues for him has to explain why a test results show double the allowed level of a legal ask him a truck there are a lot of a lot of misinformation out there and there's also a lot of opinions of people who don't quite fully understand the process but i mean . i do believe that when all the facts are out there i think people will see it from our point of view now go for bill house has pulled out of the genesis open after surviving a fatal car crash in los angeles on cheese day night the six time p.g.a. tour when i was a passenger in a ferrari that flipped after hitting two cars the driver of the ferrari was killed while house was released from hospital with minor injuries to luke wilson was in one of the other cars but escaped unhurt. and that is only sport for now back to lauren in london. john i thank you very much indeed to quit on monday

british tour de france champion chris froome is currently under investigation after returning an adverse drugs test last year. he denies any wrongdoing. hoy believes such issues do not solely exist in cycling. cycling, like all sport, has its challenges. and, you know, i can't think of any sport that hasn't had controversy with doping, with issues there. and it's, yeah, sadly, it's part of modern sport. not even modern sport, it's been part of sport since day one. but all we can do as athletes, as ambassadors, is to remind people that there are, the majority of athletes out there are doing it the right way. it is three years ago since great britain won the davis cup. relish these scenes because there is a plan to propose a world cup of tennis. it would see 18 nations playing for a prize of over £2 billion. interesting to see if that gets off the ground. with the start of the formula one season less than a month away, we can bring you news of a "wheel nut issue" in testing. fernando alonso's mclaren span off at high speed when a wheel came off. you would like to think they will sort that