Lets take a look at how coronavirus impacted sport in 2020. Patrick reflects on the highs and lows of the year in sport. Weve got so much to look forward to in 2020. Europes festival of football begins. Welcome to euro 2020. Its that time of year again, and theres a real buzz around this wimbledon. They call it the greatest show on earth. Take your marks for tokyo 2020. That was the sporting year that wasnt. A calendar with a line through it. 2020 showed sports irrelevance, but also strangely its importance. It all began fatefully in smoke. Fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. At one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. The whole competition was in doubt. But the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win herfirst, were the lucky ones. Things wouldnt be so normalfor long. Las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it
And lows of the year in sport. Weve got so much to look forward to in 2020. Europes festival of football begins. Welcome to euro 2020. Its that time of year again, and theres a real buzz around this wimbledon. They call it the greatest show on earth. Take your marks for tokyo 2020. That was the sporting year that wasnt. A calendar with a line through it. 2020 showed sports irrelevance, but also strangely its importance. It all began fatefully in smoke. Fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. At one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. The whole competition was in doubt. But the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win her first, were the lucky ones. Things wouldnt be so normalfor long. Las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it would host a fighter whos anything but ordinary. Tyson fury. Tyson fury he was in town f
A scramble for university places after the governments u turn over a level and gcse grades. Pupils who were initially downgraded and missed out on their preferred university now face an anxious wait as they try to trade up. Im very pleased about the u turn the government has made, i feel more secure about my future, but its been a very stressful couple of days because i thought i hadnt got into university. As ministers say they will help universities who fear they dont have room for all potential students, well be asking whether the government has failed its own a level test. Also this evening. 7,000 jobs to go at marks and spencer, as the pandemic makes customers move from shopping in store to online. The widow of pc Andrew Harper tells the bbc of her heartbreak over the sentences handed out
to her husbands killers. Hes never coming back, were never going to have him back. But at the very least we wanted some kind ofjustice for him. How researchers have uncovered the unseen scale of p
Eu ambassadors have unanimously backed the post brexit trade deal that was agreed between the uk and the eu on christmas eve. The move means the changes can take effect from the 1st of january. President trump has signed a Coronavirus Relief and spending package, after previously threatening to block the bill saying parts of it were wasteful. Democrats have urged the president to follow up the bill with more help for struggling workers. The daily number of coronavirus cases in the uk has passed 40,000 for the first time. There were 41,385 new cases with 357 more deaths as the new variant puts pressure on hospitals
a chinese journalist, zhang zhan, who reported on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the city of wuhan has been sentenced to four years injail. She was convicted of provoking trouble with her reports that criticised the authorities initial response to the pandemic. Tonights premier League Fixture between everton and Manchester City has been cancelled for medical re
This is bbc world news, the headlines. The us doctor leading the fight against coronavirus has apologised for appearing to question the speed with which britain approved a vaccine. Dr Anthony Fauci said all he had intended to do was to highlight the differences between the processes in the two countries. President Electjoe Biden said he will ask doctor fosse to remain in his post after he takes office. He would also ask american to wear a mask for 100 days. He would also ask american to wear a mask for 100 days. The first doses of the newly approved Pfizer Vaccine have arrived in the uk the roll out begins next week. Meanwhile france has said it would ensure free vaccinations for all. California has issued stay at home orders for when hospitals come close to running out of emergency capacity as new covid cases threaten to overwhelm then. For most of the state thats expected to be within the coming seventy two hours. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bri