Usain bolts nine fold medals, at three different olympics, was unprecedented. Now, through no fault of his own, that history has been tarnished. The reason lies with this man, nesta carter, bolts team mate in the relay at the 2008 beijing olympics. His start propelled jamaica both to gold and to a world record. But last year, carters sample from these games was retested and today he was found guilty of doping. Under the ioc rules, the whole team is now disqualified. Its an outcome that bolt has feared for some time. I asked him about it back in august in his hometown of kingston. At any point, if i lose one of my medals itd be devastating and stressful, do you know what i mean . To know that, after all that hard work, this would happen. But i think the sport is in a really bad place now and the only place it can go right now is up. It must be hard as well because the triple triple is such a special achievement . Its very, very, very special, but well see. Fingers crossed. Sadly, whilst
Growth figures later. They are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store . In sport, a Wembley Final for southampton. They knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. It has taken tim peake to space and back. Now the Soyuz Capsule is going to be landing in london. Well be finding out why. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today is a cold start to the day. Weve also got a fair bit of cloud around. Some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. Wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. More details in 15 minutes or so. Good morning. First, our main story the us President Donald Trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. But he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring Back Techniques su
Prize fits into a landscape already teeming with awards . I think artes mundi is very important for the uk, because the awards you have in the uk are national. For example, the turner prize. Its for british artists, or british based artists, so what the uk didnt really have in a very eminent way was an international prize. So i think it fills a gap, an important gap. The judges said they awarded the prize Tojohn Akomfrah for the way in which his work explores migration, racism and persecution. To speak of these things at this moment, they said, feels more important than ever. Newsnight is getting under way on bbc two. Tonight, does theresa may put trade first and leave the ticking off until later . And we revisit trainspotting on the eve of the long awaited sequel. Here on bbc one, it is time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The headlines. Hull beat Manchester United 2 1 in their afl semifinal second leg, but it is not enough to get them to wembley. England w
Prize fits into a landscape already teeming with awards . I think artes mundi is very important for the uk, because the awards you have in the uk are national. For example, the turner prize. Its for british artists, or british based artists, so what the uk didnt really have in a very eminent way was an international prize. So i think it fills a gap, an important gap. The judges said they awarded the prize Tojohn Akomfrah for the way in which his work explores migration, racism and persecution. To speak of these things at this moment, they said, feels more important than ever. Newsnight is getting under way on bbc two. Tonight, does theresa may put trade first and leave the ticking off until later . And we revisit trainspotting on the eve of the long awaited sequel. Here on bbc one, it is time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The headlines. Hull beat Manchester United 2 1 in their afl semifinal second leg, but it is not enough to get them to wembley. England w
The australian needed nearly two and a half hours to get the better of Croatias Ivo Karlovic taking it 6 4, 6 7, 7 6 to set up a last 16 match against either david goffin or diego schwartzman. Czech number 10 seed Tomas Berdych is into the fourth round after he saw off the challenge of luxembourgs gilles muller, winning in straight sets 6 3, 6 4 and will next play Frances Adrian mannarino. Andy murray was meant to be playing in miami but had to withdraw because of injury. Hes now unlikely to be fit for great britains davis cup tie against france next week. His brotherjamie has revealed that the world number one has a tear in his elbow and needs rest. We already knew about the injury but not the severity. The scotsman had hoped to return for the start of the Clay Court Season in about three weeks time. 0n the wta tour, world number one Angelique Kerber is through to the Quarter Finals of the miami 0pen. The number one seed breezed past japans risa ozaki in straight sets, the german winn