the russia olympic committee in the ice hockey prelims, but the start of their match was delayed by an hour because the russian s covid test results hadn t arrived. the game eventually started with both teams wearing masks, but the russians took theirs off during the final period when the paperwork came through. the ioc president thomas bach met for dinner with the chinese tennis player pung shuai over the weekend. the face to face meeting follows previous communication between the two with concerns over her wellbeing. she disappeared for a number of weeks in november after she accused a high ranking oficial of sexual assault on social media. in an interview with the french newspaper l equipe published today, she repeated her claim that there was a huge misunderstanding. here s our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. every time the communist party at times in collusion with
run in with max verstappen. now to tennis where the atp have declined to follow the wta and remove tournaments in china from their calendar as the questions remain about pung shuai and her safety. pung disappeared from public view for three weeks last month after making an allegation of sexual assault against a top chinese state official. separately the international olympic committee today said it has spoken to the 35 year old for a second time amid continuing concerns for her welfare. british sprinters adam gemili and laveea neilson have been stripped of their lottery funding after choosing to stay in florida with their coach rayna rider even though he s being investigated for sexual misconduct. uk athletics told their athletes to cut ties with the american a month ago when the accusations came to light but gemili, a european and commonwelth champion, and neilson have remained in florida so have been removed from the world class programme for the time being. fellow british sprinter
in the far south east. highs on tuesday between about 8 to 11 degrees for most of us. feeling cooler when exposed to the north easterly breeze typically east anglia and the south east. as we head to the middle of the week you will notice things turn colder once again because a second cold front this is bbc world news. our top stories. the women s tennis association says videos released by chinese media showing missing player pung shuai, including one at a tennis tournament, don t prove she s genuinely free. fires and fighting on the streets of the hague lockdown protesters clash with dutch police in a second night of violence. in the uk, an investigation is being launched into whether there is racial bias in the design of some medical devices used by the national health service. the health secretary said people may have died as a result of the issue. i think possibly, yes, yes. ithink possibly, yes, yes. i i think possibly, yes, yes. i don t have the full facts. these oximeters are b
he was the standout choice. but, as permanent boss, there have been no trophies. this was meant to be the year it came good. cristiano ronaldo scored twice on his debut, but even his goals haven t stopped this dismal run. now even the players don t hold back. it was embarrassing. we don t know what to do with the ball, we don t know how to defend properly, we are conceding a lot of goals. yeah, it s another nightmare. since 2013, everything s changed. united now seek a fifth permanent boss since sir alex ferguson left. as a player under him, solskjaer won six league titles. but, as a coach, too much has gone wrong and, this time for solskjaer, there is no late turnaround. joe lynskey, bbc news. earlierjamiejackson, who is manchester football correspondent for the guardian, and the author of a book about ole gunnar solskjaer, explained that ole s successes were always caveated by the sense that he was learning in hisjob.
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