Hello there, walking along to the programme. Were just a few hours away from the 152nd open golf tournament. Three time Champion Tiger woods is among the Afternoon Starters and will play with fellow americans xander Schauffele And Patrick cantlay, Teeing Off at 13 37 gmt. World number one Scottie Scheffler is out at ten past two, with former Champion Jordan Spieth and cameron young. Rory mcilroy, who won the claretjug ten years ago, tees off at nine minutes past nine in the morning. Our correspondent Chris Mclaughlin looks ahead to the tournament. In the ayrshire sunshine, Practice Practice looking for perfection and hoping for history. This old course first held the open championship in 1923. Golf runs through the very Sand Dunes in troon and it has done for a very long time. The world has changed, of course, since then, but this place remains the same draws huge crowds and the best the Golfing Game has to offer. Including the man scotland hopes can become the first home grown player
Obviously, the search for him on going. The other line of news i want to bring you comes from the united states. We are hearing special Counseljack Smith who was prosecuting two of the federal cases on Donald Trump on behalf of the Department Ofjustice will appeal that classified Documents Case. You will recall on monday it was tossed out by the Districtjudge Cannon in florida, someone who Donald Trump had appointed to the circuit. Jack smith is announcing this afternoon that he is formally appealing that case so it will go on. We will get some comment, possibly, after the sport but first lets go to paul scott. Hello, from the bbc sport centre. Chelsea have begun disciplinary proceedings against argentine Midfielder Enzo Fernandez after he posted a video on Social Media which the french Football Federation says included a Racist And Discriminatory chant. Fernandez says hes truly sorry for getting caught up in the euphoria of Argentinas Copa America victory adding that the words do not
and also for northern ireland as we head into friday morning. some mist and fog patches across southern parts of england and wales, they could be slow to clear tomorrow. we have still got that mix of rain around the coast and at low levels but heavy snow across central parts of scotland, so some disruption is likely. heavy rain showers for parts of north east england and for northern ireland. but into the weekend that s when things will turn colder for all of us and there is further snow in places as well. so heading through the course of friday night into saturday, low pressure starts to drift away towards the south. we still got more snow across the higher ground of scotland, some of that snow on saturday falling to lower levels and it will start to snow across parts of northern england as well. to the south of that mainly rain showers with the driest weather for parts of northern ireland and into wales on saturday but those temperature starting to come down, around 2 8 deg
winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. the ioc president thomas bach says it s almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but sophie richardson of human rights watch, says the olympic movement needs to rethink. this would be a miracle. ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. this is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the chinese government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. it s certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the environmental impact of the games but preparations are continuing. among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olymp