let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
in the sport. they beat guinea 4 1 in a friendly in barcelona. one of the goals was scored by vinciusjunior, who s faced frequent racist abuse while playing for real madrid. now on bbc news, click. this week. three, two, one. cheering ..the battle is on as we go to the uk s first ever live fortnite tournament. this is a sport where every player is in their own world, their own zone. ..marc speaks to xbox s big boss about what s on the horizon in the next few months. can you give us a sign that you can hear us, please? please. ..and we re hunting ghosts with some terrifying tracking tech. in amongst edinburgh s elegant architecture stands the iconic mcewan hall. in 1897, it was gifted to the people of the city by philanthropist william mcewan and throughout its life, it s been the home of graduations, concerts and even edinburgh fringe comedy gigs. but i wonder if william mcewan ever thought that his hall would be used for this. it s been turned into a fortnite den. four, thre
lazio are into the semi finals of the coppa italia after a narrow victory in in the rome derby which had an ill tempered finish. a penalty from mattia zaccagni just into the second half was the enough to beat rivals roma 1 0. three players sent off in stoppage time there, two from roma. who ll playjuventus or frosinone. they play on thursday. the other quarterfinal between milan and atalanta is underway. the winners will play fiorentina who beat bologna on tuesday. and in the semi finals of the spanish super cup taking place in saudi arabia, we re into the second half of real madrid, against their city rivals atletico. four goals shared in the first half. antoine griezeman becoming atletico s all time top scorer, with the equaliser to make it 2 2. the score remains 2 2. the winners face either barcelona or osasuna who play on thursday that match also taking place in riyadh. mark selby and robert milkens are in action for the last of the first round matches, in snooker s
now on bbc news, click. this week. three, two, one. cheering ..the battle is on as we go to the uk s first ever live fortnite tournament. this is a sport where every player is in their own world, their own zone. ..marc speaks to xbox s big boss about what s on the horizon in the next few months. can you give us a sign that you can hear us, please? please. ..and we re hunting ghosts with some terrifying tracking tech. in amongst edinburgh s elegant architecture stands the iconic mcewan hall. in 1897, it was gifted to the people of the city by philanthropist william mcewan and throughout its life, it s been the home of graduations, concerts and even edinburgh fringe comedy gigs. but i wonder if william mcewan ever thought that his hall would be used for this. it s been turned into a fortnite den. four, three, two, one. it s the best feeling ever. basically the only game i ve been playing for five years. i m addicted to it. to win in any sport, you need to believe in yourself.
and was echoed by the likes ofjacob rees mogg. well, i think it s over baked. i think they want to find the worst at every possible opportunity. and i think it shows a degree of vindictiveness that does not work to the committee s favour or advantage. the space provided on the bbc for the former prime minister and his supporters to reject the report s conclusions annoyed william riddell graham, who emailed, the 30 or so mps who support johnson should not be granted the same air time and the same deference as the hundreds of meps, including many conservatives, who will support the report . the bbc should seek balance, but when that quest for balance means that you are talking to eccentrics like fabricant and doris, then that quest becomes almost equivalent to a bias . that charge had already been levelled last friday when, before anyone else had seen its conclusions, borisjohnson dismissed the committee that investigated him as a kangaroo court. so, did the bbc allow this pr