and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 18th of january , you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight s programme. a dark day for snooker ten chinese players are charged in relation to alleged match fixing. and the night shift for norrie who makes it through to the third round of the australian open. also coming up in the programme. leeds united will be looking for their first win since november tonight, when they take on managerless cardiff city in their fa cup third round replay at elland road. good evening and welcome to tonight s programme. today, the world professional billiards and snooker association confirmed that ten chinese players have a case to answer in relation to alleged match fixing. among the players charged are some big names in the sport. liang wenbo, a finallist in the uk championship in 2015, has been charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the world snooker tour and approaching players to fix
light winds, pleasant enough and shower is starting to ease in northern ireland and close to the scottish border. just some linking across the northern and western isles in particular. in terms of the feel of things, 11 to 14 degrees and the stronger winds to the north but further south where the wind remained light is, perhaps those temperatures may peak at around 18, 19 degrees. not bad for this time of year. clear skies by day will allow clear skies through the night, so it is going to turn quite chilly and with lighter winds, we could see some fog forming almost anywhere at risk, england and wales in particular. then some of it could be pretty stubborn to clear away first thing tomorrow morning. chilly start in comparison to the morning just passed across england and wales. a northerly breeze will drive in a few scattered showers across aberdeenshire and early morning fog will live to more sunshine. lovely day in prospect for most of us tomorrow. cloud gathers in to the s
united home furious. from leaving it late to scoring early. how about this from 21 year old leeds forward wilfired gnonto? a stunning scissor kick afterjust 26 seconds againsty cardiff, helped them into the fouth round of the fa cup. shades of paulo di canio about that goal, remember him? patrick bamford also scored two in the second half in a 5 2 win. celtic are still nine points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a a 0 win against st mirren. rivals rangers had to come from behind against kilmarnock. it s the fourth time rangers have conceded first. fortunately for them alfredo morelos came to the rescue with two goals as they beat ten man kilmarnock 3 2. and finally, dame laura kenny has announced that her and husband sirjason kenny are expecting a second child. the five time 0lympic cycling champion revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in 2021 and an ectopic pregnancy early last year. she came back from that to win gold in the scratch race at last summer s
and misogyny in football. obviously alongside that, there is a need to think about when redesigning the stadium itself, and future, we need to think about crating women friendly inclusive environments. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. jofra archer continued his comeback from injury by taking a wicket and then pulling off a run out in his first over for mi cape town in the south african t20 competition. but cape town lost the match to sunrisers eastern cape by two wickets. south africa s second highest test run scorer hashim amla has retired at the age of 39. no one has scored more than his 27 one day centuries for south africa. amla s 311 not out against england at the oval in 2012 remains the highest test score by a south african. and baby news for great britain s most successful female olympic athlete dame laura kenny and her husband sirjason kenny who are expecting their second child.