Hello, and welcome to sportsday. We start with russia, and a significant ban thats been handed to them by the world anti doping agency. Theyre barred from all major sporting events for the next four years, so there will be no russian flag or anthem at next years Olympic Games in tokyo. Itll be the same at the Winter Olympics in beijing in 2022, and also at the world cup in qatar later that same year. Our reporter Alex Capstick has been in lausanne where wadas executive committee made their decision today. Leading members of while thes executive committee have explained to us in this hotel in central notts and the reason they came to this decision to ban russia for four yea rs decision to ban russia for four years is because russia are repeat offenders. They have found to be covering our positive drug tests. As to the punishment, they think they have the balance right, that ape like ban and the world calls for ape like ban and the world calls for a total ban on athletes and officials, t
England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
Weekend, the outbursts of ray racism, and begin having to be stopped by the referee, it was actually affecting the whole of the netherlands. The reactions and politics, worldwide, in this country have been huge. The reactions of the players of the Dutch National team and the highest level of dutch professional football to take a strong stance against racism. But may be to make it so strong, it will never happen again. Lets take a look at the rest of the days sports news making the headlines. Tommy fleetwood has put himself in a good position to win the race to dubai. Hes fourth at the season ending world tour championship, and will be crowned europes top golfer if he finishes outright third and Bernd Wiesberger is outside the top two. The austrians currently 14th. Granit xhaka could return to the arsenal side this weekend, despite saying he wasnt sure if he would play for the club again. Xhaka was stripped of the captaincy after an angry confrontation with fans during a match against c
I hearjerusalem bells are ringing. As for coldplay, they have a lot to work out. Their last tour used 32 trucks and there was the carbon cost of flights for over 100 crew members. But the band famous for their song yellow are serious about going green. Colin patterson, bbc news, jordan. Thats it. Newsnight is getting under way on bbc two with emma barnett. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday im connie mclaughlin. The new tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he wont make the same mistakes this time that he made at previous clubs. Move over, andy. Great britains other murray, jamie, helps them reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. And well also hear from Antony Joshua, whos philisophical about that shock defeat to andy ruinr, as he prepares for their huge re match. Welcome to the programme. Hes had some Interesting Press conferences in the premier league over the years there was the special one. The special one time
Thanks. And well have all the weather. If youre stuck indoors you arent missing much. This is the view, cloudy, murky, pretty wet in places. A lot of muddy fields if youre taking the dog for a walk later. What is in store for the weekend . Ill have all the details. Thanks. Also coming up the underwater treasures of Hms Invincible. The 250 year old captured french warship that revolutionised the royal navy. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. After weeks of campaigning, voting is underway in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. And a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your p