Well be looking at the runners and riders in this years Oscar Nominations and not so bird brained well be finding out about the species of crow thats developed hooks to help them hunt. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. These are our headlines tonight. Hes says hes living the dream, great Britians Kyle Edmund just one win away from the Australian Open final. Phil neville is the new boss of the england lionesses, signing a three year deal. Hes says its an honour and he can take them to the next level Manchester City have the advantage ,. Ahead of the second leag of their League Cup Semi final at bristol city. And the man that went from moss side to the mountainside. Lamin deen prepares for his second winter olympics. Good evening, well be live at ashton gate later and we will get the details on that hill phil and we will get the details on that hill phil neville appointment. But theres a bigger semi final to look forward to. Kyle edmunds first at grand slam. The british number two is exceeding all expectations including his own. He beat his first top ten player earlier today. Knocking out the third seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets. Adam wild reports. For british tennis there is a new start emerging. For kyle edmund, the biggest moment of his career so far. You could have forgiven him a few nerves but if they were there they were not clear to see, breaking the serve of Grigor Dimitrov in the very first game, but carrying the hopes of a nation brings a special pressure. Just ask tim henman. Now to see how edmund would cope. Powering his way to the first set suggested it isnt yet too much of a burden. The scale of the task ahead was laid bare as the bulgarian battled his way back to level the match. Time for the true test of attachment. Time for the true test of temprement. In the melbourne heat, dimitrov was the first to crack, leaving the door open for edmund to batter his way through. The match now heading in his direction. Those nerves turned into a very british kind of excitement, but this was drama to the last. Match point, out was the call, that decision challenged, the agony of waiting and then the ecstasy of winning. Edmund through to the semifinals. If he can keep control of those nerves, who knows . Iam i am loving it right now. The way i am playing, 23 years old and my first grand slam semifinal, first time to play on one of the biggest courts in the world, to beta quality player like grigor. You dont play in the semifinals of a grand slam every day. I just wanted in the semifinals of a grand slam every day. Ijust wanted to enjoy it as much as possible. Well in a moment well get the thoughts of our tennis correspondent Russell Fuller. But first, lets see who hes playing in the semi finals. It looked as though it would be rafa nadal, the world number one was 2 sets to i up against marin cilic, but it went to a fifth and thats where nadal had to retire with a leg injury. So its the croatian sixth seed cilic next. Tim hague reports. Facing rafael nadal be a bumpy ride, but could marin cilic lied his way through against one of the games grits . Not in the opener, anyway. The special spaniard at his best, and soon one set ahead. With an early break in the second, this match looked all but over, only for an increasingly frustrated marin cilic to use his anger in exactly the right way. Four games in a row, all square. Yet the croats come back faltered in an epic 72 minute third set, with the match at his mercy, he missed a crucialforehand. It gave rafa nadal one set point which, of course, he converted. A match that was at times brutal, marin cilic came back again. In fa ct, marin cilic came back again. In fact, he dominated the fourth and left his opponent flat out in every respect. Rafa nadal, now nursing an injury, bravely fought on, but not for too much longer. The underdogs victory was just a matter of time. With a final forehand in the fifth, the retirement came. Marin cilic, not only facing rafael nadal head on, but beating him as well. And you know who will be next. So here of the details of that semi final. Edmund goes for a place in his first grand slam final against the 2016 us open champion marin cilic in the early hours of thursday morning. The croatian is vastly experienced and will be the favourite. But we know what kyle edmund likes doing. Youll be able to hear commentary from melbourne on 5live and the bbc sport website. Televeision highlights will follow later in the day. So edmund could go onto become the new british number one with a win against cilic. Has been an extraordinary fortnight for the player that was unseeded going into the tournament. Our tennis correspondent Russell Fuller sums up edmunds achivement. Kyle edmund had experienced before of playing on Wimbledon Centre court and also on the giant Arthur Ashe Stadium court in new york at the us open. Maybe he put that experience to very good use, because he did not seem fazed by playing in the road labour arena seem fazed by playing in the road labourarena in seem fazed by playing in the road labour arena in what was his first grand slam quarterfinal. Admittedly, Grigor Dimitrov was not at his best. When opportunities presented them, kyle edmund took them with relish. It was good to see him coming forward to the net to finish sunsets and make sure he stayed in the ascendancy. Added drama at the end, ascendancy. Added drama at the end, as there had been in last years final, when Roger Federer beat rafa nadal in five sets. A hawk eye challenge was used to confirm that kyle edmund was in his first grand slam semifinal. Kyle edmund is a grand slam semifinalist for the first time in his career and for the first time, he takes down Grigor Dimitrov. 6 4, 3 6, 6 3, 6 4. The first time, he takes down Grigor Dimitrov. 64, 36, 63, 64. His opponent on thursday will not be the man we expected. Rafa nadal, robbed of contesting the final set against marin cilic because of injury. It is a match that cilic may have will anyway. When he gets a glint in his eye he can be very dangerous. He was serving magnificently and hitting the ball powerfully and with a great deal of authority around the court. He won the us open in 2014 by storming through the field and kyle edmund will be aware ofjust how difficult and dangerous an opponent he can be. Then again, cilic does not have the same aura. He was beaten by dan evans, and his team will tell him, if you have beaten the world number three, why not beat the world number three, why not beat the world number six as well . In the womens draw there was a shock as Belgiums Elise Mertens dispatched ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina 6 4, 6 0 on her main draw debut in melbourne. More womens quarterfinals overnight. Mertens will face Caroline Wozniacki in the last four after she beat spains unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro in three sets. Wozniacki was cruising after taking the first set 6 0, but was pegged back in the second, before finally emerging 6 2 in the decider. You are right up to date with all of the tennis. Now football. We have breaking news in the last 40 minutes 01 breaking news in the last 40 minutes orso, breaking news in the last 40 minutes or so, phil neville had a very distinguished career as a player, a clutch of league and cup trophies with manchester united, and over 50 caps for england. He is now head coach of the england lionesses. Joe perry is with me. He says it is going to be an honour and that they are on the verge of something very special. What has he got to do coming to this . A long awaited announcement has finally happened. Ever since it became apparent he was pretty much the only candidate last week. We have been expecting this. A signed a three and a half Year Contract that will take on through to the end of the european championships. The team are currently out in spain. But his first match in charge will be against france in america on the 1st of march. France are ranked sixth in the world, england are third, so not an easy start by any stretch. After that it gets tougher. After france, they then take on germany, the olympic champions, followed by the usa, who are the world champions. This is all in the space of a week. So it is a bit ofa this is all in the space of a week. So it is a bit of a baptism of fire. Then his first real competitive match will be against wales on the 6th of april, a world cup qualifier. So, it is not going to be an easy start for him. I wonder how this is going to go down . The fa got themselves in a terrible mess, the investigations around mark sampson and his subsequent sacking for his conduct in a previous role. There was the whole investigation around racism within the england womens camp as well. They have brought out a new welfare, they are looking at conduct within the organisation. There was a real push for there to bea there was a real push for there to be a woman to take over. Were there not enough candidates that came forward . Not enough candidates that came forward . There was a real argument about whether it should be a female candidate no matter what, or if itd just be the best candidate no matter what. To be honest, there are not a huge number of female candidates with that type of experience and criteria that they wanted. Those that did have the experience, it turned out, they just that did have the experience, it turned out, theyjust didnt want thejob. Emma turned out, theyjust didnt want the job. Emma hayes turned out, theyjust didnt want thejob. Emma hayes has been very successful at chelsea ladies and she ruled herself out early on. She signed a new contract with chelsea. Laura harvey, british born coach, she has previously done very well with arsenal. We understand she made it down to the short list, but she opted to sign for a new club in america. Originally, the interim manager said she was going to put in an application. But in a statement, she did not want to be considered for the role either. It is phil neville. It will be fascinating to see how he gets on in the next months and years. Three and a half yea rs, months and years. Three and a half years, the deal he signed. Lets get more on this from natalie pirks, down at ashton date for the match between bristol city and Manchester City. A big match ahead, a big job for phil neville and you have one of his former england team mates with you . Danny mills joins me. Lets jump you . Danny mills joins me. Lets jump straight in and get your reaction to the news we knew was coming, that phil neville is the head coach for the womens team . |j find head coach for the womens team . find it a bit of a strange appointment, if i am honest. He has beena appointment, if i am honest. He has been a coach at certain levels and has never really been number one. He has never really been number one. He has never really worked in womens football. Whether people think that is me being sexist or not, working with women and working with men is completely different. He will have to learn very quickly. I am sure there are other candidates as well. We wish him all the best. They have a fantastic team at the moment. The pressure is on. You can only really go downwards from here, unless they go downwards from here, unless they go and win something. On that very positive note. You are right, they are third in the world, ranked second in europe and they have some really big games coming up. He will have to hit the ground running . Yes, it is very, very different. Having worked in the mens game at a very high level, he now has to adjust. He has to adjust to changing dynamics, getting to know all of those players, having not worked in the womens game at all. I think you might find that challenging at times. So, we have to see how he goes. They will be used to doing things ina goes. They will be used to doing things in a certain way. He has new ideas. Maybe his backroom staff are going to be absolutely key, who he has two support him in that role, perhaps they are going to be absolutely vital. What do you think it says about the fact that there we re it says about the fact that there were not enough female applicants to consider . Im a little bit surprised. A lot of coaches work in the womens game, the fa pathway, is that not supposed to support coaches, all the way through to get a chance at the top level . Phil has been able tojump in a chance at the top level . Phil has been able to jump in almost from nowhere, effectively. It seems a little bit strange. Obviously he is a big name, a lot of england caps at senior level. He has been a coach at manchester united, a little bit at everton, with the under 215. Manchester united, a little bit at everton, with the under21s. Bristol city have a huge game here at ashton gate and they almost did it at the etihad two weeks ago. It was 2 1, only thanks to a Sergio Aguero injury time goal. Lets listen to what leejohnson has said on what could be the biggest night in the clubs history. For this team to beat Manchester Citys team, the quality players they have got, probably ranks with one of the best results, if we could get it, ever, in the clubs history. They will go down in folklore, which some already have from the man united game. A difficult one to answer. But we are going to enjoy it. It is a bonus game for us. It is a big, big competition and we are still right in the mix at half time. This is where the heroes have got to be born. The one thing bristol city did a couple of weeks ago was they really went for the jugular, didnt they . It was almost likejurgen klopp might have been watching and thinking, this is how you do it. They showed it is possible. They did that in the game before against manchester united. People that dont see bristol very often, they played very well. High pressing, passing game. They did very well in the trumpeter. The last five or six results have not been particularly spectacular. Maybe their focus has switched to this game. But it is incredibly possible that they could overturn a deficit and win. Manchester city will not put out a full strength team. It will be very strong indeed. We beat the invincible some arsenal, in 2004, with middlesbrough, because they put out a weakened side. Everything is possible, there is music playing, the crowd buzzing, it could be an upset. Sellout crowd, 27,000, of flags ready to go. They would reach their first flags ready to go. They would reach theirfirst major cup flags ready to go. They would reach their first major cup final since 19 19 09. And their first major cup final since 19 19 09. And you can hear it all on bbc radio 5 live later. Lets bring you up to date with some of the other sports headlines. Inter milan have offered a significant but undisclosed loan fee for liverpool striker daniel sturridge. The 28 year old england striker has made only five starts forjurgen klopps side this season and the reds will now consider the offer. The italian giants would pay his wages and discussions have also opened up about a potential Permanent Transfer at the end of this season. Former charlton and huddersfield boss chris powell has been appointed as the new manager of League One Southend on a two and a half Year Contract. He replaces phil brown, who was put on gardening leave following a run of seven league defeats in eight games. Burnley manager sean dyche signed a new long Term Contract to extend his stay at turf moor. His new deal will run until 2022, along with his backroom staff. Meanwhile the club has also completed the signing of winger aaron lennon from everton for an undisclosed fee. Wales injury problems ahead of the six nations continue to grow fly half dan biggar will miss the first three rounds of the tournament with a shoulder problem. They are missing several key players and they are now without their two first choice fly halves. Rhys priestland has also been ruled out. Ben stokes wontjoin up with his england teammates in new zealand at the start of next month as originally planned. His Court Appearance for affray falls on the same day as his england return. Hes confirmed he will attend bristol magistrates on february the 13th. Its an unlikely journey from the streets of moss side to the winter olympics. But its one that bobsleigh pilot lamin deen will be making next month. Today grenadier guardsman lamin was named in team gb for the games in south korea. Stuart pollitt reports. This is the fastest running bobsleigh history, 97 mph. The man in control is lamin deen. This morning, he was a little more relaxed as he picked up his kit after being named as part of team gb. He grew up here, just a few miles away from where he was today announcing the team. These are the streets of mosside. It is an unlikely journey to the streets of mosside. It is an unlikelyjourney to the olympics, via a spell in the british army on the streets of bosnia and belfast. My the streets of bosnia and belfast. My story is that anything is possible. You just have to work hard, know what you want, go for it. I grew hard, know what you want, go for it. Igrew up hard, know what you want, go for it. I grew up in the area and there was not a huge amount of opportunities. But, you know, because i had the desire to do bigger things, ifound a way. Lets look at speed. This will be his second olympics, but this time the objective is to bring back more than just memories. The last games, i was a rabbit in the headlights, taking it all in, the ceremonial and everything else. This time, we are certainly coming to compete. We have already had a silver medal. We have had records, speed records, all sorts. We have the kit, equipment and personnel to do it. Those sat behind him have faith in their front man. Immense pressure. But i have been with him for the last five years, i have seen him coming a long way. Literally, now you have so much faith in him, you look at him and he will have eyes of steel. And they will certainly be fixed on the big prize over the next month. Kane good luck to him and the rest of the team. The winter games is across the bbc everywhere next month