highlands and western isles, but otherwise we have clear skies for the majority of the country and it will be a very cold night. we are looking at lowe's down to —5 celsius, so a freezing cold start of the day on friday, but another day with sparkling winter sunshine to look forward to. temperatures will stay a little below average though. generally this cloud will start to thicken as we go through the day, we might even see drizzle for the western isles and highlands as the day goes by, but the rest of us will hang on to dry and bright weather. eight or 9 degrees across western areas. heading into the weekend, the areas. heading into the weekend, the area of high pressure bringing settled weather is still around. there is a tendency for the weather to turn more cloudy, but there will be the risk of frost and fog patches as well. the air starts to get milder as it comes around our area of high pressure, recirculating if you like. for saturday, a bit more in the way of cloud generally but particularly so across western areas. some rain for western scotland but otherwise a dry picture. still quite chilly across eastern areas but otherwise picture. still quite chilly across eastern areas but otherwise turning quite mild in the north west. on cue. hello and welcome to sportsday — coming up. battle scars — emma raducanu suffers a painful exit at the australian open. no tears form murray this time as he departs — but what does he have to do if he's to challenge at the top again and a different tournamnet — but a familiar feeling for england as the women's ashes gets underway. also ahead.. chelsea await — will it be liverpool or arsenaljoining them in the league cup final. and back to beijing for montell douglas — this time as a winter olympian.. good evening. two british grand slam champions were in action in melbourne today. sadly though emma raducanu and andy murray are both heading home. we'll discuss where this leaves them in a moment. this though the moment raducanu suffered this second round exit, to the montenegrin player danka kovinic. the blisters on her hand, even affecting her ability to shake hands with her opponent at the net. the 19 year—old revelaed the problem came before the match, one her team didnt want her to play. i was struggling with my hand and before the match there were some people in 19 that may be did not want me to play but i wanted to go out there and fight through linked and see how far i could get but i thought it was a pretty good learning experience for me. i discovered tools about myself and making that i did not know i had before so i can take some positives even from this match. different story for andy murray beaten in straight sets by qualifier taro daniel, ranked 120 places below murray, who said after the defeat, his form must improve if he is to continue playing profesional tennis. this is a really important year for me for a number of reasons. i want to perform well in the big events and for me tonight is not not good enoughin and for me tonight is not not good enough in that respect and making second round of slams is not something ifind particularly motivating. jonthan overend, commentating for 5live. that starts with emma because i think it might have been a different story and a different outcome had she not suffered with that blister on her racket kind. two she not suffered with that blister on her racket kind.— she not suffered with that blister on her racket kind. two big problems for her today- — on her racket kind. two big problems for her today. her _ on her racket kind. two big problems for her today. her opponent - on her racket kind. two big problems for her today. her opponent into - on her racket kind. two big problems for her today. her opponent into a i for her today. her opponent into a good play while but the main problem was this blister on her racket hands. just imagine that and write on the palm of her hand as well. just below her ring finger so what that means in practice is that playing hard tops being more aggressive forehand which you use a lot of former arm with was virtually impossible. she made a strong start. he or she is taking a beating the opening set but she needed to treatment. there it is. it meant she was having to undersize the ball a lot. it actually proved to be quite a good tactic. it worked well for her. and she adapted and won the second set but her opponent came through in and winning the deciding set and emma is out in a second round. obviously a disappointing result for her but i think given the circumstances it goes down as a good learning experience and we learned a little bit about her and her ability to adapt to it painful circumstances. , ., , , to adapt to it painful circumstances. , ., ,, ., circumstances. many more tests to come will stop — circumstances. many more tests to come will stop no _ circumstances. many more tests to come will stop no tears _ circumstances. many more tests to come will stop no tears this - circumstances. many more tests to come will stop no tears this time . come will stop no tears this time from that tearful farewell three years ago when we thought that was going to be him heading into retirement but he's back. the key thing for him now is whether does he need to do to try and challenge again in the biggest trainings? can he do that? _ again in the biggest trainings? can he do that? i think he knows he can on the evidence of his victory at the basil in round one. that was a big win for him five sets against this seed, impressive stuff but this was just a disappointing this seed, impressive stuff but this wasjust a disappointing day this seed, impressive stuff but this was just a disappointing day for andy murray. a poor performance. the lowest ranked player that he lost to a grand slam. but time and dime yet ofjapan, look at this he played early in the match. he was on good form and he's beacon djokovic before but now he adds a victory over andy murray as well. he came through qualifying and now he is in the third round. andy murray is very frustrated towards the end of the match and throwing his racket down in frustration. it was a poor performance from him and he admitted as much afterwards. hopefully he will be back because he would not have made all of the colossal effort he has a get fit again and get competing at these major tournaments. he has not done a lot of practice to pay them once. and then retire so he would have his sights on the 202329. he just sees it as a bad day at the office and nothing more than that. we saw heather watson go out today as well. it means dan evans is the only british representative remaining in the singles. that could be an advantage for him. what can we expect going forward? you have to love being in the third round before midday on the fourth day of competition. his opponent from france retired cell evidence is through to the third round. he has made the fourth round before at the australian open so it would be great to match that or go even better. his next opponent will be really tough. wonderful talents from canada who's had some big results lately and that would be a tough match however felix as he is called had a very close match of many tie—break stereo today. so that will be an exhausting battle i'm at the be fresh going into it. ~ ., ., battle i'm at the be fresh going into it. ~ . ., ., into it. what are the other headlines _ into it. what are the other headlines from _ into it. what are the other headlines from defour? i into it. what are the other. headlines from defour? any into it. what are the other- headlines from defour? any other into it. what are the other— headlines from defour? any other big shocks that stand out? there headlines from defour? any other big shocks that stand out?— shocks that stand out? there were a few big name _ shocks that stand out? there were a few big name casualties _ shocks that stand out? there were a few big name casualties into - shocks that stand out? there were a | few big name casualties into wanting straw on the floor. the car being amicably fell was well taped but she went out and admits this will be her final season on the tour. the number two seed despite being beset by double faults all year every match is played semi—double faults much east through and she has got to get rid of that problem sometime soon if she wants to win one of these games. thank you. new series, but a familiar feeling, england women this time beginning their ashes campaign with a heavy defeat in the opening t20 of the multi format contest in adeliade. tahlia mcgrath with a brilliant all round display as the hosts won by nine wickets to leave england two points down. jo curie reports. england plumbing stepping out in australia looking to restore england cricket reputation. having lost the cost and being put into the back facially early fair while danny set the tone and payment business. why break for the hosts. the tone and payment business. why breakfor the hosts. england making steady strides. until this. while almost straight byjones. taking three quick ones in a row even though holding on to the target 10072m a promising start. they second chance to shine once more quickly bringing up her half—century. their partnership looking unbreakable as they struggled to make a dent. australia comfortably claiming a nine wicket victory with eight involves despair. what hopes of england turning this one around? henry is with alex in abilene. alex was here on the tour last time england played and this was a pretty comprehensive ream from their first was a pretty comprehensive ream from theirfirst time. he was a pretty comprehensive ream from their first time-— their first time. he thought about tellin: that their first time. he thought about telling that first _ their first time. he thought about telling that first punch _ their first time. he thought about telling that first punch in - their first time. he thought about telling that first punch in the - telling that first punch in the multiformat series in australia did that. australia came and they have blown england out of the water and they were unbelievable this evening will stop 70 runs, england 169, at the halfway stage it looks like england's game. i sent this looks like their game and i thought they were going to get their first win of the series enter that first punch but it was not meant to be. he was unbelievable and for the first time ever played a role and ended up getting 15 outs. i don't wish to align you but i got a scary statistic because australia have the ashes ready england me to win the series outright and it's normally a draw in the series and if it's a draw australia need to further wins and it's over. draw australia need to further wins and it's over-— and it's over. england me to come back come — and it's over. england me to come back come quickly _ and it's over. england me to come back come quickly and _ and it's over. england me to come back come quickly and they've - and it's over. england me to come back come quickly and they've got| back come quickly and they've got another game on saturday said they need to be grip look where they can improve and where they went wrong and they have to come back and win on saturday. that preparation has been difficult and we heard yesterday she had to throw down from her partner and all of these things as it was a locked christmas to get ready for the series so it's not been easy. england will not want to make that as an excuse you could tell they weren't quite ready for match scenarios and nothing is like pulling out in the middle against australians but they had played that's competitive cricket but it was not meant to be and they rebel in la and they look like the better side tonight. the next game is on saturday and it's another one on sunday. england now with every defeat the margin for error just gets that little bit smaller so they have to fight back and fight back quickly. not a great start as they were saying. so not a great start following the disappointment of the men's ashes series — and how to adress that? one change will come in the men's county game with more matches planned in the main summer months when conditions will be more akin to overseas pitches. ecb managing director of county cricket neil snowball says more will follow it is still early and we are putting together the feedback from the tour and i think we need to get their first counties together and work out a plan through this year hopefully so we can start making changes from 2023. one of the things we say every year is the aeroplane a lot of domestic rekik and some people would feel we are putting too much i need to talk to players and they focus on playing on travel and whether it steams or whether it's actual fixtures i think we need to play less and i can focus on the high intensity. a lot of this is about quality and the quality of the cricket we are playing in the right conditions and i think that's what we need to try to focus on. the former england wicketkeeper matt prior has expressed his concern that many young players are being priced out of the game. he says the costs involved of ofjoining youth clubs means you're not selecting the most talented cricketers, you're selecting those who can afford it. you are narrowing down your face with a number of kids that would have the opportunity to go on and work on their potential and hopefully achieve their potential and represent not only sussex or the counties but england and having a really strong england testing or a one—day team or whatever it is so in essence as i have said cricket already has many barriers and you can't have the judges for goalposts where you can just have a cake about unita feel or in essence you need a field. there are other ways you can do it of course but all of that stuff there's so many barriers and i don't understand why we are putting another massive financial barrier in place because it is ultimately stopping rock island from coming through. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today... the south africa head coach has been charged with gross misconduct over allegations of racism and was implicated findings by the social justice commission last month. it came back in december every three months this be suspended after he was found guilty of bullying and harassing fellow jockey. was found guilty of bullying and harassing fellowjockey. and pictures have surfaced of novak djokovic walking in montenegro the world number one was pictured with fines following his deportation from australia after a two—week battle with authorities and head of his vaccination status. with both sides suffering heavily with injuries and play as i international duty will provide that moment of brilliance to set up a meeting with chelsea in the final? we will have to pay that we have and whether we play 90 on the penalty only with players that they have the belief that we can bring the game and played the importance of that game. this is why we are here and to win trophies and bring joy to our people and keep doing what's historically this club has always done. ~ , ., historically this club has always done. ~ , . , ., ,., done. when we start the season we seak done. when we start the season we speak about — done. when we start the season we speak about that _ done. when we start the season we speak about that we _ done. when we start the season we speak about that we want _ done. when we start the season we speak about that we want to - done. when we start the season we speak about that we want to create | speak about that we want to create memories— speak about that we want to create memories and we want to create memories— memories and we want to create memories with our fans and create special— memories with our fans and create special games i really look forward from the final whistle because everybody was writing those off and speaking _ everybody was writing those off and speaking about us and we could not wait to _ speaking about us and we could not wait to go— speaking about us and we could not wait to go there and create a special— wait to go there and create a special game for us.- wait to go there and create a special game for us. that is the view from _ special game for us. that is the view from both _ special game for us. that is the view from both camps. - special game for us. that is the view from both camps. we - special game for us. that is the view from both camps. we will| special game for us. that is the i view from both camps. we will be covering the games tonight. for the second bag it would be fascinating because the actual tie is so delicately poised after that goal or less first leg last week at anfield and in many ways it cannot really collect. ., ., collect. you cannot call it, there is more pressure _ collect. you cannot call it, there is more pressure on _ collect. you cannot call it, there is more pressure on arsenal, i is more pressure on arsenal, liverpool has evolved in the champions league and the fa cup and the outside chance is coming so well but this is arsenal's last hope of a trophy they season after going out on the fa cup. they did not perform well so i think the pressure is on and especially they have back it up after their first performance in the away leg at anfield where they were exceptional for the best part of 75 minutes with ten men and arsenal fans will feel they will go into this for the confidence. against the liverpool team who are missing their big guns. taste liverpool team who are missing their bi runs. ~ ., liverpool team who are missing their bi runs. ~ . ., liverpool team who are missing their bi runs. ~ ., ., , big guns. we will wait to see whether thomas _ big guns. we will wait to see whether thomas can - big guns. we will wait to see whether thomas can be - big guns. we will wait to see - whether thomas can be involved after ghana elimination but last week that rearguard action felt like a victory from an arsenal point of view but this time is far from over. from an arsenal point of view but this time is farfrom over. it is from an arsenal point of view but this time is far from over.- this time is far from over. it is a 'ob half this time is far from over. it is a job half done — this time is far from over. it is a job half done for— this time is far from over. it is a job half done for us. _ this time is far from over. it is a job half done for us. liverpool. job half done for us. liverpool clearly will miss them but other players will need to step up and it's a very difficult one to call. i can't call rates. what do you think? we will find out when the commentary starts on bbc radio on the coverage is at seven o'clock. things have been heating up nicely at the africa cup of nations with the final group matches taking place today. shortly gambia, mali and tunisia will be in action trying to claim their spots in the last 16, but we have already had our share of drama today. algeria are the holders, but they went into their final group match with the ivory coast without a win so far in the competiton and in danger of going home early. lydia campbell was watching. things danny —— things don't get much denser than this. failed to weigh and that 2019 champions would be out but it was the ivory coast to start it with purpose and nicholas coming close within ten minutes. if that was a warning sign about the bmj it was not one that the algerians heated. soon he was setting up rank for the opener. baseless any time they needed he was to stand up and instead basted off and abraham was left wide open to double the lead leaving the algerians baffled. and soon after the break they had three. if you ever needed evidence that this just was not going to be algeria's day watch this. they did manage to finally get their first goal of the finals but too late to make a difference. the final whistle brought the end to the game and algeria plus �*s tenant while demanding our range must be the ones to watch in the knockout stages. equatorial guinea willjoin ivory coast in the knockout stages after beating seriously on 1—0 in the other game. confirmation of those gflppy other game. confirmation of those grippy results as well as the final group fixture kicking off at seven o'clock with gambia taking onto michelle with both sides guaranteeing progress to the knockout stages. golf is back, the first round of the season opening abu dhabi championship saw scotland's scott jamieson move into a one shot lead in the opening event on the eurpean tour. he set a new course record — and as our golf correspondent ian carter explains, it couldn't have gone any better. an extraordinary starts when you consider that scott jamison an extraordinary starts when you consider that scottjamison had to work very hard towards the end of last year to retain his privileges on the european tour in the world tour as we should call it nowadays and then had eight weeks of. on the picked up a club a couple of weeks ago to start practising and fortunately for him he's based in the united states still no other issues as far as that practice was concerned. it did tearing him up perfectly and he knew he had to get off to a good start. these are big tournaments and he was careful if he suffered a couple of mascots here he could be playing catch—up for the rest of the year and instead he is setting the pace. nojump shots today. all adding up to 63 a new course record and that one child heading into the second round. who else should we be looking out for? victor looks very dangerous and he was one of the few successes phasing up was one of the few successes phasing up in the last ryder cup and he is starting extremely well with his 64 and a defending champion was so down beating in the comments before the actual stash action started seeing he lost his mojo and he played pretty well for his 66. a disappointment for rory mcilroy. on the 11 passed 72. they were expecting heavy rains on friday so that made me cry difficult for him to make the cut in the champion was one over today so among the back marker is excellent very much he had was out in 30 finished with a 66 and was out in 30 finished with a 66 and was delighted with his days work. montell douglas will become the first woman to represent team gb at both the summer and winter olympic games after being named in the bobsleigh squad for beijing. douglas will be brakewoman in mica mcneill�*s two—woman sled, four years after being the team's reserve in pyeongchang. she also competed in the 100 metres at the beijing summer olympics in 2008. i caught up with earlier. i definitely did not expect to be doing a defence point and going to another winter olympics at back and that last five years have been incredible and very challenging and have had a great team around me and thatjourney have had a great team around me and that journey alone to have had a great team around me and thatjourney alone to go back to beijing is exciting. giee that journey alone to go back to beijing is exciting.— that journey alone to go back to beijing is exciting. bei'ing is exciting. give us a sense of beijing is exciting. give us a sense of when you _ beijing is exciting. give us a sense of when you made _ beijing is exciting. give us a sense of when you made that _ beijing is exciting. give us a sense of when you made that decision i beijing is exciting. give us a sense of when you made that decision to j of when you made that decision to turn your attention to a different sports. when was that you thought you were going to leave athletics behind and here you are in the later stages of your career turning your attention to bobsled. mr; stages of your career turning your attention to bobsled.— stages of your career turning your attention to bobsled. my body after that happened _ attention to bobsled. my body after that happened after _ attention to bobsled. my body after that happened after my _ attention to bobsled. my body after that happened after my first - attention to bobsled. my body afterl that happened after my first bobsled season i was recruited and needed to do faster goals on the team and make the team so i did half a year bobsledding but in the summer and i opened up and had surgery and the rest is history and refocused into the bobsled and i made that commitment and put on my site on beijing. commitment and put on my site on bei'ini. ~ , ., commitment and put on my site on bei'ini. ~ ,, ~' commitment and put on my site on bei'ini. ~ ,, ., ., beijing. when you think about all the hard work _ beijing. when you think about all the hard work and _ beijing. when you think about all the hard work and dedication i beijing. when you think about all the hard work and dedication and pain you have been through as you said what are the steps you are taking to heading out to beijing i guess with covid—19 at the moment i presume you don't want to be putting yourself in any kind of risk or danger to get anything to jeopardise her chances of competing, are you taking extra steps to limit your contact with people at the moment? as you have said right now i am in an air b&b and we have a holding camp where it'sjust an air b&b and we have a holding camp where it's just me and the girls not around anyone else we had just got our coats with us in our bible and we are trying to get on with training i on leaving outlet next week but let's put ourselves in the best possible position focusing on performance now and we have the team behind us so we want to make sure we set ourselves up. this is a crucial time to get out to beijing so we want to be careful and team gb had been burdened with protocols and making sure everything is safe and we are doing our best to keep safe with masks and tests and things like that so we are secure and happy with where we are right now i'm looking forward to keeping the momentum going. forward to keeping the momentum anoin. , ., ., ., ., forward to keeping the momentum oiiin _ , ., ., ., ., going. here is another name to look out for. going. here is another name to look out for- this — going. here is another name to look out for. this is _ going. here is another name to look out for. this is stan _ going. here is another name to look out for. this is stan moody, - going. here is another name to look out for. this is stan moody, there . out for. this is stan moody, there he is. he is 15 years old. an amateur snicker player and this with him on the way to reading the opening round of the snicker shoot—out. this is a genuine ranking tournaments which the worlds best players are invited to play and you wonder is he destined to be one of those. you can tell he said he just and playing like that at his age he would not bet against it. great story. that's it from sports day. don't forget more on the bbc sport website. cascais a hard frost setting into many areas tonight and we are going to lose the wind and showers hitting parts of the north sea coast of england and northern ireland reflecting scotland and limiting the frost we conceded clear skies with southern england down to —6 and sums of cash —5 in the cardiff area as friday begins. some sunshine continuing again southern and eastern england and scotland. crowd increasing to northwest england and wales and later into the west midlands especially through the afternoon. it will be cold after that cold starts. a bright today in eastern england compared with today. the crowd becoming more widespread into saturday limiting the extent and severity of the frost with cloudy skies over the weekend with some rain at times. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us warns russia an invasion of ukraine will have catastrophic results as international diplomacy efforts are ramped up. if any, any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border, that is an invasion, but it will be met with severe and a coordinated economic response. new satellite images show a build up of russian troops international diplomacy is being ramped up to find a unified strategy of russia invades. moscow denies it's preparing to attack. also in the programme: pope benedict is accused of misconduct over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of munich. here in the uk, a senior conservative has accused ministers