Im hugh ferris. Coming up the latest drama with diego costa. The chelsea striker is dropped, amid apparent interest from china. A fifth win in six league games takes leeds third in the championship. They beat derby by 1 0 at elland road. And peaking at the perfect time. Johanna konta wins a second career title, just three days before the beginning of the Australian Open. Hello again. Diego costa has been dropped, and his Chelsea Future is in doubt tonight. The striker has been left out of their squad for the Match At Leicester tomorrow, after a dispute with the clubs coaching staff. He is the premier leagues top scorer so far this season, with m goals, but is thought to have been the subject of an offer from a chinese club, who could be willing to pay him £30 million a year. Our reporter Simon Stonejoined Me earlier to explain more. It seems as though, after a period of relative calm in diego costas combustible career, that at the start of this week he started to have disagreements with a particular member of the chelsea coaching staff, and that has escalated to appoint where his manager, antonio conser, has decided to leave him basically out of the squad conte. Can travel to leicester, he is not going to play at leicester. The key point is what is behind the issues, and some people are suggesting that bid offers, big, big offers that diego costa seems to be at the centre of, that are coming from china, where oscar has gone, where carlos teves has gone, where this week his team mate has gone, they might be at the bottom of diego costas anger at the moment. And what might chelsea do about it . Clearly in the short term they have decided not to pick him but they are going to have to resolve this. January still has three weeks to run. Thats right. We have seen situations. We have seen one at west ham with payet, that bilic has said he is not going to play a Player Thatis he is not going to play a player that is unwilling to play for the club. Will chelsea be in that position . Diego costa has the lack isa position . Diego costa has the lack is a key component in what has turned into a successful title drive. The key thing is that Roman Abramovich has no intention of playing diego costa. He has the money to follow through his beliefs. The question is, can he get diego costa onto the field and performing in the way he has done the first pa rt in the way he has done the first part of the season . Leeds are up to third in the championship, after beating derby 1 0 at elland road. Chris woodss headerjust before the break was enough to give garry monks side their fifth straight win at home. Derby had bradleyjohnson sent off late on for two bookings. Leeds are four points off the automatic promotion places. There is a potentially decisive weekend of matches in European Club rugby this weekend, as the group stages of the champions cup come towards an end. Irish side leinster have secured their place in the quarter finals, after thrashing montpellier 57 3. The french club were second in the group, but were already behind when this high tackle by frans steyn earned him a red card. Leinster took full advantage, finishing with eight tries, three of them scored by flankerjack conan. Meanwhile, in the second tier challenge cup, there was a big win, too, for bath over their local rivals bristol. England wing Semesa Rokoduguni scored one of eight tries, in a 57 22 win. A late try from grenoble denied newcastle a win in one of the other two matches in the challenge cup, the french side winning 31 27. Elsewhere, Newport Gwent dragons beat russian side enisei, 34 10. Sale sharks are being investigated for a potential breach of Concussion Management protocol. It follows an injury to back row tj ioane in last saturdays defeat to harlequins, in which he appeared to be concussed, but remained on the pitch for the rest of the match. The rfu have announced a panel will meet to look at the incident. The Rugby Football League has agreed a deal that will see a new Club Set Up In Bradford for the start of the season. The old Bradford Bulls was liquidated earlier this month, after its latest spell in administration following years of financial problems. The Winning Consortium was one of four bids to revive the club, and their identity is expected to be revealed next week. The two men who were involved in the Sparring Session that left fighter Nick Blackwell in a coma have been sanctioned by the boxing board of control. Nick wilkins has lost his trainers licence, and boxer Hasan Karkardi suspended for six months. Blackwell shouldnt have been involved in the november session, after having his licence taken away, following a Professional Fight Last March when he had to be placed in an induced coma. The unsanctioned Sparring Session left him needing an operation for swelling on the brain. In just her second tournament of the year, Johanna Konta has won the second tour title of her career. The british number one beat Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets to win the sydney international, her final warm up tournament for the Australian Open. Here is our Sports Correspondent katie gornall. In the tennis arena, Johanna Konta demands attention. After an extraordinary rise through the rankings, she is now in the top ten. The big moments, the big players, no longer worry her. Across the net was Agnieszka Radwanska, the world number three, a player she had never beaten, although you sense that would soon change, as konta took the first set 6 4. Despite a successful 2016, konta has brought a new coach to australia. Any fears this could disrupt her rhythm were quickly swatted aside. Radwanska is seen as one of the most intelligent players on the tour. Here, she was given little time to think, as konta wrapped up the second title of her career in some style. Shes done it with the start of the Australian Open just days away, she will head to melbourne as a genuine contender. I think theres a Good Opportunity for her to get to the final. Shes going to have to do it the tough way, though. Shes got flipkens, she has wozniacki, and she has serena in the quarter, so she is probably playing the best tennis of her career right now. In the mens tournament, dan evans beat andrey kuznetsov. Tomorrow he will play gilles muller, a player ranked 30 places above him. As for konta, who was born in sydney before moving to england, australian tennis may see her as the one who got away. Englands graeme storm has a two shot lead at the south africa open, at the halfway stage in johannesburg. Storm hit nine birdies on his way to a bogey free round of 63. He is on 12 under par going into the weekend. World number two rory mcilroy is three shots off the pace, after complaining of a bad back today. His four under round of 68 ended with back to back bogeys. I was actually thinking about pulling out, the night before. Even going off today, i tweaked my back somehow, and the first few shots, today werent very. It wasnt very comfortable. It still isnt comfortable, and i cant really take a deep breath, because ive done something to my upper back. So im going to get some treatment today, or now. But yeah, considering that, played well, and stuck at it, and hopefully i can feel a bit better tomorrow. Englands one Day International series with india begins early on sunday morning. The tourists have three one Day Internationals and three twenty20 matches, this just a few weeks after a 4 0 test Series Defeat to india. Our reporter tim peach is in pune ahead of the opening game. England have revolutionised the way they play one day cricket in the last couple of years. They have broken World Records along the way. And 2017 is going to be a very important year for this team, with the champions trophy coming up in england injune. But this tour here in india comes off the back of the 4 0 test defeat to india before christmas. Now, ben stokes was part of that test team. He doesnt think, though, that defeat will have much of a bearing on the series. Its a complete different format, different team. So, you know, we cant really look back on the test series and take that into this one day series with us. You know, the test series didnt go very well. But, you know, weve got a chance to, you know, to come out here and perform well, like we know we have done over the last couple of years, against a really good team. England have had a mixed warmup, really, to this series. They beat a very strong india a side featuring ms dhoni in mumbai. They lost to a weaker side just two weeks later. Joe root didnt feature in either of those matches. He joined the tour a little later, after he became a father for the first time. But he will be available for selection for the first one Day International here in pune on sunday. That is all from sportsday. There will be more sport throughout the evening. For me, it is goodbye for now. Cold and probably staying cold for most of us this weekend as well. Of course, the immediate concern is what is happening for the east coast, not necessarily the snow. It will make it rather icy if you are out and about. Beautiful weather watchers picture sent in. This is the concern at the moment, severe Flood Warnings out from the Environment Agencies as a result of high tides combining with really strong winds washing down the north sea and across into europe as well as the uk. High pressure building in but not to stop the showers. For the meantime, those severe Flood Warnings out. Call the floodline if you are concerned but the winds are starting to ease down, and will continue. It will be a cold night in that wind as well. Quite a severe frost over the snowfields. Still some wintry showers to come, potentially washing off a lot of the salt so it will be icy with a crunchy start in the morning. Out in the countryside, well below freezing. It will be a crisp, cold, and for many of us bright start in the morning but there will be showers around in western and Northern Areas through tomorrow, possibly fewer further east but when they do come in off the east coast, there is an awful lot of energy in there is an awful lot of energy in the showers and there could be some hail, thunder, sleet and snow. Sleet and snow on the hills in the west. Could be quite icy, snow falling on the frozen services as well. Similar stories in Northern Ireland and western scotland. The east of scotla nd western scotland. The east of Scotland Pestered by the showers. The temperatures not as low further south, six and seven, it wont feel as cold, the wind chill wont be quite as strong. Tomorrow evening and overnight turns very interesting. We still have that cold airand we have interesting. We still have that cold air and we have something a little bit less cold trying to come in from the atlantic and turning to snow on the atlantic and turning to snow on the hills, possibly at lower levels, and possibly rain falling on to lower surfaces, with frost and rain. Could be really treacherous through tomorrow night and into sunday. Just a small wedge of mild air coming in. It never really gets to the east. A raw day and it could stay wintry for much of the time. That means icy conditions or potentially some sleet over the hills. Further west, warming up somewhat but what a day. All that mild air coming over cold ground will feel misty and murky. Nine and ten, feeling colder and quite raw in the east. Early next week we look as if we will keep the milder north west but the south east never loses the colder air. The warnings are on the website. We will keep you posted, of course, here on the channel. Welcome to bbc news. These are our top stories. 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