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Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh woozencroft. Our main headlines this evening. Aksel lund svindal soars to success in south korea to become the oldest olympic Alpine Skiing champion. The Europa League is back with arsenal making a good start in their last 32 tie in sweden. And billy monger shows his bravery as a modified car increases his chances of a motor racing return, less than a year after after losing both his legs. Good evening. Lots in store but we start of cou...

And it is day six of the Winter Olympics. There are hopes that the british skeleton racer, don parsons could secure a medal. Good morning. Its the 15th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The district of parkland just over an hours drive north of miami was named floridas safest city last year. Now, a former pupil armed with a semi automatic rifle has opened fire at the south florida school, killing pupils and teachers. At least 17 people are known to have died in the attac...

President of the republic of south africa. A new era for south africa, as the anc leader Cyril Ramaphosa is elected as its new president. A rip off mps are scathing about Financial Advisers mis selling new products to members of british steels Pension Scheme. And the highly processed foods that are being linked to an increased risk of cancer. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Looking for a sweet night in sweden the only english manager in European Competition this season welcomes the stars...

In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. We ask about whether we are finally getting the message over those fizzy drinks. A candlelit vigil has been held in florida to remember those killed in the mass shooting at a high school on wednesday. 19 year old nikolas cruz has appeared in court, charged with 17 murders. Democrats in the us have criticised President Trump and the republican speaker of the ...

New products to members of British Steels Pension Scheme. It it may highlight the fact for other Pension Schemes in the future, and this may not happen on this scale again, hopefully it doesnt, but thats little comfort to people like myself, you know. And a strong start for dom parsons in the skeleton. And a strong start for dom parsons in the skeleton. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. All the latest from pyeongchang, as britians curlers continue their campaign on the ice hoping for more ...

The players become stars, not stars that have a lot of gold around their neck and fancy cars, but stars who are warm, loving, caring. The football season is just starting in sweden. Ostersunds have only played one cup match so far, but you learn to warm up quickly around here. So arsenal will be next into the chiller, and they will, of course, be big favourites, but they wouldnt be the first side to come to this remote little town and find that they suddenly freeze. Patrick gearey, bbc news, ost...

There are your medalists. At the end of this long journey in her fifth olympics savchenko wins a gold medal. This time with bruno massot. [ cheers and applause ] anybody who has ever been a part of a championship of any note knows a little bit what that must be like. But only she knows what years. Born just represented germany. He just in time got his german citizenship. Passing that last bit of the test, the language. Now they are olympic gold medalists. We take a look at the final results. Sav...

From the ice to the snow, it was a day for speed. Norways Aksel Lund Svindal making history in the mens downhill, at 35, the oldest ever champion. In the womens giant slalom meanwhile, the photographers got an unexpected close up. Both they and switzerlands lara gut thankfully unscathed. By the end, they had a new focus, americas Mikaela Shiffrin winning the first of potentially several golds here. But for sheer thrills and spills, todays medal goes to snowboard cross. In particular, Frances Pie...

Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Its all smiles from north korea and the Winter Olympics but will that be enough to lift sanctions on the country. And we had to hyderabad to find out why this citys drawing so much talent. Gong xi fa cai, have been Lunar New Year to all our viewers, welcome to Asia Business report. Happy. The world has heard from north korea more from the last few days than in decades, their figure skating team, cheerleaders and north Korean Lead...

Marcel Hirscher, one of the most successful ski racers of all time, is planning to return next season after five years in retirement. And the record eight-time overall World Cup champion is going to compete for the Netherlands — his mother’s country — instead of his native Austria. The Austrian winter sports federation, known as […]