association in recent yea rs. football association in recent years. they have had two reports into the governance of football. as they see it, the fa needs to reform a look at how it governs itself and it needs to look at the make up at board level, the powerfrom the football league, the premier league. it is too entrenched. there is not enough diverse the inach group of decision—makers. and throughout the organisation. so, back to the weekend's action. let's hear what the managers have to say, starting with stoke's mark hughes. and he says, he sees "no reason" to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow's premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club, west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an "out of competition drugs test" but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary matter. saido berahino had a suspension, i think it was an eight week suspension. i do not think it was three m

mps in the house of commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the football association. there have been calls for english football's governing body to reform itself for decades but now they could face legislation if they aren't seen to modernise from within. our sports editor is dan roan. the government has already threatened the fa with tens of millions of pounds worth of funding cuts if it does not start to reform itself. today was an important staging post in what has always been seen as the nuclear option, passing a bill in parliament to force its hand to tell it now was the time to reform. critics are unhappy with the lack of diversity and independence on the fa's main decision—making bodies. they are also concerned about the perceived dominance of the professional game, the premier league. they want changes. this all comes league. they want changes. this all co m es after league. they want changes. this all comes after years league. they want changes. this all comes after yea rs of league. they want changes. this all comes after years of frustration with the fa a

the culture, media and sport committee will bring a motion of ‘no confidence‘ in the football association's ability to restructure itself. the fa have responded saying they're committed to working with the government. here's our sports news correspondent richard conway with more. this is the culture, media and sports committee who have had their patients warned by the football association in recent years. they have had two reports into the governance of football and as they see it, the sa needs to reform and look at how it governs itself admits to look at that make—up of its board level. —— fa. they think that there is not enough diversity within that group of decision—makers. also, throughout the organisation. the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow's premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by ei

association in recent yea rs. the football association in recent years. they have had two report into the governance of football and as they see at the fa needs to reform, look at how it governs itself, and it needs to look at the make up of its board. rethink the powerfrom the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched. that there is not enough diversity in that group of decision—makers and also throughout the organisation —— they think that the power from the football league. the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow's premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he n

association in recent yea rs. bent by the football association in recent years. there have been two reports into the governments of football. it needs to look at the make up of the board level. it thinks the power from the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched and there is not vary much diversity within that group. mark hughes says he sees no reason to exclude saido berahino from tomorrow's premier league meeting against breast harm. it has been confirmed he said an eight week suspension last year. it has not been confirmed by the club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i will not comment on the reason why. he did not play regularfor me because he the reason why. he did not play regular for me because he was regularfor me because he was not fit enough. sergio aguero was dropped in the win against west ham on wednesday that pep guardiola insists he is still the main man in attack. the club needs strikers. sergei remains one of the most important players in our squad —— sergio aguero. it was a tactical decision. the other

mps will debate the way the football association is run today. the culture, media and sport committee has tabled a motion of no—confidence in the fa's ability to reform itself. mps want greater representation forfans, and more diversity in top positions at the fa. the mother of an 11—year—old transgender girl who was shot with an air—gun claims her school has not done enough to stop the bullying. she said five months of bullying has had a "terrible effect" on her daughter. greater manchester police confirmed it's investigating the shooting. the school said it took the attack "very seriously" and had expelled the pupil concerned. scientists studying the calls of one of our closest ape relatives say they've revealed the origins of the earliest words. the researchers from durham and liverpool john moores universities recorded and analysed thousands of orangutan squeaks over years to learn how human language began. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30am. this on facebook about a&e waiting times, my husband was left waiting

mps will debate the way the football association is run this afternoon. the culture, media and sport committee has tabled a motion of no—confidence in the fa's ability to reform itself. mps want greater representation for fans and more diversity in top positions at the fa. one man who knows what goes on behind closed doors at the fa is its former executive director, the broadcaster david davis, who's in our central london studio. good afternoon. is it fair enough that there is going to be this debate, that it has reached this point that it is necessary? i'm sad that it has reached this point. but it is historic. it is unprecedented for the parliament to discuss the way the national sport in england is run. the reality is that successive regimes, ifi run. the reality is that successive regimes, if i can use that word, have tried to reform the fa internally, and failed. i was a member of a number of them. we have failed because of the way the governance structure is set up. so, for example, you fail to get more fa ns for example, you fail to get more fans

the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over 15,000 pounds following commemorations prior to their match against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. leigh's return to rugby league's top division got off to a disappointing start as they were comfortably beaten away at castleford. the tigers ran in seven trys including this from winger greg eden. 114—16 the final score. elsewhere, huddersfield giants beat widnes 28—16. the russian athlete mariya savinova, who won olympic gold in the 800metres at london 2012 has been stripped of her medal and retrospectively banned from competing. savinova, who beat caster semenya to gold in london has been found guilty of doping offences by the court of arbitartion for sport. all of her results from july 2010 through to august 2013 have been wiped from her record. mixed feelings then for the british runnerjenny meadows who wa

the football association has welcomed the research. our health editor, hugh pym, has been looking at the findings. commentator: astle, nodding it on. jeff astle's heading ability was well—known, but he couldn't have imagined the long—term consequences. the west brom and england footballer developed dementia and died in 2002, at the age of 59. a coroner said he had an industrial disease. in other words, heading a ball made a significant contribution to the cause of death. since then, jeff astle's family have campaigned for more research on the impact of heading heavy, often waterlogged footballs in that era. jeff'sjob killed him. i knew the dayjeff was diagnosed because why else would a man, you know, physically fit, only 55, suddenly overnight, virtually, it came on so rapidly, be diagnosed with dementia? the astle family was told at the time by the football authorities that a research programme had been started, but it was dropped because of technical flaws. now, 15 years on, they're angry that nothing more has been done. for too

association equally unamused: in light of all this, sutton asked when sure to resign, and he did. the invitations of it are wide reaching. he didn't realised it had been staged for a bet. wayne has made a bad error ofjudgment. manager reckons 2000 people bet and won on the pie being eaten, if any of them we re the pie being eaten, if any of them were on sutton united's staff, they are in trouble. indigestion has really begun. studio: there has also been a high—profile departure in the championship this afternoon. blackburn rovers manager owen coyle has left the club by "mutual consent." he has been in charge for eight months and his side have only won 11 of their 37 games. blackburn are second from bottom in the table, three points from safety and they say the search for a new manager is already underway. the england women's head coach mark sampson has made seven changes to his squad for the she believes cup in america next month. liverpool defender casey stoney is named in the squad of 28. england recently lost to norway and drew to sweden in two friendlies. they will play the

association. the charges come after the pair were involved in a confrontation near the end of huddersfield‘s 2—1 win in the west yorkshire derby on sunday. in addition, both clubs have been charged with failing to ensure their players ‘conducted themselves in an orderly fashion‘. british number four aljaz bedene has beat croatia‘s borna coric to reach the second round of the marseille open. bedene — ranked 51 places below coric at 109 in the world — won in three sets and will face the german fourth seed alexander zverev in the last 16. after great britain‘s men made it into second round of the davis cup at the weekend, it‘s now the turn of the women as they look to progress in the fed cup. the british team — led by new captain anne keothavong — are in tallinn. they‘ll play turkey, latvia and portugal in round robin matches. every year is an opportunity but we must give credit to the other teams, it isa must give credit to the other teams, it is a very tough zone and the for

the west ham united manager slaven bilic has been charged with improper conduct by the football association following his side's 2—2 draw with west brom. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials and throwing a television microphone to the ground, after west brom's last—minute equaliser. his assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation—threatented swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. joe root has been named as england's new test cricket captain with the the ecb chairman colin graves calling the yorkshire batsman the "perfect choice". ben stokes has been appointed vice—captain. root succeeds alastair cook, who resigned last week. his first test in charge will be against south africa at lord's in july. a tremendous performance. root

association. there have been calls for english football's governing body, to reform itself for decades, but now they could face legislation, if they aren't seen to modernise from within. for more on this we can join our sports editor dan roan, who's outside wembley stadium. good evening dan. firstly, how much weight does this vote carry, and what sort of changes do they want, are we talking measures to help the england team? in terms of how much clout it carries, the answer is none, officially. it's more of an embarrassment for the fa. after all, parliament today decided it had no confidence in the national sport's governing body. however when you consider there were only 20 mps in the chamber debating the motion of no—confidence in the governing body to reform itself, i think the bigger battle lies ahead. the government has already threatened the fa with tens of millions of pounds worth of funding cuts, if it doesn't start to reform itself. ithink funding cuts, if it doesn't start to reform its

the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over 15,000 pounds following commemorations prior to their match against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. leigh's return to rugby league's top division got off to a disappointing start as they were comfortably beaten away at castleford. the tigers ran in 7 tries including this from winger greg eden. 114—16 the final score. elsewhere, huddersfield giants beat widnes 28—16. the russian athlete mariya savinova, who won olympic gold in the 800m at london 2012 has been stripped of her medal and retrospectively banned from competing. savinova, who beat caster semenya to gold in london has been found guilty of doping offences by the court of arbitartion for sport. guilty of doping offences by the court of arbitration for sport. all of her results from july 2010 through to august 2013 have been wiped from her record. mixed

lampard said he was grateful to the football association for the opportunity to do his coaching badges, suggesting he may go into management. chelsea's record goal—scorer said he turned down a number of exciting offers to carry on playing in britain and abroad. swansea manager paul clement revealed he had unsuccessfully approached lampard over a move to the premier league strugglers in january. working with him, day today, was a pleasure, to see someone working with him, day today, was a pleasure, to see someone s0 pleasure, to see someone so professional, so dedicated, so hard—working, every day. every day in training he came out with the attitude to work hard, to learn, to try and improve. and it is no surprise to me, with that talent he had, and that work ethic, it was a fantastic combination for him to go on and achieve such success at club level, and the great international career as well. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has responded tojose mourinho's claims that he is being treated differently to other managers. the manchester united head coach was unhappy that klopp avoided p

have the football associations, the professional bodies, been active enough on this? not as yet but they are looking at it now. certainly, going back to the fact i'm ambassador of the scottish youth football association and they are looking at it because they understand what has happened in america regarding the ban on children heading the ball from 11 downwards. i agree with what kevin and nathan have both said, i see football at the younger level and because now the game has changed because now the game has changed because it is seven aside until the kids are 12, the ball is very rarely in the airso kids are 12, the ball is very rarely in the air so the kids don't head the ball as much now as they used to, no doubt about that. the second aspect of it is the fact that the balls are different from ian's day, coming into the game at first, the balls have improved a lot, they were very heavily and a lot of the damage was done because of those kinds of balls and people doing a lot of heading practice, no doubt about it. a recent study was done which had a few kids, a few

association. the charges come after the pair were involved in a confrontation near the end of the huddersfield 2—1 win in their west yorkshire derby on sunday. in addition both clubs have been charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. iaaf president lord coe insists he did not mislead an mps enquiry over of what he knew about the state—sponsored doping programme in russia. e—mails emerged that appeared to show he was aware of allegations of blackmail and failed drugs tests involving russian athletes months before they became public. he denies the allegations and has been speaking to sports news correspondent richard conway. i did not mislead them, i did not mislead any select committee. i have a global sport to run across 214 countries, they have a report to write. i have furnished that committee with every piece of information that they have asked of me. i appeared in front of it for over three hours not that long ago. and this is the situation

the west ham united manager slaven bilic has been charged with improper conduct by the football association. it follows saturday's 2—2 draw with west bromwich albion. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials, and throwing a television microphone to the ground, after west brom's last—minute equaliser. west ham's assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. swansea city winger nathan dyer has been ruled out for the rest of the season. he lasted just seven minutes of their 2—0 win over leicester yesterday before limping off, rupturing the achilles tendon in his left ankle. former sale sharks wing tom arscott has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information to bristol by the rugby football union. arscott was suspended by sale on 11th january and then sacked 16 days later after an internal investigation by the premiership club. the rfu investigation concluded bristol were aware of sale's line—out set up an

there's more pressure on the football association tonight — this time from mps. they've passed a motion of no confidence in its leadership. of pounds in funding, if it fails to reform the government has warned the fa could lose millions of pounds in funding, if it fails to reform and become more representative of modern society. we believe now that legislation. mag that it we believe now that legislation. mag thatitis we believe now that legislation. mag that it is the only way in which this can be delivered. that was the recommendation from the last chairman of the fa to the select committee, that the fa cannot reform itself. turkeys will not work for christmas. there has to be pressure through legislation to achieve it. the fa's current model does not in my opinion and clearly that of other colleagues stand up to scrutiny. reform is therefore required, but i repeat the governing body has every opportunity to bring that about themselves, and whilst i believe a vote of no—confidence in the fa todayis vote of no—confidence in the fa today is six weeks prematur

association on thursday the football association on thursday the 9th of february, the culture media sport committee has announced that. six nations begins this weekend in scotland post ireland, england take on france and wales travel to italy. tournament last year saw england secure a grand slam and infact year saw england secure a grand slam and in fact they went unbeaten in all of 2016 and will be firm favourites this time around. preparations have been good. the concern is when you prepare so well, you can be complacent coming in two games, we have had a good week this week, played reigned at training today to keep a few people on edge, the challenge from here on in is two sharpening acts. the first game is scotla nd sharpening acts. the first game is scotland versus ireland at murrayfield, the irish will be missing key players. the scots have been spurred by the return of hugh jones who hasn't featured since his display against argentina. jones who hasn't featured since his display against argentinalj jones who hasn't featured since his display against argentina. i think since t

the football association says that one question that needs to be a nswered one question that needs to be answered is whether degenerative brain injuries are more common in professional footballers and they say they are determined to support that we service. but some experts footballers say the action from the fa has not come soon enough. with three other members from england's 1966 world cup winning team suffering from dementia some say this is more urgent than ever. so, what does this say the people who like to kick a ball around a few days a week. we shouldn't forget that exercise has a lot of benefit it reduces your risk of diabetes, obesity and indeed dementia in later life. that means to be balanced against any risk that can come from doing that exercise. the researchers are clear, the study did not analyse the risks to children, but with us soccer already recommending that children under 11 shouldn't head—butt balls, and will be taking action on brain health, the question is whether it is football's turn to do more about the long—term consequences of playing the game. the ho

the football association has welcomed the research as our health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. it is an integral part of the game but could doing this... over and over again lead to long—term brain damage. that is the question the family of former england player have been campaigning to have answered. he died in 2002 he suffered from degenerative pain braving disease. ——— degenerative brain disease linked to heading old, heavy footballs. if we can highlight it and push and push to get it recognise not just the dad but for all these other families that are relying on others. we will never give in and never stop fighting for them. now in the first study of its kind scientist looked at the brains of the six life long football who develop dementia. where we examined their brains at autopsy we saw the sort of changes that we see in ex—boxers, so changes that are associated with repeated head injury. for the first time in a series of players who have shown that there is evidence that head injury has occurred earlier in their life which presumably has some impact on them de

the football association has welcomed the research. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the findings. jeff astle's heading ability was well—known but he could not have guessed the long—term consequences. the west brom and england footballer developed dementia and died at the age of 59. a coroner ruled in 2002 that he had an industrial disease brought sincethenrhisfamfty-havg- on the impact of heading heavy, often waterlogged footballs, on previous generations of players. jeff'sjob killed him. i knew the day he was diagnosed. why else would a man, physically fit, only 55, suddenly, overnight virtually, it came on so rapidly, be diagnosed with dementia? his daughter dawn is angry that 15 years on, the football authorities have not started a thorough research programme. for too long it has been about protecting the product of football and what it should be doing is protecting players. i think they are terrified, that the results come out, and it is shown that football could be a killer. some former players in england and sc

association in recent years. they have had two report into the governance of football, and as they see it the fa needs to reform, needs to look at how it governs itself, and needs to look at the make up of its board level. they think the power from the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched, that there is not enough diversity within that group of decision—makers, and also that throughout the organisation. the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow‘s premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it‘s been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it‘s unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban here at west brom andi he served a ban here at west brom and i don‘t really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to seeing what i said then, and i will see it ag

the football association of wales will appeal against their punishment for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier in november. i'll be back with more on those stories just after 3:30pm. moron that news that the defence select subcommittee —— we bringing you more on that news that the defence select subcommittee to have said that allegations against iraq war vetera ns said that allegations against iraq war veterans has been omitted data failure and should be shut down within months. the embargo on that defence committee report has been lifted so we can bring you exactly what they say. they are saying that the iraq historic allegations team, which has been looking into investigations into abuses, alleged abuses by british soldiers in iraq, saying that that inquiry has become a seemingly unstoppable self—perpetuating machine, deft to the concerns of the armed forces, blind to their needs and profligate with its own resources. so it's a really fierce condemnation of that iraq historical allegations team. the defence committee saying that it recommends that their caseload i

the football association welcome the report and save tackling homophobia, and trans phobia in the game is one of their top priorities. the criticisms are not linked to football either, mps particularly disturbed by the presence of boxer tyson fury on bbc fours macro sports personality of the year short list in 2015 despite controversial comments about gay people. the bbc said it was based on his sporting achievements and made it clear it was not an endorsement of his personal views. it is not bad news, please been given to the finds anne barnes given to the home of orbit abusers of this rugby referee. an egyptian, believed to be the world's heaviest women has arrived for weight reduction surgery. the family of the 36 should auld said it was the first time she had left and 25 years. she was though nosed with elephantiasis birth. 25 years. she was though nosed with elepha ntiasis birth. it 25 years. she was though nosed with elephantiasis birth. it is a condition that can cause limbs and other parts of the body to swell because of parasitic infection. a pilot has been removed from a plan

the football association of wales will appeal against their punishment for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier in november. and i'll be back with more on those stories thatjust november. and i'll be back with more on those stories that just after june 30 pm. —— after 2:30pm. let's get more of our exclusive interview with the health secretary. jeremy hunt acknowledges that patients are facing unacceptable delays, but he says that the nhs are not alone in dealing with patient numbers. jon ashworth is labour's shadow health secretary. hejoins me from our leicester newsroom. there is an acceptance across—the—board that the nhs is facing real issues in certain sectors. but there's no silver bullet, says the health secretary, do you agree with him on that?” bullet, says the health secretary, do you agree with him on that? i am pleased thatjeremy hunt is finally waking up to the scale of the crisis facing the nhs. we have been warning him for some time, and until now he has been burying his head in the sand. ido has been burying his head in the sand. i do ask, well, ha

association to change their ways. this debate about fa governance has been going on for nearly 50 years now. there's been very little change in the interim. mps want to see the fa change its board of directors and its fa council, which is effectively football's parliament. it wants to be more representative of the people who play, watch and administer the sport in 2017. if they fail to reform it, if they fail to live up to new standards which were set by sport england and the government late last year, then they could be at risk of losing £30 million of public funding over the next four yea rs. public funding over the next four years. in addition to that, guarantees if they ever wanted to stage a world cup or european championship, could be at risk. so there is tangible things up with force the fa. the fa leadership wa nts force the fa. the fa leadership wants change to take place. it wants to modernise. but it must convince those councillors and board members but it's in the interest of the governing body to do so.

he said he was grateful to the football association for the opportunity to do his coaching badges, suggesting he may go into management. chelsea's record goalscorer says he turned down a number of exciting offers to carry on playing in britain and abroad. swansea manager paul clement revealed he had unsuccessfully approached lampard over a move to the premier league stragglers back in january. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @jamesmenendez. coming up injust a couple of minutes, aaron has all the latest business news in world business report. first a look at the weather where you are. good morning. some more wild winds to come across parts of the uk. winds whipping up pretty rough seas in northern ireland. western areas board of brunt, with this area of low pressure responsible. it has pushed its way off towards iceland and we turn our attention to this deep, developing low pushing into the bay of biscay at the moment, affecting areas around the south. for the time being a quiet start, cooler than recent mornings. dry and sunny weather around. a few shower

there's more pressure on the football association tonight this time from mps. they've passed a motion of no confidence in its leadership and have called on parliament to step in and reform the organisation. our sports editor dan roan is at wembley for us. now we've had this vote at westminster, what happens now? today's debate may have been attended by fewer mps than are needed for a full—scale match, but it represents a ramping up of pressure on the national sports governing body. it comes after years of frustration from the critics for what is a slow pace of process, when it comes to governance reforms, many are upset by the lack of diversity and independence. they are worried about a perceived dominance by the premier league, its wealth and power, following various footballing failings by the england team, but off field scandals and mishaps as well. the past represents the beginning of a lobbying process which could lead in footballing terms to the nuclear option, actual legislation, forcing the fa to act. we believe now that legislation is the only way in

football association chairman greg clarke says he will quit if the organisation can't win government support for its reform plans. a motion of no confidence in the fa will be debated in the house of commons tomorrow after five former fa executives said the governing body had failed to "self—reform". germany's world cup winning captain philipp lahm will retire at the end of the season. the 33—year—old announced his decision after bayern's german cup he's won of the league title seven times at bier as well as the champions league. and an indian batsman has become the first person to score a triple century in a twenty20 match. mohit ahlawat has been made headlines across the world after hitting a huge 300 not out. the innings included 39 sixes and ia fours offjust 72 balls. it's the first time it's ever happened and has earned him a trial with the delhi daredevils for next month's indian premier league. ahlawat was playing in a semi—professional friends premier league match in delhi. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that'

there is more pressure on the football association tonight, this time from mps. they have passed a motion of no—confidence in its leadership and have called on parliament to step in and reform the organisation. while the vote was largely symbolic, ministers have warned that the fa needs to modernise or it might lose millions of pounds public funding. two of britain's best sprinters — james ellington and nigel levine — were involved in a road accident last month, and their injuries were described as "career threatening." they're now back in the uk receiving treatment, and one of them, james ellington, has been discussing what happened and the progress they're making, with our correspondent david ornstein. james ellington is one of britain's finest sprinters, winning gold medals for his country. but today, he's learning to walk again. three weeks ago, ellington was involved in a head—on collision as a passenger on a motorbike during a training camp in tenerife. i was on the floor and there was blood everywhere, and i looked at my leg and my leg was in piece

the football association say they welcome this report. they have said tackling homophobia, transphobia and biphobia in the game is one of its top priorities. criticism is not limited to football. the mps said they were upset by the presence of tyson fury on sports personality of the year in 2015, despite his controversial comments about gay people. the bbc state that fury‘s inclusion was based on his sporting achievements and made it clear it was not an endorsement of his personal views. it's not all bad news. the report praises the two—year bans and fines given to those who abused gay rugby referee, nigel 0wnens, at a match at twickenham, but they say that should be the norm across all sports. patrick geary, bbc news. early results from the poll in switzerland suggest that voters have approved a proposal to relax the laws on citizenship, it would make it easier for third generation immigrants to become swiss. that is the grandchildren of people who immigrated into the country. they'll no longer face interviews and tests and the fees

that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — the football association is investigating the background to an incident at last night's fa cup tie at sutton united when the home team's reserve goalkeeper was caught on camera eating a pie in the dugout towards the end of the match, which arsenal one. the betting company that sponsors the team had offered odds on that actually happening. he seemed to confirm afterwards that some of his friends had made many on the back, which would break fa rules. speaking to the bbc today before the fa confirmed the investigation, he seemed to deny that. we are told we are not allowed to gamble because it is full—time football. i have no way put anyone in jeopardy football. i have no way put anyone injeopardy of that football. i have no way put anyone in jeopardy of that and this is definitely not the case here. this isjust a bit of definitely not the case here. this is just a bit of fun. definitely not the case here. this isjust a bit of fun. if it definitely not the case here. this is just a bit of fun. if it was a pie, obviously, whoev

the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over £15,000 following commemorations prior to wales‘ world cup qualifier against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. great britain will face second seeds croatia or hungary in the fed cup promotion play—off on saturday. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c. heather watson powered great britain to a 1—0 lead in their final best—of—three match with turkey, beating 163rd—ranked ipek soylu in straight sets. british number one johanna konta took came from a set down to take the second rubber. i have great britain written on my back and i am just proud. since i was very young, it's all it's been a goal of mine to represent my country whether that's in the olympics or anything, really, and it doesn't happen very often so i take every opportunity i can.

the football association of wales will appeal against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over £15,000 following, oration prior to their match against serbia in november. fever took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. tiger woods has withdrawn from the next two events on the pga tour with ongoing back spasms. he pulled out of the dubai desert classic this month before the second round with the injury. he only returned to action in december after two back operations. great britain will face second seeds croatia in the fed cup promotion play—off tomorrow. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c having won all of three ties under new captain anne keothavong 3—0. turkey were the latest team to be defeated with laura robson and jocelyn rae rounding off the whitewash in the doubles after singles victories for heather watson and johanna konta. britain's entire fleet of royal navy's attack

now, it's not been the best 12 months for the game of football. the england manager had to resign when he was filmed making covert deals behind the backs of football association officials, stories surfaced about incidents of historical abuse on youngsters by scouts and coaches, and there was the little matter of a humiliating international knockout for the england national team at the hands of iceland last summer. so, is part of the solution for football's varied problems better governance of the sport? the commons has been holding a special debate. the premier league, its primaryjob is to promote its competition and it does so brilliantly all around the world. however, it exerts an enormous amount of influence over football because of the vast amount of money that it raises and it funds back into the game. so therefore we do need a strong premier league, that is good for football, but we need a strong national governing body forfootball that is ultimately responsible for the sporting and ethical decisions that football has to take. it is necessar

the football association chair. a motion in the fa will be debated in the house of commons tomorrow after five former fa executives said the governing body failed to self reform. germany's world cup winning captain has announced he will retire at the end of the season. he will leave bayern munich a year before his contract expires. alastair cook says joe root would did a good job if he is appointed as captain. cook stepped down on monday saying it's sad to walk away. i will have more for you at 10am. in 2008, the disappearance of this girl 9—year old shannon matthews in dewsbury, west yorkshire, sparked a massive search involving the police and the local community. after 2a days shannon was found hidden under a bed in the home of michael donovan, who was found to have faked the kidnapping with shannon's mother karen, in order to claim a reward. last night, the first part of the moorside, a dramatisation of the case on bbc one. police emergency, i want to report my daughter as missing, please. what do they call her

staying with the fa cup, leicester have complained to the football association regarding their treatemnt at millwall on saturday. they say they have received "numerous complaints" of "abuse, provocation and intimidation" of leicester players, officials and supporters from the time they arrived at the new den to their departure. they say they "simply will not accept the safety of our supporters, players, and staff being compromised" millwall won the tie 1—0. holders arsenal ladies will host tottenham in the fifth round of the women's fa cup, when top—flight sides enter at the last—16 stage. spurs, one of only two sides from below the women's super league who are left in the cup this season, knocked out brighton of wsl two on sunday. there will also be a merseyside derby between liverpool and everton, plus two all—wsl one matches. on sunday 19th march. that's all of your sport for now. ollie, thank you indeed. president trump is facing calls to further clarify his comments about sweden at a rally on saturday. the swedish ambassador is asking for an explanation. this is what donald

mps will debate the football association's failure to reform later today. it follows a motion of "no confidence" in the governing body. parliament will examine whether the fa can "comply fully with its duties." hundreds of mourners gathered in wolverhampton yesterday for the funeral of former england women's cricket captain, rachael heyhoe flint. a pioneer in women's cricket, she died aged 77 last month after a short illness. british snowsports are aiming to become one of the world's top five skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030. the winter olympics take place in pyeongchang south korea in one year and uk sport says great britain can achieve its best ever winter games. that is quite a long time to wait for your target, 2030. why have they become so good at winter sports at the moment? used to have to on a dry ski slope. there are many more with new indoor ones. and there is snow on the mountains by carol. is that the grampians? this is a librarian picture. i knew you were going to ask me where it was. sorry. may be some malay like yorkshire. —— somew

the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over £15,000 following commemorations prior to wales' world cup qualifier against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. joe root, ben stokes and stuart broad have met with director of cricket andrew strauss to discuss the england test captaincy. england have also spoken to jos buttler, who captained england in the one day series in bangladesh. root, who was vice—captain to previous skipper alastair cook, is the favourite to take over. a new captain will be appointed before england's limited—overs tour of the caribbean in march. broad has previously captained the twenty20 side and stokes was vice—captain in recent short—form matches. and great britain will face second seeds croatia in the fed cup promotion play—off tomorrow. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will t

association. the charge comes after the pair were involved in a confrontation near the end of huddersfield's 2—1win in confrontation near the end of huddersfield's 2—1 win in their west yorkshire derby on sunday. both clu bs yorkshire derby on sunday. both clubs have been charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. and there is one match in the championship tonight. wigan are hosting norwich. wigan have only won six league matches this season. a win would put norwich into the play—off spot. it is currently scoreless. british number four ali is better net has reached the second round of the marseille open. ranked 109 in the world, he in three sets and will face the germ and fourth seed, alexander zverev. after great britain's men made it into the second round of the davis cup at the weekend, it is now the turn of the women as they look to progress in the fed cup. the british team, led by anne keothavong, aaron tallin today turkey, latvia and portug

football association. good morning. are you looking forward to the game? yes, and the aftermath, because it will be a springboard of interest for youngsters in the uk and for the first time we have been able to get american football into the school games, the trust to manage the school games have been brilliant and already over 20,000 schools this year have signed up for the school games and we have had ourfirst participation figures for the autumn term. if you go back to autumn term 2014-15, the term. if you go back to autumn term 2014—15, the trust recorded 125 participants. how is it to coach those kids? finding coaches for american football i can't imagine is easy? what we have tried to do for the school games is to give lots of teacher friendly resources, the school games is to give lots of teacherfriendly resources, i the school games is to give lots of teacher friendly resources, i am an ex—teacher, i learned the hard way, i don't have a background in the sport so i created lots of resources and

the west ham united manager slaven bilic has been charged with improper conduct by the football association. it follows saturday's 2—2 draw with west bromwich albion. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials, and throwing a television microphone to the ground, after west brom's last—minute equaliser. west ham's assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation threatened swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. ulster rugby have announced that jono gibbes willjoin the province as head coach ahead of next season. the former all black, seen here on the right, has signed a two—year contract. he's currently forwards coach at clermont auvergne. he'd previously held a similar position at leinster where he won three european cups. the former sale

association. richard conway jointly from london to discuss this. where has this come from and what can we do to expect as a result? this is the culture media and sport select committee, a body of cross— party m ps select committee, a body of cross—party mps who have had their patients want them in recent years. they have had two reports into the governance of football and as they see it, the fa needs to reform and needs to look at how it governs itself and it needs to look at the make up of its board level, the power from the football league, the premier league is too entrenched that there is not enough diversity in that group of decision—makers and also throughout the organisation so this debate will take place next thursday and from what happens there, it remains to be seen. the government has also said it wants to see reform. it could withhold funding from the fa which wouldn't bea funding from the fa which wouldn't be a serious blow to the organisation because they are wealthy but it wou

association following his sides two all draw with west brom. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials — and throwing a television microphone to the ground — after west brom's last—minute equaliser. his assistant manager, nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation threatented swansea city have been dealt a blow with te news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. joe root has been named as england's new test captain. the ecb chairman colin graves said the yorkshire batsman is the "perfect choice" to replace alistair cook. ben stokes has been appointed as his vice—captain. his first test in charge will be against south africa at lord's in july. martyn moxon, the director of cricket at root‘s club side believes he's ready to take on the role. you know,

association. the charges come after the pair were involved in a confrontation near the end of huddersfield's 2—1 win in the west yorkshire derby on sunday. in addition, both clubs have been charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. british numberfour aljaz bedene has beat croatia's borna coric to reach the second round of the marseille 0pen. bedene, ranked 51 places below coric, at 109 in the world, won in three sets, and will face the german fourth seed alexander zverev in the last 16. after great britain's men made it into second round of the davis cup at the weekend, it is now the turn of the women, as they look to progress in the fed cup. the british team, led by new captain anne keothavong, are in tallinn. they will play turkey, latvia and portugal in round—robin matches. every year is an opportunity, but we've also got to give credit to the other teams. it's an incredibly tough zone, and the way our format is, it's very taxing. it's days and

the football association says it has prioritised its anti—doping programme at the deadly —— elite end. and manny pacquiao has asked his twitter followers who needed fight next with amir khan and kell brook is amongst the four suggestions. i will be back with more on that at 2:30pm. pensioners are, on average, better off than those of working age for the first time. that's according to new research by the think—tank, the resolution foundation. it says a new wave of pensioners are more likely than previous generations to own their home, have generous private pensions and still be working. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, reports. pensioners' incomes rolling ahead with company pensions, their own homes, even above—inflation increases in the state pension. these pensioners in harrow say money can still be tight. when you retire, you're fine. seven years down the line, everything's gone up. my husband and i had company pensions and got the state pension and we have paid for our house, so quite comfortable. if i didn't have a private pension, no way could i be bowling

the football association of wales will be appealing against sanctions imposed by fifa for displaying poppies during a world cup qualifier. they were fined over £15,000 following commemorations prior to wales' world cup qualifier against serbia in november. fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppies at the side of the pitch. joe root, ben stokes and stuart broad have met with director of cricket, andrew strauss, to discuss the england test captaincy. england have also spoken to jos buttler, who captained england in the one—day series in bangladesh. root, who was vice—captain to previous skipper alastair cook, is the favourite to take over. a new captain will be appointed before england's limited—overs tour of the caribbean in march. broad has previously captained the twenty20 side and stokes was vice—captain in recent short—form matches. great britain will face second—seeds croatia or hungary in the fed cup promotion play—off on saturday. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which

169 players in women's super league one, the top flight of domestic women's football, the football association say like any sport, it has prioritised and anti—doping programme at the elite end of it and they also say the researchers intelligence led, meaning any player that the fa thinks presents a problem will be targeted, last season we had the bre ntford targeted, last season we had the brentford midfielder alan judge who was the only player tested on behalf of the fa to bridge these doping regulations and he was reprimanded after proving that the substance he had taken was from an asthma inhaler. having said this, there are bigger issues in other european leagues, spain, germany, the scottish fa last year announced that they had plans to tackle the issues and the english at a plan to double the number of tests conducted next season the number of tests conducted next season at a cost of almost £2 million. we'll have the headlines are you at our past nine. thank you, we will speak to you then. next this morning, should the church of england stop insisting marriage has to be between a man