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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  February 6, 2024 12:45am-1:01am GMT

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i'm mark edwards. hello and welcome to sportsday — here's what's coming up on our show. foden on fire, as the hattrick hero helps manchester city up he keeps the match ball in a 3—1win over brentford a record run chase too far.. england run out of miracles as india level the series calling it a massive issue, emma hayes says there aren't enough opportunities for female coaches in the wsl hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. manchester city are up to second in the premier league after a convincing 3—1 win
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at brentford which sees them move menacingly into second place two points behind leaders liverpool with a game in hand while all the pre match talk centred around erling haaland and his return to the starting line up after almost two months out with a foot injury, it's phil foden who will take all the plaudits. his hattrick the catalyst as the champions recorded their seventh successive win. i always had the sense of goal. so at short age that he has, more than 250 games already and this season with an impact with the goals and assists are unbelievable. so he's a really, really important player playing in that position. 14 goals already this season his best for city 16, so he's well on course to beat that. yeah, his numbers are really good. manchester united's lisandro martinez is out for at least eight weeks with knee ligament damage. the defender limped off in the second half during his side's 3—0 win over west ham on sunday. erik ten hag described
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the injury as a "personal disaster" for martinez. aberdeen have confirmed that neil warnock will take charge of the club until the end of the season, replacing barry robson, who was sacked last week. warnock is 75 now, and he'll be in the duggout at ibrox for tuesday�*s match against rangers, with aberdeen eighth in the scottish premiership. he's been in management for over a0 years, covering almost 2,000 matches — more than any manager in the history of english professional football. you know, i get called a dinosaur and all sorts of names, some i can't repeat. but in my career as a football manager, from start to finish, nothing's changed in the fact that to be successful in management, 90% to 95% is man management. i know it sounds silly, but at my age, but i'm quite excited. one of the stars of the africa cup of nations, nigeria striker victor 0simhen, is in danger of missing their semifinal against south africa on wednesday. he didn't travel to bouake with the rest of the squad due
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to "abdominal discomfort". it's hoped he'll be able to join them on tuesday. last seasons top scorer in serie a has one goal to his name so far at this afcon but it's his tireless running and pressing that's been a key part of nigeria's success. england cricket captain ben stokes said he was happy with the way england went about their run chase, despite losing the second test in india by 106 runs. the series is now level at 1—1. chasing 399 to win, england were bowled out for 292, jack crawley top scoring with 73. india were impressive in their bowling, particularly jasprit bumrah who took nine wickets. ravi ashwin also took three for 72 and is now on 499 test wickets. stokes says he was encouraged by england's performance. i was happy with the way in which we went about that chase. that's exactly how we play cricket. when an opportunity presents itself and it's sort of a pressure situation, i think that actually genuinely brings the best out of people.
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it doesn't always work, but, you know, there was a lot of times where we were on top of india and then india were able to produce something that then put them back on top. it's well known that it's difficult to get a win in india, and their head coach rahul dravid has been complimentary of england's bazball approach. it's not like it's wild slogging. they're actually showing some very good skills. some of the shots they're playing require a lot of skill and ability. it's notjust, you can'tjust come there and execute those things and just say, "oh, i want to play attackingly and not have the skills to execute it. so i think there's more to it thanjustjust attacking cricket. and you see, now i've seen at times they they know when to pull back, they know when to attack. so they're playing slightly differently, no doubt about it. but they've been very successful. for more on this, my colleague chethan pathak spoke to our chief cricket writer
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stephan shemilt — who was watching the match in visakapatnam: interesting, isn't it? some of the things that england have said during this test match, they've pulled no punches. zak crawley and jimmy anderson on two separate occasions have said they thought they've seen india thinking hard about the way england play and potentially changing their game because of it. and let's not forget that india have been burned by england under stokes on two occasions now. england have been in this position before. three years ago they were 1—0 up. they lost the next three test matches to lose the series. playing in india is as hard as it gets in test cricket. it might be as hard as it gets in all of sport. it tests every facet of a team, mind, body and soul. it's going to be fascinating to see what happens to england and the rest of this series. can they summon up the spirit of hyderabad and go again, or are they going to be overwhelmed by an indian team that is almost unbeatable in these conditions? ten day break now for england.
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they will hope that joe root�*s finger is ok. better news. they'll hope for onjack leach, too. but i want to just quickly ask you about india, stefan. we just saw jasprit bumrah absolutely stand out performances from them. no. virat kohli, of course, for personal reasons, missing those first two test matches. any word on what's likely to happen for the remainder of the series in terms of kohli? and where do you think india's head is at at the moment? well, firstly on kohli, the india coach, rahul dravid was asked about kohli's potential availability for the rest of the series and he batted it away straightaway. he said, "look, that is a question for the selectors. there will be a squad announced in the next couple of days. we will see then". it's been very quiet on virat kohli since he announced that he was withdrawing from the first two test matches. but it's jasprit bumrah who has been the difference between the two sides in reverse swings the ball. he moves it around at high pace. england's biggest point of thought over the next ten
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days before they get to rajkot will be how they can play jasprit bumrah, because at the moment he looks the most likely man to win the series for india there was a comprehensive victory for sri lanka in their one—off test against afghanistan in colombo.. they won by ten wickets following a batting collapse from the visitors who lost their last nine wickets forjust 82 runs. sri lanka's prabath jayasuriya took five of them. red bull's formula one team principal, christian horner, is under investigation after a complaint was made against him. the details haven't been disclosed but red bull say they take the allegations "extremely seriously". horner has been red bull team principal since they first started on the fi grid in 2005 and has gone on to win seven drivers�* championships and six constructors�* titles with the team. he says he "completely denies" the allegations. emma raducanu has reached the last 16 of the abu dhabi 0pen, as she continues her comeback from wrist and ankle surgeries last year. it was a good win for raducanu,
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against the world number 26 marie bouzkova — she came through in straight sets and she'll face an even tougher test next, when she takes on the seond seed 0ns jabeur. now, back to football, and chelsea women's manager emma hayes says the lack of female coaches in english football is a massive issue and the game needs to tackle it. hayes is one of only four female managers in the wsl and this this is herfinal season at chelsea, before she takes up the role as head coach of the usa women's national team. she been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. it's important for the women's game to maintain its its unique set of standards or culture. i think we can co—exist with the men's game but still thrive. and i think the women's game is at the very beginning of becoming a humongous sport. i guess a lot of people naturally assume that this surge in playing numbers from girls and women is going to naturally translate into a bigger pool of coaching.
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but it doesn't necessarily seem to be the case. we have to look at the cost of it as a starting point. it's about £10,000 to do a pro licence and the wages in the women's game is, you know, insignificant compared to the men's game. but on top of that, perhaps we have to think about educating players much earlier on in their careers, maybe even during international breaks where there's more downtime. i think we have to come up with more creative ways to get more women involved in coaching at younger ages and most importantly, you know, support so that they can go through the coach education. you've been asked this countless times about when will a woman manage a men's team? do you think that breaking that barrier would be would help accelerate this process towards getting more women to see it as a potential career? i don't think so. i think it's about creating minimum standards so that the accessibility for women to come into the game is thought about differently.
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and then, most importantly, getting clubs to be in position so that they have minimum standards in place to hire women into the game, albeit assistant coach or head coaching level. but doing that is a challenge. there's been double medal success for great britain at the world aquatic championships. izzy thorpe and kate shortman made history as they won gb�*s first duet medal in artistic swimming at a world championships, taking silver in the tech duet event. and in the 10—metre platform diving, andrea spendolini—sirieix won bronze — becoming the first british woman to win an individual world championship medal in an olympic diving discipline. that adds to the team gold medal she won at the weekend. but that's all from sportsday for now.
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hello there. monday was a day of significant contrasts across the country. mild, dry, but windy across england and wales. pretty wet across northern and central scotland. in fact, highlands seeing over five inches of rain since sunday. and this very slow weather front will gradually drift its way steadily southwards through the day on tuesday. behind it, introducing colder air all the way down from the arctic. that could have an impact later in the week. but tuesday will start off with rain sinking south out of northern ireland into northern england, gradually pushing its way down into wales and the midlands. ahead of it, it stays blustery, cloudy but mild. behind it, quite a clearance, crisp with some sunshine coming through. a few scattered showers turning wintry with elevation. 1—5 celsius generally in scotland, 7—9 celsius under the rain, but still double digits, 12 or13 celsius ahead of it. now, that frontal system will continue to bring some rain steadily south and then
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pushing that colder arctic air pretty much right across the country. the exception is the far southwest. but wednesday will certainly be a brighter day. more sunshine coming through. largely dry with a few scattered showers continuing to be wintry with elevation in scotland. here we'll likely see temperatures 2—4 celsius, but generally around 2—9 celsius. milder in the southwest, and that weather front then tries to squeeze back north into that colder air. and that is going to potentially have quite an impact, as it bumps into the colder air on the leading edge, we could see some snow for a time. favoured spots at the moment look likely to be across wales, the midlands and stretching up into the north of england. to the south of that, it will always stay as rain. but the met office has issued an early yellow warning — be aware that there could be some impacts with some snow through the midlands, north wales and northern england. two centimetres widely at lower levels, maybe a little more with any elevation.
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so we'll need to keep an eye on that on thursday. it looks likely that scotland will stay in the colder, brighter, sunnier conditions, and to the south we're likely to continue to see rain. it may well stay relatively mild down to the south as we move into the weekend, but still noticeably colder the further north you go. keep watching the forecast. take care.
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines: king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. buckingham palace says he will continue with state duties but step back from public engagements during his treatment. the palace says the cancer was identified during the king's recent trip to hospital for an enlarged prostate but haven't said what type of cancer it is. america's top diplomat visits the middle east for talks, after the latest round of us strikes on iran—linked targets in the region. an australian academic is given a suspended death sentence by a chinese court. the australian government says it is appalled by the decision live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday.

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