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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  February 6, 2024 3:45am-4:01am GMT

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i'm marc edwards. here's what is coming up on our show. foden on fire as the hat—trick hero helps manchester city up to second. 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 at brentford which sees them move menacingly into second place two points behind leaders liverpool with a game in hand.
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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 hat—trick the catalyst as the champions recorded their seventh successive win. always had sense of, well, the short age he has on more than 252 games already and this is the impact and is unbelievable, so it is an incredibly important player playing in that position. 14 goals already this season, so well on course to beat that. yes, 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 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,
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replacing barry robson, who was sacked last week. warnock is 75 now, and he'll be in the dug—out 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 has changed in that, to be successful in management, 90—95% is man management. it might sound silly but at my age, 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 to "abdominal discomfort". it's hoped he'll be able to join them on tuesday. last season's top scorer
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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 we went about that chase. that is exactly how we play cricket. when an opportunity presents itself and it is a pressure situation, i think that actually generally brings the best out of people. it doesn't always work but there were a lot of times
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we were on top of india and then india were able to produce something that then put them back on top. it's well documented 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 is not like wild slogging, very good skills. some of the shots they are playing require a lot of skill and ability. you can'tjust come there and execute those things and say i want to play an attacking game and not have the skills to execute it. there is more to it thanjust attacking cricket and you have seen at times they know when to pull back, when to attack. so they are playing slightly differently, no doubt about it, but they have been very successful. for more on this, my colleague chetan pathak spoke to our chief cricket writer stephan shemilt, who was watching the match in visakapatnam. interesting, isn't it,
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some of the things england has said during this test match? they have pulled no punches. crawley and andersen on two separate occasions said they thought they have seen india thinking hard about the way england play and potentially changing their game because of it. let's not forget that india have been burned by india on the stoke on two occasions. ——let�*s not forget that india have been burned by england under stoke on two occasions. england have been in this position before. they lost the next three test matches to lose a series, 3—1. 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 will be fascinating to see what happens to england in the rest of the 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? a 10—day break now for england. they will hope that joe root�*s finger is ok.
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i want to ask you about india, jasprit bumrah�*s stand—out performance from them. no virat kohli. missing first two tests, two matches. any word on what will happen for the remainder of the series for kohli? where do you think india's head is at the moment? firstly, on kohli, the coach was asked about quality�*s firstly, on kohli, the coach was asked about his potential availability for the rest of the series and he batted it away straightaway. he said that is a question for the selectors. there will be a squad announced in the next couple of days. we will see then. it has been very quiet on kohli since he was withdrawing from the first two test matches. but it is just jasprit bumrah who has been the difference between the two sides. he reverse swings the ball, moves it around at high pace. england's biggest point of thought over the next ten days, will be how they can play jasprit bumrah
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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 for just 82 runs. sri lanka's prabath jayasuriya took five of them. red bull's formula i 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, 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
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on the second 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 is important for the women's game to maintain its unique set of standards, or culture. we can coexist with the men's game but still thrive and the women's game is at the very beginning of becoming a humongous sport. people would naturally assume this urgent playing numbers this surge in playing numbers from girls and women will naturally translate into a bigger pool of coaching but that does not necessarily seem to be the case? i think we have to look at the
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cost of it as a starting point. it takes about £10,000 to do a pro license and the wages in women's game are insignificant compared to the men's game. 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 is more downtime. we have to come up with more creative ways to get more women involved in coaching at younger ages and most importantly, support, so they can go through the coach education. you have been asked countless times about when will a woman manage a men's teams? do think breaking that barrier would help accelerate this process towards getting more women to see it as a potential career? i do not think so. i think it is about creating minimum standards so the accessibility for women to come into the game is thought about differently and then most importantly in clubs to be in position so they have minimum standards in place to hire women into the game albeit assistant coach or head coaching level.
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doing that is a challenge. enough time to squeeze in last story. 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 io—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. for me, marc edwards and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello, there. monday was a day of significant
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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, i2 or13 celsius ahead of it. now, that frontal system will continue to bring some rain steadily south and then pushing that colder arctic air pretty much right across the country. the exception
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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. so we'll need to keep an eye on that on thursday. it looks likely that scotland will stay in the colder,
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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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live from washington. this is bbc news. buckingham palace reveals king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. the king will pause public duties while undergoing treatment. america's top diplomat returns to the middle east to try to broker another ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the visit comes as the us strikes more iran—backed houthi targets in the region. plus, researchers at the world's largest particle accelerator in switzerland want to go bigger. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. king charles has been diagnosed with cancer and will postpone public—facing duties. buckingham palace says the king, who is 75 years old, began treatment on monday and that he remains "wholly positive about his treatment". he is set to continue his state duties, meeting weekly with prime minister rishi sunak, who wished the monarch
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a "speedy recovery". the cancer was idenitified during the king's recent

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