hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. haaland the hero as manchester city bank their game in hand with a win over brentford. the real deal, mbappe on the move to madrid as the la liga giants get the worlds most wanted man. the yorkshire chairman colin graves explains why he has never personally apologised to azeem rafiq for the abuse he suffered at the club.

hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday, and we begin in the premier league where manchester city are up to second one point off the top of the table after beating brentford 1—0 at home. and who else but this man, erling haaland scoring a vital winner 19 minutes from time as manchester city eventually broke brentford's stubborn resistance to close to within a point of the premier league summit. it was haaland's 22nd strike of the season and means he has now scored against every premier league opponent he has faced. more importantly, it secured a victory that takes city above arsenal into second spot — one point behind liverpool this opportunity and we made the second half to get the better resolved but so proud of the team and many years of playing and we are closer in the outcome, it's part of the

season and so, it was a tough game negative period. i season and so, it was a tough game negative period.- game negative period. i think we were perfect. _ game negative period. i think we were perfect. just - game negative period. i think| we were perfect. just unlucky. we were perfect. just unlucky. the players deserve a lot of praise — the players deserve a lot of praise for the performance and two chances are given away and on the — two chances are given away and on the line, i think we were very— on the line, i think we were very good _ on the line, i think we were very good defensively and you have _ very good defensively and you have to — very good defensively and you have to be against the best team — have to be against the best team in_ have to be against the best team in the world. sirjim ratcliffe's deal to buy a 27.7% stake in manchester united has been completed. the british billionaire's investment is worth around $1.6 billion. the glazer family, who have owned united since 2005, will retain a majority stake but ratcliffe's ineos group will take control of football operations. the deal, which was agreed on christmas eve, also includes $300 million for future investment in the club's

old trafford stadium. there were two matches in the champions league round of 16 first leg that took place on tuesday. the standout tie at the san siro between serie a winners inter milan and atletico madrid. substitute marko arnautovic scored to hand inter milan the advantage. whille luuk dejong's penalty rescued a draw at home for psv eindhoven against borussia dortmund. former psv player donyell malen had put dortmund ahead in the first half. the second leg is in dortmund on the 13th of march. we're not in a transfer window but one of most anticipated deals in football has been agreed. barring any hitches, kylian mbappe will be a real madrid player next season. real have offered a five—year deal and the spanish football writer and broadcaster

guillem ballague explains why the time is right for mbappe to make the move. he is 25, he has given a lot of years, seven years to p56 and i think he feels it is it's time to exporting wise, make a step forward. one club that is close to his heart, he actually admires christiano ronaldo and the white shirt, he's always said that — more ronaldo than the white shirt — but it's something he feels he's got to do to be closer to when the bell and door, the individual words he doesn't get it psg. i think he was quite upset that he hasn't in the last 2—3 years been any closer to winning it, and with real madrid certainly he'll have the opportunity to do so. but also the contract that finished at p56 meant he had to decide,

will i get a longer contract when i'm 27? do i stay or go now? psg many young but competitive, and he feels he could adapt to it very well, win more things, ortrophies. and real madrid have been there waiting for him. he played it very cleverly and have sent a message to kylian mbappe, they want haaland next, they're coming for you. so the stars have aligned. this was the first time collin graves had spoken so arguably the biggest transfer in world football when it goes through, the ultimate superstar at the home of the galacticos, already a world cup champion, a world cup golden boot winner and a world cup final hattrick scorer to boot and yet still only 25, but as former real madrid president ramon calderon explained to the bbc,

there's more to this deal thanjust money for one of the worlds most coveted players. mainly it is the glory, the titles, when they come here they know that this image, this reputation is going to be broadcast all around the world and in i know kylian mbappe is already well known but when they come to real madrid, it is a strengthening, much more. to cricket and the yorkshire chairman colin graves told a parliamentary committee in the united kingdom on tuesday that he hasn't spoken to azeem rafiq to apologise for the racist abuse he suffered while playing for the club. rafiq's testimony led to the county being fined around $500,000 for failing to address systemic use of racist or discriminatory language over a number of years, and some of the period in question covered grave's initial tenure at the club. here's our sports editor, dan roan. this was the first time

collin graves had spoken since he was reelected as the yorkshire chairman following a vote by members earlier this month that effectively approved a financial takeover package by a consortium that graves was holding up. by a consortium that graves was heading up. the reason it's controversial is he formerly presided over a period of time during which the county has admitted that they failed to address systemic use of racist language. graves has always maintained he was never aware of any racist behaviour, but he was criticised by the ecb for suggesting that some incidences where banter, as he put it. and his return as chairman at yorkshire has been criticised by some who believe it's a backward step. one of those is azeem rafiq, whose allegations of suffering racism at headingley first sparked a huge scandal that led

to the financial crisis at the county that has seen graves return. now he has apologised for the racism scandal and regretted what he previously said — but he did face questioning from mps today on the culture media and sport select committee and was asked specifically why he hadn't apologised directly to azeem rafiq. i've apologised in my statements to everybody who experienced it. to mr rafik, i had the opportunity to talk to him, i would, because he should not have expanse i would, because he should not have experienced what he experienced. 0ut earlier in that parliamentary committee hearing, we heard from cindy — she was the chair of that landmark independent commission into equity in cricket report that concluded that the game had a serious problem with discrimination, that it was institutionally racist, classist, and indeed

sexist as well. and she spoke about the fact that the legendary former england all rounder, lord botham, now the chairman of durham cricket club, criticised the report, describing it as nonsense and a waste of money. this is what she said about his criticism. i was disappointed - that the ecb didn't call out lord botham — chair of a first—class cricket . county, his words carry weight. the ecb didn't see fit to actually come outi and say, "this is wrong." and i think not only did - they stay quiet, they resisted calls from stakeholders - and people who were concerned about mr botham's comments and they chose to stay quiet. i as for the governing body themselves, richard thompson said that while he disagreed with lord botham and had in fact told him so, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, and he said he stood very much

by the governing body's actions when it came to responding to the icec report in this quest to make it the most inclusive sport in the country. world athletics is planning to introduce a new trial for measuring long jump. a "take—off zone" will be used, instead of the traditional wooden board where a no—jump is called if the athlete's foot crosses the line. the jump will be measured from where the athlete's front foot takes off to where they land in the pit. the aim is to reduce the amount of no—jumps... a third of all attempts at the 2023 world championships in budapest did not count as athletes overstepped. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello. with the ground saturated across most parts of the uk right now, the prospect of more rain is only going to enhance the risk of flooding over the next few days. and rain it will be, also accompanied by some stronger winds as well. now, rainfall totals for the next two days shows that all of us will see that wetter weather. but it's these darker colors and the bright greens in the west, which shows the highest rainfall totals on the hills — over 50 millimetres — and where it is actually linked into this strip of cloud which stretches all the way from the caribbean towards us, bringing up air from the mid—atlantic. so it's again mild air. so even after that initial dip in temperatures, by the start of wednesday morning, it is going to be milder there but a pretty wet, miserable rush hourfor many. driest and brightest weather across 0rkney and shetland, rain's with you through the afternoon, but it's a day for some of you where the second half of the day is much better than the first. northern ireland brightening up by lunchtime.

bright conditions developing across scotland, northern and western england and wales will stay cloudy. east anglia, the south east and in the channel it will stay pretty wet. a windy day across the board. winds touching gale force. and even though it will be mild on the face of it, 11—13 degrees, it's that wind which will temper the feel. now that first batch of rain gets out of the way, but it still links into some more persistent rain around the english channel through the night and into thursday morning. another batch of pretty lively downpours will work the way in from the west, and that will be dividing line between the milder air that sits there through the night in the south—east and something colder to the north and west with some frost and ice. and that colder air will gradually push its way in as we go through into thursday, pushing across all parts of the uk as rain gradually clears its way eastwards and it'll push us back really to the way february should feel now. it's a mild start for much of england wales, outbreaks of rain heavy at times strong winds developing through the english channel. the rain does edge out of the way british skies showers will develop and there'll be a mixture of rain, hail and also a bit of sleet and snow over the hills, too, with

temperatures by the end of the afternoon in mid to high single figures. cold start to friday as well compared to what we've been used to. but again, it'll be a day of sunshine and showers. some of you have a better chance of staying dry than you will do over the next few days. but when the showers form again, they'll be on the heavy side, quite lively and it will be wintry over the hills just about anywhere. staying with the cooler conditions into the weekend, there will be some dry and bright weather and there'll be a few showers scattered around, too. take care.

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