and archer's ready to fire for england after his spell out injured before their limited overs series with pakistan. hello and welcome to sportsday — and the premier league managerialfallout continues, following the finish to the season. chelsea announced on tuesday that manager mauricio pochettino has left the club by mutual consent. he was in charge forjust one season. the argentinian was under pressure after an underwhelming first half of the campaign — but had managed to turn things around somewhat, and finished the season in the top six. chelsea were also runners—up in the league cup and reached the semi—finals of the fa cup. pochettino was chelsea's sixth permanent manager in five years. in england, he previously

also managed tottenham and southampton — but is yet to win a domestic trophy. earlier, i caught up with bbc 5live�*s senior football reporter ian dennis who told me the news could come as some surprise. they finished with five successive wins and pochettino secured european football for chelsea for next season so on the surface it may seem a little odd. i wonder if there may be some chelsea fans baffled by this, given pochettino�*s history with tottenham there may be some who are not too upset to see the back of him but given how well they did at the end of the season and just starting to click into place i think there may be some wondering what is next, what do the owners want from chelsea because pochettino did salvage it against all odds for european football next season. where do you think the decision has come from? there was speculation but effectively it has kind of come out of the blue, really, on a tuesday

night. i blue, really, on a tuesday niuht. . , blue, really, on a tuesday niuht. ., , ., blue, really, on a tuesday niuht. .,, ., ., ., night. i was told going into the weekend _ night. i was told going into the weekend that - night. i was told going into the weekend that final - night. i was told going into i the weekend that final game night. i was told going into - the weekend that final game of the weekend that final game of the season that pochettino was still unsure of his future. and then i think there has been discussions which i am led to believe and i'm told have been amicable over the course of the last day or two between pochettino and the sporting direct is that it was decided it was in the best interests for chelsea to take this decision. and from what i can gather, pochettino was more than happy with that and his entire coaching staff have also departed stamford bridge. what departed stamford bridge. what next for the _ departed stamford bridge. what next for the club? _ departed stamford bridge. what next for the club? were - departed stamford bridge. what next for the club? were they linked to and who are they thinking about bringing in? where they go next will be fascinating given the fact that under this regime they have sacked thomas to cool and graham cotton and other parted ways with pochettino so whoever does go in will go into it with

his eyes wide open i imagine knowing the expectation levels at stamford bridge will be extremely high. however, what they will be walking into is a club that clearly backs their manager when you look at the amount of money they spent, they have an array of youngsters notably cold, who are very exciting, they have european football to look forward to so i would think that somebody such as kieran kenner of ipswich town, a young progressive manager will be on their raider and not necessarily convinced that serbia be. i know he recently left brighton and hove and people may be trying to put two and two together. but whoever does go in at stamford bridge is going to obviously have to try and better what pochettino has achieved this time. well under pochettino's time at chelsea, the club spent more than £400 million on players —

and in his 51 games in charge, he managed to win 27 of those — with 14 losses, and 10 draws. the west london side spent the majority of the season in the bottom half of the table, but as ian said just now — they massively improved towards the end, finishing the season sixth — but still a huge 28 points behind eventual champions manchester city. they could still find themselves in the europa league next season. whilst there has been speculation over pochettino's future, the news still comes as a shock to many fans. iam i am surprised and a bit disappointed as well. when you look at the way the results have gone in the last four or five games after the arsenal result it looked like things were starting to turn around. the long—term idea was to bring the kids along the team for the future and we thought that was what would happen. no idea that this would happen today and yes, very surprised. h0??? this would happen today and yes, very surprised.- this would happen today and yes, very surprised. how do you think most _ yes, very surprised. how do you think most fans _ yes, very surprised. how do you

think most fans will _ yes, very surprised. how do you think most fans will feel - yes, very surprised. how do you think most fans will feel about | think most fans will feel about this news? is there a sense the club are making a bit of progress under pochettino towards the end of the year? most supporters i think will be surprised and most wanted him to stay. obviously there were a few who did not but ijust don't understand it, personally. we've always been a club... was not failure, this this this was saying that we were heading into the future and ijust don't get it. the americans have come in and out of their way and unfortunately it has alienate a few people at the moment this will not help. in the new manager who is in the frame of mind in your opinion, to the fans might want? there are a few names around at the moment and many clubs changing managers after the season. clubs changing managers after the season-— clubs changing managers after the season. , , . ., ., the season. the ipswich manager has been bandied _ the season. the ipswich manager has been bandied about. - the season. the ipswich manager has been bandied about. i - the season. the ipswich manager has been bandied about. i think. has been bandied about. i think what we do need if we have the choice, i think we would like

somebody who has been there and done it rather than somebody who is coming up through the ranks. i think we need that at the moment. someone who is strong, can come in and get hold of it again. less than a month till the football european championship in germany. and today, the england manager gareth southgate has named his 33—man training squad — which gets whittled down to 26 a week before the tournament starts. it doesn't include experienced heads likejordan henderson, raheem sterling and marcus rashford — with the manchester united striker struggling for form, scoring just seven goals in thirty three league appearances. rashford has played for england seven times this season before being left out of the squad for a friendly against belgium in march and now he misses out altogether ahead of a major tournament. of course these are different and difficult calls, we are talking about very good players who have been an important part of what we have done over a number of years. so with marcus ijust number of years. so with marcus i just feel that other players

in that area of the pitch have had a better season it is as simple as that. this has been as complicated a group as i can remember picking and we've had a few complicated ones. as i say, i think we can make better decisions and we have time so there are moments where time does not help you to make a better decision but in this instance it will. burnley manager vincent kompany has emerged as a surprise candidate for the bayern munich job. bayern have struggled to find a replacement for thomas tuchel, whose exit was confirmed last week. kompany, who led burnley to the premier league last season, wasn't able to keep them up this year despite high expectations. he spent time in the bundesliga, as a player at hamburg — so knows the league well and speaks german. germany and real madrid midfielder toni kroos has anounced he will retire from football after this summers european championships. kroos has won multiple trophies in a glittering career including the champions league on four occasions with real madrid and the world cup with germany in 2014. he could still end his career

with two more titles, with real in the champions league final — before joining up with the germany squad. the news australia didn't want to hear — it's been confirmed that the matildas will be without their star striker sam kerr for the paris olympics, in just over 2 months�* time. the chelsea striker is still recovering from a anterior cruciate ligament injury, which happened during her club's training camp injanuary. kerr is australia's all—time record goalscorer. she's one of several key matildas players sidelined by injury. cricket now — and england's limited—overs side are in action tomorrow — for the first time since their disappointing defence of the world cup last year. they start a four—match t20 series against pakistan at headingley, their only preparation before their defence of the t20 world cup begins in barbados next month. bowler mark wood and all—rounder liam livingstone will miss the match because of knee issues but fast bowlerjofra archer is set to make his first

england appearance since march, and captainjos buttler is delighted to see him available again.. he has a big smile on his face and is enjoying being back around the group more than anything as well as think so it will be great to see him back in an england shirt he has had a tough few years and it has been very difficult and frustrating so not really expecting too much from him just very much want him to enjoy playing cricket for england again and to do what he loves doing. just enough time to recap our top story. mauricio pochettino has left chelsea by mutual consent. the argentine — who was only in charge for one season — was under pressure after an underwhelming first half of the season but a run of five successive wins to end the season ensured they finished sixth in the premier league, with european qualification. pochettino was chelsea's sixth permanent manager in five years, following the sacking of thomas tuchel and graham potter.

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. we had some wet weather today but wednesday for some of us will be a washout. persistent rain, heavy at times and it starts this evening. this is the forecast is been wet in east anglia and the renal spread into the midlands through the night, into the

peak district and then into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning, it could reach eastern parts of wales as well but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there actually look generally dry. tomorrow's forecast, this is the morning, widespread area of rain will zoom in and see what is happening around three or fourin is happening around three or four in the afternoon and by that stage the heaviest will have cleared east anglia in the south—east and along the southern counties, blustery wind and occasional showers. this is the persistent rain from the midlands dwells and the north of england, pretty much almost everywhere and that rangers nudges into southern scotland more showers across the highlands look at northern ireland it escapes most of the rain if anything it should reissue later. this is an area of low pressure parked itself in the northey and that weather front will spiral around the central and in some areas the rain will keep falling in the same place for a couple of days. same place for a couple of da s. same place for a couple of

da 5, ., , same place for a couple of da s. ., , ., same place for a couple of da s. ., ,, ., ., days. so really a substantial amount of— days. so really a substantial amount of rainfall _ days. so really a substantial amount of rainfall is - days. so really a substantial i amount of rainfall is possible. by amount of rainfall is possible. by thursday the rain will be not quite as heavy and more patchy but i think a lot of cloud listed chance of encountering rain on thursday. best of the letter in the south, as east anglia. in norwich, london, portsmouth, plymouth it could be a bright if not sunny day but cool. how much rain we get? through wednesday and thursday, a lot. these teal colours here across the pennines and northern england in general indicates as much as 40—50 millimetres of rain but the met office suggests in some spots you could have as much as 100 millilitres of rain or more and that will lead to some flooding. here is the good news is we had towards the end of the weekend into the weekend, the weekend into the weekend, the weather will slowly settle down and there are indications that as we go through the weekend into bank holiday monday we will have primarily dry and bright weather with just a scattering of showers.

live from washington. this is bbc news. donald trump will not testify in his historic criminal hush money trial, as his defence team rests its case. the us secretary of state tells congress international arrest warrants for israeli leaders, including the country's prime minister, hamper peace efforts. that decision, as you said, on so many levels, is totally wrong headed. plus: howjapanese authorities are banning tourists from snapping

a shot of mount fuji from a popular viewpoint. hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. the first—ever trial of a former us president is nearing its end, as donald trump's defense team rested its case on tuesday. closing arguments in the historic hush—money trial are set to begin next tuesday. then, the jury will begin weighing the evidence on whether mr trump illegally covered up a payment to adult film star stormy daniels. the former president faces 3a felony counts of falsifying business records. as he left the courthouse earlier, mr trump characterized the trial as political interference. this is all about biden. can't campaign so he's trying to injure his opponent. they're trying to hurt the opponent because they can't win it fair and square. it's law.