with every breath to clear my name." earlier, i spoke to our senior football reporter simon stone. what they said, as you say, in their statement is basically that he's intentionally seeking to receive a card for the purposes of affecting the betting markets in those games in orderfor one or more persons to profit from betting on most matches. that is absolutely prohibited under football association regulations. in addition, the fa are saying that he's not complied with another rule, which is to provide information to supply documents, which is contrary to paqueta's own denial, in which he said he's cooperated for nine months.

there's a discrepancy, but that is essentially what paqueta has been charged with. simon, this potentially huge. we've heard of spot fixing in cricket. this is obviously an allegation, but if this is in football and spot fixing in the premier league, this is huge. absolutely, and as i say, paqueta denies it, so we've got to give due process. he's got to supply a written response by the 3rd ofjune — ironically after that, he's due to play for brazil in copa america. he is a very high—profile football player and someone that manchester city will try to sign at this point all last summer, basically and then pulled out when the charges came to light. i think there's a very kind of dim view taken of players who bet, basically, on matches or instances

that they are involved in — either games their teams are involved in or, like this, instances, bookings, that he is alleged to have got in order for people to profit from him being booked and betting on him being booked. we don't know the detail, as i say, he denies it. but if he's found guilty, i suspect the punishment will be quite heavy. meanwhile, west ham have officially appointed julen lopetegui as their new manager. the former spain, real madrid and most recently — wolves coach has been out of a job since leaving the premier league last year. he agreed a deal with west ham earlier this month and succeeds david moyes, who won the europa conference league with west ham last year. i'm here because i want to be here. for us, it's a fantastic day. we've committed 100%

to be here. that's why we had all the possibility, but i repeat, i am very happy that it wasn'tjust me. because i also chose west ham. the managerial career of the former england and manchester united star wayne rooney could take another turn this week, as rooney is set to have talks with the championship club plymouth argyle. his last appointment was a disappointing spell at birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15. argyle are looking for a new head coach after the dismissal of ian foster last month. it's been an amazing week for phil foden — the manchester city forward was named the premier league player of the season, he scored twice on the final day to win his sixth league title and he was one of the first names in england's provisional euros squad, oh he'll be playing in the fa

cup final on saturday. all that and he's only 23. he's been speaking with our sports editor dan roan. you don't know how much work goes into the training pitch and how much the manager puts in. viewing opponent games and coming up with tactics to dig so i feel when people say that, they don't understand how hard it is to do what we've done the season. it's going to be a tough final. i didn't make it easy for us, last season. anyone can win, so it's something to look forward to. given that you're from the local area, you understand that better than anyone. how important do you think this is to have someone like yourself who grew up near the club? does it mean a bit more to you, do you think? i like to think so. being an academy player and going up through the air groups as well. i feel like when the special occasion comes, definitely means a little bit more for me. the manager has one more year left on the contract.

he said he's probably closer to leaving than staying. how sad would that make you to see him depart, and you have to make the most of him while he's still around? obviously, it will be really sad. i've not known anything apart from him, so it'll be strange when he does go. but i don't want to think too much about it, ijust want to enjoy the things we're doing now with him. how does he improve world—class players? give us the perspective. what does he do to separate himself from other great managers? he simplifies football. i feel like other managers complicate, but i think with a manager, it's about playing simple and play what you see sometimes. i feel like that goes a long way the best advice he gave me was don't try and be phil foden in every action. i feel like that when a long way. everyone says their core players, they all had great seasons, and because of that, there is the season that this is the year we will never get a better chance.

i like to think so. i think our quality is unbelievable. i think we're going in and winning. we have shown that in previous tournaments where we have come so close. i'm just looking forward to it. i'm excited and it must be a headache for gareth because there are so many players. it's going to be difficult for him, but i think it's good that we're all going into a tournament. phil foden there. cricket, and fresh from winning the t20 series, england's women cricketers have beaten pakistan in their opening one day international in derby. batting first at the county ground, england lost a steady flow of wickets before alice capsey dug in to make 44, her best one day international score, as the home side finished on 215 for nine. sophie ecclestone was then pick of the england bolwers as she took three for 26, on the way to beating pakistan

by 37 runs. english teenager luke littler threw the perfect nine dart finish to win the premier league final on his debut. the i7—year—old's incredible rise continued at the 02 — as he showed extraordinary composure to throw the perfect leg of darts in his 11—7 victory over the world champion luke humphries. it's the first time anyone has done a nine darter in the premier league since phil taylor back in 2010. littler was in tears at the end as he became the sport's youngest ever major champion. i don't know what to do with the trophy. seeing the family and the crowd... now i don't know what to do. whenever i win something, the emotionsjust come out because my mum and my dad put their own money into me and got me

the sponsors, i can't thank them enough. watching the fa cup, but now i can't wait to go to new york and see what happens and have a holiday for a week. the us police officer who arrested the world number one golfer scottie scheffler outside the pga championship last weekend, has been disciplined for not activating his body—worn camera during the altercation. scheffler was arrested after trying to drive into valhalla golf club in kentucky for his second round. the police say he illegally attempted to pass the scene of an accident where a pedestrian had been killed. he was charged with multiple counts, including second—degree assault after an officer claimed he was dragged by scheffler�*s car. but officials have said there's no body cam footage to corroborate this and new police video released on thursday appears to contradict the officer's allegations. scheffler has a court date set for early next month. we understand there are a lot of questions. we are going to respect the legal process. i'm very hopeful that onjune the third, the next step in the legal

process that all parties are in a position to move forward. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. conditions look a lot better for the next couple of days. we should see more sunshine around, lighterwinds, so it should feel a bit warmer as well. friday, it's an improving picture — we should see sunshine breaking through across many areas. and for most areas, it should be dry, just a few showers across northern areas. now, this area of low pressure is continuing to weaken, and the rain is fizzling out, so there'll be barely anything on this weather fronts across scotland, northern england, as we move through friday morning. should see plenty of sunshine developing across southern areas, and some holes appearing in that cloud further north. just the odd shower dotted around, but many places will stay dry. temperatures responding, as well — lighter winds,

more sunshine, i9 celsius, maybe 20 celsius, in the south, high teens further north. as we head through friday night, it looks like skies will clear pretty widely, so it will turn chillier. just the odd shower across scotland, a bit more cloud here — so i think double figure—values in much of scotland and northern ireland, single figures for large parts of england and wales. so, into the bank holiday weekend, it's starting off fine and settled on saturday for most areas, and then, we'll start to see sunshine and showers through sunday and bank holiday monday. we've got this weather front encroaching in slowly during the weekend — but ahead of it, plenty of sunshine around. will be a chilly start, little bit of mist and fog around. this feature moving in from the continent could bring some cloud and rains east anglia, eastern england, and then, later in the day, this weather front moves its way into southwest england. but plenty of sunshine across the country, just the chance of an odd shower. a much warmer 20 celsius for many areas, up to 22 in the southeast. now, as we head into sunday,

this weather front starts to cross the country, destabilising the atmosphere. it'll be one of sunshine and showers, i think — and through the afternoon, some of these showers could turn out to be heavy and thundery, some local torrential downpours in places. temperature—wise, because a bit more cloud around and some showers, i think we're looking at highs of 18—19 celsius. and then, through bank holiday monday, again, sunshine and showers — probably the heaviest of the showers on monday will be across the northern half of the country, a bit more of a breeze as well coming in from the west. so, temperatures 16—17 celsius i think for many places. and then, for the upcoming week, i think it stays fairly unsettled — low pressure always close by, showers or longer spells of rain. however, there will still be some decent spells of sunshine at times. take care.

live from washington, this is bbc news. uk politicians quickly mobilise campaign efforts following the announcement of a snap general election. the us speaker of the house says congress will host israel's embattled prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and on the front line with myanmar�*s resistance fighters. the civilians risking everything to overthrow the military. we will bring in the second of our special reports. just yesterday a military airstrike killed a family of six, including two children.

hello. i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. a gruelling six—week election campaign is now under way in the uk with the two main political parties making their opening pictures to voters after british prime minister rishi sunak called a snap vote for 4 rishi sunak called a snap vote for ajuly. rishi sunak called a snap vote forlijuly. mr rishi sunak called a snap vote for hunt-— for 4 july. mr sunak attended events in _ for 4 july. mr sunak attended events in england, _ for 4 july. mr sunak attended events in england, wales, . events in england, wales, scotland on thursday and is visiting northern ireland on friday. the conservative leader said only his party offers security and economic stability. the leader of the opposition labour party, sir 0pposition labour party, sir keir starmer, says voters have the choice between what he called continuing decline and chaos under the ruling conservatives or rebuilding the country under his party. a senior labour sources told the bbc that mr starmer plans to take part in two head—to—head tv election debates with mr sunak. after 14 in power the conservative party is polling more than 20 points behind

labour. 0ur political editor