three days earlier, she'd spotted the build up of german armour ready for the invasion. i rode along a valley and there was tarpaulin up to prevent you looking down into the valley. suddenly, a gust of wind blew the tarp away from the moorings. i looked down into the valley and there were scores, if not hundreds, of tanks lined up. that set the pattern for her long career, scoop after scoop. it was clare who broke the news of kim philby‘s defection to russia, though her newspaper, the guardian, fearing a libel suit, wouldn't use it at first. in vietnam, she was a fearless war correspondent. i'm really passionately interested in war. if one is passionately interested in war, one can't help like being in it. despite her bad eye sight and slight build, she was remarkably tough. she used her auntie—ish appearance to great effect. once in east berlin,

she spotted a brand new soviet tank. the crew had wandered off, so she clambered onto it and got a look at the spedometer and petrol gauge. the russian soldiers came running back furious, but she said innocently she was just trying to work out how to get back to the west. the next day, her paper led on the new tank's speed and range. she was enormously admired. she was a pioneer. she led the way for all the tens of thousands of women journalists who are now working all over the world and especially in wars. i think she was almost fearless and absolutely dedicated to the business. # happy birthday dear clare...# she remained a journalist into her 90s and last year, in hong kong, where she lived, her friends celebrated her 105th birthday. clare hollingworth had been a remarkable witness to the entire modern world.

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these are our sportsday headlines tonight: no record yet for rooney, but one foot in the league cup final, after they beat hull. bigger, but will it be better? 48 countries will take part in the 2026 world cup. team sky can be trusted 100%, sir dave brailsford defends his position and also criticizes the head of uk anti—doping. the football is nonstop at the moment, isn't it? manchester united will take a 2—0

lead into the second leg of their league cup semifinal against hull city. they should have scored more at old trafford afterjose mourinho named a strong side. the night was set up for captain wayne rooney, but he's still on a record—equalling 249 united goals. patrick gearey reports. wayne rooney, out in front. only the great sir bobby charlton matches his stride as a manchester united goal—scorer. these days, rooney often dwells in a different habitat, setting moves in motion. he would have found fancied himself in henrikh mkhitaryan‘s boots here, one of several misses. 15 minutes passed without really getting near goal when paul pogba looked up to give his captaina when paul pogba looked up to give his captain a shot at the record. for nearly. whole weakened by history had been resolute but their guard slips —— hamer weakened. not a landmark goal but an important one. the record books would have to wait

a while. anotherfew the record books would have to wait a while. another few days at the top for sir bobby. united wouldn't mind the identity of the next goal—scorer as long as he was wearing red but somehow it wasn't paul pogba. it hasn't been marouane fellaini all season hasn't been marouane fellaini all season but using every inch of his height and his hair, he gave united some comfort for the trip east. ‘s how hamdan against liverpool is tomorrow night. —— south hampton against liverpool. staying with manchester united, they have agreed to sell morgan schneiderlin to everton for £22 million. the french midfielder hasn't been part ofjose mourinho‘s plans and the 27—year—old will link up again with his old manager ronald koeman. the two worked together at southampton. he joined from saints 18 months ago for around £25 million. he has only made eight appearances this season. most of them as a substitute. 48 teams will take part in the 2026 world cup. fifa confirmed today that 16 extra nations will take part. it's yet to be decided which continental federations will fill those extra slots but we know that the tournament format will begin with 16 groups of three with the top two entering

the knockout phase. teams reaching the final will still only play seven matches. though broadly supported, critics say the change has no sporting merit. the fifa president gianni infantino spoke exclusively to our sports news correspondent richard conway. it's time to open to the world a competition like the world cup, a celebration of football like the world cup. the competition that makes the world stand still and focus on an event. if we look at how football has developed in the last decade and last few years, we can see the quality of football has become higher and higher, all over the world. there are many other teams who can make it, who could make it, to world cup. i believe and

we believed, in the council, that the quality will raise with an expanded world cup. why? because many more countries, many more teams, will have the chance to qualify, so they will invest. the top two in the groups of three qualify. the group winner will have to play the group run at in the group of 32 —— group runner up. which means every match is decisive. which means every match is decisive. which is not the case of the groups of four. the penalties could be looked at to make sure there is no draw at the end of the game. it is to be debated, discussed. is this purely for sporting reasons? or is it because, as some of your critics put it, this is a money and power grab by fifa which uses the world cup asa grab by fifa which uses the world cup as a mechanism. we want to do something for football. when you look at the finances, which you have to do, because if it is loss—making, you cannot invest money in football.

this was the first element. the way we presented it was, we presented four formats. every one of the four formats has advantages, in terms of the financial situation, which means we are in a comfortable situation to be able to take a decision simply based on the sporting merit. lord coe, the president of athletics world governing body the iaaf, will be asked to give more evidence to mp's as part of their inquiry into doping in sport. coe told a select committee in december 2015 that he was unaware of any specific allegations about russian doping but former athlete dave bedford told the same committee today, that he had called and emailed coe in 2014 to warn him about the emerging scandal with claims that some iaaf officials were implicated. sir dave brailsford, the principal of team sky, has criticised the head of uk anti—doping for undermining the current investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in cycling. brailsford and others gave evidence to a parliamentary committee last month

and were accused by david kenworthy of providing "very disappointing" answers. from the team's training camp in mallorca, here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. while his cyclists train in majorca, sir dave brailsford is getting used to a rather bumpier ride. the mastermind behind team sky's success is at the eye of a sporting controversy, an investigation into a mystery medical package delivered to sir bradley wiggins in 2011. brailsford's recent evidence to a select committee was criticised at the weekend as "extraordinary" by the chair of the very anti—doping body who are investigating him. today, brailsford hit back in this increasingly acrimonious affair. i think the only extraordinary thing i could see is the fact that he actually commented on the whole process himself. to discuss the actual contents of that investigation, whilst it's live and open, that's the extraordinary thing, in my mind. well, team sky have come out here to majorca to try to focus

on the season ahead, but they know their reputation, especially that of their boss, is now under scrutiny. it's regrettable i think but, equally, over the test of time is the key thing and i think over time we'll continue to perform at the highest level. but tensions are starting to appear. last week, tour de france champion, chris froome conspicuously failed to offer brailsford his backing. do you still feel you have his support? i'm confident that we're going to go to the tour de france this year and give it absolutely the best shot. that's not the question i asked, do you feel you have his support? like i say, i'm proud of what i'm doing and i'm confident that we're going to go forward and do all the right things to make sure we win the right races this year, and that's what we're going to do. have you considered resigning, at any point? i'm proud of what i've done, i've been doing this a long time.