it needs to look at the make up of its board. rethink the powerfrom the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched. that there is not enough diversity in that group of decision—makers and also throughout the organisation —— they think that the power from the football league. the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow's premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he never played for me, or didn't play regularfor me, because he never played for me, or didn't play regular for me, because he wasn't fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an

fa directive. manchester city manager pep guardiola says top scorer sergio aguero is still one of the club's key players. he dropped aguero in favour of their new brazilian striker gabrieljesus for the win at west ham on wednesday but guardiola insists aguero is still the main man in attack. the club needs a lot of strikers. and sergio remains one of the most important players in our squad. going without him wouldn't be possible. he played once in an attacking position. but he always played. and played good. meanwhile his counterpart at manchester united jose mourinho has said his side deserved to win every game they've drawn this season. mourinho bemoaned his side's luck which has seen united drop several points this season. meanwhile rafa benitez has said

he won't quit newcastle united despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club, currently second in the championship, failed to make a signing in the january transfer window and reports suggested owner mike asshley had re—taken control of transfers instead of benitez. i will not quit, i will not leave, because happy. i will fight to get three points in the next game. it is so three points in the next game. it is so simple. so clear. sheffield wednesday are into the championship play—off places after victory over wigan athletic. the only goal of the game came from ross wallace just before half time. wigan remain in the bottom three. rugby union's six nations championships get underway this weekend. scotland and ireland kick off the men's tournament tomorrow at 2.45. before england play france and on sunday wales take on italy. our correspondentjoe wilson looks ahead to what's being billed as one of the most hotly anticipated six nations ever. winters evening west yorkshire. on

stage the man who says he started it. joe stead first sang this in his by it. joe stead first sang this in his rugby club february 1960. # swing low #. it reached twickenham. the song, whatever its original meaning, is 110w whatever its original meaning, is now englandengland celebrating. in 2016 they won every match. —— is now england celebrating. they have huge motivation. it remains to be seen. it is going to be a tight championship this year. anything that comes up against england will wa nt to that comes up against england will want to try and take them at chris gayle. scotland starts confidently but play ireland, highly motivated having beaten new zealand recently. wa nt to having beaten new zealand recently. want to try and take their —— will

wa nt to want to try and take their —— will want to try and take their scalp. there is something different this time, there are a bonus point available for tries and attacking play. but fundamentally rugby remains a contact sport. england's captain isjust remains a contact sport. england's captain is just back from suspension. dylan hartley was sent off for this. i've rugby is promising more red cards for dangerous tackles. if you want to win games of rugby, you've got to be on the edge, be confrontational, be physical, because rugby is being physical, because rugby is being physical, isn't it? but we will prepare well. have you had to learn about where the line is? always learning, i think. about where the line is? always learning, ithink. if about where the line is? always learning, i think. if you are regarding the recent ban i had, player safety is paramount. rugby knows it image is crucial. the six nations is defined by tradition as much as change. so, 0 seven weeks of

sporting folk music. —— cue. meanwhile the women's tournament got going tonight but scotland were denied their first six nations point in nearly seven years when ireland scored in the final seconds of their match in cumbernauld. scotland lost all their matches in last year's tournament butjade konkel, their first full time player, scored two tries to give them the half time lead. they didn't add any points after the break though, and ireland completed the comeback on 82 minutes whenjenny murphy crashed over for the decisive try. it finished 22—15 to the irish. munster have gone top of the pro 12 table tonight after a hard—fought victory away at edinburgh. just one try in the game, scored in the first half by ronan o'mahony. 10—9 the final score with edinburgh picking up a losing bonus point. the british national cup diving is going on in plymouth this weekend — and olympic champions jack laugher and chris mears marked their return to action — for the first time since rio — with synchronised 3m springboard gold. the pair comfortably won on their first appearance back while laugher also won the individual one metre title

coming into here, knowing everybody is thinking this is a national competition, some people have been diving for a couple of weeks to get here. if we don't win this, it isn't embarrassing, but we have a reputation to uphold, kind of thing. it isa reputation to uphold, kind of thing. it is a bit difficult. we would do a big job. me and chris have been through some struggles in the off season, but we are back now. —— we will do a good job. another olympic medallist tom daley won the three metres springboard synchronised gold with grace reid but was suprisingly beaten in the mixed platform event, partnering tonia couch. finally england cricket captain alasatir cook received his cbe from prince charles today for services to the sport cook received his medal at buckingham palace after a year in which he became the first english batsman to score 10,000 test runs. there is some uncertainty as to whether he will continue

as captain after losing the test series to india. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment — the papers. welcome to our look ahead to what the newspapers will be bringing tomorrow. katie martinjoins the newspapers will be bringing tomorrow. katie martin joins us from the ft. and oliver wright, policy editor at the times newspaper. nice to have the great. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the i. its front page has the attack on the

louvre. npower is increasing its energy prices. the daily express goes with the same story, describing it as goes with the same story, describing itasa goes with the same story, describing it as a kick in the teeth for customers. the times is claiming that a senior mp has received funding from a chinese law firm with links to the chinese government. the paper says there is no suggestion of impropriety. the ft focuses on donald trump smack the decision to review us financial regulations put in place after the 2008 crash. the telegraph leads with news that the government will force developers to use land they have planning permission for or risk losing it. the guardian reports european leaders at a summit in malta have attacked donald trump for his anti—eu rhetoric. and the daily mail brings us news of a shortage of vegeta bles brings us news of a shortage of vegetables in britain's supermarkets. let's begin with the i and the attack on the louvre. an

egyptian suspect known to the security services. threat of terrorism here to stay. the french have become used to wear high level of security and it isn't going anywhere any time soon. —— to a high level. this is why we have scary people holding guns outside tourist locations. it sounds like a scary incident. but it also sounds like the authorities dealt with it very well. this could have been a really nasty incident. and the soldiers took action. they were only lightly injured themselves. the story could have been worse. it reminds everyone that terrorism isn't going to go away and it is going to be a really significant part in that election. and the election is unpredictable as it is. very early days and the suspect was seriously injured as a result of the shooting. but had only

beenin result of the shooting. but had only been in paris for a short time and on assured visa. apparently the authorities were aware of him already. again, there will be loads of questions about should they have done something sooner. —— on a short visa. but the truth is it is the goldfinger used to say about the ira, they need to get lucky every time, but they only need to get lucky ones and it is a difficult task. —— but the truth is it is like the old thing we used to say. all of the old thing we used to say. all of the things we've all been aware of in the last 2a months has had an effect on the number of people visiting paris in particular. yes. as the i is pointing out, it is the most popular museum in the world. i understand the attack wasn't on the museum itself, it was on the shopping mall attached to it. nevertheless, the french want to give the impression