tv Sport Today BBC News March 21, 2017 1:45am-2:01am GMT
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coming up on this programme: fi-fa find him'guiity'of match—7? manipulation in a world cup gualifigp a bbc survey finds doping to be wifiéggfééi in, gritigh émémun= and england rugby union head coach dissecting their six, ! fie—ahae banned e gha naie n— referee of match manipulation in a world cup qualifier. joseph lamptey awarded a disputed penalty for south africa in their 2—1 win over end binding" endiemptfixrdfifi and he explained how the decision came aboutsrr—rrr , it was i bit of a bolt from thii blue, but if the é’a’aégé’ggé that blue, but if the announcedthaji- joseph lamptey, the referee of a
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world cup qualifier between senegal and south africa in south africa last year has been banned form match manipulation, basically influencing the result of the game gig focused the result of the game which focused on several contentious decisions, the most obvious of which was a penalty that he awarded to the hosts. this was just before half—time when the ball hit a player's knee. he gave a penalty even though his assistant referee was pointing for a corner. and even ,- all the players just trudged though all the players just trudged off toa though all the players just trudged off to a weighty corner, because dermody expected a penalty. so he been banned for life. fifa are has been banned for life. fifa are yet to give full details of what exactly he did and what evidence they had that makes them so sure that he deserves this banned for e but that is the news that came life. but that is the news that came out of it. it is a major thing to say that a world cup qualifier in a continent has been unlawfully influenced by the referee. ijust to talk to the referee today tried to talk to the referee today and he said he was not in the right frame of mind to speak. he has not
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been entering any phone calls since. all this week on bbc world news we're discussing the state of sport, and a new survey commissioned by the bbc suggests that the use even in amateur sport. the comres—bbc sport survey has revealed that illegal drug taking is not just confined to elite athletes. our sports news correspondent katie gornall reports. fame, glory, money. there are many reasons why professional athletes take performance—enhancing drugs. and sport is overwhelmed with culprits. the disgraced cyclist, lance armstrong, has ended years of denial by admitting using performance—enhancing drugs. but what might be harder to understand is why amateur athletes would dope. dan stevens was a former amateur cyclist. a few years ago, he started taking a number of substancesrrrm to boost his performance. he was banned in 2014 after refusing to take a test. —— i had always been a clean athlete, and this situation that
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happened with me when i was 39 years old, the real thing from me wasn't really about racing. i didn't do a lot of racing on the substances. the main thing was curiosity. like, what does this do? how — how much of a difference does this give you? i think in the amateur ranks, it is not about winning...,,,, .. ,, it is that you have got a situation where somebody is overweight, needs to lean down, and uses it to get in shape. and they get in shape. and then get railroaded into doing a marathon or a long bike ride, or some kind of competitive event, and they improve theirrfitness= levels again. and they become a healthy individual, they become more body conscious and more health—orientated. and this is far from an isolated case. a poll carried out for the bbc of amateur sportspeople in the uk found that half believe the use of performance enhancing substances widespread. a similar number say those drugs are easily available among those who play sports regularly. more than a third said they personally know someone who has doped, and 8% said they had taken steroids. certainly the figures? '
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are incrediblv alarminn. that said, they do confirm what uk fabricfififié 12,2,e;.i2;5.3ia;i3, l- a joint operation between police and uk anti—doping, targeting those so those motivatedrbyzvanity7= rather than victory, are they really doing anything wrong? xiii sisiss iii imam-ii iris ii; ii; iiiii this is actually the dark side of exercise. using substances not iii .:;;:;s§; sigh: eéilifi you care about your performance! how you look to yourself. just how serious a health issue do you think this could be? you're using substances that are meant to treat diseases.
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and you are actually misusing them without a prescription. you are notjust cheating, or not cheating, if you are just an exerciser, but also putting your life at risk. but however the authorities respond to the issue, athletes at every level, in every sport will always be willing to cut corners, whatever the risks. katie gornall, bbc news. now, the cricket news. australia held out for a draw on the final day of the the third test against india, leaving the four—match series poised at 1-1. the tourists began their second innings 152 runs adrift of india — and were reduced to 63—1; at one point. but half centuries from peter handscomb who finished unbeaten on 72 and shaun marsh with 53 meant they held on to draw the test — much to the delight of their captain. to see the game out for as long as $§77 2 did, to see the game out for as long as $§77 : did, it to see the game out for as long as jg did, it was to see the game out for as long as $§77 fff did, it was an
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slams ina english hopes for back—to—back grand slams in a world record 15 straight slams in a world record 19 straight victories, the england boss eddie victories, the england bossesisie—l jones was in victories, the england bosseddie—l jones was in a fighting mood here at twickenhsm: a”, twickenham, today, existing plans are very much in place ahead of the rugby world cup l 2019, rugby world cup in 2019, despite that first defeat i his watch. that first defeat on his watch. straight after the game, eddiejones that first defeat on his watch. strai full after the game, eddie jones that first defeat on his watch. strai full responsibility 4, eddie jones that first defeat on his watch. strai full responsibility for ddie jones that first defeat on his watch. strai full responsibility for theijones ffifie tie “fieéfi anei 5 hit? m saying ffifie tis “fieéfi anei e iliftéi m saying he ffifie jtis “fieéfi anei e ijliftéi m saying he had ffifie jtis misses fnsji is ills? m saying he had not efifie jeis misses fnsji is ijlieji;ii m saying he had not repaid jossj saying he had not repaidjlls siiusn so i jossj saying he had not repaidjlls swan so i asked jossj saying he had not repaidjlls egos”; so i asked him to team well enough. so i asked him to expand on what went wrong.|j expand on what went wrong. i don't think i expand on what went wrong. i don't thinki in expand on what went wrong. i don't think i in the right to ”reare well. and i environment to prepare well. and i have to take responsibility for haveioiakefisponsibilityioc that. i don; think i created the that. i don't think i created the right, absolute right mindset for ridhtf absolute right mindsethforj jj jj jj the team. riohtf absolute rioht mindsethforj jj jj jj the team. | need to look at what i! the team. i need to look at what i ' ' ' andgl! the team. i need to look at what i ' ' ' and what i did the team. i need to look at what i ' ' ' and whatldid fise h—— i .. h said and what i did not say and in terms of that improve on that. in terms of that mindset, is that about playing in weather? it seemed as bad weather? it seemed as if ireland we re bad weather? it seemed as if ireland were - passionate compare to your were very passionate compare to you ido were very passionate compare to you i do not think - was the it was 13—9. we did not like
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case. it was 13—9. we did not like ffeffffef case. it was 13—9. we did not like ffeffffe or case. it was 13—9. we did not like 3:1; or lack case. it was 13—9. we did not like ”sips; or lack iij? or effort. f' f intensity or lack desire or effort. i disagree without strongly. l dipsaupee without strondly; players have returned to england's players—have—returned to! as turns it their clubs as attention turns it into the season and - tours. into the season and summer tours. england's nest assignment is a trip argentina. in june, it england's nest assignment is a trip argentina. injune, it will be a h of -la ers awa with with a number of players away with the english lines. —— lions. érganisers of the tnkiin 390390 that the girl‘fvenushss-i the kasumigaseki country club risked losing the event isisuis jigs; dismiss were not allowed full membership. z= the italian riding for the fdj team,
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