this is bbc news. the husband and wife convicted of planning a terror attack in birmingham. madihah taheer was found guilty of buying a combat knife for her husband to use. 300,000 people leave theirjobs every year in the uk because of mental health issues, a new study finds. 11 people are arrested across the uk as part of an international operation against people smuggling. and in barcelona, thousands demand independence from spain but the president refuses to call for new regional elections. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson. the headlines tonight. greg clarke says the fa has lost the public‘s trust — so will their planned ‘cultural review‘ win it back? another day, another managerial sacking — pedro caixinha leaves rangers after seven months in charge. and australia turn up

the heat on england after another defeat down under. out of touch and out of step — the fa chairman greg clarke admitting today his organisation had lost the public‘s trust, over its handling of discriminatory remarks made by the former england women's manager mark sampson. clarke today launched a ‘cultural review‘ into the fa‘s practices, in a bid to tackle the fall—out to last week‘s meeting of the select committee. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conwayjoins us on sportsday tonight. the fa trying to clear up some of the negative press they‘ve received since last week‘s hearing and address the cultural change needed. is this review going to have that

affect? greg clark wants that to be the case. he went before the fa council today. we don‘t know the tone of the speech because cameras are not allowed in but we‘ve got a copy of the speech, and from the words on the page it appears there isa words on the page it appears there is a mea culpa from greg clark, admitting the words he used to the parliamentary hearing were wrong. he described institutional racism claims as fluff to mps, something he retracted but the damage was done. the two messages he wanted to deliver today, he once the fa to be a much simpler organisation and clear in what it is therefore, but the other thing he says is vital is for the fa to become more reflective

of the football community it serves, develop on a board level or within the council or within coaching roles because one thing that came out of todayis because one thing that came out of today is that cultural review of st george‘s park, the fa‘s centre of excellence. some pointed criticism about dan ashford‘s role there and diversity within its coaching ranks, the fa making big plays about wanting to do more to participate —— to increase the participation of black and minority ethnic coaches but many people point out there do not seem to be many of them in st george‘s park. the head of the antiracism organisation ticket 0ut says it is incredible they head of the fa is still in place and he said there is a lot to be done to repair there is a lot to be done to repair the damage but greg clark is trying

to make amends for how the fa has conducted itself in recent months. richard, many thanks. the fa received further criticism today, this time from andy woodward, the former footballer whose revelations of historic child sex abuse in football launched a widespread investigation. it was in front of the committee last week that clarke said one of the victims had ‘cried like a baby‘. woodward, understanding that to be him, said he was left devastated by the comments. i was devastated. i won‘t lie to you, it‘s deeply upset me because that was a confidential meeting between myself and two other members of the fa and greg clarke, who came into the room, so i felt let down. i did contact the fa the following day when i had seen it for a response from them but i didn‘t receive one. that must be disappointing.

it was upsetting but he has contacted me since and apologised for what he said. and what was said in that conversation? it was positive because he said he is willing to meet me in the next few weeks when he is available, so i hope it has a positive outcome from that meeting. what would you want to achieve from that meeting? i said this 11 months ago, i have up your vision to make a change for the future of the football industry and it‘s about children and our next—generation and i want to make that positive change andi i want to make that positive change and i have all the tools and professional people behind me willing to sit down, and this is about the future of football and like—minded people like myself who have gone through this experience in

life are perfect people to make this positive change for the future and we know what‘s news and we know how to make that happen. the bbc approached the fa for comment, but would not respond to woodward‘s comments. rangers have parted company with manager pedro caixinha afterjust seven months in charge. on sunday rangers lost their league cup semifinal to motherwell at hampden — and last night drew with kilmarnock, leaving them fourth in scottish premiership. bbc sport scotland‘s david currie reports. chris mclaughlin has more now. it never really got going for pedro caixinha when he was appointed. just 230 days ago, some saw it as a progressive others as a lef—field appointment. he was defeated in the betfred cup final by

motherwell in the semis at the weekend and last night that draw to kilmarnock. the rangers board met this morning, after that pedro caixinha took training but then rangers released a statement saying that pedro was appointed in march but results had been disappointing and not commensurate with the level of investment, and that was key because he brought in 11 players and spent around £9 million, not a lot in the english premier league but a lot in the scottish premiership, so rangers will now have to write this off as an expensive mistake, but you could say they can ill afford to make many more. another top level club looking for a new manager. a week into the start of the england women‘s ashes series, it‘s looking like it could be a long old tour, as they slipped to their second straight defeat to australia, losing the second one day international at coff‘s harbour. they now trail australia by four points.

henry moeran is with the team. a tough day at the office again for england during this women‘s ashes tour. the rain played a part, as ben croucher reports. the margin for errorfor croucher reports. the margin for error for england croucher reports. the margin for errorfor england in the series is narrowing but the difference between them and australia is not. 0peners and ellyse perry past 50 but it was put in check by heather knight, england‘s captain with a catch. that brought her opposite number to the crease. england had a record chase on their hands. as the storm hit the east coast, then came the aussie surge. battening down the hatches not an option, but for our maiden

half—ce ntu ry option, but for our maiden half—century from kathleen brunt, it would have been more brutal but leaves england with plenty of catching up to do before the next game on sunday. watching the action, former england captain charlotte edwards. a tricky day for england, everyone thought they would bat but they decided to bowl and australia put on a formidable total, then the rain in the break and england just another stop start endings for them, some p0p stop start endings for them, some pop at the end from kathleen brunt but a poor day at the office. how difficult is it to turn a series around after a bad start? really difficult, they will have to dig deep and then come back on sunday and geta deep and then come back on sunday and get a result in that test match. they do not turn a bad team overnight and i‘m sure that is

something that mark robertson and the support staff will be saying but australia are looking good at the moment. they will feel they are not 1 million miles from securing this ashes series, they need just eight points, they have four, so is sunday must win? yes, and change will help england england but they cannot look forward more than sunday, they have to win it and i believe they can. they have shown good signs but have not put her performance together and once they do that, australia are a tea m once they do that, australia are a team they can beat. australia have lost —— england have lost the opening one—day internationals in this series and the pressure is on. still to come: head to head as he prepares to go blow to blow. we hear from anthony joshua ahead of this weekend‘s world title defence. and facing down germany‘s best. we meet the bundesliga‘s first female referee. next, they‘re the world

champions and the co—hosts. you couldn‘t ask for a tougher opening fixture to a world cup — but it‘s australia against england to get the rugby league world cup under way tomorrow morning. england haven‘t beaten australia for over 20 years, not since the opening game of the 1995 world cup, so what chances of repeating that achievement tomorrow morning? the bbc‘s rugby league correspondent david woods is in melbourne. it's it‘s australia‘s city of sport and by it‘s australia‘s city of sport and rugby league is about to take centre stage. melbourne‘s amy park the venue stage. melbourne‘s amy park the venue for the opener between australia and england. it‘s 11 years since a british side beat the aussies that this team believes they can rewrite history. you don't go

straight from the start to play the number one team in the world and a win would mean a massive confidence boost. sam burgess is one of several english poster boys for rugby league done under, he plays his club rugby league in austria‘s nrl. his last appearance in the world cup was in england‘s rugby union campaign two yea rs england‘s rugby union campaign two years ago. the weight of everything and the history of me wearing an england journey, i‘m not too sure how many of those fans might tune anyway, should tune in and watch, they might enjoy it and get behind oui’ they might enjoy it and get behind our world cup they might enjoy it and get behind ourworld cup campaign they might enjoy it and get behind our world cup campaign because we are over in australia flying the flag for england and the boys are passionate. this is only the first group game. a win for england would help their progress to a possible final but for the coach it‘s the

performance that matters. the world cup isjust performance that matters. the world cup is just one tournament so we will not be at their best on friday night so we are all building to it and that‘s my plan, i want us to play well and do what we have to do to give ourselves a chance of being there in six weeks‘ time. to give ourselves a chance of being there in six weeks' time. australia as holders and co—hosts are favourites to win the tournament but their coach recognises the threat england pose. a very committed size, they were disappointed by their four nations, wayne is such a devoted manager, they have a strong squad so they are coming into ambush us, so i feel it will be our greatest test until the beginning of the finals. but it‘s not just until the beginning of the finals. but it‘s notjust about england and australia. all 111 but it‘s notjust about england and australia. all 14 nations kick off

theircampaigns, australia. all 14 nations kick off their campaigns, including the welsh, who have a tricky test when they play against papua new guinea. the irish come up against an unpredictable italian side and for the scots, the toughest task, against tonga team who could be an outsider but do very well, but most experts are predicting these two giants to be in the final on december the 2nd. and you can watch it live tomorrow. coverage starts from 9am on bbc two. not long until rugby union‘s autumn internationals — england head coach eddiejones naming his 3a man squad today. one notable absentee — that of james haskell, who‘s been left out, with several fresh faces included. with more here‘s our rugby union reporter chrisjones. as always with an eddiejones england squad, plenty to talk about and with the world cup injapan just two years away, the sport may

represent a changing of the guard. first call up for the exeter back row sa m first call up for the exeter back row sam simmons but must all work of the eddiejones row sam simmons but must all work of the eddie jones regime, row sam simmons but must all work of the eddiejones regime, james haskell has been left out. jones has also included two apprentice players, harlequins fly—half mark smith and bath 20—year—old zach mercer. they can make the tea or coffee for the boys, clearer after food, but seriously, they are there to do the hard work and learn from senior players and be ready to play test rug by senior players and be ready to play test rugby in future. england now go from england to portugal next week for a training from england to portugal next week fora training cap from england to portugal next week for a training cap before training matches against argentina in november, and then australia and samoa at twickenham. and ireland have named their 38—man squad for the autumn internationals and simon zebo has been dropped — just days after it was announced he was leaving ireland to play in france next season. connacht centre bundee aki who has recently qualified

on residency, is included. former world number one martina hingis has announced her retirement from tennis. she‘s said she‘d like to go out at the peak of her career, following 25 grand slam titles, including winning the mixed doubles at wimbledon with jamie murray this summer. she‘ll retire after the current wta finals in singapore, where she is playing doubles with partner yung jan—chan — the pair are the world number one pairing in doubles. she said this today, a long drawn—out goodbye on social media. it‘s not long until anthonyjoshua takes to the ring in cardiff ahead of his world title defence against carlos ta kam on saturday night. it‘s not the contender he was in line to fight after kubrat pulev pulled out through injury. ever the professional, joshua

is taking his opponent seriously, he faced the media at his pre—fight press conference today and david 0rnstein was there. saturday marks anthonyjoshua‘s returned to the ring, almost six months after his unforgettable victory over wladimir klitschko. he is the favourite to beat the france —based cameroonian and if he is successful in defending his belts, it sets up the prospect next year of trying to unify all port of heavyweight boxing‘s world titles simultaneously, something nobody has managed before. history is a great thing to chase, so our records, i think it is possible. it comes with great responsibility but if that wasn‘t the case it wouldn‘t be so prestige, so these things are making

it hard to achieve and that is what makes it, that diamond in the dirt, that treasure trying to get to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. this is only joshua's 20th professionalfight rainbow. this is only joshua's 20th professional fight but he is on the way to establishing himself as one of the greats of british sport. way to establishing himself as one of the greats of british sportlj of the greats of british sport.|j don‘t tumble myself off, i would be trying to force myself awake so i just be myself, sometimes good and sometimes bad, but i think trying to be the popular guide does not win fights, winning fights wins fights, so fights, winning fights wins fights, soi fights, winning fights wins fights, so i will focus on that. i am not out here meeting that bands because i think that will win a fight, that‘s not how it goes, being the most applauded in the arena does not mean you will win, so why do it because that‘s am and i fight because that‘s am and i fight because that‘s am and i fight because that‘s what i do. because that‘s am and i fight because that's what i do. with the roof closed and more than 70,000

expected here, this is set to be the world‘s biggest ever crowd for an indoorfight. world‘s biggest ever crowd for an indoor fight. defeat forjosh work is unthinkable. he is scheduled at the ring at 10pm on saturday. elsewhere in boxing, team gb boxer muhammed ali is facing a long ban for testing positive for a steroid. the positive test happened in april — but ali, who won silver at last year‘s european championships, has been provisionally suspended since may. gb boxing says it‘s the first time that a member of the gb boxing squad has tested positive for a banned substance. now, bibinia steinhuas. the 38—year—old police officer from hanover who made footballing history earlier this month when she became the first female referee to take charge of a bundesliga match, or any top—flight match in europe. a lot of media interest has followed. she‘s been speaking tojohn bennett. it's

it‘s not usual now so we still have to fight and work hard to get their and it‘s not a question about which 60 you have, it‘s a question about the quality and this is what matters at the end of the day, so what was a lot of pressure before the first kick—off but when you do the first kick—off but when you do the first kick—off and you were into the game, you are managing the players, taking positions and everything of that is gone and when we blew the final whistle we were just relieved that everything went pretty well. the bundesliga is a step ahead of the english premier league, which as no female referees. how long before we see in female referees in the english premier league.