‘ us. it ‘us. it will still feel ‘ us. it will still feel pretty of us. it will still feel pretty chilly overnight. looking at the weather this week, we have a big ridge of high pressure which is stopping mild atlantic winds from reaching our shores and instead we get these mild mystic back cold northerly winds. the wind will get progressively colder day by day this week. temperature is a long way below average which is 8 degrees, but on thursday, the mystic knight three degrees so—called weak for all of us. plenty of sunshine around on thursday after a cold start to the day. plenty of sunshine across north—western areas, snow in the hills of scotland and we will see an increasing number of showers as well priest in courts of england and scotla nd priest in courts of england and scotland too. that is the weather. ina in a motorcar and this evening but now good evening, i'm holly hamilton and welcome to sports day —

live from the bbc sports centre. coming up on the programme. as australia take the lead in the ashes series — england face questions about jonny bairstow‘s actions away from the field. he's back in the frame — sam allardyce is back in talks with everton about the manager's position hello and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through but let's start with the cricket and it wasn't the ideal start for england in the ashes series — after a hard fought first test — it's australia who take the lead. the hosts needed just 56 runs to win on day five — that was done and dusted

by lunchtime. but it was an incident off the field that's attracted most of the focus today as andy swiss reports. welcome to brisbane where on the pitch it was predictable as australia wrapped up victory inside an hour. of but it e took it. there was certainly no malice in his action and we

continued on having a very good conversation. such has been the interest in the story thatjonny ba i rstow interest in the story thatjonny bairstow made a statement. he did not answer any questions, this is what he had to say. we were in the bar having a good laugh and an evening out, it was very enjoyable, cameron and i enjoyed the evening. we continued to do so. there was no intent or malice about anything during the evening. the england and wales cricket board say they will not be taking any disciplinary action againstjonny bairstow but clearly with the ongoing controversy surrounding ben stokes, the sort of distraction is clearly the last thing they need. it raises more questions about the behaviour of the england players and also takes attention away from the issues on the pitch. i think attention away from the issues on the pitch.‘§§ffi§f¥= we attention away from the issues on strong as g; group

mm for three done through the trip. for three to put days to put some excellent cricket and unfortunately when we got into good positions we did not quit capitalise on that and if we had then we would have been a different scoreboard. rightly or wrongly some people will look this england team and think they are out of control, are they? now they are not. and one thing i want to get across is that we have a great group of lads, a lot of guys who are committed to playing cricket for england and have sacrificed you want to get there. they are absolutely driven and determined to win this ashes series. those are the guys i know and so the perception of the players and the reality of separate. this site has oversight ali saga has overshadowed the end of the match. england were competitive but as julia the end of the match. england were competitive but asjulia ran away with it in the end, a ten wicket win looks emphatic. england have these issues need to address not least how they can get their batsmen to

convert into big scores. steve smith's hundred iii convert into big scores. steve smith's hundred 41 was the difference between the two teams and england do not have one to think about it because the next desk is underway in adelaide on saturday. our sports correspondent andy swiss reporting from brisbane. well former england captain michael vaughan is commentating for the bbc‘s test match special. he says, rather than concerning themselves with off—field antics, the players need to focus on wickets and runs. the timing could not have been worse. i think england and australia dealt with it very well and have put it to bed. the press conference was a bit of comedy gold, i do not quit understand how you treat someone with a head—butt and everything to be rosy but it was clearly a bit of jostling and fun and the england tea m jostling and fun and the england team have dealt with it. i would think that behind—the—scenes jonny ba i rstow has think that behind—the—scenes jonny bairstow has been given a nice telling off. you have to remember

the ben stokes situation, jonny ba i rstow the ben stokes situation, jonny bairstow was fined £1500 for being in bristol to early in the morning so in bristol to early in the morning so it is not good timing but i think they have dealt with at the best that they can. there are bigger issues on the cricket field and that issues on the cricket field and that is the problem for england. the headlines when about this incident for weeks ago, now the problem is that i see is that england will struggle to get 400 runs in the first innings to put australia under pressure and they will find it difficult to get 20 wickets and that for me as more of an issue than what we now know as a lot about of jostling and i don't know how you got, fun, head—butt, play fighting which obviously was the talking point this morning. in the context of ben stokes, they will think, does this england team have a problem with their behaviour? again, we have to know exactly the full facts. the

tea m to know exactly the full facts. the team have a little bit of building to do, with the perception of what they are about. unfortunately perception is reality. i am adding the team and they train harder as ha rd the team and they train harder as hard as any team i have seen but clearly they have to be careful. they have to understand exactly what the other boats. to arrive in australia, you have to get overjet lag and many teams do whatjonny ba i rstow lag and many teams do whatjonny bairstow and the boys did on that first night but what was azkaban back home in bristol, and everything thatis back home in bristol, and everything that is surrounding the england team back at the minute, they have to be a little bit smarter. also coming up in the programme. {ii-gzzf; §;fl;:iii’i ~ 7 777 . . f f tigééiiksééffi;ffi¥é1fi $55; ' ' ' ' i'm mark selby, world snooker champion. join me later in the programme divided rhian brewster this. —— to find out why i am

dressed like this. now — everton have been without a permanent manager for over a month now and the question of who could take over at goodison park is becoming increasingly urgent. the club has now lost five of their seven games under caretaker boss david unsworth and today it's emerged sam alla rdyce is back in contention — let's get more on this now from our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. this is taking quite a while to find somebody to replace ronald koeman. it was the 23rd of october that ronald koeman was sacked so over a month without a manager, that surely is not the best form of planning from everton. ronald koeman was sacked despite spending £150 million on transfers in the summer but the problem was everton never replaced romelu lu ka ku when problem was everton never replaced romelu lukaku when he signed for much that united. goals have been a big problem. some other base was the initial favourite for the job but he

publicly ruled themselves out of contention because everton dilated making an offer to him. in the meantime the watford manager became the key target. they tried to get him but field and in the meantime david unsworth has been an caretaker charge. the under 23 managers of everton. he has led them up to 16th in the table butjust four points from four games, the arrow to the republic with a 5—1 defeat last week and 4—1 against southampton. two points above the relegation zone and on wednesday they face a huge game against west ham who are third from bottom. some kept crystal palace in the premier league, we do not know the premier league, we do not know the talks are with sam but he is favourite to be new manager about it. speaking of managerial roles, west brom's interim head coach gary megson has been told he'll still be in charge of their match

against newcastle tomorrow night. west brom are reportedly close to appointing alan pardew as the permanent replacement to tony pulis, who was sacked as manager last week. but megson says he doesn't know how long that'll take... absolutely no idea. they will make their mind up on who they want to be their mind up on who they want to be the candidate, i am just their mind up on who they want to be the for|didate, i am just f‘ig this. their mind up on who they want to be the for|dii long i am just f‘ig this. e am sure the will take am sure they will take the that. i am sure they will take the time, get the person that they want and like everybody else you make decisions and there are consequences to them. it is for other people to judge, not myself. manchester united striker romelu lukaku will face no action for allegedly kicking out at brighton defender gaetan bong. referee neil swarbrick missed the incident during united's 1—0 win on saturday. the fa referred it to three ex—premier league referees to independently review today, and they all agreed that no further action needed to be taken. some sad news from birmingham city

today after it was revealed goalkeeper ann—katrin berger has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. the 27—year—old german is to undergo surgery in december. berger, who signed from paris st—germain last year, has played in two finals for the club, the continental cup in 2016 and the fa cup this year. now with the world cup in russia just over six months away, there's increasing pressure on fifa to clamp down on doping in football. despite dr richard mclaren‘s 2016 report into russian state—sponsored doping, which listed 33 potential dopers in football, fifa has yet to investigate formally itself. our sports news correspondent alex ca pstick reports from the "play the game" conference in eindhoven. .. with the world cup draw in moscow just four days away, it is perhaps unsurprising that the issue of football and doping has been raised.

richard mclaren in his report and organised cheating in russia identified around 30 footballers. the facts as has been in constant contact with mclaren. the frustration for anti—doping campaigners is that the they have not approached the chief whistle—blower, the man who provided the bulk of the evidence. as you would expect at a conference focusing on sport governance and corruption, the topic has been widely discussed here entitlement. i have been speaking to the boss of the us anti—doping agency. have been speaking to the boss of the us anti-doping agency. he reality must before the world cup and fever has not even talked to the chief whistle— blower. we and fever has not even talked to the chief whistle—blower. we now have new evidence that has come out about his knowledge of and on with russian football. it has created a mess of the situation and a body has got to the situation and a body has got to the bottom of it. it has been over three years since the report first exposed these and many years since the first whistle— blower started

coming forward. the lack of desire and will to get to the bottom of it has continued to have this evidence driven out and create big problems. —— evidence and trip out. driven out and create big problems. -- evidence and trip out. the president said to me it would be another interest to talk to him and that the boss of the anti—dumping ages is said that fifa was not the only international agency dragging its feet. 0r only international agency dragging its feet. or that is doing is eroding people's confidence in the system. ac milan have sacked vincenzo montella as manager and placed former italian international gennaro gattuso in charge of the first team. former ac and rangers midfielder gattuso steps up from managing the club's youth side. the club are seventh in the league after a run of only two league victories in their past nine games. eddie jones has been named coach of the year at the world rugby awards in monaco. the australian guided england

to a second successive six nations title in 2017, before an unbeaten summer tour of argentina and three wins out of three this autumn. wales' ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester next season. the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate george north's return back to his home country. england's women made it to the last four of the rugby league world cup last week, and with the inaugural women's super league season finishing only last month, the rfl has already turned its attention to next year and how participation can be increased. eight teams will compete in super league in the season ahead, with wigan warriors putting a team together in just a couple of months. maz farookhi reports. a cold and crisp winter morning and late november which could be the

start of something special. wigan warriors are holding three open training sessions across this month and next to recruit players for the first woman super league side. and next to recruit players for the first woman super league sidem and next to recruit players for the first woman super league side. it is very energetic and nice to get out even though it is cold because you can warm up even though it is cold because you can warm up quickly. it is good experience. it always happens for the lads but for women to get involved it is absolutely amazing. and they could not ask for a better leader to oversee things. amanda wilkinson is the most qualified female rugby league coach in the country. my mum always said i was special but i am not sure she met for these reasons. still there's not a what a woman coaching so when i was asked it seemed right to do so. bradford are the team to aspire to, they completed a league and cup double this year but the super league is set to come become more competitive next season, doubling in size to eight teams. this was been a

strong women's sport and the town so it is about time that the club embrace that and helped tickets to the next level. wigan's ultimate aim is for the women's team to be as successful as the men's. the inaugural super league season finished last month and wigan up the side will be ready to compete next season side will be ready to compete next season and are recruiting players a little differently. 0pen trials is a unique way to start a team?— it is but i think it is the fairest way. we have rugby union players, dancers, they might to speak ill wigan player and play rugby league because they want to observe and wigan. with a limited number of teams to pick the players from, and can teams to pick the players from, and ca n two teams to pick the players from, and can two semifinals of the world cup this month. for now these players are targeting a spot at wigan but ultimately the hope is that the national sides could also come calling. leicester's mark selby begins the defence of his uk championship title tomorrow night at the york barbican, when he faces egypt's basem eltahhan — africa's only professional on tour. the world champion has been the dominant force in snooker

over the past two years. but how does his rise to power, compare to that of the legendary english king, whose body was famously discovered in his home city in 2012? 0ur reporterjamie broughton has been to meet mark to find out. aching battling to save his clone, thatis aching battling to save his clone, that is a story very familiar to mark selby. —— battling to save his crown. he defended his world champion ship title earlier this year to become closer looking for the third time. —— to become crucible king. good to see you. looking forward to seeing a bit of history. shall we have a look around? yes. tragically for richard iii, his reign ended when he was

killed at the battle of bosworth field. this visitor centre is built on the site has body was discovered. in snooker‘s kaymer phones, selby has been vulnerable one since february 2000 and 15. —— he has been world number one. when i am in that position being world number one for two years of his mini want to work harder to stay there as long as possible and to see how long i can stay there. epic battles are something the world champion knows all about. last year he beat ronnie 0'sullivan to win the uk championship for the second time. he concluded that match in a real style with back—to—back century breaks. the way i performed during the final it was nice to play like that and when the two women. she does that to

eve ryo ne when the two women. she does that to everyone so it was nice to go head—to—head with them. everyone so it was nice to go head-to-head with them. selby's first—round opponent this year in york is from egypt. and he is africa's on the professional 12. york is from egypt. and he is africa's on the professional 12m would give me a big boost in my career, it is a good experience whatever the result. it is one thing to study history and pay your respects to legends of the past but sometimes it can go too far. this snooker king still has plenty of fight left saw his opponents had better watch out. world champion bianca walkden and olympic champion jade jones admit they are ‘shocked and saddened' by coach paul green's decision to leave the gb setup. green guided jones to her two olympic taekwondo titles before the pair fell—out over her appearance in channel 4's ‘thejump‘ series late last year. he went on to coach walkden to a defence of her world title before leaving earlier this month.

we started having ups and downs because we do not agree with a view things and i am a young girl who once media opportunities so we clashed about with that. since rio dejaneiro clashed about with that. since rio de janeiro she has clashed about with that. since rio dejaneiro she has not coached me but i have to be forever grateful for what he has done and we cannot stop and cry and just finished and we have to keep moving forward. sad that he is gone and i will miss him because i thought i was going to go to tokyo with them but we cannot do anything about it, we have to start again and continue what we are doing and hopefully winning and look for the new goals and targets and coaches. see what happens but he will be dearly mist. now there are numerous examples of sporting success running in the family. you've got graham and damon hill peter and kasper schmeichel...