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waste from hospitals were allowed to pile up. a convicted british paedophile is taken to court by 5 boys from the philippines who claim he abused them there. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. coming up at eight o'clock this evening, we bring you the latest in the brexit negotiations after theresa may faces growing calls from senior figures in her own party to change course on brexit. we'll have more on the resignation of the us ambassadorfor the united nations — nikki haley — after she announces she will stand down at the end of the year. and later this evening, we'll be taking a look at what makes the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers in the papers at10:40 and 11:30. our guests this evening are caroline wheeler, who's the deputy political editor at the sunday times, and the

politicaljournalist, jane merrick. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. three years ago it was third — how will england women fare in france next year as the road to the world cup continues tonight. a reinvigorated ross barkley says i deserve to be here, as england men prepare to face craotia and spain in the nations league. and we continue our sporting journey in malawi with dame kelly holmes as she takes on some local endurance challenges. well, for the last three years, since that third place finish

at the womens‘s world cup in canada, there has been a growing sense of anticipation of what this team here could achieve in the upcoming edition in france next year. the build up is well and truly on, after phil neville‘s side secured their spot in the finals in august. they were 1—0 winners over brazil on saturday and tonight, they face australia — a team on the up and fancied to go far next year. kick off is less than 30 minutes away so let's join our reporterjo currie, at craven cottage. this should be a great test for england? wonderful weather here in south—west london for this fixture. this is going to be a tough test for

england. australia are currently ranked sixth in the world and have gone up the rankings. england are up to third themselves will stop in a press c0 nfe re nce to third themselves will stop in a press conference this week, phil neville said he thinks australia are one of the dark horses for the world cup. australia are without their star striker, rated as one of if not the best player at the moment. england admit they are disappointed they are not going to test themselves against her this evening. as you mentioned, they beat brazil come on saturday with 23 shots but scored only one goal. nobbs said they were doing plenty of shooting practice over the last few days. he has had us doing quite a bit because he sees that is something that we need to capitalise on. we have eight months to hopefully get better at that but in these big pressure moments and big pressure games, we need to score goals. well, jo, i mentioned the world cup in canada, but the impact of the lionesses finishing third there can't be underestimated really, when we look at the growth

in interest and participation in the game. it participation in the game. did an awful lot for the g this it did an awful lot for the game in this country, both on and off the field. it increased participation and interest with media and tv rights deals. the players in general admit that after the world cup in 2015, they could walk down the street and people would recognise them. the england manager said this week that should england have another good world cup next year, they won bronze in 2015, if they do well again they won bronze in 2015, if they do wellagain in they won bronze in 2015, if they do well again in 2019, then the women's game in this country could explode. a short time ago, i spoke to kelly simmons who is the director of the women's professional game at the fa and she says the fa completely agree with phil neville's comments. when you see england in major tournaments like when we got third place in canada, millions of people were following the lioness is on television. we saw

a lot of girls getting into playing foot ball a lot of girls getting into playing football and the interest from the media, the coverage was fantastic. they are special moment in terms of our ambition for the game and promoting the game, we set targets to double the number of girls playing football. these big pinnacle moments are very important in that plan. that is participation but when phil neville says explode, what does he mean? you would have to ask phil but i think he isjust saying that the awareness of women's football and the awareness of the lioness is, the players as household names, it will go to a new level. if we can go to another tournament and progress, as we saw in previous tournaments, millions of people across the country will get behind the lioness is. then what we could do is confirm that interest back into the local game. ithink that interest back into the local game. i think it'll be about promoting the opportunities to play but promoting the players who are there and making them household names and getting them known across the country. if england have a good world cup

next year, according to the fa, the women's game in this country will explode. a big friendly tonight here at craven cottage against australia. phil neville has made five changes to the side that beat brazil on saturday. this is the lionesses first trip to london in four years and if you want to follow how they get on, you can listen to the match commentary on radio five live sports extra. kick—off here is that seven. well, it's notjust the women on international duty this week — england's men are getting set to face croatia on friday and then spain on monday in the nations league. 0ur reporter katherine downes has been with the team today at st georges park. it feels like there has been a bit ofa it feels like there has been a bit of a refresh here at saint georges park. the team in action after the

world cup felt familiar but there have been a few fresh faces around at the training ground this morning as england build—up for these next nations league's games. the press out in force this morning, all the cameras pointing at a certainjadon sancho. the first player to be picked who was born in this millennium. a buzz around his fellow new piece as well. a lot of talk about youth here today, the youth and average age of the squad. the average age isjust and average age of the squad. the average age is just 23 years old. 0ne average age is just 23 years old. one of the more experienced call—outs has flown somewhat under the radar today, chelsea's ross barkley who is back in the squad after more than two and a half years since his last england cap. he has rediscovered his form after a serious injury and he has the backing of his chelsea manager who says that ross barkley has what it ta kes to

says that ross barkley has what it takes to go on to be a big star. says that ross barkley has what it takes to go on to be a big starlj feel like i have the george as a person. i have understood a lot and how important football is to take little details on as i are now under my new manager. things are going really well for me now and i'm fully focused to keep improving and kick on. ross barkley himself is only 24 but fans will be expecting a performance from him given his experience. the young stars may be grabbing the headlines that are degree they have been given that opportunity because of injury to the likes of dele alli, jesse lingard etc. gareth southgate now has room to experiment but ross barkley, according to his supporters, has won his place in this squad fair and square. so a real sense that this might be the time at last for ross barkley to shine on the international stage and the former everton and chelsea winger pat nevin joins us now. pat, you have followed him from a teenager at everton — do you sense a difference in him now?

much more than sense, i'm hugely impressed with the difference and the exponential growth in the player just in this last month or two. i watched him at everton and he had a lot of ups and downs. we know he is good enough and has got the quality to bea good enough and has got the quality to be a top international player. however, there were one or two things missing. it was difficult to see what they were. it was a p pa re ntly see what they were. it was apparently not difficult for the chelsea manager to see what they we re chelsea manager to see what they were because he worked with him and the young man himself has said that it is incredible how much he has learnt in his time with the chelsea manager. he has learned a game awareness that he didn't have before. understanding the flow of the game, which is a wider thing which takes a little while to learn. i expected ross barkley to learn it

quicker than he did but slowly but surely he got better last season. this season, the improvement has been huge and it is a very exciting time for england because he is a top quality player. why is it that the chelsea manager is having such an impact on him at the moment? this is a team which has changed in style more than any other team to a better standard than any team i have seen before. last season they were struggling and playing a specific style. a total change of style this season and it has been successful immediately. every player seems to have bought into it. you mention ross barkley, it is very love, he is a young man. he may be a sort of a malleable personality that would do that. people like seth cabra gas who

is 31 and has won everything he talks about maurizio sarri in incredible terms. they are buying into it, they believe in what he is saying and i think it is a personality thing as well. his football intelligence. as a personality, he is adored by the chelsea players because he trusts them. a one word answer, would you start him against croatia or spain? yes, without a doubt. think you so much forjoining us on sports day. the challenges for dame kelly holmes continue — as she journeys through malawi to raise awareness of child malnutrion. and we'll hear from paralympian ali jawad who is fighting for a change of wada policies. now, tomorrow england's one—day team

will begin their five—match series in sri lanka and jos buttler says they are relishing the favourites tag. eoin morgan's side are ranked number one in the world, with sri lanka eighth, and they are just seven months away from a world cup on home soil. however, their preparation has been hampered with heavy rain ahead of the series. time in the middle, some guys say it isa time in the middle, some guys say it is a big thing. some are not too fussed. if you get the practising around those games and you have a good day, we managed to dodge the showers. the guys are feeling good and there is more experience in the side of the guys know their game is pretty well and what they need to achieve in order to play. that go for you as well? the united hit the ball a lot before you go out and play a proper match? not all the

time, no. there's been a lot of cricket this summer and i have felt ina good cricket this summer and i have felt in a good place, very specific with my practice. it is not about volume as much as getting what i need. i think some of the other guys are similarand a lot think some of the other guys are similar and a lot of the preparation can be done away from the nets as well. the blueprint of how we want to play has changed quite a bit. we have been playing really well for a couple of years now and i think the tea m couple of years now and i think the team are constantly trying to push boundaries and trying to improve and improved to whatever condition you are faced with. that is what keeps driving us forward and the growth of the side, probably. wada, the world anti—doping agency has been urged by athletes to change how it is governed, this in the wake of its decision to reinstate russia following systematic doping. ali jawad is a paralympic silver medallist and is fronting the campaign, called the alternative. he released a set of proposals to tackle what he calles the low

level of trust in anti—doping. i spoke to him earlier and he outlined what he was calling for. it isa it is a collection of ideas by the athlete community. put into one document. the consensus of the document. the consensus of the document is about transparency and the independence of wada. we feel that, in recent years, wada hasn't really been transparent with its processes and we feel that wada needs to be truly independent for them to protect the rights of clean athletes around the world. with the reinstatement of russia recently, we feel let down so we wanted to speak out and hopefully wada can realise how frustrated we are. you suggest

that a fully independent member need to ta ke that a fully independent member need to take control of wada, why is that important to you? we need people in powerful positions that actually have no affiliation with any government or sport. so they can make rational decisions without any kind of emotional affiliation. for us, we feel that wada right now is out of touch with the athlete community and that is a big concern first because we don't think our views are getting heard or being considered. that is why hopefully the paper can bridge that gap. the ioc would not exist without athletes. the olympics and paralympic games, sport as we know it, would not exist without athletes so why not trust the athletes to shape the way things are run? because at the end of the day, it affects us and not them. they are the policymakers and administrators,

we are the ones on the ground competing every day. why not have that power to influence what goes on at that level? let's take a look at some other stories making the news now. kyle edmund may have looked unconvincing against filip krajinovic, but he's through to the second round of the shanghai masters. brooks koepka has been named as the pga tour player of the year. the american became the first golfer since 1989 to clinch back—to—back us open titles. he also won the us pga. and wales back row taulupe faletau is almost certain to miss the autumn internationals after breaking his arm. he suffered the injury playing for club side bath on friday. double olympic champion dame kelly holmes says throwing herself into fitness has helped her to deal with psychological issues, including the ‘heartbrea k‘ of her mother's death last year. she's in malawi taking part in a series of endurance challenges to raise awareness of chronic malnutrition in children.

she says her mother would have been proud to see what she's doing. juliette parkin has been given exclusive access to kelly's sport with a purpose expedition and caught up with her preparing to run up malawi's highest mountain. up up brightand up bright and early for a run but the prospect of this one was making even a legendary athlete and little nervous. the locals though were taking it all in their stride. you think you will be analytic champion? yes, i think i will. this is my first time to run against a champion. 25 kilometres of trail running ahead, not exactly in kelly's comfort zone. i give my

excuses now because i kelly's comfort zone. i give my excuses now because i have had seven weeks of injury but i really wanted to do it. this is the motivation, seeing the devastating effects of malnutrition on children. it is hoped that kelly's sport with a purpose campaign can help families here get access to good food. and off they went... and it was all smiles on the first ascent. it is almost half past six in the morning and the race is already under way. they have come up this path, used by many locals going to work, and they are heading up this hill right to the top of the mountain. it is already getting hot and it is going to bea already getting hot and it is going to be a very tough 25 kilometres. the rocky touraine here is as unforgiving as it is beautiful. the crippling descents taking their toll on all the runners. local malawian women enjoyed being in the company

ofa women enjoyed being in the company of a game. translation: she says they were talking and getting to know each other at some point and the race will go ahead and they will be asked to stop and wait for the team and run together. it may have been tough but therapeutic too. run together. it may have been tough but therapeutic toolj run together. it may have been tough but therapeutic too. i got my head straight back into fitness and it is a good way to help you deal with things psychologically. here we were out at one stage in the open air, you look across the mountains and you look across the mountains and you just take a deep breath.