this is a bbc news with rebecca jones. they headline‘s: theresa may asks the eu for more time and asked the commission president to lay out the commission president to lay out the government's planet to delay brexit. brussel says the uk needs to move quickly. extending uncertainty without a clear plan can add to the economic cost for our businesses, but would also incur a political cost for the eu. fears of at least in mozambique after cyclone edi hits the country, leaving a 30—mile stretch of land underwater. new zealand's prime minister vows never to say the name of the gunman who carried out last friday's mass shootings in christchurch which left 50 dead. a warning from the head of the environment agency that within 25 years, england would not have enough water to meet demand. coming

up, sportsday, first a look at what else is coming up on this evening's bbc news. theresa may goes back to brussels to ask for more time to leave the eu, but they say they need a clear plan. we'll be discussing that later. thousands are feared deadin that later. thousands are feared dead in mozambique as cyclone idai hits the country. coming up on the papers this evening, we'll be going through tomorrow's front pages, with a political editor of the huffington post and the times' defence correspondent. stay tuned with us for all of that. now, correspondent. stay tuned with us forall of that. now, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.

sky's out of the picture as froome and co team up with britain's richest man. it's a test—y issue — numbers and names on shirts. for some, it's just not cricket! harry kane welcomes callum hudson—odoi to the team as england prerpare for their euro qualifiers. also coming up for you: the world champion deontay wilder fronts up to his next opponent. where are all the black and ethnic minoroty referees? joel mannix tells us about the route to the top.

good evening. it's team sky no more — froome and co will now be a part of team ineos. the new team's launch will take place at the tour de yorkshire on the 2nd of may. our sports editor dan roanjoins us now. great that the team has found a backer, but there appears to be certain controversy surrounding this deal — why? who is the head to the company and what do they do? the team will now be called team ineos after the company founded by britain's richest man, sirjim ratcliffe. ineos irie petrochemical giants, and this will come as some relief to the staff of tea m come as some relief to the staff of team sky here and theirfans, who, over the last few years, have seen

this era of unprecedented success — the team have won the tour de france many times and have contributed to the upsurge in popularity here in britain — andi britain — and i think fans will be delighted that the likes of chris froome are to stay as part of this revamped team. however, there is also controversy. over recent years, the tea m controversy. over recent years, the team has been forced to deny allegations they have cheated. only allegations they have cheated. only a year ago, a group of mps accused of tea m a year ago, a group of mps accused of team sky are crossing the ethical line in the use of medical exemptions for banned substances. the team doctor was due to stand in front of a gmc medical tribunal, in the end that was bogged down in a legal argument and the case was adjourned. despite that controversy, radcliffe has been tempted to come along and saviour. he already invests in sailing and football and thinks this makes sense as well.

radcliffe owns any steam, or is the main sponsor, why would he want to be sponsored with a brand that you could say was already tainted? what is in it for him? we have described the controversy that threatened to make team sky's brand toxic, but it is also very successful. he perhaps feels that could be consigned to the past and perhaps this would be good for any sperm. it has to be said that friends of the earth did express their concern that this petrochemical giant was, in their words, a planet tracker. they have been linked with an interest in fracking in the uk, there are a big manufacture of plastics as well and there is concern they are using the green sport of cycling to somewhat improve the compa ny‘s green sport of cycling to somewhat improve the company's image. there are also be others concerned about

the team's dominance in recent years and their financial muscle, which the team's dominance in recent years and theirfinancial muscle, which is made cycling perhaps too predictable at times. however there will also be many fans are pleased with this development. thank you very much. tom fordyce, sports writer and presenter of the bbc podcast bespoke joins us. sirjim ratcliffe then becomes the owner of team ineos, let's talk about the sporting aspect, how does that potentially change the team? does it change the team? it saves a bacon, fundamentally, because of this money hasn't come in, there was a very real possibility that a team that has dominated road cycling which come to an end. had they not secured the sponsorship before the tour to france in july, secured the sponsorship before the tour to france injuly, the big stars, geraint thomas, chris froome, they would have been approached by other teams looking to take them on board. so it's like a house of

cards, it could collapse very quickly. so this is a real coup for dave brailsford, a lot of people thinking he couldn't get the same financial backing for his team. remains in charge and can now hang on to his star names. this is great news for cycling fans, and this friends of the earth story, the environmental one about any —— about ineos, what they care about that? they will care more about how their salaries are now guaranteed, the cyclists. cycling does have a connection with petrochemicals. there are many sponsors of many teams in this sector. it is strange that cycling, the most environmental of activities, is now attracting all the big petrochemical giants, but it's what we refer to sometimes as

sports watching, a way of taking a brand are making it more acceptable. how healthy is it to have a team with so much money, so much dominance, for the sport overall. lot of people would say it is a problem, because sky's budget was already far bigger than any other team, which meant they were able to control the talent and big races. it also may mean that the smaller teams looking for sponsors, they may struggle more. because if you're a company offering £10 million, you may think that's not going to win us anything, because any us from her comment was a reputed a0 million. so may be great for team sky, dave brailsford, chris brown, karen thomas, it may be a problem for the other teams. thank you. you can hear more on this story on bespoke tonight on 5 live with tom fordyce from 8pm.

you'll be able to download the podcast later this evening on bbc sounds or your usual podcast provider. here are some of the other stories making headlines today: a record nine countries have bid to host the women's world cup in 2023, including a joint offer from north and south korea. the other bids come from argentina, australia, bolivia, brazil, colombia, japan, new zealand and south africa. a decision will be made by fifa this time next year josh warrington will defend his ibf world featherweight title against fellow yorkshireman kid galahad in june. the fight will take place in warrington‘s home city of leeds and will be the second defence of his belt after retaining it with a win over carl frampton in december. mike trout and the los angeles angels are close to agreeing a new 12—year deal that would secure the baseball outfielder the largest contract in the history of sport. the contract would see trout pocket over £27 million a year.

european qualifiers taking place this week, england have been training today, and our correspondent natalie was there. it might be a crucial time for clubs right now, but also for nations in the euro qualifiers. gareth southgate has seen a lot of withdrawals, but it is allowed him to call up the likes of callum hudson—odoi. he was down in bristol checking in with the u21 but he got the call—up to the senior setup. that's in keeping with gareth southgate's ethos of bringing through the youngsters coming to get them used to playing with the senior players at st george's park. competition for places is high at the moment, everyone's doing well

and vying for a spot. it is for the yea rs and vying for a spot. it is for the years to go and express themselves, especially the attacking players, to try and score goals, and that's what we wa nt try and score goals, and that's what we want is an england team. we want to have that flare and flexibility, so far, so good. it's a great sign in this country when we're producing these types of players. raheem sterling isn't just these types of players. raheem sterling isn'tjust having a brilliant season for man city team, but he's also started an important debate on racism and how the media portrays black players. danny rose is in the squad as well with raheem sterling, he had his own issues last year and spoke well about racism and how he was worried for his family i didn't want them going out to russia. i've just didn't want them going out to russia. i'vejust spoken didn't want them going out to russia. i've just spoken to him and he told me the squad unequivocally backs sterling's stance. came in the summer backs sterling's stance. came in the summer to meet up with england in the summer and he had a tattoo on his leg in the media got on him

about that. it's just sad, really. he's 100% about that. it's just sad, really. he's100% spot on with what he said. the stick he used to get from the media was bang out of order, and when he put the post up about the media, we was all over the moon with that, because we all agree. fair play to raheem. remember, the euros will be based all over europe and so england can kiss me selves here and play a lot of games at wembley. they have talked about the need for eve ryo ne have talked about the need for everyone to have expectations, but not just to everyone to have expectations, but notjust to sail everyone to have expectations, but not just to sail through everyone to have expectations, but notjust to sail through qualifying. how are they all understand it is a very big opportunity. still to come on sportsday: the world champion deontay wilder fronts up to his next opponent.

as we hear what's like to be one of the few referees from a or ethnic minority backgrounds. when i walk into boardrooms and you go to shake someone because into boardrooms and you go to shake someone because mankind and pull it away from you. i say, i'm a referee. something that could upset a few traditional cricket fans, england and australia well where is and numbers on their shirts for the summer's ashes series. could look like this. this is all part of the icc's like this. this is all part of the icc‘s new plans around the test championship. there is a lot of people who do not like this. let's ta ke people who do not like this. let's take a look at the history of cricket and what players have looked like in the past. this is the 19305, a woolly jumper and a like in the past. this is the 19305, a woollyjumper and a button up shirt. in

along came the world series tour and, importantly, colour tv. along came the world series tour and, importantly, colourtv. and along came the world series tour and, importantly, colour tv. and we had there are some against it. quite 5imply there are some against it. quite simplyi there are some against it. quite 5imply i don't like this idea at all. when a his supporters here, i'm all. when a his supporters here, i'm a traditionalist on this one. a big no for me. placing numbers are te5t cricketers. michael vaughan is very

different. it is more than potentially. it will happen. what about the guy who broke the story? i think it is a good idea. let's talk to allison mitchell. a cricket commentator around the world and for the bbc. fir5t commentator around the world and for the bbc. first thing to say, why all of this fuss about something mo5t the bbc. first thing to say, why all of this fuss about something most of us of this fuss about something most of u5| of this fuss about something most of us i guess seems like such a small thing? it is. to break with tradition. cricket has a long history of tradition and the test game, people see it as the sacred form of the game. it's something i'm been calling forfor a form of the game. it's something i'm been calling for for a long time, either in commentary or in test match special, we want to open up the game of cricket to make it as accessible as possible. if people ca re accessible as possible. if people care and love about test cricket, and there is been as much gnashing of teeth over the years about it,

the demise of test cricket, surely this is just the demise of test cricket, surely this isjust one the demise of test cricket, surely this is just one small thing, really it doesn't alter the fabric of the game early way in terms of the actual cricket — it isa actual cricket — it is a small thing that could make a big difference. it affects the accessibility of the game for those at the ground or on television. you say it is a question of tradition, has anyone given you a specific reason as to why it would be detrimental to the actual game of test match cricket? i haven't heard a specific reason that makes me think this would be a bad decision in any way. people like to think of test cricket is a special form of the game, keep its identity separate from the limited overs formats. the other forms, we'll have the 100 as well next season. but test cricket will still be test cricket, it will

have its own identity and be five days long, still played with the red ball, the shirts will still be whites, they will just ball, the shirts will still be whites, they willjust have a name and number on the back. one extra thing i can potentially tell you, my understanding is that we might see a little bit of colour introduced as well into those numbers. i do think well into those numbers. i do think we might see that, perhaps england might say, we can have dark blue or navy on our number. south africa might go green, the west indies marin, that is an additional think we might see. there will be regulation around those numbers, the numbers won't be allowed to be more than two digits, it has to be the name above the shirt number, not below. there won't be any room for a sponsored's logo across the shoulder, it's the name above a number. certainly, it's something which, i think if you go to the ground for the first time in watching a game of test cricket, why

wouldn't you want to know who you're seeing if you're not familiar with the players? the traditional fans are going to be spinning! colour?! they're having a problem with the names and numbers, but coloured names and numbers, but coloured names and numbers, but coloured names and numbers, goodness me! the authorities are tiptoeing around this, because they know it is going to cause a problem, this is a kind of experiments. other plans to introduce it to, for example, the women's ashes series? the regulations will come into force on the 1st of august, understand. that will be too late for the women's ashes, so as far as the women go, after the 1st of august, whenever the women play a test match, they too will be able to have names and numbers on the backs of their shirts. much ado about nothing, perhaps.

the wbc heavyweight champion deontay wilder says he wants to fight the best and become a unified champion in the division, but it will take some more negotiation to set up fights with briton's tyson fury or anthonyjoshua. wilder's next bout is against a mandatory challenger, dominic breazeale — who joshua comfortably beat two years ago — and a fight between the american and joshua or fury could depend on the television networks that have contracts to broadcast each fighter. the heavyweight division has been time for seeing one champion, one face, 19. becomes a mighty task to be that complete, you need cooperation. a lot of people need to cooperate to make that happen. one thing about me, i want to find the best. i've been trying to prove to the world what i have been saying. referee joel mannix, who officiates non—league games, says there's a lack of visible black officials in the top flight

and a lack of role models inspiring others to pick up the whistle. the football association says more than 2,000 of its 28,000 referees, from the grassroots to elite level, come from a black or minority ethnic background. but mannix, who was inspired to get into refereeing when top offical uriah rennie left the game in 2009, says a route to the top for him