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with all the build up. birmingham city drop from 13th to 18th in the championship, as the club faces sanctions over a breach of rules. world rugby calls on the six nations unions to consider the "good of the global game" and back new plans for a new nations championship. this sort of competition picking by this sort of competition picking rugby into a global competition across the world for its professionals would be unique. also coming up in the programme: we look ahead to this weekend's final selection tests for the all—new, all—female w series — but is segregation the right move for motorsport? hello and welcome to the programme. and tonight it's england's turn

to begin their euro 2020 qualifying campaign, they take on the czech republic at wembley and our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. thank you forjoining us. you can genuinely feel that there is some sort of feeling of optimism around this young england squad, isn't there? young being the operative word because although he has had plenty of players called out with injury, if given opportunity for youngsters to come through. marcus rush read was that it is fair to point out that injury so now we know that jade and sancho will start for england tonight and will pick up his fourth gap. remember, he isjust 18 yea rs fourth gap. remember, he isjust 18 years old. becomes 19 on monday. of course he the first player born in this millennium. which makes me feel so this millennium. which makes me feel so old to pick up a senior cop for england. we know they team will make up england. we know they team will make up the rest of the back for. with daily, diet, and henderson, and he

has said starting up front for england. we have only paid the czech republic twice but they have beaten them once and join against them once. they have got a great record in qualifying. garrett southgate was talking yesterday about how this england team at the fourth to be reckoned with and coming into this game in good form. we have hit a consistent level, we hire the only thing to back up semifinal last summer thing to back up semifinal last summer with thing to back up semifinal last summerwitha semi thing to back up semifinal last summer with a semi in the nation to be gay and did that and be are in a group that is as tough or tougher than any really, and that has got to be our motivation ). we are still young grip, there is the opportunity to improve and we have got to be hungry for that. so, to improve and we have got to be hungry forthat. so, everything i had seen from all of them this week, it has shown me that they are ready to do that, ready to embrace that challenge. it would be interesting to see if he does come on as a sub. what the reception will be like. he is under some criticism in the last

day or so because of the historical treats. yes, not many players wait until they make their debut before they end up having to apologise by something. but he had to do so yesterday when instagram coming from when he was 16 which appeared to show his support for the ira, something he has denied. garrett southgate was asked, do you think fa ns southgate was asked, do you think fans will boo him, do you think they will not enjoy the fact that he has done this as entity and he said look, b stands, most of them will have children of them will have the a bank —— teenagers and they will understand that bit it —— that age you are still maturing. he does not think it will be a problem with the fans. he is not the only new faith in the squad. callum hudson, he is just 18 years old. he has not even paid for england under 21 yet. has not cited a primary need to chelsea yet. getting when i saw him in training want tuesday. upping training, he is not short of competence. he looked like he

belonged garrett southgate said he more than happy to tell him at some point. a tonight, and monday plus but not —— match against montenegro at the last time in that little pay before they pay in the semifinals against the netherlands and pointed out in june. it's against the netherlands and pointed out injune. it's a really good opportunity for easy access to really embrace it and for the see what they can do. youngsters mbe. they are making me feel old. thank you very much. last night, scotland's campaign didn't get off to the best of starts, in fact many have described it as their worst defeat in history. beaten 3—0 by kazahkstan, who are ranked 117th in the world. joe lynskey has more reaction for us. maybe this cotton pants typically permanent. this awful night in astana had the bbc sport website asking if defeat to kazakhstan was the lowest it can get for scotland, it even describes the players as being like drunks chasing the last bus home.

the morning papers weren't much kinder on alex mcleish's team either, the scottish daily mail also calls this the worst night ever for scotland, a gutless performance and a clueless manager, the express calls it the shower of scotland and a kazakh catastrophe for alex mcleish, he's affectionately known as big eck by supporters, but afterjust 13 months in charge already it feels like his time is running out and as the daily record suggests, it could be time for eck—sit. these stats show exactly why this result has produced such a backlash, kazakhstan are below the likes of thailand, india and zimbabwe in the world rankings, and this is their first competitive win for four years, but yet it took scotland until the second half,

and when they were 3—0 down, to even get a shot on target. now this scoreline comes despite an upturn in form for scotland recently particularly at home, they'd won six of their last eight before this debacle last night, but right now there aren't many scottish supporters staying optimistic. to be quite brutally honest, it's an embarrassment from start to finish. it was lackluster, heartless. none of the pair stand up on the pitch andl of the pair stand up on the pitch and i think it's one of the worst performances i've ever seen. and i think it's one of the worst performances i've ever seenlj and i think it's one of the worst performances i've ever seen. i am honestly, i been looking at my phone all night thinking that can't be right. it'sjust all night thinking that can't be right. it's just insane. all night thinking that can't be right. it'sjust insane. should he remain in that position? absolutely not, he needs to go. it's past his time. it's never finished until it's

finished. we bounce back from a poor performance and there's room and that's what we must do after this game. obviously a lot of anger back home, some people would say as a sacking offence, what would you say to that? i would say continue doing myjob. and suffice to say i'm not going to get drawn into that question. his second spell has scotla nd question. his second spell has scotland manager saying he will fight on, he's also staying positive about the chances of quality —— qualifying for year 2020. it will be even more insignificant for those of fa ns to even more insignificant for those of fans to finally make it to a major finals absent more than 20 yards away. by the time being, these are the groups on the table. it has let them down in faith and that defeat, they have to finish in the to get one of the automatic places. 0ne

they have to finish in the to get one of the automatic places. one of its lengthy automatic places at dui 2020 and i think they'll that top ranked site in the world and russia are quitea ranked site in the world and russia are quite a filing this —— at the world cup. they will be favourites to get that position. scotland had to get that position. scotland had to get that position. scotland had to get a result against one of those away from home to recover from this setback and of the weekend, got in san marino next. they are officially the worst team in the world, the bottom of the pile in the fifa world rankings. however, ishould scotland not make it into the top two places they do have a back—up routes because you might remember scotland beat israel and albania to secure top spot in their nations in the group winning that insured a place in the nations league playoffs which means, that even if scotland leaves all of their matches the qualifying campaign, they will be guaranteed a spot at this knockout competition which takes place in march next year. these are the themes that i could stand, i will be playing in that, they will be one that gets semifinals and finals, they were

determining the four extra places at yet i think it is a dangerous game that scotland might be playing but they now there is an option therefore them should they not make therefore them should they not make the tremendous qualifying campaign. it is so complicated. thankfully, not in ireland don't have that safety net as you put it. so tha nkfully safety net as you put it. so thankfully they managed to be to having the last night and day european qualifier. republic of ireland, they air campaign does not start until tomorrow night. it will be mccarthy second term as republic of ireland boss and it begins their campaign against gibraltar. some bad news firing fans. strike that jonathan walters posted this on twitter this afternoon. he said: he has been unknown this season let me just three appearances after

suffering that i can ease injury backin suffering that i can ease injury back in september. championship club birmingham city have been deducted nine points for breaching football league rules. they incurred losses of almost £49 million between 2015 and 2018, almost £10 million more than is permitted. the points deduction means birmingham are now just five points clear of the relegation zone with eight matches still to play. this was the reaction from some blues supporters today. it could have been 12, we are in trouble. even gets a fair decision then? yes, fair decision, your can't argue. we will start again next season. too many themes in the league, too many clubs. like i said i'm glad it happened this season. now we can crack i'm glad it happened this season. now we can crack on i'm glad it happened this season. now we can crack on with the rest of it. chelsea women's champions league tie against paris st—germain last night was overshadowed by a group of french fans who were

found carrying weapons, including knives and knuckle dusters, on their way to the match. one man was also arrested for possession of drugs. despite the widely—reported incidents, psg issued a statement this morning criticising the handling of the situation and claiming no damage had been caused at the stadium by their fans. let's speak now paris based football reporterjohanna fraden. a lot of concern now that this are fans who are already banned from the men's game and from youth ganmes for their violent behaviour but not from women's games? it's very surprising. especially from the outside, why would they not trust the british police. i think what you have to know is that there isa what you have to know is that there is a long story between psg and aa games if you like, and it seems about to come in three years its content down. they have been welcome back to the stadium. i think that

psg knowing that they are very disappointed with them being knocked out by manchester united on the main site in champions league and they wa nt to site in champions league and they want to keep some kind of peace. so they have to pick a site here and make this decision but it does not change the fact that it lets very strange from the outside and that psg looked at the ridiculous and claiming that there is no proof when obviously there is some prayer. so, theyis obviously there is some prayer. so, they is a lot of confusion around this actually. that's all we know at the moment. there are rumours some fa ns the moment. there are rumours some fans had been banned from the games. but not from women's games? surely that is something that needs to be recitfied? the women's game was that i stadium where they were still allowed to go and then for a couple of years, they we re and then for a couple of years, they were banned from that and staying outside the stadium with their fireworks and bangers and stuff like that just the start of fireworks and bangers and stuff like thatjust the start of marks that presence and the territory i guess. asi

presence and the territory i guess. as i said, since 2016, when psg men's team actually asked the president of psg to take them back because they wanted my atmospheric stadium. the piece has been relatively calm and consistent between the two. so, i think they will have to get used to this and remains football as well because appoint as i stacking to follow all the teams including women's football. so it's obviously at the main subject they would have to address at some point. this was not the point for psg and that's why they let that face. thank you for joining us on sports day. now a look at some of the other sports news stories around today. former newcastle united under—23 coach peter beardsly has been charged by the fa with using racist langauge to players. the former england striker, who left the club earlier this month, has categorically denied the allegations. neil robertson leads mark allen 5—3 in the second semifinal at snooker‘s

tour championship in llandudno. the australian knocked in back—to—back century breaks after trailing 2—0. they play to a finish tonight with the winner meeting ronnie 0'sullivan in the final. britain's number one kyle edmund is through to the third round of the miami 0pen after a straight sets win over ilya ivashka of belarus. edmund will play former wimbledon finalist milos raonic next. a century from aaron finch helped australia to a wicket win over pakistan in the first one—day international of their series in sharjah. with the world cup in england just a few months away, australia are in good form, having just beaten india away from home. and history has been made at the world figure skating championships in japan where kazakhstan's elizabet tursynbaeva became the first woman to land a quadruple salco. despite that she only moved up from bronze to claim silver in the free skate. gold was won by

russia's alina zagitova. when world rugby revealed plans for a new global competition that would introduce promotion and relegation. it did't go down well with everyone, with some countries even threatening to boycott this year's world cup. but the body's chief executive has hit back, insisting northern hemisphere sides should see it as a unique opportunity and back the plans. patrick gearey has more. the international rugby player is co nsta ntly the international rugby player is constantly making decisions, and now this point as a whole if its biggest choice in a generation. which way is forward. this is well the red beast path, the nation's championship, 12 of the top teams in the world playing each other every year. the best in the north and south facing each other in a final, the worst facing potential medication to a

second team. new in rugby they say, in fact doing all sports. we consider ourselves and major and they sort of competition pricking by they sort of competition pricking rugby into a competition across the world for its professionals would be unique and really make a statement about this point and it will be interesting by countries or don't have a team in the competition. getting there is another thing, not wild rugby, earlier this month some pacific island players threatened to boycott the world cup and the global players unions that they had major concerns with the amount of rugby and travelled the competition would involve. i can sign the governing body say they have now addressed but they are still wiley‘s aaron out on they are still wiley‘s aaron out on the likes of scotland and ireland about the introduction of relegation from the established and lucrative six nations. well directly have to make them vote for a chapter. we com pletely make them vote for a chapter. we completely understand why there is a financial interest here, what we are asking if some of that national interest be tempered with some

concern about where the global game might be coming as well. and look at things in the global game as well and try to find that balance to get across the line. for six nations, money matters as well and on the other essay that scrum is an offer which could make the six unions and offer but that would mean giving up some control. wild rugby says its offer of a slice of the £5 billion by gives away no equity. offer of a slice of the £5 billion by gives away no equitylj offer of a slice of the £5 billion by gives away no equity. i think one of the beauty of the plan is the fa ct of the beauty of the plan is the fact that this is a right dear and i guarantee with a very big upside and making our own decisions about what's right for this point and you can do that when you have 100% partnership in the part. it's not difficult to see how much the six nations means. wild directly want that spread over all internationals. now the celebrations are down, the deliberations go on and the clean—up could be even my messy.

great britain's special olympics team are due to land back in the country round about now after winning 169 medals at the games in abu dhabi the special olympics finished yesterday and there are now calls for britain to host the event for the first time. the head of team gb says the government should help with the bid and believes a home games would be the best—ever. we have hosted world championships and reposted commonwealth games in the olympic games, paralympic games, why are we not looking at the special olympics? the facilities are there any infrastructure is there and wejust there any infrastructure is there and we just need to support. it would fundamentally change the lives of the athletes and change the perceptions of intellectual disability within the uk. motorsport‘s new w series, an all—female formula 3 level racing series, will stage its final selection tests this weekend. where 28 drivers will be whittled down to just 18 ahead

of the inaugural season which begins at hockenheim in may. 0ur reporterjennie gow has the details. wcb is in a new championship so he focused on females and trying to get my women into the top levels of motorsport, and this is a former 3—level, so formula 1 a couple of ru ns 3—level, so formula 1 a couple of runs down from that, those are the ca rs runs down from that, those are the cars they will be driving and we are in the final selection process that we are looking at 18 through 20 females being selected now and fife brea ks females being selected now and fife breaks down to the final 28. there is still a lot of disagreement about whether this application is the right thing for motorsport because he never had that before. it's one of the very few main international sports that men and women compete equally. so this whole idea came about from a lady called catherine and she was on her maternity leave after having a child and she thought

they had to be a way of getting more and into motorsport so she came up with wcb is and and all ladies competition and this is like he had to say defending the project —— project. there are always going to be arguments on both sides about positive discrimination and i have, it seemed motorsport is so extreme that we actually had to produce something that would be a fundamental change in the process in order to make a fundamental change of the outcome. physically access demanding, it's not a wrestling or boxing or even athletic so i think physically it would be very hard for men and women to compete on a level playing field. this comes down to mental astuteness and awareness and physical training but they should not really be any limitation. it's about access to this point and i could not tell you why my women don't come through the levels but

for cagle was that british gt champion on the first female outright champion last season. she's definitely against any sort of segregation in motorsport. motorsport to be has been name extend his point, and i think that's a positive, we talk about in this country about equality and fairness and will naming sports business having equal footing and and will naming sports business having equalfooting and i think that to segregate this point that currently is not, it's a step backwards. they championship will get under way in may and we have five breaks down to the last 28 of selection and we will see if they kept rail next week, it's all very exciting whether you agree or disagree. let's return to tonight's euro qualifier between england and the czech republic at wembley because gareth southgate has just anounced his team. we can see the details. jordan

pickford is ingall,. no players in the start team and for west time but feel that declan rice or chelsea when eric tom hudson, they would have to be with places on they would have to be with places on the sub bench this evening and you can the sub bench this evening and you ca n follow the sub bench this evening and you can follow all the action from wembley with commentary on that match tonight on radio five live and we will bring you all the updates here on bbc news through the evening as well as commentary on the bbc sport website. just before i go. finally, with the czechs at wembley tonight, players from that country have made their mark on european championships of the past. the tournament really came of age in 1976 when czechoslovakia beat west germany in the first major penalty—shoot out. and it was czech—born antonin

panenka who gave his name to the penalty we know today. good night. and he scored it! and they want it! czechoslovakia identity european champions! the weather this evening across the majority of the country is relatively quiet but it is very blustery in scotland right now. with the air force wings and frequent showers. the weekend overall is going to bring quite a lot of dry weather. might try all the time. they will be showers around but on

the whole it's not looking too bad at all. it's going to be added to be cold there, this is a cold air blowing out of the north atlantic and it's already reached northern areas of the uk and see this ribbon of cloud here, that it's a cold front and behind it we have got that cold aircoming in. front and behind it we have got that cold air coming in. so when the written showers and went to across scotla nd written showers and went to across scotland overnight and trust in one or two spots here. northern england, scotla nd or two spots here. northern england, scotland particularly where the winds drop out in the south and we had that cold front. we have got cloud that means the temperature is one of the pie way. when the crowd is out there temperatures don't tend to drop so far. so come out for saturday here is that cold front you can see it stretching from sweden across the south out into the atlantic. so in the south, we anticipate a fairly cloudy morning, cloudy afternoon as well. and if anything some of these cloud will be thick enough to get drizzle for example in plymouth and southhampton as well. wherever you are across the seven areas of the uk. it's likely to be quite hazy rather than sunday.

sometime maybe around the lake district for scotland and also better weather in scotland because the winds will be a little bit later. thank the cooler temperatures there. with clear skies, saturday night into sunday, the temperatures are going to drop and you will see pockets of frost developing across the northern half of the uk. a number of paces temperatures will dip down to around freezing even below but further south we are talking about five or six. here is sunday itself another weather front with with strong winds blowing into scotland. went to be across the hills and it will be dusty around the western and northern aisles but in the south, sunday is there a better day. no hazy, cloudy skies with drizzle here, here is sunday looking fine. into next week, we are looking fine. into next week, we are looking at this high pressure to build across the uk and that means much that means much better wings, a lot of dry, bright weather with mist and fog in the morning. 0n the whole, the weather looks setting down into week. goodbye.

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