steve clarke pots three year contract as the next scotland manager begins tomorrow morning actually come here at the national stadium he says scotland can still qualify for euro 2020. which will be quite a big achievement given the poor start to the campaign so far, remember it is * three know the feet followed by a very average to know when against san marino. steve clarke said today that we have a women's world cup to look forward to in france this summer and it is my motivation to emulate the success of sheuey motivation to emulate the success of shelley care and her squad by leading us to euro the completely revitalised kilmarnock in over 20 months there, he took over rugby park when they were bottom of the leak, and he hasjust led them to the highest lee place in nearly 60 yea rs. the highest lee place in nearly 60 years. third place kilmarnock are heading to europe next season. that is the standard of steve clarke has set for kilmarnock and there are

high hopes in scotland he can be a very successful scotland and national manager and hopefully, lead scotla nd national manager and hopefully, lead scotland in the scottish men to their first ever scotland in the scottish men to theirfirst ever major scotland in the scottish men to their first ever major tournament in over 20 years. brighton officially announced graham potter as their new manager today. potterjoins after guiding swansea to tenth in the championship. the 44—year—old came to prominence after his success with swedish side 0stersunds, who played arsenal in the europa league last year. he replaces chris hughton, who was sacked last week. patrick gearey reports. there are not many footballing cds that read like graham potter's a season holding things in together in swansea included. now in brighton. his biggestjob yet. if you look at my path that i've taken to get to that, 1a years of hard work and sacrifice and learning and mistakes and development. but i'm very proud to be here now.

i will do my very, very best to help this football club which is goals. his meandering path to stock and michael. he got a degree and then a masters in leadership and emotional intelligence. then he turned north to sweden in 2010 and guided them from the fourth division. he moved to a newly relegated swansea a year ago. he improved the morale of the players in his swedish team by putting them on stage for the locals and sent them rocketing up the table. they beat arsenal at the emirates. potter was anything but distant.

he gets you to play football you want to play as a youngster, especially when you want to develop in them teenagers. in them teenage years. he definitely helps you. off the pitch as well. he cares about you as a person. swansea brought him in. but after being relegated 16 players left in the summer. he fits in perfectly. anytime we hirea he fits in perfectly. anytime we hire a new coach it is for the long—term. in the world of football, it is always happen the way you wa nted it is always happen the way you wanted to but i sincerely hope and expect them to be with us for a long time and be in the premier league and advance our football club and i'm really excited about the appointment. graham potter has made the biggest move of his professional life on his birthday. he will be expecting the bumps in the months to come. but if his career today is

anything to go by, brighton could be inforan anything to go by, brighton could be in for an interesting journey. thousands of fans lined the streets as manchester city celebrated their stunning domestic treble with an open—top bus parade. pep guardiola's side became the first to claim an unprecedented domestic treble of the premier league, the fa cup and the league cup. andy swiss was in manchester. it has been some part to hearfrom manchester city players and fans. —— some party. thousands of supporters lined the streets as the players passed by on open top buses, a long, of course, with their array of silverware. manchester city players were wearing t—shirts with the word "fourmidables" to reflect the four trophies they have won if you include the community shield. there was a warm reception for captain vincent kompany as he leaves manchester city

after 11 years here at the club, in which he has seen city transform really into one of the domestic superpowers of english football. the women's team were also parading the continental cup and the fa cup and all the players received a deafening ovation from the thousands of fans taking to the streets. they eventually arrived here at manchester cathedral and once again, the crowd are giving them some reception. yes, city have concerns off the pitch, particularly this investigation by the european football authorities, claims that they broke financial rules, claims that they deny, but as far as the fans are concerned, those concerns can wait, as they celebrate what has been a record—breaking season. this year, we are changing the game at bbc sport by celebrating female athletes in a way they have never been celebrated before. we've been speaking to some of the biggest names in sport

about some of the challenges of being a female athlete. today, we hearfrom victoria azarenka, who revealed that a surprise pregnancy made her think her career was over. she's been speaking to sally nugent. her sport has been her life. she is a former world number one and has won two grand slam titles. but for azarenka, tennis had to take a back—seat when she found out she was pregnant. in my in my my, my first thought was that oh my god, my career is over. —— in my mind. i will never play tennis again and i don't know what to do. i was shocked. it was panic. but then, it was all about i know i'm going to come back and i know when i'm going to come back. because i felt that it is a blessing for me. it isa i felt that it is a blessing for me. it is a blessing, but i still want to have my own dreams. i want to have my own career. when you came

back at the having your son, how did you feel physically, did you feel that maybe your maternity leave had taken a toll on you or did you feel fearless because of what you had been through? i realise how powerful women are. and how strong and how important life of a woman, notjust in my life, it has been really important and my mum and my grandma, they have been a huge role models for me. when i feel like i do is a little bit privileged. compared to the single mums who work in 928 or nine to five company to see their baby may be only in the evening, i feel blessed i can do that and i feel blessed i can do that and i feel that they are big role models to me. that's how i approach it. what you think women's tennis could do to support returning mothers more? we can be a pioneer in paving that rolled for maternity leave

payments or paid maternity leave. it is important. those things matter. having a child care on tour. because they happen in other sports in big companies. and we are a big company in the way we are a business and we have to look at try to get better. i feel that is what i want my legacy to be. i am fighting for women to be more comfortable, to break the stereotypes and to move the needle a little forward than when i started. i think that evolution is going to continue to break the boundaries of the illusion of women in sport. great britain's ice hockey team have kept their world championship top—flight status in dramatic style. they came from 3—0 down to claim a dramatic 4—3 overtime win against france. 0ur reporter seth bennett was watching the action in slovakia. a remarkable night for british ice

hockey, to come through this tournament, and get the warm when they needed to avoid relegation. something that probably nobody expected. especially when they found themselves three goals to nil down in this game. lesser teams would've crumbled to come up with this group are british players have been there before, and they knew had to find their way back into the game and that was absolutely crucial at first robert doubt and then a robert farmer score that all imported third goal to give them half a chance to ta ke goal to give them half a chance to take it to overtime. in the extra period, it was the captainjonathan phillips who skated down the ice, and he said to ben davis to do the rest. spark above celebration. great britain are ranked 22nd in the world. they were not given a hope of getting out of this group and getting out of this group and getting the second the season. something they have never ever done before. this group of players have other ideas and now they know they are going to be heading to switzerland in ten months' time where once again they will rub shoulders with some of the greatest

stars in the sport and greatest nations with the likes of canada, us and sweden and russia all once again represented, the bigger picture here for british sake, it come against him a big pat on the back and they now know exactly what they need to do for them to reach the top echelon of the sport. it's been quite a week for british hockey. before i go... unlike most outfield players, goalkeepers normally love penalty shoot—outs — it's their time to shine. and the latest goalkeeper to become a hero is sydney fc‘s andrew redmayne. after keeping a clean sheet against perth glory in the a—league grand final at the weekend, redmayne decided to bring out some rather unusual dance moves to distract the spot—kick takers. it paid off as his side won. that's all from sportsday. more on the bbc website.