but ecugit if‘ai‘ii the road to a world cup. but that all changed in november. she suffered a serious knee injury, tearing her acl. she is playing for arsenal at the time and they could have been other reasons but she thinks there was one thing that stood out for her, she just started her period. i was very tired leading up her period. i was very tired leading up to that week and i was on the first day of my menstrual cycle and imean, i'm first day of my menstrual cycle and i mean, i'm not one to say that it was because of that because, you know the fact on so many people have been on the menstrual cycle and injured the knee is very high. i don't know if it was down to that but a very high factor. so is there a potential link between periods and injury? emma ross is a physiologist with the english institute of sport working with olympic and paralympic athletes. i went to meet her to understand the science behind it. we know the symptoms or the effects of

those hormones will provide a challenge to you as an elite performer and one of those times is when your oestrogen is high, that can when your oestrogen is high, that ca n affect when your oestrogen is high, that can affect the business of your joints if that knee joint is less sta ble joints if that knee joint is less stable at a certain time of your cycle it is more prone to being injured and we know that things like acl injury is more common in females and when it occurs it occurs at a specific time of the cycle. one of the sport is now monitoring periods is the british women's hockey team. great britain have won the olympic gold medal! and it all came down to small margins. something they were prepared for all along. every morning we would wake up and fill in this monitoring sheet and it was in the form of an app on your phone which recorded heart rate and what you felt, the colour of your you're

in and was it your menstrual cycle. that was the and end of the question for the english institute of sport is now educating coaches and athletes about all aspects of the female body in the run—up to the tokyo olympics next year, something welcomed by the athletes as well. the more we can do about it in the build—up to tokyo, absolutely you know if we can make those marginal gains, absolutely critical. but there is still work to do. i think that a around periods is in the culture and i think the more open we can be in talking about periods because they are a normal part of life for women, i think it can only bea life for women, i think it can only be a good thing. steve clarke says he only wants players who are 100 percent committed to scotland. his predecessor alex mcleish had to contend with several withdrawals and retirements during his time in charge. clarke faced the media

for the first time today after being given the job yesterday. his first game in charge will be a euro 2020 qualifier against cyprus at hampden park onjune 8th followed belgium away 3 days later. the door is open to everybody at this moment in time, if players have retired then they have to come back, i will not chase down players who have retired if they have retired from international football i respect that decision and if they wa nt to respect that decision and if they want to come back into the fold they have to get in touch with myself or the scottish football association and say they want to make themselves available. those who maybe have pulled out of the squad is a bit too easily, it is done to me to have a conversation with them to sell my vision of what we are going to do as the national team and how we are going to approach this tournament. steve clarke's first managerialjob was at west bromwich albion, he'll know all about laurie cunningham, cyrille regis

and brendon batson. huge figures in the fight against discrimination. they remain true icons in the fight against discrimination and have been credited with ‘opening the gates' for other black players to enter the sport. a statue to the three was today unveiled in west bromwich town centre — as phil mackie reports. they were three pioneers. and in an era when racism was rife, brendon batson, laurie cunningham and cyrille regis challenged attitudes with their achievements on the pitch. now they've been honoured in the town where they made their names. fans raised over £200,000 to pay for the celebration statue. sadly of the three — only one of them is still alive to see it. we were just football players, we had this label of black but we just wa nted had this label of black but we just wanted to be football players. the statute symbolises the journey black players had from that era and their

resilience has paved the way for the next generation. before his death last year cyrille regis described the racism he and the others faced. we we re we were used to people shouting racist abuse and throwing bananas on the pitch and monkey chants and that kind of stuff, ijust took it as is if somebody was trying to intimidate me. the problem hasn't gone away. in montenegro earlier this year england's danny rose and raheem sterling both spoke out after racist chants. but even in the 70s and 80ss the trio were made welcome in west bromwich. as you can see from the reaction here the trio are still help with enormous affection notjust here but across the footballing world. none affectionately as the three degrees, they have a lasting legacy, talented football players who challenged racism with charm and dignity.

a fantastic tribute to those three players. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. some breaking news in the last minute orso, some breaking news in the last minute or so, tyson fury says they are minute or so, tyson fury says they a re close minute or so, tyson fury says they are close to a rematch with the wbc heavyweight champion jonty wilder that throughout the rest of the evening. but for now it is goodbye. theresa may has laid out her plan for a new brexit deal describing it as one last chance to deliver on the result of the referendum. she detailed proposals to safeguard

workers' rights and prevent the hard border in northern ireland. particularly she announced that if mps backed the deal they would be able to vote on whether to hold another referendum. is it enough? the labour mp another referendum. is it enough? the labourmp hilary another referendum. is it enough? the labour mp hilary benn who is chair of the parliamentary brexit committeejoins us chair of the parliamentary brexit committee joins us now from westminster. good evening. when you be voting for this? no, because what the prime minister has offered has either been put forward before but crucially on the customs issue, she has not offered a permanent customs union, she has said we can stay in this arrangement until the next general election which is in the spring of 2022. we will stay in the customs union anyway under the transition agreement until in all probability december of that year because that is what the transitional period is. but on the crucial question of a confirmatory referendum, we do not need the prime

minister to give her permission or a bill to have the vote but we need her to commit to supporting a confirmatory referendum because we made a generous offer some time ago to say we do not like your deal, we have voted it down three times but we are prepared to enable you to put it to the british people if you will commit to holding a confirmatory referendum in which the choice is the deal negotiated for leaving, there's not another one and if you wa nt to there's not another one and if you want to leave that is what looks like and if not we remain but she has not taken as up on the offer. and to say in my bill you can have a vote once you voted for it, i think that will not work and i do not see the labour party supporting that. and if you look at conservatives, there are people who voted last time for her deal now saying we will not vote for this. and of course it puts the cart before the voice because normally a bill follows a decision

to ratify an agreement for that the fa ct to ratify an agreement for that the fact is the deal that she has negotiated has been rejected three times by parliament but now she is trying to move on to the bill to give effect to it. just to pursue one line in there, there are several days before she puts it to the commons, if she changed on the confirmatory referendum and said that the government would support that, with that change your mind?” think that would be different because if the government says it will back a bill which contains confirmatory referendum and back the legislation to give effect to that, then i think we would be in business. because ultimately it is up business. because ultimately it is up to the british people to resolve this because parliament is deadlocked. the other argument in favour of a confirmatory referendum is this, we tried three times and this deal has not worked, as things stand at the moment it will not work

a fourth time. we cannot carry on with this, the damage the uncertainty, the lack of a decision about where we're going is doing to business and business confidence in the future of the economy is significant and growing day by day. therefore the great merit of confirmatory referendum is that you get a decision. you are saying to people this is what we now know about what brexit looks like in part, it will not be the full story until negotiations have ended, if we go down that road. but we now know what was presented last tonne in the referendum, you could have all your sovereignty back and have all the economic benefits, it is not true in the last three years have proved it is still not true and we have to make choices. she said i've compromised, time for everyone else to compromise so do you dispute that she has compromised, she made the point on workers' rights, environmental regulation? except on workers' rights, that is of course

welcome. on environmental protection is the government said from the start we are not going to fall behind but the rest of europe is doing. i think the onus is on the prime ministerfor this doing. i think the onus is on the prime minister for this reason, doing. i think the onus is on the prime ministerfor this reason, she has negotiated a deal that the vast majority of labour mps voted against three times because she has not faced up to the real decisions that brexit involves. in effect how deal is asking parliament to take a step into the unknown because when business in my constituency says to me we are trading with europe and we know how it works today but explain how it would work under her deal, i would have to say i'm sorry, i do not have a clue, the prime minister has refused to make choices about what kind of future economic relationship we will have. and therefore let's put her deal and see whether the british people are

prepared to take that step and if not then people have the right to change their minds. if this does not go through in earlyjune, what will happen next because time is short as eve ryo ne happen next because time is short as everyone keeps saying, we have summer recess, conference season, october the 31st we go off a cliff? parliament is resolutely opposed to a no—deal brexit and even if there isa a no—deal brexit and even if there is a change of prime minister in my view parliament will continue to vote to say we will not support a no—deal brexit. so there are only two choices, either a deal that is a cce pta ble two choices, either a deal that is acceptable and can be agreed by parliament and three years on that is not proving possible, no deal has been rejected so the only other way to resolve this because it would give you a decision is to say to the british people here is the deal, no one is saying to them you have to change your mind if you want to continue to vote to leave or vote for the deal but if you have changed your mind, then you can vote for

remain and if the prime minister could come back now for a fourth time to try to persuade mps to change their mind on her deal then thatis change their mind on her deal then that is democratic. but please could someone explain why it is not democratic to go back to the british people for a second time after three yea rs people for a second time after three years and say what you think, do you wa nt to years and say what you think, do you want to go ahead with this or on reflection do you think it is better to remain. thank you forjoining us. let's ta ke to remain. thank you forjoining us. let's take a quick look at the a fine end to the date for many places with evening sunshine around but also heavy showers affecting eastern scotland. some reports of thunder here and there. we keep the rain going for the northern part of scotland. and more clout work into north wales, north—west england and the north midlands for that clear skies so it will be quite chilly with some misty mountain sunspots

first thing on wednesday morning. the main quite persistent to the northern isles graduallyjust sinking further south through the day. cloud stretching from north wales over to lincolnshire and that could produce some drizzle but many places remaining dry. a bit breezy at up to the north of scotland but elsewhere the wind is fairly light. feeling warm in the sunshine once again particularly down towards the far south and east of england.

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