hello and welcome to sportsday. it's notjust about money, why the newly crowned bbc women's footballer of the year wont be playing at the world cup missing out on the europa league final — arsenal label the mickhitarayan situation unacceptable. and the best chance for england to win a world cup according to andrew strauss. also coming — we here from robin van persie. and why he's backing ogs to get it right at united. i think it is a perfect match up.

hello and welcome to sportsday. she scored a hat trick for lyon as they won back to back champion league titles a few days ago and lifted the first women's ballon d'or trophy last year. so it's no surprise that norway's ada hegerberg has been crowned the bbc‘s women's footballer of the year for the second time. what might be surpising is that she wont demonstrate her talents on the biggest stage of all, at teh women's world cup this summer talents on the biggest stage of all, at the women's world cup this summer as a dispute with teh norweigian fa rumbles on. sarah mulkerinns caught up with her ahead of the tournamnet. hello.

it's an art to come here and see the whole family together. i get so emotional talking about this but they have been a part of the journey since day one and they're the most important people in my life. they have always been there. and they gave me the voice and the courage to a lwa ys gave me the voice and the courage to always stand up for what i believed in. a strong voice, really want to play football and that's very good. it's like, you have the glory and you have those, that would goes beyond my role at. this the accolades, the biggest star will not be at the sport's because she'll because the world cup in france next month. in 2017, she stepped away from the norwegian national team of what she perceives as a lack of equality within the game.

what she perceives as a lack of equality within the gamem what she perceives as a lack of equality within the game. it is important for me that i can sit and watch things not going to the right direction. it would be easy for me to just direction. it would be easy for me tojust perform, do my thing and stay quiet, but when an individual trophies or with the team, it is about getting the change that needs to be done for our sport. so she may not be able to showcase her talents on the global stage, but the wider recognition of her impact on the sport and winning this award means a lot. thank you so much. arsenal want urgent talks with uefa following the europa league final after their managing director labelled the situation "unacceptable" that player henrikh mkhitaryan doesn't feel able to travel to azerbaijan. he's the captain of armenia, and their are no diplomatic relations between the bordering countries. uefa say a "comprehensive security plan" was in place and the azerebaijan football authorities say there was no reason

why the player shouldn't travel. well arsenal and chelsea haven't sold their full allocation of tickets with travel to baku proving difficult and expensive. neither club are expected to take up their allocation of six thousand each. for everybody it's better to play with 30,000 fans cheering and you do thisjob, these matches and it's better for everybody that, didn't to have the fans with the team. raheem sterling has been a strong voice in the fight against racism in football but he's calling for more action to be taken. he says t—shirt campaigns and social media blackouts aren't enough. the manchester city player says if the authorities are serious about combating racism then points

deductions and expulsion from tournaments should be considered. after the situation that i had a chelsea, they came to me with an idea and it was about a premier league associate media —— social media blackout. i just league associate media —— social media blackout. ijust do not agree with that, it is a social media post that will happen for one day and in two days will be forgotten about. and also to do a lot in england, as well a few times, think at the gate as to wear a t—shirt here. but it is not enough. there needs to be hard 01’ not enough. there needs to be hard or punishment and i think the heart of punishment needs to be teams getting deducted and kicked out, because this is one people start taking it seriously. a quick look at some of the day's other stories. fifa have abandoned plans to expand the world cup in doha in 2022 from 32 to 48 teams.

it's still expected the expansion will happen four years later when the usa, canada and mexico jointly host the competition. danny ciprinai has been named the premiership's player of teh season. he's helped lead gloucester to the play offs but could still miss out on a place in eddiejone's world cup squad. heather watson is through to the second round of qualifying at the french open after beating bibiane schoofs. the british number three won in three sets. and katie swan beat second seedjil teichmann. the brit won in straight sets on her french open debut. two more rounds remain to reach the main draw. it all starts at the oval when england play south africa a week from tomorrow. they've named their 15—man squad, and made some tough decisions, bringing in the exciting fast bowler joffra archer ahead of others with more experience.

strauss says it's a thrilling time for the side. you it is just so exciting to go into the world cup with the favourites, we were, i do not know what the opposite of a favourite is but we were that. on the home soil with the home advantage and hopefully you guys can do it and if you can, it will createjust hopefully you guys can do it and if you can, it will create just such an incredible feeling for the country and momentum and interest and i do not want to put them under pressure but will never have a better chance. and we look at the team, it is very diverse mix of people from different places, and this give you real hope for the future of cricket in this country. and notjust that but is genuinely exciting, it is very not english, this having to go on putting the opposition under pressure and people like to see teams that have a go and they've done a greatjob and as you say,

some really fantastic characters. i think they bring out the great thing about cricket is that you have all of these different people coming together with different talents, different personalities and hopefully do something incredibly special together also. and former manchester united and arsenal striker robin van persie says that 0le gunnar solskjaer is the right man to lead manchester united and must be given a fair chance after a season that faded away. he was speaking exclusively to the bbc ‘s david 0rnstein a few days afterfinishing his playing days at feyenoord, the club where it all began. everyone should look at the bigger picture, the way he presents the clu b picture, the way he presents the club is the proper way. he is positive that he wants to achieve big things with the club. he played there for more than ten years, he w011 there for more than ten years, he won the champions league and his goal got them the champions league.

so he is manchester united, similar ina so he is manchester united, similar in a different way to ferguson, he was manchester united. so i think it isa was manchester united. so i think it is a perfect message, think us and having the back spell, i think eve ryo ne having the back spell, i think everyone has that first period that's fantastic and now the last 12 games have been tough, 0k. that's fantastic and now the last 12 games have been tough, ok. but next season, then to pick themselves up and go again. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.