from japan athlete from japan competing in the t52 , athlete from japan competing in the t52, 100 is, who is 60 years old and she still managed to win a silver medal. there is hope for us all and we will be looking out for her in tokyo next year. we certainly will! catriona mathhew says winning the solheim cup on home soil was a dream come true, but backing that up with a win in america would be even better. she's been given the chance to do that, handed the captaincty of the european team once again folloing their victory at gleneagles in september. here's the bbc scotland reporter heather dewar. katrina matthew has been named captain after the incredible victory at gleneagles. she is going for back—to—back victories, the first european captain to do so. she says she is relishing the challenge. you don't think you have the chance to go and do it in america, it has

never been done home and away, back to back. i am looking forward to the challenge and obviously you learn things from doing it the first time. it is nice to have the opportunity to go and do it again. so matthew delighted to be taking up the role and she will be doing it with a tried and tested formula. she will bring back her vice captains from 2019, catherine emery, suzanne pedersen and laura davies. although suzanne pedersen ended up playing at that event. so plenty of opportunity to bring on 2021. matteo berrettini has become the first italian to win a match at the season ending atp finals. he'd already been knocked out of the tournament, but put that disappointment behind him to beat dominic thiem in straight sets at the 02 arena in london. thiem is already in the semi—finals. there's a big match this evening, in the same group as berrettini and thiem — novak djokovic and roger federer play for a place in the semi finals.

the pair haven't met since djokovic won wimbledon's longest singles final in july. you can listen on five live sports extra from 7:45pm. here's a look at some of the day's other headlines: scottish rugby union has accepted a £70,000 fine for misconduct during the rugby world cup. their chief executive mark dodson had threatened world rugby with legal action if their final pool game against japan was called off. because of a typhoon in the region. the former arsenal striker, thierry henry, has taken over as head coach of montreal impact in the mls on a two year contract. he had a short sepll in charge of monaco but was sacked injanuary. the three time motogp champion jorge lorenzo will retire after sundays' final race of the season in valencia. the 32—year—old spainiard won his last title in 2015, but has had some serious injuries this season.

and, great britains rugby league team are still waiting for their fisrt win on tour of new zealand but they are winning over the locals — a school bus got stuck in the mud. the lions play papua new guinea on saturday. sonny bill williams has been talking aboutjoining toronto wolfpack on a multi—million pound deal. he won two world cup with the all blacks but has also played rugby league for the kiwis, and returns to the 13—man game for a third time in his career, as he makes his debut in the super league. he's been talking to bbc sport's mark chapman. iam i am grateful for such i am gratefulfor such an i am grateful for such an awesome opportunity at this stage. but with it, there comes excitement and you know, to be part of something special, a club in northern america, if we can get our foot special, a club in northern america, if we can get ourfoot in special, a club in northern america, if we can get our foot in the door

on the american market, i see it as, you know, great change and a great opportunity for youngsters coming through for themselves and their families, so it will be awesome to bea families, so it will be awesome to be a part of that. what do you have to do to go back from union to lee, so to do to go back from union to lee, so physically and mentally, what has to switch? the first part of the season to switch? the first part of the season will be adjusting to the game plan, fitting into how the toronto boys play, their style of attack, which is quite different to a lot of the teams i have watched, which is exciting. once i get that, i think in the first part of the season, then slowly i will be able to add my flavour to it, i guess. he will be a huge draw in the super league. concussion has become huge issue in contact sports, american football had a wake—up call a few years ago when a study showed the extent of long term brain damage among former players. earlier i spoke to the nfl‘s chief medical officer about how

they are looking to make the sport safer. the overwhelming majority of concussions are associated with the act of tackling, like in rugby. data showed 60% of the time showed the injury was to the person doing the tackle. we have done a lot of work on how the interaction occurs. what is the height of the tackle, what pa rt is the height of the tackle, what part of the body is first used to initiate the tackle as well as the safest area on the bolt carrier's body to complete the tackle. that work has showed as we can make those tackles safer. in the bottom line and comment thread to that is getting the head removed from the impact. we have put a strategy together in 2018 to reduce injuries from concussion and we were quite successful. we were able to reduce concussion to 29% overall in the nfl games in the campaign of 2018. i think we have shown we can make a difference. interestingly enough, we are putting an equal amount of

emphasis on the lower extremities. if you look at injuries that caused place to miss time and the burden of those injuries, eight of the top 11 happen to the lower extremity, so it is like knee injuries, soft tissue strains and ankle injuries. we are equally focusing on those injuries to help players stay on the field. when you look at amateur boxing they got rid of the head guards because they felt having something on the head was making them feel a little bit, you can hit me as many times as you like. is that the danger with helmets as well, you are finding in the nfl? they were designed to reduce and prevents skull fractures but we know helmets will never prevent all concussions. but they can reduce some of the injuries that will occur from incidental head contact. sometimes a player's head will hit the ground or they might collide inadvertently. at the same time, we don't think helmets will eliminate all injuries. it is a bit like an automobile. you can put a lot of technology around it but if

you operate the automobile in a reckless and unsafe manner, you can be injured. it is important to have a helmet but use it in the appropriate manner. you have got to look at the safety of your players without damaging the product of the sport as well because everybody loves a touchdown pass don't they from the quarterback, but a lot of people love those big hits as well? the game can be made safer and more exciting at the same time. they are not mutually exclusive goals. we can have an entertaining game for fans and improve safety at the same time. ido and improve safety at the same time. i do think we have seen a strong change over the last decade of people looking at those big hits. i don't think people look at those big hits as the core of the game, they would rather see an exciting touchdown or a pass play. they realise with the big hits there comes the risk of injury so we are seeing fewer of those for good reason. that was an interesting chap. he was speaking across the road at old trafford. let's just return to our top story,

england at wembley tonight, commentary on radio 5 live, montenegro is match number 1000. gareth southgate has named the youngest england squad, england team for 60 years. 23 years and 255 days is the average age of this england team. pickford, alexander—arnold, chilwell, harry winks, stones, maguire, sancho, oxlade—chamberlain, harry kane, mason mount and marcus rashford. that is have gareth southgate will mark this landmark game for england this evening, the 1000th game and with the draw, they can qualify for the euros. that is at wembley, but we thought we would jog at wembley, but we thought we would jog your memory with a couple of the others. goodbye.

people are on the pitch. they think it is all over. it is now. england are the world champions. he left him standing. pele. what a save. it is thereby david platt. england are out of the world cup. 0h no!

and david beckham. .. and david beckham... it's gone in. it isa and david beckham... it's gone in. it is a red card. he has sent rooney off. that surely cross the line. it has not been given. england win a world cup penalty shoot out. more rain where it is not needed at the moment and another cold day. cold enough to stop the day with snow to modest hills in south—west england and south wales but it is the rain causing more concern as it continues to fall in an area from south—west england, south—east wales, through the middle and is to lincolnshire and again, parts of

yorkshire. either side of that, brighter skies and you may see the odd shower. south—east england a few heavy ones, wintry showers in northern scotland on a strong, cold, northerly wind. focus on this wind this evening, the brighter colours indicating there will be heavy bursts of rain and snow to the higher parts of the peak district, but the rain, maybe another 30 to a0 millimetres in areas already suffering serious flooding. the problems will not be helped by that. it does eventually, overnight, shift further north across more of north—east england, maybe into tomorrow morning and finishing north tomorrow morning and finishing north to scotland. not too much in the way across, but some for northern ireland and risk of ice into scotla nd ireland and risk of ice into scotland where you wintry showers. this area of cloud and some outbreaks of rain tomorrow morning will tend to fizzle and a few showers left behind in the afternoon. quite a bit of dry and occasionally sunny weather for friday afternoon. it looks like an area of rain will develop and become

heavy towards east anglia and the south—east of england in the evening. another chilly day and a chilly breeze and most of us in single figures. no change in that respect into the weekend. low pressure in charge and that will be throwing a lot of cloud our way. still some occasional rain and it doesn't look like the rain totals will be huge, but we will monitor that. it means a lot of cloud, to eastern scotland, england and wales on saturday could see a bit of rain or drizzle. right elsewhere in scotla nd or drizzle. right elsewhere in scotland and northern ireland. and looking into part two of the weekend, if anything the chance of rain could be more widespread by then. that is something to watch. snow to the high ground, particularly in scotland and a chilly feel to the weather for the time of year. that is the forecast. right now, the concern about how much rain is falling where it is not needed, the risk of further flooding and disruption and there are met office weather warnings and environment agency flood warnings. all the details can be found online.

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