you know, football is the same and, you know, football is the same attitude as i think i've got, and body has certainly gotten that. so, yeah, i'm taking the challenge. i don't intend to lie down and get stuck into it. had a few tough times, so you know, i'm really positive, taking the challenge and i think that's the best way to be. roberto speaking to us earlier. still to come on sportsday... we hearfrom england's danni wyatt who scored a half century on her 100th odi during england's win over pakistan it's been almost four months now since he was expelled from the efl, and the fans have been in disarray since. tonight, they are coming together to call —— discuss their

future. they've reformed to call themselves bury afc and have a bid from businessman robert benwell to buy gigg lane. bury were expelled from the english football league in august. the group are hoping to start again at the bottom of the footbal [in the nwcfl, which runs divisions at the ninth and tenth tier of english football, and has submitted a proposal under the name bury afc. earlier i spoke to him from very afc and asked what they hoped would come out of this meeting. we wouldn't start off in the football league, or reinstating the football league, or reinstating the football league, or reinstating the football league, basically, what it would be is, it is a phoenix club but either way, if it was to be liquidated, whether it was his version of it or whether it was the one that we've been working on. we would have to start in a league pyramid system, really. and just go again, and try to get back up there as possible back in into the football league, but it would be known as perry fc, it would be known as something else. obviously, the clu b as something else. obviously, the club has been liquidated, and we wouldn't be able to use that name. the fans just want clarity, honestly, with everything that's been going on from it's been dragging on, we all want to bury football clu b dragging on, we all want to bury football club in its current form, but, unfortunately, at this moment in time, because the club has not been sold, we can't do that, we need

to look at what options we have going forward. so a difficult time for football clubs from lower leagues. but one chief executive officer has actually increased revenue and has been credited with an upsurge in home attendances. the ceo of mansfield town, carolyn radford was named as league two's ceo of the year for 2019 in the football business awards. i caught up with her earlier and asked xxxi — i caught up with her earlier and asked what can be done to keep those fans coming? we do a lot with social media, which is obviously massive in this day and age, we listen to them, we are very attentive towards what they are asking for. and we have tried to make the club busy all the time, so you can go down to the one course stadium any day of the week, not just match days, course stadium any day of the week, notjust match days, and you can have you know, sunday lunch there, you can watch sports, and we have restau ra nts a nd bars you can watch sports, and we have restaurants and bars and lots of clu b eve nts, restaurants and bars and lots of club events, so we just made it really a fun place to be, and

we put the football club back into the hearts of mansfield. is very much a family affair, you are married to the owner, john. but a lot of club owners need deep pockets, carolyn, how difficult is it to notjust keep throwing money at the problem until you get yourself into difficulties? well, it's very difficult because you don't get as much money, obviously, as if you are in the premier league or the championship. but we really make sure that we balance things properly. we look after the football clu b to properly. we look after the football club to make it sustainable, because you hear about these tragedies like with barry. so for us, we make sure that we don't overspend. —— bury. which is quite difficult you know, my husband is from mansfield, and his heart is in the football club. so it's often a case of saying, "well, we can do that right now." and making sure that you make a really to your business decisions. and making sure that you make a really to your business decisionslj mean, really to your business decisions.” mean, the club has been going through a tough time the pitch as well, 18th and the league, you had

to suck your manager last weekend. john dempster, and replaced him with graham conklin. how do you keep fans supportive during tough times? it's been really difficult, to be honest, everybody‘s heads have been down. the football players, they don't wa nt to the football players, they don't want to be in this situation. and they are of very talented group of players. now it's a case of you know picking everybody back again, going again, and you know, making sure that attendances don't drop, and that attendances don't drop, and that people come out and support the manager. but, yeah, i mean football isa manager. but, yeah, i mean football is a strange thing. you can never guarantee anything, and you know, we we re guarantee anything, and you know, we were favourites to be promoted this season. we just missed were favourites to be promoted this season. wejust missed out last season. wejust missed out last season. the season before. so, expectation levels were high, and we have not met that expectation level. so now is a case ofjust taking each game as it comes. but graham is a great manager, and he managed to do very well at bristol, and he got them from the bottom of the table to them from the bottom of the table to the top of the table quite quickly.

so, hopefully, he can do it for us. do you look at other clubs, carolyn, who have fallen follow of some of the difficulties that lower leagues can be presented with lake bury, like macclesfield and bolton, and do you think to yourself, well, we need to make sure we don't do that? absolutely. we are the main custodians of the football club. so it is our duty to make sure that it is around for generations to come. it is very important to a lot of people, and, you know, it is an absolute travesty when football clu bs a re absolute travesty when football clubs are mismanaged, and miss run. and, you know, inevitably, they go out of business. it's a very difficult industry, football, in many different ways. you have to just be very measured and look at it as a business and run it as a business. carolyn radford speaking to me earlier. russia will appeal the decision to ban the country from major sporting events for four years. the world anti—doping agency issued

the ban because of russia's failure to co—operate fully during an investigation into doping in russian sport. our sports news correspondent alex capstick has more. yes, all indications were that russia would contest this decision leading figures from both sports and the government have been highly critical, calling it's unfair, that it was part of a western conspiracy to damage the reputation of russia. today, the most powerful man in the country vladimir putin said it was unjustified, and he was against collective punishment. just a reminder of that punishment. the russian flag, its colours, its anthem, its name it cannot be part of any major international event for the next four years, and that includes the olympics, the world cup. athletes will be allowed to compete as long as they show they are not part of the doping conspiracy. they will do so during a neutral banner. while they fully expected russia to launch an appeal, that was always part of for thinking when it reached the conclusion, to make russia noncompliant. the case now goes to the court

of arbitration for sport. the fear is it could take months, and that means we could have the built up to yet another olympics, in this case, tokyo 2020, dominated by the russian doping scandal. time for a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines today. liverpool have confirmed wingertakumi minamino from red bull salzburg as their first signing of the january transfer window. the japan international has signed a four—and—a—half—year deal and said it was his "dream" to become a liverpool player. former england netball captain ama agbeze has been presented with her mbe at buckingham palace today. she led england to commmonwealth gold last year. premiership rugby have announced a "comprehensive review" of their salary cap regulations. champions saracens were docked 35 points last month and given a £5.36 million fine for breaching salary cap regulations over three seasons. 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has been giving boxing a try — but she's enlisted the help of an expert to train her.

none other than the former heavyweight champion, mike tyson. perhaps they'll swap sports and serena will give mike some tips on his forehand! moving on to crickets. england have won the t20 three match series against pakistan with a match to spare. they have an un—assailable 2—0 lead after opener amyjones top scored with 89, giving england an 84 run victory. henry moran was watching. a heavy win for england in the second t20 to ensure that they've wrapped up the series at the earliest opportunity. batting first, 185 for five was the score, amy jones' 89 from just 52 deliveries, her highest scores in it t20 internationals. and for the second match running, a playerfor the match running, a playerfor the match were for her as well. bowling was coming good were dominant, 101-9, was coming good were dominant, 101—9, pakistan were limited to, particularly the bowling, really

restricting the run—scoring. that saw them home and ensured this was a mighty wind, a special day as well for daniel wyatt, playing in her 100th t20 international. she scored 55, not the 100 she was dreaming of, but still, a momentous occasion for the england opener. pretty special to make my hundredth t20 cap today, and to have my dad here as well. it was really nice command to get a 50 as well is, yeah, i'm really happy with that. was there a little part of you as he walked off the field thinking, there was mark runs out there for you? well, lisa sent me the other day, she got a feeling i'm going to get 100 on my hundredth, so when i was about 40, i didn't think about that moment, but yeah, a shame i didn't get it, but amyjones batted exceptionally well again, and it was nice to contribute and to get 186 on that wicket is a pretty good effort, because it was quite tacky and wet again today. so one more game left in the tour to malaysia for crickets, the final t20 here at the oval tomorrow. then it's home for christmas, and back out to

australia injanuary christmas, and back out to australia in january for christmas, and back out to australia injanuaryfora christmas, and back out to australia in january for a t20 try christmas, and back out to australia injanuary for a t20 try series against india and the hosts, australia, before the big one, the t20 world cup. england are getting some momentum here with some good performances against pakistan, and they will be full of confidence, particularly if they can make it a clea n swee p particularly if they can make it a clean sweep with victory in the final t20 tomorrow. nicola adams made olympic history at london 2012, becoming the first female boxer to win gold. she turned professional in 2017 — but last month announced her retirement over fears she could lose her sight if she continued in the sport. now adams says she wants to pursue a career as an actor. she's been speaking to our sports correspondentjo currie. three months ago, nicola adams was at the top of her support. the double olympic champion was preparing for her world title fight with big plans to continue dominating boxing. what a freak injury brought it all to an end. in my last fight, and the first round, i got caught with a it might have been her thumb in

my eye, and it tore the pupil into places. so, yeah, it was quite painful. sol spent pretty much most of the fight seeing two people. doctors told adams if she continued to box, then she may end up blind, leaving her with a big decision to make. it could become you know, i get caught with that one shot at the wrong time, and it could've costed me at my site, and itjust wasn't a risk that i was prepared to take. olympic champion! the 37—year—old has had a golden career, the leads born fighter became the first ever olympic boxing champion in london 2012 before repeating her feet at rio four years later. she's also held world european and commonwealth titles, as well as being awarded in mbe and an obe, a true trailblazer, at least behind an unrivaled legacy. i had to be the london olympics, i had to be, just because it

was a home game. the whole countryjust lit up. we had so much support from the whole nation. it was, it was unreal, and it was my first ever olympic gold, and it was the first one for a female boxer as well, it made history. it has to be. it has to be the highlight. it has to be. adams is used to drama in the ring, but now says she plans to swap the ca nvas but now says she plans to swap the canvas for the big screen. started for us getting into acting when i was younger, i quite enjoyed doing it, coronation street, played myself in waterloo road. i had fun. and i'm hoping in the future i will be able to do a little bit more. i was, i had to turn down a few opportunities while i was boxing, so i'm looking forward to now taking up all the opportunities that i had to miss. if i see all the opportunities that i had to miss. ifi see you all the opportunities that i had to miss. if i see you as an actor and actress, she was an action woman, is that the sort of thing you would like to go into constant work, or

just acting? just the acting side, i have had enough of getting bashed about. joe curry, bbc news. coming to your tv screens soon, i'm sure. just time to show you something before we go — cristiano ronaldo is known for his athleticism and ability to score goals with either his feet or his head — but this is something special. ronaldo scored injuventus'2—1win over sampdoria last night — but what a leap to make the header. he hangs in the air — almost like a basketball player — look at that. a jump of 71 cm, look at that. ajump of 71 cm, as he's headed in that cross at the back post. just phenomenal. that's all from sports day. we'll have more throughout the evening. for now, bye—bye, and thanks for joining us. hello. it's a wet evening and night

out there for many of us, with one speu out there for many of us, with one spell of rain pushing through northern ireland and scotland, another area of rain coming on into england and wales as we get deeper into the night. a little bit of a gap between the two i'm about, yet, more heavy rain to the south, where the ground is saturated and we have already seen some flooding, so that's not going to help the situation. no frost though, as we going to friday morning, there could be some fog patches around in northern ireland though that could be slow to clear during friday. now, this next batch of rain may well fringe into eastern most areas of scotland, as we go on through the day. elsewhere in scotland, once the show clear from many western areas, it does look drier into northern ireland as well, bit of hazy brightness in a few spots, it will brighten up towards wales, southwest england, still looking quite soggy to parts of the midlands and northern england on into the afternoon. not as windy as the past few days, but temperatures down, compared with thursday, when across the board we were in double figures, those sort of temperatures are just confined to the southern areas.

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