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the headlines. president trump says there were no american casualties in iran's miss out the attack on us bases. speaking at the white house, the president defended his decision to assassinate iran's atop general and called on britain and others to pull away from the iran nuclear deal. elsewhere in iran, mystery

surrounds the crash of a ukrainian passenger plane into a van which killed 176 people, including three britons. downing street says they held a positive meeting with the new president, saying they will not extend the brexit implementation period. carlos ghosn has been explaining his decision to skip bail and fleet japan where he was under investigation for financial misconduct. now it is sportsday. now it is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. take a minute to think about mental health or to open an account with a bookies. the government tells the football association to cut ties with gambling companies after a row

over streaming the fa cup. an ice skater is left with life threatening injuries following an accident at the youth olympics in switzerland. police are investigating. we'll have the latest from lausanne. and, a life with no limits. the daredevil sport of wheelchair motocross. we hear from the 15—year—old world champion who says it should be a paralympic sport. also coming up in the programme... he's britain's greatest ever gymnast — but how many more olympics will we see max whitlock take part in? ican go i can go to tokyo and then paris is the olympics after that. five more yes, that will be their dream. four olympics, if i go to all of them. four olympics, if i go to all of them.

hello and welcome to sportsday. it's an issue close to the future monarch‘s heart — mental health. and it's closely linked with sport — which is why before every fa cup game at the weekend, fans were asked to pause for one minute to think about it. the initiative was spearheaded by prince william — the president of the fa. however, it's since emerged that the bookmaker bet 365 has the rights to show fa cup ties on its website and app — but only after fans placed a bet or opened an account. with gambling addiction a known cause of poor mental health, it's prompted the government to ask the fa to reconsider its arrangement with the bookmaker. this weekend all fa cup matches kicked off one minute late. time to ta ke kicked off one minute late. time to take a minute before kick—off. kicked off one minute late. time to take a minute before kick—offm was to publicise the fa president prince william's mental health

drive. in life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows. today the fa has been accused of an own goal on mental health after indirectly selling rights to show live fa cup matches to a bookmaker. at the start of 2017 the fa did a deal with spot agency img to sell live matches. last season imgs held those right on to bookmaker bet365. fa cup matches this weekend were streamed live on the bet365 website. fans wanting to watch had to either place a bet or spend at least £5 to open a betting account. gambling addiction has repeatedly been cited asa addiction has repeatedly been cited as a major issue for fuelling mental health problems. tracey crouch was a sports minister when this deal was done. i'm deeply uncomfortable about the rights deals with bet365. i think many people will want to watch that magical fa cup and will seek

ways of doing so and if that means downloading a gambling app then they will do that. that in turn can lead to some very harmful behaviour in the future. as a body which regulates football's betting rules, the fa ended a lucrative deal with ladbrokes in june 2017 the fa ended a lucrative deal with ladbrokes injune 2017 after this contract was done. today it said... the government wants the deal ended 110w the government wants the deal ended now but it is complicated, much like football's relationship with bookies. more than half of england's clu bs bookies. more than half of england's clubs have a gambling company as a shirt sponsor. gambling addiction is an issue which has been heavily linked with mental health issues. joining us now is charles ritchie who helped find a charity after his son ended his life at the age of

just 24. he had a gambling addiction. from your experience with your son, is this a sort of deal that jack would have your son, is this a sort of deal thatjack would have been your son, is this a sort of deal that jack would have been drawn into taking part in? the prospect of being able to see his club would be exactly the sort of thing that he would want to do. yeah, i fear that many people like him would sign up to this deal feeling it was just an opportunity to see your club play without actually appreciating what you are ultimately signing up to. you are signing up to be targeted by the relentless bombardment of marketing materials from a voracious gambling company. for somebody who is an addict, each time they are getting that sort of material it is a trigger to gamble. of course, your vested interest is in people who have a problem but there are many others who don't. to be fed to the betting company, they have said you

only have to open an account. they are paying for the rights to some of those fa cup matches. some might argue it is up to the individual to make that choice as to whether they place a bet or not. we are not, as a charity, antigambling. we don't believe in prohibition at all. but we do think there are some products which are actually too dangerous. people will engage with those products thinking this is entirely safe, just a bit of fun because that is how they are marketed. but the reality for many people is those products are a route into addiction. when you look at individual products, would you look at particular groups of people and young men in particular, the addiction rates are astronomical. for some products they are well over 50%. the connection between gambling and mental health problems is clear, has been clear for many years. the link to suicide is clear. estimate

of something like 500 people die through gambling related suicide every year is the reality. the government have been quite tough on this. they have been very vocal today and in the past they have toughened up legislation on gambling. do you feel they have to goa gambling. do you feel they have to go a step further and step then?” go a step further and step then?|j do go a step further and step then?” do think the government should be looking at what they can do to intervene in this specific incident, but it should be the fa taking responsibility. all of these things should not have to rely on government saying you have to act responsibly because of our legislation. organisations of the size and scale and profile of the fa should be fully capable of making a proper moral decision. bet 365 have issued a statement.

let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories. british number one johanna ctrl will not play again before the first major of the tennis calendar. she's has pulled out of next week's adelaide international as a precaution — she's been managing a knee problem for much of the past year. maria sharapova's been given a wild card to play in the tournament. she said it felt like a second—tier event.

prince harry will host the 2021 rugby league world cup draw at buckingham palace next week. as patron, the duke of sussex presented the challenge cup trophy to winners warrington at wembley stadium last season. the draw will also be streamed on the royal family's social media accounts. celebrations may be short lived as news emerges ofjames anderson has been ruled out of the final test with a side strain. what has happened and what will it mean for england? bad news for england and anderson. he thought he was in some problem in the second innings. he seemed to be in some discomfort with his side. he didn't do much building and that mri scan is turned up a left rib injury. it will keep him out for between six to eight weeks. that is the whole of the south africa tour and probably the sri la nka africa tour and probably the sri lanka tour. they have craig overton in the squad and the fast bowlers,

they should be available for the third test but i think this really raises a question about anderson. he is 37 now. he says he thinks he can go on. he doesn't see age as a barrier. he wants to emulate ryan giggs in football and keeping playing as long as he can. he's just come back from a calf injury and now this has hit him. every time one of these injuries comes along it will be harder and harder to come back from. now, it's been a tough 24 hours for manchester united after losing 3—1 to their city rivals in the first leg of the league cup semifinal. manager ole gunner solskaer said it was their worst performance this season. the neutrals among us will be hoping for a less one—sided affair in the other league cup semifinal between leicester and aston villa tonight. charlie slater is at the king power stadium ahead of the first leg of this midlands derby. while come along to the king power stadium. it should be a good one, an interesting one between the foxes and the villains. it throws up a

couple of historical coincidences. the last time that leicester had a semi—final it was in this competition. they played against aston villa, they beat them, they went on to wembley and they won feebly league cup. brendan rodgers and that remarkable 30 game win strea k and that remarkable 30 game win streak he has got in domestic cup competitions. he is not lost in 30 going. the last team to beat them? aston villa. the villains have just signed danny drinkwater. he can play tonight. as for the foxes, jamie vardy is back, is fit and is available to play this evening. brendan rodgers expected to name a strong side as he tried to take the upper hand going into the reverse side which takes place at villa park at the end of this month. full coverage of the match is on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. a criminal investigation has been launched after a russian ice skater was criticially injured when she fell during rehersals for the opening ceremony of the youth olympic games in

switzerland. police say the 35—year—old "suddenly lost her balance" and fell on to the ice. our olympic reporter nick hope has more. youth olympic games are a celebration of sport which bring together thousands of athletes for two weeks of intense competition. but the celebrations ahead of the large of lausanne 2020 have taken a sombre time in the last few hours. it follows the news that a 35—year—old russian ice skater is in a life—threatening condition after an injury following a fall during rehearsals ahead of the opening ceremony due to take place it on thursday evening. in a statement, the swiss police say...

the international in —— the international olympic committee. as it stands the opening ceremony is due to take place here in switzerland on thursday evening with competition beginning on friday. the athlete here range in ages from 14 to 18 years old and for the first time ata to 18 years old and for the first time at a winter games there will be an equal number of female and male athletes competing. 900 of each. many of those will be hoping to use again to compete in a future senior winter olympics. i will be here to bring you all the latest from lausanne 2020. you can go to the bbc website for more