leicester city have for many been one of the surprises of the season, second in the lake, two games from the league cup final. brendan roger spoke this week of creating a new history. from the beginning, they seemed in a rush to get it started. backin seemed in a rush to get it started. back in the side with jamie vardy but when he scored at this chance, things might not go their way. aston villa may have sensed that especially when frederick got his footin especially when frederick got his foot in the cross to pride in the opening goal. a lead they were unlucky not to extend as this had it rattled back off of the crossbar. much has been discussed of late about the future of james minutes and come here he was with a big chance to change the course of leicester city future. instead, that was left. this is the equaliser. finally to seize the first leg and level. leicester city new history

will have to wait. england's leading wicket james anderson has been ruled out of the final two test matches against south africa with a broken rib. having onlyjust recovered from a calf problem last year, the seamer could miss up to two months. he said it was frustrating to be missing the rest of the series but he'll still be supporting the likes of ben stokes, joe root and stuart broad from home. earlier, i gauged the reaction from former england bowler ryan sidebottom look at him and how bride and how bit they are in the amount of balls what they have done and what they have achieved as a duo. but of course, as the older you get, those little nicks take a fraction longer to heal stop injuries, they start creeping again but he will be determined. he is very driven. he is a fantastic bowler and offer so much. let's not just a fantastic bowler and offer so much. let's notjust write him off. i think the thing forjimmy is that conundrum where how much the wide bowl, how must i rest my body, when i have got a nickel, do i need to

borrow more rest more. as you get older, you need to keep the body going and you need to bolus much as you possibly can. i think it is difficult for him as a bowler knowing myself when you stop, when you have a weak spray, difficult to get back into a rhythm. but he will come back from a stronger, no doubt. you he still has so much to offer a fourin you he still has so much to offer a four in the second test match. england now five in the first innings. thus this make for selected job a little bit easier going into the third test match? there was a question mark about whether he or story brought might actually be dropped for. yeah, they both pulled broad. they've dropped for. yeah, they both pulled they've set the tone for the team. they've set the tone for the team. they gave the team momentum and a big lift. i they gave the team momentum and a big lift. i suppose it helps any way. it is always nice to have that headache. as a coaching captain. that selection conundrum. what will i pick. especially now with england come a winning team who are you

going to drop? if you have archer and wait to come into the team may be. craig overton also there. sam curran. he has a golden arm as well. —— you have archer. people will go he is not fast enough. he is too short but he makes things happen. it ta kes short but he makes things happen. it takes wickets very important time for front of it is a great group of bowlers and probably archer will come in to replacejimmy. bowlers and probably archer will come in to replace jimmy. thank you for joining come in to replace jimmy. thank you forjoining us. let's take you through some of the other stories making the headlines this wednesday... with the cricket's bosses considering a proposal to reduce test cricket to four days, england's director of men's cricket ashley giles says five day test matches are precious to him and the players. british number onejohanna konta has withdrawn from next week's adelaide international as she manages an ongoing knee injury. it means she'll not play against before the australian open — tennis' first grand slam of the year. former world number one maria sharapova has said the brisbane international feels

like a "second tier event". her comments came after the men's atp cup forced the women's matches off the main court. the government says fa needs to immediately reconsider its decision to sell fa cup broadcast rights via a third party to a gambling website. since the start of last season, bookmaker bet365 has had rights to show games on its website and app. our correspondent natalie pirks reports. this weekend all fa cup matches kicked off one minute late. time to take a minute before kick—off. it 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. last season imgs sold 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 as a major issue forfuelling 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 injune 2017

after this contract was done. today it said... the government wants the deal ended now but it is complicated, much like football's relationship with bookies. more than half of england's clubs have a gambling company as a shirt sponsor. the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach has told the bbc that the winter youth olympics will be safe for athletes. it comes after a russian woman was left with life threatening injuries after falling onto the ice during rehearsals for the opening ceremony. our olympic sports reporter nick hope is in lausanne. 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 olympic committee say

they wish the performer a fast recovery. 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 1a 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 details. british two—time olympic gold medallist max whitlock says the tokyo olympics will not be his last. he'll defend his two titles injapan later in the year — and even though he'll be 31 by the time the following olympics come around in france — he sees no reason why he can't still carry on to 202k. there is a lot of pressure. i think

the pressure ramps up every year. it seems to get more and more, the expectancy i bring home titles is high. which is really hard for any athlete to deal with. it is hard to deal with that pressure, no doubt about that but i have to use my experience and what i've got to try and go into tokyo and the best shape that i can possibly be an and just give it my best shot. i have made some big upgrade since the rio olympics. our routines have got more difficult. it is about trying to improve my score and push to delimit on where i can go. i think that is the reason why i haven't stopped because when reason is i love what i'm doing and ifeel very lucky to bea i'm doing and ifeel very lucky to be a gymnast but another reason is i see there is more room in the tank for improvement and i want to push it to delimit and see where i can go to. if i can to tokyo and paris after that, five more years hopefully, that will be the dream which will be a olympics if i go to all of them. i think that is the target but by then, i will be an old man in the sport so i will have to

sort of take it year by year and ta ke sort of take it year by year and take my time. but tokyo is the main aim at the moment hopefully we can go there in peak condition with the team. and before we go..paris saint germain reached the semi finals of the french league cup tonight, beating st etienne 6—1. spare a thought for the st etienne goalkeeper on a night like tonight too. here he is scoring possibly the most unlucky own goal we've ever seen. if you weren't quite sure what happened — here it is again. when the fender, to defend her, polson goalkeeper ended. couldn't do that again. that's one defender, two defenders. that's all from sportsday. up next, the papers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord jones and broadcaster, henry bonsu. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. most leading with the news concerning the duke and duchess of sussex. the metro goes with the duke and duchess of sussex's announcement that they will step back as senior royals to become financially independent. on the ft‘s front page is president trump's signalling that the us would not respond militarily to iran's attacks on american forces in iraq. the guardian details how prince harry and meghan‘s decision to step back from public life is in part down to hostilities with the media. the royal couple also make the times front page, with the paper saying that the couple have now opened a rift in the royalfamily with their decision to take

a step back. megxit — that's on the sun's front page, with the paper claiming that the queen is "deeply upset" with her grandson's decision to quit as a senior royal. the i also goes with the duke and duchess. the paper says the couple's search for privacy will motivate their new life in north america. let's be honest, one star in talent isn't there? we have to start with the sign, head of the game they where. that's one story in town. they predicted it this morning. their headline, megxit. what did you make of this we heard what they called this palace bombshell? megxit isa called this palace bombshell? megxit is a typical son headline. there is about three different aspects to this. —— sun headline. one is clearly that megan i think, i reckon she had no idea ofjust what she was letting herself in for. and they

have choices. so when aspect is we have choices. so when aspect is we have a life and we want to do something with our lives. another aspect is that they have put the announcement to become financially independent also raises questions about how they hope to an income. the second question if this is you wa nt to the second question if this is you want to be financially independent, not just your foundation and want to be financially independent, notjust your foundation and raise money for charity, but you want to raise your money and no longer be pa rt raise your money and no longer be part of the public purse and do it yourself. maybe she should go back to hollywood? of course was the a good point but the point is everything they do to raise money for their own benefit, these boys, these papers, they will destroy them. they will go for them every single time they do something, treading on entitled to raise money

for themselves outside from the foundation, there will be big trouble in the third one, which i actually just trouble in the third one, which i actuallyjust personally, when you ask me what i thought, my first reaction was i could not believe that this man has done this without talking to his father, to his brother, or to very importantly, his grandmother. i find that i totally wrong. if it is true. the three different angles to this. he has declared war, they run it here, civil war as harry amick with the royals. i think the real war is declared actually on these guys, the papers. what was your take? the papers. what was your take? the paper is, obviously come are bound to kind of whip it up and call it a civil war but this is i think has been brewing for quite some time. i don't think it isjust because meghan cannot handle this good in

the of the tabloids in the british newspapers. there are other things going on at the palace within the family. it could very well be that she hasn't been as welcomed in the family as they thought she might have been. i understand from one of the prince of coverage they are upset that i think when the queen did the queen's speech and asked for the photograph release with the three hairs, all the way down to george, there was not a picture of them in eitherthe george, there was not a picture of them in either the queen's speech portrait or that particular picture and declared to be well they feel that not being supported come all this talk about briefings by one household against another, we know the newspapers intend to favour william and kate rather than harry and megan. it could be well said they said they don't need this, we are going to we have a sense of our owi'i are going to we have a sense of our own destiny, and southern africa, and canada, why can't we do this? this is the age of disruption. we

have a disruptive minister and president. why don't