but valverde hung on to hisjob for a season in which convincing displays have been rare. and that was until today. barcelona have replaced valverde with the former real betis coach quique setien. who's signed a two and a half year deal. ernest macia is from radio catalunya. faber was in control, the players are taking decisions that were affected by the coach. days off for example an physical conditioning was not good, and we saw the team play well in certain moments but then there was a drop in too many occasions as we saw and the super cup in saudi arabia where barcelona was able to play well for 60, 70 minutes but then losing everything. so the poor physical condition was key and of course there were the two big disappointments in the champions league to rome and also some bad

games against real madrid. archrivals fc barcelona, so the explosion when barcelona announced they would be looking for a substitute in the short—term. in the end, things did not turn it well but barcelona had already taken the decision and the change was made today. he basically... he is like ordeal, fancy football, attacking football, but the players are the same so football, but the players are the same so it remains to be seen whether guardiola's type before but will be successful at the current moment. but yes he trusts himself, he's very stubborn, and he said that "maybe i am wrong but i prefer to be wrong my way." this is what he said in recent teams where he was only two of the three seasons that he was

supposed to be there in second division. he has never been the coach of a big team. so now it is a chance to show to the world that his style of football which connects very well with fc barcelona's sowa football is the right one for this team. a newjonah barcelona. —— dolan at barcelona. let's have a quick look at some of the other football headlines today. aston villa have completed the signing of pepe reina on loan from ac milan until the end of the season. the former liverpool player was in the stands as villa were thrashed 6—1 by manchester city yesterday. as was their first choice keeper tom heaton who's been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. kick it out say greater action needs to be taken following reports of anti—irish and sectarian abuse aimed at stoke city's james mcclean over the weekend. mcclean was allegedly the victim of abuse during stoke‘s match with millwall on saturday, that comes after similar recent incidents reported at huddersfield and barnsley. and england lionesses will start the defence of the shebelieves cup title against the hosts and world

champions the united states. the lionesses won this event for the first time last year and will also playjapan and spain in the march tournament. the man responsible for racially abusing england cricketerjofra archer has been banned from attending international and domestic fixtures in new zealand for two years. the fast bowler was subjected to racist abuse by a spectator during the final day of the first—test defeat by new zealand at the bay 0val in mount maunganui. england lost the match by an innings and 65 runs. the 28—year—old man has also been given a verbal warning by police. next to the story that's sending shockwaves through major league baseball. the manager, and general manager of the houston astros have been suspended for a year and then sacked after an investigation found they cheated on the way to their only world series title in 2017. here are the details of the punishment that led to a] hinch and jeff luhnow being fired. hinch‘s ban is the longest for an mlb manager since 1989. the suspensions begin immediately

and end the day after this year's world series. the astros have been fined the maximum allowable $5 million. and they've had their next two first and second—round draft picks taken away. the crux of the problem is that the astros were now using centrefield cameras within their own stadium to pick up the signs from opposing teams, relay that to their bench, and then create whether they would either bang on a trash can or they would whistle, and that would signify two opposing hitters what the next pitch would be. and because that can't be picked up with the naked eye, i think that's why major—league baseball said this is out of balance and as a result, a harsh levy and harsh punishment. the corruption trial of the former president of world athletics lamine diack

started in paris today but it has now been adjourned untiljune after new evidence came to light. the 86 year old is accused of receiving payments to help cover up positive russian dope tests. from paris here's our sports editor dan roan. it is seen as a hugely important landmark case, notjust for athletics, whose credibility really took a huge blow in the wake of the scandal which enveloped diack but he was a hugely influential man at the international olympic committee where he was very influential, french investigators have been looking into the possibility that he was involved with bribery involving votes for various major sports events. 0lympics, world championships and perhaps a 2022 qatar world cup as well. this case, this trial focuses on whether or not diack extorted money from russian cheats,

whether he covered up their positive tests for money in return for money as part of a sprawling conspiracy which was first unearthed some months ago and housed it has taken until now for this trial to take place. rob burrow made an emotional five—minute appearance for leeds rhinos yesterday. it was a sell—out at headingley for the match against bradford, a fundraiser for motor neurone disease research. burrow was dignosed with the condition last year. he spoke to my colleague sally nugent a little earlier. you know what has brought in the biggest but meant something like this, i've been to rugby league person, they all rally around and show us an absolute on believable, . .. looking at and show us an absolute on believable,... looking at these pictures now, this must have been a credit with top for your. it was, it

was tough but it was great. now there my son... all this time it was in moment and. you say you're in the early stages, how do you feel? you know what, my voice, i'm feeling really good. not speaking butjust with myself... 0ther really good. not speaking butjust with myself... other than that, i feel absolutely great. i feel fit, strong, great appetite. feel absolutely great. i feel fit, strong, greatappetite. i feel absolutely great. i feel fit, strong, great appetite. i then do anything like this, it isjust normal life for me stop with and looking at your fellow players here. what words of support had they been able to give to you? they had been there from day one. they spilt a lot of blood on the pitch but they are there for me now when i need them

most. they say a friend in need, a friend indeed. i've got so many friends and people supporting me, and i'm very lucky. it's not about me. it's about for me, my boys, and going after this horrible disease. that is something you have already achieved so much, we know you have been raising awareness with his own foundation statement what would you like to achieve? through this, i would like to make massive grandson reassurance. so professional at dominant last week, he was great, absolutely... 0ne dominant last week, he was great, absolutely... one day, hopefully they will find a cure. whether it is in my time or not, but raise

awareness, get more people looking into it, and hopefully one day, you will cure this horrible disease. surname pictures from sa as rob burrow was speaking to sally earlier on today. —— extra neri pictures. —— extraordinary pictures. stephen maguire's completed a sensational comeback at the masters snooker. he was playing australian neil robertson in the first round and was 5—1 down when he played what steve davis called the most amazing shot in the history of snooker. it didn't do him much good at the time as he fluked the red but the white also went down much to everyone's amazement. maguire went on to win that frame and then the next four in a row to snatch a remarkable victory to go through. maguire will play david gilbert in the second round. masters debutant gilbert thrashed the 2018 champion from northern ireland mark allen six frames to one. that's all from sportsday.

coming up next on bbc news it's, the papers. goodnight. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, former labour communications boss, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor of the telegraph. great to have you both with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. tomorrow's financial times says there is pressure on the bank of england to cut interest rates

as the economy slows down. the metro leads on the queen's message to her grandson prince harry — "you can go your own way" is how the paper sums up the latest statement from buckingham palace. the i newspaper says the queen has agreed what it calls a "reshaped royal family", as the duke and duchess resign as full—time members of her household. the queen has granted harry his wish, says the express — but "complex matters" are still to be resolved after the historic summit at sandringham. the guardian sounds a warning about "record heat" in the world's oceans — harming sealife and threatening more frequent storms. and as well as the queen's decision over harry and meghan, tomorrow's times reports on a new drug for high cholesterol that could save thousands of lives. a sprinkling of other streets but there is no doubt there is one show

in town, isn't there? lance was start with the daily mail and their ta ke start with the daily mail and their take on what is being called what is being called in some corners mexit, a gift in many ways for the headline writers, isn't it, "go if you must" a picture of the pensive looking queen who issued this statement this evening, a personal statement saying she would prefer harry and meghan to stay as full—time rails. what did you make of the tone and the wing which at that statement? because it was personal? it was personal and i think in that respect the daily mail are a bit out of line in their cove rage of are a bit out of line in their coverage of it. there headline should say "go if you must close what mix it sound as if the queen's statement was grudging. and that she was reluctant to let them follow the path that they wanted to follow. but it is content of her very personal statement referring to them as harry and meghan not their royal titles for example. struck me as being much

more understanding than that, that she recognise that they did have different priorities and that maybe she had no choice but to accept that because they were very clear in their own because they were very clear in theirown minds because they were very clear in their own minds about what they wanted to do and frankly, who can blame them for feeling that their future lies elsewhere ? blame them for feeling that their future lies elsewhere? i think building it up as a showdown, we don't know whether it was a showdown or not, it may have been a perfectly amicable discussion behind closed doors at sandringham and i don't ta ke doors at sandringham and i don't take it is the biggest real crisis ina take it is the biggest real crisis in a generation which is also what the daily mail called it. it's bad for the royal family because harry and meghan did suggest a new way forward for the royal family had they stayed close to the bosom of they stayed close to the bosom of the royal family, they represented clearly in many ways a new generation and a new approach to public life. it's unfortunate for the royal family put us not the biggest crisis in a generation. would you agree because the daily mail is promising unraveled reports

over pages 2—9? mail is promising unraveled reports over pages 2-9? i haven't seen the unrivaled pages yet. so i am looking forward to it. maybe next round. but i think lance is right about the tone of it because i think daily express which we were also going to talk about, they struck a very different tone in the headline that it has chosen. "gracious queen grant terry his wish", it talks about what of grandeur but that chimes more with the tone of the public state m e nts with the tone of the public statements that lance was referring to earlier. it seemed much more awake i wish it could have stayed as full—time rails but i think the exact words were but i understand and respect the fact that you don't wa nt and respect the fact that you don't want to. —— full—time royals. it seemed quite positive and quite amicable. this will all be public relations manage and i understand all that but if you take it on face value it seems like it was a lot more amicable than some headlines mina suggested. i think it was also

interesting it is if i am correct the evening standard which was reporting earlier thatjustin trudeau apparently, the canadian premier, has apparently at a personal level or any personal capacity, it couldn't have been in a personal capacity but in an off the record wake let the queen note that the canadian taxpayers might be willing to pick up the security costs of the couple living in canada. that should be quite interesting because i'd have thought that some canadian taxpayers at least might wonder why redoing this? as long as it is on the front of the daily express, complex medicines be resolved after what they called this historical sonic. resolved after what they called this historicalsonic. questions resolved after what they called this historical sonic. questions around the finances. —— historic summit. there are questions around the finances and who is going to subsidise their lifestyle up to the point of which they become self—sufficient if they are able