tv Sportsday BBC News February 17, 2020 10:30pm-10:45pm GMT
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despite seeming to kick michy batshuayi in the groin. but both teams came together to pay tribute to former manchester united goalkeeper harry gregg, who's died at the age of 87. gregg twice went back into the burning wreckage during the munich air disaster in 1958 to pull strangers and his team—mates to safety. lydia campbell reports. it has been an emotional day for it manchester united with the passing of harry gregg. the players were black armbands as tribute to a true legend. there was a european terminal at one manchester club so manchester united file champions league spot is realistic. but that you may count their lucky stars that they were not down to ten men here. it was not the prettiest of the first tabs but finally a breakthrough. anthony martial with the goal. chelsea's equaliser came
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from the unlikely source of kurt zouma but was there a push from brandon williams at the near post? review thought so so no goal. and it got worst ten minutes later. harry maguire could have seen red in the first half but now he was doubling united's lee. olivier giroud thought he put one back but review intervened again. offside this time to make it a hat—trick of review decisions against chelsea in one match. sometimes it isjust decisions against chelsea in one match. sometimes it is just not your day. as for united mac it was a tough day off a pitch but this was perhaps the only attribute that harry gregg would really want. olivia campbell, bbc news. as lydia mentioned, tributes were paid to harry gregg at the match, manchester united's former goalkeeper who's died at the age of 87. gregg has been described as a legend of the game and a brave selfless giant of a man. sir alex ferguson even said he was his hero. gregg was also a northern ireland
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international over a career spanning 35 years, but his role in the munich air disaster of 1958 will never be forgotten. katie gornall looks back at his life. ina great in a great say by harry gregg! harry gregg was happy to be remembered as a competitor and a footballer, but to many he was so much more. a man with qualities that shone far beyond the football pitch. munich airport, and wreckage that tells the story of the dreadful disaster. on the 6th of february 1958, a plane carrying 44 people crashed in munich and on board were the manchester united team returning from a cup tie. somehow, harry gregg survived and twice returned to the wreckage to drag team—mates to safety. 23 people died in the munich disaster, but for harry gregg the shocking death toll would have
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been much higher. i know it happened. i know i was there and i know i was very fortunate... i could do without it, but i was there with a lot more people and i was one of the lucky ones. he returned from munich hailed a hero, but mentally scarred by what he had seen and there was no time to rest or recuperate. just 13 days after the disaster, he was back playing, spearheading a united side that would reach that season's fa cup final. a goal! it was a match that would leave gregg battered, bruised but determined to carry on. they don't come any tougher than harry gregg. that same year, he went with northern ireland to the world cup and was later named the best goalkeeper in the competition. and harry gregg despite his injury in great form.
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i have never seen a better goalkeeper to be honest with you and i have worked with some great goalkeepers. but when i see clips of harry gregg when he used to play for northern ireland, he was unbelievable. diving at people's feet, coming for punches and crosses, he had everything. today, the many to pay tribute to harry gregg. including his former team—mate. the former manchester united manager, sir alex ferguson added this... gregg spent nine years at old trafford, cementing a legacy as one as manchester united and northern ireland's greatest goalkeepers, but munich always cast a shadow over his life. later, he found solace in poetry. there are those going down that long road before us but each one we try to keep them on our side. and
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memory‘s eyes, they must be paid and all are mortal. the red devils spirit never died. harry gregg who missed out today at the age of 87. —— who has died today. women's fa cup holders manchester city will play against either leicester or reading in the quarterfinals. the draw has been made tonight. here's the rest of the fixtures... either crystal palace or brighton v birmingham city. everton v chelsea after both won their matches tonight. either arsenal or lewes v tottenham. time for a quick look at the other sports news stories making the headlines. pep guardiola has told friends he intends to stay as manchester city manager despite the club's two—year ban from european football. unless city overturn the ban imposed by uefa, they will not compete in europe until 2022 after this season. an agreement is already in place for a third world title
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fight between tyson fury and deontay wilder, according to fury‘s promoter frank warren. they fight in las vegas on saturday after their first bout ended in a draw back in 2018. having lost the recent test series against england, faf du plessis has stepped down as south africa captain. he says he has made the decision in the team's "best interests". kim clijsters has lost her first match on her return to the wta tour after more than seven years out. the former world number one, who is 36 years old, had a tough re—introduction, playing australian open finalist garbine muguruza in the dubai championships. clijsters lost the first set 6—2, but fought back to take the second to a tie break. however, muguruza's stamina proved to be the deciding factor and she persevered to win the match. nice to see her back on the tour. atjust seven years old, summer artman was diagnosed with arthritis. while many presumed that a career
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as an elite athlete would be out of the question for her, artman persavered with her chosen sport, netball. 16 years on, artman is an england international and also plays for team bath. she's been speaking to bbc sport about how she deals with her condition in order to stay at the top of her game. this is her story. hi. my name is summer artman. i play netball for england and team bath, and something that people might not know about me is that i have arthritis. and summer artman comes across with a nice deception. summer artman so unlucky there. and so i was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when i was seven. it is an autoimmune system disease where my immune system tends to attack itself and affects
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thejoint lining of myjoints and causes inflammation and swelling and things like that. i don't view it as something that can limit me. i view it in the same way another athlete might need to work on their passing accuracy or maybe their ability to change direction. so they might put in extra work and do what they need to do to get that part of their game up. i do exactly the same with arthritis, so i do a lot of my sessions in the hydro pool, i might do some recovery in terms of heat recovery and i might eat different things and that is just my way of doing what i need to do to make sure i'm the best athlete i can be. rather than viewing it as something that can absolutely limit me. so how does it feel now to be playing for england and to be on senior call—up? yeah, i think my first ever experience of a senior tour and i was side by side with the girls and we were singing
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the anthem and ijust got so emotional because i thought irrespective of everything that you have had to overcome, here you are representing your country. i think often when you go through challenges, in sport or not in sport, it can actually bring forth a lot of perseverance and pride and actually, what has come out of me having arthritis is this amazing sense of being able to achieve whatever i wanted to achieve. i don't think i've got there yet and i'm not where i want to be in my netball, yet, but i'm going in the right direction. what advice would you give to any of the young children who are struggling with the condition? i think everyone has a desire or a goal in life and. try your best not to let arthritis get anywhere that. so, yes, you might have days when you have to take a step back
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or adjust what you're doing, but your end goal should always be the same and unchanged, just like it was before you had arthritis. i don't want to be known as summer, the athlete with arthritis, i just want to be known as summer, the athlete. and you can hear more from summer artman, speaking to sylvie devaney, in a special podcast called i'm done with arthritis holding back my sporting ambition. available to download on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me are sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent for the ft, and grace blakeley, the economist and member of labour's policy forum. good evening to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro goes with the story that a newly—appointed downing street adviser has quit over a row about his past comments, including claims that black people are less intelligent than white people. the guardian says the resignation of andrew sabisky represents a defeat for dominic cummings, the prime minister's most powerful aide, whose approach to government is causing concern among some tories. the financial times goes with a speech in brussels by britain's top trade negotiator, insisiting the uk would never agree to eu regulatory demands in order to get a trade deal. the telegraph also picks up on that speech from the uk's brexit negotiator, david frost, highlighting what he called the opportunity for economic competition presented by brexit.
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the times says the prime minister, borisjohnson, is at odds with his senior downing street advisers over plans to scrap the tv licence fee and replace it with a voluntary subscription system. and the daily mail asks what is the point in saving as national savings and investments slashes its rates to rock—bottom levels and cut its premium bonds prizes. let's start with the independent shall wait? because it has got a great picture on the front page about a story we have been reporting on all weekend. storm dennis. sebastian, the headline is more store misery but no sign of the pm. it is important for there to be a sign of the p.m. ? when you have these natural disasters people want leadership and the assurance to know that everything is being done there could be possibly done. in these horrific circumstances and the picture there it just horrific circumstances and the picture there itjust shows you have had thousands of households being destroyed by the storm and i think
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50,000 people this week and who have been without electricity and they are still over 300 flood warnings across england and we hit an all—time record of over 600 warnings this weekend. so it is really quite dire. andi this weekend. so it is really quite dire. and i think the fact the prime minister has not been in this for my sister and the general election campaign when he was criticised by jeremy corbyn for not going up to yorkshire in the flooding but that was an election campaign so we did go was an election campaign so we did 9° up was an election campaign so we did go up there and he saw people and we recall him pushing them up or on the floor quite unsuccessfully. he is not in that this time may be due to his mopping ability but it is not a great sign that we have seen the environment secretary out and about today trying to reassure and talk about the new £4 billion going into flood defences. but eventually i guess the pm will go because inevitably in these dire situations the public pressure always dictates so. the public pressure always dictates so. grace? if he is not too busy dealing with the furore erupting in his own party i met her he will try
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to make time to hit some of the areas of the uk because it is really terrible sebastian has just areas of the uk because it is really terrible sebastian hasjust been saying. and obviously there is going to be these questions about the links between the clear increase in flooding across the country and climate change. and whether or not we are going to need to invest in much more certificate flood defences or whether or not we will have to start talking about radically decarbonise and the british economy along with trying to promote similar sorts of programmes around the world in orderto sorts of programmes around the world in order to try and at least curtail this increasing severity of these freak weather events because it is just clear the evidence is clear that we are not having a debate about this that we will start seeing more extreme weather events all around the world with no country safe as global to richard's rise. so the front page of the telegraph has a very interesting story. they have seen an advance of a report by the environment agency. sebastian don't expect to be productive from
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flooding, agency warrants. this is quite interesting. we saw from the new environment to repair this morning he was saying we are doing the best we can but we simply cannot protect every household in this report and the telegraph talks about reflecting on that kind of thing that the government is putting a lot of money and has already put 2.6 billion going into flood defences between now and 2021 and this is a 4 billion going in over the next parliament as well. and i think the environment agency is saying they will try their best but we cannot possibly do everything and to have the point about the kinds of impact about climate change, look at australia and for them it is all about bushfires and for the uk it is going to be a ball about flooding. in these questions are going to keep coming up about how much can be done even though a lot of money is a defences but there are those bigger questions about carbon emissions as well. some of the people are going to wa nt well. some of the people are going to want to some issuances about how far government to protect people because we did not know at the moment. not
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