edina campbell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. after the grey skies earlier, a taste of what is to come tomorrow for some of you. a day of sunshine and at times heavy and thundery showers accompanied by some fairly blustery winds. the winds will be picking up through tonight a mixture of clear skies and showers most frequent in the west and the persistent rain makes it to orkney and shetland where you had the best of today's sunshine. the clearest conditions overnight were eased in scotla nd conditions overnight were eased in scotland and eastern england and another cold night with temperatures down to three or 4 degrees but as the chart shows tomorrow, low pressure from the north atlantic but the wind is pushing a long way gci’oss the wind is pushing a long way across the atlantic towards us which will rip up some rough and dangerous seas to the west of the uk and ireland, and that is something to be wary. it is in the west and across the english channel coastal counties

where we will see the showers at their most frequent, their heaviest and with hail and thunder mixed in. fewer showers the further east you are with a better chance of holding onto sunshine for longer. shetland though will see cloud and rain persist and for all of us, a cooler day than we saw today. as we go to wednesday evening, some of the showers will fade and some will keep going in western scotland for a time but there's more cloud waiting in the winds and a deepening area of low pressure around the system in the north atlantic which will bring more persistent rain and a lift in temperatures as we go into thursday. some fairly windy conditions developing through the day, persistent rain moving to the north—east and by the end of the afternoon brightening up in the south, a milder day and milder weather to come on friday as well. goodbye from me and time to join the news tea m goodbye from me and time to join the news team where you are.

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerins. coming up: denmark's fc midtjylland may be billed as champions league minnows, butjurgen klopp doesn't see the debutants as a "small club" ahead of their clash with liverpool. scotla nd scotland women's suffered the first loss of their euro 2022 qualifying campaign with defeat in finland. and the american world champion sprinter christian coleman has been banned from athletics for two years for anti—doping violations. also coming up in the programme... great britain's hockey teams are in action for the first time in nine months. we'll have the latest from their games against the netherlands. and lewis hamilton says extreme e can be an "alternative" to traditional motorsport and lets him "merge a love for motor racing with a love for the planet".

you're very welcome along to sportsday this evening. so plenty to come, but it's with the champions league we start — and the david versus goliath battle ahead, with liverpool hosting fc midtjylland of denmark at anfield. a young team brought to life by merging two local rivals and going on to use a mathematical formula of stats and data to succeed. it's an intriguing story and match—up — and our reporter rob schofield has more. in little over two decades, fc midtjylland have come a long way. as a club, they were only formed in

1999. now champions of denmark for a third time in taking on your‘s elite. we were a merger of two clu bs, elite. we were a merger of two clubs, two local rivals hitting each other. none of them had any money and now, 21 years later, we are in the champions league. so that fills us the champions league. so that fills us with pride and our whole region with pride. so what's the secret that's brought them such success? the answer is statistics — data analysis bringing underrated players on the sheet, and selling them for a large profit to make it's a strategy which is earned fc midtjylland the name moneyball fc. it came out of necessity, really. we are now one of the big cities, weak compete against those who have more privileges in terms of people, fans, sponsors. and the data—driven approach to the way we evaluate performance and recruit

has become one of those weapons that we've been using. it is a system that's also used by english championship side brentford. the clu bs s ha re championship side brentford. the clubs share an owner, and their approach has many across the continent watching with nv. approach has many across the continent watching with nv.m approach has many across the continent watching with nv. it is the road that's going upwards, now we are standing at the top of the mountain with the best in europe. so it's nice to hear that people recognise the good work of all the people around the club. and the rewards for fc midtjylland are clear — the first champions league group game could scarcely be bigger, arriving in england to take on prepping your cheat dumb accurately champions liverpool. back on is a team to be reckoned with in denmark. we've shown them in recent years with our dominance in the league, and now making it to the champions league —— fc midtjylland. so there's i'io league —— fc midtjylland. so there's no reason not to say that we are there. it'll be a dream come true.

liverpool managerjuergen klopp has said this week he has long been an admirer of the way fc midtjylland conduct their business. now he and his side will have to find a way to ove 1120 m e his side will have to find a way to overcome it. rob schofield, bbc news. certainly a great story, isn't it? former everton and chelsea winger pat nevin is part of the commentary team on 5live tonight, and is with us now. i know be focusing on the manchester sitting game, but in terms of fc midtjylland and their game —— manchester city fc —— how tough will be for them? incredibly tough, they have very limited resources, but in comparison to liverpool, it's extraordinary limited. but they are under no pressure either, so they may as well go and enjoy themselves as one of the cathedrals of football. there come a long way, and evenif football. there come a long way, and even if they don't win or perform as well as they'd like to, they have to keep it in perspective that this is the one that's one of the great teams in the world they're playing with, and they will get better. the sensible way that fc midtjylland

have done it can actually keep working. we've seen brantford doing it before, and i have every confidence they will get better from here. we know liverpool's jurgen klopp paid tribute to them and was interested in the project. he said there is no small team, but is there any way he's underestimated them? he's going to say the nice things, but when he gets into the dressing room, "we beat them." this year is much as any year, you want to get out of the group stages as quick as possible so they must win that one against fc midtjylland. as soon as you get into the dressing room, "they must be beaten." not many have been saying the best things about manchester to, the premier league...

a lot of the teams are struggling. pep guardiola has spoken to me about the importance of injuries, the bigger percentage of injuries there has been the season, if you look at them missing aguero and gabrielle jesus, they haven't really got... he's not had to look far for his problems. but they've got another game against marseilles, possibly the hardest game in the group. if anything, i think pep will be absolutely delighted with this. you're on airfrom absolutely delighted with this. you're on air from 7pm tonight, updates of the liverpool game, and i can also tell you that bayern munich 1-0 can also tell you that bayern munich 1—0 ahead against locomotives,. lovely stuff, thank you very much. it's a big night of action for the home nations in euro 2022 qualifying. whales looking to qualify for their

first major tournament, but their fate is no longer in their own hands after they lost 1—0 to norway. that secured their spot in the finals. so that result, coupled with northern ireland winning, means the playoff spot will now be a battle between wales and northern ireland. scotland were beaten 1—0 by finland, missing out on the chance to go top of group e. the football association has today launched a diversity code to increase bame and female representation in the game. the football leadership diversity code aims to tackle racial inequality and increase the number of female coaches in women's football. alex howell has the details for us.

nearly a third of top—flight players are black, and almost half the england squad at the last world cup we re england squad at the last world cup were from a diverse background. but that still doesn't translate to the dugout where the boardroom. today, the faa set up new plans to tackle the faa set up new plans to tackle the issue. 2020 has seen the important conversation around equality, diversity and inclusion rise in the public cosmic consciousness. the man that led the project has been fighting this for 30 years. paul elliott hopes new football leadership diversity code will hold the game to account. the glaring omission has been the lack of leadership positions, senior management, lack of opportunities for coaching and team operations. and this is for bme heritage. holding football to account is so important to an exchange. so football needs to stop relying on

its little black book and group of networks, and actually gives equal opportunities to those who are qualified. the code, which has a diverted target of 25% for new coaching staff and 15% at executive level, is voluntary. now it's our time for change. representation has been an issue for a long time. chris hewed and is only one of five non—white managers leading one of the 92 teams in the english league structure. we will be looked at as a good start. it's how the code can develop over a number of years for those that haven't signed up at this moment, it will be a question of getting these other clubs to sign up. 40 clubs have already signed up, with southampton the only premier league side still considering their position. it is almost inevitable that people will be doing different things here and there. that's the nature of the landscape as we see

it. i'm not sure if it was never that easy to get all the big players oi'i that easy to get all the big players on board. that would be a real game changer. the fa say this is the biggest shake—up for 20 years. but with clubs being left temperament themselves and 50 get to commit, the question will be how the face of football changes in the months and yea rs football changes in the months and years to come. alex howell, bbc news. neil lennon has criticised the media hysteria following their draw against aberdeen, saying he'll only concentrate on what he can control. celtic are without a win in their last three matches and are six points behind the rangers with the game in hand. everybody wants to see a change, that's fine. that's just the way of the world. the poison comes from the social media, or it's picked up by you guys and put in your reports,

your articles, or your newspapers — whatever. and it's out there for people to click bait. so i can't control that. what i can control is what goes on in the training ground. some breaking news in the last hour — and world champion sprinter christian coleman has been banned from athletics for two years for anti—doping violations. the athletics integrity unit announced their on tuesday. the american, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's world championships in doha, was provisionally suspended the 24—year—old has 30 days to appeal the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. in the training ground. in the training ground. the rule is this they have to keep track of where they are, giving

athletics integrity one hour each day where there going to be. they also have the ability to change that —up also have the ability to change that — up until hours before hand, they can — up until hours before hand, they ca n text — up until hours before hand, they can text or e—mail. what mr coleman did on the 9th of december, he had to failed whereabouts, he had not been there when they checked, and on nine december, 2019, he was supposed to be at home. he was not there. where was he? he was out shopping at a walmart supercenter. he had a receipt to show that he got back at 8:22pm which he used as his evidence. athletics integrity said, "look, it's clear you weren't where you were supposed to be." i interviewed 20 athletes over the summer since he was provisionally suspended in june. summer since he was provisionally suspended injune. athletes across the pond in your neck of the mike woods and over here. and everybody said that whereabouts is rather easy to do. keep track of one hour a