ant—run ant—r u .., .lé~ fit.“ 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 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 day where you're at, that's the price you where you're at, that's the price y°u pay where you're at, that's the price you pay for being an elite athlete. for whatever reason, christian didn't do that. i interviewed him the last time and he just made u nfortu nately the last time and he just made unfortunately some excuses. ijust think he was a little sloppy. i don't understand how his management didn't stay on top of it either, especially after the last time, and i'm not sure what world athletics and the ai you can do but ban him for two years. you mentioned some of the reaction, it's been pretty vocal and fissile from all sides of the athletic community. in terms of coleman himself, is he likely to appeal this? ill neck i believe he will appeal. i also think last time this happened, he kind of blamed it on the media. that's a really easy thing to do, we have a few people who do that here as a profession — but the issue is this, if you are an

elite athlete, you have all these wonderful opportunities, travelling around the world in computing. you have a few simple things to do. one hour a day, they need to know where you are at. this is how you combat doping. and athletics integrity, if they didn't do this, they would be compromised. it is not an easy thing to ta ke compromised. it is not an easy thing to take your biggest sprinter in the world and say the guy is banned for two years for doing something that was quite frankly avoidable. do i think he will appeal? yes, i do. larry, we thank you for your time, thank you forjoining us. let's round up a some of the day's other sports stories now. the 50—year—old is showing mild symptoms and will spend a further ten days and self isolation, according to the world governing body for football. a covid 0utbreak at league two scunthorpe has forced the postponement

of their next three games. eight players have tested positive with a further ten having to self—isolate. they'd been due to face salford at home tonight. england will be without their captain sarah hunterfor the match against italy on sunday in the women's six nations. she has a hamstring injury. emily scarratt will captain the red roses who have already won the title. now some sports have waited longer than others for their return. we're going to talk netball shortly. but first, to hockey, as great britain's men's and women's sides are both in action today for the first time since february. they are taking on the netherlands and will also face belgium later this week. 0ur reporterjo currie has been following the action for us. so the women are done and dusted in their match, the mineral play later. how are the women getting on? it's been such a long since either of

those players have been able to put on their vests. earlier gb women's earned them a 1—1 draw, losing to the netherlands in the shoot out. you'd be forgiven for thinking they're in for a tough afternoon after they conceded in the opening two minutes. this is quite an inexperienced women's side that travelled to the netherlands, but they compose themselves, built into they compose themselves, built into the game, then they started to dominate and got the rewards in that third quarter whenjoe dominate and got the rewards in that third quarter when joe hunter got the equaliser. the game went on to finish 1—1 the equaliser. the game went on to finish1—1 in the equaliser. the game went on to finish 1—1 in normal time because of pro league rules, then went on to a shoot out, which gb lost 3—1. a short time after the game, the coach said there were plenty of positives to ta ke said there were plenty of positives to take from the match, but also plenty to improve upon before these two sides meet again on thursday. and in terms of the men's team

leader, but can they expect from their encounter against the netherlands? the men's side currently under way against netherlands, goalless at the moment. there's not a huge amount writing on pro league in terms of results, both gb men and women have already qualified for next year's 0lympics. but this is all about 0lympic preparation, so we have these two games against the netherlands, then they play belgium on saturday and sunday — four huge gains for both sides. bear in mind that the women's sides. bear in mind that the women's side in particular are defending 0lympic champions, and this really is all about performance because this is where there 0lympicjourney starts. thanks so much forjoining us. it's been a similar wait for game time in netball. there been no international games for nine months, but tomorrow morning our time, england will face the world champions new zealand in a three test series in hamilton. the squad arrived in new zealand on 9 october and have been isolating

under strict guidelines ahead of the series. here's england mid—courter laura malcolm. there was obviously a lot of uncertainty around resources, around availability for our players, because with england you have a few playing in the ecc and what that means — corn teaming, border restrictions, and we all have to have money to do this and be viable dashed quarantining. until maybe about the last month before we put pen to paper and were able to say let's give it a crack. so you know, every day, every week we went there probably about 100 players to try to get to where we are today. as i mentioned, there's been a lot of work behind—the—scenes and i am elated that we can go out on

wednesday. that wasn't lauren mel -- laura malcolm but the new zealand coach. today was the launch of the extreme e series. lewis hamilton is behind the x“; team and we got a glimpse of his electric off road car that will be racing when the championship starts next march. hamilton's former teamate nico rosberg is also running a team. the first of all, it's nice to see how lewis is following in my footsteps how lewis is following in my footste ps o n how lewis is following in my footsteps on the path to sustainability. i'm thrilled that he is joining sustainability. i'm thrilled that he isjoining extreme e as sustainability. i'm thrilled that he is joining extreme e as well, because of course he's going to help raise even more awareness and bring a lot of power to us as a sport for some and of course as well, i look forward to renewing our battle — which won't be on the race track, but off the racetrack this time as we are both founders and ceos of teams. it will be as competitive as ever, and i'm joining certainly to win and beat everybody out there.

i was so excited to hear about extreme e, largely due to the focus on the environment and their mission to raise awareness about climate change. that is something that is close to my heart and something i am passionate about. it gives an opportunity for me to be able to merge my love for motor racing together with my love for the planet. bringing those two together will have a positive impact. nadia podorovska made history at the french open by becoming the first—ever qualifier to reach the women's singles semi—finals at roland garros. the argentine had never beaten a top—50 player going into the tournament, but stunned number three seed elina svitolina in straight sets. she also became the first female qualifier in 21 years to reach the finalfour of any grand slam. she's been speaking to the bbc about her achievement.

it's freeing. it's unbelievable, for me, now that i'm training again, i feel very are excited about what is happening for me. i'm playing really, really good. ifeel happiness. i think it is special, as you said, but i don't think too much about it. i just you said, but i don't think too much about it. ijust play my game and try to win as many as i play. and i think it's good because if you start to think too much on that, mabel democrat maybe you will lose. it's very different to play tennis here. so for me, it's very different to play tennis here. so for me, its special. that's my dream too, not just so for me, its special. that's my dream too, notjust my personal career, trying to help the whole

country out. the only thing i wish for next year is to try to keep enjoying what i'm doing. that's the only thing i wish, to stay like this year. i've really enjoyed playing tennis, training, travelling, and i think that's the most important thing. looks like she has to keep enjoying it. now in the usa later — the los angeles dodgers could end a 32—year wait to be crowned baseball's world champions. if the dodgers win game six of the world series, they'll be crowned winners in texas. they're taking on the tampa bay rays in front of over 11,000 fans at the first neutral venue for a world series in baseball history. tampa have never won the title and know they must win the remaining two games of the series to claim

a maiden victory. just before we go — i know it's tea time for us all now — but maybe think about going easy on the hot sauce or chillies in case you have any evening video calls ahead. take a lesson from this american football coach mike nolan in his press conference. you know, as far as disrupting the quarterback, you know, he's escaped several times to do that. 0bviously the frustration for him, as well as his — when he misses them... will, excuse me. i have something in my eye. just had some tabasco in my finger and went in my eye. that's not good. 0h... finger and went in my eye. that's not good. oh... it's terrible, geez. i'm sorry. hang on, guys, we'll be right back. give us a second. all

right, right, we're back. the worst i ever had was a chilly seed getting caught my eye for an hour. that was not nice, but well done to mike for getting through. stay safe your cooking. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening. low pressure set to dominate the weather charts as we go through the rest of this week. wet and windy weather at times. tha nkfully and windy weather at times. thankfully for us today this deep area of low pressure with winds around it touching 100 mph has been way out to the north atlantic, not too close to us. tonight this with the front will linger across the northeast of scotland, best of the sunshine by day and staying went through the night. clear conditions in its wake but the sea temperatures relatively warm for this time of

year, meaning shower clouds build up and keep going throughout the night, around some of these western coasts, some on the heavy side. central and eastern areas clear as to the skies will have a cool start of the morning. tomorrow will be a story of sunshine and heavy, thundershowers. those winds blowing all across the atlantic, whipping up some rough seas i had of great britain, highest of the waves to the west of ireland where they could touch around 35 feet or more. that's over ten metres. dangerous seas, be wary of that. lots of showers packing to the west, same too across the southern counties of england. showers pushing their way eastwards on that brisk wind, not too many to the eastern country, more than way of sunshine then showers here but a rather cool day with temperatures around 10-13 c. day with temperatures around 10—13 c. charles continue for a time wednesday evening, and then into wednesday evening, and then into wednesday night, an area of low pressure starts in the atlantic.

turning away from us, only allowing another to take its place. more in the way of heavy, persistent rain from the west as we had to thursday, rain eventually reaching all but shetland by the end of the day. brightening up the southern parts of england and wales later on, but quite a windy day across the country. winds from the south west, temperatures into the mid teens. mild air remains in place thursday night, but rain keeps coming and going across northwest england and north and west wales. that could cause some minor flooding for the end of the week. running up and scotla nd end of the week. running up and scotland with some sunshine, brace in the cloud, temperatures 18—19 c, the warmest we've seen for some time. and whilst we continue with relatively warm air this weekend, deep areas of low pressure waiting in the wings and it could get even when you're at times. —— windier at times.

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