u5 mun—r in england is limited whereas in wells for example, people are encouraged to exercise as much as they like. some sports are no longer allowed to to socially distance, reducing mixing is key. when we have seen our pricks related to sporting venues, most of them have been around mass gatherings or social mixing rather than the sport in itself and those activities are tend to go up as people play sports in a particular environment. the government says the reopening of gyms and communities would your priority as as soon as it is safe to do so for many, that cannot come soon enough. time now for some of the day's other sport stories and phil neville is in talks to take over as manager of david beckham's mls franchise inter miami — it would mean he'd be unable to lead team gb at the tokyo olympics. neville will leave his job as the

coach of england's women injuly, with sarina wiegman replacing him. arsenal manager mikel arteta says a decision on the future of mesut ozil "must be right for all parties". ozil's into the last six months of his contract and arteta says the german is "free to negotiate with other clubs". he's not played for arsenal since march last year. and wales captain alun wynjones is "very confident" he can be involved in the six nations opener against ireland on 7 february. his coach at ospreys toby booth says jones is "making great progress and bounding around" following a knee injury. next to the united states where nba teams have been reacting to the political situation in the country and what they regard as injustice. yesterday prosecutors declined to bring charges against the police officer who shotjacob blake — his death last year led to widespread protests about racial inequality with the nba postponing

games at the time. last night play went ahead but with players speaking out against the legal decision as well as drawing attention to the violence in washington where president trump's supporters had stormed the capitol building. nesta mcgregor reports: all across the nba players usually divided by competition, displaying a cts divided by competition, displaying acts of unity for a nation in chaos. responding to yesterday's demonstrations, several teams claimed it once again showed the difference between the value of black and white lives in america. iamik i'll say because not a lot of people want to. could you imagine today those being black people storming the capital and what would've happened 7 storming the capital and what would've happened? so, that, to me isa would've happened? so, that, to me is a picture that's worth a thousand words for all of us. four people

died in yesterday's protest, the timing of which coincided with the news that no officers would be charged in relation to the shooting ofjacob charged in relation to the shooting of jacob blake last august. the unarmed black 20—year—old was left paralysed after being shot by white officer in kenosha wisconsin and the time, the neighbouring city went on strike in last night, the team decided to play, but not before their own on court gesture. the rise of black lives matter has emerged with the world of politics and sport. this week, the state of georgia elected its first of a black senator, atlanta has been credited with playing a large role in that with playing a large role in that with the cities nba team, the hawks in the dreams, endorsing the eventual winner. we live in a divided country and we can say its power and politics, but it is race

as well. today is a reflection and it's the truth that those who have been neglected, and racism is real. athletes and have also use the platforms to demand change. tonight the united states of america again divided in his view over race. —— in its view. next to cricket, we'll show you the action from day one of the third test between australia and india shortly but first, it's been announced today that england's women will visit pakistan for the first time when they play a t20 and one day series in october. it's going to be a double header in karachi alongside the men's team — who announced last month that they were going to be touring pakistan for the first time since 2005. our reporterjo curriejoins me now. jo — how significant a step is this for the england women's team? notjust a not just a significant notjust a significant step not just a significant step for england's women, but also for

women's cricket in pakistan. england's men have been toured the country since 2005 because of safety concerns but they have never played any matches in the country. this is already going to be a historic set of games in which shows the growth and earlier today, the managing director of women's cricket described it as another important step in the teams history and journey and said they also served as a powerful message as they drove for their inequality ambitions for more women and girls to have empowerment in the sport. attracting these teams. and the women's team will hope jo that the tour of pakistan is part of a far busier 2021 compared to last year? absolutely. england's women cricketers and international cabinet

was hit hard by the pandemic. going to australia to play in the world cup announced in february march and by the time they came home, england was more an lockdown and they did not touragain, was more an lockdown and they did not tour again, they matched a home series against west indies, but that was it. the fact that they now know that this tour will take place in october is fantastic and also, in the next few weeks you are expecting them to announce the details of a tour to new zealand in february and said that is not far off and the potential to south africa in the summer potential to south africa in the summerand potential to south africa in the summer and news later on the ship. bearing in mind and when your time in 2022, their two world cups, and the t20 world cup, the fact that so many games again penciled in schedule it is a really positive sign for england's women. next to sydney — australia have the advantage at the end of the first day of the third test against india. the series is all square of course. today — belonged to australia's 22 year old opener will pucovski

a young man who's had nine concussions in his career and also talked openly about mental health issues. making his test debut, he hit an impressive 62 as drew savage reports. there have been more straightforward approach is, nine concussions and a break to the mental health reasons. and after his opening partner, the experienced david warner was out for just five, australia needed the 22—year—old to hang around. bouncers? no problem. pucovski proved he could handle the short stuff. president—electjoe biden has just started speaking. the judiciary as well as what we're talking about the attorney office and so we have plenty of times to ask the questions about everything from the 25th amendment on. i will not speak on that today. i want this

to be the issue that we focus on because i think it is so important. yesterday, in my view, but the darkest days in the history of our nation. an unprecedented assault on oui’ nation. an unprecedented assault on our democracy. an assault literally on the citadel of liberty. on the united states capital itself. an assault on the rule of law and assault on the rule of law and assault on the most sacred of american undertakings, ratifying the will of the people into choosing the leadership of their government. all of us here grieve the loss of life, grieve over the desecration of the peoples house. but what we witnessed yesterday was not dissent, it was not disorder, it was not protest. it was chaos. they were not protesters,

do not dare call them protesters, they were a riotous mob, insurrectionist, domestic terrorists. it is that simple. and i wish we could say that we could not see it coming, but that is not true. we could see it coming. the four yea rs we could see it coming. the four years he had a president who's made his contempt for democracy —— co nte m pt his contempt for democracy —— contempt for our constitution, the rule of law clear in everything that he has done. he unleashed an all—out assault on our institutions and our democracies from the outset and yesterday was with the culmination of that unrelenting attack, he has attacked the free press who dared to question his power. he has repeatedly called the free press, the enemy of the people. language at

the enemy of the people. language at the time you first use did i and others said have long been used by autocrats and dictators all over the world. to hold on power. the enemy of the people. language that is been used not by autocrats and dictators across the world, only this time, the outgoing president of the united states of america. he has attacked her intelligence services who dared to tell the american people the truth about the effort of a foreign power to elect him four years ago, choosing instead to believe the word of vladimir putin of the word of those who swore their allegiance to this nation. many of whom risked their lives in the service of this nation. he deployed the united states military, tear gas and peaceful protesters and in the

pursuit of a photo opportunity in the service of his reelection. even holding the bible upside down. the action that led to an apology from the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff and an outspoken denunciation of the use of military for domestic political purposes from scores, scores of foreign military leaders and secretaries of defence led by secretary cheney. he thought he could stack the courts with friendly judges which support him no matter what. they were donald trumpjudges, hisjudges. he went what. they were donald trumpjudges, his judges. he went so far is to say he needed nine justices his judges. he went so far is to say he needed ninejustices on his judges. he went so far is to say he needed nine justices on the supreme court because he thought the election would end up in the supreme court and they would hand him the election. he was stunned, truly stunned when the judges he appointed

didn't do his bidding and instead acted with integrity, following the constitution and rule of law. not just once or twice, but over 60 times over 60 times. more than 60 cases in state after state after state, and then to the supreme court judges including people considered quote hisjudges, donald trump judges was his words, looked at the allegations that donald trump was making and determined they were without any merit. nothing was judged to put this election in question or doubt by any of these judges. you want to understand the importance of democratic institutions in this country, take a look at thejudiciary institutions in this country, take a look at the judiciary in this nation. take a look at the pressure that was just subjected to by a

sitting president of the united states of america. at every level the judiciary rose at the moment of the judiciary rose at the moment of the selection. they did theirjob. acted with complete fairness and impartiality with complete honour and integrity. and history will look back on this moment that we just pass through, i believe it will say oui’ pass through, i believe it will say our democracy survived in no small pa rt our democracy survived in no small part because of the men and women who represent an independent judiciary in this nation. we owe them a deep, deep debt of gratitude. and then there's the attack on the department ofjustice. treating the attorney general as his personal lawyer in the department as his personal law firm. through it all, which are the same thing from this president. my generals, myjudges, my attorney general and then yesterday, a combination of an

attack on our institutions of democracy, this time the congress itself inciting a mob to attack the capital, to threaten elected representatives of the people of this nation and even the vice president to stop the congress from ratifying the will of the american people and just completed free and fair election. trying to use a mob to silence the voices of nearly 160 million americans. who summoned the courage in the face of a pandemic that threaten their health in their lives to cast that secret ballot. i made it clearfrom lives to cast that secret ballot. i made it clear from the lives to cast that secret ballot. i made it clearfrom the moment i entered this race that what i believe was at stake. i said there was nothing less at stake than who we are as a nation, but we stand for, what we believe, what we will

be. at the centre of that belief is on the orders principles that this nation has long held. we are a government of laws, not of men, not of people, of loss. i said government of laws, not of men, not of people, of loss. isaid it government of laws, not of men, not of people, of loss. i said it many times in the camp —— laws. our democratic institutions not a relic of another age. what sets this nation apart through the guardrails of our democracy. there the guardrails of our democracy. and there is no president, that is why there is no president, that is why there is no president, that is why there is no president that is a king. no congress that is the house of lords. itjudiciary does not serve the will of the president or exist to protect him or her, we have

three coequal branches of government.