the players which house the ball‘s landed in should it go over the fence. it would be the ultimate story. maybe the store we all need. i know spurs fans will disagree. where else should we be looking out for an upset? when chorley against derby county came out of the hat in the draw, the non—league side would've seen it as a chance to welcome england's record goal—scorer to their tiny victoria ground. but wayne rooney and the derby's first team are now all in isolation and miss this match because of an outbreak at their training ground — only players from their under—23s and under—18s are likely to play. that's a shame for chorley, but also an opportunity — they've already beaten efl clubs to reach the third round and have done so while celebrating, with renditions of adele.

it's a little bit bittersweet because wayne rooney is stepping up to victory park and for me to meet him and against the players, the top calibre players, that is something we're looking forward to. with this news, that might not be the case but at the same time it does give us more of an advantage even though i do still feel that we are quite clearly the underdog. we are still looking at championship players in international players. not far away from chorley is morecambe — they've had to battle against relegation from league two for the last five seasons. but their reward for reaching the fa cup third round is a trip to stamford bridge to play chelsea. morecambe will be backed by the heavyweight world champion — this is tyson fury‘s hometown club. winning there looks tough for morecambe — there's perhaps more realistic hopes of a giant killing at blackpool and bristol rovers. they're both in league one and both welcome teams struggling in the premier league —

sheffield united and west brom have just one win between them this season. the cup chetan is where form and league position go out the window and with empty stadiums and squads hit hard by the virus it could the smaller clubs who capitalise. it will be. we will watch very closely. and people can follow on the website. joe, thank you. time now for some of the days other sport stories and rugby union's european cup competitions are in doubt after urgent talks between the french government, the clubs involved and tournament organisers. there are two rounds of champions cup and challenge cup pool games remaining this month. manchester city's continental cup tie against chelsea on wednesday has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak at city. four players tested positive for covid—i9 earlier in the week, with tomorrow's wsl match against west ham already called off. west ham forward sebastien haller, the club's record signing — has joined ajax for a fee ofjust over 20 million pounds.

former manager manuel pellegrini paid 45 million for the forward back in 2019. in recent months there's been a growing discussion around dementia and what can be done to protect players sportspeople from it. previous research has shown that ex—footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than the general population. the former england and west brom strikerjeff astle died from a brain condition in 2002 which doctors say was caused by heading footballs. now his daughter dawn astle and rachel walden, daughter of former player rod taylor, who've long campaigned on the issue, are joining forces with the professional footballer‘s assoication. dawn's been speaking to natalie pirks. i have been probably one of their biggest critics with regarding this particular issue and it would be

very easy for me to turn around and say no. because i am angry with them. people say forgive and forget, andi them. people say forgive and forget, and i can't do that. but it is not about me. it is about the families and the players. no doubt there will bea and the players. no doubt there will be a lota and the players. no doubt there will be a lot a lot of money that is needed and just because rachel and i will be working alongside them, it doesn't mean that we won't be critical. it doesn't mean there was silence us, because that really won't be the case. if we find that it is worth a set of actions i suppose, than the both of us will just walk away and it would be a waste of time. but at the minute, it is often the support to the be there for the families. were you surprised to find that all these years down the line, the pfa still don't know how many players have been affected by this? that is always amazed me. my by this? that is always amazed me. my dad will have passed away 19

yea rs my dad will have passed away 19 years and a couple of weeks, on the 19th of january, and years and a couple of weeks, on the 19th ofjanuary, and as years and a couple of weeks, on the 19th of january, and as you know, ten months later it was the corners call where the ruling wasn'tjust your disease, beheading had killed him. -- your disease, beheading had killed him. —— corner call. and within seconds, of leaving that call, my mom said your dad can't possibly be the only one. he can't possibly be. then we see figures, we get players getting families getting in touch with us talking about their particular data husband and others within the team, four, five, six players within a team and all affected by dementia. and it became very clear within just a few months that there was a real problem within the game. so i don't except for a second that nobody else knew about that. i don't except for a second. industrial disease is at the bottom of my this certificate. it is not on the bottom of the death certificate

of otherformer the bottom of the death certificate of other former footballers without the game has killed them. these feel that fifa and the global game is dragon gazelles a little bit? definitely dragging desales. they are frightened to death of the implications. —— dragging their heels they find it unsettling, uncomfortable, but this is real. players are dying. we know because of the field study and we know there is this terrible increase in risk of footballers, and do not do anything about it because they are frightened of the implications of the game, it is not acceptable on any level. in fa ct, is not acceptable on any level. in fact, it borders negligence. it's been almost a year and a half, but steve smith has ended his long wait for a test hundred. on day two of the third test against india. he hit 131 at the sydney cricket ground, his first test century since the ashes in england back in september 2019, as the home side finished their first innings on 338. nick parrott reports.

last week, steve smith lost at the top spot in the test batting raking. it was inevitable after a first duck forfour it was inevitable after a first duck for four years it was inevitable after a first duck forfour years in the it was inevitable after a first duck for four years in the second test, and just hand run so far in the series. he began the day on 31, determined to score a far more. and it wasn't long before he shot past 50. raising hopes of ending the second longest century draw of his career. rain briefly interrupted the proceedings, but not smith's flow. he was back in the zone, just one thing on his mind. australia should have posted a more significant score, but many of smith partners and fail cheaply. fortunately for the host, he kept going. history of warcoming the host, he kept going. history of war coming with relief via the acclaim of the 9000 hands allowed the grounds, and a reply to his critics. plenty of people said i was atafarm,

critics. plenty of people said i was at a farm, so it was nice to i guess come back into form. —— adam form. if that is what you to call it. it was only about three or four weeks ago i think i scored 200 at the dcg. so yes, it kinda just makes me laugh sometimes when people say that kind of thing. i missed out on the first to the test message obviously in the come back today and score some runs and help put us in a decent position. now it is over to our strongest bowlers to seize the initiative. with india set to resume my 96 or two on day three. —— resume with 96 onto. next the world's top 16 snooker players will compete the most exciting phase of the nfl calander starts this weekend with the start of the post—season play—offs. 12 of the 14 teams who have qualified, including tom brady's tampa bay buccaneers, are in action to try and make it one step closer to the superbowl. lydia campbell reports: all roads lead to tampa for the most

anticipated american sports event of the year. the super bowl. with the regular season complete, it is time for the top 14 teams to compete for the chance to play for american football's biggest prize. the team hosting the super bowl has never wa nted hosting the super bowl has never wanted to come up with the tampa bay buccaneers will be hoping to change that. they now have six time super bowl champion tom brady, and have reached the playoffs for the first time since 2008. this guy threw for 40 time since 2008. this guy threw for a0 touchdown passes come over a000 yards and he did this at a3 years old. he is a natural leader, a person who everybody seems to gravitate towards and wherever he goes, he has been successful. these players now believe they can do it because they have the god who is the greatest of all time. —— the guy. this city might have that chance and it is because of tom brady and his play, especially at the end of the year right now. i'm sunday in clevela nd, fa ns year right now. i'm sunday in cleveland, fans were celebrating the brown switching the playoffs for the

first time in18 brown switching the playoffs for the first time in 18 years. but the celebration soon turn disbelief. tuesday morning to come of the browns announced they had five positive covert cases, including their head coach. —— covid cases. they want from not having a postseason appearance in 18 years to now people acting like it is doomsday in the sky is falling because your head coach isn't there but the good thing for the browns if you still have five pro bowlers, baker may feel, and that offence coming back, they are not dead in the water. the brown so have a chance. two teams not involved in wild card weekend on the top seeds of each division, this year that is the green bay packers and the kansas city chiefs. they will get a welcome rest before going directly into round two. and it looks like it is a two horse race for the coveted most valuable player title between aaron rodgers and patrick mahomes. rogers gets my vote. that is why i think he will be in the super bowl. i'm

having a home—field advantage in playing at an mvp he is will get him there. from start to finish, he has been the most outstanding player, just a performance level of aaron rodgers we and week out, you have to say he is the mvp. no matter who wins this year, they won't quite have the parade the chiefs had last season. have the parade the chiefs had last season. covid—19 had to make sure that. but for one team, a chance for glory still remains. a reminder that you can follow the story while at the nfl shows on bbc 0ne tomorrow. and finally — francesca jones is a 20—year—old from leeds who's made the qualifying draw of an overseas tennis grand slam for the first time. she was born with a rare syndrome which means she has three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on her right foot, and four on her left. francesca's been telling us she's had adaptive surgery countless times — and has also been told just as often

— that having a proffessional tennis career isn't realistic. but she's proving them all wrong and from next week will attempt to qualify for the australian 0pen. the way i see is that i'm just playing the game with a different set of cards. but that doesn't mean those cars still can't win the game. —— those cards can still win the game. i was born with three fingers, on each hand. and then on my right foot i have three toes in the my left foot i have four. when somebody does say to you at eight years old you can do something, i suppose most people would be heartbroken but i walked out of the clinic, i had been told i can't i don't understand why. i wa nted can't i don't understand why. i wanted to for that person wrong and i only prove somebody wrong but proved to myself i could do what i wa nted proved to myself i could do what i wanted to and encourage others to do so too.

i would say that my mental strategist of one of my biggest strength is not my biggest strength. ido strength is not my biggest strength. i do have that kind of edge against my opponents purely because of the experience i've gotten through. i only use it to my advantage. 0n the tour i feel that people really respectful towards me and i hope that continues to be the case and i am another tennis player who want to achieve her goals. so that is the way it is. good luck to francesca for qualifying. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back later with the latest. for now, thank you for watching. good night. hello there. some of the snow today has been pretty disruptive especially for

north yorkshire. most of that will fizzle out overnight in fall. a frosty one for many of us with freezing fog. the sleet and snow clearing away. we will have the fog further north, lacks clear skies and any like snow will be very cold indeed, —11 —12 degrees one or two spots, a cold frosty start to saturday but bright it and lots of sunshine around and quite great across central and southern areas with freezing fog for a time which will drift into patchy clad. some changes taking place across western scotland and it would've front will bring up bricks of rain, more of a breeze and he'll snow up in temperature slowly recovering closer to the seasonal norm with the west but another cold day. next week, it looks like we will see slightly milder air moving for a time but also affects of

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