hello and welcome to sportsday. we hearfrom the president of valencia on the racist abuse aimed at defender mouctar diakhaby. her first lpga title, patty tavatanakit makes that major at the ana inspiration. and he dominated the game in the �*90s. how stephen hendry will lock horns with jimmy white once again in world championship qualifying. valencia became the first top level team in spain to walk off the pitch in protest at racist abuse yesterday.

mouctar diakhaby, visibly upset after being subjected to an alleged racial slur byjuan cala of cadiz in the first half of their la liga match. the game was stopped only for valencia to reappear 26 minutes later to play on without dioakhaby, who was substituted. the spanish league said today it condemns racism in all shapes and forms. valencia president anil murthy said the threat of a points deduction was behind their decision to play on and told the bbc�*s maz farooki there needs to be a rule change to ensure teams don't face punishment when taking a stand against racism. our player is the recent victim of flagrant abuse in football. no one should suffer from these kinds of racist abuses. the images show clearly what happened. there is not enough proof through recordings etc,

but through the images you can see that what happened really happened. you can see the clear on the kiddies site who is looking pale and guilty like a young kid who has done something wrong. what happened after that was more worried than what happened on the field because what was the reaction? of the institutions of footfall here? it is that we don't have, we will investigate, but go and play because you know what the rules are. the rules are very clear. if you don't play you lose the game, plus you abandon the game you lose another three points. through this episode, what messages needs to be really clear is that we need to change the rules. ~ . . , clear is that we need to change the rules. ~ ., .,, ., rules. what was said to the referee to our rules. what was said to the referee to your captain _ rules. what was said to the referee to your captain in — rules. what was said to the referee to your captain in that _ rules. what was said to the referee to your captain in that 20 _ rules. what was said to the referee to your captain in that 20 minute . to your captain in that 20 minute pause _ to your captain in that 20 minute pause when the game was suspended? because _ pause when the game was suspended? because the captain said afterwards the players were told they had to resume _ the players were told they had to resume the match or risk forfeiting

and perhaps risk more serious sanctions _ and perhaps risk more serious sanctions as well? the regulations are such that _ sanctions as well? the regulations are such that you _ sanctions as well? the regulations are such that you are _ sanctions as well? the regulations are such that you are deemed - sanctions as well? the regulations are such that you are deemed to i sanctions as well? the regulations i are such that you are deemed to have abandoned the game. you first lose that game and they take away three more points and there could be fined is involved as well because tv rights are involved etc. they went back into the dressing room, it was very clear, the coach told the players as well, "look, you guys decide, if we are not going out, we do not go out as a team." when he realised or was told the consequences are not going out would be such and such, he said look, let's go out and fight. i cannot do it any more but you guys go and fight because we are not exactly on top of the table right now. and these points are important. he said i will put myself aside for this game. you guys go and fight for me.

have you spoken to him today? yesterday— have you spoken to him today? yesterday he did not file key was able to _ yesterday he did not file key was able to come out and resume the game, _ able to come out and resume the game, i— able to come out and resume the game, i know the players have stood in solidarity — game, i know the players have stood in solidarity with him on the training _ in solidarity with him on the training field earlier. that has been — training field earlier. that has been posted online. how is he today? i been posted online. how is he today? i met— been posted online. how is he today? i met him _ been posted online. how is he today? i met him today this morning. i had a half—hour conversation with him. he is obviously still very affected. i think he is also affected with the general idea that anything goes. that frankly speaking, if you are what i would call a vulnerable person, the only way you can feel safe is to know that institutions protect you. as a club, we are going to protect him. what we're going to demand is a review of protocols when these things happen. if the starting point in the fight against racism is proof that this happened before we take any action, we're not protecting the vulnerable. so yesterday, for me was a case of taking two steps back in this fight

against racism. irate taking two steps back in this fight against racism.— taking two steps back in this fight auainst racism. ~ ., ., ,, ., against racism. we are talking about football in spain _ against racism. we are talking about football in spain but _ against racism. we are talking about football in spain but across - against racism. we are talking about football in spain but across the - football in spain but across the continent — football in spain but across the continent there seem to be a lot of instances _ continent there seem to be a lot of instances like this. something similar— instances like this. something similar happened in the europa league — similar happened in the europa league match between rangers and stavia _ league match between rangers and slavia prague. weekly players seem to get— slavia prague. weekly players seem to get racist abuse on social media after— to get racist abuse on social media after games. what does the game need to do to _ after games. what does the game need to do to stop incidents like this happening? name— to do to stop incidents like this ha enin: ? name ., .., ., ., happening? name general education of fans is important. _ happening? name general education of fans is important. football— happening? name general education of fans is important. football must - fans is important. football must serve as an example. what is different is someone in the crowd hurled racist abuse, it's very different from a player doing it to another player. the example is to be shown by footballers themselves. what happened yesterday is notjust an incident of a fan hurling racist abuse. this is a player against another player. they are colleagues in the football world. so that is where it gets very dangerous. what message are we sending to the world

and fans? everything goes. just don't get caught on camera. we'll have an update from the first of today's two premier league matches later. before that though, ten games in the championship today. middlesbrough keeping their playoff hopes alive as they snatched a point at home to watford. the vistors took the lead when philip zinckernagel�*s shot was deflected beyond marcus bettinelli by ismaila sarr, but the home side equalised with just 13 minutes to go. yannick bolasie heading home from paddy mcnair�*s cross. the result means that watford stay in second, while boro are 9th, 6 points off the play—off places. bournemouth kept up their push for the play—offs with victory over blackburn, barnsley remain fifth after their win over luton, while bottom of the table wycombe boosted their survival hopes by beating fellow strugglers rotheram. sheffield wednesday boosting their hopes of survival leading cardiff.

in league one, aiden mcgeady, who turned 35 yesterday, enjoyed some belated birthday celebrations as he secured a 1—1 draw for sunderland against second—placed peterborough. the result sees hull city stretch their lead at the top of the table to three points after beating northampton. and history has been made in the league two match between harrogate town and port vale this afternoon. rebecca welch has become the first female referee to be appointed to an efl match. ahead of the game, she described it as the biggest achievement of her career. a quick round—up of some of the day's other sports stories. west ham's declan rice will be out for four weeks with a knee injury, picked up while on international duty with england. rice hasn't missed a club game this season but will be a big miss for the champions league hunting hammers agaisnt wolves tonight. britain's adam yates finished sixth in the tour of the basque country's opening time trial in bilbao.

the ineos grenadiers rider recently won the tour of catalonia. he ended up 28 seconds behind stage winner slovenia's premoz roglitch. there was a huge upset at the irish grand national with 150 to one outsider freewheelin dylan winning at fairyhouse racecourse. jockey ricky doyle guided the nine—year—old home ahead of run wild fred to land the biggest win of his career. the favourite latest exhibition came fourth. and darts world number one gerwyn price has been ruled out of the premier league after testing positive for covid—i9. the competition gets under way tonight, with 2009 championjames wade taking his place to face gary anderson. it says something when your first lpga title is a major title. rookie patty tavatanakit underlining her huge potential by winning the ana inspiration

in california — golf�*s first major of the season. the 21—year—old from thailand was leading by five shots heading into the final round, and showed no signs of nerves on the last day — an eagle here at the second hole before closing with a round of 68 that left her two shots clear of lydia ko, who equalled the course record in her last round, as she tried to reign her in. she's come a long way since she finished as top amateur in this event three years ago. it's a dream come true every time i play here. i remember exactly, i was on this green, receiving my low amateur award, and i saw they were jumping and i actually took a snapchat and the caption was, "one day." it has been crazy. you sense plenty more victories to come. and finally these two, no strangers to snooker fans. seven—time world champion

stephen hendry and jimmy white. they have contested four world championship finals in the past, hendry winning every one. including their classic which he sealed by a frame in 1994. hendry made his return to the sport at 52. now the pair prepare to meet again, not in a final, but in qualifying. for a chance to play at the crucible once again. people want to beat me. i will be, you know, i'll be a scalp for somebody. but, yeah, it's going to be, i'm going to try and approach it, find a way of approaching it, and not put too much importance on it. because i think that's... if you look atjimmy all these years, i thinkjimmy is dying to play at the crucible again and i think it's affecting him in the qualifier. he's trying too hard, almost. and you've got to try and, i've got to guard against that. i've got to be prepared mentally just to go there and experience it. it would be a better test if i qualified and it was an end to the crucible because one of the main reasons i wanted to come back was to experience an atmosphere like that

again, so it would be kind of bittersweet, but it is what it is. i have tried to always keep expectations down, it's not a full—time comeback trying to win eight titles or anything like that. i am coming back to experience playing in arenas with people and enjoy the buzz of playing again and if it continues to improve, see what happens. that's all i want. qualifying for the crucible is the goal. making 800 centuries is another goal, but yes, just enjoy being back playing really. another goal, but yes, just en'oy being back playing reallyi another goal, but yes, just en'oy being back playing really. plenty of --eole being back playing really. plenty of eo - le will being back playing really. plenty of peeple will be _ being back playing really. plenty of people will be watching _ being back playing really. plenty of people will be watching as - being back playing really. plenty of people will be watching as they - being back playing really. plenty ofj people will be watching as they roll back the years. everton v palace half—time latest. just approaching half—time, goalless at the moment. wolves taking on west ham who will be without declan rice. that's all from sportsday. now it's time for click.

welcome to click. it was exactly one year ago that i stood on this beach, looked into that camera and said some pretty improbable—sounding things. first of all, click had been on airfor 20 years. secondly, the world was going into lockdown. and thirdly, because of that, we didn't know whether we were going to be able to continue making the programme. and then, of course, the next week, wejust forgot to stop. and now, 12 months on, the vaccines are offering us a way out and that is thanks to science and technology. and also, i'm still pretty much in one piece as a human being, and that is thanks in part to the person who i am

so glad canjoin me on the beach today. hiya! oh, thank you! i've tried my best. we've spent a lot of time on zoom! yeah, we have. but not today. it's great to be here in real life and isn't this absolutely beautiful? yeah. every bit of normality feels so special right now, but as we edge towards the lives we once knew, work could have changed forever. many businesses have closed, people have lostjobs and for some, this mayjust be a time to change career. but some industries are thriving and hiring. home delivery outfits, streaming entertainment and video games. and marc cieslak has been spending some time with the uk games developers who are part of this growing industry. young or old, hardcore... ..or casual, the pandemic has seen an explosion in the amount of people playing games.

the size of the uk market has led to increased investment and growth for lots of video games development studios. the brains behind the football manager series, sports interactive, is based here in east london's olympic park. as a studio, we've been going forjust under 30 years. originally started in two kids' bedrooms in shropshire. since then, we've grown very organically over the years to a team of 35, then to a team of 100, then to 150, and in the last year, we've grown to 200. so far, as a studio, we've sold 33 million games around the world, mainly football management titles. this is sumo digital�*s studio in sheffield. they most recently launched sackboy�*s a big adventure for the ps5 and are working on medieval multiplayer heist game hood, slated for release later this year. we make video games for all consoles and mobile.

we have many studios in the uk, from newcastle in the north down to brighton in the south. in the last two years, of which the pandemic has formed 50% of that, we have grown. we've added anotherfive studios to sumo digital. the group's headcount has grown 36% in 2020, so it has been a year of growth. these are both games companies producing blockbuster titles who have experienced recent expansion. during the pandemic, obviously it has been really hard for everyone. we have been very lucky in that our revenue hasn't stopped, as it has for some companies. but making games is hard. and making games when you're distributed around the world is even harder. and we were determined to still release games last year, so we actually ended up going on a bit of a hiring drive last year. we have accelerated our growth plans, so the growth we were expecting in the next three years we've done in one, and went up from 150 people to 200 in the last year.