hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm betty glover. ajax say they're considering legal action after they're given a new date to finish their abandoned match against feyenoord. the countdown to friday's ryder cup is on. we'll hear from both captains. and the england and wales cricket board says it wants to change the game to tackle discrimination.

we'll start the program with the news that the dutch football association has confirmed that the abandoned match between ajax and feyenoord at the weekend will resume behind closed doors on wednesday. feyenoord led 3—0 after 56 minutes when the game was stopped as home fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. trouble then continued outside thejohan cruyff arena as police used tear gas on fans outside the stadium. ajax say they disagree with the decision to finish the game on wednesday because of fixture congestion and are considering legal action. i actually were hoping to play the game in a later stage, a final. a later stage, a feyenoord said, look, we're 3—0 up. it's not our problem. the victory should be

given to us today. monday everybody got together at the headquarters of the federation, and the federation said under the rules which we have, we play this game within for the next 48 hours. within in the next 48 hours. and that is what is happening on wednesday afternoon. i actually fight for the remaining 35 minutes in the johan cruyff arena and there will be no spectators at all. you know, losing with a big figure against their rotterdam rivals would be a lot of shame for the fans and you could tell it was brewing. i have had the worst start in 60 years and that's for a club which has become world famous winning european cups, playing total football the cruyff way that is so much against the culture of the club. now spain forward marianna calle marianna caldente says she hopes the women's team can compete at the olympic games next year as long as it's under the conditions the players think they deserve. many of the players went on strike after former president of the spanish football federation, luis rubiales, kissed a player after they won the world cup

last month. rubiales has since resigned, but many players remained on strike until a deal was made with the federation over further changes. spain beat sweden on friday and face switzerland on tuesday in the nations league group stage. the two finalists in the competition, should spain make it that far, will appear at the olympics. translation: that'sl when i was like, okay, this is a globalfight, and all the women in players own it. we always say that we're here to play football. we're football players, but at the same time we have a voice and a responsibility to try and leave football and women in a better place than they were when we arrived. now we're fighting this fight almost unintentionally, because what we want and what we do best is to play football. after europe's women retain the solheim cup in spain yesterday. attention now turns to rome and the ryder cup that gets going on friday. the united states are aiming to win on european soilfor

the first time since 1993. while europe will be hoping to come back from a crushing defeat in the usa two years ago where they lost by a record 19 to 9 at whistling straits. we've been hearing from both captains. i certainly have a lot of belief in my team. i know it's going to be a difficult next few days. it really is. the us are very strong. we know that. we are coming off our worst defeat ever in a ryder cup. us players are strong, high up in the world rankings. they have some great partnerships that have had a lot of success. so we have our work cut out. but as i said, you know, you have to have belief in your team that you're going to get them into a place where they can be successful. i'm sure zach feels the same way, but, you know, i'm looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds over the coming days. we all know that at this point, anybody can beat anybody. so it's not a matter of i mean, i understand the end result can go a number of different ways. but when it comes down to it,

i'm confident in the 12 guys i have make the best team for team usa this year. and it's really it is that simple. team usa is arguably in a better place now than what it was, you know, seven, eight, nine years ago. australia have slipped to 10th in the world, their lowest ever ranking after their heavy defeat to wales at the rugby world cup. their 60 points to six loss means they now need other scores to go their way to stand any chance of advancing to the knockout stages and avoiding their earliest exit in the in the competition ever. australian journalist finn morton says this world cup form has not been a surprise. the writing has been on the wall for this team for quite some time. they were zero in 5, zero wins from five

matches coming into the world cup and the win over georgia was a minor step in the right direction. but like i said, the writing was on the wall. no giants of international rugby has fallen harder than the wallabies and i think that's apparent at the moment. on what is probably the darkest day in australian rugby history. the england and wales cricket board has laid out its plans to make the game more inclusive after a damning report into the sport earlier this year. the independent commission for equality and cricket said for equity and cricket said that racism, sexism, elitism and classism were widespread and deep rooted and made more than a0 recommendations. here's our sport reporter, north sport editor, rather, dan rowan. on the field. it's been a summer to cherish for english cricket, but the compelling drama of both men's and women's ashes series was played out against a backdrop of soul searching after a damning independent report found deep rooted discrimination across the sport. today, the ecb vowed to change the game by committing to a host of recommendations, including a new independent regulator to conduct investigations £25 million a year to further grow the women's and girls game

and action plans to break down barriers for ethnic minority communities and state educated children. yorkshire's players preparing for their final match of the season earlier. the county is still trying to recover from the racism scandal that engulfed it two years ago. and the man in charge here told me he welcomed today's news. we've been, i guess, accelerated in terms of ourjourney around dealing with socioeconomic backgrounds, with the ethnic diversity within yorkshire and, you know, and what we can do around bringing people from state schools into the game and the inequality around gender. and it's really starting to pay dividends now. our membership is much more diverse than it ever was. so yeah, i do think that it will make a change. england women players match fees have now been increased to equal the men's, but when it comes to the more valuable actual pay, the ecb would not commit to the recommended parity across the sport at domestic level by 2029 and for internationals by 2030.

i look at it and i think, where's all the money coming from to immediately raise things to a parity? it's quite hard, but the intention of travel is to do that and i think, you know, i've got to take them on good faith that that is something that they're moving towards and i think that should be welcomed. the ecb doesn't guarantee free coaching to children in county age group cricket as recommended, but it is giving £2 million of funding to projects like this. the south asian cricket academy in birmingham, which tries to tackle under—representation. azeem rafiq, the former yorkshire player whose allegations of racism sparked an unprecedented crisis for the game, believes more should be done. there's a couple of. positive, but on a on a positive, but on a, on a large basis, i think it's it lacks a lot of detail- and which is incredibly disappointing - and a little bit frustrating. but after one of- the most challenging periods the domestic game has faced, many in the sport - will hope it can now move forward. - it's too early to assess the effectiveness of the measures announced today,

and it's unclear whether tens of millions of pounds the ecb says they'll cost will come from. but the governing body does insist that they are needed if cricket's to become the most inclusive sport in the country. dan rowan, bbc news at headingley. thanks to dan to tennis now and top seed alexander zverev will face unseeded roman saifuddin in the final of the chengdu open. zverev beat third seed greg or dimitrov 6376 to seal his place zverev beat third seed gregor dimitrov 6376 to seal his place in the final. he's chasing his first hardcourt singles title since 2021, but will have to get past zekulin who breezed past number two seed lorenzo musetti 6364 to book his spot in lorenzo musetti 63—64 to book his spot in the final several weeks. three—time olympic medalist johnny brownlee has confirmed he plans to retire after next yea r�*s olympic games in paris, but insists he wants to go to the french capital as a genuine medal contender. brownlee is set to compete in the individual triathlon and mixed team relay races and says he doesn't want to just make up

the numbers for team gb. i want to go to paris to be a genuine medal contender. i don't want to go to paris to get the kit, although team gb kits absolutely lovely. i want to go there to be on the start line in a competitive, genuine, competitive in the individual and the mixed team relay. and then i'm not sure after that, but i'll definitely finish my olympic career, although i know i said that after tokyo, but this will definitely be it. and from brownlee finishing his career to a potential start right at the beginning of hers, to a potential star right at the beginning of hers, this is nine—year—old marcel salgado of the philippines, who at the age of nine has become the youngest competitor at the asian games. she competed in the skateboarding event and reached the final where she finished seventh. definitely one to watch for the future, that's for sure. and you can get all of the latest sports news at the, from the bbc sports app

orfrom our website that's bbc.co. uk. forwards flash sport for me and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre. it's goodbye for now. hello there. we've got a bit of rain on the way today, but also should see some spells of sunshine developing. and at the moment, the rain is edging into northern ireland, where it's turning quite heavy. we've got southerly winds feeding in, so it's a mild start to tuesday with temperatures holding up into double figures. and that rain in northern ireland will soon spread to scotland, see a bit of wet weather as well for a time across northern england and north wales. across central and eastern england, a few showers will develop through the day, it'll turn quite cloudy for a time as well. but it is a day where we'll all see some sunshine at some points during the day, and those temperatures continue to run above average for the time of year, about 16—23 degrees. then we've got storm agnes on the way for the middle part

of the week, bringing some potentially disruptive weather. now, at the moment, agnes is this lump of cloud in the mid—atlantic — it's got 30 mile an hour winds on it, it is a very weak area of low pressure. however, it's going to pass underneath a very strong atlanticjet stream blowing at 140 mph, and that will deepen this low pressure rapidly. pressure falls by over 2a millibars in 2a hours. it's an example of a weather bomb. now, thankfully, the peak intensity of this low pressure will be well away from our shores. and actually, as the low pressure moves away from the jet stream, it's going to start to weaken. as that weakening takes place, well, that's what will determine exactly how strong the winds get. now, i think through the irish sea coasts, it's here where we'll see the strongest gusts of wind, could get gusts of wind around 70 or even 80 mph, potentially damaging and certainly disruptive gusts of wind. inland, yes, you could see 50, 60—odd mile an hour gusts across parts of south—west england, across wales, across northern england and northern ireland. but it's the coast and the hills where we could see

those much stronger gusts of wind, reaching 70 or even 80 mph. now, it will stay quite windy into thursday. agnes, or what's left of it, will be heading out into the norwegian sea. we'll be left with lots of showers across western areas, with more general rain pushing back into northern ireland. it will stay quite blustery, temperatures around 14—21 degrees celsius. now, beyond that, i think friday and saturday looking ok — there'll be a few showers across the northwest, but a fair amount of dry weather. however, rain looks set to return from sunday and into the early part of next week as well. that's it for now.

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