i'm sarah mulkerrins.g up: pep guardiola says manchester city deserve an apology, as jose mourihno questions the process that led to their european ban being overturned. why are you paying eight or 9 million if you are not guilty. if they are not guilty, than the decision is a disgrace. olympic bronze medallist amy tinkler says she made a formal complaint to british gymnastics last december, and revealed she left the sport due to negative experiences. former great britain cyclist jess varnish has lost her employment tribunal appeal against british cycling. hello, and welcome to sportsday. hello and welcome along to sportsday, "incredibly happy" is how pep guardiola today described his feelings, after manchester city's european ban was overturned. the manager also says his club deserves an apology — after being cleared of breaching financial fair play rules in football. however, the club were fined ten million euros and some other premier league managers have today criticised the process. rhia chohan has th

i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up... for england as the west indies took control on day three of the first test in southampton. after a four—month delay, the champions league is back on our radar. we'll have news of who manchester city and chelsea are drawn against — if they make the quarter—finals. a frustrating start to the weekend for lewis hamilton — the formula one world champion was off the pace in practice in austria. also coming up in the programme... rugby‘s revised scedule — seven games in four weeks for premiership clubs as they look towards a twickenham final. and we take a look inside ‘fight island' — where ufc is getting set to host four big events this month. hello and welcome along to the programme this evening. let's start then with the action in southampton — where england toiled and west indies wrestled control on day three of the opening test. the windies resumed on 57—1 and solidly worked their way past england's first innings total of 204. not long along they were finally bowled out for 114 14 overs

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.ponding to the recent allegation of abuse in british gymnastics. it upsets me. they're disturbing allegations, but i fundamentally believe that the vast majority of people that work in british sport at the elite and are doing the right thing and have athletes interest and welfare at their heart. i really, really believe that. but there is no room for the behaviour that's been described in some of those allegations in british sport, and allegations in british sport, and all of us in british sport have got to ta ke all of us in british sport have got to take a responsibility in making sure that people who behave like that are not welcome. like in everyday life, there are people who don't behave to the standards that i. don't behave to the standards that i, you others would want to see, and forgets its share of those people that come into our world. what we need to be collectively mooring forward is route those people out. if you are not confident with british gymnastics and its commitmen

hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.sure in the first test after west indies took a first—innings lead of 114 on day three in southampton. from 57—1 overnight, the tourists were eventually bowled out for 318, with kraigg brathwaite top scoring with 65. 0ur correspondent joe wilson has more. finally a beautiful day for cricket if you were playing. stuart broad made it clear he was angered to be dropped. the first pullers angler and had picked struggled to break through. with some judgement, and had picked struggled to break through. with somejudgement, west indies progress. the captain had to influence the game. first, ben stokes held the catch to diss dismiss shay hope. he made 65 when stokes the bowler got him lbw. delighted? stokes the bowler got him lbw. delighted ? well, stokes the bowler got him lbw. delighted? well, more relieved. jamin blackwood has a reputation for whacking the ball into the air too often. he knew what he'd done, and so often. he knew what he'd done, and so did england. but keep in mind the bigge

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ring with the ball for england, taking five wickets. decisive. it was curtis, south african raised with an irish passport, 59 not out on his island debut. when hundred 72 all out. nothing says remember me like five wickets for 30 and david will be could imagine thousands raising to their feet as he let england off. they look like classicjason their feet as he let england off. they look like classic jason roy until he was out for 24. with a test match player in their own bubble, a betting opportunity for some billings, for example. his remember me 50 and the captain still place those shots. england victorious in the 28th 04, ten points in the qualifying super league. the road to the next world cup. keyboard exceptionally well today. 0ver the next world cup. keyboard exceptionally well today. over the last for five years when he was there, he really poured his heart and soul into every performance that he has produced by today, his skill level was way superior to anyone else on the field

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.d international eni aluko says targets are needed at the top level of sport to improve the inclusion of people from black, asian and minority ethinic backgrounds. aluko is sporting director of aston villa's women's team and was speaking to the digital, culture, media and sport committee this morning, where she suggested a target of 30% representation from these communities. recent data shows thatjust 3% of all national sporting governing body board members are black. for me, it is two—pronged. you have to encourage the pool of talent. we have lost a lot of black coaches from the game who just don't believe that the pathway is there. so that is that. we need to keep driving black players to get their qualifications, make sure that they are top candidates with the opportunity comes, but on the flip side we need to make sure that we are intentionally making pathways for those people to come through. now to the incident that dominated the match between tottenham and everton in the premier

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. let's start then with the test cricket then.rning on day three of the first test, but the west indies remain in a strong position on 159 for 3. spinner dom bess made england's first break through as the windies added to their overnight score of 57, chasing down 204. earlierjoffra archer thought he'd got a wicket too, but a review found it was a no ball. kraigg brathwaite went past 50 as the away side closed in on that target, but he too has now been dismissed by england captain ben stokes. at lunch, the west indies are three wickets down, and trail by 45 runs. the draws for the delayed final stages of the champions league and europa league have been made. in the champions league, manchester city, who lead real madrid 2—1 with the second leg of their tie to play, would face either lyon orjuventus if they reach the quarterfinals, while, if chelsea manage to come from 3—0 down to beat bayern munich, they would face either napoli or barcelona. so here is the quarterfinal draw in full. all of those ties will be played as one match, r

hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.al to buy the club from mike ashley. our correspondent katie gornall has more details from stjames park. after 16 weeks of waiting a deal for which newcastle fans have set the heart on it is all now over and this will be a devastating fans learning the news today. it is the closest mike ashley has come to selling the club, he'd agreed a deal to sell the club back in april, a £300 million deal which included the saudi arabia arabia public investment fund, and the rubin brothers but today they said that after 16 weeks in which the premier league had scrutinise the deal under the owners and directors test they were pulling out we understand because they ran out of patience. they released a lengthy statement that i can summarise a few of the key points, they said that the focus was on building long—term value for the club, its fans and the community as "we remained committed to collaboration through a difficult period of uncertainty. " they went on to say that ultimately during the unferth

hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.ng of both the olympics and paralympics. earlier we spoke to our sports news correspondent alex capstick who has been speaking to tokyo 2020 chief executive toshiro muto. getting athletes from japan from countries with high infection rates, thatis countries with high infection rates, that is an issue they are looking at. there might be special measures for them. they're going to have to revisit plans for accommodation if the virus has been contained. i'm not sure how you can cram 10,000 athletes into an olympic village of that was the case was on the also have to look at transport. getting athletes to and from venues with them and when those venues before them and when those venues before the fans? that is the ambition certainly. but mr moto said they are considering ways of limiting the number of spectators. although the president made clear he didn't want to empty stadiums. mr bark is not working that scenario. in other words he may be looking at a limited number of spectators with f

sarah mulkerrins is at wavertree cricket club in liverpool for us this morning. good morning.test nine in southampton. this is the future, and they are able to get back playing all around england today. there are some caveats to the return of the sports. we have certain rules that are now in place in terms of maintaining the hygiene standards. there will be hygiene standards. there will be hygiene breaks within play, players will keep socially distant. the batsmen will run in distinct lines to make sure there are two metres in between them, their partner and the bowlers. 0ne mild he will be enforcing all those rules is phil 0'brien, chairman. a big smile on your face this 0'brien, chairman. a big smile on yourface this morning. it must be nice to be back. yes, we are super excited to be getting going again, getting on the field. we have been doing practising for a couple of weeks and some of those things that weeks and some of those things that we have been required to do have been difficult, shining the ball without saliva and things like that. as you can see, there is a big

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up...international cricket gets set for it's return — ben stokes readies himself for his first outing as england captain. two—time world champion fernando alonso is coming back to formula 1 after stepping away in 2018. and, the half a billion dollar man. patrick mahomes signs the most lucrative contract in the history of american sport. welcome along to sportsday. lovely to have you with us. football, golf, even some tennis — they've all been able to return in some form already since the lockdown — and now, the wait is almost over for cricket. tomorrow in southampton, england and west indies will get under way in the first test of their three match series. it's all behind closed doors and in a bio secure bubble.... ben stokes will also captain england for the first time — as regular skipperjoe root is on paternity leave. very exciting times. really looking forward to it. it is a different situation to what we are use to as a group with being in lockdown and every thing else that has came al

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. sarah.nd captain ben stokes says he will lead his side in a "gesture" of support for the black lives matter movement but he stopped short of confirming that they would take a knee. both england and the west indies will also carry the black lives matter symbol on their collars during the first test at the ageas bowl tomorrow. stokes will captain england for the first time as regular skipperjoe root takes time out for the birth of his second child. it is all about doing, you know, what i normally do, which is to try and influence the game as much as i can so that won't be changing, but obviously making decisions under different types of pressure that we know that test matches can throw at you, but i have got experience to look back on from being senior player tojoe. he's very open and asks opinions from the people around him, and also having the experience of what he has done in situations like that so i know it is not going to be plain sailing but i'm really looking forward to the challenge a