aluko has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan.f her country's best—known female footballers, but last year eni aluko raised serious concerns about the culture in the england setup when asked to be part ofa england setup when asked to be part of a confidential fa review and in her first broadcast interview since the controversy began earlier this month, the striker told me she fears it may have cost her. the fact is a week before i was topped by the england team for the first time in 11 years i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture so whichever way you look at it, being part of that cultural review has cost me potentially my england career. england manager mark sampson was the subject of eni aluko's complaint and the man who dropped herfrom subject of eni aluko's complaint and the man who dropped her from the squad. the timing of which the fa insist was purely coincidental. both an internal enquiry and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of any wrong

and the fa say that eni aluko refuse to ta ke and the fa say that eni aluko refuse to take part in investigationsde detailed evidence to the barrister and the fa said a disappointed that she chose not to do this. barcelona are to sue former player neymar, just weeks after his 200 million pound world record move to paris st—germain. a warning there is some flash photography coming up. the brazilian player moved to the french capital after they met his buyout clause. but barcelona are now claiming breach of contract over a bonus payment triggered when he signed a new five—year contract last october. the spanish club say they're seeking 7.8 million pounds in damages, plus an additional 10% in interest. chris froome will have a second day in the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana. the four—time tour de france champion is trying to become the third man to win the grand tours of france and spain in the same season. he had no trouble preserving his two—second lead on a fairly flat stage four. italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona. froome finish

our sports editor, dan roan, went to meet aluko.n female footballers, but last year eni aluko raised serious concerns about the culture in the england setup, when asked to be part of a confidential fa review. and in herfirst broadcast interview since the controversy began earlier this month, the striker told me she fears it may have cost her. the fact is that a week before i was dropped from the england team for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so, whichever way you look at it, being part of that culture review has cost me... potentially cost me my england career. england manager mark sampson was the subject of aluko's complaints and the man who dropped her from the squad. the timing of which the fa insists was purely coincidental. both an internal inquiry and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of any wrongdoing, and found no evidence of an alleged racial remark to another player. sampson's vowed to improve his com

eni aluko has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan.best—known female footballers, but last year, eni aluko raised serious concerns about the culture in the england setup, when asked to be part of a confidential fa review. and in herfirst broadcast interview since the controversy began earlier this month, the striker told me she fears it may have cost her. the fact is that a week before i was dropped from the england team, for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so, whichever way you look at it, being part of that cultural review has cost me... potentially cost me my england career. england manager mark sampson was the subject of aluko's complaints and the man who dropped her from the squad, the timing of which the fa insists was purely coincidental. both an internal inquiry and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of any wrongdoing, and found no evidence of an alleged racial remark to another player. sampson's vowed to imp

eni aluko has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan.the england setup, when asked to be part of a confidential fa review. and in herfirst broadcast interview since the controversy began earlier this month, the striker told me she fears it may have cost her. the fact is that a week before i was dropped from the england team for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so, which ever way you look at it, being part of that culture review has cost me... potentially cost me my england career. england manager mark sampson was the subject of aluko's complaints and the man who dropped her from the squad. the timing of which the fa insists was purely coincidental. both an internal inquiry and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of any wrongdoing, and found no evidence of an alleged racial remark to another player. sampson's vowed to improve his communication style, but aluko, who is a qualified lawyer, has now gone public with an allege

paying aluko an amount understood to be £80,000 to avoid disruption to the england team ahead of thissummer's european championships, and not prevent disclosure. why speak out now? i feel like there are a lot of half—truths out in the public, and it is in the public interest now to understand the severity of this case. to understand that this isn't something i decided to fabricate out of the blue, this wasn't a bitter, impassioned revenge on the england manager. this was something i was asked to do. aluko has won 102 caps for her country, but she says she now fears her experience could deter other players from raising concerns. manchester city manager pep guardiola says he hopes his players can learn from the mistakes they made the last time they played everton. city were thumped 4—0 last season, but face them tonight in the premier league, having since spent £200 million on players. everton could give gylfi sigurdsson his debut, having signed for a club—record fee, thought to be £16 million. six days, we've played three away games, difficult ones. it starts on monday, city, ok, a nic

it's after eni aluko, who has 102 caps for england, accused sampson of bullying and discrimination, which he denies. sampson has been cleared by two investigations so far and southgate says there's no problem at the fa. my my feeling is that the culture is very good here. i can't talk about specific camps and age groups i'm not involved with, but i sense we are heading in a good direction with everything that's going on at saint georges park. i think this summer was a really good example of that across the men's and women's game. in cricket, england can seal the series against west indies with victory in the second test which starts later at headingley.

wrongdoing and he vehemently denies aluko's claims.am for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so whichever way you look at it, being pa rt whichever way you look at it, being part of that culture review has cost me potentially my england career. the fa insist the timing of aluko being dropped days after her initial accusations were made. is purely coincidental. and that they paid an £80,000 pound settlement to the player to avoid disrupting the england team's preparations for euro 2017 geoffrey boycott has apologised for an alleged racist comment made during the first test between england and the west indies. the former batsman and commentator was speaking at an event at edgbaston according to the daily mirror and was making a comparison between the number of west indian players who have been knighted and him being turned down twice for the honour. boycott has tweeted an unreserved apology. accepting his comments were "u na cce pta ble" and

striker eni aluko accused sampson of making racial and prejudicial remarks.ny wrongdoing in both an fa review and an independent investigation. everton's wayne rooney scored his 200th premier league goal in the 1—1 draw last night at manchester city. raheem sterling equalised for the hosts, who had kyle walker sent off on his home debut, after the england defender received two yellow cards in quick succession. team sky's chris froome took the leader's red jersey after stage three of the vuelta a espa na yesterday. he's aiming to become only the third man to win both the tour de france and the vuelta in the same year. england's women play france in the semi—final of the rugby world cup this evening. head coach simon middleton has made two changes to his side for the match as lydia thompson comes in on the wing and rachel burford returns at inside centre. he has been making lots of changes through this tournament. this is, without question, his strongest selection so far. carol's here with this mornings weather. she's out and about with some woolly friends in l

aluko has accused sampson of "bullying and discrimination".ared him of any wrongdoing and he vehemently denies aluko‘s claims. the fact is, a week before i was dropped from the england team for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so being part of that cultural review has potentially cost me my england career. the fa insist the timing of aluko being dropped, days after her initial accusations were made, is purely coincidental, and that they paid an £80,000 settlement to the player to avoid disrupting the england team's preparations for euro 2017. england are through to the semifinals of the women's eurohockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to progress through. england took the lead after this great ball from anna toman. one goal from a short corner whilst scotland crash out of the competition with defeat. scotla nd scotland are eliminated from the tournament. jeffrey has apologised foran tournament. jeffrey has

former england football star eni aluko speaks to us about her alleged racist treatment by the team.er one victoria azarenka will miss the us 0pen. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished i—i. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton's morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages.

england's women team mark sampson who was accused bullying and racial discrimination by striker eni aluko and the fa were cleared of any wrong doing by an independent investigation. i think the report that i've read, the independent reports, has said the independent reports, has said the same, and you speak as you find, and mark in my view is an excellent character, so i have no hesitation in saying that. there's good news for manchester united fans this evening. zlatan ibrahimovic says he's "back to finish what he started." the swede has signed a new one year deal to stay at old trafford having scored 28 times in 46 appearances in his first season with the club. he's unlikely to return until december, following the serious knee injury that saw him miss the club's europa league triumph back in may. despite his absence, the new deal has been welcomed by his united team—mates. everyone knows zlatan, knows what he can give us. as personality of the pitch and his goals, and he can be a big boost for us after this first pa rt big boost for us after this first part of the season. hopefully, he

aluko reached a settlement with the fa receiving around £80,000.in his career? yes, 200 goals for wayne rooney in the premier league. it came against manchester city. he said it would have been a nice moment for the red half of the city. this goal came for everton. his second of the season. both teams ended the game with ten men on a dramatic night. raheem sterling got the equaliser for manchester city with eight minutes remaining. for rooney it was a night to remember, though he is still 60 behind the only other player to reach 200, alan shearer. congratulations wainman reaching 200 premier league goals. a great achievement. where have you been? the 200 club has been a lonely club over the last few years. well done. i'm sure you have in you. this is how they compare. wayne rooney is the leading goal—scorer for wayne rooney is the leading goal—scorerfor his wayne rooney is the leading goal—scorer for his country and 53. and finally, victoria azarenka has been forced to pull out of the us 0pen? been forced to pull out of the us open? she won't be th

the manager of the england women's team, mark sampson, has been cleared of wrongdoing after eniola alukol association about "bullying and ha rassment". she's won 102 caps — but hasn't played for england since making the claims in may 2016. the chelsea player said she also felt "undermined and belittled" by england staff and claims their negative bias added to her not being picked. but the fa said an independent report found no evidence of wrongdoing by sampson or his staff. the fa agreed to a settlement with the player earlier this year — with a confidentiality agreement believed to be part of the deal. bbc sport understands the figure was in excess of £40,000. england rugby union players manu tuilagi and denny solomona have been sent home from the team's training camp for what england call "team culture issues". .. it's understood to be centred around alcohol. 0ur rugby union reporter chris jones joins us now. so places in this england team are ata premium. so places in this england team are at a premium. what do you think lies ahead now for the two players?m at a premium. what do you t

kick it out says the fa should conduct a comprehensive review into the claims of eniola aluko's claimshave wing lydia thompson fit for their rugby world cup semi final against france tonight. coach simon middleton is promising no more rotation. he's going to pick his strongest side fo rthe match in belfast. more on those stories just after 11:30am. let's bring you up—to—date on a story developing all of yesterday. the us navy has ordered a worldwide "operational pause" of its fleet after a destroyer collided with a tanker near singapore, leaving ten sailors missing. five other sailors were injured in the incident involving the guided missile destroyer ussjohn s mccain. it was the fourth us navy ship to crash this year, and the second in the past two months. our asia correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. i understand us divers are now joining in the search? that's right. from what the us navy has been able to tell us is earlier on in the morning today, us navy divers and us rink or diversjoined in morning today, us navy divers and us rink or divers joined in the search for the

was made with derogatory racial and prejudicial connotations, the player who made the claim was eni alukor. despite having over 100 caps, she has not been included for england since her complaint, but the fa decided to pay her £80,000 settlement, agreeing a mutual resolution with the chelsea forward, they say, in order to avoid disrupting the england squad's preparations for 2017. the fa cleared sampson of any wrong doing and made this statement: the question is, if an independent report found there was no wrongdoing, why pay out £80,000 in settlement. there are question marks over the football association with kick it out saying they have a responsibility to be transparent — especially given all the recent talk around integrity and welfare in sport. sure we will hear more on that in the coming days. one thing that in the coming days. one thing thatis that in the coming days. one thing that is pretty much over and done with is celtic‘s champions league qualifier with astana. the scottish champions were in action last night and won the first leg 5—0, to all but seal a spot in the group sta

the manager of the england women's team, mark sampson, has been cleared of wrongdoing after eniola alukoaking the claims in may 2016. the chelsea player said she also felt "undermined and belittled" by england staff and claims their negative bias added to her not being picked. but the fa said an independent report found no evidence of wrongdoing by sampson or his staff. aluko and the fa agreed a settlement earlier this year, with one national newspaper claiming it included a £40,000 confidentiality agreement. bbc sport understands the figure was higher. that is all for now. jeremy corbyn has spoken about the situation in venezuela which fellow mp frank field described as desperate. jeremy corbyn said he was sad because of the loss of life, but did not condemn president euro, despite pressure on him to do so.|j am despite pressure on him to do sol am very sad about lives lost in venezuela. people have died on the street and security forces have attacked people on the street and all of those loss of lives are terrible. there has to be a dialogue process that respects the independent judici

aluko has accused sampson of bullying and discrimination.ct was due to expire at the end of this season. he is fifth in the standings. more in the next hour. if you keep your teeth clean, you are less likely to develop alzheimer‘s. that in a nutshell is the finding of research in taiwan suggesting that people with long—term gum disease are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia. although the study of 28,000 people could not prove that gum disease directly caused alzheimer‘s, researchers think that proper tooth—brushing should be advised to ward off dementia. dr clare warton from the alzheimer‘s society is with us in the studio. we have heard things along these lines before but this research is fairly definitive? yes, so it's not really a new idea that gum disease and other infections in the body may be putting you at an increased risk of alzheimer‘s, but this is the longest and largest study. it tells us longest and largest study. it tells us that it‘s the long—term gum disease problems that may put you at greater risk. because of what,

chelsea have commended eniola aluko for speaking of her experiences after she accused england boss markiscrimination. sampson has been previously cleared of wrongdoing and vehemently denies the claims. more on those stories at half—past. rescue workers are still trying to reach survivors, after a magnitude four earthquake hit the italian island of ischia. at least two people have been killed, and nearly a0 injured, after the tremor brought down several buildings. the island, off the coast of naples, has a population of about 50,000, and is also popular with tourists. richard lister has the latest. minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors picked their way through a ruined house in the town of casamicciola. around them, in a blizzard of dust, buried cars and rubble—strewn streets. their neighbours are escaping, too, as the emergency services move in. "it was terrible", she said. "i was terrified. ischia was a trap." several buildings collapsed. under the wreckage, rescuers worked frantically to get to those buried. at this site, rescuers hear the faint sound of a baby crying. and aft

it follows claims by the footballer eni aluko that she was subjected to bullying and discrimnatory behaviour any wrongdoing and denies the most recent accusations made by the chelsea forward. the anti—racism charity kick it out has called for an independent review. chris froome will have a second day in the leader's red jersey at the vuelta espana. the four—time tour de france champion is trying to become the third man to win the grand tours of france and spain in the same season. he had no trouble preserving his two—second lead on a fairly flat stage 4. italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona. froome finished in the main bunch to keep the red jersey — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are into the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence, they would probably drop deep so we knew would be a close game particularly in the first half. we knew if we con

striker eniola aluko made the claims against sampson, but he's been cleared of wrongdoing by both ante has praised the character of his fellow coach. my my feeling is that the culture is very good here. so i cannot talk about the specific meetings, age groups, i have got involved with, but i sense that we are heading in a good direction at saint georges parkhead. the summer was a good example of that. now, a legitimate contest or a farce ? well, the floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor fight this weekend is splitting opinion and there's no denying it's a talking point. now former boxer ricky hatton has revealed his thoughts "pure showbiz." however hatton doesn't blame the fighters for taking the money, and he's hoping there's a victory for mcgregor. iama i am a little bit disappointed in how boxing has gone a little bit lately. it wasn't so long ago when people were complaining they were too many belts and weight divisions in boxing now. i don't blame connor or floyd, but it shows you how boxing has gone these days, doesn't it? it does indeed. england can seal the series against west

association had come under pressure regarding the payment of an £80,000 settlement paid to forward eni alukoying and harassment claim against england dismissed by an independent investigation. well, the fa put out another statement on the issue yesterday. in it sampson said... but sampson did go on to say he would be working on his communication style. it's been a good week for british teams looking to qualify for europe next season. a perfect sweep of first leg wins, this time for everton in their europa league play—off, who beat hadjuk split 2—0 at goodison park. but the match was marred by crowd trouble after the travelling fans surged towards the pitch and threw objects as play was stopped in the first half. that came shortly after michael keane's opener. idrissa gueye added a second after the delay, but uefa will now have to examine the crowd trouble before the reverse leg in croatia next thursday. england will play france on tuesday for a place in the final of the women's rugby world cup, after beating the united states in strong fashion by 47 points to 26. the defending champions ran

it's after eni aluko, who has 102 caps for england, accused sampson of bullying and discrimination, which involved with, but i sense we are heading in a good direction with everything that's going on at saint georges park. i think this summer was a really good example of that across the men's and women's game. in cricket, england can seal the series against west indies with victory in the second test which starts later at headingley. the last test finished inside three days and england will start as big favourites ahead of the match. it's one of two tests to take place before this winter's ashes and will seejoe root lead england out at his home ground. i'm lost for words a little bit on how to describe it! it's a great opportunity, to do that here at headingley where i have watched a lot of cricket played. to get the opportunity to captain england here is very exciting and a proud day for me. whether you think it's a real or not the floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor fight in las vegas this weekend is completely splitting opinion. the former boxer ricky hatton has labelled it "pure showb