between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylovofia was stopped twice due to racist behaviour from the home fans including monkey chanting and nazi salutes. bulgarian journalist teodora barzakova says that during mihaylov‘s tenure things have only deteriorated he have only deteriorated has been in the job for 14 ye during he has been in the job for 14 years. during the 14 years, it has gotten worse. not only the quality of bulgarian football but also allegations of corruption and the problem with racism this year has probably only been in the headlines quite often. the government also raided the offices of the football association this afternoon so clearly they will take some sort of action and there will be a backlash against the association but it only remains to be seen what action will be taken against the actual fan groups that go and do this. in the asian section of the fifa 2022 world cup qualifiers, there was a suprise win for thailand as they beat the uae 2-1. thailand, who are ranked 116 in the world, 48 places below thei

clearly, the head of the bulgarian association, the famous ex goalkeeper borislav mihaylov, if he hadences were of what happened last night, that he would effectively lose his job, of what happened last night, that he would effectively lose hisjob, they would effectively lose hisjob, they would have done more about it. this was clearly a major miscalculation. they either thought that these fans wouldn't turn up, the fans that were pulling these nazi salutes were effectively a small neo—nazi group from a couple of clubs, or that they thought they wouldn't do what they did, or perhaps they thought that u efa did, or perhaps they thought that uefa wouldn't react in the way that they did. but either way, the head of the bulgarian football has now lost hisjob of the bulgarian football has now lost his job and it has sent a strong signal to other football associations across eastern europe and it may mean something gets done about this issue. daniel sandford, many thanks. the way england players and their manager handled themselves on and off the pitch has won praise, and will have been wat

between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylove minister boyko borissov after the abuse of england players in the euro 2020 qualifier in sofia. the match, which england won 6—0, was stopped twice because of racist behaviour by home fans, which included nazi salutes and monkey chants. britain's chris froome has called the route for the 107th edition of the tour de france "brutal" as he aims for a record—equalling fifth title. the route was unveiled at a ceremony in paris. the tour features five summit finishes before the traditional final sprint stage in paris on the 19th ofjuly. riders will face 29 mountains on the near 3,500 kilometre 21—stage route, which starts in nice on the 27th ofjune, 2020. the womens champions league resumes later on wednesday. it's the round of 16 with manchester city looking to become only the second english team to win the prestigious prize. they entertain atletico in the first of two legs knowing they have to start making a bigger noise on the european stage against a team that beat them last season. w

minister was calling for the resignation of the president of the bulgarian football association, borislav mihaylovhe condemned me —— is that he strongly condemns the behaviour of some of the people in the stadium of a piece as they are one of the most tolera nt a piece as they are one of the most tolerant countries. we have just been hearing that the president of the bulgarian fa has refused to stand down, saying he will not tolerate any political interference. that is what is happening internally, but the pressure is really on uefa now to take a shock sta nce really on uefa now to take a shock stance against this. that pressure could grow when we hear from stance against this. that pressure could grow when we hearfrom uefa on possible sanctions are due course. the biggest thing to come out of all of this, arguably, is aware that the england players handled themselves last night, the weather manager, gareth southgate, handles himself, as well. and we heard portions and commend him for that. commendation for all those players and the way that they conducted themselves in the face of such racism. es

the president of the bulgarian fa — borislav mihaylov — has resigned.o "think more broadly" about fixing the problem. troy townsend from the anti—racism group kick it out, says an example needs to be made of bulgaria. news of fresh sanctions for the italian side lazio. there stadium in rome will be partially close for the european game against celtic on the seventh after racist behaviour by the lazio fans against french side rennes earlier this month. they have been fined over £17,000 also. that night in sofia dominating the back pages. the guardian give an account of what happened in the tunnel after the match and the conversations between the england players. the times says the players had been offered counselling after the game and the sun says footballers a crossroads. and the republic of ireland missed the chance to qualify for next summer's european championships. that's after losing 2—0 to switzerland. the hosts took the lead early on, and then doubled their lead right at the end of the game. ireland also lost captain seamus coleman to a red card

the president of the bulgarian fa — borislav mihaylov — has resigned from his post after pressure from"wage war on the racists", whilst fifa president gianni infantino says the sport needs to "think more broadly" about fixing the problem. uefa have sanctioned the italian side lazio because of the racist behaviuour of their fans. their stadium in rome will be partially closed for their europa league game against celtic on november 7th. that follows incidents during their match against the french side rennes earlier this month. they've also been fined just over £17,000. the republic of ireland missed the chance to qualify for next summer's european championship. that's after losing 2—0 to switzerland. the hosts took the lead early on, and then doubled their lead right at the end of the game. ireland also had captain seamus coleman sent off. their qualifying hopes now rest on next month's home game against denmark. meanwhile, there's a worry for manchester united after keeper david de gea limped off during spain's qualifying match with sweden. united face premier league leaders liverpool

the president of the bulgarian fa — borislav mihaylov — has resigned.y much 72 hours once the czech republic game finished can make it to get rings ready and they knew the eyes of the world were watching and they didn‘t ta ke world were watching and they didn‘t take the opportunity. how shocked we re take the opportunity. how shocked were you? not to shop, u nfortu nately. were you? not to shop, unfortunately. my colleague was on the airwaves yesterday saying the same thing happened to him in the same thing happened to him in the same stadium 12 years ago. these are repeat offenders and repeat offences. if you look at, as we lead up offences. if you look at, as we lead up to the game, the mood music coming out for is very much denial. england have got a problem, it is not just us, well, england have got a problem, it is notjust us, well, that is fine but you know the spotlight is going to be on you for that one game and you have onejob to be on you for that one game and you have one job to make sure that goes off without incident and they didn‘t do it.