ghana's sulley muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for pescara at cagliari on sundayfter his complaints of racist abuse were met with a yellow card. the midfielder could now face disciplinary measures after deciding to leave the field seconds before full—time. earlier, muntari had spoken directly with a section of the cagliari supporters targeting him with racist abuse. he claimed the abuse also came from children. as for the other games in serie a, juventus are four points away from a sixth successive title after nearest challengers roma lost their derby at home to lazio. crotone and milan drew. there were important wins for struggling sassulo and bologne. napoli beat seventh placed internazionale 1—0 and are third,

he was sent off after leaving the field during italian club pescara's serie a game away to cagliari laste bbc racism is "everywhere and getting worse". he's accused fifa and uefa of not caring enough about it. this was sulley muntari taking the fight against racism into his own hands. abused by sections of the crowd while playing for italian club pescara at cagliari recently, he confronted the offenders and complain to the referee. but when a continued and nothing was done, he walked off the pitch. the gunman was given a i—game ban, only to see it overturned after a show of support. and in his first interview since the incident, he said he had no regrets. —— ghanian. incident, he said he had no regrets. -- ghanian. really, ifelt incident, he said he had no regrets. -- ghanian. really, i felt pity for them. because they won't even getting under my beautiful skin. they were. if it happens today, tomorrow, in their next game, i am going to go out again. and would you recommend it to others? yes. because if you are not feeling it, you should walk. now 32, sulley muntari as global appeal. her

no action has been taken against cagliari because of the small number of fans involved.ed way and explained the situation, they acknowledge this is completely unacceptable. the issueis is completely unacceptable. the issue is what can o that i do about it. they are the european governing body but they claim the game was not in theirjurisdiction. we don't think that is right. what i find alarming is not only way are not getting involved here but fifa seem to be sitting on their hands. meanwhile, a player who has complained to the referee which he is entitled to do about abuse coming from the terraces from a small section, it could have been easily dealt with, the referee and the italian authorities have ignored it. they have banned him from complaining. the absence of any trust in those authority, from fifa, to way a to the italian federation, you are calling on the player themselves, black players in serie a to boycott their representative matches across the board. this is about players. i am alarmed that muntari ‘s team—mates have not become involved in this. his manage

a 7—man breakaway set up a bunched sprint at the end of the 148 kilometres from tortoli to cagliari. the leader's pinkjersey. dani pedrosa has won the spanish moto gp, having started on pole position, and led from start to finish. it was also the honda rider's first victory since september last year, in what was a dominant display. his fellow spaniards marc marquez and jorge lorenzo completed the podium while valentino rossi saw his lead at the top of the standings cut to two points following his tenth placed finish. that is sadly all we have time for. we should be back in around an hour. but from me, tulsen tollett, and all the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there, good morning. there's going to be some more sunshine around for the next few days. we may well have seen the peak of the temperature, though, over the weekend. it was pretty much wall—to—wall sunshine in northern ireland. and here we had the warmest day of the year so far. same temperatures in glasgow and we had the warm air all the way from wales towards the south coast. but these areas that had the warmth

midfielder was banned for one game after he protested against racist abuse in a serie a match at cagliariendent trustee of the british anti—discrimination organisation kick it out. we've contacted uefa and explained the situation and they acknowledge that this is completely unacceptable. the issue is what they can do about it. well, they are the european governing body but they claim the game isn't in their jurisdiction, and neither does kick it out, or the professional football association. fifa seem to be sitting on their hands. roma striker francesco totti is to retire at the end of the season. the serie a club say the 40—year—old, who has scored 250 goals in more than 600 appearances for the club, will take on a new non—playing role. appearing for his country at all levels from under—15s, totti scored nine goals in 58 senior appearances for italy, winning the world cup in 2006, when they defeated france in a penalty shoot out in berlin. voting is under way in the annual bbc women's footballer of the year award. it's one award that brazilian icon marta is yet to win. the five—time fifa

portsmouth striker was booked for dissent after complaining to the referee about racist abuse from the cagliariin after walking off the pitch and faces a one match suspension. and have contacted —— we contacted uefa. -- we contacted uefa. they say the game is not in theirjurisdiction. i don't think that is good enough. what i find alarming is notjust that uefa are not getting involved, but the —— but fifa seem to be sitting on their hands. lord coe says he's duty bound to consider the proposal that all world records set before 2005 should be erased. european athletics has put forward the idea saying there can be no confidence in past performances because of insufficient doping controls at the time. british athletes, paula radcliffe, colin jackson and jonathan edwards would all be removed from the record books. these proposals and opinion important things. it offers up a sta nce important things. it offers up a stance on anti—doping. it makes sure that world records are set in an environment where we know that there is proper measurement and proper technology. and the samples of those athletes t

midfielder walked off in a game playing for pescara in italy's serie a after being racially abused by cagliaris subsequently banned for one match. but that was overturned following worldwide condemnation. what matters is the disciplinary committee has got to act and the sooner committee has got to act and the sooner the better. i have my personal feelings on anyone that is treated like he has been treated. on and off the pitch. but i'm not here for personal matters. i'm here to make sure that fifa takes through the committee the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action. juventus take a 2—0 lead into tonight's second leg of their champions league semi—final against monaco in turin. the italian champions are strong favourites to meet either holders real madrid or atletico madrid in the final. now he may be 69... but dick advocaat has agreed to take charge of the netherlands national squad for a third time as he attempts to try and revive their bid to qualify for next year's world cup in russia. advocaat is also a former rangers and sunderland manager, and becomes the country's old

ghana's sulley muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for pescara at cagliari on sundayplaints of racist abuse were met with a yellow card. the midfielder could face disciplinary measures for leaving before full—time. but, if nothing else, he has the support of the united nations. 0n emissions throughout the world i see human rights defenders who are an inspiration to all of us. here at the un human rights office. —— on my missions throughout. they can help protect human rights principles. i wish to cite the case of muntari of the italian club who walked off the pitch in protest when a referee booked him after he claimed he was being racially abused during a league match on sunday. voting is under way for the bbc women's footballer of the year 2017 we're hearing from all five nominees over the course of the week. today is the turn of melanie behringer, who won olympic gold in rio 2016, and helped her german club, bayern munich, secure back—to—back bundesliga titles. she was also nominated for the fifa world player of the year award 2016. hi, guys. i'm melanie behringer.

he walked off in a game playing for pescara in italy's serie a after being racially abused by cagliaribsequently banned for one match but that was overturned following worldwide condemnation. what matters is that the disciplinary committee has to act and the sooner, the better. i have my personal feelings on anybody that is treated like he has been treated. 0n the pitch and off. i am not here for my personal matters but to make sure that fifa takes through the committee the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action. that is all the sport for now, much more on the bbc sport website, a few more on the bbc sport website, a few more details of chris froome's rather alarming prang on his bike. i will be back with much more in the next hour on bbc news. you are watching bbc news, with me, simon mccoy. a multi—million—pound trial launches today to assess whether statins — taken by millions of people every year to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes — may also help those those with multiple sclerosis. ms affects the central nervous system and can cause mobility problems.

midfielder muntari was banned for one game after he protested against racist abuse in a serie a match at cagliari the former sunderland and portsmouth player was booked for dissent after asking the referee to stop the game, and walked off in protest. kick it out described the italian football authorities as "gutless". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more in the next hour. labour and the conservatives have been trading blows on tax plans this morning. the tories have warned of a "tax bombshell". but labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies" and said labour's plans were fully costed. it isa it is a pack of lies. i do not know why the bbc or the media are giving it any room whatsoever, it is a pack of lies. they have included £35 billion of investment money, capital expenditure, they do not seem to know the difference between capital and revenue. all you include in your day—to—day spending is the interest rates. they have invented figures in terms of commitments we have gi

midfielder walked off in a game playing for pescara in italy's serie a after being racially abused by cagliarid following worldwide condemnation. what matters is that this disciplinary committee has to act and the sooner, the better. i have my personal feelings on anybody that is treated like he has been treated on the pitch and off the pitch, but i'm not here for my personal matters. i'm here to make sure that fifa takes, through the committee, the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action. that's all sport for now. hugh will be here in the next hour. studio: excellent news. oh, he winked, as well. the russian president, vladimir putin, has commemorated the end of world war ii by telling a victory parade in red square that the country will never be defeated. he said the defeat of nazi germany had cost the soviet union millions of lives, but he said there would never be a power that would conquer russia. jonny dymond reports from moscow. it is the biggest ceremony of the year to remember the biggest victory in russia's history. 72 years to the day, nazi germany surrendered to the

the former portsmouth striker — sully muntari — was playing for pescara against cagliari when he wasr one match. iam i am calling on players in italy, black and white, to make it clear to the federation of italy that this is unacceptable and if the decision is not reversed then they withdraw their services until it is. everton say winger aaron lenin has a stress—related illness and is receiving care and treatment. the 30—year—old was detained under the mental health act by police over concerns for his welfare. it's understood he's not suffering from a long—standing mental health issue and is expected to make a full recovery in the short term. ilie nastase has called wimbledon's organisers "small minded" after they said he'd not be invited into the royal box at this year's tournament nastase was romania's captain for their fed cup match against great britain last month but he was ejected after swearing at the british team. he's been provisionally suspended by the international tennis federation as they investigate a number of comments he made. we condemn his behaviour, in the fed cup

he walked off in a game playing for pescara in italy‘s serie a after being racially abused by cagliarional matters but to make sure that fifa takes through the committee the appropriate action for any single discriminatory action. south koreans are voting for a new president, to replace the conservative park geun—hye, who was impeached and arrested over allegations of fraud. the election frontrunner, former human rights lawyer, moonjay—in has indicated he wants closer ties with north korea — risking a clash with donald trump. stephen mcdonell is in seoul for us. ami am i right in thinking polls have not long closed, stephen? that's right. the polls havejust not long closed, stephen? that's right. the polls have just closed not long closed, stephen? that's right. the polls havejust closed in south korea‘s crucial presidential election and even though it is a play tonight, lots of people are pouring into the heart of the capital, seoul, to watch the results ofa coming capital, seoul, to watch the results of a coming on big screens along this promenade in front of the old palace. this is