so may be great for team sky, dave brailsford, chris brown, karen thomas, it may be a problem for theu can hear more on this story on bespoke tonight on 5 live with tom fordyce from 8pm. you'll be able to download the podcast later this evening on bbc sounds or your usual podcast provider. here are some of the other stories making headlines today: a record nine countries have bid to host the women's world cup in 2023, including a joint offer from north and south korea. the other bids come from argentina, australia, bolivia, brazil, colombia, japan, new zealand and south africa. a decision will be made by fifa this time next year josh warrington will defend his ibf world featherweight title against fellow yorkshireman kid galahad in june. the fight will take place in warrington‘s home city of leeds and will be the second defence of his belt after retaining it with a win over carl frampton in december. mike trout and the los angeles angels are close to agreeing a new 12—year deal that would secure the baseball outfielder the largest contract in the history of sport. the contract would s

ratcliffe has been in talks with team sky principal dave brailsford for several weeks.ts news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. last week, we were bombarded by deep areas of low pressure, bringing gales and heavy rain, but i'm thankful to say this week is looking much quieter. we've got high pressure, i think, in the driving seat for many of us. so it'll be a lot more settled and quite mild. although we'll have quite a bit of cloud around, where you get the sunshine, it will feel very springlike indeed. this is the area of high pressure which will be dominating the weather for us throughout this week. but we've still got a few weather fronts to contend with in the short term. so it does look like, early on tuesday, quite a lot of cloud around, some showery bursts of rain across northern and western areas, and it will be breezier here as well. so with all the cloud cover, i think, and even the rain and the breeze, it's not going to be a particularly cold start on tuesday. but there

sir dave brailsford has been involved in discussions with the petrochemicals billionaire for severalhdraw their backing. chelsea teenager callum hudson—0doi has been called up to the england squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers. he's still yet to start in the premier league for the blues, and thought the under 21s boss aidy boothroyd was joking when he broke the news to him earlier today. chelsea meanwhile have complained to uefa after they say hudson—0doi was subjected to racist abuse during last week's europa league tie with dynamo kiev. chelsea say they're expecting uefa to conduct a full investigation. afghanistan have beaten ireland to record their first ever test match victory. afghanistan started day four on 29—1 chasing 147 for victory and made the target with relative ease. england's women claimed the one—day series in sri lanka by winning the second match of the three—game contest by 6—wickets to take an unassailable 2—0 lead. henry moeran is there for us. this was another dominant victory for england, stealing the series win at the earliest opportunity. 187—9 is w

sir dave brailsford has been involved in discussions with the petrochemicals billionaire for several — it's expected the team will be renamed team ineos after the company he owns. rory mcilroy says he's playing some of the best golf of his career after victory in the players championship in florida, his first win in a year. he'll be looking to complete the career grand slam — by winning all four of the sport's majors — if he can lift the one missing from his collection at the masters next month. claire thornton reports. rory mcilroy overcame an early double bogey and fought back in style to card two under par 70 to become the first northern irish golfer to win the player's championship. jim furyk was the clubhouse lead after a birdie at the final hole, so rory mcilroy knew what he had to do as he played the final three. he used his strength to reach the par—516th in two shots and a tap—in birdie gave him the lead. mcilroy safely negotiated the final two holes with tap—in pars to clinch the most prestigious tournament outside the four majors. that means everything. this was one of the

led by sir dave brailsford, the team has won the tour de france six times since it was formed nine years but will withdraw its backing from the end of this season. this will come as some relief, certainly to the staff of team sky here at the national cycling centre, and of course their fans who, over the last few years, have seen this era of unprecedented success. the tea m era of unprecedented success. the team has won the tour to france in six of the last seven years with three different british riders, that's undoubtedly contributed, hasn't it, to the upsurge and popularity of cycling here in britain and! popularity of cycling here in britain and i think the fans would like chris froome and geraint thomas to be part of the rebound, reincarnated team. however, there is controversy. 0ver recent years the tea m controversy. 0ver recent years the team has been forced to deny allegations they cheated. 0ver team has been forced to deny allegations they cheated. over a year ago a group of mps accused team sky of crossing the ethical line over the use of medical exemptions for banned substanc

the british team lead by sir dave brailsford has won the tour de france six times since it was formede team will be renamed team ineos after the chemical company that ratcliffe owns. that cycling takeover covered in many of the papers this morning. "reaching for the sky" is the guardian's headline. the times says that sirjim radcliffe's sporting investments might not stop there. they say he's still interested in buying chelsea should roman abramovich decide to sell. the sun says that ole gunnar solskjaer‘s accused his manchester united players of reverting back to the way they played underjose mourinho. dame kelly holmes, paula radcliffe and sharron davies are writing to the international olympic committee to ask for more research on the benefits of being a transgender athlete. the former athletes are worried about sport being "manipulated", and have questioned — in their words — whether it's "fair for a biological man to compete alongside women". athletes who've transitioned and want to compete have to keep their testosterone levels below a certain level for at least a year. but radc

certainly going to pump a lot of money in and of course the expertise the mastermind hasn't changed dave brailsford who had such a lympics success with britain he's still there he's still the helm and he's still going to be making sure that what's now to many of us is going to win races i think the issue that this team has got is with their reputation of course the u.k. government said that crossed an ethical line with things like therapeutic use exemptions and a mystery package that went to bradley with. in two thousand and eleven now this is clearly a manipulation of rules that exist what's going to happen now with their reputation because there's a lot of cynicism around what was team sky they going to need to make sure they manage that carefully because they will certainly have more success but will it be well received or new zealand's sports minister says he supports discussions into changing the name of the country's most successful club rugby team accounts or be crusaders from robertson's comments for friday's muskets acts in christ's church that seem also so there opens its walking about th

led by sir dave brailsford, the team has won the tour de france six times since it was formed nine yearsof this season. we've had a first look at some england's new young talent as they've trained with the senior squad this afternoon, ahead of their euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro. amnogst them, chelsea's18—year—old winger callum hudson—0doi. he is yet to start a match for chelsea and says he was shocked to receive his call—up to gareth southgate's squad. here's england captain harry kane. great guy, great to talk to him. he's come in and wants to take full advantage of his opportunity. he looked like he was enjoying it out there today, scoring a few goals in training. we're excited to have him and everyone is fighting for places in this england team, i'm sure he seesit in this england team, i'm sure he sees it as an opportunity for himself. wales will be without the injured trio of ethan ampadu, sam vokes and tom lawrence for their opening euro 2020 qualifier against slovakia in cardiff on sunday. arsenal midfielder aaron ramsey will miss tomorrow's friend

sir dave brailsford has been involved in discussions with the petrochemicals billionaire for severaled team ineos after the company he owns. so who is sirjim ratcliffe? he's 66 years old and the chairman and ceo of chemicals company ineos, born in manchester. he's currently britain's richest man, worth approximately £21 billion. a keen sailor, he's also invested £110 million in ben ainslie's americas cup team and will fund the biggest budget in the sport, in excess of £30 million a year. team sky are competing at the tirreno adriatico — one of the early season stage races in italy but it's a briton on a different team — adam yates — who continues to lead the way. the sixth stage intojesi was one for the sprinters with julian alaphillipe taking the spoils on the line. yates finished in the main bunch to preserve his 25 second lead over primoz roglic ahead of the final time trial tomorrow. tributes will be paid to the victims of the christchurch shootings before england's euro 2020 qualifier with the czech republic at wembley on friday. the premier league, english football league and f

led by sir dave brailsford, the team has won the tour de france six times since it was formed nine yearsng from the end of this season. this will come as some relief, certainly come to the staff of team sky here at the national cycling centre in their fans who, over the last few years, have seen this era of unprecedented success. the team has won the tour de france six of the last seven years with three different british writers. that's undoubtedly contributed to the rising cycling in britain. the likes of chris froome and geraint thomas likely to stay. the team has been forced to deny allegations that she did. it was only a year ago a group of mps... did. it was only a year ago a group of mps. .. banned did. it was only a year ago a group of mps... banned substances just a few weeks ago, the former chief doctor meant to stand in front of a gmc medical tribunal. that got knocked down in legal arguments and the case was adjourned. he also denies any wrongdoing, as does the team. despite all that controversy, ratcliff has been clearly tempted along as saviour. he also invests in sailing an

the british team lead by sir dave brailsford has won the tour de france six times since it was formedom the end of this season. it's expected the team will be renamed team ineos after the chemical company that ratcliffe owns. dame kelly holmes, paula radcliffe and sharron davies are writing to the international olympic committee to ask for more research on the "residual benefits" of being a transgender athlete. the former athletes are worried about sport being manipulated, and have questioned — in their words — whether it's "fair for a biological man to compete alongside women". athletes who've transitioned and want to compete have to keep their testosterone levels below a certain level for at least a year. but radcliffe says more research is needed to keep competition fair. australian cricket legend shane warne reckons that england are one of the favourites to win this summer's cricket world cup. they're on a decent run in the shorter form of the game, and with the tournament being played in england warne says that home advantage will be key. england and india, i think. england and i

the british team led by sir dave brailsford has won the tour de france six times.rts for the ashes in the biggest change to kits in test cricket for 142 years. the icc thinks making players more easily identifiable will help more people engage with test cricket and the series in england will be the first of the new test cricket championship. while names and numbers have been used in limited overs cricket for some time, test match whites have remained relatively unchanged. 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. dutch prosecutors have said they are seriously investigating a possible terrorist motive for a gun attack on a tram in utrecht after they found new evidence in the main suspect‘s getaway car. turkish—born main suspect gokmen tanis, 37, and two unnamed men from utrecht aged 23 and 27 remain in custody after three people died in the shooting. our correspondent anna holligan is in utrecht. there has been speculation around what the motive was and police are now saying they are lookin

sir dave brailsford has been involved in discussions with the petrochemicals billionaire for severalas been keen to invest in sport for some time now, and it seems they have struck a deal to ta ke seems they have struck a deal to take over seems they have struck a deal to ta ke over tea m seems they have struck a deal to take over team sky. chelsea have confirmed calum hudson—odoi was racially abused in their europa league tie with dynamo kiev last week. it happened in the final moments of their second leg, a match they won 5—0. having reported the incident to uefa, the club say they're expecting the governing body to conduct a full investigation. meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo's been charged with improper conduct champions legue tie. following his goal celebration in juventus's last—i6 champions legue tie. he was seen gesturing towards fans, mimicking the actions of atletico manager diego simeone, who grabbed his crotch in the first leg and was fined for an obscene celebration. and wales will enjoy a homecoming in cardiff later, following their six nations grand slam success. they bea