eddie hearn, i don't believe eddie hearn wants this fight at all. why not?ilking him. milking him, every dollar. every dollar. the world indoor aathletics championships are underway in birmingham and there is plenty to feast your eyes on later. the south african is the strong favourite in the long jump final on friday night. the showpiece event is the women's 60 metres final where all eyes will be on elaine thomson. the double olympic champion is hoping to get her season back on track after some poor form. the jamaican hasn't come close to the time she posted last year. in case you missed it, a sparsely filled emirates stadium in north london. arsenal were given a first— half footballing lesson by manchester city in the premier league just days after being beaten by the same team in the league cup final. three first half goals led by german international, leroy sane, who scored one himself, wasn't at the interval vote. arsenal failed to score and saw aubameyang have a penalty saved, heaping more pressure on gunners' boss, arsene wenger. physically, certainly

the fighters have had a day off from the media butjoshua's promoter, eddie hearn, is never short of thingso say. he believes this is the next step in

anthonyjoshua's promoter, eddie hearn, said today that his man is happy to fight wbc champion deontay unbeaten cuban luis ortiz in new york on saturday. wilder doesn't think thatjoshua wants to fight him, though. i don't believe at the home once this fight. eddie hurd is milking it, every dollar! let's cross live to new york, where our reporter, ade adedoyin, is in place ahead of saturday's fight. and, ade, this has got the makings of quite a spicy encounter? there is an awful lot riding on this fight, not just his there is an awful lot riding on this fight, notjust his belt but the possibility of facing anthonyjoshua in the huge bout later this year. but this bout has generated a lot of headlines because the opponent on saturday has failed to drug tests in the last three years. the most recent was in november last year we re recent was in november last year were the first fight got cancelled because of that failed test but the wbc accepted his explanation that the diuretic he tested positive for was contained in medication he was taking for high blood pressure so the fight goes ahead

and we're live in cardiff with boxing promoter eddie hearn ahead of saturday's battle of the heavyweightsnd joseph parker. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm will perry. as the three players punished by cricket australia make their way home to an uncertain reception, the team's coach has today apologised for the ball tampering scandal that's engulfed the game, calling it a ‘grave mistake‘. darren lehmann also says he hopes steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft are given a second chance claiming they‘ re ‘not bad people'. all three were banned today by cricket australia as our sports editor dan roan reports. welcome to the wanderers. australia we re welcome to the wanderers. australia were meant to be holding a chaining session here today ahead of the fourth and final test match against south africa which begins on friday. that session was cancelled, preparations in disarray. this morning, steve smith, the captain, was injapan as berg airport sent home in disgrace, thrown into cricketing exile, and for a yearfor his part in the ball tampering scandal. david warner his vice captai

and we will be speaking to promoter eddie hearn at the build up intensifies towards the joshua parkereavyweight showdown. a day of drama and high emotion in the australian ball tampering affair with a story terminating the headlines, ending in tears and recriminations. here are the developers of the day starting in syd ney developers of the day starting in sydney with the former captain steve smith arriving back to face the media in the wake of his year's ban and his role in the plan to alter the ball. it's clearly affects of the ball. it's clearly affects of the last few days had got to smith. i made a serious error ofjudgment andi i made a serious error ofjudgment and i now understand the consequences. it was a failure of leadership. my leadership. iwill do everything i can to make up for my mistake. and the damage it has caused. if any good can come of this. if there can be a lesson to others, then i hope i can be a force for change. i love the game of cricket, i love entertaining young kids, i love kids wanted to play the great grain of cricket, that i love, and the other things i

anthonyjoshua's promoter eddie hearn said today that his man is happy to fight wbc champion deontay wilder cuban luis ortiz in new york on saturday. wilder doesn't think thatjoshua wants to fight him though. our man ade adedoyin is at wilder's pre—fight press conference and can sort this out for us. one man saying something, the other saying something else. where do you stand on this? what's going on? welcome to boxing. hype sells fights, and that is what wilder is trying to do. conor mcgregor generated a huge money fight against lloyd mayweather by the huge hype, and wilder is able to do that. all week, he's spent his time criticising louise ortiz, who is still on stage conducting media interviews, as is wilder. wilder has a lot riding on it, not only the defence of his wbc title but also the possibility of facing anthony joshua in a unification bout later this year. joshua has to get past joseph parker, who he faces later this month, and what wilder is trying to do is to get the public interested in what would be a huge bout. casual fans often judge interested in what would be a huge bou

but i don't want to sound like that kind of person so i keep my thoughts to myself on that but eddie hearne knows i'm a danger, a danger to the operation that's been going on. reacting to those comments, eddie told the bbc... in the snooker, the defending champion stuart bingham has been knocked out of the welsh open snooker. he was beaten by four frames to one by welshman matthew stevens. his defeat means he will 110w stevens. his defeat means he will now miss the players championship. and these are live pictures now from cardiff. ronnie 0'sullivan is facing david grace. 0'sullivan is in front 2-0 david grace. 0'sullivan is in front 2—0 after a break in the second frame. nice shot. you can follow this on bbc two wales, the bbc red button and online. that's all the board for now. more online. arlene foster will have more for you in the next hour. more now on the severe weather, and the met office has upgraded its weather warning for south wales and south—west england, as freezing temperatures and snow affect much of the uk. a red warning, meaning lives are at risk, will come into force at

the fighters have had a day off from the media butjoshua's promoter, eddie hearn, is never short of things hold all four of the heavyweight titles. the aim for anthonyjoshua is to be the undisputed heavyweight champion and win all the belts. he is two away and saturday night is a chance to click one of the boxes. the big fight for his career, his own belts along the line as well. this is why people love watching heavyweights because when they fight like these quys because when they fight like these guys do, anything can happen and i wouldn't be surprised to see some klitschko style drama. there will be no british referee at the world cup this summer for the first time since 1938. fifa has chosen 36 officials for the tournament in russia with none coming from england, scotland, wales or northern ireland. mark clattenburg was the only briton on fifa's long list of officials, collated two years ago, but he left his job with the premier league and forfeited his place. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. there will be some or tears as well. aww! some brea

in response to those comments, eddie hearn told the bbc...s been out for the best part of eight months. he had surgery injanuary and was initially intending to return in time for queens or wimbledon but could start hitting on a practice court again as early as the end of the month. that is all the sport for now. i will have more for you in the next hour. thank you. see you later. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will publish its first completed report this morning. the findings will focus on the forced migration and abuse of thousands of children many of whom were in care, who were sent to australia, new zealand, canada and africa following the second world war. following the second world war. the british and australian governments have apologised, but today's report is likely to condemn the programme and highlight the failure to detect and prevent the abuse. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. they have been called britain's lost children. at the end of their lives, they are still blighted by the horrors they