it has been a really challenging time for fara williams recently.w quite what that was and that you give an interview to bbc sport and explained she had been struggling with this terrible kidney condition that had caused her to gain weight, that created a numerous side effects and thatis created a numerous side effects and that is why she struggles, so perhaps it is not quite a surprise that she has chosen to retire at this stage. she had offers to stay within the game, but she has overcome challenges in her life previously as well. she has got a life story that really extends beyond sport and was homeless for a period of time when she first started out playing for england and it is something she has spoken about more recently and that she has worked with numerous homeless charities as well and she hasn't spoken about football and reflected on her career and says that football has rarely been her comfort zone. —— she has spoken full to something that has kept her strong which is maybe something that was not surprising when she announced her retireme

reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional football that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to buy the club. fans have become discontented after arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for owner stan kroenke to sell, and our reporter laura scott says supporters want a greater say regardless of the owners... some that i spoke to see any involvement from this trio of them as a positive, and they also seem to like daniel ek, given he seems to be a long—running supporter of the club, but what is clear is that whoever owns the club in the future, they want more fan involvement. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has criticised the new champions league format, saying coaches and players have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule

well england's most capped player fara williams admits she doesn't have the motivation to play professionalder announced her retirement earlier this week — bringing an end to a 20 year career in which she's won two league titles, two fa cups and played 172 times for england. she's been speaking to our reporterjo currie. i think now is probably the right time i think, going up the end of last season i was considering doing one more year and seeing how it went. the illness came back in may and the kidney condition that i had and the kidney condition that i had and ijust thought and the kidney condition that i had and i just thought of that and health reasons, think now is probably the right time. and ending the season healthy and fit. but i've lost a bit of that motivation to continue for another year and so, i think the timing for me now is probably perfect. in order to compete at the level there were now, especially in this game, have to be 100% committed and atlus that little bit of commitment towards giving everything in training and i've gotten to the end of the season i'll give all i ca

reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional footballin the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp, and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to buy the club. fans have become discontented after arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for owner stan kroenke to sell. and our reporter laura scott says supporters want a greater say regardless of the owners. some that i spoke to see any involvement from this trio of them as a positive, and they also seem to like daniel ek, given he seems to be a long—running supporter of the club, but what is clear is that whoever owns the club in the future, they want more fan involvement. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has criticised the new champions league format, saying coaches and players have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule. the number of teams participating in the group stage of the champions league will increase

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england's most—capped footballer, fara williams, has announced that she is retiring from football at t was probably the most technical player i've ever played with and i think... how she saw the game and was actually too quick for her own good at times. and i think in her new career, everyone will be able to see how she sees the game, how intelligent she is as a player. she had it all. talking about fara williams who announced yesterday she will continue with her coaching badges and hope media career. it will be very interesting to see her in management.— very interesting to see her in manauement. ~ ., �* ., ,, very interesting to see her in manauement. ~ ., �* ., management. wouldn't it? thank you ve much. management. wouldn't it? thank you very much. incredible _ management. wouldn't it? thank you very much. incredible career, - management. wouldn't it? thank you very much. incredible career, so i very much. incredible career, so many caps. _ very much. incredible career, so many caps, ridiculous. - voters in scotland head to the polls to elect members of the scottish parliament nex

reading and former england player fara williams has announced she will retire from professional footballsecond round. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more in the next hour. the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been sentenced to a year in jail in iran after a court found her guilty of propaganda against the regime. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe completed a five—year sentence in march on spying charges, which she denies. borisjohnson said that the government will be working very hard to secure her release. and the foreign secretary dominic raab has called the latest sentence inhumane and unjustified. earlier we heard from our correspondent caroline hawley who said her family had said it's the action they had feared. i spoke to her husband richard, i set this is a bad sign, what the family had really feared. there hasn't been a summons to appear in prison yet but this is a court case which came about a week after her five year sentence on charges of working against the regime had ended and her ankle tag had been removed. what happened this morning is that her lawye