he has until the 16 february to respond to the football association.enham head coach mauricio pochettino thinks the football association needs to step in regarding the state of rochdale‘s pitch ahead of their tie in the fifth round of the fa cup later this month. one half of it is completely devoid of grass and more like a sand pit. rochdale‘s fourth round replay against millwall two nights ago was allowed to go ahead despite their previous two home games being postponed. the fa can offer assistance to the league one side to help with repairs. spurs are due to play the league one side there a week on sunday. it is like i saw in the picture, i think you cannot play football. that is my point of view, but not because we are tottenham 0rion, no, no, i think rochdale cannot play too football there, it is bad for their players too. they go in, try to take a very good decision for football. they go in, try to take a very good decision for football. spurs face arsenal at wembley on saturday in the league pochettino said earlier this week that ‘tricking' an op

yes absolutely today at the football association said they couldn't know if coaches were at risk because they didn't have legal palace then to check criminal records to be dismissed with such a short letter. it's just it's just completely unacceptable it's all citizens join us in el didn't have a criminal record until he'd been abusing for at least fifteen years that's because no clubs reported their concerns even though players say it seemed an open secret the many in football across northwest england we would know what has been buried boys that's what people used to shelter was. close to an over share your sister called. families ball boy. year old gay battles gay year old sleeping together. but also friends who previously played for the older age groups and the stories were already out there before we came along you know five years previously. this man also played in one of bin l's youth teams linked to manchester city often staying at the coach's house where play fighting quickly became sexual abuse. of been coerced so much to a certain point but then all those and that became a lobb

yes absolutely the football association said they couldn't know if coaches were at risk because they didn't have legal pallas then to check criminal records to be dismissed with such a short letter. it's just it's just completely unacceptable it's all citizens join us in el didn't have a criminal record until he'd been abusing for at least fifteen years that's because no clubs reported that concerns even though players say it seemed an open secret the many in football across northwest england we would know what has been buried boys that's what people used to shelter was. close to an over shari'a shooter called. families ball boy. year old gay battles gay year old sleeping together. but also friends who previously played for the older age groups and the stories were already out there before we came along you know five years previously. this man also played in one of bin l's youth teams linked to manchester city often staying at the coach's house where play fighting quickly became sexual abuse. i've been coerced so much to a certain point but then all those and that became alarming and

yes absolutely the football association said they couldn't know if coaches were at risk because they didn't have legal powers then to check criminal records to be dismissed with such a short letter. it's just it's just completely unacceptable it's all citizens join us in el didn't have a criminal record until he'd been abusing for at least fifteen years that's because no clubs reported their concerns even though players say it seemed an open secret for many in football across northwest england we would know has been buried boys that's what people used to shelters. close to him and over sure easter called. families ball boy. year old game battles gay year old sleeping together. but also friends who previously played for the older age groups and the stories were already out there before we came along you know five years previously. this man also played in one of bin l's youth teams linked to manchester city often staying at the coach's house where play fighting quickly became sexual abuse. i've been coerced so much to a certain point but then all those and that became alarming and reme

it was a fit their brief reply the football association has investigated the issues and is satisfied there is no case to answer investigate it further investigated for as little argot for confront and the f.a. i ask you for honest uptick they just didn't want to nel. by two thousand and one the f.a. was moving forward under chief executive adam cruciate they produced guidelines to prevent all forms of abuse they commissioned respected academics brackenridge to monitor how well the guidelines were working over the next five years she kept a diary january two thousand and two i began elated then got depressed and frustrated then became quite angry and upset about the many and various delays. somewhat ups cooperated but not all. one official threw back the research as id card across the table after another refused to return numerous telephone calls and even pretended to be someone else to avoid being interviewed november two thousand and two bang adam crows here is i'm from the f.a.a. last week his departure could signal bad news for the project too soon to say. have fears were justifie

now, could the scottish football association about to go "back to the future" in their search for a newr? it's emerged today that 69—year—old walter smith could make a surprise return to the role. jane lewis is at hampden park for the bbc. well, that short list you speak of has thrown up a very interesting name, indeed. that of a former scotland manager, walter smith. he was the national boss here in 2004, replacing butty votes, and he is on an fa short list to replace gordon strachan. he actually left the scotla nd strachan. he actually left the scotland job just after two years to return to become manager of rangers once again. another former scotland manager, alex agrees is also under consideration. we know that he is very, very keen on a return, here. alex mcleish. there is also another interesting name on the list. that of the current dalmarnock manager. he has completely transformed, an extent he returned to be scottish clu b extent he returned to be scottish club scene. just under four months, he has taken them on an impressive run, and of course culminating in that when against

police and the football association investigating a pitch invasion at wigan after their fa cup win againstester city. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chief executive of oxfam has said sorry for the way he defended the charity after allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its employees. mark goldring had accused people of "gunning" for the organisation, declaring that no—one had "murdered babies in their cots." appearing before mps, he revealed that there've been 26 new reports of misconduct since the haiti revelations emerged. the scandal has taken its toll on the charity, with 7000 people cancelling their regular donations in ten days. here's our correspondent matt cole — and a warning — there is flash photography in his report. if there was any doubt that the senior oxfam leaders were going to face a tough time, it was dispelled by the very first question. in your interview with the guardian published on saturday, you appear to be downplaying the scandal, using the parallel with the murder of babies in their cots, which many people regarded as grossly inappropr

stewart regan has stepped down as scottish football association chief executive after eight years ingnised the need for change. scotland missed out on qualification for the world cup and have so far failed to find a replacement for previous manager gordon strachan. which a former sfa chief executive described as an embarrassment. gary caldwell, a former wigan boss and scotland defender, applied for the job earlier today. west ham united have suspended their director of player recruitment after a national newspaper reported he had said that they wanted to limit the number of african players at the club because they have a bad attitude and cause mayhem when not selected. in a statement today the club confirmed that director of player recruitment tony henry has been suspended pending a full and thorough investigation. west ham united will not tolerate any type of discrimination and has, therefore, acted swiftly due to the serious nature of these claims. ben stokes has been named in england's15—man squad for the five—match odi series against new zealand, but his involvement is subject to

bbc sport understands that alex mcleish has agreed a deal with the scottish football association to become manager for a second time in” years become their manager for a second time in 11 years after leaving the post. the former rangers and aston villa boss will sign a deal until 2020. he was the unanimous choice and will replace gordon strachan who left the post last october after failing to reach the world cup. after a busy week in the champions league the europa league returns this evening with all 32 teams in action. for scottish champions celtic, a very good result beating saint petersburg 1—0. the russians hadn't played for over two months due to their winter break and the second half well meant the scottish champions capitalised on the lack of match practice. the second leg will be back in russia next thursday. earlier arsenal took another step towards the last 16 with the comfortable wind in sweden. for arsenal it was very much a step argenal it was very much a stgg qt; start. pyeongchang at. winter olympics. pyeongchang at the winter olympics. both the men and women's carling team

the tottenham head coach mauricio pochettino thinks the football association needs to make a call onup later this month. it certainly is a state — one half of it appears to be completely devoid of grass and more like a sand—pit. rochdale's fourth round replay against millwall two night's ago was allowed to go ahead despite their previous two home games being postponed. spurs are due to play the league one side there a week on sunday if it is like i saw in the pictures, identity can play football, not because we are tottenham —— i don't think we can buy football. i don't rochdale can play there, as well. maybe the fa cup needs to take a very good decision for football. after their heavy defeat to wales on the opening weekend of the six nations, scotland have made six changes to their line—up for sunday's game against france at murrayfield. former captain greig laidlaw was on the bench in cardiff but he'll start in place of ali price who was scrum—half against the welsh. the experienced sean maitland and ryan wilson also return. there's a lot of experience, he has been the captain for

the football association will want to look at a couple of things that were not so measured and calm.fore half—time, that fabian delph challenge when although city players surrounded the referee was at half—time there was a very heated pep guardiola who approached the referee taylor to try to get some verification in some way as to why he initially showed a yellow and then a read. i think the fa will wait for anthony taylor's report. the pitch invasion wasjoyous, but the stewards made no attempt whatsoever to stop the fans getting on the pitch. they would have struggled anyway. there was a flash point ago because of those city players were caught up still on the pitch, and a couple of those wigan fa ns pitch, and a couple of those wigan fans try to have a go at sergio aguero, one of those players who was caught up in it. they didn't get to him but it could have been quite nasty. also, there were 5000 manchester city fans here this evening. the segregation did not work either at the full—time whistle, and they confronted some of those wigan fans as well. yes, wigan are the bogey came a

now, could the scottish football association about to go "back to the future" in their search

now since you are acres we take you to the home now stands for the international football association board bicycle or even money of the guy and recently announced the you said. video assistant referees at the summer's world cup we sent our intrepid reporter great goalie to get the lights east. this was a fuse very tricky because people don't get it yet but with time and with the different incidents and when when you had that have the referees or the responsible people in the local football environment explaining how why and how and whatever all the time that's acceptance goes up football worldwide is always been around opinions but it's also about decisions now those decisions take it out of the hands of the referees and think only i'm here in spirit of the stand collymore show the international a fight board here who are meeting to discuss a massive decision whether to use in the twenty eight team will cope this summer in russia explain only five because it sounds fantastic it sounds like you do know you're in your room by apple or something like that it's all trendy but what was i

been designed in accordance with all security requirements supplied by the union of european football associations as well as russia security here is very good for all experts who were present in russia during the confederations cup last year have noted that we had the highest level of security for. keeping the sporting thing to russian being stripped of their olympic bronze medals in curling by the court of arbitration for sport after one of them tested positive for a bond substance at least a tranquil has the latest there from south korea where the winter games are going. so cas is officially saying that the first ever russian medal in curling that was won by the o. a are mixed deal will now have to be taken away from them the announcement comes just about fifteen hours after alexander crucial lead ski who's both doping test samples turned out to be positive formal dhoni chose not to proceed with the court of arbitration for sport hearing that was planned for thursday afternoon. it's silly to do don't they don't be moved violations when the presence of a prohibited substance was consumed by to d

the fa, the football association looking into its past and seeing what it knew and when, half a millions and scrutiny for football will continue. thank you. our top story this lunchtime: a candlelit vigil has been held to remember the 17 people killed in the florida high school shooting. coming up florida high school shooting. coming up on the programme, how harmful could cleaning products be? scientists claim they are a contributor to air pollution. coming up contributor to air pollution. coming up in sport, the new scotland manager is confirmed. a deal until 2020, 11 years after leaving the job for the first time. for people suffering lung problems there's often an anxious wait for the test samples to be analysed. now an international team of scientists, including some from edinburgh, have developed a probe that goes inside the lung. the probe can find and identify an infection for the first time. details have been unveiled in austin, texas, from where our science correspondent pallab ghosh sent this report. shrunk down to microscopic surmise, a submarine team in the 19605 movie shrun

now it's in syracuse we take you to the home of free for now stands for the international football association board bicycle even manage the laws of the game and recently announced the use of video assistant referees at this summer's world cup we sent our intrepid reporter break ali to get the latest. this philosophy is very tricky because people don't get it yet but with time and with the different incidents and when when you had that have the referees or the responsible people in the local football environment explaining how why and how and whatever all the time it's acceptance goes up football worldwide it's always been around opinions but it's also about decisions now those decisions take it out of the hands of the referees and think only i'm here in syracuse the stan collymore show international a fighting board here meeting to discuss a massive decision whether to use. the twenty eighteen world cup this summer in russia explained i five because it sounds fantastic it sounds like you know you're in your room by a poll or something like that it's all trendy but what was i to do what i felt

one problem which hasn't been resolved is whether prince william, the president of the football associationp final, which is due to kick off at wembley late that afternoon. it could be tricky. the problem would be getting william back to the castle in time for that family dinner in the evening. if the cup final went into extra time, he'd have a problem. so windsor may well win the day over wembley. and at the centre of things at the big match in windsor will be these two, a bride and groom becoming, well, not exactly a mr and mrs, more probably a duke and duchess. nicholas witchell, bbc news, windsor. the minister responsible for maternity and paternity leave, andrew griffiths, who has been promoting shared parental leave for new parents, has told the bbc that he's not actually eligible for the leave. he and his wife are expecting their first child in april, but he said that as a minister it's against the rules for him to take advantage of the policy. the legendary singer vic damone had died at the age of 89. # i hear music when i look at you. # best known for the hits "you're breaking my h

the football association's probe into who knew what and when in the organisation goes on as well.e's an all british world title fight in manchester tomorrow night as wba super—middleweight champion george groves takes on chris eubankjunior. 0ur boxing correspondent mike costello is with me. good evening. you are in town for this fight, a lot of people who were after those tickets sold out in minutes, a massive appetite for this fight? yes, and it is a fight with a compelling narrative that links two thriving boxing eras. almost two decades ago it was chris eubank senior involved in fight against nigel benn who attracted television audiences of up to 16 million people. now it is smaller audiences but just as people. now it is smaller audiences butjust as much hype and for the boxers, just as much money. here you have two men, very different personalities outside the ring and different styles inside the ring. last time out, each of them scored a stunning knockout victory. in any era genuinely, this fight would have stood out. it shows that boxing is still healthy. who is the money o

when victims began coming forward two years ago, the football association brought in changes to its safeguarding starting out now in the game be reassured? here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. good feet, daniel. my football dream is to play in a cup final with lionel messi. my footballing idol is cristiano ronaldo. my ultimate dream is to play for chelsea... dreams. it's what sport is all about. can you drop in? then we'll look to try and play live — ready? coaches in charge of shaping these youngsters believe football's duty of care is of the utmost importance. it's making sure that the children develop to the highest and full potential, and the way they are going to do that is if they feel valued and safe, and they feel appreciated. whilst it was the revelations of former professional footballers which forced the subject of abuse into the spotlight, it's in amateur it's in amateur settings where the majority of survivors were abused. the scandal has forced the fa to, in their own words, take a look in the mirror. football clubs already had safeguarding procedures like designated safe

of european football associations as well as russian security here is where to get it all experts who were present in russia during the confederations god last year have noted that we had the highest level of. those games fast approaching of course the middle of june is kickoff for fifa world cup twenty eight here in russia next to the program that we stay with us for a mux. kaiser report. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos and nimble fish sticks mission to do it for you like a movie this is my compass he is going up the study hall may be a bit. old john one of. the only palestinians is who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those who in the world under the bush didn't know who could get it. and know it is unfair advantage to have this lady of the most of which he had i'm going to compete in the gaza machine to do more commitments last time piss off. oh hello again max to as or here was day zero. as a reporter oh it's going to be some interesting. i threw a mispronounced my s

the scottish football association time to alex mcleish afterfailing to football association time to alex 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found only a quarter of those aged 25 to 34, on average incomes, were able to buy a property, compared to two out of three in 1998. with me now is mark hayward, managing director of the national association of estate agents. what in your opinion, from your perspective, are the main reasons behind this? i think it is about affordability. house price inflation, lack of supply. the average wage currently in the uk is about 20 4000, 20 £5,000. the average house price is £220,000. in terms of multiples, that is not a durable, in terms of borrowing. terms of multiples, that is not a durable, in terms of borrowingm helps to buy helping? it helps you to buy a brand—new home, it does not help you to buy a second—hand home from. but there is a lack of supply, and it is actually driving prices up as people in competition with one another tried to buy one of those new homes. you seeing any signs of a first really entries this supply of homes? the governm

couple of years has been to hold a series of mini summit surround the world to try and give all football associations a voice the latest stop on his global saw is nigeria in france he now has just left a similar gathering in mauritania and his own roots one another one in tanzania. well in frontin organize the first faith the summit in azerbaijan in twenty sixteen that was surely after he was elected elected to succeed sepp blatter is the top administrator in world football each site brings together president sand secretary generals from around twenty eight member associations the series is set to run until march this year with the last gathering coming up in peru major decisions though they're still taken at the annual fee for congress with all countries in attendance the next one is in moscow just ahead of this year's world cup that gathering will decide who will host the finals in twenty twenty six just to let you know you can follow in fanciness progress through africa on social media gone and for writing diary al smith was with in found scene and mauritania on sunday also here is a key ally he s

and the man city manager pep guardiola has been charged by the football association following a politicalupport imprisoned politicians in his native catalu nya. imprisoned politicians in his native catalunya. the imprisoned politicians in his native catalu nya. the fa imprisoned politicians in his native catalunya. the fa says he is in breach of its kit and advertising regulations. he has until six o'clock on monday the 5th of march to respond to the charge. and that is all the sport for now. back with more in sportsday at 10:30pm. thank you very much for that. president trump has criticised an armed officer who stood outside the florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week. deputy scott peterson resigned after an investigation found he waited outside while shots were being fired and failed to confront the suspect. the president — who has suggested arming teachers as one way of reducing the risk to students — said the officer hadn't shown enough courage. he was there for five minutes, for five minutes, that was during the entire shooting. he heard it right at the beginning so

the football association and police are reviewing video footage following a pitch invasion at the endy were beaten by a late will grigg goal that ended their hopes of the quadruple. wigan, who are now in league one, also beat city in the 2013 cup final. they will play southampton in the quarterfinal. manchester city players were caught up in the pitch invasion and sergio aguero was involved in an altercation with one of the supporters. the striker claims he was spat at. some of the 5,000 city fans were also seen to be throwing missiles and advertising hoardings at police. wigan say they are also conducting a full investigation. dan biggar will start at fly—half for wales in their six nations match against ireland in dublin in saturday. wing liam williams and full—back leigh halfpenny also return after injury. biggar has made a quicker than expected comeback from a shoulder problem to start at number ten. he'll replace rhys patchell, who drops out of the match—day squad. halfpenny was a late withdrawal from the side that lost to england, while williams makes his first appearance of the

stewart regan has stepped down as scottish football association chief executive after eight years inand missed out on qualification for the world cup and have so far failed to find a replacement for previous manager gordon strachan, which a former sfa chief executive described as an "embarrassment". gary caldwell, a former wigan boss and scotland defender applied for the job earlier today. things don't seem to be getting any easier for phil neville who's started his role as england women's manager. after the controversy over his appointment he's at kingsmeadow this evening to cast an eye over chelsea and manchester city's england players. and he wouldn't have wanted to see this. the england goalkeeper karen bardsley was stretchered off after falling heavily on her shoulder in just the second minute of the match. the game was held up for nine minutes while she was treated on the pitch. the second half is underway and it's currently goalless. kyle edmund will miss great britain's davis cup tie against spain in marbella which starts on friday. he developed a hip injury during last week'

governing body and some of their top officials are meeting with leaders of the continent's football associations in a series of summits joining me now on skype from ghana is african football journalist gary al smith gary these summits infantino his way to show that he's embracing africa unlike sepp blatter of course how are they going down with african football bosses. well. as always been seen as a friend of africa he just treated just this morning he is fully behind america before the twenty twenty six world cup which will be seen as a major coup and interestingly he's put in that tweet also a reminder that in two thousand and two hundred twenty ten people rejected the option to co-host which is a subtle way of seeing the north american bid it's not what people should go for but then again it's a blotter he doesn't have a read in each of these days so you can't take it too seriously can you well exactly and you know infantino is really trying to get away from that old fifo he's trying to put a stamp on on this new fee for the he's bringing and but he's been holding these summits how much of a

ribbon in support of imprisoned politicians in catalonia despite being charged by the english football association he is allowed to wear it out of sight so it was only jumper under a coat for the league cup final against arsenal on sunday he says he doesn't want to dispute with. no but of course we're going to i'm going to write the letter and we're due for player position by the thing i am available what. if you. absolutely so it's no problem or guardian his team put more pressure on astana jacen vanga by baiting him three million that caught fire not wembley the two sides meet again in the premier league on thursday with angrily denying he's ready to walk away i am just amazed diable wrist to answer. activists in him i'm here for twenty one years i turned the whole world down to respect my contracts so i'm still amazed would i still have to answer these kind of questions in tennis while number of dollars poured out of the next five when just a day before his opening round match the sixteen time grand slam champion is often the hip injury that also forced him to withdraw from the australian i. wa

their manager pep guardiola is in some hot water or jail or has been charged by the english football association for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of imprisoned politicians in his native catalonia this is in breach of the f.a.'s rules guardiola has been warned on two previous occasions because alone you hold an independence referendum last october. well manses here league cup action on sunday but the leaders in spain barcelona are back in a league action later they host fellow catalans sharona hoping to add to their advantage really because they currently sits seven points ahead of atletico madrid now third place real madrid also in action they play all of us as they hope to narrow that gap on atletico to four points it's taken him to and a half years and three back surgeries but tiger woods is finally back in the hunt at a p.g.a. tournament the fourteen time major champion is just four strokes behind lead as luke list and jamie love mark of the hoff way stage of the honda classic in florida would shot a one of a paul seventy one in windy conditions on friday. so look i'm right there. were

league but their manager pep guardiola is in some hot water has been charged by the english football association for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of imprisoned politicians in his native catalonia this is in breach of the f.a.'s regulations has been warned on two previous occasions catalonia held an independence referendum last october. spanish police say the death of an officer in bilbao was not a direct consequence of football fan violence fifty one year old riot policeman collapsed from cardiac arrest during clashes between supporters from athletic bilbao and russian club spartak moscow it happened before the europa league match five people have been detained three russians and two spaniards. sportbike won the match by bilbo advanced four three on aggregate they will play more say in the last sixteen the big game sees a similar take on arsenal while i fear to go madrid have been drawn against lokomotiv moscow the first leg of those tires take place on the eighth of march italian sprinter in the a v army continues to lead into saturday's banal timid stage of cycling's. for the ali holds a

smith says it's important for the premier league's african fans that the club and the english football association take the matter seriously. i think that they have stopped dead in the right way because these books based on two it's not that the f.b.i. is investigating that much always come up also been to the of suspended henry pending any investigation to i think that everybody is thinking seriously like you said west ham have issued a statement saying that it included discrimination there the. training people in the equality and diversity and so on is so forth so i think that any african crisis would look at some isolated is that it wasn't one person and not the club in general because i mean you have to be quite really two to go with african story when it comes to the english premier league it will be no english premier league and their success without the african input so i do think that this is a problem that's all the top flight french referee who kicked a plant during a league match is being banned for six months off accidently colliding with nonce player diego costa referee tony chaperone

one problem that hasn't been resolved as whether prince william, the president of the football associationd be getting william back to the castle in time for that family dinner in the evening. if the cup final went into extra time, they could be a problem, so windsor may well win the day over wembley. at the centre of things at the big match in winter will be these two, a bride and groom becoming not exactly amr bride and groom becoming not exactly a mrand mrs, more bride and groom becoming not exactly a mr and mrs, more probably a royal juke and duchess. now time for a look at the weather. here's ben. as he can see from the view from space, the satellite picture, this curve of luck pushing into the thick. that will bring an outbreak of brain into the cell. in northern areas, especially over higher ground but even to lower levels at times we will see some snowfall. ahead of that frontal system, some strong and gusty winds, 50 to 60 possibly 70 mph close to exposed spots in the south—west. and temperatures pretty mild towards the south—west, but cold further north, called for some ice as we

the football association and police are reviewing video footage following a pitch invasion at the end. wigan, who are now in league one, also beat city in the 2013 cup. they'll face southampton in the quarters. a few manchester city players were caught up in the pitch invasion and sergio aguero was involved in an altercation with one of the supporters. the striker claims he was spat at. some of the 5000 city fans were also seen to be throwing missiles and advertsing hoardings at police. wigan say they are also conducting a full investigation. at the time you cannot tell but the clu b at the time you cannot tell but the club are investigating as well as they can. it is disappointing in that it takes away the limelight from the game. emotions are running high but we leave the club to deal with that. the england one—day opener alex hales has signed a new deal with nottinghamshire to play only limited—overs matches until the end of the 2019 season. hales follows the path of england team—mate adil rashid, who said he will only play white—ball cricket for yorkshire in 2018. hales has played

the football association will be thinking about the fact the england national team have got —— not beeneen to a world cup semifinal since 1990. this is the first time the premier league, who also have a massive say of course, have ever even considered it. they cannot bring it in straightaway and the main reason for thatis straightaway and the main reason for that is the current tv rights. tv companies pay billions of dollars for the right to show premier league football matches. if they do bring it in, it may have a big impact on the tiredness of england players, but at the same time the theory goes that if they do bring in a winter break, some of the top premier league clubs might use this as an excuse to make more money. in preseason, june and july, they often leave the country and go to the middle east, to china and america to make money through pre—season tours. what the likes of manchester city and manchester united use those weeks to have a quick moneymaking trip abroad? it is possible they would be premier league are keen to talk about it, and it could be that in early january, r

it now says the football associations says it has made changes to its safeguarding procedures. d by abuse, as well as monitoring all youth football clubs in england to make sure they follow their rules. last november, the government announced plans to change the law so that coaches would be placed legally in positions of trust, making sexual relationships between sports coaches and players aged 16 and 17 illegal. chantel scherer is from the sport and recreation alliance, a body that represents national sports organisations, including the fa. thanks forjoining us. the safeguarding measures that are in place, do you think they are adequate and will be effective? good morning. yes, ithink adequate and will be effective? good morning. yes, i think we can't become complacent but i think the sport and recreation sector is making strong strides and is committed to making sure that people who play sport and watch sport and volunteer in sport and work in sport can do so safely and in an environment where a protect it, particularly young children and adults at risk. i imagine now that as

the tottenham head coach has called on the football association to assess the state of rochdale's pitchth. it is a state. when half the fee is to be completely devoid of grass. rochdale's forsbrand replay was only two nights ago and was allowed to go ahead despite their previous two home games being postponed. they are due to play their a week on sunday. it was like i saw in the picture, i couldn't play for. that is my point of view. not because we are totte n ha m , of view. not because we are tottenham, no. ithink of view. not because we are tottenham, no. i think rochdale cannot play two. maybe the fa cup will have to go in and take a decision. after their heavy defeat to wales in the opening weekend of the six nations, scotland have made six changes to their starting 15 folsom no‘s game against france at murrayfield. from a captain greg laidlaw was on the bench in cardiff and will start. sean maitland, ryan wilson are also back in. he has been the captain of the site for a couple of seasons. he drives a log of the standards on and off of the field so having him back in the group isa

smith says it's important for the premier league african fans that the club and the english football association seem to be taking the matter seriously. i think that they've started in the right way because these books there's a road on to the f.b.i. is investigating them i was coming up also been to the of suspended henry pending to get into i think that everybody taking it seriously like you said west ham issued a statement saying that it included discrimination they're the. only people in the equality and diversity and soreness so forth so i think that any african class would look at some isolated is that it wasn't one person and not the club in general because i mean you have to be quite relieved to to go with african story when it comes to the english premier league building no english premier league and their success without the african input so i don't think this is a problem at all the top flight french referee who kicked supply a during a league match has been banned for six months accidentally colliding with nonce by the carlos referee tony chaperoning kicked out call us and then sent

support of imprisoned politicians in his native catalonia despite being charged by the english football association for doing so he is allowed to wear it out of sight they want to jump onto a card for the league cup farmer gets asked on sunday so he doesn't want to be in dispute with the f i. know but of course we're going to i'm going to write the letter i'm going to explain our position but the thing i am available for. if. absolutely so it's no problem and not a spaniard tennis world number so rough on a dollars pulled out of the mexico open just the day before his opening match in acapulco the sixteen time grand slam champion is suffering with a hip injury that also forced him to withdraw from the australian open in january but i want to hide what i do recall as soon as possible now for me is in is impossible today now to to say something realistic about it i want to be an indian wells are not them my goal is to be there and i want to work to try to be there but of course i can't say yes' or no and. i hope that this will be as positive as possible and then let's. finally the professional suffer

stewart regan has stepped down for the scottish football association as its chief executive after eightd a replacement for the previous manager gordon strachan which a former executive described as an embarrassment. gary caldwell applied for thejob earlier embarrassment. gary caldwell applied for the job earlier today. that is all of your sport now. find out more on those stories on the bbc sport website. sportsday is coming up at 6:30pm. an inquiry will examine how voting rules in parliament can be reformed for mps who are having a baby. during a commons debate this afternoon , mps pressed the case for new mums and dads to get a proxy vote , which would allow another mp to vote for them. labour's harriet harman who is the longest serving female mp , led the debate , and we can speak to her now from our westminster studio. it is actually astonishing to read about the lack of a system for an mp who has a child, ifound it staggering in 2018, if you can briefly explain to viewers how it works and what you were trying to improve. really there is no system at all and it dates back to the era

neil lennon has two judges from the scottish football association. were rewarded a penalty leading to the equaliser. he was sent to the stands and discard the standard of refereeing in scotland at mickey mouse. misconduct and criticising a match official charges. usain bolt will fulfil a dream in june match official charges. usain bolt will fulfil a dream injune when he plays football in old trafford. he has made no secret of the fact he would love to be a professional footballer. he will captain the world i! in the soccer aid match where he takes on robbie williams's england side. a less stars, footballing legends and he has a celebration plan for when he scores. —— ablest stars. woodhouse was due to headline the bill when his opponent suffered a right ending injury. ryan wilson's tournament could be over. he tangled with nathan hughes at murrayfield and he will appear before the disciplinary committee tomorrow. sir chris high has urged fans to stick with the sport despite recent doping controversies. he says the majority of athletes are clean and i

the tottenham head coach mauricio pochettino has called on the football association to asess the the on sunday. i think you have seen in the picture, we cannot play football. not because we are tottenham, it is not like that, i am saying that we can't play football there, rochdale cannot play football there, honestly, this is the fa cup, we need to make a good decision for foot ball need to make a good decision for football and hold high standards for this match. britain's mark cavendish apologised to hsi teamates after failing to make an impact in yesterdays srpint finish but he won stage three at the tour of dubai. the dimension data rider held off attacks from nacer bouhanni and marcel kittel. it's his first stage win of the year. he's third overall with two stages to go, behind leader dylan grerner—vaygen. britain's adam blythe finished fourth for aqua blue sport. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide, and see what's happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. pete