in terms of the finances the government gives the football association, i understand it's around £18 of the football foundation. he'll be aware in our manifesto, we've committed over £500,000 in terms of grassroots football, and i can assure my right honourable friend that that will be very much on my agenda next week when i meet with the fa. some mps did speak up for the betting companies. does my honourable friend agree that we should be working with banks as well as betting companies to ensure that we spot the sort of behaviour that suggests somebody is developing a gambling edition? i raise this because as the mp for stoke—on—trent central, bet365 is a major employer employing 7000 people in my constituency. and they are a well—respected and responsible employer, so i think that we need to get the balance right between how we tackle this, who we talk to and recognising that there are other issues at stake here. what's important are our measures that actually tackle problem gambling rather than virtue signalling in this house. people don't have to place a bet in order to watch thes

and, the football association is accused of scoring an own goal — after broadcast rights are sold toting firm, despite a mental health campaign, backed by prince william. and coming up on bbc news. "our worst performance of the season." ole gunner solskjaer fumes as manchester united are outclassed by manchester city. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two us airbases in iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles fired from iran. iranian state television said the attack was in retaliation for the killing of general qasem soleimani, in a us airstrike last week. the missiles targetted two air bases — in irbil in the north of iraq, and al asad, west of the capital baghdad. the attack took place about 2am local time. in all, 22 missiles were fired, though two did not explode. the ministry of defence says there have been no british casualties and president trump tweeted overnight that all was well and said damage was being assessed. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. on and on they came, one missile after another, soaring high into the iran

football so the fierce fierce amazing it's been it's been a long dream for all of us to finish football association was founded back in 1907113 years later the men's team will be competing at its 1st year rose. it can get pretty cold in finland and in the winter very dog it's also one of the most sparsely populated countries in europe. the country has a total population of 5 and a half 1000000 less than that's of some major cities in the continent but despite the distinctly chilly conditions the finns are officially the most upbeat people on the planet according to the un's world happiness reports. they say finished the florida close to. rude but i don't think that's the case i mean. it's a pretty it's a country that. is. although described social introvert. we like to hold our own space but when somebody needs help we always have hope. and fins need no help when it comes to inventing weird and wonderful pastimes from wife carrying to small football but their most important leisure pursuits is of course going to the store and. the country has 2 and a half 1000000 sweat lodges is the word literally

the government tells the football association to cut ties with gambling companies after a row over streaming fa cup. an ice skater is left with life threatening injuries following an accident at the youth olympics in switzerland. police are investigating. we'll have the latest from lausanne. and, a life with no limits. the daredevil sport of wheelchair motocross. we hear from the 15—year—old world champion who says it should be a paralympic sport. also coming up in the programme... he's britain's greatest ever gymnast — but how many more olympics will we see max whitlock take part in? ican go i can go to tokyo and then paris is the olympics after that. five more yes, that will be their dream. four olympics, if i go to all of them. four olympics, if i go to all of them. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's an issue close to the future monarch‘s heart — mental health. and it's closely linked with sport — which is why before every fa cup game at the weekend, fans were asked to pause for one minute to think about it. the initiative was spearheaded by prince william — the president of the fa. how

the country's football association has postponed all games, including the start of the chinese superadmits april's chinese grand prix near shanghai is also at risk. the fia says it is monitoring the evolving situation and will take any action necessary, with the race due to be held on 19 to 21 april. before that, formula e is also scheduled to hold an event in sanya, around 300 miles from wuhan, which is the city at the centre of the outbreak. golf, and gavin green of malaysia and northern ireland's graeme mcdowell are the joint leaders ahead of the second round of the saudi international. both players shot six—under—par rounds of 64 on thursday. the former us open champion mcdowell, who has slipped outside the world's top 100, is chasing a first tour title since 2014. he and green lead by one shot from a group of five players that includes the former open champion from sweden, henrik stenson. the world number one, brooks koepka, is six shots behind the leaders after opening up with a level—par round of 70. cricket, and zimbabwe were frustrated by the rain as they tried to push for v

and the daily mail looks at the football association selling its rights to fa cup matches to the bettingthe front page, i guess, a mixed bag. let's start with the guardian, because the us- start with the guardian, because the us— iran situation does feature on most of the front pages, doesn't it? john, hundreds of british troops on standby in iran crisis. does the guardian tell us what they would be used for? it is as much for protecting the british troops in terms of the most likely backlash is going to be targeted strikes, whether it is in the green zone, where the brits are working alongside the americans. we were just positing the thought that iran will feel obliged that it has to strike in some way, it has to do something, otherwise it would lose face with its effective number two having been a subject to a targeted assassination by the americans. so the iranians must do something, but what can they do, and the iranian backed militias do that won't trigger an even further retaliation from donald trump, who seems to be chomping at the bit? and the fear is that third country troops, t

and i'm far as smile have all the day's sports including the english football association is set to review its decision to allow betting cap anees to broadcast as they kept games online. the us president says iran appears to be standing down after it launched a series of missiles on american bases in iraq the attacks were in response to the u.s. killing of iranian general sort of money donald trump flanked by his vice president secretaries of state and defense as well as military leaders warned iran that u.s. military missiles were quote big and powerful and accurate and lethal he said he'd be imposing further economic sanctions on tehran iran appears to be standing down. which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world no american or iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime these powerful saying

football associations from all countries have to come together and finally sought them. 0ne them. the best drivers in formula 1, dakar rally has been one for the third time. he eased through the final stage in saudi arabia by over six minutes at the age of 57. an american when the bikes classification. las vegas is awash with ufc fans awaiting the return of conor mcgregor. he remains arguably the biggest draw in the sport, taking on the american donald cerrone. he could earn hundred million dollars from his return. looking pretty decent as well. all the sport for now. thank you. three brothers from edinburgh have set a series of world records after rowing across the atlantic ocean in just 35 days. lachlan, jamie and ewan maclean are the fastest and youngest trio to row across the atlantic, and the first team of siblings to cross any ocean. lorna gordon reports. a record—breaking row, in a show of sibling courage. been a tough day. conditions are not great. in fact, at times, conditions were awful, lachlan, jamie and ewan maclean overcoming seasickness, dehydration and exhaustion i

and spot the football association is under pressure to change its broadcast rights.mbling company that allows their customers to watch live fa cup matches. johanna konta has she will not play again before the australian open later this month. england's director of cricket ashley giles says that five—day tests are precious to him and the players. a proposal to reduce tests to four daysis proposal to reduce tests to four days is being discussed but that has been met with strong resistance. more on that story and a lot more in the next 15 minutes. see you then. despite the number of stories we reported about knife crime and violence last year, analysis by bbc news now shows that the number of people murdered across the uk has fallen for the first time in five years. there were 650 killings in 2019, down from 77a the year before — although killings in the capital rose for a third consecutive year. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more details. freeze! we have a warrant. relentless. that's how merseyside police described their battle against organised crime.

the professional footballers association has also said it was deeply saddened by the tragic news of hish keith lucas. sunday brought as a day of change after fairly sunday brought as a day of change afterfairly quiet sunday brought as a day of change after fairly quiet and dry conditions last week. this weather front has moved west to east, bringing some rain. a scattering of showers as well. this evening, cloud and rain clear from the east coast, but then we see a rash of showers moving in across the northern half of the uk. some of the service will follow sleet and snow over the higher ground. some ice and snow down to lower levels, particularly parts of northern and western scotland. further south as we had through sunday, sunny spells and showers, especially for the south coast and towards the south coast of england and wales. for northern ireland and scotland, some wintry showers. feeling a little colder. through the week ahead, after that chilly start with some snow and ice in the north, it turns drier through the middle of the week. once again, mild and unsettled later in the wee

the government is urging the football association to reconsider its decision to indirectly allow a gambling matches. but fans need an account or need to have placed a bet with bet365 on any event 2a hours before the games — measures which bet 365 says enabled fans to watch without betting and prevented under—18s from accessing the service. 0ur sports editor, dan roan reports. in life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows... the launch of a recent fa campaign, using football to raise awareness of mental health. narrated by the governing body's president, the duke of cambridge, as part of his work on the issue, the film was shown at grounds around the country last weekend. but the fa's now been accused of an own goal, after indirectly selling rights to the competition to several bookmakers, via a third party. since last season — bet365, one of those able to stream matches on its app and website. fans wanting to watch 16 of this weekend's fa cup games that way had to have an account with bet365, or have placed a bet through them on any event in the previous 2a hours. today, the gov

the government is urging the football association to reconsider its decision to indirectly allow a gamblingtches. but fans need an account or need to have placed a bet with bet365 on any event 2a hours before the games, measures which bet 365 says enabled fans to watch without betting and prevented under—18s from accessing the service. 0ur sports editor, dan roan reports. advert: in life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows... the launch of a recent fa campaign, using football to raise awareness of mental health. narrated by the governing body's president, the duke of cambridge, as part of his work on the issue, the film was shown at grounds around the country last weekend. but the fa's now been accused of an own goal, after indirectly selling rights to the competition to several bookmakers, via a third party. since last season, bet365, one of those able to stream matches on its app and website. fans wanting to watch 16 of this weekend's fa cup games that way had to have an account with bet365, or have placed a bet through them on any event in the previous 2a hours. today, the

government give us an undertaking that they will undertake some of the activities that the football associationnappily titled ‘mandatory education programme offer' is made particularly making sure that every fad knows what constitutes racism and also the effect that has not only on players but also on fellow fans? the tackling on racial abuse in the premiership and disparities within the premier league is moving painfully slow. for example, one—third of the premiership footballers are non—white. in old money, black. yet we only have one black manager. from the wolverhampton wanderers. i'm not sure if there's any wolverhampton fans, sorry about last night. i'm not sure if there's any assistant coaches of colour, chief executives or board members. would the minister pledge with me to make convene a meeting with the necessary actors to include the police and encourage and where possible demand a comprehensive programme to tackle the scourge of racism or close the racial disparities. my lords, the beautiful game must confront and deal with this ugly racism. lady baron felt that she felt more confid

and the daily mail's front page features at the football association selling its rights to watch fa cupe betting firm bet365. a variety of front pages, and they are all too early for the news coming in as we speak that at least nine rockets appear to have hit an iraqi air base in the west of the country. more details on that. nonetheless the continuing tensions between the united states and iran. hundreds of british troops on standby in iran crisis. does the story give us more details about what they would be doing and where they would be going? we have british warships, helicopters and several hundred military personnel on standby. this is basically because they fear there is going to be some kind of reprisalfor they fear there is going to be some kind of reprisal for the assassination of the iranians general last week and what we are hearing is it looks and it is unconfirmed, that may well have been the case. one of the early reports suggesting they have actually hit one of the base where coalition forces are based and that is what the concern was and why they might need british troop

has been suspended on all levels to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus the chinese football association says it will continue to communicate with national authorities to find a safe date for the sport to kick off the virus has already had an impact on other sports in the country including the alpine ski world cup that's been forced to reschedule and chinese athletes abroad have felt the effects as well china's olympic women's football team has been quarantined in australia ahead of a qualifying tournament. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world the white house is seeking to block the publication of a book by former u.s. national security advisor john bolton saying it contains top secret information the book reportedly alleges that u.s. president trump demanded that ukraine investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid and that could undermine trump's defense in his impeachment trial. germany's biggest lender deutsche bank has posted a loss of 5700000000 euros 420198 is the bank's 5th annual loss in a row and its 2nd worst result ever bank says

english football association is a more research is needed. here is chris mclaughlin. local football team will stop in a few weeks levels time these players and others under the age of 12 across scotland will be told no headers. it's all because of a study that found former players are 3—.5times a study that found former players are 3—.5 times more likely to die from dementia. when you are older you can do it, but maybe not when you can do it, but maybe not when you are younger because you might get brain, because they are hard balls. it is a good idea. at that age they do not need to head the ball. it can be played on the ground stop by the study conducted by sainters hearing glasgow confirmed what many people feared, there is a link between dementia and football. the findings didn't show is why. at the scottish fa are taking no chances. we can't wait on the evidence one way or the other. we have to take sensible, pragmatic steps. that is largely going to be to try to reduce that overall burden, the overall number of times that players had. that is a lot to play for. j

that is a query as to what the football association is going to do in association with the home office't matter weather the player is from bolivia or belgium, really, if the team thinks the player would fit their squad size, i should be regardless of nationality. that is one of the contentious elements being discussed at present. the standout deal of the season, bruno fernando is going to manchester united, in what has been a pretty quiet transfer dave all delayed host on the bbc sport website. here's a few other sports stories you should know about: jason roy hit a century as england's men won a 50—over warm up match against a south african invitational 11. ahead of the t20 world cup, england's women are playing a tri—series against india and australia. they lost their opening game to india by five wickets, with harmanpreet kaur hitting the winning runs in the final over. graeme mcdowell has slipped back to two shots off the lead at the halfway point of the saudi international. a second round 68 leaves him on eight under par. france's victor perez leads. the racing point formula one t

the english football association say more research is needed. glasgow, children training. in a few weeks, these players and others under the age of 12 across scotland will be told no headers. it's all because of a study that found former players are three and a half times more likely to die from dementia. when you are older you can do it but maybe not when you are younger because you might get brain... because they are hard balls. at that age they don't really need to headed the ball, the ball should be played oi'i the ball, the ball should be played on the ground. this confirmed what many people feared, there is a link between dementia and football. what the findings didn't show is why but the findings didn't show is why but the scottish fa are taking no chances. we can't wait on the evidence one way or the other on heading, we need to take pragmatic steps and that's largely to try to reduce the overall burden and number of times that young players head. that was a massive part of my game. managers bought me because i could head the ball. it's

the football association are in discussions with the bbc and bt sport about broadcasting every fa cupinho says his striker harry kane is irreplaceable after confirming he'll be out for three months. the england captain needs surgery on his left hamstring. and england won't call up another batsman in place of the injuried rory burns for the final two test matches against south africa. england have already added dom bess and craig overton to their original touring party. i'll be back with more on those stores (e.g. after half—past. a woman who posed as a teenage boy to sexually assault up to 50 girls — some as young as 14 has been jailed for eight years. 21—year—old gemma watts created an online persona as jake waton, a 16—year—old boy, and used social media to strike up relationships with girls. well our correspondent duncan kennedy has been at winchester crown court. he says police believe there may be more unknown victims of gemma watts. as an extraordinary story in so many levels. it is extremely unusual a woman to groom young girls. she not only posed as a young boy online to entic

let's speak now to gordon smith, former chief executive of the scottish football association and professionalink there was a link between him heading the ball so often in his career in the dementia that he suffered from? i did think of that one when i found out he was suffering very badly because i remember him telling me when i was a player when he was a celtic he said heading with the strength and use to practice every day by getting the goalkeeper to kick the ball down the field and he said he would kick in head at her head as he can. imagine the ball hitting him. in those days, the ball hitting him. in those days, the balls were different as well. they were heavier than now. a link to two things but certainly heading the ball seem to be a problem. not everybody gets it. i made this point before. there years ago, i put for the fact that we should be doing this i knew what was happening in america. i believe this to stop it for the kids. we don't want the little kids hitting the ball when they are maturing. their heads are developing in their brains are developing. that is why they stopped

cup on saturday all the matches are kicking off a minute later as the football association rolls out a new mental health campaign shown on screens in stadiums up and down the country a moment the little things. are going to start to change things featuring england football stars then rated by prince william the ad is trying to break down the stigma around mental health and particularly men encouraging them to take a minute to support themselves just as they do they tease. the los angeles lakers big summer signing anthony davis has been showing no mercy so was his old team the new orleans pelicans davis had a 40 point game against the school the teammates for the 2nd time this season. the pelicans the number one draft pick in the williamson just a spectator. awaited he's n.b.a. debut because of injury meanwhile davis partnership with le bron james has been blossoming lebron setting up davis who ended the game with 46 points in the lakers one 123113 victory those pictures there the boston celtics beating the bottom team the atlanta hawks celtics came back from 18 points in that particul

get tough sport his foreign agent thank you so much lagos football association is reviewing its decision to sell betting companies the broadcast rights to stream f.a. cup games online since last season bookmaker bet 365 has been allowed to stream some matches including some in the latest round of competition and one that had made a bet with the company 24 hours before kick off had access to the games the f.a. have received criticism for the deal and the u.k. government has urged them to reconsider it over more on this story we're joined by sports journalist rob paris he's live for us from london so why is the english f.a. reviewing its decision now. well the original spy deal that led to betting companies be able to stream websites was done before the f.a. themselves decided to cut all ties with the betting companies 2 years ago there was a lot of concern raised about the fact the f.b.i. had a sponsorship with the lab brokes and that that's when they decided to pull the plug on that a loss of several 1000000 pounds a year but they were stuck into this deal which meant i m g could sell on

thanks very much english football association is reviewing its decision to allow betting companies to buy broadcast rights to stream f.a. cup games online since last season bookmaker bet 365 has been allowed to stream some matches anyone that had made a bet or placed a deposit with the company 24 hours before kick off had access to the games f.a. had actually decided to cut ties with gambling firms back in july 27th team this deal was done before that nonetheless the u.k. government has urged them to reconsider the contract well earlier i spoke to sports writer rob harris he explains how concerns have been growing in the u.k. over the closeness of the gambling industry and sport we've just had 3rd around that weekend and that meant that for some games that weren't on television in britain the only way to watch them was to sign up to a betting website this is a time of growing awareness and concern about the role of the gambling industry in sport the prevalence of them and particularly the last weekend when the f.a.a. was promoting a mental health campaign that's championed by prince w

the chinese football association have postponed all games whilst the world's motorsport governing bodyituation in the country and will take any action necessary with the race due to be held on the 19th to the 21st of april. before that — formula e is also scheduled to hold an event in sanya — around 300 miles from wuhan — the city at the centre of the outbreak. that's all we can squeeze in. i'll have more after 12. new figures from france suggest that the number of british people owning property that has fallen since the brexit referendum in 2016. but in some pockets of the country, estate agents have reported a "‘brexit boost‘, with uk buyers in a race to find a home there before britain leaves the eu. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports from the dordogne in south west france. karen and her husband came to europe to find a lifestyle they say britain has lost. the kennels they run in the dordogne have been home for the family since april. now they say they will stay here no matter what brexit brings, even if it means becoming french. quite a change for a couple, who, back

the english football association say more research is needed. training for their local football team. in a few weeks' time these players and others under the age of 12 across scotland will be told no headers. it's all because of a study that found former players are three and a half times more likely to die from dementia. when you're older you can do it but maybe not when you're younger because you may get hurt because there are bowls. ball should be played the study conducted confirmed what many people feared, there is a link between dementia and football. what the findings didn't show is why. the scottish fa are taking no chances. we can't wait on the evidence, we need to take some sensible problematic states —— steps. that was a massive part of my game. managers bought me because i can have the ball. i think it's the right decision. if ultimately it's got to stop players, young kids especially getting illnesses. the family of the farmer west from stryker who died of dementia into thousand two, have been campaigning for the english football au

cup on saturday all the matches are kicking off a minute late as the football association rolls out a new mental health campaign shown on screens in stadiums up and down the country moments even little things. start to change things featuring in new football stars in the rated by britain's prince william the ad is trying to break down the stigma around mental health particularly men encouraging them to take a minute to support themselves just as they do the teams. his big summer signing anthony davis has been showing no bursey towards his old team the new orleans pelicans davis had a 40 point game against his former teammates for the 2nd time this season. the pelicans number one draft pick resigned williamson just a spectator though as he awaits his n.b.a. debut because of injury meanwhile davis' partnership with the bron james has been blossoming brown setting up davis who ended the game with 46 points and the lakers 123-2113 victory they stayed top of the question standings most and celtics came back from 18 points down to beat the league's worst team the atlanta hawks learned to ha

the football association is to review the sale of fa cup broadcast rights related to matches availableg website. last weekend, 23 third—round matches were available to view on bet365, but to watch them, fans had to place a bet or open an account with a deposit. more than 400 schools in england are stuck in a cycle of poor performance and need more help to improve, according to the schools regulator. a new report from 0fsted says more than 200,000 children are affected. it says they're generally in deprived areas, where teacher retention and disruption to pupils are big issues. social media influencer molly mae hague has become the latest in a string of reality stars to have a complaint upheld against her by the advertising standards authority. the complaint claimed that a post on her instagram account about an outfit from online retailer pretty little thing was not identifiable as an advert. prince charles has sent a message of support to people in australia, who've spent months dealing with devastating wildfires across the country. at least 25 people and millions of animals have died

thanks very much english football association is reviewing its decision to allow betting companies to buy broadcast rights to stream f.a. cup games online since last season bookmaker bet 365 has been allowed to stream some matches anyone that had made a bet or placed a deposit with the company 24 hours before kick off had access to the games the f.a. had actually decided to cut ties with gambling firms back in july 2017 this deal was done before that nonetheless the u.k. government has urged them to reconsider the contract well earlier i spoke to sports writer rob harris explains how concerns have been growing in the u.k. over the closeness of the gambling industry and sport we've just had 3rd around that weekend and that meant that for some games that weren't on television in britain the only way to watch them was to sign up to a betting website this time of growing awareness and concern about the role of the gambling industry in sport the prevalence of them and particularly the last weekend when the f.a. was promoting a mental health campaign that's championed by prince william and

the football association says it's looking into it. men on the terraces for years. tective what is your reaction to what i have been saying there? good morning, you know, sadly, when i heard this story, i was a bit flab glastonburied that all of those yea rs glastonburied that all of those years ago when wendy and i started, we we re years ago when wendy and i started, we were the first women who came through the system, some of the abuse we got was horrendous, to hear it is still happening. people pay their money to get in through the turnstiles and they they they the is a what they want to say. they wouldn't say it outside of the football environment, of that i am sure. did you report it when it was happening to you? i think that is a tricky question. when wendy and i came through the. is, we didn't want to be treated differently. we wanted to be treated differently. we wanted to be treated as referees so we have often said we don't think that we reported enough back in those days, but have done since. i do have to say, whenever a cl

the scottish football association is expected to announce the ban on under—12s heading the ball, afterthis afternoon. thank you very much for having me on the programmem is great to see you. what evidence was there that heading was a contributory factor? well, i think 12 years ago, when frank was first diagnosed with dementia and actually, he was diagnosed with masculine dementia, and he had been misdiagnosed as it turned out. —— mass killer. —— vascular. the day that we got the diagnosis i called up one of a neurologist friends in america and he was the first one whoever major to me about chronic traumatic inc a and he said, you will find that that is what probably caused frank's dementia. we have been dealing with a lot of footballers across here, he says, who are actually have been diagnosed with dementia or who have died with dementia. and he began to send me a lot of details about cte, as it is called, and then i started to think, could this be a cause? the reason that i was so passionate about trying to find the answer was that frankie and i met when we were eight and ten years o

manchester united have been charged by the football association for failing to ensure their players conductompted the former captain to criticise the former captain to criticise the former —— only focusing on tomorrow's game against birmingham. we have lost to liverpool. a team that you all say are fantastic. we have been in the game until the last kick of the ball. for me, that is strides forwards. of course we are disappointed at losing the game, we do not want to be behind in the week, but there were signs there that we are on the right track. for me now is not the time to start talking about the recruitment. from the i think we are looking to the next game against burnley. we are a lwa ys next game against burnley. we are always looking to improve the squad and the club but for my mind now is not the time to start that discussion. leicester tigers have announced steve borthwick as their new head coach. the former england captain, who currently works under eddiejones as england skills coach, willjoin the tigers after the six nations. leicester are cu rently 11th in the premiership, with

manchester united have been charged by the football association for failing to ensure their players conductedconfronting referee, craig pawson, during the 2—0 defeat to liverpool, after he had initially allowed a goal by roberto firmino. sunday's loss has since prompted former player gary neville to heavily criticise executive vice chairman ed woodward and the club's recruitment policy. manager ole gunnar solskjaer, though, is only focusing on tomorrow's game against burnley. we have lost to liverpool, a team that you all say are fantastic, and we we re that you all say are fantastic, and we were in the game until the last kick of the ball. for me, that is is the right forwards. of course, we are disappointed at losing the game, we don't want to be behind them in the league. but there are signs that we are on the right track, definitely. for me, now is not the time to start talking about the recruitment. for me now, i think we are looking towards the next game against burnley. we are always looking to improve the squad and the club, but in my mind, now is not the time to start discussion, gar

this story, a story about lucy, the crystal palace women's goalkeeper and she is accusing the football association done. that is her workplace, isn't it? that is a working environment. what are your thoughts on that playing out in a public forum. it is her workplace and the fa and referees should have acted upon it. i think the fa is facing all sorts of questions at the had but of course she and others are entitled to not have to put up with that sort of abuse. it is just not on. she is there to work and she should be allowed to do it. in a way, what that illustrates quite well, notwithstanding that you are trying to collate information, one of the real problems in practice is what do you do. what do you do? this goalkeeper, for example, she did the right thing. she alerted the authorities and yet nothing happened. i suppose in a very real sense, knowing that it is happening a lot is one thing but the confidence in thinking that something will happen is a very different thing. indeed this is something that the survey will ask the respondents to talk about, what happened in their experience and in

the chinese in the last hour, the chinese football association has postponed all domestic games becauseld be going ahead with any major gathering that could be postponed. and finally, some good news to bring you. you might remember england cricketer ben stokes' father ged was taken ill in south africa just before christmas. well, after more than five weeks in hospital and three operations, he's well enough to head home. stokes said his father leaving hospital was more pleasing than winning the series in south africa. he also said, "i am so proud to be your son. and as for you mam, behind every man is a stronger woman — you are incredible." it so good to see a sportsperson at the top of his game who's been doing limply lately. —— doing brilliantly but putting it all into perspective. he's been really worried about his dad. it did affect his game a little bit. it's good for the stokes family. thanks, jane. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. john was talking about the weather. 39 degrees he said in australia. it's going to get hotter tomorrow as well so i hope john it's go

she's now in talks with a team about trying out for the women's football league association which plans to debut next year. >> did you see her? >> what are those machines you push them. >> on the field. >> blocking machines. >> thank you, dana. >> jeff remembered. blocking machines. >> on the a real fight not football. buckingham palace is now in crisis after it was blind side by prince harry and wife meghan announcement they were stepping back from their royal duties. there are reports prince charles was only given a ten minute notice of the royal couple's manassas. as prince harry negotiates his future, meghan is back in canada. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michele. some of britain's tabloid press are continuing to rage at harry and meghan after that major announcement but seem public opinion is increasingly on the royal couple's side with a recent poll suggesting half of brits support their decision, highlighting a disconnect with the press is propelled by racism. for the first time since that royal bomb shell we're seeing the queen driving outside of her estate looking i

things like that is that you know they're happening to soldiers football players people that we associate with tough you know and all of the oh when they start getting symptoms it's all walk it off you know it's not that big of a deal but it is a truly big deal how many buttons from us military adventures in iraq could have got us in our coming home with t.b.i. type injuries and you know you mentioned some of the effects of these things one question have to is it can we even fight war because i mean if it comes from the impact of missiles you know of bombs and things like that shake up one's head that's pretty much a war zone you can't really escape that you can't make it home with the protection that can we. well i think that number one the amount of veterans that we've seen who have been afflicted by t.b.i. the numbers are very high and i apologize i don't have an exact statistic offhand but this it's been called the signature wound of the war and particularly of modern combat because as you noted combat today is very much in terms of missiles i e d's things like that as opposed to you

to the crowds that arrived year ago when levi stadium most of the college football championship game says the downtown association scott knees even though the game was in santa clara was a lot of action in san jose were seen. >>kind of red and gold fever we change in colors and some of the lighting near we're going to keep it up for this weekend. then we're going to extend it. next week into the nfc championship game all the way to the super bowl. >>free was making sure the wine cellars for we stopped. he expects friends could be in the mood for some red meat yes, you're absolutely. yes. they a lot of red wine and lot of big stakes. yes a little harder to measure though will be the economic impact in the 40 niners namesake san francisco. >>but you can bet there will be a big crowd at a watch party hosted by the niners at spin on folsom street in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>coming up health officials sending a strong warning this year after they say measles cases are the worst they've ever seen in over 20 years and a new study says that the hpv vaccine is on the rise says after millions of teens are in

to the crowds that arrived year ago when levi stadium most of the college football championship game says the downtown association scott knees even though the game was in santa clara. >>there's a lot of action in san jose were seen kind of red and gold fever we change in colors and some of the lighting near we're going to keep it up for this weekend. then we're going to extend it. next week into the nfc championship game all the way to the super bowl. >>can't meetings godfrey was making sure the wine cellars fully stocked he expects friends could be in the mood for some red meat yes, you're absolutely. yes. they >>a lot of red wine and lot of big stakes. yes. >>and a little bit harder to measure though will be the economic impact in the 40 niners namesake san francisco, but the a we know there's going to be a big crowd at a watch party hosted by the 49 ers at self over on folsom street live in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>and still to come a new state bill could ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products in stores but has to happen for the proposal to become law and a new report compiles the best jo

and accurate but it's caused more controversy than expected german referees association says it may look for american football the changes. making split 2nd decisions is what makes this one of the toughest jobs in football but the fast paced sport also makes it difficult for referees to always make the right cards the introduction of the a r or video assistant referee was supposed to help eliminate human mistakes but has it cause more confusion than clarity. and with your views on when you look at how many wrong calls we've already prevented then it's fine but there are always things we can continue to improve on the mission i critiqued say there is still way too much room an interpretation and that the concert in prince. system and and that the denise take the punch out of goal celebrations i one of germany's elite referees man would prefer who was in charge of the dortmund vs outspoken match on the weekend is pushing for an n.f.l. like system where the coaches have 2 challenges per game and referees can explain their decisions to fans and the media it's an idea that is slowly gaining some ground in the bund