now gareth bale's agent has defended the forward against crticism from real madrid fans. le was booed and jeered after being substituted during real‘s defeat to barcelona on the weekend. so why after winning four champions league titles and a league title in his six years spain are the fans turning agaisnt him. here's joe lynskey. in this corner of madrid there is no feeling worse than their own teams form and tumbling while their rivals saw ahead. right now, that is the reality for real madrid. on saturday night barcelona comfortably won 1—0, a match which saw gareth bale substituted and then bird of his own supporters. an act from real ‘s fans that gareth bale ‘s agent says they should be ashamed of. he says gareth bale deserves more respect. it is now six years since he broke the tra nsfer now six years since he broke the transfer record but reports in spain suggest even now he is not adapted and some team—mates even say he is still struggling to speak with them. ago, voted best player last year, says there is a way back. he told reporters i don't think it is the end of

gareth bale's agent has defended the forward against crticism from real madrid fans. after being substituted during real‘s defeat to barcelona on the weekend. so why, after winning four champions league titles and a league title in his six years spain, are the fans turning agaisnt him? here's joe lynskey. in this corner of madrid, there is no feeling worse than their own team's form and tumbling while their rivals saw ahead. right now, that is the reality for real madrid. on saturday night barcelona comfortably won 1—0, a match which saw gareth bale substituted and then booed off his own supporters. an act from real‘s fans that gareth bale's agent says they should be ashamed of. he says gareth bale deserves more respect. it is now nearly six years since he broke it is now nearly six years since he broke real‘s transfer record but reports in spain suggest even now he is not adapted and some team—mates even say he is still struggling to speak with them. luca modric, voted world's best player last year, says there is a way back. he told reporters i don't think it is the

we have to see what happens with gareth bale for instance. they didn't get on.like water and oil. what now? speaking of returning... patrik schick's 33rd—minute header ensured claudio ranieri made a winning return as roma boss with a 2—1victory over struggling empoli at the stadio olimpico on monday, but not without a late scare. his second spell started brightly when stephan el shaarawy opened the scoring in the ninth minute. however, that lead lasted just three minutes as centre—backjuan jesus inadvertently put the ball into his own goal. a good finish, really. schick restored the hosts' advantage when he headed home alessandro florenzi's free kick from close range at the far post. home captain florenzi went from hero to zero as he was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 80th minute, and empoli then thought they had snatched a late point when rade krunic found the back of the net in the 89th minute. but a reprieve for roma fans courtesy of var, the goal disallowed for a controversial handball by dimitri oberlin in the build—up to give ranieri's side

gareth bale is just these guys today. absolutely.st a different person when he is with wales. the smile on his face and different body language. wales, start their euro 2020 qualifying campaign today. and gareth bale says he's raring to go with international duty appearing to be a welcome distraction from his difficulties at real madrid. they're having a bad season. he's still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his team—mates. he's enjoying his time with the national side though, and had an admirer in his pre—match press conference. translate? laughter. yeah, sure, no problem. it's a good last question. good last question. we don't usually do things like that, that's a first at our press conferences, and it's not something we'll encourage the rest to ask! clearly enjoying himself. mick mccarthy says he hated every minute as the republic of ireland narrowly beat gibraltar1—0. jeff hendrick scored the only goal of the game early in the second half but it was far from vintage from t

gareth bale is here. he has made a goal—scoring return from injury for real madrid.chance to experiment a little bit. he has aaron ramsey and gareth bale, we know what they can do, how can he get the best with entwining them with some of the more talented youngsters in the squad? players are at different stages. some players need games, some players do not. it isa need games, some players do not. it is a good opportunity with the friendly fixture that we can have that. a six—day build—up for some of the players. some of them will not be involved tomorrow. others need a game, whether that be 90 minutes, 45 minutes, we shall have to see as we go along. ryan giggs speaking there ahead of the friendly. a big evening for the trinidad and tobago coach, he played at wrexham asa tobago coach, he played at wrexham as a player. he brings trinidad and to be go here to play wales tonight. a quick look at some of the other stories around today. trent alexander—arnold has withdrawn from the england squad through injury. sunderland striker will grigg has been ruled out of northern

they were like water and oil, and i think you will want gareth bale to leave in the summer, but whatmany thanks for your thoughts, guillem balague, guillem balague, many thanks for yourthoughts, guillem balague, who broke that story today. we are on the eve of one of the biggest meetings of the racing calendar, the cheltenham festival, which starts tomorrow and perhaps more than ever, the safety of both horses and jockeys is the priority for organisers. it is the showpiece of the jump racing season but at this year poz matt chilton on the stakes are especially high. of the fall is at the 2018 festival, seven horses died asa the 2018 festival, seven horses died as a result of the entries and the man in charge said a his biggest concern. equine welfare is the number one priority at the racecourse, and all of the team worked tirelessly to do everything they can to minimise the risk. it is right that we should be under scrutiny and we want to see a fantastic four days of racing and thatis fantastic four days of racing and that is what we will look for.l british horseracing authority revi

the fans inside the stadium last night seem to have put a large part of the blame on gareth bale, heituted. in the press this morning, "end of an era" in nephi pages in the spanish press. another said "nothing at all" and that performance. in one said "here lies a team that has made history" restaurant —— history referencing the 4—1 defeat, behaviours in their time. they are putting to rest for great real metric team in the champions league. 0ut metric team in the champions league. out of all competitions now and well behind barcelona. this is a crisis for real madrid and it's often is in football, that can often bring about drastic changes. indeed. thank you so drastic changes. indeed. thank you so much. that is the bad press that real madrid have been getting. it is all dealt with. what about this positive press giving to this young ajax team ? if positive press giving to this young ajax team? if you are there, this tea m ajax team? if you are there, this team has been compared with the victorious 1995 team has been compared with the victorious1995 side that included notorious play

we have to see what happens with gareth bale, for instance. they didn't get on.that zinedine zidane wanted was for gareth bale to leave in the summer. they said no chance. well, what now? a birmingham city fan who pleaded guilty to attacking the aston villa captain, jack grealish, yesterday has been sentenced to 1a weeks in prison. paul mitchell hit grealish from behind about ten minutes into villa's game at st andrew's. he admitted assault and encroachment onto the pitch at birmingham magistrates‘ court. he has been banned from attending football matches for ten years. but for some, the punshment doesn't go far enough. i think that, you know, tougher prison sentences would be a start. you know, 1a weeks doesn't seem the punishment to fit the crime. there has to be more as a deterrent. and then i think stadium bans — ban the birmingham fans from their own stadium and away stadiums. they have to find a way of hitting clubs in the pocket, because what more is needed is increased security at stadiums, and clubs will have to pay for that. manchester city are set to o

ryan giggs picked a young and experimental team, with gareth bale not even in the squad, and it tookge time for woodburn to score the only goal of the game. wales begin their euro 2020 qualifying campaign against slovakia on sunday. let's take a quick look at some other stories today... liverpool's trent alexander—arnold has withdrawn from the england squad for the euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro because of a back injury. so far, no player has been called up to replace him, leaving manager gareth southgate with a 22—man squad. celtic left—back kieran tierney will miss scotland's opening euro 2020 qualifier in kazakhstan tomorrow with a hip problem. he was expected to replace captain andrew robertson, who misses the game after having dental surgery. celtic midfielder callum mcgregor will now skipper alex mcleish‘s side. and wales rugby union players are considering moving to non—welsh clubs amid regional uncertainty according to fly—half gareth anscombe. moving away from wales, who've just secured the six nations grand slam, would see any player with les

on saturday night, barcelona comfortably won 1—0, a match which saw gareth bale substituted and thenff by his own supporters. an act from real‘s fans that bale's agent says they should be ashamed of. he says bale deserves more respect. it is now nearly six years since bale broke real‘s transfer record, but reports in spain suggest even now he's not adapted, and some team—mates even say he is still struggling to speak with them. but luka modric, voted the world's best player last year, still thinks there is a way back. he told reporters, "i don't agree this is the end of gareth here, all he needs to do is work, work and work." for now, the team and coach are focusing on a champions league knockout tie with ajax. they lead 2—1 from the first leg, but with form that has seen them slip to third in la liga, there is speculation a vacancy might come up here. and there is one former real manager now waiting for an opportunity. for some of football's bigget characters and one of footballs biggest clubs, the future, for now is uncertain. saudi arabia's al—ittihad came from a goal down to win

gareth bale's agent hits out at the fans over their treatment of him.arathon on a frozen lake in siberia. hello there, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football, and the news that seven points stood between liverpool and title rivals manchester cityjust two months ago. now, it's the defending champions city who lead the title race by a single point. liverpool's goalless draw with everton is their fourth in the past six league games. so, is pressure starting to show in liverpool's pursuit of a first league title in 29 years? patrick gearey reports. it is getting close. with a pool stalemate means their breathing spaceis stalemate means their breathing space is gone. they have a one point deficit. the road narrows. there is pressure and even paranoia. everything is analysed, every result, every reaction, every

eighty seven the wage budget for their first second and youth team is the same as what real madrid's gareth bale makes on his salary i think. this is an historic victory for i.x. almost no one believed in this not even the experts but four thousand fans did and also the team did they proved safe from the very beginning it felt good everything clicked into place tuesday's other match saw tottenham seal a four no aggregate win over bruce here dortmund it finished one nil on the night thanks to harry kane who becomes top numbs all time leading scorer in europe with twenty four goals i tell you yes it's one of the this strike in the war and of course. the mentality and the main issue needs to be fantastic but of course i want to come to the human for the one and two to meet who because he's he's one hundred. eight for the massive achievement to two more games on wednesday with looking to hold on to their one goal advantage against porto but the big one is between p.s.g. and manchester united united are looking to overturn a two goal deficit from the first game the premier league team lost two nil at

we have to see what happens with gareth bale, for instance. they did not get on.realish yesterday has been sentenced to 1a weeks in prison. he admitted assault and encroachment onto the pitch at birmingham magistrates' court. he has been banned from attending football matches for ten years, but for some this punishment doesn't go far enough. i think that tougher prison sentences would be a start. 14 prison sentences would be a start. 1a weeks doesn't seem the punishment to fit the crime. there has to be more of a deterrent, and then i think the stadium bans, ban at the birmingham band from their own stadium, under way stadiums. they have to find a way of hitting the clu bs have to find a way of hitting the clubs in the pocket, because what is needed is increased security at stadiums, and clubs will have to pay for that. pep guardiola cirstea com's players and fans need to dream if they are to win a first champions league title. his side play in the last 16 second leg tomorrow. they are — two up from the first leg, but pep guardiola believes they need to push thems

we have to see what happens with gareth bale for instance. they didn't get on.zidane wanted was for gareth bale to leave in the summer. they said no chance. what now? a birmingham city fan who pleaded guilty to attacking the aston villa captainjack grealish yesterday has been sentenced to 1a weeks in prison. paul mitchell, hit grealish from behind about ten minutes into villa's game at st andrew's. he admitted ‘assault‘ and ‘encroachment onto the pitch‘ at birmingham magistrates‘ court. he been banned from attrending football matches for 10—years. but for some the punshment doesn‘t go far enough. i think that tougher presents incidents would be a start. 1a weeks doesn‘t seem the punishment to fit the crime. there has to be more as a deterrent. and then i think stadium bands, then the burning and fans from their own stadium and la stadiums. they have to find a way of hitting clubs in the pocket. what more is needed is increased security at stadiums. clubs will have to pay for that. manchester city manager pep guardiola says the club‘s players and fans ‘need to dr

wales get their euro 2020 qualifying campaign under way today, with star player gareth bale saying he this afternoon at the cardiff city stadium and bale will be looking to put a difficult campaign with real madrid behind him. he is still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his real team—mates. wales's match at the cardiff city stadium kicks off at tpm. mick mccarthy says he hated every minute as the republic of ireland narrowly beat gibraltar1—0. the only goal of the game was scored early second half and mccarthy described it as a horrible game. scotland will be desperate to put their humiliating defeat to kazakhstan behind them today. on paper, it should be simple to do. they play san marino, who are officially the worst side in the world. and manager alex mcleish says it's the perfect opportunity to put things right. the only apology we can give the fans is to go out and win the next game. we are all hurting. we're fans as well. you know, i followed the team as a young man and always proud to wear the jersey and these guys are a

hundred seven the wage budget for their first second and youth team is the same as what real madrid's gareth bale gets paid on his own i think. this is an historic victory for i.x. almost no one believed in this not even the experts but four thousand fans did and also the team did they proved so from the very beginning it felt good everything clicked into place. she says of the match so tottenham sail a four nil aggregate win over dorman to finish one no on the night thanks to hurricane he becomes tottenham's all time leading scorer in europe with twenty four goals i tell you is one of the this strike in the war and of course. the mentality and the major news is fantastic and of course i want to leave hewn for them. to meet because he is he is one hundred cliched for the massive achievement to. but the victory was soured by news that pitino has been banned from the sidelines for two games by the english f.a. ban and a thirteen thousand dollars fine were handed down after he accepted an improper conduct charge following his heated confrontation with the referee mike dean last month but it will be

ryan giggs picked a young and experimental team, with gareth bale not even in the squad, and it tookn their euro 2020 qualifying campaign against slovakia on sunday. liverpool's trent alexander—arnold has withdrawn from the england squad for the euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro because of a back injury. so far, no—one has been called up to replace him. england's women play the final match of their one day series against sri lanka tomorrow morning — hoping to complete a three—nil victory. england have bounced back from being beaten in their last 50 over series in india, but not too many people have been there to see them do it. crowds in sri lanka have been lower than elsewhere on the subcontinent. it will be good in the future to see countries like sri lanka encouraging sportswomen to come down, just as a player it gets your blood pumping a bit more and the atmosphere kind of gets you going so i guess that's the next step for other countries. an england do it very well and australia are getting the hang of it as well so that's a good feature, i guess. th

gareth bale will return to lead the line for wales against slovakia tomorrow.ok at the final question from this morning's press conference from a slovakian reporter, who needed the help of a translator... translation: if it is possible to have a picture? it is not something that will... normally you are not allowed to do that. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening, not a bad day today, little brighter for some, sunshine was hazy through the day, as you can see, nice hazy sunshine in cambridge, but late wednesday night, high pressure continues to build in, across the north there is going to be windy across scotland, more showers, merging together and also we could see some snow so for all of us we could see some snow so for all of us today, it will be chilly, across the south, a little bit of cloud and temperatures at around five or six celsius, but elsewhere, - single celsius, but elsewhere, low single figures and lots of showers and long spells of rain, some snow on the hills making a very windy, but you can see centra

hello, this is your tuesday sport briefing where we start with the football news that gareth bale's agentman has been treated. the 29—year—old was jeered when taken off in saturday's loss to barcelona, the second against their fierce rivals in four days. real are preparing to take on ajax in the second leg of their uefa champions league round of 16 match later and the defending champions have a 2—1 lead going into the game at the bernabeau. in the asian champions league, saudi arabia's al ittihad came from a goal down to win 5—1 against qatar's al rayyan in group b on monday. the home side found themselves on the back foot when gonzalo viera fired al rayyan ahead on 23 minutes. fahad al muwallad finished off the match with a goal in the 78th minute, that was his second and his team's fifth. on tuesday, reigning champions kashima antlers get their campaign underway when they host malaysian champions johor darul ta'zim in group e. kashima are one of four teams from thej league competing in this year's competition while they go up against a team who are five time malaysian champions but are

wales get their euro 2020 qualifying campaign under way today, with star player gareth bale saying heakia this afternoon and bale will be looking to put what's been a difficult campaign with real madrid behind him. he is still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his real team—mates. bale says he excited about being one of the older players in ryan giggs' wales squad. it isa it is a little bit different having a lot of new players in. with the last squad, we had all pretty much been together for ten years or more. obviously a bit of getting used to some of the new players and i suppose the different style of play of the manager. he has been in for a year and we of the manager. he has been in for a yearand we are of the manager. he has been in for a year and we are getting used to it. hopefully we can showcase that we can do and get the win. mick mccarthy says he "hated every minute" as the republic of ireland narrowly beat gibraltar 1—0. jeff hendrick scored the only goal of the game early in the second half but it was far from vint

2020 qualifying campaign in less than an hour, they play slovakia at the cardiff city stadium and gareth baleh his national side. he's had a difficult season at real madrid. he's still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his real team—mates. but bale says he's excited about being one of the older players in ryan giggs' squad. it is a little bit different having a lot of new players in. with the last squad, we had all pretty much been together for ten years or more. obviously a bit of getting used to some of the new players and i suppose the different style of play of the manager. he has been in for a year and we are getting used to it. hopefully we can showcase what we can do and get the win. scotland have the perfect chance to put their humiliating defeat to kaza khsta n behind them today. they play san marino who're bottom of the world rankings. and manager alex mcleish says they couldn't ask for a better opportunity to put things right. the only apology we can give the fans is to go out and win the next game. we are all hurting. we are

wales get their euro 2020 qualifying campaign under way today, with star player gareth bale saying hes raring to go. the welsh take on slovakia this afternoon at the cardiff city stadium and bale will be looking to put a difficult campaign with real madrid behind him for now. he is still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his real team—mates. he's clearly enjoying being back with his national squad and had an admirer in his pre—match press c0 nfe re nce . yeah, sure, no problem. it's a good last question. good last question. we don't usually do things like that, that's a first at oui’ press conferences, and it's not something we'll mick mccarthy says he hated every minute as the republic of ireland narrowly beat gibraltari—o. it was his first competitive match since returning to the job after 17 years. holly hamilton reports 17 years after his last game in charge, mick mccarthy finds himself somewhere between a rock and a hard place. after a dismal nations league campaign and four games without a goal, this is an ireland side with

"raring to go" — gareth bale puts his real madrid woes behind him, as wales kick off their euro 2020

ryan giggs rested his senior players, including gareth bale, ahead of their opening euro qualifier againstt of the crowd at wrexham's racecourse ground, which was hosting the national side for the time in 11 years. liverpool teenager ben woodburn scored the winner in injury time i wanted to keep a lot of the lads fresh. yeah, everyone is available for the weekend, so that's good. we gave players minutes you needed minutes and gave rest to a few who needed a rest, so overall, we are in good shape and everyone will be available for sunday. northern ireland host estonia tonight and scotland are in kazakhstan, as both start their qualifying campaigns. the scots kick off at three this afternoon on the artifical turf at the astana arena. the manager believes his young squad can finally deliver. you have to go back to 1996 for the last time that scotland played at the european championship finals. the competition just now and i think the inspiration of certain players in the uk now, scottish players, is getting youngsters really excited now, and i see a lot of the young players raising their game

star players gareth bale and aaron ramsey aren't expected to play this evening.his yonger players to stake a claim for a starting place. players are at different stages, some players need games, some players do not. this is a good opportunity, the friendly fixture, that we can have that. that six—day build—up for some of the players. some of them will not be involved tomorrow, others need a game, whether that be at 90 minutes or 45, we will have to see as we go along. celtic left—back kieran tierney will miss scotland's opening euro 2020 qualifier in kazakhstan tomorrow with a hip problem. he was expected to replace captain andrew robertson, who misses the game after having dental surgery. celtic midfielder callum mcgregor will now captain alex mcleish‘s side. sunderland striker will grigg has been ruled out of northern ireland's euro 2020 qualifiers against estonia and belarus with an ankle injury. the 27—year—old has returned to his club and will miss the matches at windsor park on thursday and sunday. ufc fighter tj dillashaw says he's vacated the bantamweight

run of results has seen him return he's off to the perfect restart thanks to goals from isco and gareth bale. well it's f.a. cup weekend in english football with some big teams trying to reach the semifinals at the expense of lower division opponents first up was an all premier league of what for becoming the first into the last four as they beat crystal palace on saturday saturday at him kept to open the scoring but equalized in the second half through belgium strike it mucci but surely their hopes will come but didn't last long over a great giving watford a two one win. or the league champions manchester city hoping to win the f.a. cup as part record drupal this season they want to nail down in the first half against second to swansea but it's who won with about fifteen minutes to go manchester united have a tricky trip to wolves later on wales sealed the six nations rugby championship in style with a commanding twenty five seven victory over ireland in cardiff on saturday hadley park scored the home team's only trial of the match while gareth anscombe the remaining points means the welsh

it will be interesting to see if gareth bale starts at the bernabeu after his agent said his treatmentweekend. sheffield united missed the chance to move into the championship's automatic promotion places, after they drew 0—0 with sheffield wednesday. play was briefly stopped early on when a bottle and a coin were thrown at united's jack 0'connell. there weren't many chances, but wednesday's sam hutchinson might have won it in the second half, only to fire straight at the goalkeeper. holders celtic will face their old firm rivals rangers or aberdeen in the scottish cup semifinals. partick thistle are also still in it after making a spirited comeback to force a replay with hearts. christie elliot equalising for the side who are bottom of scotland's second tier. england's women could make history tonight and win their first ever trophy. phil neville's side take onjapan in tampa, knowing that a win would see them lift the she believes cup. it would be the perfect preparation ahead of this summer's world cup and neville wants his players to thrive under the pressure. when it gets the momen

what next for that man, gareth bale, lots of talk about his future in the last couple of weeks.an pull off a shock. and there‘s full match commentary live from paris on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o‘clock tonight. england won the first twenty—twenty international against the west indies. tom curran got four wickets as the west indies set england 161 to win in st lucia and it was jonny bairstow who was the star with the bat, his 68 was his best in a t20 international as england won by a wickets. a major boycott is set to effect today‘s race meeting at lingfield. 0nly seventeen runners remain for the six scheduled races with trainers and owners calling for a boycott due to an ongoing row over prize money. three of the races will have just two runners. before we leave you, how about this from the former england and chelsea captain john terry on social media. it was pancake day. yes, that is john terry flipping his blanket from his pan onto his feet and then back again. iam his pan onto his feet and then back again. i am not sure his pan onto his feet and then back again. iam not sure i

gareth bale's agent says the treatment by real madrid fans towards him has been "nothing short of a disgraceduring real‘s la liga defeat to barcelona at the weekend. his future at the bernabeu has been a talking point in recent weeks, as the side struggle to keep pace with their catalonian rivals. but bale's agent — jonathan barnett — also says, "we re fed up of fake jonathan barnett — scotland have bounced back from defeat in their opening match at the algarve cup with a 4—1 win over iceland. lizzie arnot scored the first of her two goals after 15 minutes. chelsea striker erin cuthbert added a second, with kim little getting scotland's third. iceland did manage to pull one back, but a run of four straight defeats was definitely ended as arnot made it 4—1 late on. the win means scotland finish second in group a and make it to a playoff game on wednesday. the team talk was about putting players under pressure today, and we said to them, we expect you to win the game because, in the world cup, you need to win one game if you want to get out of the group, so we put them under pressure, which we

his already four goals last season in it or else current attack is far less threatening though gareth bale has only thirteen goals from thirty three games while karim benzema has twenty from forty two. of course we missed christiane when christiane i left the club wanted the other players to make up for he did of course not like him but divided between the strikers and that is not easy because christiane is schooled fifty goes the nowadays you cannot find someone that scores that much some players had to step up and well not score fifty goes by least what we are missing perhaps twenty goals i'm not going to give names but two or three players should have scored fifteen or twenty goals or ten goes but we don't have that. the president and c.e.o. of a major league baseball team has taken a leave of absence from his position following an altar cation with his wife it was caught on video images of san francisco giants head larry bear pulling his wife to the ground in a public park on friday went viral the sixty one year old has since publicly apologized to his family and his team major league

run of results has seen him return and he's off to a perfect start thanks to goals from isco and gareth balemoney says assume someone else you can think we've got a good result and that's what we were looking for it's an important result even if the first part of the match didn't go well but it's normal we had to be patient and i think that the second part of the first half and then in the second half itself we did much better than i am happier than it was women's football in argentina. set to turn professional from next season it was announced on saturday that from now on each of the sixteen teams in the women's top division must have eight professionally contracted players the argentina football association said contracts would initially be the equivalent of those in the men's third division. they are going to muscle last it will mainly mean change to the girls who are coming up now the younger ones because they can take this experience he seriously with a future a job and recognition then those of us who are finishing our careers we are still here defending this so that the next generatio

a picture of gareth bale, who was having a really tough time at real madrid.arns more than the entire ajax squad last night. really? there's been a lot of talk about the fans not loving him. yes, and perhaps his teammates not loving him and him not being as engaged with his teammates as everyone else's. he needs a fresh challenge, i think. he everyone else's. he needs a fresh challenge, ithink. he needs everyone else's. he needs a fresh challenge, i think. he needs a fresh challenge, i think. he needs a fresh challenge, he hurt his ankle last night that he is fine. i will not do that one, you do that one. first of all, this bridges in cambridgeshire, it says this is a warning, very low bridge. it has been hit at 20 times by lorries and this was the latest time. it is only 2.7 metres high that the number of lorries hejust smash into it and the police are saying you have got to know the height of your lorry and they could not really make the sign any ago, could they? that one, dogs, we all loved dogs on breakfast but this was taken by loved dogs on breakfast but

at his forty four balls last season and it braless current attack is far less threatening though gareth bale has only thirteen goals from thirty three games while karim benzema has twenty from forty two going to stand up better or of course we miss christiane when christiane i left the club wanted the other players to make up for he did of course not like him but divided between the strikers and that is not easy because christiane has scored fifty goals the nowadays you cannot find someone that scores that much some players had to step up and well not score fifty goals but least what we are missing perhaps twenty goals. i'm not going to give names but two or three players should have scored fifteen or twenty goals or ten goes but we don't have that. the president and c.e.o. of a major league baseball team has taken a leave of absence from his position following an altar cation with his wife it was caught on video images of san francisco giants head larry bear pulling his wife to the ground in a public park on friday went viral the sixty one year old has since publicly apologized to his famil

"raring to go" — gareth bale puts his real madrid woes behind him, as wales kick off their euro 2020ualifying campaign. we're in poland to remember the great escape — 75 years on from the daring wartime prison breakout that inspired the hollywood film. good morning. a springlike sunny sunday for much of england and wales. cool and blustery showers further north and west. the details coming up shortly. it's sunday the 24th of march. our top story: theresa may is facing calls to step down as prime minister from senior conservative mps. it's being reported this morning that her brexit deal is more likely to be approved if she promises to resign. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now. what do we know it is in all the papers, particularly the sunday times, describing it as a coup. there is huge pressure on the prime minister and real concerned with anything conservative party and in government about whether or not she can continue anything top job. there area number of can continue anything top job. there are a number of reasons and a number of different people unhappy for

"raring to go" — gareth bale puts his real madrid woes behind him, as wales kick off their euro 2020ualifying campaign. good morning. a springlike sunny sunday. cool and blustery showers further north and west. all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday the 24th of march. our top story: theresa may is facing calls to step down as prime minister from senior conservative mps. it's being reported this morning that her brexit deal is more likely to be approved if she promises to resign. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now. what can you tell us about the latest rumours? there is a fury in parliament about the way the prime minister has approached the last week. many conservatives really angered about some of the comments she made on wednesday when she effectively blamed parliament for not delivering brexit yet and there are an increasing number of conservatives talking when and not if the prime minister is removed from the topjob if the prime minister is removed from the top job and there are some who are now telling her to herface that, if she goes, she has more chan

gareth bale's agent says the treatment by real madrid fans towards him has been "nothing short of a disgrace weekend. his future at the bernabeu has been a talking point in recent weeks as the side struggle to keep pace with their catalonian rivals. but bale's agent, jonathan barnett, also says "we re fed up of fake stories that he s leaving. scotland have bounced back from defeat in their opening match at the algarve cup with a a—1win over iceland. lizzie arnot scored the first of her two goals after 15 minutes. chelsea striker erin cuthbert added a second with kim little getting scotland's third. iceland did manage to pull one back but a run of four straight defeats was definitely ended as arnot made it a—1 late on. the win means scotland finish second in group a and make it to a playoff game on wednesday. england lock maro itoje has been included in their training squad ahead of their six nations match against italy on saturday. he's been out of action since injuring his knee during the win over ireland on the opening weekend, but is expected to return at twickenham. itoje is part of an i

it will be interesting to see if gareth bale starts at the bernabeu, after his agent said his treatment during real‘s la liga defeat to barcelona at the weekend. sheffield united missed the chance to move into the championship's automatic promotion places after they were held to a goalless draw by sheffield wednesday in the steel city derby. play was briefly stopped early on when a bottle and a coin were thrown at united's jack o'connell. there weren't many chances, but wednesday's sam hutchinson might have won it in the second half, only to fire straight at the goalkeeper. holders celtic will face their old firm rivals, rangers, or aberdeen in the scottish cup semi—finals. championship side partick thistle are also still in the hat after making a spirited comeback to force a replay with hearts. christie elliott equalising for the side, who are bottom of scotland's second tier. england's women could make history tonight and win their first ever trophy. phil neville's side take onjapan in tampa knowing that a win would see them lift the trophy. it would be the perfect preparation ahead o