somehow, the story of gareth bale will be repeated for real, and neville's anger with the worker said that the fine is not in the schedule of this football. i mean, after the loss, he didn't show up, then i told him which game would you like to analyze the most , and he replied, "behave right, i wasn't supposed to be in this program and i'm a clown, you know this very well, in short , don't turn your friends into enemies over football, they are my life today." they fell together until yesterday dadashi bodum davood moradi of radio and television news agency on some other news while some media reported the continuation of the suspension of esteghlal head coach and his absence on the bench in the 23rd weekly meeting of this team , but the legal vice president of esteghlal club announced that there is a problem to sit on the bench. this team is not equal to steel, the football federation rejected the rumor of a friendly match between iran and russia without the presence of spectators and announced that according to the plan, the iranian national team will host the russian national team o

whilst wales continue to look more than capable of dealing with life after gareth bale.ia after a respectful draw against croatia on saturday. —— keifer more. it is an eight game season for us in the first two games have gone really well for us so we build on that now. wales and back gareth bale failed to win a game at their first world cup since 1958 but that really has not diminished desire. you're my expectation levels go through the roof, we expect to qualify now and that has never been the case, certainly when i played for wales or in my lifetime, it has never really been like that. they may be a team in transition butjust like scotland, they've made a promising start. arsenal managerjonas eidevall says his team can beat anyone at any time as they attempt to overturn a 1—0 deficit to reach the women's champions league semi finals for the first time in a decade tonight. they lost the first leg against bayern munich in germany last week, but are expecting a bumper crowd of around 20 thousand expected at the emirates for the second match toight. arsenal are still the o

drama for wales in split, post gareth bale.adhead snatches a dramatic point, on their road to germany in 202a. cosy, colourful, and comforting, will be talking about the love of jumpers as a legendary collection goes on display. and while there is some rain around, it will_ and while there is some rain around, it will clear _ and while there is some rain around, it will clear for most of us. it wiii— it will clear for most of us. it will feel_ it will clear for most of us. it will feel colder today. the full forecast — will feel colder today. the full forecast is coming up throughout the programme. forecast is coming up throughout the rouramme. , ., it's sunday the 26th of march. rescuers are continuing to sift through debris after a powerful tornado ripped across the us state of mississippi. at least 26 people have been killed, and the towns of silver city and rolling fork have been all but obliterated. our us correspondent sophie long reports. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left

country, having lost several senior players — including record goal scorer and former captain, gareth balen a long time since i last had and a lot has changed in that period of time. i feel like i'm ready for it now. i've learned a lot over the years, i was 20 years old when i last had it. so of course, it is a very unusual experience at the time, one that i will be forever grateful for from gary, but now i feel like i am ready for this. it is a really proud moment for me and my family and hopefully i can be a very successful time for us. two sporting stars who've excelled in theirfield have been recognised with an accolade bestowed on the most valued members of the community — by being awarded freedom of the borough. first up beth mead — has been awarded the freedom of the borough of scarborough — her home town. last year's european championship golden boot winner says it's a source of huge pride. meanwhile in oldham — rugby legend, kevin sinfield has also been given the freedom of the borough. it's in recognition of the millions of pounds he's raised for research into motor neurone disea

was provided by kieffer moore on a night when the crowd bade an official goodbye to the retired gareth balewales with four points after their impressive draw in croatia. it's a great start for us, and at the first two games have gone really well for us. building on that now, there is a good energy in the changing rooms, with a training that we have done, has been very good, has been more intense than what we have been able to do in the past. the man tasked with finding a replacement for antonio conte as tottenham manager will have to step aside after he had a ban initially handed out in italy, extended worldwide by fifa. fabio paratici is the club's managing director of football, having joined spurs from juventus, who were found guilty of false accounting during his time there. meanwhile one of the tottenham players has admitted he feels �*partially responsible' for conte's sacking. i'm really sorry, he is a world—class coach and we had a great journey together. i'm gratefulfor what he has done, i feel very sorry to the coach. i should have played better, ifeel to the coach. i should have p

but the post—gareth bale era was soon heading in the right direction, the hosts taking the lead throughar. but for wales, a 1—0 win and job done. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. after the sunshine of monday, the weather today was quite disappointing, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, and it wasn't just a wet day, it was also quite cold, with temperatures below average for the time of year, around 8-9, average for the time of year, around 8—9, and tomorrow we can look forward to some milder weather but it won't be any drier with more rain on the way. 0vernight, south—westerly winds pushing in extensive cloud, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle and if you mist and fog patches around the western coasts and hills but the winds will bring mild air across most areas so by the end of the night for most temperatures will be between 8—11. tomorrow we have a few weather fronts moving between 8—11. tomorrow we have a few weatherfronts moving north—east across the uk and each will bring pulses of fairly heavy rain and during the morning some of t

but you know gareth bale when he started games , wales won about half and games, wales won about halfbuted to more than half of the wales as a as an assist or as a goalscorer. so you know you take that away they're going to miss him. i ups absolutely you know what is i say it now openly because he's the greatest wealth player we've ever had. and how do you replace . well you don't number one, you've just got to sell or break it and move on the moving on, i think now is just okay. how do we adapt? i think we have to adapt with our new players that are going to come in. you know, i look at, you know, the likes of harry wilson in the of harry wilson playing in the premier league at fulham, brendan johnson i think he's been big in the premier been a big hit in the premier league nottingham forest league for nottingham forest this he's missing this year, but he's missing tonight. be tonight. so that's going to be a loss. we've got players now loss. but we've got players now that we have be more a team that we have to be more a team than relying on the unbelievable talent of gareth bale tha

new era for wales, who have lostjoe allen, chris gunter, jonny williams and record goal scorer gareth bale cup. they've been amazing for wales over the years, and have contributed so much to the success that we have had in recent years. so, we will be forever grateful for what they have brought to this team, to this nation, but things are always changing and there are opportunities now for other players. there is so much excitement with some of the players that are paint playing at the highest level at the moment. definitely make their own history with this team and it's very exciting to be a part of this team with so much opportunity for us. now, paralympic champion erin kennedy is plotting a remarkable return to rowing less than a year since she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. the 30—year—old started chemotherapy last year and had a double masectomy in january. last week she revealed she'd been given the all—clear and kennedy is now hoping to be selected for the european championships in may, which begin exactly a year since she was told she had breast cancer. i was 29 when i

latest from croatia where it's the start of a new era, wales embark on euro qualification without gareth balesimple picture against the war in ukraine has ripped a russian family apart. the 13—year—old schoolgirl who drew this has been removed from her father after her school objected to it and reported her to the police. herfather is being prosecuted for anti—war posts on social media and now risks losing his daughter. steve rosenberg reports from the town of yefremov. this is the last time masha moskaleva was seen in public. police had just detained herfather for anti—war social media posts. masha was taken to a children's home. it was on march 1st, but the story began last year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problem started. town counsellor 0lga podolski says masha's father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school, shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translation: her father alexei told me he was dumbfounded. l then the police began checking his social media. they told hi

their qualifying group at home to wales — who'll be without a number of well known faces, including gareth bale it's a chance for welsh football to reset. they're in a group with turkey, armenia and latvia. after a poor season on the pitch in the premier league — problems could be brewing off it for everton. they've been referred to an independent commission by the league over an alleged breach of financial fair play rules. the premier league didn't reveal the specifics of the club's rule breach, but everton have posted financial losses in recent seasons. they've denied any wrongdoing and said they were "prepared to robustly defend" their position. the premier league released a statement earlier which they give a lot of detail about the alleged breaches but what we do know is that backin breaches but what we do know is that back in may last year, two other clubs, burnley and leeds, wrote to the premier league to question emerson's finances. at the time, every turn, burnley and leeds were involved in up on my to relegation struggle and everton stayed up amidst those huge celebrations you can see

currently playing for wimbledon, he won 109 caps and follows gareth bale and joe allen in retiring in— england have named their team to face france at twickenham on saturday and the captain owen farrell has been dropped. marcus smith gets the nod at fly—half. here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones. the most significance in action —— significant selection steve borthwick has made in his time as head coach. owen farrell dropped to the bench and marcus smith given the ability to be fly half. smith was not even in camp last week. he was sent back to play for harlequins. he responded with an excellent performance against exeter and now he is back in the number 10 shirt. a bombshell call, but the england boss as it is the right decision to play against this opposition in france. you're always looking at every moment — you're always looking at every moment of training, every moment a players _ moment of training, every moment a players playing for his club, watching, studying, so for us, as always— watching, studying, so for us, as always for— watching, studying, so for us, as alwa

new era for wales, who have lostjoe allen, chris gunter, jonny williams and record goal scorer gareth balen amazing for wales over the years, and have contributeded so much to you know, the success that we have had in recent year, so, we will be forever grateful for what they have brought to this team, to this nation. but, you know, things are always changing, and there is opportunities now, for other player, so much excitement with some of the players that are playing at the highest level at the moment, and can definitely, you know, make their own history with this team, and you know, this is very exciting to be part of this team and so much opportunity for us. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. staying with international football — marcus rashford will miss england's euro qualifiers with italy and ukraine over the next few days. the manchester united forward was taken off towards the end of yesterday's fa cup win over fulham. chelsea's mason mount, and newcastle goalkeeper nick pope have also withdrawn with injuries. leicester city defender j

no gareth bale for the first time since 2006.de score just once and earnjust one point. they are in split where they start their european qualification campaign against croatia. tomos dafydd is there. before the tourism starts here there has been an influx of fans of the last few hours. all trying to grapple without bail. captain, talisman, the man who'd delivered those key moments over the years. i've been asking the fans for their hopes head of this new campaign. we've got a lot of really good players coming through. even though he's not playing in croatia, he's definitely a star for the future. and we still got some of the old guard. ramsey. and we still got some of the old guard- ramsey-— and we still got some of the old uuard. ramse . 1, . ~ ., ., , guard. ramsey. back to the old days. will have a good _ guard. ramsey. back to the old days. will have a good time _ guard. ramsey. back to the old days. will have a good time regardless. - will have a good time regardless. it's will have a good time regardless. it's about— will

women's sides have seen their respective record goal—scorers retire this year, with ward following gareth baleutumn against switzerland i think deep down i knew then that that was probably going to be my last shot at reaching the major tournament for wales and having conversations with the manager, i knew i was not going to be able to commit to the next cycle for another two years. so i knew in that moment, i think, my emotions on the pitch after the game show that. this was always likely to be my last season, i would've hoped it would have ended at the world cup in the summer but it was not to be so i am grateful and thankfulfor my career and what it has brought me as a person. career and what it has brought me as a erson. ~ . .,, career and what it has brought me as a erson. ~ ., .,, , ., career and what it has brought me as a nerson. ~ ., .,, , ., y., a person. what has it brought you because it is _ a person. what has it brought you because it is a _ a person. what has it brought you because it is a career _ a person. what has it brought you because it is a career that - a person. what has

qualifying group at home to wales, who will be without a number of well known faces, including gareth balehnson has not travelled with the squad because of injury. welch midfielder says ambition is higher in the squad. irate welch midfielder says ambition is higher in the squad.— welch midfielder says ambition is higher in the squad. we need to not 'ust auali higher in the squad. we need to not just qualify for _ higher in the squad. we need to not just qualify for the _ higher in the squad. we need to not just qualify for the tournament, - higher in the squad. we need to not just qualify for the tournament, we | just qualify for the tournament, we need to progress in that tournament. enact the challenge that we face and that's what we need to enjoy because we've got a very good group of players and everyone has benefited from those past experiences, that we can first and foremost qualify for every tournament that's in front of us and secondly, we can go as far as possible. leeds united have closed their elland road stadium following reports of a security threat to the premises. police say

country who have lost several senior players — including record goal scorer, and former captain, gareth baleo to that press conference with dominic raab, the uk justice secretary, talking about those investigations but the international criminal court. we also were _ international criminal court. - also were lucky enough to hear from president zelensky directly and i can tell you that, we raised over £4 million in additional contributions and a range of non—financial technical support for the work of the icc, from disaster victim identification expert, the danish have offered forensic experts from our dutch friends and belgians and the cheques, the list of support we provided, —— czechs and support with witnesses, and, as well as that, there is an interesting offerfrom ghana for a relocation agreement for victims and witness, that is a sense of some of the highlights, but, given the indict of putin on friday, i think it was important we matched our words with deeds and showed the practical support to give effect to the icc mandate so that gives you a flavour of what we discussed today. out y

match of the european championship qualifying campaign but it'll also be celebrating the end of gareth bale'stchside prematch presentation, a chance for his former teammates to build on an impressive draw in croatia, which bale's successor as captain aaron ramsey says was the perfect way to get over their early world cup exit. here's his manager. if we give a level of performance, flood plain, a mask and lessons learned from previous camps in tournaments and world cup. we want a level of performance consistent across the board for the wedding of across the board for the wedding of a laugh era creation or whoever he played against him if we do that with the structure and the players would get on the team then the result will take care of itself. would get on the team then the result will take care of itself. it could be two wins from two in qualifying for scotland if they win later. and it's a big if because they face spain. but manager steve clarke is confident they can finish the international break unbeaten. i go to every game thinking i'm going to win and i have done that since i was 17. i

no gareth bale for wales these days, not that they needed him, 1—0 winners over latvia in cardiff lastthem with four points from their opening two matches, a great start for them having opened with that impressive draw against croatia. beth mead's club side arsenal have a massive night ahead in the second leg of their champions league tie with bayern munich. a goal down from the first leg last week, trying to avoid going out of the competition at this stage in each of the last three years. beth mead is out injured at the moment and they could do with her on a night such as this. we don't have any more information to give on any return date with beth. so when we have that communicated, otherwise itjust become speculation, which i think is very unnecessary and it doesn't add anything to her rehab journey. lionel messi has now scored more than 100 international goals — he hit the target with his seventh international hat—trick in a friendly. the argentina captain scored all three of his goals in the first half of the game against curacao. the world cup winners went on to win 7—0. elena ry

i mean i thought, you know, given that there's going no gareth bale and a lot of kids coming throughnow very experienced struggle and to be honest they were under the cost for nearly all of the game. but guess what happened right at the scored a goal, the end, wales scored a goal, equalised against one of the top teams in europe. so is fantastic result for wales and it was a fresh sub wasn't it. yeah young lad nathan broadhead, you know, he plays , you know, we talk he plays, you know, we talk about, you know, how england they all draw for that very top level players but wales and scotland, northern ireland, they draw lower division draw from lower division sometimes not playing in league one. so the third tier england plays ipswich the plays for ipswich town, the tractor boys, and he came on and they scored a goal right at the end of the game. so i mean all of those, a thousand couple welsh fans over there, i think my brother was out there actually. yeah and actually. was it? yeah and brilliant gives brilliant result. so it gives them a good chance. now them a really good chance. no

no gareth bale for wales these days.me, the only goal of the game, that leaves them with four points talking of major tournaments, the women's world cup is this summer, it is though expected to come soon forforward beth mead, who was one of england's 5tar5 in their euros success. player of the tourament and golden boot winnerfor england. but head coach sarina wiegman expects her to miss the world cup in australia and new zealand as she continues her recovery from a long term knee injury. she ruptured her acl playing for arsenal in november. mead'5 club side arsenal have a massive night ahead at the emirates in the second leg of their champions league tie with bayern munich. arsenal are a goal down from the first leg at the allianz arena last week, and have gone out of the competition at this stage in each of the last three years. they could've done with mead back for this one, but gunner5 boss jona5 eidevall says there's no timescale for her return. obviously not looking good for her if she is looking unlikely to make th

wales begin life without gareth bale, who retired following the world cup.no matter which country you play for, and here, you shouldn't take that for granted, like i said, and the people responsible for him as well shouldn't take it for granted and should appreciate and respect that as well. scotland face cyprus at hampden park this afternoon, and they've been boosted by the news that manager steve clarke has signed a contract extension until 2026. clarke says he hopes to leave a legacy and a situation when scotland are expected to qualify for every major tournament. i don't want to go to germany 2024 and not go 2026 and looking ahead 28, 30, 32. you want scotland to be qualifying. i won't be here, by the way, that long, but you want the future to look good, you want to be competitive all the time and go into every qualifying campaign thinking, "you know what? we've got a chance to qualify." that's what i want. everton say they've done nothing wrong after being referred to an independent commission by the premier league. it's over an alleged breach of financ

new era for wales, who have lostjoe allen, chris gunter, jonny williams and record goal scorer gareth baled it so it's a very unusual experience at the time. one which i will be forever grateful for from gary but now i feel like i'm ready for this. it's a really proud moment for me and my family and hopefully it can be a very successful time for us. and he very nearly quit golf altogether but this weekend he cruised to victory in the dp world tour. matt baldwin's 200th start in south africa resulted in a commanding seven shot win with a final round of 68. unbelievable really. it's still not sunk in, it's a busy bee goal of mine to actually achieve it is a dream come true. knowing that it has open the door to bigger and better events and knowing that i have proved to myself that i can do it. it's a bit of the surreal moment really. my brain is still spinning about it now.— really. my brain is still spinning about it now. there will be more news on about it now. there will be more news en that _ about it now. there will be more news on that on _ about it now. there will be more news on that

wales playing in croatia tonight really tough first qualifying game for them and of course got no gareth baley've got some coming through. might be a bit of transition for wales though. they've got turkey in group scotland are group as well. scotland are playing hours now. playing in about 2 hours now. they're playing a at home. i win that should i think got spain on tuesday they've tuesday night they've got a tough group norway as well tough group that norway as well with haaland know with erling haaland you know so i think play in ukraine i think they play in ukraine ukraine you know italy ukraine yeah but you know italy the night so fantastic the other night so fantastic ukraine tomorrow which is going to quite emotional really. to be quite emotional really. i think i in cardiff when think i was in cardiff when ukraine played the world cup playoffs. remember, was by playoffs. remember, it was by last and all the last summer and all the ukrainians were they. i don't think be quite a lot at wembley tomorrow well know. tomorrow as well you know. i mean some of the stories i heard, you know, m

it'll be a new look wales side, following the retirements of gareth bale, chris gunter, joe allen andith latvia on tuesday. leeds united have closed their elland road stadium "following reports of a security threat to the premises". police say "investigations are currently ongoing to establish the credibility of that threat". leeds united say the "offices, ticket office, foundation offices and club shop at elland road will be closed until further notice on the advice of the police". the premier league club have sent staff home because of the incident. uk athletics says it welcomes yesterday's decision by the world governing body to ban transgender women from competing in the female category at international events. in a statement today, uk athletics said: and that's all the sport for now. the head of the education watchdog for england, ofsted, says school inspections will continue — despite calls for them to be paused, after a headteacher in reading took her own life. ruth perry's family says she'd found the pressure of an inspection 'intolerable'. the chief inspector of schools amand

since the retirement of gareth bale. after the first leg in germany ended in a 1—1 draw. pep guardiola says he will be judged on success in europe despite winning nine major trophies with the club. kevin de bruyne says they will keep getting the same questions about winning the champions league. they are a difficult team, we played them last year, i was not involved in the first game but i saw them and they have a high energy game. it will be really tough. if you want to win the champions league you have got to beat the best teams in europe and every team we have been at least quarterfinals most of the time, semifinals, final, but we havejust not won at the end yet. players at the open championship are likely to be using specially adapted golf balls. it is hoped the plans will be adopted across elite golf in 2026 and the move should reduce the length of tee shots by about 25 yards. length of tee shots by about 25 ards. . . _, . , ., length of tee shots by about 25 ards. . . . ,., , . yards. one clear conclusion is that o

it's the gareth bale farewell now, gareth, he's going flying over from going to be flying over from lary flew up, flew along with harry on oven flew up, flew along with harry on over, but he's going on the way over, but he's going to there. they're going to to be there. so they're going to make a presentation to him with a everything he's a thanks to everything that he's done football. you done for welsh football. do you remember though, the wales golf madrid that he handed , madrid flag that he was handed, it caused much trouble. yeah it caused so much trouble. yeah because the flag that he was handin because the flag that he was hand in they said wales golf madrid all order. in madrid in all that order. in that order. and then people in madrid decided he doesn't care about us, but that's pretty much how it was and ended up that way. so he's going to be there as well. so his presentation only he's not donning no, only he's not donning a kit. no, he won't be done. no, he's retired now and then that he's done. so they still talk about whether could be involved in whether he could be inv

listen from wales is perspective the big thing is that gareth bale has retired so it's to some extent and what's interesting about there being game is croatia themselves got a number of top stars and they themselves are starting age as well. they did very well in. the world cup, croatia, they ended finishing in third place. so it's not an easy opening game for wales . there's so it's not an easy opening game for wales. there's a so it's not an easy opening game for wales . there's a lot of for wales. there's a lot of debate around luka modric and how long he'll continue playing for croatia and if he can balance real madrid and croatia and then from wales his perspective in the absence . perspective in the absence. bale. there's a lot of talk around ramsey, their captain and whether he can help galvanise that generations this is a good test for wales, but they're certainly not the favourites this evening not the ideal opener because if that form of croatia during the world cup there's a lot of young stars coming forwards and ramsey has got a big role to play as well. right. cyprus play

without some of their established names in their upcomig euro 2024 campaign. joe allen and captain gareth baleh excitement with some of the players that of playing at the highest level at the moment. you can definitely, you know, make their own history with this team and it's very exciting to be a part of this team when there's so much opportunity for us. scotland play on saturday too, meanwhile northern ireland will be without leicester defender jonny evans, he's out of tehir squad and will miss the start of their campaign with games against san marino and finland this month. england captain and most capped player sarah hunter has announced she is to retire from rugby union. the 37—year—old will play her last game ever for england against scotland this saturday in their opening six nations match at kingston park in newcastle — the city of her birth. hunter is the most capped women's player in the world and this will be her 16th six nations competition. kevin sinfield has been awarded freedom of the borough of oldham. it's in recognition of the millions he's raised for research into motor neur