joel mannix tells us about the route to the top. good evening. sky no more — froome and co will now be a part of team ineos. the new team's launch will take place at the tour de yorkshire on the 2nd of may. our sports editor dan roanjoins us now. great that the team has found a backer, but there appears to be certain controversy surrounding this deal — why? who is the head to the company and what do they do? the team will now be called team ineos after the company founded by britain's richest man, sirjim ratcliffe. ineos irie petrochemical giants, and this will come as some relief to the staff of tea m come as some relief to the staff of team sky here and theirfans, who, over the last few years, have seen this era of unprecedented success — the team have won the tour de france many times and have contributed to the upsurge in popularity here in britain — andi britain — and i think fans will be delighted that the likes of chris froome are to stay as part of this revamped team. however, there is also controversy. over recent years, the tea m contro

referee joel mannix, who officiates non—league games, says there's a lack of visible black officialsn the top flight and a lack of role models inspiring others to pick up the whistle. the football association says more than 2,000 of its 28,000 referees, from the grassroots to elite level, come from a black or minority ethnic background. but mannix, who was inspired to get into refereeing when top offical uriah rennie left the game in 2009, says a route to the top for him is unessarily difficult. i'm not going to sit here and say it's because i'm black that stopped me,. yes, there's going to be more obstacles, i'm not stupid. when i walk into boardrooms and you shake someone because walk into boardrooms and you shake someone because mankind and pull it away from you, hold on a minute. there are clubs which would hinder and would say, i don't like him because he's a black referee or a black person. have i any evidence of that? no, because then it would be a bigger... and no—one's going to come out and say to you, the reason i'm stopping you is because you're black. no—one is ever going

joel mannix — who officiates a lot of lower league and youth level games — believes his career has sufferediling to get to grips with the extent of the problem. iam not i am not going to sit here and say it is because i am black that has stopped me, because no one can stop me. yes, there will be more obstacles, yes i can say there will be obstacles, i am not stupid. when you walk into a boardroom and you shake someone‘s hand and they pull it away from you, hold on a minute. there are plugs which would hinder and say —— clubs which would hinder and say —— clubs which would hinder and say, i don't like him because he isa and say, i don't like him because he is a black referee and person. other evidence of that? no, because it would be bigger. no one is going to come out and say to you, the reason i'm stopping is because you are black. no one is ever going to dare to say that. you might look at the terraces and see what is done on that front. you know, last week, we had someone come up and punched somebody and they gotjailed for 1h weeks. correct. buta somebody and they gotjailed for 1h weeks.

joel mannix, who officiates a lot of lower league and youth level games, believes his career has sufferedd say it is because i am black that it has stopped me. no one can stop me, yes there will be more obstacles and yes ican there will be more obstacles and yes i can say there will be obstacles, i am not stupid. when i walk into boardrooms and you shake someone's hands and they pull it back from you. hang on a minute. there are clu bs you. hang on a minute. there are clubs which would hinder and i would say i don't like him because he is a black referee or is he a black person. have i any evidence of that? no. no one will come out and say to you the reason i am stopping you is because you are black. so you will get the undercurrents. you may look at the terraces and you may see what has been done on that front. you know, last week we had someone that come out and punch somebody and they gotjailed for 14 weeks. correct. but somebody that shouts out racial abuse gets their season ticket taken away. everyone wants to play like lionel messi, everybody wants to play like cristiano ronaldo. ev