our sports correspondent katie gornall has this exclusive report.ootball hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. recused teddy accused of making monkey noises at her they launched an inquiry and found that sophie was guilty of racist abuse. hector has not spoken publicly about what happened until now.|j hector has not spoken publicly about what happened until now. i made a run around the back post and i heard that monkey noises a jump to try to connect with the ball and i was so in shock that i thought, did ijust hear that right? and i could hear my team—mate compelled to make complaining to the ref about it and she was yes, i did hear correctly. tweeted about the noises and generated a huge reaction. there was a lot of abuse based on my appearance, some more racist abuse as well online and those pretty difficult to deal with. i was sort of spiralling just out of control, just basically started sinking into depression really. despite helping them get promoted, hector was released by the spurs of the end of the season, sophie was given a five ga

let's head about 10 miles west to bolton, and speak to our sports correspondent there katy gornall. katy, their buyers pulled out on saturday. just as things seem to be going swimmingly with plenty of time to meet the deadline. that was a shock for the fans there and the administrators. what have we heard from bolton? precious little from bolton. there has been a very brief statement released elliot sang talks are ongoing and they released a statement later in the evening. talks are ongoing and that offers some hope. we did think it would not come to this as you mentioned, there was a deal that seem to be in place on friday but that collapsed in dramatic circumstances on saturday and then efforts have been made to resurrect that. although the deadline has gone i understand that talks are still ongoing and vfl are being kept abreast of progress. i understand that some hurdles have been overcome and others remain and there is a mood of cautious optimism around this deal now and a sense that people are helpful of getting this deal done and perhaps bolton may not follow the same path as

katie gornall, thank you.l that phil parkinson, the bolton manager, another club in financial difficulties, has stepped down. we will bring you more on that story on the bbc website in the next hour or so. o nto onto the scottish premiership now, and neil lennon says everything is fine after his side's shock exit last week. they went out against the romanian champions. he has described the reaction to that defeat is hysterical. ahead of their europa league play—off tomorrow night, he says he is happy with his side's form. there is a little bit of hysteria around things at times, and thatis hysteria around things at times, and that is the case when you are in glasgow sometimes. we have lost one game, and we scored three goals in it, so it is not all doom and gloom, and we have to be bullish about things, forward. it is a big disappointment to be out of the champions league, we know that, but the europa league is a very good competition which we hopefully can prosper in. staying with football. wales captain ashl

our sports correspondent katie gornall has this exclusive report.injanuary, the spurs defender rene hector accused an opponent of making monkey noises at her. the fa launched an inquiry and found sheffield united's sophie jones guilty of racist abuse. hector has not spoken publicly about what happened until now. and as i made a run around the back post, i heard monkey noises as ijumped, to try to connect with the ball. i was so in shock that i thought, did ijust hear that right? and then i could hear my team—mate complaining to the ref about it. she was sort of shouting about it. so that sort of confirmed, no, i did hear correctly. after the match, she tweeted about the noises, saying that racism was rising up in football again. it generated a huge reaction. and then there was a lot of abuse, based on my appearance, some more racist abuse as well, and that was pretty difficult to deal with. i was just sort of spiralling, sort of out of control, basically just starting seeping into depression, really. despite helping them get promoted to the top tier

katie gornall is with me.taken to protect some of the younger players in the squad who are being relied upon now to fulfil their league negations, essentially? it has been a difficult time for bolton, they went into administration in may. they had the 12 point deduction at the start of the season. and there is a potential ta keover the season. and there is a potential takeover by a group called football ventures which has been hit by delays. they haven't been able to sign players and a lot of players have left. in their last game against tranmere they only had three senior players available so they had to field youth players in what was a 5-0 to field youth players in what was a 5—0 defeat. the manager is worried about the demands on young players, mentally and physically and that has led to the club announcing today in a statement that they didn't feel another match without an adequate break would be the right thing to do for the players‘ welfare and development. in the last half an hour, the efl have respond

united's sophiejones who was then banned for five games despite her denials. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornalllusively to hector and joins us now. what did she tell you, katie? she said she had no regrets. she felt it was important to take a stand about this, but it is clear that the whole incident and aftermath of it has really taken a toll on her, because there was a lot of attention around this when the news emerged. there hadn't been an incident like this reported in women's football before. it all dates back to a game injanuary when spurs, who were chasing promotion in the women's championship, were up against a field united for the first time in the season. at around half time, renee hector was going up for a corner when she heard monkey noises directed at her. she said she froze in shock when she heard them. she later reported that to the referee, and that set in motion an fa inquiry and hearing which resulted in sophie jones fa inquiry and hearing which resulted in sophiejones being found guilty of racist abuse and band for five games, and hit with a £200 fine as well. another side to

as as katy gornall reports this season, for the first time, her team is all female. are you ready?rsport, it's a challengejust to make it into the car, never mind to the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again. i had to fight and claw my way through racing, and so i had to take every opportunity that was thrown my way. and i've driven my fair share of really bad cars, as well, to get to where i am, and i've had to fight. she is also one of only a handful of women making a living behind the wheel. she's tough as nails. she's been through a lot in racing to get where she's at. she deserves to be where she's at. but chasing the highs of racing brings with it huge risks. oh, no! it's katherine! i'm not religious, but i was praying to any god that would listen that she would just be alive. now she's part of a groundbreaking team, bringing together some of the best female drivers in the world. honestly, i am surrounded by badass women. driving with her, they all have extremely interesting resumes. we brought diversity to the grittiest thing you can do in

our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. and desperate times. after 134 years of history, bury football club has been dealt a fatal blow. late last night, after numerous delays and complications, they were told it was all over. i came down here this morning, what can i do? i came down. it's a bereavement, isn't it? you are losing part of your family. i have a sister who has just been diagnosed with alzheimer's. i used to bring her, and that is the only thing that she could really accept. there is none of that now. this will affect the whole of football. the whole of football needs to change. it is dead to me now, i don't want to watch any football, i have no interest in it. but it needs to change, the whole lot, it is wrong. yesterday there had been hope a deal to save the club could be reached, as volunteers arrived to get the stadium ready for the weekend's scheduled match. but their efforts were in vain, as the company leading the takeover backed out 90 minutes before the deadline, saying bury‘s financial problems were in

our sports correspondent katie gornall is in bolton for us now. them. they have seen their manager resign, and have seen their manager resign, and have had to field youth players to fulfil their fixtures and lost their last two games. now a takeover deal to buy the club collapsed over the weekend so clubs like bury down the road are on the verge of going under. it isa under. it is a club steeped in history but now bolton are on the brink. at five o'clock today the football league faces losing one of its founding members. all fans can do is wait and hope. i'm standing next to the statue and he has a tear in his eye. we don't have a right to win anything but we are here, wejust wa nt anything but we are here, wejust want a football club to support. can't sleep. you know, it isjust unbelievable. but only for the foot ball unbelievable. but only for the football team as well and the club, but the people who work here. they are losing theirjobs and everything, it'sjust not fair. at the end of the day at five o'clock when the bell tolls, it could be the

started the season with a 12 point deduction after going into administration. 0ur correspondent katie gornalltch without a break would be detrimental to their welfare and development but this is the second time the club have been. is the second time the club have been. postpone a fixture this year. at the end of last season they didn't play their match with bre ntford didn't play their match with brentford because of a player strike over unpaid wages so potentially they are facing sanctions on two cou nts they are facing sanctions on two counts from the ear fell over failing to fulfil a fixture. if you think ligue one who are yet to start their season, they've not been allowed to buy the efl, several games suspended over financial concerns and they haven't been able to prove to the efl they are financially viable going forward so a degree of turmoil in ligue one at the moment. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. 0liver norwood's decision to retire from internationalfootball has been slammed by the northern ireland manager michael 0'neill. still only 28, the sheffield un

league one will now continue with 23 teams — and only three will be relegated. 0ur correspondent katie gornalls... emotional scenes last night and imagine they this morning? you are right, sarah. the weather here in bury sums up the mood. a dark day for the football club. a lot of people in shock still. yesterday, they had been some hope that perhaps bury football club could be saved. fans bury football club could be saved. fa ns eve n bury football club could be saved. fans even turned up here in the morning to clean the stadium, get it ready for their scheduled match at the weekend. in the end, those effo rts the weekend. in the end, those efforts were in vain. we learnt that about one hour and are half before the deadline that the efl had set, the deadline that the efl had set, the leading company in the takeover had pulled out of the deal saying the financial problems of the club we re the financial problems of the club were insurmountable. then it was a waiting game, really, for the fans after that. there were reports of other bids going in with proof of funds. ultimately, the efl decided

let's head to bolton and speak to our sports correspondent, katie gornall. good afternoon.on, where things look especially bleak bolton, where things look especially blea k after bolton, where things look especially bleak after what we had from the administrators over the last 2a hours. sale fell through over the weekend. that's right. it looked to be on the verge of completion. that was the understanding with the efl, but that takeover deal collapsed over the weekend, much to the frustration of fans and supporters and the football league itself. there was a statement from the administrators this morning saying that the dialogue is continuing as they try to resurrect this deal, but clearly they are facing the worst case scenario and there is a huge amount of concern among fans i have spoken to here this morning, when you think of what they have been through already this season. they have seen their manager resigned, lost their last two games 5—0 and been forced to field teenagers and you feel the macro players to fulfil their fixtures. it is a very difficult scenario. —— fi

our correspondent katie gornall is here. katie — how did this happen? staff and other match without an adequate break would be detrimental to bait their welfare and development. this is the second time the club have been. postpone a fixture this year. at the end of last season they didn‘t play their match with brentford because of a player strike over unpaid wages. potentially they are facing sanctions on two counts for failing to fulfil a fixture. if you think thatis to fulfil a fixture. if you think that is bad you have to spare a thought also that bury who are yet to start their season. they‘ve had several games suspended over financial concerns and haven‘t yet been able to prove that they are financially viable. there is a degree of turmoil at the moment in league 1. cricket australia has defended the doctor, who allowed batsman steve smith to return to finish his innings in the second ashes test, with brain injury charity headway urging the sport to change its return—to—play protocols. cricket australia say they will monitor smith day by day, and i

and let's speak now to katie gornall at bolton's ground. what is the situation?rs here, to the bolton supporters who face an anxious wait here, as they wait for news, dreading what might come out. we have not had any update yet and we might not have an update for some time because the efl board meeting is going to take place at five o'clock and then they have to decide if that deal that was all set to go through before the weekend between the current owner karen anderson —— ken anderson and a group of footballers, but the deal collapsed on saturday and the administrator gave an updated statement this morning saying talks were continuing. the fact talks were continuing. the fact talks were continuing shows some positivity, this has given some supporters hope but unless we get news that those talks have been able to be resurrected, it looks like it could all be overfor resurrected, it looks like it could all be over for bolton and we know that if they have not been able to convince the efl by that 5pm deadline that a takeover has been resurrected or has the chance

katie gornall is in the studio.ys over a potential sale which means they haven‘t been able to sign players. they only had three senior players fit for the last game against tranmere and a 5—0 defeat. they have had to field largely youth players and that issue of player welfare is something the manager phil parkinson has spoken about. he is concerned about the impact that playing tuesday, friday and the quick turnaround can have on players physically and mentally. the club have said they have had to suspend the fixture against doncaster on tuesday. they said after consultation, another match without another could break would be detrimental to both their welfare and development. this is the second time the club had been forced to postpone a fixture this year. at the end of last season they didn‘t play their match with brentford because ofa their match with brentford because of a player strike over unpaid wages. they are facing sanctions on two counts for failing to fulfil the fixture. if you think that is bad you have

katie gornall reports. it‘s a club steeped in history but now bolton are on the brink.in his eye because none of us have seen this. we don‘t have a right to win anything, but we‘re here, we just want a football club to support. that‘s all we ask. i can't sleep. it's just unbelievable. not only for the football team as well and the club, you know, but people who work in, they're losing theirjobs and everything. it'sjust not fair. at the end of the day at five o'clock, when that bell tolls, it could be the end of bolton wanderers. bolton wanderers as we know it, as fans, supporters. where do we go from here? until recently, bolton were premier league regulars with star signings such as jay—jay okocha and world cup winner youri djorkaeff. an 11—year stay in the top flight came to an end under owen coyle in 2012 and a relegation sparked a decline. this year, fans have protested against the club‘s owners as bolton‘s financial problems worsen. on saturday, a bid collapsed and barring a dramatic late development, administrators say they will begin closing down the club tomorro