england for their upcoming world cup qualifiers, stepping into the role with steph houghton and leah williamson this month. the match against latvia will be hosted in doncaster, where bright used to play for the doncaster belles before moving to chelsea — a fact which hasn't been lost on bright. it's crazy, especially going back to a place that's very close to my heart and somewhere where it all began for me, really. so, yeah, to go and be able to go back there and for my family to be in the crowd and just to be given that opportunity is one that i'm very proud of. the tottenham chairman, daniel levy, says the club has to improve its business in the transfer window. but spending could prove tough for new manager, antonio conte, on new players. the club has published its financial results for the year ending injune, and they've made pre—tax losses of £80 million as a result of the pandemic. since opening the new stadium over two years ago, the club spent almost £400 million on players, and in a statement alongside the results, levy said: the results, levy said, "player spending is no guarantee o

however, her arsenal team—mate leah williamson has picked up a "significant" hamstring problem, whichh london derby draw with tottenham at the weekend. as long—term england captain steph houghton is out injured, williamson has had the armband for all four of england's matches under new head coach sarina wiegman. but it's not clear who'll replace her as skipper for their games against austria and latvia this month. i can't tell you now because we haven't discussed it yet. it's so fresh that lee is not here with us, so we're just taking our time to make that decision and then talk to the squad first. chelsea striker sam kerr has extended her contract at the club for another two years. the australianjoined in 2019 and won the league with chelsea last season. she's scored 39 goals in 47 appearances. kerr said, "i think the club gives me every opportunity to succeed as a player. i can't see myself going anywhere else in the world or leaving europe, having what i have at chelsea." derby county are now 18 points from safety in the championship after being given a further nine point penalty f

and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: england's stand—in captain leah williamson ruleda hamstring injury, as the lionesses look ahead to their upcoming world cup qualifiers. good evening. english cricket is "institutionally" racist according to the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who's told a parliamentary committee at westminster that he suffered constant racism during his time at the club. in testimony that was often emotional, he said he'd lost his career because of racism, but by speaking out he hoped there would be �*massive change�* in the years to come. a report by yorkshire county cricket club confirmed that he'd suffered harassment as a player, but no—one subsequently faced disciplinary action. mr rafiq alleges the issues at yorkshire are widespread in domestic cricket. this report by our sports editor dan roan includes some offensive language. how are you feeling, azeem? all right. his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players we

england for their upcoming world cup qualifiers, stepping into the role with steph houghton and leah williamson to a place that's very close to my heart and somewhere where it all began for me, really. so, yeah, to go and be able to go back there and for my family to be in the crowd and just to be given that opportunity is one that i'm very proud of. the tottenham chairman, daniel levy, says the club has to improve its business in the transfer window. but spending could prove tough for new manager, antonio conte, on new players. the club has published its financial results for the year ending injune, and they've made pre—tax losses of £80 million as a result of the pandemic. since opening the new stadium over two years ago, the club spent almost £400 million on players, and in a statement alongside the results, levy said, "player spending is no guarantee of success, "and ourfocus must be on improved recruitment, coaching, "fitness and a competitive mindset." the body set up to examine discrimination in cricket says that more than 2000 people have come forward in the past two weeks to share thei

england for their upcoming world cup qualifiers — steping into the role with steph houghton and leah williamson this year, history will be made as i2—time world women's champion reanne evans makes her debut at the tournament in york. she and hong kong's ng 0n—yee will be the first women to play at the event in its aa—year history. dave edwards reports. the uk snooker championship is back where it belongs, at the york barbican, for a 16th year. last year because mcdermott had to be moved to milton keynes and tough covid restrictions and with no fans. today the supporters are back in tomorrow, they will see history made when reanne evans becomes the first woman to play at this event. i reanne evans becomes the first woman to play at this event.— to play at this event. i never used to play at this event. i never used to really think _ to play at this event. i never used to really think about _ to play at this event. i never used to really think about it _ to play at this event. i never used to really think about it but - to really think about it but obviously, you get people coming up and saying y

however, her arsenal team—mate leah williamson has picked up a "significant" hamstring problem, which of action for the rest of the year. williamson came off during the north london derby draw with tottenham at the weekend. as long—term england captain steph houghton is out injured, williamson has had the armband for all four of england's matches under new head coach sarina wiegman. but it's not clear who'll replace her as skipper for their games against austria and latvia this month. i can't tell you now because we haven't discussed it yet. it's so fresh that leah is not here with us, so we're just taking our time to make that decision and then talk to the squad first. chelsea striker sam kerr has extended her contract at the club for another two years. the australianjoined in 2019 and won the league with chelsea last season. she's scored 39 goals in 47 appearances. kerr said, "i think the club gives me every opportunity to succeed as a player. i can't see myself going anywhere else in the world or leaving europe, having what i have at chelsea." derby county are now 18 points from sa

the arsenal defender and england captain leah williamson could be out for the rest of the year with an 2019, and won the league with them last season. let's stay with football because the premier league chairman gary hoffman is set to step down afterjust 18 months in the role. let's get more on this os)from our footbal repoter simon stone, this hasn't been confirmed yet, but it seems to be related to that recent newcastle takeover certainly. i think that's the final push for gary huffman, i think. there's been issues over project big picture just after he came into the role as chairman and what he knew about that. also about the european super league which obviously collapsed, but the newcastle thing is really his clubs, they are not happy at all about this takeover, they feel as though it should have been blocked because of human rights concerns. gary hoffman is the person they blame for the fact that the deal fronted they blame for the fact that the dealfronted by they blame for the fact that the deal fronted by the saudi arabian public investment fund was allowed to go through. he

the gunners without the injured leah williamson... dean smith has told the norwich fans, he can keep the club in the premier league. having returned to managementjust a week after he was sacked by aston villa he believes there's enough quality in the squad to keep them up. if i thought it was a risk, i wouldn't have taken it. we've got 27 games left. we're just on the back of a win. i've seen how progress of this club has been. yes it's been difficult so far, and my and craig's job is to keep us in the league. that's friendly what we believe we can do. a big opportunity for cameron norrie tonight — as he makes his debut at the atp finals in turin. the british number one has been called into action after stefanos tsitsipas injured his elbow. he's taking on norway's casper ruud — and with around ten minutes played — norrie is a game up in the first set. and djokovic is through to the semi—finals after beating russian andrey rublev in straight sets. the world number one was in complete control throughout, taking the first set 6—3 before

however, her arsenal teammate leah williamson has picked up a significant hamstring problem, which maysteward has described scoring his first try for england as "easily the best moment of his life". it came against australia at twickenham last saturday and now the 20—year—old leicester full—back says — after watching world champions south arica in the world cup final — he's thrilled to have been selected to play against them this weekend. if you told me when i was watching that game that the next time england played south africa i would be involved i would have laughed at you. it has been an incredible two years, a lot of hard work, but for it to happen so quickly has been amazing. it has not been easy, but it has been a fantastic experience, and i am just grateful for the opportunity to represent england. some breaking news in the last half—an—hour. mercedes have asked for a review of the decision not to penalise red bull's max verstappen forforcing lewis hamilton wide in the sao paulo grand prix last weekend. the incident on lap 48 was "noted" by the stewards but no investigation was

england striker beth mead and her international captain leah williamson were on target.ague cup, they beat ten—man aston villa 4—1 to strengthen their grip on fourth spot in the premier league. two goals came in the last ten minutes. seems a long time ago things weren't working out for david moyes at manchester united. we've done enough today, i'm thrilled at winning 4—1 but i think the performances can be better. i've told the players i think they can play much better. but we've played ten games this season, we are in a decent league position at the moment, so their effort, what they've done at the moment is fantastic. they've been so good. so we've got to keep it going. very different story for norwich, bottom of the table, they lost to leeds 2—1, who move out of the bottom three. rodrigo getting the winner at carrow road. if ever there was a lesson in the realties of being a top flight manager, tottenham's nuno espirito santo is it, facing the sack afterjust 17 games in charge. the club's chairman daniel levy held talks about his future yesterday after saturday's 3—0