very important, particularly around theissue very important, particularly around the issue of mark sampsononths ago, the fa were in front of a select committee took in about a cultural problem at the fa, anna a lack of respect for women, and racism issues, as well. we need to make sure that the new number one is completely on point with that message. and, i suppose, but the good of the women's game, everybody needs to get behind him, now, to ta ke needs to get behind him, now, to take that team, to everywhere —— to where they think it should be. we have got a world cup coming up. we have got an amazing team, as we want them to do billy, really well. i think there is some genuine excitement about this appointment. the profile that phil neville brings. the other part that really means it —— really need to make sure, what kind of succession planning was in place to make sure that we grow the number of female coaches. there are less than 10% of football coaches in england, which after female. that is shocking, compared to germany which is more like 30%. we need to make sure that infour like 30

remember we have to see all of this in the context that the last manager of the women's team, mark sampsonpirks gives us her take from wembley. the twitter storms seems to be obscuring the issue of whether phil neville is qualified for the job, having never managed before and never worked in the women's game. the fa has confirmed that two of the last four candidates to the job were female and all four withdrew from the process. the editor of women's soccer zone and spoke to me, i asked what the fa should do next. they have some difficult questions to answer. they haven't had a press co nfe re nce answer. they haven't had a press conference yet with phil neville. as we have seen from the reaction early doors the media across the country have some questions to ask him in relation to things exposed over the la st 24 relation to things exposed over the last 24 hours, they have meant that he's entered the job under a cloud much as mark sampson left and one. this isn't how he would have wanted to start his tenure. it beggars belief that when your points you don't go to the social media and check

following the sacking of mark sampson in september, the fa had hoped to appoint someone by the end ofes dropped out of the running. leaving a chelsea or manchester city for england is not the change of it once was. clubs are investing a lot, andi once was. clubs are investing a lot, and i think some of us younger managers, the thought of playing quite a relevant qualifying games, no disrespect, where it is a shoo—in for england to qualify, isn't necessarily the greatest challenge freight carriage. some good news for england cricket fans. they've beaten australia in the opening one day international, with jason roy hitting 180. that's the highest one—day international score by an england player. and after the test side's recent thrashing in the ashes series, it was an impressive and much—needed five wicket victory by the tourists, as adam wild reports. for english cricket, a time to rebuild, recover, restore some respect and some reputations. a fresh start, then, and it soon became a rather good one for england. early wickets falling. but this is australia and, after dominating all win

a former international team—mate of neville had questioned the appointment —— the sacking of mark sampson never worked in women's football. whether people think that is me being sexist or not, working with women and men is different and he will have to learn very quickly. i am sure there were other candidates so it is a bit strange. we wish the best, we have a great team at the moment that has been doing incredible ul so the pressure is on. in the minutes after his appointment, he posted on twitter that he was extremely proud and honoured to be the head coach of the lionesses and says he is unbelievably excited about the challenge ahead but a few hours later he completely shut down his twitter account after a few historic tweets here posted came to light which could be interpreted as sexist including this one from six years ago. he responded when people call them out. kyle edmund is into his first grand slam semifinal, he beat a top ten player for the first time in his career as he knocked out third seed grigor dimitrov in four set in their quarter final grigor dimitrov in four set in the

spence is returning for the first time since accusing former boss mark sampson of making racially discriminatorygoalkeeper tommy lawrence has died at the age of 77. lawrence was part of the liverpool side managed by bill shankly in the 1960s and was a big favourite at anfield — known affectionately as the flying pig. richard askam looks back at his career. a liverpool player from the age of 17, tommy lawrence was one of the corner stones of bill shankly‘s brilliant side of the 60s and was a big part of some of the club's most famous moments. this is tommy after the club's first ever fa cup triumph in 1965. he was a lovely man a gentleman. a very good player. he was fearless. he was with the fans all the way. tommy won two league titles at anfield with a style that set him apart. this was him in the first ever broadcast of match of the day. a fine save by lawrence. in the late 60s, ray clemence was tommy's understudy, before replacing him as first choice and remembers him with great fondness. a wonderful person to be around and obviously an excellent goalkeeper. he was the best i've ever seen at

the fa got themselves in a terrible mess, the investigations around mark sampson and his subsequent sackinge investigation around racism within the england women's camp as well. they have brought out a new welfare, they are looking at conduct within the organisation. there was a real push for there to bea there was a real push for there to be a woman to take over. were there not enough candidates that came forward ? not enough candidates that came forward? there was a real argument about whether it should be a female candidate no matter what, or if it'd just be the best candidate no matter what. to be honest, there are not a huge number of female candidates with that type of experience and criteria that they wanted. those that did have the experience, it turned out, they just that did have the experience, it turned out, theyjust didn't want thejob. emma turned out, theyjust didn't want the job. emma hayes turned out, theyjust didn't want thejob. emma hayes has been very successful at chelsea ladies and she ruled herself out early on. she signed a new contract with chelsea. laura harvey, bri

attention into it but at the coaching level the management has been appalling and in fact the mark sampson affair who was eventually starts. actually went up to government level there was a full inquiry as to why it took so long to act over vices and allegations they were fiercely denied but there's still a poison around the women set up because of that case and because of the accusations against mark sampson and other staff and eventually he wasn't sacked because of that it was because of historic allegations against him bristol academy of inappropriate behavior the forty eight hours haven't even come out about that and the mess continues do you think that the f.a. the english f i would be very careful in who they appointed you think they would give proper consideration to what as coaches they're not what i wanted to on the other you're thinking but action once that's i want to decide to interrupt you is there a belief then that the english football association isn't adequately dealing with the issues affecting them. oh absolutely isn't i mean we get past the extent where they're rather p

neville's predecessor mark sampson had guided england to third in the world, before becoming embroilediate behaviour, uncovered from a previous role. phil neville's friends in the game, though, are backing him to do well. a bit of flak, you've got to be able to take that, but all i can say is i have known philip a number of years, he will do a really good job. many say a qualified woman could have done the job equally as well, though, and neville is fast learning things don't always go to plan when you step into the lionesses' den. a nun has broken down in tears at the scottish child abuse inquiry and apologised to anyone who may have been abused at a notorious care home in lanarkshire. dozens of former residents at the smyllum park orphanage claim they were attacked by nuns between the 1940s and 1970s. from edinburgh, our correspondent michael buchanan reports. former residents say a culture of evil existed at smyllum, a children's home in lanark run by the daughters of charity. dozens of people who lived here have alleged they were abused. a bbc investigation last year also suggested

mark sampson of making racially discriminatory remarks. still in interim charge. drugs test is beingsthma — during last year's vuelta. championships in september. but there's a chance his case may not have been resolved by then. notjust to the organisation, but to the rider. the rider. opportunity to prove why that finding took place. promotion company. on april 21st. his opponent is yet to be announced. khan has linked up with promoter eddie hearn on a three—fight deal. at the end of the year. i never thought i'd walk away. world title, or with having other big fights. big fights. being 31, i feel better now than i was when i was 28. now than i was when i was 28. know i have got a lot left in my tank. ifeel strong and ready. think it's time to shine now again and show people where i belong. and show people where i belong. most win word titles at 30. win word titles at 30. people forget how young i was. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and how you can follow the efl cup on radio five. 30. thank you. now a story you may wel

medstar phil neville takes over from the interim manager mo marley, who has been in charge since mark sampson'spulled off a spectacular win at the australian open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. the world number 49 beat the third seed grigor dimitrov making him only the sixth british man to reach the last four at a grand slam for 50 years. joe wilson reports. this is potential realised. this is hope made reality. this is kyle edmund in melbourne. a big first serve delivers! his opponent in the quarterfinal, gregor dimitrov, has been the next big thing in men's tennis for years. and he fought back to win the second set. he closes it out at the second time of asking. —— at the second time of asking. but edmund won the third, and found himself on the brink. now, everyone has always known that kyle edmund has the power. but the most important thing in tennis is what you do with your head. the muscle between the ears. the very best players manage to stay calm, even to get better when it gets close. and this was very close. he's done it! hang on, wait and see. match point decided by a hawk—e

everton star takes over from interim manager mo marley, who has been in charge since former boss mark sampson'serg, has told the bbc that the uk should push for a so—called soft brexit. speaking at the world economic forum in davos, she said the uk was unlikely to get a better deal than norway — which is not a member of the eu, but is part of the european economic area. ms solberg was talking to our economics editor, kamal ahmed, who's in davos. thanks very much. the prime minister of norway said she was offering this advice as a friend, from a country that was very keen to have closer economic ties both with the european union and with britain. but she was certainly very clear when i caught up certainly very clear when i caught up with her earlier today about what that advice entailed. up with her earlier today about what that advice entailed. we hope that there will be an agreement that we will call a soft brexit, an agreement that will not put large barriers for the trade inside europe again. that we hope they will find a good solution. and we are both working well with the british and with

the women's former manager, mark sampson, was embroiled in a racism scandal and then sacked followinghaviour in a previous role. since then, the women's under—19 manager, mo marley, has been in charge. but she didn't appear to want thejob, along with other big names in the women's game. last month, the head of women's football here at the fa acknowledged there had been a problem with a lack of female applicants for the job, which leaves us with neville. now, such a high—profile name could be great for the women's game, but there are those who believe he simply doesn't have the right experience. i find it a bit of a strange appointment, if i'm honest. 0bviously, phil has been a coach at certain levels. he's never really been the number one, never really worked in women's football. and whether people think that's me being sexist or not... 0bviously, working with women, working with men, it's completely different. he's going to have to learn very quickly. neville doesn't have much time to win over the doubters, though, with the top two sides in the world to face in march and world cup qu

the lionesses are still without a manager after mark sampson was sacked in october.the six nations next month. hogg hasn't played since injuring his hip during the scots' autumn series. he narrowly missed a spot on the bench for glasgow's european champions cup match with leinster this sunday. scotland's first six nations fixture is against wales on february 3. anthonyjoshua's world heavyweight unification fight againstjoseph parker of new zealand is poised to be confirmed. joshua holds the ibf and wba belts, while parker is the wbo champion. reports suggest the fight will take place on 31 march in cardiff. it's been a day of comebacks in the quarter finals of darts‘ bdo world championship at lakeside. defending champion glen durrant trailed by four sets to one against the man he calls his best friend jim williams, but the number one seed came back to win 5—4. he sets up a meeting with scott waites who also came from 4—1 down to seal a place in the last four. with just a month left before she defends her 0lympic title, britain's lizzy yarnold has finished ninth at th

neville's predecessor mark sampson had guided england to third in the world, before becoming embroiled, uncovered from a previous role. phil neville's friends in the game, though, are backing him to do well. a bit of flak, you've got to be able to take that, but all i can say is i have known philip a number of years, he will do a really good job. many say a qualified woman could have done the job equally as well, though, and neville is fast learning things don't always go to plan when you step into the lionesses' den. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. a nun has broken down in tears at the scottish child abuse inquiry and apologised to anyone who may have been abused at a notorious care home in lanarkshire. dozens of former residents at the smyllum park orphanage claim they were attacked by nuns between the 19405 and 19705. from edinburgh, our correspondent michael buchanan reports. former residents say a culture of evil existed at smyllum, a children's home in lanark run by the daughters of charity. dozens of people who lived here have alleged they were abused. a bbc investigation last

mo marley, who had been in interim charge since mark sampson's sacking last year.has never really been the number one, never really worked in women's football and whether think thatis women's football and whether think that is me being sexist or not, working with women, working with men is completely different and he will have to learn very quickly. and that it isa have to learn very quickly. and that it is a little bit strange. which all the best. we have a fantastic tea m all the best. we have a fantastic team at the moment that has been doing incredibly well, so the pressure is as well. great britain's kyle edmund will play marin cilic in the australian open semi—final. he's reached the last four of a grand slam for the first time after beating the third seed grigor dimitroc in four sets. it's also the first time that he has beaten a top 10 player. if edmund makes it past cilic on thursday morning, he'll also overtake andy murray as british number one. cilic made it past rafa nadal in his quesrterfinal, the world number one retiring with a leg injury. iam i am l

mo marley has been in temporary charge since mark sampson was sacked in september.england cricketer ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub. the disturbance in september left a man with a fractured eye socket. stokes missed the ashes series, with the england and wales cricket board saying he would not be considered for england "until further notice". the 26—year—old has been charged along with two other men. over to melbourne now and kyle edmund is through to round two of the australian open for only the second time in his career. he might be the only british male in the draw, but he enjoyed his biggest win to date, beating the 11th seed kevin anderson in five sets. he'll face denis isstomin next. just overawed, for personal satisfaction, the hours you put in, the training, etc. so many things like that. just those terrible results just make it really feel good and worth it, basically. so, really happy. rafa nadal took just 24 really happy. rafa nadal tookjust 24 minutes to beat the dominican player with a loss of just th

manchester united and everton and england defender emerged as a surprise candidate to replace sacked mark sampsonlive this evening. i've got the opportunity if the talks come off that i can go to a world cup and be successful and have a chance of winning a world cup with a set of girls who are extremely driven, extremely professional. and i think in terms of my development as a coach, i think this is the bestjob that i could wish to ask for. what international football will allow me in between get—togethers and games, it will allow me to absolutely get my teeth stuck into learning the culture of the women's game. something i'm really excited about and looking forward to. theo walcott has completed his move to everton from arsenal 13 and half year deal. forward has had 12 years at the gunners. hejoined forward has had 12 years at the gunners. he joined when forward has had 12 years at the gunners. hejoined when he was 16. scored over 100 goals in almost 400 appearances. he's sam allardyce's second signing of the january tra nsfer second signing of the january transfer window after the turkish stri

eni aluko said she felt victimised for reporting racial discrimination by former england manager mark sampson sends out is the fa is for all. what it will say is the opportunities to have a career beyond playing in the fa and the wider football workforce is something that is both desirable and something that is both desirable and something the fa is serious about promoting. the former newcastle striker peter beardsley will take a "period of leave" whilst the club investigates allegations of racism and bullying made against him. beardsley is now the club's under—23s coach, but multiple complaints have been lodged against him, including one from 22—year old winger yasin ben el—mhanni. beardsley has released a statement and says he categorically denies the allegations. britain's defending dakar rally champion sam sunderland has crashed out of this year's race. sunderland started day four with the overall lead but hit a hole, injuring his back in a fall. he carried on for another five kilometers but eventually had to be airlifted away. sunderland later regained feeling in his legs but went to per

questions over whether the fa were aware of those historic tweets, echoes of how they dealt with mark sampsonrthern ireland have drawn against austria and bosnia and herzegovina, scotland against albania and israel, and wales face the republic of and denmark. those games will take place alongside traditional euro qualifying campaigns. it will be complicated. to melbourne, where defending champion roger federer is through to the semifinal of the australian open. he beat tomas berdych in straight sets. he is one of sport‘s most recognisable stars, roger federer, five—time champion in melbourne. somehow for a few moments at least this seemed a little unfamiliar. shots being missed, then umpires being challenged. it was all very unlike roger. for his opponent, tomas berdych, a great chance to beat the great man. with shots like this, his luck certainly seemed to be in. but you do not achieve what federer has by needing luck. roaring back from three games behind, much more what his fans have grown to expect. berdych providing a challenge, but one federer looked like meeting. two sets up, there was