despite debates about crowd experience, the time taken on decisions and its actual accuracy — neil swarbrickhow it's gone 3 months in. we've been at this been at this we've been out this nearly coming up three years now, we officiated 70 games in the fa cup for the last two seasons, trying to get experience. is nothing like doing ten premier league games over the weekend, we realise that so we know we are going to be scrutinised, we know there are people who are going to look at our every move but i am comfortable where we are and no doubt there is room for improvement, speed wise, at cetera, we will get there but for me, been a work in progress. 0nto the para athletics world championships next where 0mara durand won the 10th gold medal in ten years in the t12100 metres. her last defeat was back in 2008 at the beijing paralympics. with more in a busy day for the cuban and the rest of the day five action in dubai, here's kate grey. there has been plenty of exciting racing on the track here in dubai on day five of these championships. none more so than the men's t 5a 1500m. in the final stages

former referee, neil swarbrick, told us today, that it could be 2 or 3 years until they‘ re completlyeing used. pep guardiola was very animated at fulltime following city's defeat at anfield. two penalty appeals were turned down — but he won't face any action from the fa for that — he insisted there was no sarcasm as he thanked the officials. swarbrick said he can understand the frustration that the system causes, but they are getting more decisions right. we have been at this nearly three years now, and obviously we have officiated 70 games in the league cup, fa cup, for the last two seasons, trying to get experience, but that is nothing like doing 10 premier league games every weekend, we realise that, and we know we will be scrutinised and there will be people looking at our every move, but the position i'm in, i'm comfortable with where we are. i've no doubt there is room for improvement, in terms of speed we will get there, but it has been a good work in progress for me. let's have a look at some of today's other football stories. neil warnock has left cardiff city by mutual agre

today neil swarbrick, who heads up the var team, joined me earlier.e his assessment of the system being used for the first time in the premier league this season. being used for the first time in the premier league this seasonli being used for the first time in the premier league this season. i think we are probably where we would expect to be. i mean, the most important thing to say is that we are 12 weeks in and we always said it was going to take quite a while for everyone to be comfortable without implementing var in the premier league. it's a case of people expect everything to be corrected straightaway. they want 100% accuracy, they want decisions made quickly, changed if, in their opinion, it needs changing, but that was never going to happen. we did numerous presentations over the summer numerous presentations over the summer explaining that the one thing var would provide is 100% accuracy in football because there is so much subjectivity within it and obviously that has been the case. on saturday, there was a four minute delay which there was

i spoke to the head of implementation of var, neil swarbrick earlier and he said it could be three yearsworried the product of the premier league is being damaged? they are at the meeting was described as fractious. there were some chairmen like david gold, who think everything is ok. 0thers some chairmen like david gold, who think everything is ok. others who really, really don‘t. i guess that depends whether you are a club who have been at the wrong end of these decisions. christian purslow said it there, the premier league want greater consistency, they want faster decisions and they want the communication inside the stadiums, to be better. what they accept it as they cannot make wholesale changes now, nobody is thinking about getting rid of var. big changes cannot be made now partway through the season, because the feeling is that would damage the integrity of the competition. but what can happen is that fans inside the stadiums in particular can be told what is happening. so instead of, as i saw at old trafford on sunday, a simple var check been put up on the scoreboard, the message

but neil swarbrick says fans need to be patient. know there is room for improvement with speed wise, et cetera. but for me it has been a work in progress. rafael nadal‘s hopes of finishing the year as world number one have suffered a blow after he lost his opening match at the atp finals in london. he lost in straight sets to reigning champion alexander zverev saying he simply wasn't good enough. it was also the german's first ever win over nadal. and live coverage of the atp finals continues on bbc two this afternoon from 2 o'clock. and stand by for one of the most extraordinary stadium openings that youre ever likely to see. this is a giant hologram of a lion, as the argentinian club estudiantes de la plata celebrated their first match in their stadium since 2005. the stadium had been closed down because of safety concerns and has now been re—developed. before i go, don't forget sportsday. all the day's sports news on the bbc news channel at 6:30 tonight. that's all the sport for now. sally, thank you, we love a holographic lion f

the man in charge of var's implementation in the premier league, former referee neil swarbrick, told but it could be 2 or 3 years until they‘ re completely happy with how it's being used. we've been out this nearly coming up three years now, we officiated 70 games in the fa cup for the last two seasons, trying to get experience. is nothing like doing ten premier league games over the weekend, we realise that so we know we are going to be scrutinised, we know there are people who are going to look at our every m ove people who are going to look at our every move but i am comfortable where we are and no doubt there is room for improvement, speed wise, at cetera, we will get there but for me, been a work in progress. great britain's hollie arnold has retained herjavelin title — at the world para athletics championships in dubai. that has laid down a marker for next year's paralympics in tokyo — where she'll also be the defending champion. she threw a personal best, as she made it 4 world titles in a row in her class. and there was more gold for great britain, thanks tojonathan broom—edw

neil swarbrick is head of implementation for var in the premier league.ke two or three years before they are completely happy with how the system is used. we have officiated 70 games in the caribou cup, fa cup for the last two seasons trying to get experience. caribou cup, fa cup for the last two seasons trying to get experiencem is nothing like ten premier league games every weekend. we know there are going to be people looking at our every move. but i am comfortable with where we are and no doubt there is room for improvement. we will get there. but for me it is a work in progress. arsene wenger appears to have ruled himself out of taking over at bayern munich, although has admitted that he was approached. the german champions sacked nico kovac last week, after a poor run of results. i'm out of this. first of all, i never was a candidate. i had been approached. and i'm not in the running for thejob. you were neither approached nor are you running for the job? i was approached. but you never felt you were a candidate for the job? i am not a candidate for

but neil swarbrick says fans need to be patient.osition i am in, i am comfortable with where we are and i know there is room for improvement with speed wise et cetera. but for me it has been a work in progress. rafael nadal‘s hopes of finishing the year as world number one have suffered a blow after he lost his opening match at the atp finals in london. he lost in straight sets to reigning champion alexander zverev saying he simply wasn't good enough. it was also the german's first ever win over nadal. the atmosphere is why everyone is trying to... the goal is to make london. because playing in front of you all is something we do not have during the year and this is so special. rafael nadal was lucky to play because there was debate about his fitness. the live coverage continues from two o'clock on bbc to today. —— bbc two today. and great britain's hollie arnold has retained herjavelin title at the world para athletics championships in dubai. that's laid down a marker for next year's paralympics in tokyo where she'll be the defendi

now neil swarbrick is head of implementation for var in the premier league, he told us that it could, and obviously we have officiated 70 games in the league cup, fa cup, and for the last two seasons trying to get experience, but that is nothing like the premier league games over the weekend, we realised that, and we know we will be scrutinised and there will be people looking at our every move , there will be people looking at our every move, but the position i'm in command comfortable with where we are. i've no doubt there is room for improvement, in terms of speed, we will get there, but it has been a good work in progress for me. the leeds united captain liam cooper has been forced to withdraw from the scotland squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers against cyprus and kazakhstan. he suffered a muscle tear in his groin, during leeds' win over blackburn on saturday. scotland cannot qualify from their group but they may make it to the finals through a nations league play—off. they're away to cyprus on saturday, then host kazakhstan three days later. they're back underway at t

and you can hear much more of my interview with swarbrick on sportsday at 6.30pm. neilo and led them to promotion to the premier league in 2018, but they went straight back down again last season and they‘ re currently 14th in the championship, seven points off the play—offs. the leeds united captain liam cooper has pulled out of the scotland squad for their euro 2020 qualifiers. he suffered a muscle tear in his groin during leeds' win over blackburn in the championship on saturday. scotland cannot qualify from their group but they may make it to the finals through a nations league play—off. they're away to cyprus on saturday, then host kazakhstan three days later. ellen white is one of four players who will be missing from the england squad for tomorrow's friendly against the czech republic. she scored in their defeat to germany on saturday — her first international match since her return from a knee injury — but she'll be rested tomorrow, along with captain steph houghton. alex greenwood and jodie taylor are out injured. england have lost five of their last seven matc