from dancing to dementia, the family of nobby stiles, 1966 world cup winner, who died earlier this wethey have been told his illness was caused by heading footballs. and tottenham women have lost their big named player. alex morgan will leave the club in the new year to go back to the states. also coming up in the programme... under pressure... with arsenal now 15th in the league, we'll look at what the future holds for manager mikel arteta. and marcus rashford is recognised with a special award at the bbc sports personality of the year following his campaign to help feed the uk's poorest families. hello and welcome to sportsday. elite sport could be significantly disrupted over the festive period because of covid, with a number of high—profile sporting fixtures already postponed this weekend. games were called off in the efl, the wsl, as well as several matches in rugby's european champions cup. looking ahead, both millwall and ipswich's next two championship fixtures have been postponed after an outbreak of covid in the squads. this season's efl cup final has been re—scheduled from

nobby stiles in a movement which is to end with a clash.rafford when i was a kid and imagine that the tannoy was going to announce that they was a player short and would nobby stiles come and get changed. can he get a shot in? he gets a shot in. to go down there and walk down there and become a player at manchester united was unbelievable. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before! that was a supreme save! trying to get there... oh, what a save! maradona! translation: i couldn't reach it, and shilton was already there, so i couldn't head it, so i did like that. i believe it's a craftiness. it's not cheating. he won't need any of them! oh, you have to say that's magnificent! he's played it boldly. that could be magical. i tried to be an observer. you get into trouble for that sometimes if you don't say the right things to the right people. thank you. 0n the 22, the switches, he has richards outside him. jj williams, and he's going to score! no bother! # keep on running # keep on hiding # 0ne fine day # i'm going to be the one to make y

nobby stiles in a movement which...ridge of old trafford as a kid and imagine that the tannoy was going to announce that it was they were a player short and ask me to play. to go down there and walk down there and play manchester united is unbelievable. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before! that was a supreme save. trying to get there... oh, what a save! maradona! i couldn't reach it and shelton was already there, so i couldn't edit, so i did like that. —— head it. i believe it is a craftiness. it is not cheating. he won't need any of them! oh, you have to say, that is magnificent! played it boldly. that could be magical. i tried to be an observer, you get into trouble for that sometimes if you do not say the right things to the right people. thank you. on the 22, he switches it, he has richards outside him. williams, he will score! no bother! ican i can see clearly now the rain has gone, ican i can see clearly now the rain has gone, i can see all obstacles in my weight... —— in my way. imean, i i mean, iwoul

the family of the 1966 world cup winner nobby stiles, who died earlier this year, say they have beenby heading footballs. a leading expert dr willie stewart, carried out research into the former footballer‘s brain. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has this report. he was the world cup winner whose dancing stole the nation's hearts. but as dementia cruelly took hold in later life, nobby stiles' family became convinced that heading footballs was to blame. this weekend, they found out their suspicions were right. last year, neuropathologist dr willie stewart published a landmark study, concluding that footballers are more than three times more likely to develop dementia. he studied noddy‘s brain and found it to be at an advanced stage of chronic traumatic and set off the peak, cte, for short. in circumstances where there has been head impacts, with a football, there are not many head injuries in football but there is an awful lot of heading the ball. so, what is chronic traumatic and step for pudsey , and south. the brain appears shrunken under a microscope, but what sets it apart

donating nobby stiles' brain wasa front of you.stiles' brain was a difficult decision, but ultimately, the stiles family knew this was bigger than then. my dad suffered a lot, and we talked about it, and my mum basically said, if it can stop one more player suffering the way your dad is dead, then we will do it. this could well be just the tip of the iceberg. we will also talk about somebody involved in that was such a little bit later in the programme. now the weather with carol. can you cheer us up? not necessarily going to be a white christmas unless you count frost. good morning, everybody. some wintry showers in the forecast this week, but there is also some rain. rain the first half of the week particularly across england and wales, some of it getting into scotland and northern ireland later today. but towards the end of the week, it will be mostly chilly, and a lot of dry weather around as well. but don't forget, that frost in the morning. currently we have a band of rain within north and east across england, and also wales,

the family of the 1966 world cup winner nobby stiles, who died earlier this year, say they have beenstewart, carried out research into the former footballer‘s brain. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has this report. he was the world cup winner whose dancing stole the nation's hearts. but as dementia cruelly took hold in later life, nobby stiles' family became convinced that heading footballs was to blame. this weekend, they found out their suspicions were right. last year, neuropathologist dr willie stewart published a landmark study, concluding that footballers are more than three times more likely to develop dementia. he studied noddy‘s brain and found it to be at an advanced stage of chronic traumatic and set off the peak, cte, for short. in circumstances where there has been head impacts, with a football, there are not many head injuries in football but there is an awful lot of heading the ball. so, what is chronic traumatic and step for pudsey, and south. the brain appears shrunken under a microscope, but what sets it apart only seen in people with head impacts. is the bui

five members of england's 1966 world cup—winning squad have been diagnosed with it, including nobby stilesmbrose is one of those behind this letter and joins me now. mickey, thanks for joining mickey, thanks forjoining us. what is the letter say? basically we want the football association to be reviewed. the research has been done, but it's taken nearly 20 years since the passing of... so, we want government to step and because we can't rely on government bodies any more. i'm sorry, we just can't rely on them. they have had plenty of time now to look into this in more depth, and this letter... you talk about action, what would you like to see? we know children under 12 are not hitting the ball in england, scotla nd hitting the ball in england, scotland and northern ireland. what more do you want to see don? -- see don. we want to challenge the research that they've done already which is taken 20 years —— see done. that's a bit of a joke, to be frank. standards in this day and age, the amount of money in football, think of the next generation of football. football across the board. young ki

nobby stiles! but there is some relief that the game is taking steps towards helping future generations. a lost artefact from the great pyramid of giza in egypt has been found — by chance — at the university of aberdeen. the pieces of wood from a cedar tree, dating back 5,000 years, was one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the pyramid. the artefacts known as the dixon relics — were found in a cigar tin in a university collection. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. thank you, simon. another dose of wet and windy weather across the uk today which means more localised flooding. much wetter in the south—west of england weather has been about two inches of rain in some places and for a while very windy as well. the next batch of wet and windy weather is in the atlantic and windy weather is in the atlantic and will arrive on thursday night on friday and ahead of that the cloud has brought rain today wrapping around an area of low pressure bringing daniel smith to the iris

nobby stiles! the great pyramid of giza in egypt has been found — by chance — at the university of aberdeen. the pieces of wood from a cedar tree, dating back 5,000 years, was one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the pyramid. the artefacts known as the dixon relics — were found in a cigar tin in a university collection. time for a look at the weather, here‘s darren bett. thank you, simon. another dose of wet and windy weather across the uk today which means more localised flooding. much wetter in the south—west of england weather has been about two inches of rain in some places and for

nobby stiles in a movement which...t they were a player short and ask me to play. to go down there and walk down there and become a player at manchester united is unbelievable. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before! that was a supreme save. trying to get there... oh, what a save! maradona! i couldn't reach it and shelton was already there, so i couldn't head it, so i did like that. i believe it is a craftiness. it is not cheating. he won't need any of them! oh, you have to say, that is magnificent! played it boldly. that could be magical. i tried to be an observer, you get into trouble for that sometimes if you do not say the right things to the right people. thank you. 0n the 22, he switches it, he has richards outside him. williams, he will score! no bother! # keep on running, keep on hiding # 0ne fine day i'm going to be the one # to make you understand, oh, yeah, i'm going to be your man. # i can see clearly now the rain has gone # i can see all obstacles in my way...# i mean, i would not swap my era for n

john stiles, who lost his father, world cup winner nobby, to dementia in late october, says it's about should be at the forefront. this isn'tjust a minor issue. it's not like he's done his knee, keep them out for five minutes, you were talking about the brain. it doesn't matter if you are a millionaire footballer or whatever. you get brain damage, then you get dementia, no money will fix that. former spurs defenderjan vertonghen knows this to his cost. the belgian says trying to play on after a clash of heads in the champions league semifinal last year affected his game for months. translation: i've had a lot of problems with it for a long time. headaches and dizziness. as the first time i've said it. i should not have played on. i was a total for the nine months and they couldn't deliver what i wanted. the fa has already said it could start the permanent additional substitute trial as early as next month and the premier league looks set to agree the timing at a meeting tomorrow. but unlike rugby, the idea of a temporary saab brought on while a player is medically assessed has been dis