the americans won the world cup, we have a dutch player in the final, we have australia's sam kerr whoecame the first australian to score a hat—trick at the world cup. they were definitely stand out performers at that tournament, as well as their club in domestic form. they are three former sportsmen from the world of rugby union, rugby league and football who all linked by their illness that has no cure doddie weir, rob burrow and stephen darby have come together for the first time to talk about living with motor neurone disease. sally nugent went to meet them. mnd is a part of our lives but i don't want it to take over our lives. the average life expectancy is 1—3 years. i'm over that, still smiling. i am not giving in until my last breath. too many reasons to live. i know this is a club you never wanted tojoin and a team you never wanted to be on. how much does it help to sit here and be able to talk to each other today? it's through unfortunate circumstances we have come together, but it has been turned to a positive and i think this things, talking about what we're going through a

she'sjoined by england and lyon defender lucy bronze, australia and chelsea striker sam kerr, netherlandsema and her fellow usa star teammate, megan rapinoe. voting closes on monday the 2nd of march. and, finally we've already heard aboutjose mourinho's injury woes. he's now worried that heung—min son and harry kane could be sidelined for the considerable future. well, after hearing that barcelona have been allowed to make an emergency signing to try and solve their injury crisis. mourinho was asked if he'll be bringing in a new striker... or perhaps bring back a familiar face? i was not aware of that possibility. i don't think it is possible. peter crouch. well, peter crouch has been quick to respond — he's tweeted "i'm readyjose." hashtag ‘the return'. we'll keep an eye on that one! don't forget kick off in the game between atletico madrid and liverpool is nowjust an hour away — there will be full commentary on radio 5live. but that's all from sportsday. have a lovely evening. jane will have more for you throughout the evening. bye for now. let us go back to the use no, more on the floo

sam kerr! it is another goal! and the backflip for the best score in the world!al day, especially because we had worked very hard for that and offers are coming from london, from an amazing season, going to the world cup and then playing a world cup final that no one expected, i think it is something amazing that you only experience once in your life. looks loose. she's made it! two touches, 2—0. game over. getting to lift the trophy, that is the iconic moment that you dream of. we were able to transcend sport in such an incredible way and in such a big way. i went through ten years of my career in a particular way, but on this instance i was put on a rocket ship. i was on the ride, i was like, wow! this is insane! this is crazy! rapinoe. rapinoe again! world—class! a littel earlier i spoke to sarah mulkerrins about the women's game and how competition has increased for this award, over the years. when you think you won this award was brought in, it was before the previous world cup in canada in 2015. back then, there were no global awards anywhere for women foot

vivianne miedema there — who alongside lucy bronze, sam kerr, julie ertz and megan rapinoe are in theyou who decides voting takes place on our website, and closes on march 2nd, so less than two weeks to go. italian side roma have started talks with other european football teams over what could be a ground—breaking social media campaign — to help find missing children. six have now been found after videos were shown during the club's most two most recent transfer windows including during the signing of chris smalling on loan from manchester united. our reporter alistair magowan has the story. peter has been searching for his missing teenage son for 32 years. my son absolutely loved football. he was a great supporter of sutton united football club. sadly 1988 september, he was really keen to go and say football match at the start of the season. and he went with a friend to sutton. his friend changed his mind and went home. sadly he did not come home. peter's case is one of 86,000 that occur in the uk each yearfor support of 86,000 that occur in the uk each year for support last summer h

buy lucy bronze, julie ertz, vivianne miedema and sam kerr are the other nominees and you decide wholly a young manchester united fan who made a bid to stop liverpool winning the premier league title has received a personal reply from jurgen klopp. 10—year—old daragh cu rley from county donegal wrote to the liverpool manager for a school assignment and asked if it would be possible for the team to lose some games. klopp wrote back, praising daragh‘s passion, but explained they could not drop points on his behalf. if you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in english football. being a united fan, that is very sad. so next time liverpool play, please make them lose. you should just let the other team score. i hope i convinced you to not win the league or win another match ever again. bless him. that's it for sportsday. i'll be here tomorrow across the day on bbc news as wales and france meet in the six nations championship but whatever sport you're following, have a great weekend. after the heavy rain you might be hoping for dry weather. u nfortu nately, hoping for

the new chelsea forward sam kerr and arsenal's vivianne miedema make up the shortlist.ding has been halved. the uk's rugby body had increased money going in but now it has been decreased again. the super league side warrington wolves have suspended centre anthony gelling. the club hasn't given the reasons why but it's pending an investigation into his conduct away from the club. the 29 year old says he's fully supportive of the investigation. the cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett has been reinstated to the nfl, after being suspended for hitting another player with his helmet. it was one of the most shocking moments of last season and it happened in the brown's game agains the pittsburgh steelers in november, quaterback mason rudolph on the receiving end. the suspension was originally indefinite and meant garrett missed the last 6 games of the season. south africa finished the innings on 177 for eight in that first t20 against england. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. universities across the uk are using gagging clauses to silence student

players that domestic football fa ns two players that domestic football fans will know, we have sam kerran her. she is the all—time top goal—scorer in both the american league and the australian league. she might have some competition from another striker plying her trade in england, the dutch star viviana medham who plays for arsenal who won the wsl in england last year. she was also the top scorer. a very tough shortlist to pick from. you can go on to the bbc sport website to vote until the 2nd of march at 9am. all of the profiles are bare, so you can learn about them all and ta ke so you can learn about them all and take your pick. how did we get to this list of nominees? this is compiled by 50 people all around the world involved in the women's game, journalists, administrators, coaches, players, former players, and they come up with a long list that gets whittled down to these five list, then it goes down to the public list, then it is for people within the game to promote the people who have been good on and off the pitch, then putting it out to the pitch, then putting it out to th

just signed for chelsea this season, the australia captain sam kerr, she was top scorer in the americansenal and top scorer in the wsl, the netherlands‘ vivianne miedema. and co—captain of the usa, golden boot and ballon d'or winner, reign fc striker megan rapinoe is the last nominee. you can vote on the bbc website. big problems for teams in rugby union's championship. the rfu's going to cut the amount of money it gives to clubs by almost half. rugby‘s governing body increased the amount of money it gives to the championship five years ago, but it's cutting the cash now because they say targets haven't been met. here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones. it isa it is a harsh call by the rfu. some would call it callous, given the livelihoods that are at stake and given that the clubs need to financially forecast for next season. but the rfu had two choices a couple of years ago, either to really support the championship to the tune of millions and millions of pounds or tojust the tune of millions and millions of pounds or to just say to the clubs, look, go away, back to amateur s

we have sam kerr, who is australian. has recently signed for chelsea. lots of people can watch are there. she is the all—time top goal—scorer in the american league and australian league and while she might have competition from another striker in england, because that is the dutch diet vivianne miedema. she got all the way to the world cup final. she plays her club football with arsenal football club. she is also a top scorer. it is a very tough shortlist to pick from. you can go on to the bbc sport website to vote until the second of might at 9am. all the profiles are there seek and learn about them all and take your pick. the rfu is going to cut the annual funding that clubs in the championshiup receive by almost half. they say that targets haven't been met. let's get more detail on this from our rugby union correspondent chrisjones. chris, the cut is from roughly half a million to a quarter of a million, what are those targets that the clubs were supposed to meet and how have the championship clubs reacted? this is t