at a meeting in the seychelles.in 2015 amid a scandal over state—sponsored doping, allegations moscow has repeatedly denied. here's caroline rigby. they broke records and dominated medal tables. it seemed too good to be true, and it was. for years, international sports competitions have unknowingly been hijacked by the russians. coaches and athletes have been playing on an uneven field. sports fans and spectators have been deceived. state—sponsored cheating on a massive scale. russia's anti—doping agency was suspended by its global counterpart, following the revelations in 2015. but three years on, could wada be about to lift that ban? it's a prospect that has angered athletes and anti—doping leaders from the us to the uk, and new zealand to norway. those who believe such a decision would make a mockery of both the ban and the governing body itself. clean athletes‘ rights and the health and safety of athletic competition, matters. the flame of the olympics, unfortunately, is going to burn a lot less bright the day a

its vice president stating: wada's meeting in the seychelles seems a long way from the sochi olympicsrodchenkov exposed one of the biggest ever scandals in sport. for those tasked with keeping sport clean, the question remains: has russia come far enough since then? caroline rigby, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. south korea's president, moonjae—in, is due to visit the spiritual birthplace of the korean nation, on the border between the north and china. it's the culmination of his three—day visit to the north, which included a summit with kim jong—un. the north korean leader has agreed to shut down a missile testing facility and other measures to enhance relations with the south. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, now says washington is willing to resume negotiations with the north on denuclearisation. malaysian officials have confirmed that the former prime minister najib razak has been arrested in connection with alleged embezzlement after more than $600 million linked to the state investment fund imdb were allegedly found in his bank acc

because there's a lot of conflicting information out there you know it's funny that it is in the seychelles because the biggest complaint for all these anti doping agencies especially water is that they lack the forms to do things but they are able to pick the seychelles i wouldn't mind going there to socials for an annual meeting though it's you know as i said it is almost too early to say however we do know that russia has completed as much as possible and far more than our new order doping agency in the history of water have been able to do and achieve so in all fairness they should be reinstated should be brought back into the family and given an opportunity to prove themselves however i think politics more yes play a bit of a role but then again the i.o.c. the international committee our own saw it in so far as i they want to see sport progress and by exclusion of segregation only drag sport down into a very very dark place here just trying to think of what it a comparison would be i'm thinking you know like having the champions league with barcelona or real madrid you've got one of th

consider russia result as reinstatement as part of the organization it's happening next week on the seychelles on thursday the damage. this is basically again it a massive turnaround not only because you know it contradicted the reports from the media but also because there had been two very major stumbling blocks in the whole issue one of them being the public acknowledgement of the findings in the mclaren report and the bit from the statement is very important one i believe we can listen to that the c.r.c. reviewed at length a letter from the russian ministry of sport to wanna and we're satisfied that this letter is sufficiently acknowledged the issues identified in russia therefore fulfilling the first of the two outstanding criteria for such as a road map to compliance. safe to say we'll never know what was in that letter what kind of wording was used but it was enough to persuade the world anti-doping agency clearly and the second criteria was about giving access to the white inspector store the russian anti-doping facilities also a major stumbling block but now it's out of the way basica

sports minister of the country mr cole of course he sounded very optimistic about the meeting in seychelles next week . it is important for us to reinstate rosado the next while the executive meeting will weigh the decision on september twentieth with hope believe me we did everything that we could and we are ready to further cooperate with our foreign partners to continue to work in this direction and follow common rules which are equal for all. but again the b.b.c. reported only yesterday that this will not happen and apparently it was still a stumbling block for maybe a last minute letter coming from the sports ministry persuading the water officials or maybe not because part of the statement says that they want to put to bed all the speculation surrounding the issue and that's why they came out with a statement saying exactly the opposite what the british media reported just a fortnight ago it's a very strange situation where you've got you know russian sports officials saying they've done everything that they need to do confident that they will be reinstated media reports on the mainst

wada's meeting in the seychelles seems long way from the sochi 0lympics, after which the whistleblower. for those tasked with keeping sport clea n, those tasked with keeping sport clean, the question remains: has russia come far enough since then? caroline rigby, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: all sing singing for recognition. a choir of men and women with albinism tour south africa. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. well, there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she's

i went to the seychelles, as i've reported previously, to go meet with some emirati businessmen, to doian fund manager that was there... kirill dmitriev, the head of the russian direct investment fund, was at that meeting. apparently you had been given a heads up that he was there and you went off to meet him. who gave you the heads up? somebody in the trump transition team? no, no, no. it was one of the emirati schedulers. robert mueller, as i understand it, wanted access to your phone and computer records — is that true? sure. theyjust wanted to know what i knew about that meeting and if there was anything else that i had done from the transition or anything else... interesting pause. "anything else" — i mean, we know now that robert mueller has dug very, very deep into allegations of associations, even collusion, between the trump team and of russia in the run—up to the election of 2016. and they certainly found i did not meet with any other russians. not before, not after. is robert mueller still talking to you? haven't heard from him for months. i have never heard from him, but i

but nothing was taken for granted to bring us up to speed on what's happened that meeting in the seychelles happened was just an hour ago then there was a vote we got the vote through what we know about it i wouldn't say it was completely expected i mean last week we did have a statement from wired relating to its. compliance review committee which recommended to the executive board to reinstate was silent but ever since then it's been a nonstop protest from several anti-doping agencies worldwide thirteen of them in fact many athletes were voicing their opposition to this potential decision so up until last moment was all in the limbo just about half an hour ago we can find with our sources within the sports ministry that restarted the russian sports the russian anti-doping agency was indeed reinstated by the world anti-doping agency but now it's officially confirmed the statement just literally came out from water citing its president craig radio who said that today the great majority of white house executive committee decided to reinstate asked complied with the code subject to strict con

it was issued the world anti-doping agency or water announced the decision at a meeting in the seychelles but says it's not without conditions russia's own agency was banned in twenty fifteen after an independent report found evidence of state backed doping and cover ups in russian sport the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency says what has decision is a betrayal to actually eat. it's a catastrophic blow to clean athletes and those who value fair play around the world but more importantly to the world anti-doping agency and its credibility and it really sets a clear line and a decision to be made of what type of global regulator do we want one that truly has the backs of cleaner fleets or one that is going to be sadly in the hands of a few i.o.c. sport administrator and be the puppet of those i.o.c. administrators environmental campaigners in the u.k. say they'll keep fighting to stop mobs from a nuclear facility being dumped into the sea and work has already begun with waste from the hinkley point plant being dredged and released into the bristol channel but as nadeem other reports a leg

years after it was issued the world anti-doping agency announced the decision at a meeting in the seychelles but says it's not without conditions russia's own agency was banned in twenty fifteen after an independent report found evidence of state backed doping and cover ups in russian sport. the chief of russia's anti-gay hate it see says more work is needed for the organization to be reinstated properly and insists it's a positive move. it's the first step in a significant one it opens the way to international competitions for our athletes and federations moreover it opens the possibility of competitions to be nominated in the russian federation in fact this is a result a very very hard work. joins me in studio three a decision a controversial isn't it with the reasons for reinstating them given by water the world anti doping agency really are unconvincing says two main areas that they say they're now satisfied with one is that they wanted a full acceptance from russia that this was state sponsored doping remember that investigated thoroughly would talk about more than a thousand russian at

the world anti—doping agency is expected to lift its suspension of russia at a meeting in the seychellescused a supreme court nominee of sexual assault, until friday to decide if she will testify. let's look at what the global media is chewing on this morning. we begin with the independent, which reports on theresa may's attempts to sell brexit to eu leaders at the summit in austria. the article suggests the british prime minister is running the risk of a row from brexiteers as she tries to compromise on the irish border issue. next, we have the new york times which is warning that denuclearisation commitments made by kim jong—un during his talks this week with south korea's moonjae—in, which the us has welcomed, still fall short of what officials have demanded. let's look at bloomberg china's richest man, jack ma, has backtracked on his promise to create1 millionjobs in the us, citing the ongoing trade war between the two countries as the reason. and in time magazine, an article by amnesty international‘s secretary general outlining the problems puerto rico still faces on the first anni

years after it was issued the world anti-doping agency announced the decision at a meeting in the seychelles do stay with us my nigeria is coming up next thanks for watching africa. my name syria is still an basile my name syria is. my nigeria as if there is yes to every no. no ok i'm on my way i mean. i have been in the film industry had nollywood over twenty one years i have decided now to run for office in my state's question of our states for as seen in the house of representatives representing. the federal constituency. it's only been a. oh ok oh you do lead you move. well let's go. preparing for the closing ceremony of the african film festival. for one week filmmakers of cross the globe come together for a walk. about distributing. the closing ceremonies tonight at the cultural center and. getting ready i don't like eyebrows that look painted on you go which. is an ad so i've always been in the forefront of fighting for different causes that i feel i'm passionate about i feel that with who i am and my name i should be able to speak out and i really care about people and i want to do.

its vice president stating: wada‘s meeting in the seychelles seems a long way from the sochi olympicst, has been given until friday to decide whether she‘ll give evidence. christine blasey ford says she wants the fbi to investigate the incident, which she claims took place in the 1980s before testifying before the senatejudiciary committee. brett kava naugh has denied the allegation. peter bowes reports. relu cta ntly reluctantly thrust into the public spotlight. according to her lawyer, christine lizzie ford needs time to do with the threat she has received since the allegations were made public on sunday. the senate has given her until friday to say whether she will testify set at a hearing on monday. is looking unlikely. the committee stated plan to move forward with the hearing that only has two hearings is not a fairor that only has two hearings is not a fair or good faith investigation says doctor ford‘s attorney. she goes on to say... earlier doctor ford‘s lawyers wrote to the judiciary committee saying she did not want to appear before the judge without —— and wants a fbi inve

leading athletes and anti—doping bodies had opposed the move but at an executive meeting in the seychellesded russia would be re—instated on the proviso that they met certain conditions set out by them. dan roan our sports editor has been following this story for us. dan, how surprised are you by what happened today? i wasn't surprised because it was coming. ever since the compliance review committee at wada recommended this decision was taken, it has been on the cards. it is unquestionably one of the most controversial decisions it has made. it is in defiance of an unprecedented outcry of athletes in the west and senior figures in anti—doping and uk sport as well, all of whom were asking at the very least for a postponement of this decision. the reason for that is twofold. one is the scale of the crime that russia was originally accused of. they were found to have subverted the entire anti—doping system. this was a remarkable doping conspiracy, allegedly state sponsored. it went to the top across many sports. sabotaging events as big as the london 2012 games and the winter olympics in saa

today after what risotto would say was three very long years take us through that meeting in the seychelles that wrapped up about four hours ago what came out of it and how they voted you were right on the money there. heading into this meeting the world anti-doping agency was under a barrage of criticism and the barrage of pleas not to reinstate was in its full rights and its full of authority in russia coming from different entities the number of and i'd open agencies across the world including the u.k. the us new zealand australia canada poland thirteen countries in total plus the vice president of water said that she would never vote for reinstatement and in fact she did not vote for reinstatement she was one of the two people who voted against nine people the vast majority of the twelve people on the executive board voted for the reinstated and one person abstained so now this decision is set in stone and is reinstated by water but it's a mistake to think that this is an unconditional reinstatement and in fact the agency came out with a lengthy press release explaining the reasons as t

after three long years as far as russian athletics are concerned tell us about this meeting in the seychelles that wraps up what two hours ago they voted on it what was the. we know about who voted for it who voted against and what the feeling was well first of all it's not on the controversy which surrounds this decision it's a lot of rage if you go online and just check what the mentions to the tweet by water say people are outraged that this happened because you know if you actually expected that the decision would go reciters way even last week when the compliance of you committee openly said that it recommended to the executive board to reinstate rosado welcome back into the you know world anti-doping family. a lot of people still were very skeptical that this would happen that water would actually take the step now it indeed has we have information that twelve people who voted for this decision nine were for the decision one abstained and two were against i would suspect that one of those against was the vice-president of water who openly said and she said it many times that she would v

i went to the seychelles, as reported previously, to meet with some businessmen and do business in africakirill dmitriev, was at that meeting. he gave you the heads up that he was there? someone in the trump transition team? it was one of the iraqi schedulers. —— emirate. robert mueller wanted to know if there was anything i had done... interesting paws. we know now that robert mueller has dug very deep into allegations of associations, even collusions between the trump tea m even collusions between the trump team and of russia in the run—up to the election of 2016. i did not meet with any other russians, not before, not after. is robert mueller still talking to your? have not heard from him for miles. i spoke to some of his people. your business should be actively involved and indeed making profit out of afghanistan, why would donald trump listen to your? profit out of afghanistan, why would donald trump listen to your7m profit out of afghanistan, why would donald trump listen to your? it is not theoretical for me. there are 30,000 contract is in afghanistan costing an enormous amount of

recommended ending the ban and there will be a vote on thursday when white executives meet in the seychelles russia has denied allegations of systematic doping but the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency says the vote should be postponed. you know after years of an open and transparent process to try to jail a decision that's a complete reversal you know what we don't dog does that you term has been extremely frustrating to all those and also you know the process stinks and it's been extremely shady how it's gone about and substantively you look at the decision and there's been you know no film and the two remaining conditions and you know it's why you see outrage by athletes all around the world right now at the boss ability that russia could be reinstated under under these circumstances meanwhile russia star volleyball team has been upset by serbia at the men's well championships in italy the european champions were misfiring in this decisive pool match against the eleventh ranked serbians but they did manage to force a decider with the match at two sets all only for serbia to serve it out

but today here in the seychelles, wada defied an outcry from athletes and lifted a three—year long suspensioner position and we move forward. i sincerely hope, and ifully expect, the russian authorities to fulfil their obligations. exposed by cheating mastermind turned whistle—blower dr grigory rodchenkov, the former head of moscow's anti—doping lab, russia was accused of a state—sponsored conspiracy that benefited a thousand athletes and sabotaged events like london 2012. wada says russia must hand over data from its moscow lab by the end of the year or it will be suspended again. but after this letter obtained by the bbc showed how wada offered a secret compromise deal to russia over key reinstatement criteria, wada's decision today has been condemned by athletes. everyone wants to watch genuine performances, and i can't help but think that this measure today is a step backwards in that fight towards making sport cleaner. wada are there to protect clean sport. they're not there to protect the people they have sanctioned. wada's deal has also dismayed many in the anti—doping community. russi

ban what is executives will put it to a vote in the next twenty four hours at a meeting in the seychelles u.s. anti-doping chief travis tygart is not impressed. you know after years of an open and transparent process to try to jam a decision that's a complete reversal you know what we dubbed as that u. turn has been extremely frustrating to all those and also you know the process stinks and it's been extremely shady how it's gone about and then substantively you look at the decision and there's you know no filming of the two remaining conditions and you know it's why you see outrage by athletes all around the world right now at the boss ability that russia could be reinstated under under these circumstances tiger woods says he'd love to compete for the u.s. at the tokyo twenty twenty olympics back problems means he had no chance to make the team for rio twenty sixteen when golf made its a limb to come back but he's had a solid season post-surgery and hopes he can stay fit. be an accomplishment to be a part of the one the top american players. have worked my way back to that point and then

recommended ending the ban and they will be a vote on thursday when what executives meet in the seychelles water vice president linda hello learned is against reinstating russia she said the table proposal is deviating considerably from the original road map and hence i feel i am obliged to defend previous decisions at the water executive committee this moment will forever define the credibility of water as the independent and strong front runner for clean sport. to cricket and after afghanistan eliminated sri lanka from the asian cup hong kong where i am to join killing field of their own and they didn't do too badly against india in dubai in a group a game on tuesday after the indians posted two hundred eighty five to seven in their fifty overs things to shikhar dhawan century hong kong reached two hundred fifty nine for eight to win to reach the next round though while india next to play pakistan now met all the support from us it's back to barbara in london each year thank you japanese billionaire is set to become the first paying passenger to fly to the moon any stake in some friends

ban waters' executives will put it to a vote in the next twenty four hours at a meeting in the seychelles u.s. antidoping chief travis tygart is not impressed. you know after years of an open and transparent process to try to jam a decision that's a complete reversal you know what we don't dob does that you turn as been extremely frustrating to all those and also you know the process stinks and it's been extremely shady how it's gone about and then substantively you look at the decision and there's you know no four spillman are the two remaining conditions and you know it's why you see outrage by athletes all around the world right now at the possibility that russia could be reinstated under under these circumstances russia star volleyball team has been upset by serbia at the mains world championships in italy the european champions were misfiring in this decisive pool match against the eleventh ranked serbians but they did manage to force the decider with the match to say it's all i need to serve you to serve it out and finish second in full see the states with russia back in food they d

recommended ending the ban and they will be a vote on thursday when what executives meet in the seychelles water vice president linda hello learned is against reinstating russia she said the table proposal is deviating considerably from the original road map and hence i feel i am obliged to defend previous decisions at the water executive committee this moment will forever define the credibility of water as the independent and strong front runner for clean sport to cricket and after afghanistan eliminated sri lanka from the asian cup hong kong where i am to join killing field of their own and they didn't do too badly against india in dubai in a group a game on tuesday after the indians posted two hundred eighty five to seven in their fifty overs things to chicago one century hong kong reached two hundred fifty nine for eight they had to win to reach the next round though while india next to play pakistan and that's all the sport for months from now we'll have another update for you again later on. peter thank you very much more news as always on our website at al-jazeera dot com we'll have

recommended ending the ban and they will be a vote on thursday when water executives meet in the seychelles while the vice president of linda hello london is against reinstating russia because she believes they've not met enough demands she said the table proposal is deviating considerably from the original road map and hence i feel i am obliged to defend previous decisions at the wider executive committee this moment will forever define the credibility of water as the independent and strong front runner for clean sport . and that's all this baltimore coming up again later dearie ok peter we'll see you later thank you for that and thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera we kind you over to our teams in london barbara starr will be with you in a moment with much more news coming up stay with al-jazeera. travel often. by trying to use local forests in a prime global. locks a village. by icons. valley's and scotland's. new food venture. discover it. because faraway places closest thing going since together with cats are always. whether online or humanity has been taken down there's goa

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but today here in the seychelles, wada defied an outcry from athletes and lifted a three—year long suspensiony expect, the russian authorities to fulfil their obligations. exposed by cheating mastermind turned whistle—blower dr grigory rodchenkov, the former head of moscow's anti—doping lab, russia was accused of a state—sponsored conspiracy that benefited a thousand athletes and sabotaged events like london 2012. wada says russia must hand over data from its moscow lab by the end of the autumn or it will be suspended again. but after this letter obtained by the bbc showed how wada offered a secret compromise deal to russia over key reinstatement criteria, wada's decision today has been condemned by athletes. everyone wants to watch genuine performances, and i can't help but think that this measure today is a step backwards in that fight towards making sport cleaner. wada are there to protect clean sport. they're not there to protect the people they have sanctioned. wada's deal has also dismayed many in the anti—doping community. russia won't admit the scandal went right to the top of the sta

years after it was issued the world anti-doping agency awada announced the decision at a meeting seychelles but says it's not without conditions russia's own agency was banned in twenty fifteen after independent report found evidence of state backstopping and cover ups in russian sport. the chief of russia's anti doping agency says more work is needed for the organization to be reinstated properly but insists that it's supposed to move. on it's the first step and a significant one it opens the way to international competitions for athletes and federations moreover it opens the possibility of competitions to be nominated in the russian federation in fact this is a result of very very hard work sports question really welling's has more on a difficult day for wider wilder's reputation is in a very difficult position here you could say this is close to being the biggest crisis that ever had you remember that wada doesn't sort of sit above all sports water is actually funded largely by the international olympic committee so they have to study in with the i.o.c. and have to try and get on with th

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ban has been overturned the world anti-doping agency water made the decision at a meeting in the seychelles a good choice of venue it could lead to russians once again being able to participate in track and field and compete under their own flag at international events well russia's anti-doping chief has made a statement about the decision which essentially means they're up and running again as long as they make a lab of data in moscow available to wada the purpura sure it's the first step and a significant one it opens the way to international competitions for athletes and federations moreover opens the possibility of competitions to be nominated in the russian federation in fact this is a result of very very hard work. well a lot of sporting figures have been tweeting about this two time olympic to kathlyn champion daley thompson says water has abandoned the very reason for its existence to let russia back in without having complied with what is original conditions then we've got canada's three time olympic medalist cycling. cyclist kurt hartnett sorry saying that national diving agencies

they were reinstated in an overwhelming vote by the world anti-doping agency at a meeting in the seychelles who sought a has been suspended for almost three years after an investigation revealed state sponsored doping of athletes but this vote by water is the first step to allowing russian athletes to compete under their own flag again that international competitions this flies in the face of a number of athletes and anti doping bodies who feel russia have not done enough to earn reinstatement now sports correspondent joins me live now from london to further unpack this what does this mean for russia and international sport. what it doesn't mean is that all washed nothing in all sports will now be able to compete for now under the russian flag there's still a way to go before the water was absolutely insisting that that's the case but what it has done is given the green light now for individual sports federations to say over russia is in the clear with wada we can now make a decision on washing off without it really affecting us or our reputation we can have to join them in trusting the rus

investigators were given the access that was needed this is what's being discussed right now in the seychelles the how they haven't actually got to fully discussing the findings of their compliance with committee yet but when they get on to that they've got internal division we have a vice president of wada said they're not voting for russia to be reinstated in the more division there is the more problems water has they need to be seen to be in this together and they know they're going to get criticism and the athletes have a right to be upset because there is of course an extremely wary attitude still to russian for the competing not yet under their own flag now why do want to seem to be keen for russia to come back into the fold. well you got to realize the amount of pressure that water is always suppose we can have a misconception that water is above sport and mike this isn't everyone has to comply with in fact water often finds itself almost begging for money needing to be funded properly and to conduct a proper investigations into look for a clean a sport now has to have a really strong r

what is executive committee voted overwhelmingly to end the suspension at a meeting in the seychelles it paves the way for russian athletes to once again compete under the flag at international events this used in flies in the face of several athletes and anti doping bodies who feel russia have not done enough to earn reinstatement namely preventing access to their labs and refusing to publicly accept the mclaren report which on covered the government backed doping of more than a thousand athletes the water presidency craig reedie said today the great majority of waters exco decided to reinstate to solder as compliance with the code subject to strict conditions this decision provides a clear timeline by which water must be given access to the former moscow to bar a tree data and samples or he says they will reinforce the ban so russia's lair but must still allow access but as you can imagine over in moscow the chief of risotto welcomed their reinstatement by water. purpura sure it's the first step in a significant one it opens the way to international competitions for athletes and fed

today's wada decision was taken at a meeting in the seychelles in the indian ocean.re the focus. rusada was suspended in 2015 over allegations that it had covered—up state—sponsored doping. that was followed in 2016, by the 97 page mclaren report. it was commisisoned by wada but produced independently. it detailed a four—year, state—run "doping programme" involving more than 1000 russian athletes across 30 different sports during and after the sochi games. at its heart was the lab run by grigory rodchenkov. this graphic shows you the moscow lab in question, where positive drug samples were made to disappear. a secret service agent was employed as a plumber to help gain access to rooms containing supposedly tamper—proof bottles, meddle with their contents, and switch them for clean samples through a hole in the wall. well for rusada to be readmitted, russia was ordered to meet set criteria which included accepting the findings of the mclaren report, and granting access to the moscow laboratory. it hasn't done either. so wada came up with a novel idea. here 5 a letter

then last year, tracy discovered maiden was abandoned in the seychelles, and made plans to bring her some of the best sailors in the world. this woman has just returned from the volvo ocean race. icame to returned from the volvo ocean race. i came to light grew up with pictures of this yacht doing the round—the—world race, and now coming back from this edition of the race to tracy saying can you help me out, it was lovely to be part of this group girls with this three—year project ahead of them, and in part the knowledge i have learnt along the knowledge i have learnt along the way to see if i can help them. four women will make up the permanent crew. the amelia is the youngest, at just 21. permanent crew. the amelia is the youngest, atjust 21. i saw maiden comeback on the ship can be lowered off southampton, and i thought oh my gosh, i've got to sail of that vote. soi gosh, i've got to sail of that vote. so i started to get involved in the project and hassling tracy, offering to volunteer to scrap the whole. six months later, tracy decided she wa nted months later, tracy decided she

they have been meeting in the seychelles of all places.d down for their reinstatement. the world anti—doping agency says there is now another timeline for them to open up the moscow lab that's what all those positive samples four or five years ago. they want access to that data to see if more cheats need to be brought tojustice. to see if more cheats need to be brought to justice. giving their licence back would effectively pave the way for all russian sports men and women to be free to compete internationally. world athletics have still got a ban on the country. that stands but they have got to decide what action to take now. it is going to cause massive rifts in sporting relations. lots of reaction coming in. this hasjust come in from the head of the us anti—doping agency, incredibly influential. today marks the biggest decision in the world anti—doping agency's history and it delivered a devastating blow to the world's clea n devastating blow to the world's clean athletes. they have called this bewildering and inexplicable and called fo

the world anti—doping agency, their committee meeting in the seychelles, a popular decision to go therehe russia anti—doping agency. they have been bad for the best part of three years following allegations of state—sponsored doping. but once rusada gets his licence back, all russian sportsmen and women will be able to compete again but it will be very unpopular. many anti—doping agencies including those from the us and the uk feels that the russians are nowhere near meeting their original criteria for readmission which were laid down by wada. they said that the state was complicit in doping and they needed the lads to be transparent with their data. so many voices from within the sport. the athletes commission say it is likely they will remain and but it sounds like wada will readmit them which will cause all kinds of problems in world sport. good morning and welcome to our programme. it is thursday already. are you in love but not having sex? you are not alone. leading sex and relationship therapists have told this programme that they are seeing a rise in people living in low or no—se

then last year, tracy discovered maiden was abandoned in the seychelles and made plans to bring her backst skippers, some of the best sailors in the world. dee caffari has just returned from the volvo ocean race. i grew up with pictures of this yacht doing a whitbread round the world race. and now having come back from this edition of the volvo ocean race to speak to tracy and she said, you know, "can you help me out?" i was like, "yes, with pleasure." and it's lovely to be able to have a great group of girls that have got this three—year project ahead of them. you know, and just help them and impart the knowledge that i've learned along the way to see if it can help them. four women will make up the permanent crew. amelia is the youngest atjust 21. i saw maiden come back on the ship and be lowered off in southampton. and i was out sailing and i thought, "oh my gosh, i've got to sail on that boat." so i started trying to get involved in the project and hassling tracy, offering to volunteer to scrub the hull! and six months later tracy decided she wanted to employ me. and for tilly, who c