former great britain hockey player suzy second access has been one of her biggest challenges. —— suzy petty suzy pettylj was biggest challenges. —— suzy petty.” was upset because i was 17, and my grandad had died in september. i lost a lot of weight, and my mum told me that i need to eat, and then i was made to eat and i was sick, that can assured me that i was obviously not in a very good place. i set myself some goals at the start of lockdown. i made sure that i ate at the right time, i would probably go for a at the right time, i would probably go fora run at the right time, i would probably go for a run every day, and i'm starting to love my own company and just love being by myself. and actually, that for me is such a positive. but it is notjust athletes who are suffering. and beta eating disorders have told us they have seen an increase of 80% on social media contact, and a 30% rise in calls to their hotline during lockdown, with men making up 35% of all calls. and a rugby referee has told us about his lifelong fight with billy meier. i will win the fight, i with billy meier. i will w

it's something great britain and england hockey player suzy petty has been battling for the past decaden about how she's been coping. —— and we will be getting that hopefully later in the programme. some good news for you — and netherlands manager ronald koeman says he's "fit as a fiddle" after undergoing a heart procedure. he was taken to hospital with chest pains on sunday. he's been thanking everyone on twitter. take a little look at this. he said... great to see he's on the mend. i'm afraid that's all we've got time for on sportsday, but i open people get more from katie shanahan‘s com plete get more from katie shanahan‘s complete report online, on the website but for now, good night. good evening. you're watching bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. this afternoon, we've heard the latest from the government in the daily downing street news conference. let's recap the main points. the total coronavirus death toll in the uk in all settings has risen to 30,615 after a further 539 people died having testing positive. dominic raab said the r level, the rate of infection that's crucial to th

it's something great britain and england hockey player suzy petty has been battling for the past decadend you kind of get into a habit and forget about those feelings. goal for england! imagine performing on the global stage, pulling on a shirt for your country, to play alongside olympic champions. but underneath the shirt, having to deal with an eating disorder. something that former great britain hockey player suzy petty says has been one of her biggest challenges. i was upset because i was 17, and my grandfather had died in september. i lost a lot of weight, and my mum told me that i need to eat, and then i was made to eat and i was sick, that kind of assured me that i was obviously not in a very good place. i set myself some goals at the start of lockdown. i made sure that i ate at the right times, iwould probably go for a run every day, and i'm starting to love my own company and just love being by myself. and actually, that for me is such a positive. but it is notjust athletes who are suffering. beat eating disorders have told us they have seen an increase of 80% on social media c

like suzy petty, one of rugby's most famous referees, nigel 0wens, has been battling an eating disorderlet it get the better of you. you can and you will get through it, but the sooner you deal with it, the better. there's more information and advice on this from bbc action line — that's on bbc. co. uk/actionline. like everything, it is finding ways to keep active and fit at home in isolation, whether going for that run or doing things in your own living room, turning it into a gym. it's amazing. for all your years as a sports journalist, it's amazing. for all your years as a sportsjournalist, isn't it's amazing. for all your years as a sports journalist, isn't it amazing how it has changed in terms of how open sports personalities and athletes are now about their personal experiences? particularly when it comes to mental health or any disorders, in order to help those who look up to them and just to show they are not infallible. yeah, absolutely. 0ne to show they are not infallible. yeah, absolutely. one thing i really noticed is the way fans and players have connected. we have seen lo