a new chapter in the career of thierry henry has begun... he was officially introduced as the new head coach of french ligue 1 side monaco, the club he firstjoined as a 15—year—old 26 years ago. it's the first managerial role for a man who won five league titles in three different countries as a player, plus the champions league with barcelona, and the world cup and european championship with france. henry re—joins a club who are currently third from bottom, with only one win from their first nine league games. but he's hopeful he can turn things around and has learnt plenty from playing under pep guardiola and arsene wenger of course. pep for me‘s the reference. for me, i'm not saying for anyone, it's not right or wrong, that's the reference for me. i re—learned how to play the game when i went to barcelona under him. it goes without saying, with pep you can talk about the game. i think he would not even go to sleep and still talk about the game and you would fall asleep and he's still talking. you know the invention he had in the game, way

there was david villa, thierry henry and zlatan in los angeles, and you had thierry henry in new yorkey in dc. they try to get me to say soccer that i'm going to keep saying football. a recent survey suggests football is the second most popular sport in this country dreamy 18-30 popular sport in this country dreamy 18—30 demographic by nfl. nfl is far and away the biggest work in this country but if you're going to buy shares ina country but if you're going to buy shares in a sport, by then in foot ball shares in a sport, by then in football flash soccer. one of those youngsters seduced by soccer is dc united midfielder. wayne is one of the guys i looked a kid. i was a big manchester united fan so having him in the team, someone reading ours, is special. where would it rank to deliver a trophy in here, the united states, after everything else in your career? it would be right up there. it's great to wind trophies and that is why i've come here, to try and wind, help dc wind. if we can manage to do so in my time here thenit can manage to do so in my time here then it will be up there w

a new chapter in the career of thierry henry has begun...ench ligue 1 side monaco, the club he firstjoined as a 15—year—old 26 years ago. it's the first managerial role for a man who won five league titles

there's been much speculation about the club thierry henry would choose to begin his magerial career, he began his playing career, as monaco. he's already taken his first training sessions with the squad, so wednesday was just for the cameras really. and he has quite a task on his hands, monaco are 18th in ligue1withjust one win and three draws so far this season. when the offer came, it was quite logical. you know obviously the connection i have with monaco. this is where i started, and the club will always play a big part in my heart. that will always be the way. so to come and start here, it is a dream come true. i won't lie. a lot of work to do, as you can imagine. marc marquez was mixing with fans injapan on wednesday. he and his honda team could be celebrating winning the motogp title at the japanese grand prix on sunday, but the spaniard is offering no guarantees. victory would seal a third consecutive motogp crown for the 25—year—old and tie him with mick doohan as the third—most successful rider in history. we achieved our goals in every race, so now we achieved our goals in

thierry henry is heading back to where his career began. aco. henry, who leaves his post as belgium's assistant manager, has signed a contract untiljune 2021. the club are third from bottom in ligue 1 and sacked manager leonardojardim on thursday. henry began his professional career at the club and helped them win the league in 1997. henry is arsenal's record goalscorer and also played forjuventus, barcelona and new york red bulls. warrington play wigan in a repeat of the 2016 final that wigan won. it's a swansong for wigan coach shaun wane, who's departing after more than 30 years with the club as coach and player. for the wolves, well, they hope to win a first domestic title since 1955. i feel excited. i feel sad that i am leaving my dream job. but really excited that we are here for this final game, the grand final, so it would be perfection, it would be my dream, andi would be perfection, it would be my dream, and i would walk out of her a very happy man. from when i first arrived, it is not about me, it is about the team and the club. w

there has been plenty of speculation about the club thierry henry would choose to begin his managerialuced as head coach at the club he began his playing career with — monaco. he's already taken his first training sessions with the squad — so today was just for the cameras really. he has quite a task on his hands — monaco are 18th in ligue1withjust one win and three draws so far this season, and he's been talking about what he learned at arsenal. for me, when the offer came, it was quite logical. my heart... you know obviously the connection i have with monaco. this is where i started. this club will always have a big place in my heart, that goes without saying. so to be able to come here and start here again, it's a dream come true. i won't lie. a lot of work to do, as you can imagine, but iam more work to do, as you can imagine, but i am more than happy to be here. talking about the managers i had, i learned with a lot of them, every single one of them. whether they challenged me or sometimes were doing the wrong stuff, that's where you learn the most, when things are not going well.

in club football, thierry henry took charge of monaco for the first time on monday.rld cup winner with france won the ligue un title with the club in 1997 before going on to play with the likes ofjuventus, arsenal and barcelona. the 41—year—old had been assistant manager of belgium before taking up this position with monaco who are currently third from bottom after sacking leonardo jardim last thursday. the former sri lanka cricket captain sanath jayasuriya has been charged with two counts of breaching the icc anti corruption code. he's accused of failing to co—operate with an investigation, and obstructing that investigation by "concealing, tampering with or destroying evidence". he has 1a days to respond. afghanistan's hazratullah zazai has joined a very elite club only the third batsman to hit six sixes in an over in a twenty20 match. he managed to knock every ball over the boundary making 37 runs off the over because there was a wide as well. zazai raced to his 50 off 12 balls, equalling the record for the fastest t20 half—century. he joins the likes of sir garfi

david beckham, zlatan ibrahimovic, david villa, thierry henry, pirlo, steven gerrard — they're just someoccer. for some it was a great move, for others not so much. hence there were plenty of questions about how wayne rooney would get on with his move to washington to play for dc united. but it's safe to say he's made an instant — as stuart pollitt reports: a special, special goal from wayne rooney... wayne rooney! rooney! board, it's wayne rooney. —— england have scored, it's wayne rooney. after 15 years at the epicentre of english football playing in either liverpool or manchester, washington is now wayne's world. wayne rooney! i'm a big fan of rooney, my cat is named after him! i was not a big fan of him being signed up but he has turned my mind round. i love him, i can't believe how great he's been. he was like, i can't believe we've got rooney and we came to the opening game and it was like... i was like, seriously! you complained about them signing this guy? he's amazing! they're amazed now butjust a few months ago the stands were full of sceptics. there have been some players over

thierry henry's first champions league game as monaco head coach ended in a one—one draw at brugges. championship as they were thrashed 4—1 at home by derby county. frank lampard's side went in 2—0 up at half—time and liverpool loanee harry wilson added to his collection of great goals this season with another to make it three. it moves derby up to fifth — level on points with west brom in the table and two points off the top two. that defeat for west brom opened the door for leeds to take top spot and they took full advantage. goals in each half from kemar roofe and liam cooper gave them a 2—0 win over bottom side ipswich. preston climbed out of the bottom three with 11—3 victory at home to brentford, but hull remain in the relegation places after losing at bristol city. nottingham forest are up to 7th after their 3—0 win at bolton. danny cipriani has been suspended for three weeks for the high tackle that got him sent off in gloucester‘s champions cup loss to munster. world rugby sanctions normally carry a minimum six—week ban for this type of offence. but it was reduced because of

thierry henry having an impact there at his new club. pretty dortmund facing atletico madrid.rd so far. they lost to them in the group stage in 1996 but went on to win the trophy. kyle edmund continued his late surge for a place in the atp finals with a first round win at the erste bank open in vienna. fresh from his first tour triumph in antwerp at the weekend britain's number one beat diego schwartzman in straight sets and will meet experienced spaniard fernando verdasco next. at the wta finals in singapore, angelique kerber gave her semi—final hopes a boost with a hard fought victory over naomi osaka. kerber was serving for the match in the second set. but osaka fought back to force a decider. however the us open winner produced too many unforced errors of her own — including this at match point down — to give the wimbledon champion a three set victory. the other previous grand slam winner in this group, sloane stephens, also needed three sets but picked up her second victory of the week this time over kiki bertens. like the white group, no place in the semi—finals have bee

favourite to take over, thierry henry with perhaps john terry as his assistant, who announced hsi retriementthe villa view. evening to you, sojohn terry captained to the final defeat against fulham last season, do you think that is a gamble?” against fulham last season, do you think that is a gamble? i have to be honest, in the season since o'neal left, we felt like absolutely everything and i think this is pretty much the only route we have not gone down over the last few yea rs not gone down over the last few years so not gone down over the last few years so henry, he is not the best player ever to play and he knows inside out having been there last season inside out having been there last season and so it sounds like a good, nation. to bring some expense with them but it was time for a change and we have to do something because the season is dwindling away. the outpouring of anger, and a cabbage thrown at steve bruce and you lost at the weekend again, and does some of the blame goes to be a pupil over the summer at board level, a lot of change wasn't there, financial westerns as well? i d

think david beckham, zlatan ibrahimovic, frank lampard, bastian schweinsteiger, david villa, thierry henry the twilight of their careers. wayne rooney headed to dc united this summer with just a few raised eyebrows as to how he would deal with a change in culture. he has made an incredible impact. stuart pollitt reports from washington. a special goal from wayne rooney... wayne rooney! rooney! he has scored! after 15 years at the epicentre of english football playing in either liverpool manchester, washington is 110w liverpool manchester, washington is now wayne's world. wayne rooney! i'm a big fan of rooney, mike catt is named after him! i was not a big fan of him being signed up but he has turned my mind round. he is doing really good at dc united and i love him. i love him, i can't believe how great he's been. he was like, ican't believe how great he's been. he was like, i can't believe we got rooney and we came to the opening game and he was like... i was like, seriously! you complain about him signing this guy! he's amazing! they are amazed now butjust a few months ago the stands were

thierry henry is back at monaco, the club where he began his senior career — but this time as manager he's chosen to take the post at monaco, who are third from bottom of the french first divison with just one win so far this season. still to come, we meet one of netball‘s biggest stars, who talks success netball‘s biggest stars, who talks success and struggles. and we hearfrom success and struggles. and we hear from the para table tennis champion who is turning his hand to gaming. i don't even know the buttons. i just hand to gaming. i don't even know the buttons. ijust cried in the corner. you are supposed to go around shooting people, ijust hide in the cupboard. england's eddie pepperell is still in the lead at the british masters golf, with just one round to play. he's been at the top of the leaderboard since the opening day and he fired a 71 today to move to nine under par, which kept him three shots clear of the field. the chasing pack includes another englishman, jordan smith, but matt wallace slipped back with a one—over—par round of 73. and it's been another good day for engl

arsenal's record goal scorer, thierry henry, is the new head coach of monaco.ke arsenal and barcelona. recently he's been working with the belgium side, helping them to third place at the world cup. monaco are currently in the relegation zone of ligue 1. that's it but there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of ireland's nations league game against denmark tonight and how gibraltar won their first competitive match. but from me, for now, good night. goody bags filled with commemorative fridge magnets, ponchos and chocolate coins from yesterday's royal wedding have been put up sale on auction site bbay for up to one thousand pounds. the bags were gifted to 12 hundred members of the public who were in the grounds of windsor castle to follow the marriage of princess eugenie the queen's granddaughter and ninth in line to the throne, to jack brooksbank. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me and the team. have a very good night. hello. saturday was quite an exceptional day across the uk. we had t

thierry henry is back at monaco, the club where he began his senior career — but this time as manager the post at monaco, who are third from bottom of the french first divison with just one win so far this season. england's eddie pepperell is still in the lead at the british masters golf, with just one round to play. he's been at the top of the leaderboard since the opening day and he fired a 71 today to move to nine under par, which kept him three shots clear of the field. the chasing pack includes another englishman, jordan smith, but matt wallace slipped back with a one—over—par round of 73. and it's been another good day for england's charley hull — she shares the lead after three rounds of the lpga event in south korea. a birdie at the last left her on i2—under—par, alongside the american danielle kang. hull is chasing a first win since the 2016 tour championship. roger federer is out of the shanghai masters after losing to borna coric in the semifinals. the world number two was beaten 6—4, 6—4 by coric, who also beat the 20—time grand slam champion in their last outing at halle

thierry henry has in the last half an hour been confirmed as the new manager of french side monaco. been linked with the managerial position at aston villa but will instead replace leonardojardim. monaco are third bottom of the french ligue 1 with just one win. henry says he's very happy to come back to the club he played for before joining arsenal. england's first match behind closed doors was lacking in goals as well as atmosphere, but they should have won their uefa nations league match in croatia. fans were locked out of the stadium in rijeka because croatia were being punished for the appearance of a swastika on their pitch a couple of years ago. as for the match, england, hit the post and the bar, and twice marcus rashford forgot how to finish when had only the keeper to beat. and so it was england's 21st century boy, jadon sancho, making his much anticipated debut, who came on as a sub, to add some late sparkle. the first england player to be born this century. i feel like the performance was really positive as a whole. obviously there is a lot of young players in the squad,

out to really make a big splash, you need a name in the sport, david ferrer in new york city, thierry henrys here. blackpool born chris holt is in charge of dc united‘s media and family liaison. trying to get me to say soccer but i‘m going to keep saying football. recent survey suggests that football is the second most popular sport in this country between 18 and 30 behind nfl. nfl is farand between 18 and 30 behind nfl. nfl is far and away the biggest sport in this country. but if you were going to buy shares in a sport, by them in soccer, or football! one of those youngsters seduced by soccer is this easy united youngster. wayne is one of those guys who i was looking up to asa of those guys who i was looking up to as a kid, i became a manchester united fan early on and having a role models like that leading us has been special. where would it rank to been special. where would it rank to be able to deliver a trophy here in the united states after everything else you‘ve won in your career? the united states after everything else you've won in your career7m would be right up there with the o

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thierry henry there.w. the same great shape, exciting to see. thanks very much. breakdown recovery workers have a riskyjob. standing on the side of a motorway attempting to fix a car with vehicles rushing past at high speed. there can be terrible consequences. steve godbold was hit by a lorry on the m25 in september last year. the driver was convicted of causing death by careless driving last week. steve's partner, sam cockerill, is here to tell us why she wants to see a change in safety regulations. she's joined by nathan green, whose car steve was attending to when he died. thank you so much both of you for joining us this morning. sand, sorry for your loss. can you tell us a little bit about the incident itself? obviously he was a recovery driver. he went out to recover a vehicle on the 25. as he was loading his vehicle, he was standing on the ha rd his vehicle, he was standing on the hard shoulder and hit by a lorry and was killed instantly. nathan, you we re was killed instantly. nathan, you were the

now on wednesday thierry henri manages his first game in the champions league a competition he won as a player with barcelona it took over as monaco head coach earlier this month and they face club in belgium a country close to his heart off to two years working as they were assistant coach under burton martin it's. little of course i'm proud to be a frenchman i had one adopted country and that was in england and now i have a second one of these which i never thought i would go through the sort of emotion this is from the beginning i arrived in belgium on the tip toes some people accepted me some didn't i understand you arrive somewhere and it's up to you to adapt to show that you can make a difference together with roberto martinez we have a vision and maybe we were the only ones who believe one word succeeded for president giani in france you know is impressed how much progress is being made with preparations for the qatar world cup in two thousand and twenty two infants made a whistle stop tour of qatar on tuesday including a trip to the stadium which is soon to be completed four y

psg—napoli is currently thierry henry's first champions league game in charge of monaco ended in a 1—p this evening if they win at home to derby. but they are trailing 2—0. if west brom don't win, leeds could go to the summit if they beat bottom side ipswich at elland road. it's currently 1—0 to leeds. preston and hull are also in the relegation places and could climb out with wins over brentford and bristol city respectively. preston fyling, leading 3—1. hull's game goalless. danny cipriani has been suspended for three weeks for the high tackle that got him a red card in gloucester‘s champions cup defeat to munster. world rugby sanctions carry a minimum six—week ban for this type of offence, but it was reduced because of cipriani's "clear disciplinary record" and his "timely expression of remorse". he will miss three premiership rugby cup games, although it is unlikely he would have been involved. england cricket coach trevor bayliss has warned his one day players they could miss the world cup next year if performances don't improve. his comments come after england suffered their hea