Teenagers with the disease is rising. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello, im john watson. Welcome along to sportsday, these are our headlines. After suffering concussion steve smith will miss the third ashes test at a key moment in the series. How do they replace him . Twitter suspends a series of accounts after paul pogbas racially abused is it time for social Media Companies to do more. And after announcing hes stepping down who will the ecb turn to in replacing england womens head coach Mark Robinson . Also coming up in the programme. As climbing prepares for its olympic debut why british hopes are in safe hands. News on another medal at the world championships. Hello and welcome to sportsday. He was a major doubt diagnosed with delayed concussion after a blow to the neck in the second ashes test cricket australia confirming today steve smith will miss thursdays match at headingley having failed to recover in time. The man of the series so far, his are big shoes to fill, with australia needing one more win to retain the ashes. Patrick gearey reports. For most of the series steve smith has been in the middle of things. But at headingley he was here as a spectator, not sufficiently recovered from concussion to face the quick bowlers selected this week he will not face england either. If hes not ready to about five days after being hit byjofra archer should he have gone out to do at the same afternoon . I asked him over and over and we have a duty of care to oui over and we have a duty of care to our players. He was really keen and confident to be ok and the tests all show that. This delayed concussion can hitch afterwards and it did with him. Because of his head as cheddar and then without their heart for the petit smith is the top scorer in the series and his runs have covered for the shortcomings of others. We are arguably going to lose our best batter which is always a blow. You wa nt batter which is always a blow. You want your best players out and that a lwa ys want your best players out and that always has an impact so we need to make sure all the other guys, the senior players and younger players, step up and fill what are almost un fillable shoes. Step up and fill what are almost unfillable shoes. Is it a baguette with all that happened but england are down in the series and one defeat away from failing to regain the ashes. He was resting today but they have now got an archer in the armoury. Jofra archer will be set loose on the quickest pitch in england. Good to see for english cricket that they have someone able to make the batterjump around. Ple nty of to make the batterjump around. Plenty of the older english boys are quite happy about seeing the other guys quite happy about seeing the other quvsjump quite happy about seeing the other guys jump around quite happy about seeing the other guysjump around a quite happy about seeing the other guys jump around a little quite happy about seeing the other guysjump around a little bit. It certainly is an exciting prospect. To history headingley has sometimes been a hinge, the point where it momentum changes. Over the years this place has seen some remarkable cricket. But this week it will be without one of its most remarkable players. Patrick outlined his importance with three considerable scores already in this series almost a third of australias entire runs. Stefan shemilt has been assessing the significance of his absence and the impact it could have on the series with australian journalist adam collins. Just because we expected the concussion willing to come out unfavourably for smith does not mean it is not a shock for the australian side for the psychological impact of the best player arguably the best player in the world, he was so immovable in the last ashes series and of course here at edgbaston a couple of weeks ago and it makes them look so much weaker and paper. They were exposed in the second innings byjofra archer. So they did getan innings byjofra archer. So they did get an opportunity to play the sub and he looked fantastic but it is one thing having a man look good and another altogether having steve smith back. You mentioned jofra archer and some people say what he did at lloyds and steve smith being out has changed the momentum of the series. I can see the parallels with 2005. Before that saturday and felt the were drifting towards a healthy first innings lead. Steve smith breaking a series of records. It was like it was foretold. And then the whole game changed. England did not quite get thejob whole game changed. England did not quite get the job done on the final afternoon but i tell you what the way the teams came out of the door it felt england had won the game and australia had hung on. It was not as clear cut but we come to headingley with it set up magnificently. Englands women found themselves up against it in their recent ashes series, losing heavily to australia. News today that their world cup winning head coach Mark Robinson is stepping down after four years in the role the ecb saying now is the right time for him to go. Cricket journalist Isabelle Westbury joins me now. That was a special moment for england winning the world cup against india two years ago. Hes had a big impact on the team. Theres a feeling that the cup win almost came prematurely into his tenure at just two years almost came prematurely into his tenure atjust two years in and england were arguably not even the Strongest Team there. Having one that he will always be compared to that he will always be compared to that win and i guess the ashes capitulation was a disappointment. And i guess they want some fresh blood. I think that will always be the danger when you enjoy success early on in your tenure in that period in charge so which direction then to england go now . Some big shoes to fill and which direction do it think they will go in and who could be a potential appointment . M is an interesting question because at the moment were in the midst of all the announcements around the coaches for the 100 and speculation as to whether they should be more english coaches, more female coaches so english coaches, more female coaches so that could be the direction the ecb could go in for the perhaps sallyanne briggs, she is someone who has been around in Charlotte Edwards of course a former captain with coaching experience and i wonder whether symbolically they want to go for a woman and whether that is correct. Im a little bit tentative because you want the best coach as opposed to any specific gender. Weve seen with other teams the past with the former players preparing to step into management and take on those head coach roles. You talk about Charlotte Edwards and she has had Great Success as a player, do you think that would be a natural move for her . I do not know whether right now it would be a natural move, she has a director of cricket rell i understand and she is happy. This is, quite suddenly and i think the next time england need head coach she could be in the mix. I suggest at the moment this is not for her but this renewal was a bit ofa for her but this renewal was a bit of a surprise to me so i would not be surprised if there are more surprises many thanks forjoining us. The social media platform twitter says its suspeneded a series of accounts after paul pogba was targeted online by racist abuse following his penalty miss against wolves the third player this week to face abuse online. With the score level at 1 1, pogba had the chance to give his side the lead, having won the penalty in the second half. Rashford, despite having scored from the spot against chelsea in their last match, passing up the chance to his team mate. That prompted at a tirade of abuse which is club label discussing. Labelled disgusting. Chelseas tammy abra ham was targetted a week ago, and reading forward yakou miete, for also missing penalties. Pogbas team mate Harry Maguire posted this in response. Disgusting. Social media need to do something about it. Every account that is opened should be verified by a passport driving licence. Stop these pathetic trolls making numerous accounts to abuse people. twitter instagram. Rashford added, Manchester United is a family. paulpogba is a huge part of that family. You attack him you attack us all. Well twitter said we strongly condemn this unacceptable behaviour, and have now permanently suspended a series of accounts for violating our hateful conduct policy. This is a societal issue and requires a societal response. This is why we maintain a dialogue with both the pfa and kick it out and are committed to working together to address abusive online and racist behaviour across the industry. Bobby barnes, deputy chief executive of the pfa joins us now. What have you made of what Harry Maguires urging . Would you like to see passport or drivers licence details attached to an account so these individuals can be identified . Would you push for that move . I certainly endorse that proposal from harry because at the moment we have people who have access to effectively a tool of communication with no recourse for the authorities to track them down and ensure the correct measures are taken to deal with those who do not use it responsibly. So i do not think that would be an issue because i believe if you have nothing to hide and you just want to express your views in an honest manner then why should you be concerned about hiding behind a keyboard. We use this term cowards behind keyboards because as the modern age has developed the social Media Networks have become very much the communication tool for everyone 110w the communication tool for everyone now and the vast majority of them is that responsibly. But sadly we have to legislate and perhaps bring some more restrictions down on those who are responsible because of that sadly ignorant minority who choose to use it in such a way and such a dreadful way as weve seen. Last night we had tweets directed at paul pogba and i have to sayjust the assortment shown to me today quite honestly they took my breath away. Thatin honestly they took my breath away. That in 2019 we are seeing the sort of stuff and im not easily shocked. I grew of stuff and im not easily shocked. Igrew up of stuff and im not easily shocked. I grew up myself playing football in the late 19705 when you had far right groups like the National Front in football grounds so unfortunately what were seeing now is an evolution where we have more communication tools which sadly being misused. We saw that response from twitter today saying that they continue their dialogue with you and with kick it out. Is this something you have raised with them in discussions youve had the suggestion that perhaps they need to do more to try to tackle those who are spreading this kind of abuse and perhaps the suggestion from Harry Maguire about attaching personal details, is that something that has come up in dialogue . Absolutely, you may remember at the back end of last season we had a successful 24 hour social media lock out. As a direct result of that we engaged in dialogue with facebook, with twitter and instagram and they were positive discussions. But where we sitting 110w discussions. But where we sitting now is the fact that whilst we are having dialogue i think it is within the remit certainly of those companies because have sophisticated softwa re companies because have Sophisticated Software and filters and what concerns us as much as software and filters and what concerns us as much as anything else is that they are able to filter these things and we would like to see these things taken down immediately as they are posted. Because last night for example on the back of a couple of recent incidents that we had concerning Tammy Abraham at reading for example we had seen a pattern emerging where young black players were being abused having missed penalties. I do not think it would have taken a lot of forethought to have looked last night and after that penalty miss by paul pogba to see that they could potentially be a backlash on social media so i would ask why those companies were not at the ready because certainly when you talk about the tools available to these companies they have very targeted algorithms that can target and sell you things. At the same time i do not think it is a great stretch to look at their own platforms and see if theres things that is offensive lets get them removed as quickly as possible and also ensure that those individuals who have posted such filth are closed down permanently and as and when you can find that information i think it is important to have that information about who is using the platforms. These cases should be referred to Law Enforcement authorities for the most stringent punishments possible because this do not forget as a hate crimejust because this do not forget as a hate crime just because it happens because this do not forget as a hate crimejust because it happens in front of a computer screen does not lessen impact on the victim or in any way eradicate the fact that it isa any way eradicate the fact that it is a very hurtful and painful thing for a player to have to engage with. When you consider that footballers have in the past been accused of being remote and distant from the fans, he was a wonderful opportunity for all players to engage with their supporters and sadly because the way it is being abused by a significant minority, what is happening is if we are not careful we will have the situation with players saying again, enough, were not going to put ourselves out there if we cannot get protections and i do feel social Media Companies have a responsibility to ensure the content that they allow on the platforms is suitable. Bobby barnes, many thanks indeed for your thoughts tonight. The arsenal director josh kroenkee has said the disappointment of losing last seasons Europa League final prompted the club into a spending spree this summer. Some arsenal fans have recently voiced disquiet about what they see as a lack of investment by the clubs american owners. In a rare interviewjosh kroenkee has been speaking to our Sports Correspondent david ornstein. It was an abject defeat that hit arsenal hard, on the pitch and in the pocket. It would also prove to bea the pocket. It would also prove to be a turning point for their american owners in a way that they run the club. We had to rethink some strategies based on that last 45 minutes. We we knew we would not have Champions League football and certain players, that is what theyre after. I encouraged our Football Operations department to be aggressive and these guys went out to work their magic and im happy to have them on our site. One of the most famous sides in english football, arsenal last won the league title in 200a. The downturn has coincided with the involvement of us investors can keep sports and entertainment, to the anger of many supporters and it led to a cell of anger leaving his position as manager after 22 years in charge. But they remain and seem determined to galvanise the fan base. It would be one of the most powerful things i ever witnessed, i think the need to understand who we are and what were trying to accomplish and i think they need to understand our as people because we are fans at the end of the day and want to win. Hopefully we will start to earn more trust as we put in more work. Despite footballing and financial limitations arsenal were one of the high spenders in the premier league in the summer transfer window in the hierarchy have lofty ambitions of returning the gunners to former glories. Challenging for the premier league title is always the goal and thatis league title is always the goal and that is what we talk about co nsta ntly. That is what we talk about constantly. Based on the strength of oui constantly. Based on the strength of our league, the greatest in the world, if you compete for the title you compete elsewhere for other silverware as well. Whether that is the premier league title, the fa cup 01 the premier league title, the fa cup or european silverware, we want to go for it all. Having won their opening two games of the new season next two against liverpool and totte n ha m , next two against liverpool and tottenham, that should be true indication of where they really stand. Bury owner steve dale has turned down an offer for the club, which would have secured its future. The League One Side faces being kicked out of the football league, unless they can provide proof of funding dale believes he can secure a better deal before fridays deadline. Phil neville has named his squad for a couple of friendlies coming up. Manchester citys 23 year old defender Aoife Mannion gets her first senior call up alongside chelseas bethany england, whilst Sandy Maciver and anna patten move up from the under 20s side. They play belgium on 29th august and norway on 3rd september. And england prop Mako Vunipola is in contention to make his comeback following injury against ireland in their world cup warm up match this weekend, he tore a hamstring in saracens champions cup final in may. British climber shauna coxeys won a second bronze medal at the world climbing championships it came in the combined final which consists of three events, and will feature for the first time in the olympics next year. Coxey already won bronze in last weeks bouldering event. She is a big medal hopeful for gb injapan next year. Adam wild reports. With the countdown on to the climbing debbie at the olympics this sport is reaching for new heights. W. Sport is reaching for new heights. W. Here was shauna beginning her scent for the pure sports reflect the olympic ideal of higher, faster and stronger quite so literally