Hello there you are watching bbc news, our hello there you are watching bbc news, our top stories for you. The president of the Bulgarian Football Union has resigned after last nights match with england was marred by racism. Uefa and i spoke throughout the game at half time and at the end of the game, we will be carrying out a thorough investigation stop by at downing street says brexit negotiations remains ongoing as reports state borisjohnson is remains ongoing as reports state Boris Johnson is closing remains ongoing as reports state borisjohnson is closing and on a new deal after a significant round of the eu on the irish border. The white house has requested an urgent meeting with the family of harry dunn who died in a Road Accident involving the wife of a us diplomat. In this, the Shocking Police helicopter footage that shows how a car thief put this officer in hospital. In a moment it will be time for sports day but lets take a look at what else is coming up on bbc news, at 7pm beyond 100 days will talk to the Brexit Select Committee chair about the latest developments in the negotiations and we will be discussing racism in football after the ugly scenes in the qualifier and we will hear from a former player in the former football hooligans. And then we will ta ke football hooligans. And then we will take a look at the front pages on the papers at 10 30pm. So stay with us the papers at 10 30pm. So stay with us for all of that. Now then, it is sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Imjohn watson. Coming up tonight. Ridding racism from football will events in bulgaria prove a watershed moment. It is unacceptable to be racist and i feel like there could be stronger punishment and stronger protocols. Uefa open Disciplinary Proceedings and call on the football family to wage war on the racists. As the head of the bulgarian fa resigns following events in sofia last night. Also coming up in the programme. Feet firmly back on the ground, we reflect on a record breaking metal hall from the world gymnastics championships. Prmie minister Boris Johnson and the fa have demanded uefa take tough action against bulgaria after england were subjected to racist abuse during last nights euro 2020 qualifier in sofia. The game had to be halted twice because home fans were making monkey noises and nazi salutes. Today, the head of bulgarias Football Association resigned after calls from the countrys Prime Minister for him to step down. Well be assessing uefas likely response in a moment, well be live in bulgaria to gauge the reaction there, but first a reminder of what happened. I heard it before i even got to the other side of the page in the warm up. We spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warm up and obviously it was happening during the game. Obviously it allows there to be an announcement and they are to be an announcement and they are to be an announcement and they are to be two or three steps before the players are ta ken to be two or three steps before the players are taken off the pitch. We knew if anything happened in the second half we were off and the referee had said the same. And we knew that if we came off, we probably would not be going back on. I was looking at a group of people clad in all black, 50 of them and making what it looked like political fascist gestures. We made a collective decision to continue the game and we thought it was important that we heard it and the protocols been followed by blue everyone carried on and im extremely proud of them. I do not think again of this magnitude has been to stop twice and none of us on the pitch we re aware twice and none of us on the pitch were aware of what was going on. Ua for who we spoke to at half time at the end of the game will carry out a investigation, also live footage to make sure that this appalling scene of terrible racism is treated appropriately. Well look at uefas response in a moment, with the governing body bringing charges against the bulgarian fa today. But racism still a blight in modern day football. The former watford striker Luther Blisset says its clear this group of english players will not tolerate the same level of abuse he encountered in his career. I played in bulgaria and the under 21, it mustve been almost 42 years ago and stood in a tunnel and was getting that sort of vial treatment from one or two of their players as we sat and a tunnel waiting to come out and play the game. To think all these years later on it still goes on and more to the point there is the coach denies that they have racism at all in their country and thatis racism at all in their country and that is beyond disappointing. Talk about sticking your head in the sand, myself and prairies of my era, we played under that and we played through all of that stuff. The message should be very simple now, it is not tolerated whatsoever and it is not tolerated whatsoever and it will not be tolerated and that is what uefa, fifa and our own Football Association came out and said now. At this thing happen ever again from the player should leave the pitch and never returned regardless of what uefa was saying. They could have taken control of that and if they wanted to send a message, take it out of the player and management hand, the game is off and they could have done that. And that would have sent a real message to everyone that they are taking it seriously. I do not think the bulgarians themselves would do much about it because they at the moment will not accept there is an issue. It is good to see that the p. M. Has come out and set the display from last night brought disgrace on football but now they need to follow it up and they need to follow it out by taking sanctions against all those individuals. This afternoon uefa released a statement calling on everyone to act against the dashed against the racists. President Alexander Ceferin said that uefa is committed to doing everything it can to eliminate this disease from football. We cannot afford to be content with this, we must always strive to strengthen our resolve. And these are the charges that have been made against the Bulgarian Football Union. It includes racist behaviour, chants and nazi salutes, the throwing of objects, the disruption of the National Anthem, and a charge relating to replays on the giant screen. And there are two charges against the english fa that of disruption of National Anthem and an insufficient number of travelling stewards. The case will be dealt with by uefas control, ethics and disciplinary body with a date of the meeting yet to be confirmed. Austin halewood is with us. Austin, uefa will be judged closely on how they respond. The charges which will be meted out in this instance. What are the precedents that have been set here with how they dealt with previous cases in the past. The precedent has been set but the sanctions to a certain level, it is important to remember this was largely expected to happen last night and already the stadium was partially closed because bulgaria fans racist abuse against kosovo and the Czech Republic in june so what kind of punishment if any can the bulgaria fa expect from uefa 7 any can the bulgaria fa expect from uefa . According any can the bulgaria fa expect from uefa 7 according to any can the bulgaria fa expect from uefa . According to the own rules, any repeat offenders can be punished with more than one match behind closed doors, i stadium closure and the full setting of a match, the deduction of points and or disqualification from the competition. So far this year in 2019, uefa has handed down judgements on 2a cases involving racist behaviour, ten of them had seen racist behaviour, ten of them had seen full stadium closures and another ten had seen partial stadium closures and four of those cases have been closed with no further action. 0nly have been closed with no further action. Only one of those cases was in the uk by the way, rangers were ordered to close a section of seats for their first ordered to close a section of seats for theirfirst Europa League game against warsaw and august. Defined handed out by ua for four racist behaviour is 117,000 euros from 2019 but to put that in context, england where find 57,000 euros for wearing the wrong type of socks against sweden at the world cup in russia. Also this year as well as sanctions against fans of the Bulgarian National team, and august bulgarian clu b national team, and august Bulgarian Club sides were also punished for racism during Europa League games and were given partial closures, both of them. Bulgarian fans have been guilty of more than one offence just this year but no team, club or National Level had ever had points deducted or been disqualified from a competition in history so how will u efa rea ct competition in history so how will uefa react to the latest offence and bulgaria . And uefa react to the latest offence and bulgaria 7 and last uefa react to the latest offence and bulgaria7 and last few hours they said that they have opened Disciplinary Proceedings into the game last night as we have heard before but there is no timescale for any possible sanctions at the moment. We will eat them and wait for further details. We will wait for further details. Welljoining us now, bulgarian journalist Teodora Barzakova and Troy Townsend from the anit racism group, kick it out. Troy, be with you in just a moment. Firstly, what has the reaction been linked to this abuse and bulgaria today7 linked to this abuse and bulgaria today . It will be fair to say that most people and bulgaria are very ashamed of what happened last night and people are saying they do not wa nt to and people are saying they do not want to be associated with this group of fans. Who shouted racist and not the chance. They are a well known groups that expressed the National Ethics groups and cause trouble and it is fair to say that there are a section of Bulgarian Society that is racist and for example even in the Coalition Government at the moment, there are mps that come from nationalist parties who do are often express views against ethnicities and other groups. Obviously i do not know the views of the bulgarian manager but it was interesting in that clip we played there, it certainly wasnt an acknowledgement from the bulgarian manager that he recognise any of the abuse taking place in the first half and that he had not heard it. It seems as if it will be difficult to challenge this and address the issue without acknowledging the extent of it first. That is true and even the Prime Minister did ask for the resignation for the president of the Bulgarian Association but he also downplayed what took place last night saying it was a bunch of stupid guys who have now made bulgaria look so racist. And that coming from the Prime Minister is also not an acknowledgement of the seriousness of what happened. Also not an acknowledgement of the seriousness of what happenedlj also not an acknowledgement of the seriousness of what happened. I want to bring you and if i may, we were talking about possible punishments that we may see ua for a hand out and did they need to send a strong and did they need to send a strong and clear message in this instance . I would like them too but i am not sure i quite have the faith that they will do but ultimately i think what happened last night was embarrassing for football. It is embarrassing for football. It is embarrassing for football. It is embarrassing for anyone who would have been in that stadium and read the reports but also the level of chance and noises that came out from the fan base. Uefa where in the ground and there were delegates in the ground and spiders in the ground andi the ground and spiders in the ground and i am struggling to really understand what happened after we had the First Official step of the protocol administered with the stadium announcement and the players and obviously play being stopped. What happened just before half time is unclear. Was at step two which would have been obviously the noises that were hurried in the second half and then the abandonment so for me they failed the players again last night and as a nation have identifying and putting into practice to protect the players from the level of abuse which we buried now is going on during the warm up. So did the officials here going on in the warm up and get the spiders hear it going on in the warm up, these are questions which would be able to would like to ask uefa but i am sorry no more stadium closures or points deduction because bulgaria are now going to qualify anyway. It has to be expulsion with warnings about future competitions. Wa nt to warnings about future competitions. Want to go back to you if i may, how will the resignation of the head of the bulgarian fa. He has been in the bulgarian fa. He has been in thejob forfour years the bulgarian fa. He has been in the job for four years and things have not gotten better and have gotten worse and the quality of the bulgarian football and also there have been allegations of corruption and also the problem of racism this year only has been in the headlines quite often. The government also raided the offices of the Football Association this afternoon. So clearly they will take some sort of action and there will be a backlash against the association but it only remains to be seen what action will be taken against the actual fan groups that go and do this. Do you think this will be the watershed moment that perhaps many are predicting it could be . To be honest with you i am not holding out much faith. We have had watershed moments in the past and things had fizzled out in the past. Those supposedly will change the events of football and racism and other forms of discrimination will look in this game but the fact that we are here and talking about another issue, we are speaking about an issue with our national side, only last season and lam national side, only last season and i am still not of the confidence that uefa will follow through with the actions they should take at the moment. I think they are probably embarrassed but we eagerly await what happens from their meeting. For me they should have called a special meeting and it should have been a topic of discussion to get a resolution immediately to find out what the action will be and so we await the sanctions that will be put in place and again they are put in place against not enough stuart and not enough to put in place on what happened once video screens and it should have been isolated and dealt with immediately. It you to think about what wouldve happened if england walked off with their players. Thank you both for your thoughts. Lets take a look at some of todays other stories. Avoiding jail after pleading guilty for drunk driving and being banned for two yea rs driving and being banned for two years to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work. England all around her and jenny gunn has roop retired from cricket. And the worlds champion has been nominated for the iaaf weld athlete of the year award. Its been a month since winning at gleneagles in one of the key questions asked was how does the European Tour build on that as it com petes European Tour build on that as it competes against the financial mind of the l gpa tore across the atlantic. There was a recent event in spain that she went to to find out. A glorious moment for european womens golf. 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