Brightness for the first half of the weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there weekend it wont last. Things will cloud overfor sunday, there will weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there will be heavy rain and brisk winds, but with those winds coming in from the south it will feel quite mild out there. A wedge of mild air working its way across the british isles, but as you can see some pretty heavy rain around on sunday with brisk winds as well. These are the average wind speeds. With the wind is coming up from the south it will be mild, 8 degrees for aberdeen, may be 13 in plymouth. Sophie, back to you. Thank you very much. Thats all from the bbc news at six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Imjohn watson. Coming up can youth triumph over experience as the womens us open gets under way . Will there be an american first time winner of the mens European Tour . And we reflect on the life of world cup winner paulo rossi, whos died at the age of 64. And diving sensation Andrea Spendolini siriex joins us live after being voted bbcs young Sports Personality of the year. Good evening. It is the biggest tournament in womens golf, the us open. This years final major has been resheduled from june to december for the first time. This is where its staged, the Champions Golf Club in houston. The opening two rounds played on not one, but two courses because of shortened days. With a real focus on youth, 18 year old British Amateur lily may humphreys makes her major debut, there are also three 17 year olds in the field rose zhang, ho yun an and Lucie Malchirand from france. A 5. 5 million purse up for grabs 1 million going to the winner the richest event in the womens game. Sophie walkerjoins us. Good evening, sophie. Talking about that focus on youth this year. It is shaping up to be a tournament like no other as we were saying there. Shaping up to be a tournament like no other as we were saying therem certainly is. There are 41 first timers playing in this us open. And 24 timers playing in this us open. And 2a amateurs. So there is so much youthin 2a amateurs. So there is so much youth in there. Lily is even par after nine holes so she is doing well. Youth does not do so well in the us of them because it is such a mentality test as well. Lexi thompson is playing in her 14th us open and she is 25 years old. A definite trend in the womens game for youth and playing well when you are young also. And where do you think the british challenge will come from at the moment . Talking about some of the older players from the us like Angela Stanford and cristie kerr, but do you fancy some of the british talent to come through and challenge strongly . M terms of the british contingent, we have three players in great form, with georgia hall and mel reed. They are all of the same in the World Rankings at around 30. Mel has got her first rankings at around 30. Mel has got herfirst win on rankings at around 30. Mel has got her first win on the lpga this year and the same for georgia. I think the three of them are bringing it through. Charlie is the one on form. She had a good result last week and just needs a bit of consistency to her again but definitely look out for those three. And how is bronte law faring in the early stages . She is someone who needs a solid week. One of those come a local girl for me who is done a few swing changes and she needs that bit of confidence in those swing changes so a good result for her this week would be to make the cut. And what is it that is making this tournament so special this year . We talked about the weather with the two courses being used in the opening rounds and obviously the huge purse on offer. We know of the three majors that have gone before and this is the last one, i guess it sort of all builds to what is an exciting finish to the majors and the womens game. We were not sure we were going to get any golf in this year never mind the majors so for this to be put on is fantastic. December has made it prime time viewer as there is a good eight hours of live Coverage Today which you would not normally get in the womens game in the summer. Obviously onto golf courses because the field is over 150, a very big field for the us office of the need these two courses to get all the players around. Good thing about this is only two hours with the tee times normally when you get that morning and afternoon tee time, you can geta morning and afternoon tee time, you can get a 6 30am tee time or a really late tee time at the us open. And the draw is vital for the weather conditions. Not the case as much this year. Fascinating stuff as always. Sophie, great to speak to you and many thanks indeed. And we expect the south korean contingent to challenge as they so often do. Not the only big Golf Tournament play that moment with Tommy Fleetwood and lee westwood in action at the tour championship. Trying to stop patrick reed to become the First American to win the race to divide. Been watching the first round. At the race to dubai, a sprint finish were timing can be everything. Victor perez honed his craft near dundee but a long way from home but out on his own at 500. On the west coast of scotla nd own at 500. On the west coast of scotland Robert Mcintyre honed his skills. The rookie of the year last year put his putter to good use with an opening 68 to see it a shot behind perez. He isjoined by Matthew Fitzpatrick and Erik Van Rooyen of its africa who nearly doubled his career earnings with victory in the uae and enough to put a anyones face. Tyrell hatton and Tommy Fleetwood on contention as well with fleetwood the european number one in 2017 and inching his way back up the your board with the win earning him second race to divide title. He will have to pry it from the hands of patrick reed, the series leader with a bogey free to under 70 means this race is set to go right down to the wire. Being crouch or by bbc news. Follow updates on the bc website across the weekend. Plenty of football going on tonight leicester, celtic and spurs all in Europa League action later. Arsenal 2 1. After their difficulties in the premier league, theyve cruised through europa qualifying with five wins from five so far to top their group. Rangers have also qualified. An away win to lech posnan will see them top their group. They are under way in poland and i had 1 0. Trevor birch has been named as the efls new chief executive. He leaves tottenham, where he was director of football. His experience in dealing with insolvencies and running clubs made him the ideal appointment as football deals with the ongoing Financial Issues brought about by the pandemic. The italian world cup winner paulo rossi, whos hat trick against brazil in the quarter finals in 1982 saw them go on and lift the trophy, has died at the age of 64. He became a household name after finishing top scorer at the tournament in spain. Holly hamilton looks back at his life. His start never shone brighter. Paolo rossis game winning hat trick against brazil at the 1982 world cup. The structure very nearly missed the competition implicated in a match fixing scandal two years earlier. He had always pleaded his innocence and ultimately saw his band reduced from three years down to two years. Quick and agile, he scored regularly in the italian lake that rewarded forwards rarely. He played for six clubs in italy but during his second stint atjuventus that he won the majority of his honours, including two League Titles and a european cup. But it was his exploits at the world cup which brought him to the attention of a global audience. His goals against interment favourites brazil were followed by strikes against poland in the semifinals and the opener in the wooding final against west germany. They earned him the golden boot and the blonde door and the perhaps more important sporting immortality. James richardsonjoins James Richardson joins us James Richardsonjoins us now. You worked for ten years fronting football italian on channel 4 in the 90s and saw some great pictures there. He became an iconic figure thinking about our italian players it cut through in that period and very few did but he certainly did that. We did not have as much exposure certainly in that decade to the people who were making the game great in italy. And i think for a lot of it is probably the 1982 world cup was the first one that we really. Argentina was big but certainly for meat 1982 was a much clearer kind of work up in terms of who was playing what was going on and what paolo rossi did in the tournament and what italy did was so extraordinary that it could not help but make it not only a world star forever but a National Treasure in italy as well. He actually came very close to not playing in that will cut because he was banned for three yea rs cut because he was banned for three years and that was reduced to two yea rs years and that was reduced to two years 01 years and that was reduced to two years or to allow him to play in that world cup. He said in doing so it was almost a bit of a personal redemption for him to play at that walked up and put in the performance that he did. I think its interesting because it was redemption for him but it was clearly a massive redemption for italian football as well. They had this appalling scandal in 1980 not the first nor the last and a whole series of match fixing cases which sought two big clubs relegated and saw another five clubs with points docked in a whole bunch of players who were suspended for several years and paolo rossi picked up a three year ban. The evidence against him was always quite inconsequential. Someone had talked to about 70 but he never followed it up and tried to move away from it but he was caught up move away from it but he was caught up in it and it move away from it but he was caught up in itand it was his move away from it but he was caught up in it and it was his Team Involved and so he was banned for three years. What it was exactly that led to his band being reduced down is subject of much contention as many have said it was because the italy manager had always been keen on him and putting him in a team and he had featured in the 1978 world cup and that is what it was reduced and he came back and began playing forjuventus where he moved in the meanwhile a couple of months prior to the tournament. All of us are not enough to get him for it and ending with the tournament started, the reaction from the press and the public was this was a joke and this quy public was this was a joke and this guy being playing in world cup flames. Italy did not win any Group Matches and there was talk of them going home early and they were tomatoes throughout and all that kind of thing but when they got past the first group, they came alive and he came alive and you are right, it was an inch of her hand but i think thats why he became an iconic figure in italy because he symbolised the rebirth of the italian sport. Always dealt clearly in the hearts of the italian fans winning the world cup as he did. Thank you for speaking to us. Paolo rossi who has died at the age of 64. Rugby union has been urged to limit contact in training after eight former players brought legal action against the sports governing bodies for negligence which they say has left them permanently brain damaged. England hooker Steve Thompson is one of the eight. He claims he cant remember his world cup win in 2003. Coaches and those involved in the modern game claim the duty of care has improved dramatically almost 20 years on. I started coaching in 1988. In those days, when people got knocked out, we would laugh about them, you know, the fact they had got knocked out or their legs had gone away from them or stuff like that. So culturally nobody really paid too much attention to concussions. People will throw water on their face and get all that. I think education has to be the key on this it is only in Research Lease a number of people and groups starting to emerge in re ce nt and groups starting to emerge in recent years looking at whether its technology and mouth guards or protective wear but looking at the impact on players and how that can be measured and monitored and whether its training or indeed games that are protective in some sort of way. So the research and investment has probably never been more important and there have been improvements. As we have come to understand more about concussion and the impact and the longer term for players. Most probably dont realise that you are likely to fail an hia without having any head injury it all. That is how hard it is to pass. Certainly the regulations that
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