the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
is behind the anonymous profiles. l and, the euros or the election? what s more exciting?! joining us today, home office minister chris philp, labour s deputy campaign coordinator ellie reeves, liberal democrat munira wilson and conservative home deputy editor henry hill. this is politics live election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc2, bbc iplayer and bbc news. so there is another major contest about to kick off later on today, it is of course the euros and scotland face germany in munich. let s have a look at some of the traditional build up. there they are, bagpipes and all. all the scottish fans outside enjoying the sunshine there, lucky old them. in the build up to that first match this evening. and they will be competing for prime time television of course with the general election coverage that everyone has been glued to for the last three weeks. so to kick off this programme, chris philp, what has got morejeopardy this programme, chris philp, what has got more jeopardy