At what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well get more reaction to president trumps speech in the un today, thats in beyond 100 days at seven oclock with Christian Fraser and katty kay. One person has died as Hurricane Maria batters the caribbean well find out how residents are coping with the second major storm in a fortnight. And well talk to weather experts to find out where the hurricane is heading, and how it got so bad so quickly thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im james pearce. The headlines this evening. Coach mark sampson says allegations of racism against him wont hinder englands women as they begin their World Cup Qualifying Campaign in the next half hour. Well have the latest news from old trafford where west indies have been batting first in the one Day International against england. Father and son team stephen and Michael Mcconville have been banned from racing for three years for horse doping.
Japan. Magnitude 6. 1 has hit of the east coast of japan. The authorities have not issued a tsunami warning. It struck about 175 miles east on the largest japanese island. It struck about 175 miles east on the largestjapanese island. The shallow depth of about ten kilometres according to the Us Geological survey. An earthquake, 6. 1 magnitude on the east coast of japan. More on that throughout the evening on bbc news. Now, it is time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Its bronze for chris froome in the time trial at the World Championships. And two paralympic World Championships that were due to take place in mexico later this month have been postponed following yesterdays earthquake. Within the past hour the Football Association has confirmed that mark sampson has been sacked as head coach of the england lionesses. Hes been at the centre of allegations of bullying and racism which he denies, and cleared in two inquiries, but todays departure is due to fresh allegations tha
In edinburgh this weekend ahead of sport climbings olympic debut. Welcome along. What a week its been in womens football. Victory for england in their opening world cup qualifier on tuesday preceded the sacking of mark sampson less than 2a hours later. The fallout of which, threatens to overshadow the start of the Womens Super League season which begins tonight. Well talk to former england player karen walker in a moment, but first lets here from the National Teams record goalscorer kelly smith who believes that the next manager should be a woman. Theres a lot of good managers out there at the minute, female and male managers. I am there at the minute, female and male managers. I am sure there at the minute, female and male managers. I am sure the fa will get it right, they have too. I am still new to the coaching aspect of football, having retired over a year ago. I have my son and i am not putting myself in the forefront of the role for the manager. Who knows down the line . I think
Pat. There very well set tonight. They should have the second half. I thought they were dead and buried, but they turned it around and they we re but they turned it around and they were formidable. Celtic are home and there stadium in front of their own crowd. Theyll be on the front foot andi crowd. Theyll be on the front foot and i expect them to score tonight. Ido and i expect them to score tonight. I do expect them to come through. We saw terrific performance from rangers last night. Whats the most important thing for her here in glasgow tonight . Thats european football. Thats why they play at this stage of the competition. All is very difficult, but they have to be concentrated. They got to keep a Good Organisation defence, and even though they will be on the front foot of the attack, that counterattack, european teams can play and have to be wary of that. The second half to cause some problems in copenhagen. They have to be aware that if this team goes out, they have to adapt qui