Im mike bushell. The headlines tonight mps warn the Football Association change or the government will force you to. A fanfare for the start of the new Super League Season good evening. Mps in the House Of Commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the Football Association. There have been calls for english footballs Governing Body to reform itself for decades but now they could face legislation if they arent seen to modernise from within. Our Sports Editor is dan roan. The government has already threatened the fa with Tens Of Millions of pounds worth of funding cuts if it does not start to reform itself. Today was an important staging post in what has always been seen as the nuclear option, passing a bill in parliament to force its hand to tell it now was the time to reform. Critics are unhappy with the lack of diversity and independence on the fas main Decision Making bodies. They are also concerned about the perceived dominance of the professional game, the premier league. The
Im mike bushell. The headlines tonight mps warn the Football Association change or the government will force you to. A fanfare for the start of the new Super League Season good evening. Mps in the House Of Commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the Football Association. There have been calls for english footballs Governing Body to reform itself for decades but now they could face legislation if they arent seen to modernise from within. Our Sports Editor is dan roan. The government has already threatened the fa with Tens Of Millions of pounds worth of funding cuts if it does not start to reform itself. Today was an important staging post in what has always been seen as the nuclear option, passing a bill in parliament to force its hand to tell it now was the time to reform. Critics are unhappy with the lack of diversity and independence on the fas main Decision Making bodies. They are also concerned about the perceived dominance of the professional game, the premier league. The
Downbeat after the match. The real problems we faced was after the third goal i felt because we lost and what organisation and we looked mentally veryjaded and very vulnerable from that moment onwards. And after the last 25 minutes it was a nightmare for us because we looked like we had no response. I think that we started well. After that arsenal were able to organise the game. We had a little problem at the game. We had a little problem at the end of the first half. But in the end of the first half. But in the second half, the spirit was good, played fantastic football, real intensity, with balance and everything was ok. Its only the first half, the first half was good and then we have to play the second half in london. Defending champions real madrid were also in action on wednesday scoring a comfortable 3 1 win over napoli. Real fell behind to an early goal at the bernabeu but then outclassed their opponents with efforts from karim benzema, toni kroos and a stunning volley from bra
A decision on the future of arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wont be made until the end of the season, the bbc understands. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trumps most senior diplomat, the Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, is making his debut on the International Stage. Hes attending a meeting of Foreign Ministers from the 620 countries in germany. He will have talks with the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, among others. State Department Officials say mr tillerson wants to listen, and to offer reassurances about president trumps approach to international affairs. David willis reports. Americas Secretary Of State has a lot on his plate. Rex tillersons top priority will be reassuring nervous allies that the government he is part of is not in fact descending into chaos. Given the evidence that exists to the contrary, however, it might prove a difficult message to sell. Not yet four weeks into his term in office, mr trump has had his travel ban blocked, his National S
Im looking at the most unusual things weve been asked inJob Interviews. What was the weirdest thing about me . You could be a vegetable, what vegetable would you be . And in sport, there are goals galore in the Champions League, with a thriller at Manchester City as they beat monaco 5 3 in the first leg of their last 16 knockout tie. And carol is checking out some famous royal finery. She is out and about today. She is at Kensington Palace. First, our main story. An extra £200 million in emergency humanitarian aid has been promised by the government to tackle a famine in south sudan and somalia. The International Development secretary, priti patel, said the additional funds would provide food, water and Emergency Health care for more than two Million People. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. In parts of war torn southern sudan, people are now dying of starvation and famine has been officially declared. The un charity says somalia, human and nigeria are facing similar