meeting in this hotel behind me for a lengthy shareholders meeting which will bring in other matters such as a proposed owner is charter to block future breakaways like the european super league and covid certification and the fixture calendar for next year but no significant football news today is that france will be allowed to stand at premier league and championship clubs for the first time in more 25 years. and championship clubs for the first time in more 25 years. laura, thank ou. this summer we were celebrating team gb s success in tokyo s olympic swimming pool, but there are warnings that the future of the sport could be under threat. swim england says major investment is needed to modernise or replace old pools or 2,000 of them could be closed by the end of the decade. joe wilson reports. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment
as a matter of urgency. jane nickerson says that two thousand swimming pools are coming to the end of their lifespan and unless they are refurbished or replaced, the nation s success in aquatic sports is at stake. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment or replacement, say swim england. it s the thing that keeps me absolutely awake at night. we know that by the end of this decade we could lose 40% of our pool stock. that is 2000 swimming pools. put that in context, that s millions of people that will lose out doing this wonderful activity which is brilliant for everybody. covid has accelerated the decline, especially with local authorities under huge financial pressure. over 200 pools which closed