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
Moving on to football. Luton town can give their hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League a big boost tonight as they take on everton. Theyll move out of the drop zone with victory. Everton have already secured Premier League safety. The visitors did illegal up, Dominic Calvert lewin scored from the penalty spot after a penalty, but i cant tell you that just in the last minute, luton have equalised throughout ican i can tell you luton have equalised through adebayo. Elsewhere, liverpool manager jurgen klopp has hit out at the Premier League and its broadcasters, describing Fixture Scheduling as absolutely insane. Since klopp took charge in 2015, liverpool have featured in more early kick offs than any other Premier League club. But klopp also suggested that lunch time kick off times dontjust affect his team, but are also partly to blame for english teams struggles in europe this season. I watch a lot of football, all over the world, and the Premier League is the wor
england goalkeeperjordan pickford has agreed a new deal with everton. he was approaching the final year of his contract at goodison park and had been linked with a move to tottenham. andy murray has continued his eventful start to the season with a win over alexandre muller to reach the qatar open semifinals. the scot will playjiri lehecka in the last four after the 21 year old czech beat top seed andrey rublev. and two time defending champion max verstappen set the pace on the first day of formula 1 preseason testing in bahrain. the red bull driver was zero point zero two nine seconds quicker than aston martin s fernando alonso. with ferrari s carlos sainz completing the top three. australia reached their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india earlier. the defending champions proved their class to hold their nerve with ash gardner defending 16 from the last over to close out a thrilling victory. it means australia remain unbeaten