hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. liverpool miss the chance to go five points clear as they're held to a draw by west ham. it's a repeat of last year's final in the women's fa cup fifth round, as holders chelsea are drawn with arsenal. and a big day brewing for rugby's premiership, as club representatives get set to meet to discuss controversial plans to scrap promotion to — or relegation — from england's top league. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. it's been another tense night for this man —jurgen klopp — who watched his side held to a 1—1 draw at the london stadium. a win over west ham tonight would've seen liverpool go five points clear of manchester city, who could now go top if they beat everton on wednesday. austin halewood reports. despite city breathing down their necks, liverpool are still alone at the top. but with the gap down to two points, as the pressure is starting to mount? is shaking opening suggest it might in tow sadio mane calmly took his moment in front of goal. an opportunity it turned out he was lucky to be given. relief for liverpool, the pressure easing off them. therefore clearly off the gas. michail antonio rounding the defence with a move they will have done hundreds of times at training, it's just a shame he did not practice the celebration. a clear lapse for liverpool to learn from, they didn't. declan rice the next man to glide through the best defence in the league. a let off. west ham are desperate to take another chance if it came but they couldn't convert. mark noble another who should have done better. once again it wasn't to plan. once again, jurgen klopp saw his side slip up in the title race, the gap nowjust three points. the door wide open. tough game. two goals, a lot of possession. a difficult game beforehand already because i had to change a lot after the last session, you saw that around the set piece. the draw for the fifth round of the women's fa cup has taken place. and we're set for a repeat of last year's final at this earlier stage of the competition. current holders chelsea will face arsenal on the 17th of february. the blues beat the iii—time winners arsenal 3—1 in front of a competition—record crowd at wembley last season. let's take a look at some of the other fifth round fixtures, bearing in mind some of the fourth—round games are still to be played. women's super league leaders manchester city have been drawn against second tier tottenham hotspur, while manchester united — who are playing in the competition for the first time since they reformed — will host fellow fa women's championship side london bees. the sports minister mims davies is to have an "urgent" meeting with football leaders to try to tackle racism and discrimination in the sport. the fa, premier league, football league, players‘ representatives and anti—discrimination groups such as stonewall and kick it out will be invited to the meeting. it follows incidents of alleged racism and abuse in football in recent months. rugby union fans have enjoyed a weekend of top—class competition with the six nations under way. but at club level in england, there's currently another clash taking place. this one is not on the pitch but among the boardrooms of premiership clubs. tomorrow club representatives will meet to discuss controversial plans to scrap promotion to — or relegation from — england's top league. our sports editor dan roan has more. there seems little wrong with english rugby if the national team's impressive win over ireland at the weekend was anything to go by. england's entire six nations squad comes from the premiership where each season one of the site is relegated and replaced by the winners of the championship. but if bristol bear‘s billionaire owner steve la nsdown bristol bear‘s billionaire owner steve lansdown has his way, all of that could change. take relegation and promotion out of the equation and promotion out of the equation and after that three—year window, a clu b and after that three—year window, a club should play off the bottom team the premiership to get in there. this allows us to play more english players and develop them and that has to be good for the game. some clu bs has to be good for the game. some clubs have said ring fencing would give them the confidence to invest when most are struggling financially. exeter chiefs, the only top—flight club to turn a profit in the most recent results, reach the premiership in 2010, becoming champions two years ago, but even they fear that such fairy tales are becoming increasingly rare. the gulf between the clubs financially is so vast it has almost put the premiership beyond the reach of most championship clubs. but here at ambitious ealing trailfinders, tens of millions has been spent pursuing the dream of promotion to the premiership, one of several second—tier clubs threatening legal action if they are excluded. this is the action of 13 shareholders protecting their own interest rather than what is best for english rugby. exeter and saracens are probably ahead of everyone else but the competition everyone enjoys is at the bottom, without relegation you kill the dreams of numerous sides throughout the league. the idea of ring fencing rugby's premiership not only robs clubs like this of their ambition but is contrary to the competitive traditions of british sport and the idea that the underdog can climb through the ranks and one day reach the top. last night saw one of the highlights of the american calendar, the super bowl. like other us ports, the nfl is based on a franchise system that thrives without promotion or relegation. the meeting of the clubs tomorrow could go a long way to deciding whether they want to follow suit and delete a rugby relegation —— revolution. —— and lead a rugby revolution. some of the other stories around on monday... and the england back elliot daly is to leave wasps at the end of the season. he says it's the right time to seek a new challenge after the rugby world cup this autumn. he joins a number of players leaving the coventry—based side, including willie le roux and nathan hughes. manchester thunder continued their 100% record in the 2019 netball superleague, with a 62—117 win over london pulse. they're level on points with first—placed wasps. elsewhere, saracens beat celtic dragons. sophie bray — who won an olympic hockey gold medal in rio in 2016 — has announced her international retierment. bray scored 44 goals in 134 appearances for england and great britain. she says she'll looking forward to the next phase of her career. for eight years, non stanford trained alongside the brownlee brothers at the elite triathlon centre in leeds. it seemed to be working — she was world champion in 2013, but she just missed out on a medal at the last olympics. now at the age of 30, to try and get back to the top of her sport, she has left the country and joined an international training group. tom brown reports from her new base in fuerteventura. when it's 20 degrees in the winter, maybe choosing the canary islands over the uk seems an obvious decision, but for non stanford to leave leeds, one of the main centres of british triathlon, was a painstaking choice, but when she felt she simply had to make. non sta nford felt she simply had to make. non stanford is the champion of the world. world champion in her first senior season in 2015 —— 2013, showed her talent but injury has scuppered her since. great after the olympics but i felt my enjoyment for the sport had whittled away and i was not enjoying training as much or racing as much anymore and i got to the point where i knew i did not wa nt to the point where i knew i did not want to walk away from the sport but i had to change something. stanford trains under canadian coach joel, pa rt trains under canadian coach joel, part of its international group of top triathletes. he seems to have an incredible rate of no injuries and consistent performances, something i was really looking for. although i was really looking for. although i was surrounded by a great team in leeds at british triathlon, much of the time i was coaching myself and managing the programme on my own, which i think has been quite stressful a nd which i think has been quite stressful and also probably led to me getting injured quite a lot. now that i've got someone to help me with that i'm confident that we will not be dealing with as many injuries. the last olympics in 2016 saw the lowest moments for non sta nford, saw the lowest moments for non stanford, an agonising full finish and she admits she is only getting over it now. but it has fuelled her fire to get to the next olympics in 2020 in tokyo. and she believes that the new training environment under this coach will put her in the best shape possible to get there.|j this coach will put her in the best shape possible to get there. i would like to go back and have another crack, even if it was unsuccessful, just to have the opportunity to do that again. i want to be at the top end of the field and fighting for a podium. so hopefully i can put myself back in that position and enjoy it again. tom brown reporting. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good morning. good evening. the guardian reports that greg clark was forced to report the existence ofa was forced to report the existence of a secret package of state aid and could have been worth £80 million had nissan gone ahead with plans to manufacture the new suv in sunderland after brexit. according to the financial times, theresa may is under pressure to rule out a no—deal brexit after it emerged the government promised in nisan that it would lobby —— not be adversely affected by britain's departure from the eu. the times reports that the eu's top official promised britain it would not be tracked by the irish backstop but that was rebuffed by brexiteer mps. the eye has said that german chancellor angela merkel has given hopes of a deal being clinched if both sides show goodwill. the mail reports social media firms will be forced by law to sonic code of conduct to protect vulnerable users and young users. the daily mail claims that a friend of the duchess of sussex has been treated so harshly it amounts to torture. the mirror has said that cuts in social ca re mirror has said that cuts in social care has said that 600 feet —— 600,000 people each they are leaving theirjobs. katie and hannah, welcome to you both. let us plunge straight into the nissan brexit story. katie, do you want to kick off for us on this as to what the financial times has to say? this is the decision of nissan not to produce the x trail card. it will be based injapan and that has been linked to brexit. the ft has said there is new pressure to rule out no deal as the pressure builds. what the paper has is a letter that back at the time when the government was trying to basically tell nissan that things would be ok in terms of brexit and they had made lots of promises or suggestions that you would have things like frictionless trade and pointing out that the nissan decision means that theresa may is under increasing pressure to rule out no deal because lots of manufacturing jobs rely on supply chains. and if you end up with a nodal situation or even uncertainty you will see almost like this. it is interesting in this piece because they go on to suggest that greg clark was making these hints but did not go as far as to suggest that the uk would be any customs union. i do not think the government position would either be a customs union because it is toxic to a large part of the tory party but there is a problem that so many businesses thought that by this point we would know what the future relationship would look like or even what things would look like or even what things would look like at the end of march. that has not happened and that means that uncertainty... we do not know if it will be no deal. we do not know very much, really! it means it is very difficult. uncertainty is the biggest problem for businesses when trying to make decisions. does that chime with your thoughts? well, business has been crying out for certainty since 2016 and two years later it still is. japanese businesses, particularly conservative, we have known that for a long time and they will go where the certainty lies. they do not want any risk. yes, that is correct in japan has just signed any risk. yes, that is correct in japan hasjust signed a new trade agreement with the uk. there are lots of reasons in the diesel issue and other reasons. peter campbell, the motor industry correspondent, one of the authors of the front page tomorrow, he said that a lot of it was a commercial decision but whether people are pro—or anti—brexit, their view will be shipped by this. yes, people have asked as this being

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