england covers and with the new manager coming in, i think everybody was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet— was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet and reserved but when she speaks _ very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you _ very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you listen. i think the type of player— speaks you listen. i think the type of player that she is, she is about an attacking style of play and for us the _ an attacking style of play and for us the last few days it has been good _ us the last few days it has been good to— us the last few days it has been good to know what she wants from attacking _ good to know what she wants from attacking and defending points of view _ and you can watch england against northern ireland live on the bbc red button, iplayer and the bbc sport website tomorrow. kick—off is at 12:30pm. still to come on sportsday — we hearfrom karam singh, already a star in his sport and dubbed the anthonyjoshua of breaking. he has his eye on olympic gold at paris 202a. i think ithink our i think our sport in the olympics is massive not only for individual slot about the sport itself. having an opportunity to be part of something that i have watched from young age. in 2008, australian diver matthew mitcham made history by becoming the first openly gay man to win olympic gold. as a child, he'd struggled to come to terms with his sexuality and resorted to self—harm, alcohol and drugs to combat his anxiety. he suffered a relapse after winning at the beijing games, but last month celebrated five years clean. as part of lgbt+ history month, he's been speaking to our olympic reporter nick hope. i remember realising that i like boys from a very young age but feeling so ashamed or scared of it. that i would actually tie a rubber band around my wrist and every time i had a thought i would snap their men to try myself out of it. from the age of 14—18, is suffered through a very profound period of depression and ifelt through a very profound period of depression and i felt very stuck, not being able to be authentically meet. ~ ., not being able to be authentically meet. ~ . . ., not being able to be authentically meet. . . . ., ., not being able to be authentically meet. ~ . ., ., ., meet. what impacted that have on ou? 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i am happy in myself. i do celebrated five years clean and sober last month. i got married last year. so i have got a husband! really good looking. also a very nice man. i feel like there is so much anxiety within the sports community about being openly clear but people need to lead by example and the one thing that nobody will ever be able to take away for me is i became the first openly homosexual male olympic champion. that is the achievement i am proudest of. time for look at the day possum and other top sports stories. olympic medallist sally conway has announced her retirment from judo. she won bronze at rio 2016, but said the postponement of the tokyo games has given her time to reflect and she knows it's the right time to quit. world time trial champion filippo ganna put down a marker for this summer's olympics, winning the individual time trial at the tour of the united arab emirates. last year's tour de france winner tadej pogacar leads overall. and the netball super league come of the syrian storm 156—40 against celtic dragons who are bottom of the table and have lost their first five games of the new season. —— surrey storm. england bowlerjames anderson says he's frustrated at being rested for matches, but he understands why, with a total of 17 test matches being played this year. the 38—year—old didn't feature in the second test defeat to india after england's victory in the first. there are two more matches to play. the next one starts on wednesday. there are times when we are frustrated with the coach is a medical team are taking a thought process that we want to keep everyone as possible so we have got, yeah, we can pick and choose who can play at certain times and hopefully it will benefit those players having rest every now and then. england women's captain heather knight says they hope to "put on a show" on their tour of new zealand. it'll be the irst time they've played in front of fans for nearly a year. the opening game in their three—match one—day series starts in christchurch at 1am tomorrow morning, and knight says it's a good place to be. new ceiling obviously have smashed cofinancing and it's like normal life pretty much. that has been great _ life pretty much. that has been great to — life pretty much. that has been great to be involved in and i'm super— great to be involved in and i'm super lucky. hopefully we will have a few _ super lucky. hopefully we will have a few empty and honestly allowing crowds _ a few empty and honestly allowing crowds here as well which is great. so crowds here as well which is great. sojust_ crowds here as well which is great. sojust excited to crowds here as well which is great. so just excited to get out there and obviously _ so just excited to get out there and obviously we have got a huge year coming _ obviously we have got a huge year coming up — obviously we have got a huge year coming up in 2022 with world cup, the ashes— coming up in 2022 with world cup, the ashes in the commonwealth games. this year— the ashes in the commonwealth games. this year he _ the ashes in the commonwealth games. this year be pretty big in terms of us as— this year be pretty big in terms of us as a _ this year be pretty big in terms of us as a team being ready for that. we've had action in christchurch today, and new zealand beat austalia in the first of their five—match t20 series in front of nearly 10,000 fans. a minute's silence was held before the game as the city marked ten years since 185 lives were lost in the earthquake of 2011. when the match got under way, devon conway was the star of the show. he just missed out on his century, scoring an unbeaten 99 as new zealand posted a target of 185. australia made a fast start in reply, but were eventually bowled out for 131. novak djokovic has been taking time out to celebrate winning his ninth australian open title, and where better than the beach in melbourne? after beating daniil medvedev, djokovic now has 18 grand slam titles to his name, just two behind roger federer and rafael nadal, but he admitted he was hurt by criticism after he brought up the challenges of the quarantine conditions for players arriving in australia. ijust accept i just accept the fact that i cannot, you know, please everyone or beat someone's favourite tennis player. so i will always look for negatives and anything i do or say, and that's ok. it does not frustrate me, of course it does. i have feelings like anybody else and i don't enjoy when someone, you know, judges or criticises, you know, behaves unfairly before checking certain things. we've been bringing you a series here on sportsday featuring young talent, and our latest generation next star is karam singh. he's already a big name in his sport of breaking, with numerous uk titles under his belt — and he's been likened to anthonyjoshua because of his humble and hard—working nature. singh has his own star on the derby walk of fame in his home town, but he has his sights set on paris, where breaking will be an olympic sport in 2024. music. for me, it is also -- almost an addiction- _ music. for me, it is also -- almost an addiction. his _ music. for me, it is also -- almost an addiction. his excitement - music. for me, it is also -- almost an addiction. his excitement when l an addiction. his excitement when you get on the stage, without a fight, a boxer going on to the mat with someone they respect. i love it and keep on going with it. my name is karam singh, aka beat boy and my sport is breaking. it came from the bronx, so new york. something that was more so a subculture for gang violence and people used to do it in the streets. where rivals use to me and creative and took them outside of the world of violence and from thenit of the world of violence and from then it has been a competitive sort of dance sport, however you want to label it. i have always been an athletic and exporting individual since i was younger. i boxed when i was young and then eventually i saw breaking and initially i saw on a music video and i think it was just something but it was some head spins in the video and a few weeks later i saw my first ever crew come of the trinity or you're screwed, and i saw them doing what i saw in the video and i wanted to get involved. —— the trinity crew. the proudest moment of my career was to be the world champions because from that time out of the bag in 2008 i always add to my dad and my family that one day i would do the solos at the b boy champions and and it was massive for me because i have differ that's as i was really young. the me because i have differ that's as i was really young-— was really young. the uk b boy championships _ was really young. the uk b boy championships 2019 _ was really young. the uk b boy championships 2019 is - was really young. the uk b boy championships 2019 is karam i was really young. the uk b boy - championships 2019 is karam singh! i felt championships 2019 is karam singh! felt like i championships 2019 is karam singh! i felt like i was truly the world champion at that point so that was definitely one of the proudest moments for me. ideas can come from anywhere, literally. you could be watching a game of football and see a football or do a skill and think that looks cool and i will try to incorporate that in breaking. what i would do is locate cristiano ronaldo one when i was younger and i could probably get away with it and attend to somebody and step over them and kick them out of the venue. that was definitely something that i sort of do as a way of putting someone that i show them that i have one up on them. oursupport i show them that i have one up on them. our support in the olympics is massive not only for the individuals like myself but once more for the sport itself having an opportunity to be part of something that i have watched from a young age and be competitive is really music to my ears and a dream come true so i do hope i get to get the chance to be there and have all this build—up around it. and finally, how about this for creative thinking? the covid—i9 pandemic means the nhl can't stage outdoor ice hockey games at a football or baseball stadium like they usually do, so they found a more unique venue. well, actually, they made one, on the fairway on the 18th hole of a golf course. there were a few teething problems. the first game on it was stopped for eight hours because the sun was melting the ice. the second match also started late, but once under way, the boston bruins beat the philadelphia flyers 7—3. to remind you of the top story, the prime minister has been sending out his road map to ease the lot now and england. full details for what it means for spore over on the bbc sport website. but that is all for me and the team. thank you for watching, good night. hello. hugely differing weather fortunes across the uk from south—east to north—west over the next couple of days. now, mild for all, but some parts will turn exceptionally mild. just want to show you the temperatures for the eastern side of england on wednesday. it'll be dry, there'll be some hazy sunshine from yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia into the south east. the warmest weather of the year so far. look to the west, especially north—west, though, it's still mild, but temperatures aren't as high. that's the other side of the weather story this week. there is more rain on the way, particularly for northern ireland, for cumbria and in scotland, where rain totals will mount as this weather system just hangs around for tuesday into wednesday, bringing a risk of getting some furtherflooding, especially in scotland, where the met office has an amber warning covering much of the southern uplands, southern highlands, where a few places may get in excess of 100 mm of rain. it's also going to be very windy with that as well. hasn't quite arrived, though, and today, well, in cumbria, we've had the blue sky across much of scotland and northern ireland, but tonight, we are going to get the rain moving in. the winds picking up as well. it will turn quite chilly for a time under clear skies to the east, with one or two fog patches, a few pockets of frost, though. here, too, temperaturesjust creep up a couple of degrees by the time we get to the morning. so, tomorrow, then, that weather system will bring rain into northern ireland. rain preceded by a bit of snow to the higher hills in scotland. rain becoming heavy and persistent in cumbria. just fringing other western areas of england and parts of wales, whereas central and eastern england staying mainly dry. some hazy sunshine the further east you are. a windier day for us all. northern ireland and scotland, though, could on exposed coasts get some gusts around 70 mph, so the winds may well be disruptive. but regardless of whether you're a dry or get more rain, it is going to be very mild. now, that weather system hangs around tuesday night into wednesday, with more rain at times for wales, western parts of england, into northern ireland and scotland. so, it mayjust ease from here a little bit as we go on into wednesday. eastern parts of england, though, with that hazy sunshine, it's where you get that unusual february warmth as temperatures reach into the high teens. big change, though, going towards the end of the week, where we get high pressure building in and the weather's going be settling down. afte a few showers on thursday, where it has been very wet, it'll be much drier. and although a little cooler, still mild. welcome to this bbc news special, for viewers on bbc one and on the bbc news channel. we're standing by for the prime minister's news conference from downing street which starts in a few minutes' time. borisjohnson has already spent three hours in the house of commons answering questions on the gradual lifting of the lockdown in england, a process that starts on march the 8th. wales, scotland and northern ireland have their own arrangements and we'll be covering those after the news conference. let's run quickly through the plans for england in the months ahead. from the 8th of march, all children in england will go back to school. residents in care homes will be allowed one regular visitor. 29th march — up to six or two households meet outdoors.