next... grigory rodchenkov — a former doping mastermind turned whistle—blower — says no russian athletes should be allowed to take part in the postponed tokyo olympics next year. the architect of the country's infamous state—sponsored doping scandal, who has now changed his identity, has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. rodchenko believes the country has not changed despite being banned from all major sporting events for four years in december for manipulating laboratory data. he wears a disguise to protect his identity. the same personnel who were smuggling, they were falsifying, in a electronic form. you see how it was a progression, falsifying day by day. it's incredible. it's unspeakable, which shows the country learned absolute in nothing. will they ever change? do you think russian now, if they miss out on tokyo, or lease there is no flagon official team, do you think this will make them realise their behaviour has to change? of course not. sebastian coe is ready to disqualify russian athletics forever. all people in the russian governing... they are complicit for everybody is complicit. —— they are complicit. everybody is completed. all of them know in truth but don't say anything because then you give the —— get prosecuted. the situation is so much worse, so it should be absolutely blunted, band, without any excuse. do you think we will ever see doping, cheating, any excuse. do you think we will eversee doping, cheating, on any excuse. do you think we will ever see doping, cheating, on the scale that you are part of in russia again in the future? what happened in russia from it is something that could never be reached after my laboratory because we had a green light from everywhere. olympic games, it was the project of putin. we had the ability to buy any instrumentation. will the olympics ever be clean, do you think, or is that unrealistic because of human nature? it is human nature. of course it will never be clean. people want gold medals. some of them want very much, and that is why they are using. russia has repeatedly denied the allegations and claim the unprecedented for your sanction is excessive, unfair and politically motivated. next, back here, the latest battle of the brits tennis tournament has been taking place. there was a suprise defeat for british number onejo konta, who was beaten in her opener in straight sets byjodie burrage. konta hadn't played since march and she's pulled out of next week's palermo ladies open so she can focus on this event. there was also defeat for the men's british number one, as cameron norrie came from a set down to beat dan evans in spectacularfashion. and kyle edmund got his first win of the tournament as well. he beat anton matusevich in straight sets — 7—5, 6—3. next, to the us. just days after the new major league baseball season started, two games scheduled for today have been postponed after the miami marlins team suffered a coronavirus outbreak. baseball is unlike the nba and the nhl — it's not operating in a bubble and teams are travelling across america for games as normal. i'm joined now from the us by espn baseball reporter pedro gomez. pedro, everyone was watching baseball, keeping an eye on seeing how this return works out. this is a nightmare for the mlb, is it not, so soon after the season started?m really is. this is a worst—case scenario, almost, where you have the large brick within one club and potentially more because theyjust played the for the doll phillies over the weekend, and all those players being tested a —— philadelphia phillies. the game info —— in philadelphia has been called off today. the miami ballclub is not even even out of philadelphia. this is on the air scrabbling right now to see how they can get operate, if they can operate, and how to control this, but right now, everything is on the table. we could see every game cancelled today, we could see who knows what at this point? how realistic is that nightmare scenario, pedro, of the entire season now being cancelled?” scenario, pedro, of the entire season now being cancelled? i don't think there is any shame in attempting to play, and that's what they have done. they have attempted to get going. you run risks when you are not playing in a bubble, you run more risks, i should say, the way the and ba started. i know some people will say, look at the european soccer leagues, they've been able to play and they are not having this type of issue, but you are also looking at europe were they have been able to flatten their curve, whereas in the united states, it is anything but flat. there were differences there. realistically, a 60 game season compared to the normal 162 is already bizarre enough, so if they have to chop it down to 50, let's say, i don't know that it down to 50, let's say, i don't know thatitis down to 50, let's say, i don't know that it is going to make that big of a difference between 50 and 60. they're going to... excuse me, they are reassessing everything right now to see what exactly the plan is from here on. they're having emergency meetings between the commissioner's office and all the owners and they are deciding... we will know soon enough, but right now we don't have a final answer. and we will wait to see what happens there. pedro gomez in arizona, thank you. we were looking forward to bringing you all the action from day four of the deciding test at old trafford, with england looking good to seal the series againt the west indies after stuart broad's brilliance yesterday. but even a bio—secure bubble can't do anything to combat the rain. it's been a total wash—out in manchester today. not a ball bowled, play was abandoned, which means england will now have just tomorrow to bowl the windies out. the tourists chasing an unlikely 399 to win, they're already a couple of wickets down — they'll resume on 10—2. the weather forecast is better tomorrow but still some rain expected, so england's task made tougher. but they will still hope to get the eight wickets they need to win the series. one more and stuart broad will have his 500th in test cricket. earlier, i spoke to test match special‘s alison mitchell about what the west indies need to do to survive. their passing laws have been a feature for the west indies. it has been tremendous, the bowling, at times. the likes of gabriel and kemar roach and jason holder. the batching, it does not feel as if this is a test match the west indies will be able to save, but they are a tea m will be able to save, but they are a team that have travelled, been in the country a long time, one big final push with a trophy on the line, a series that means so much to them. they call this their actions. this is what it means for the west indies, to come to england and take the trophy home really will mean an awful lot, and of course it will be the last time teams are playing for the last time teams are playing for the wisdom trophy as well, which is adding a little something extra. steward broad public invoices frustration at being left out of the first test —— stuart broad probably voiced his frustration. what sort of message do you think he sent out with his performance? he says, picked me, every time, every time. he has got the ability to move the ball. he knows his craft now, and jimmy anderson as well. the two of them a formidable pair. playing in their 17th test match together. it was notable whenjoe ruut did not start the test match yesterday, broad and anderson. he is saying i am here, i am fit, broad and anderson. he is saying i am here, lam fit, i broad and anderson. he is saying i am here, i am fit, i am still at the very top of my game. put me on your tea m very top of my game. put me on your team sheet. hopefully you're going to have live cricket tomorrow. staying with cricket, we've had confirmation there's going to be a new men's international one—day super league. it starts with england against ireland in southampton on thursday and will feature 13 teams in total, determining qualification for the 2023 world cup in india. our cricket reporter henry morean's been telling me more about the england squad which has been named for the three one dayers against ireland, and it includes a couple of surprises. david willey and reese topley are the standout names returning to the england squad. rhys r hys to pley rhys topley has not played for them than since 2016. he has had a number of injuries but is back in the squad. david willey missed out on road cup selection despite being a key in the squad in 2019 —— world cup selection. joe denly is back. it is worth noting the number of the big name players you might expect to see playing in 50 over cricket won't be present as they prepare for the test series between england and pakistan, this condensed summer meaning that the likes of ben stokes, joe root, jos buttler, jofra archer, they all miss out. david beckham has been speaking about the "brutal" abuse he suffered after his infamous red card during the 1998 world cup. the former england captain opened up about his experience at a summit —— a video call with prince william. it's all part of a plan — spearheaded by the future king — to make mental health a priority at all levels of football. andy swiss has more. hi, david, tyrone, steph, carlo... when footballing royalty meets the real thing. i should have put a jacket on for you, david. i forgot. i know, sorry. i'm slightly overdressed! behind the smiles, though, a serious issue. david beckham among the stars chatting with the duke of cambridge about mental health. we've managed to get the entire football community to sign up to promoting and showing how important mental
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