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school? playing on their bike? i was climbing trees and building tree houses at eight years old, what about hockey, will we bring in rubber sticks? there has to be common sense. if you don t want your son or daughter to play rugby then you can stop them playing rugby but don t take that enjoyment away from the majority of people. 99% of people who have reacted to this news today have been in total support that rugby is the great sport that it is for that reason and they wa nted it is for that reason and they wanted to remain that way. as long as we do we possibly can to minimise those risks in the contact sports think that is important. donna creighton has become the latest british bobsledder to launch a ‘crowd funding bid in an effort to make next year s winter olympics. the former skeleton slider moved to bobsleigh in march in the hope of being fast tracked into the gb team, but after british bobsleigh withdrew funding for the women s programme, creighton started a ....
we ll also be finding out why council spending on agency social workers has nearly doubled in the past four years and nine months on from lincoln s record breaking fa cup run, the city is experiencing a baby boom. join us for more on that at 8pm. that s all ahead on bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m katherine downes. liverpool, city and spurs in champions league action tonight, with tottenham playing host to the defending champions real madrid. with 100 days to go to the start of the winter olympics, we meet the american skier who feared his sexuality would ruin his career. i feared that they would think i had been deceitful or this time and they would resent me for that. i felt i had a lot to lose and i would lose it all, so i was scared. and i m with england s cricketers in perth as they prepare for the first warm up as they prepare for the first warm up match ahead of the ashes. good evening. lots to bring you tonight, but we ....
about the nervous energy going through your body?” about the nervous energy going through your body? i am definitely a little nervous. a tough start but kershaw is on the mound now. i predict we take it 7 6. kershaw is on the mound now. i predict we take it 7-6. a top tip there from scott the fan. a sea of blue. i tell you, there from scott the fan. a sea of blue. itell you, it there from scott the fan. a sea of blue. i tell you, it would there from scott the fan. a sea of blue. itell you, it would be devastating for them if they missed out on a chance to wrap up this world series. there are pockets of orange hoping that the astro ‘s can win theirfirst orange hoping that the astro ‘s can win their first world series. on to football. tottenham and manchester city are the latest teams to secure their places in the knockout phase of the european champions league. they ve both qualified with two games to spare and in some style. city did it with a 4 2 win against th ....
we will show you some the video from this morning, and again the man barricaded himself in the home. the contra costa county sheriff s s.w.a.t. team was here negotiating trying to get the man to surrender. the home is on nottingham drive off of san pablo dam road in the city of el sobrante. the neighbors had been warned to stay indoors. as a matter fact, i spoke with the people that lived next door to the home and the father of two said that sheriff s deputy s came to his door and evacuated him. the next door neighbor started shooting in the middle of the night. the sheriff s came, the s.w.a.t. team came, and evacuated us to a checkpoint area. that is all we really know. reporter: they knocked on your door and told you to leave? yes, they see get all your stuff ready in that the s.w.a.t. team would come to evacuate us to clear the house. reporter: that is exactly what the tactical team did. they went inside the home and eventually took the man into custody. we unde ....
and carried out by the coalition forces. the pentagon says this is not a change in policy but the first time the u.s. called in an airstrike against the pro regime forces. it is unclear whether any syrian troops were hit. the u.s. navy veteran in custody after authorities in new york state drove his vehicle onto the crowded sidewalk in times square new york killing one and leaving 20 others injured. this is breaking news, and alex savidge is following this developing story in the newsroom, and they are looking to see if the driver was under the influence. right, good afternoon. witnesses say the driver appeared to have been intoxicated. the new york police commissioner is saying the crash does not appear to be an act of terrorism. the 26-year-old richard rojas was taken into custody at the scene, and they said he drove his card the wrong way down the street at time square and then jumped the curb. the speeding car drove along the sidewalk for at least three blocks ....