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The price of wine across the globe. fascinating issue. thank you for coming on the programme and explaining to us. goodbye. just before i go, a reminder of our main story. developments in spain, given the fallout from that kiss at the final whistle of the women s world cup. that a man there with the bald headis cup. that a man there with the bald head is luis rubiales, and fifa have suspended him from all football related activities. in the last hour we ve had a statement from him, saying he will legally defend himself, and he fully trust fifa and reiterates he has given the opportunity to begin his defence so the truth prevails. more later, this is bbc news. hello there. it s feeling a bit cooler than it has done of late, certainly across southern areas. ....
Properly functional organisation works. if there is a dispute between two employees, there are a fair processes to arbitrate that. so i think fifa, uefa, may be the spanish government need to look hard at what s going on in this federation and decide if it is still fit for purpose or if it needs to be put in special measures or the like. fifa have launched disciplinary proceedings and they will run their course and of course he is entitled to fair process but i think the other side of fifa need to really think about the governments governance frameworks they can lay down with the national federations, setting conditions about diverse leadership, how players and members of staff are treated. all in all, i think this is a critical moment for football, at fifa level, faces some hard choices about what it really ....
She did argument on court. that s what she did with bobby riggs. i think she did with bobby riggs. i think that speaks to what we see in think that speaks to what we see in sports like tennis. there see in sports like tennis. there are many stars you are much there are many stars you are much bigger and have bigger fan bases much bigger and have bigger fan bases on much bigger and have bigger fan bases on the women s side, they draw bases on the women s side, they draw bigger viewership numbers, and still draw bigger viewership numbers, and still the sponsorship gap exists and still the sponsorship gap exists. so i think that speaks to the exists. so i think that speaks to the underlying bias that haunts to the underlying bias that haunts the sports industry. you mentioned haunts the sports industry. ym. mentioned changing culture there. if we look at the issue of maternity leave, that is something in the field of soccer where pete have said female players must ha ....
Sponsorship dollars, we need to have culture change. it s about changing hearts and minds, notjust trying to win this argument on court. that s what she did with bobby riggs. i think that speaks to what we see in sports like tennis. there are many stars you are much bigger and have bigger fan bases on the women s side, they draw bigger viewership numbers, and still the sponsorship gap exists. so i think that speaks to the underlying bias that still haunts the sports industry. you mentioned changing culture there. if we look at the issue of maternity leave, that s something in the field of soccer where fifa have said female players must have maternity leave, so the rules are there to protect them. but the culture isn t necessarily there. absolutely. it s one thing to say you have paid leave which is enough of a fight already. ....
Top scorer laurenjames won t be playing after her straight red card on monday, and fifa have decided the striker won t feature in the semifinal either, should england get there. things like that can happen. and it s not good, we know and she knows, and she will take the learning from that, and we just support her. they claim to be the most devoted fans in this tournament. tomorrow will see colombia tigers doing battle with england lionesses. colombia! jane dougall, bbc news, sydney dozens of hot air balloons have taken off from bristol, as the international balloon fiesta gets properly under way, after yesterday evening s flight had to be called off because of windy conditions. the annual fiesta is an important event for thousands of people, and for one family in particular, it is a poignant time, as john maguire reports. if ever anyone was born to fly, ....