the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
tournament gets under way with novak djokovic chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s a newsday. hello and welcome. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at least 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the aircraft, which came down just a mile from its destination. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes befor
security expert. and the australian open tennis tournament gets underway with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. hello and welcome. we begin in nepal where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at least 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the aircraft, which came down just a mile from its destination. the plane was operated by yeti airlines, and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to
and the australian open tennis tournament gets underway, with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. we begin in south asia where it sjust coming up to 9:00am in nepal, and a day of national mourning has begun for the victims of the country s worst airline disaster in 30 years. all 72 people on board a yeti airlines plane are believed to have died after it crashed near the town of pokhara, about 145km or 90 miles west of the capital kathmandu. the bbc s rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from nepal. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, thunderous crash and raised our| heads to see what had happened. we saw