Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Whoever first said that politics and sport shouldnt mix, well, they were wasting their breath. Theyve always mixed. And why wouldnt they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture . Right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after three black players on the national team were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. This is lords, the headquarters of English Cricket. My Guest Today is the former West Indian Fast Bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. But is this a fight that sport can win . Michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. It is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a Cricket Commentator to speak with great Eloquence And Passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. Now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress . Definitely. I see quite a few signs of p
Complain and wind the clock back to do things that shouldve been done last year. And calls for calm in tunisia after the Countrys President sacked the Prime Minister and suspended parliament. Welcome to newsday where its 7am in singapore, and 8 am in tokyo where the first medal of day four will be awarded soon. Itll be in the Womens Triathlon and its the first of 22 medals to be won today an increase caused by the rescheduling of the Surfing Competition because of heres how the overall Medal Tally looks at the start of day 4 japan leads with 8 golds, one more than the us and two ahead of china. Im joined now by Sports Presenter Sarah mulkerrins whos in tokyo. Sarah, looks like a very rainy morning there in tokyo how has the Weather Affected Events . Yes, you will be used to seeing this in the last couple of days high above tokyo bay. It is our point but because of the approaching storm, we have had to go indoors. But we are close to go indoors. But we are close to the Triathlon Event w
Were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. This is lords, the headquarters of English Cricket. My Guest Today is the former West Indian Fast Bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. But is this a fight that sport can win . Michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. It is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a Cricket Commentator to speak with great Eloquence And Passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. Now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress . Definitely. I see quite a few signs of progress. First of all, i dont think the voices that youre hearing most, stephen, what youre seeing on Social Media, is the majority. I think thats a very, very small minority. And i see people now hitting out against those people who are coming forward with those views. And when you talk about Social Media right now, youre talking about the vile abuse aime
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Whoever first said that politics and sport shouldnt mix, well, they were wasting their breath. Theyve always mixed. And why wouldnt they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture . Right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after three black players on the national team were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. This is lords, the headquarters of English Cricket. My Guest Today is the former West Indian Fast Bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. But is this a fight that sport can win . Michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. It is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a Cricket Commentator to speak with great Eloquence And Passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. Now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress . Definitely. I see quite a few signs of p
Experts recommend that a limited group of children should be offered covid jabs, to protect them against the pandemic ahead of this winter. In other news twelve former Sub Postmasters have had their criminal convictions overturned at the court of appeal, after the computer system, which was installed in branches, has now been shown to have had serious faults. The Met Office has issued its first ever, extreme Heat Warning, covering much of wales, all of south west england, and parts of southern and central england. In some of these areas, temperatures are forecast to reach 33 celsius by thursday, when the Amber Warning is due to end. Now on Bbc News its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Whoever first said that politics and sport shouldnt mix, well, they were wasting their breath. Theyve always mixed. And why wouldnt they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture . Right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after th