Transcripts For BBCNEWS Sport Today 20170815

I think the message you have to send out is that it is unacceptable to push a Match Official. We all want to communicate with players and Build Bridges and harmony but theyre still has to be a little distance of authority. A little bit like if i go out walking i cannot push a policeman. It is unacceptable. I felt a little push a policeman. It is unacceptable. Ifelt a little bit sorry for another being sent off, it was a bit unlucky. The second one, i am not sure whether if a player hits the ground in the penalty area it is either a penalty or a dive. The reason is that option and that is to do nothing and in that situation, if the referee had done nothing i do not think anybody would have complained. That said, once he has taken that course of action, he sent him off, there is nothing to excuse what ronaldo did. I can understand the ban but i would not understand if the ban was overturned because the message that would send out is that it the message that would send out is thatitis the message that would send out is that it is now acceptable to do that toa that it is now acceptable to do that to a Match Official and i think anybody in the game, any player, manager, referees that we cannot accept that at any cost. The german cup first round match between Hansa Rostock and Hertha Berlin was interrupted twice by Crowd Trouble on monday, including one stoppage of 15 minutes late in the second half when the visiting hertha fans lit flares in the stands and threw some of them towards the home fans. Rostock fans responded by burning hertha banners as the game looked on the brink of being abandoned. For the record Hertha Berlin won 2 0 with goals from Mitchell Weiser and vedad ibisevic. While in portugal chaves played host to champions benfica who have a poor record at this venue and things didnt look like Improving Whenjonas hit the post, but in the 91st minute a flick from Swiss Internatianal Haris Seferovic sent the ball through the legs of Ricardo Nunes and into the net handing his side a second consecutive win. The Spanish International diego costa has been told by chelsea that he must return to the club. Costa failed to report for pre season training last month and the club declined to comment on monday as to whether theyve taken disciplinary action against the 28 year old. The striker has been told by manager Antonio Conte that he isnt part of his plans for this season and is currently in brazil. The liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho has been left out of the squad for Tuesdays Champions League qualifier at hoffenheim. He put in a Transfer Request last week, just days after the club had rejected a 115 million bid from barcelona. He missed Saturdays Premier League match against watford with a back injury. I have nothing to say about it. I am really understanding that everybody is interested but at this moment, really thinking about it, and the ring question but in the car, on the way, i did not eat what can i say if they asked because i have to think about the game. I do not. I have no other answers. Rafael nadal will return to world number one for the first time in three years following Roger Federers withdrawal from this weeks cincinncati masters in ohio. Federer injured his back losing in the final of the montreal masters on sunday. The spaniard spent 1111 weeks in the top spot after first becoming world number one in august 2008 and he wasnt sure that hed ever be in that position again. The 31 year old will replace andy murray who is struggling with a hip injury he picked up at wimbledon. Petra kvitova fought back from a set and a break down to reach the second round of the cincinnati open. She was a 1 6, 7 6, 6 3 winner over estonias Anett Kontaveit in ohio and shell now play either American Wildca rd Sloane Stephens or fellow czech Lucie Safarova an Incredible Bowling Display from ravi ashwin and Mohammed Shami in pallekele helped india whitewash sri lanka 3 0. India made a87 in their first innings before dismissing sri lanka for 135. India enforced the follow on and the hosts started the day at 19 for one but they still struggled. Sri lanka ended up stumbling to 181, defeated by an innings and 171 runs. Ashwin took four for 68 with shami grabbing three for 32 in what is indias first whitewash in an overseas three test series. Englands cricketers are gearing up for a Step Into The Unknown as they prepare to face west indies at edgbaston later this week. The first test in the three match series in birmingham will be the first day nighter to be played in england, and also the first involving england. West indies have already played and lost a day night test when they faced pakistan in dubai last year, but its a whole new experience for the hosts. Ijust dont i just dont know what to expect. The australian guys i know say the twilight period the ball nips around but then the pink ball co said the ball went quite soft quite quickly so we ball went quite soft quite quickly so we have to be so adaptable on the day. We are going in with a com pletely day. We are going in with a completely clear mind and learning on thejob, almost. I think completely clear mind and learning on the job, almost. I think the team who will come out most successful is the team that reacts more quickly. The west Indies Team Manager joel garner has criticised the professionalism of his countrys top players saying they must prepare to work hard and Make Sacrifices if they are to copy the west indies domination of test cricket in the 1970s and 80s. Several big name players including chris gayle, darren bravo, darren sammy and Marlon Samuels are currently out of the test team, as they try to resolve a dispute with the countrys cricket board, meaning the west indies are relying on an inexperienced side against england. I think that attitudes have changed somewhat towards training and preparation. If you fail to be prepared, be prepared to fail. Most of what has been happening is what about preparation. People might not wa nt to about preparation. People might not want to train their way they should trade and i think what we have done or what has happened is that some players have become accustomed to a certain way of doing things. But you still have to put in the work in order to get to a point to get to the standard required. What we have to do is work hard. Chris froome said he had Unfinished Business with the vuelta a espana, after a Strong Support Team was announced. The race begins on saturday, with Froome Bidding to become only the third rider to win the vuelta and the Tour De France in the same season. Froome said it feels like were on much more of a mission this time and admits it will be tough it isa it is a race i love doing every year. Amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between the writers. It is a relentless race stop i mean, the course, it is always a lot more mountains than the Tour De France. The conditions at our tougher, being amid august in spain and it is quite common to have temperatures up in the mid 40s. I mean, it is brutal. And to win Something Like that it feels as if you are taking on an even bigger challenge. Australian surferjulian wilson won a dramatic final in the tahiti leg of the World Surf League championship tour. His brazilian opponent Gabriel Medina scored 17. 87 and the australian had to strike back with big scores to win in the last minute of the final seeing him move up from 8th to 5th place in the Overall League table with defending Champion John John Florence of the United States second in the championship. Its the greatest show on turf. For Lawnmower Endurance Racers it was time to kick some serious grass as the annual 12 hour endurance took place. 51 teams lined up for the highlight of the british Lawn Mower Sporting calendar in the english county of west sussex, with the winning entry completing 363 laps of the 1. 41 kilometre circuit by 8. 00 am. Newbies to the sport and seasoned drivers alike battled through the night to claim top honours. The winning trio were mark rostron, james pawley and veteran racer and team strategist, daz whitehead. But from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. Well, tuesdays looking pretty good across most of the uk. The rest of the week, however, overall is still looking rather changeable. And actually as we head into the weekend, it looks pretty blustery as well. This is a gloomy picture from yesterday. Tuesday os going to be a lot sunnier across this part of the world. This is the satellite picture. Heavy rain over some areas, and in the early hours of tuesday morning, there could be some rain in the far north east of the country and possibly the far south east as well, maybe even a clap of thunder. The day starting is a relatively mild one. 14,16, even up to 17 in the south. Bright across most areas, some showers around, here and there. The south east, midlands, wales, some showers in the lake district. Maybe some showers in Northern Ireland and western scotland, most of that overnight rain moving away to the north east of the screen, good riddance. As far as tuesday morning, the second half of the morning and the afternoon, showers brewing inland. Not a completely dry day. Take an umbrella if you are out for any length of time. Sunny spells, feeling quite warm, but showers breaking out. How are we doing compared to the rest of europe . London getting up to 2a degrees, on par with paris but some storms around here. Similar to warsaw and moscow. In italy and rome, temperatures up to 35 degrees. At home, tuesday into wednesday, a ridge of high pressure. That usually means fine weather. For many parts of england and eastern scotland, wednesday morning and afternoon looking fine. You cant miss this. This is the next low pressure weather fronts moving in during wednesday morning and afternoon. Were going downhill in belfast, glasgow, around the irish sea, liverpool and into cornwall. London looking fine. Temperatures up to 23 degrees. Rain moving through during the course of wednesday into thursday. A fresher day for most of us on thursday. Brisk winds, some showers. Temperatures getting up to around 2a degrees. I say fresher because the winds will pick up. 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