by the fa to ban players who dive orfeign injury... venus williams gets the better of britain'sjohanna konta in rome. and — they drew crowds of 50,000 in their hey day — now nearly 100 years later, these stars of women's football have been paid tribute to. good evening. the football association has agreed to introduce retrospective bans for players who dive or feign injury from next season. the decision was made at a meeting of its shareholders this afternoon — when a range of reforms was also passed which means the governing body will continue to receive public money. our sports correspondent katie gornall is here... we will start with these diving bands. how exactly will they be enforced? this is something that has been on the mind of the fa for some time. they have created a new offence of and this system has been placed in scotland since 2011. they have punished three players this season have punished three players this season for this kind of offence. in england, it will work in a similar way. a 3—person panel consisting of a former match official, former player and a former manager will review footage from the weekend looking for cases of simulation, specifically a player winning a penalty and fairly or getting an opponent sent off. any player that they find unanimously guilty will be given a suspension. the reaction to this has been somewhat mixed. robert huth, the leicester city defender, says it is great news. particular sin to sam allardyce, crystal palace manager, he has a different perspective —— if you listen to. manager, he has a different perspective —— if you listen tom is utter rubbish, what about the lad who gets but who did not dive? what will they do about that? they will say, that is unlucky. next time we will try and get that right. so the lab that diet gets punished but the lad who gets punished when he did not dive... you need to reverse that somehow. bring in technology and we can look at it on the day. bring in a sin bin so he can be put in there for ten minutes and bring him back on. stop paying people money to deal with rubbish situations in the game. sam alla rdyce clearly with rubbish situations in the game. sam allardyce clearly not happy. let's go back to what happened at wembley today. this was not the main item on the agenda for the fa? wembley today. this was not the main item on the agenda for the me was all about voting on their package of reforms today. a lot of people here reforms and think it is boring but for the fa this is the most radical change they've introduced in decades. you must remember that they are under huge pressure to address this issue of a lack of women on their board, a lack of diversity. with the government threatening to withdraw tens of millions of pounds worth of funding, 110w millions of pounds worth of funding, now they will comply with the new governance code. the key points are that they have put aside three positions on the fa board for female members by 2018, and streamlined the board from 12 to ten people, and introduced to term limits for the fa council membership as well, one of the layers of the fa structure. greg clark, fa chairman, threatened to resign over this. he said it was a good start but wants to go beyond what they agreed today. a good point, a lot of people say these reforms do not go far enough but given the place your pace of change the fa has received so far, it is a significant step forward. katie, thank you. there's one game in the premier league this evening as tottenham hotspur travel to leicester city. spurs may have missed out on the title, but second place is assured. however, for leicester down in 11th two wins from two could give them a hope of an unlikely europa league spot... i think with two games to play, players can see the light at the end of the tunnel and i have said before about their attitude and professionalism. i expect us to have a good go to finish as high as we can. i've said all along that the finishing is strong and momentum is important. the players, club and fans, they want to see two good home performances. 0ne match in the scottish premiership this evening where champions celtic look to continue their unbeaten domestic run. brendan rodger‘s side play partick thistle and are one goal away from 100 in the league this season. celtic have 100 points with two games to go so could beat their record tally of 103. it's the second leg to the league two play off semi finals this evening. exeter and carlisle drew three all in theirfirst leg. blackpool have the advantage in their tie against luton. 3—2 was the score at bloomfield road last weekend. championship side nottingham forest has been sold to greek shipping magnate and 0lympiakos owner evangelos marinakis. his takeover has been confirmed by the english football league after he passed their owners' and directors' test. let's speak now to sports news correspondent richard conway. and under the current ownership it has been a period of turmoil, will it bea has been a period of turmoil, will it be a period of change? reaction on social media has been positive towards this news, that evangelos marinakis has been successful in leading champions league appearances and now he is the owner of nottingham forest. he will bring with him several key personnel from the club, and wants to establish stability, he says. i've been speaking to him, his only interview after completing the takeover. but i did have to ask him about his controversial past. there are allegations based about match fixing, being part of a criminal organisation and, at one stage, being involved in the bombing of a ba kery being involved in the bombing of a bakery belonging to a referee. i put all of that to evangelos marinakis and asked him to clear up his legal situation, and he said this... we've already been cleared by the football league. by the authorities. they've asked us numerous questions and, at the end of the day, all of this has taken the end of the day, all of this has ta ken place the end of the day, all of this has taken place in the last 13 months. we are all clear and passed the tests not only from local authorities in the uk but from independent organisations. we've nothing to be concerned about. marinakis remains under investigation for a separate match fixing case in greece. he says he is not worried about it. the efl cleared him under the owners and directors test. that will cause some debate but for now, he is concentrating on nottingham forest and wants to get them back to the premier lady, he says. he is backing mark warburton —— the premier league. and ticket reductions for fa ns league. and ticket reductions for fans and there will be fan representation on the board. interesting times for nottingham forest who will be looking forward to their new season perhaps with a new sense of optimism after five yea rs new sense of optimism after five years under their previous owner. studio: indeed, richard conway, thank you forjoining us. british number one johanna konta is out of the italian open, she lost to venus williams in rome. konta recovered from a set down against the american, but eventually lost 6—1 3—6 6—1. konta had won three matches in a row against williams — before today. tim hague has more. johanna konta's korea has blossomed so much so that she is evenly favourite when taking on a williams. while venus is not the player that she used to be comedy class remains. irrespective of age. the 36—year—old, ten years the briton's senior, was at her best from the off in rome, winning 6—1. time for a pep talk... words of wisdom works, konta was a different player in the second set, dictating the direction of the match. one set of peace and the first that williams dropped all tournament, as things well and truly heated up before the american called the temperatures dramatically back to the form she showed in the first. she was just too good for konta. in fa ct she was just too good for konta. in fact illustrated by the match—winning point. 6—1 to williams. she, the player in blue today. former world number one maria sharapova has agreed a deal with the lawn tennis association to play at birmingham's aegon classic for the next two years. the former wimbledon champion recent return to tennis following a 15—month drugs ban. she'll play at the wta event for the first time in seven years after she received a wild card invitation, she's yet to find out though. she won't appear at the french open in ten days' time and is yet to find out if she'll get a wild card for this year's wimbledon. the outgoing chief executive of the rfu, ian ritchie, says he still rues england's "horrendous" exit from their home world cup in 2015, but believes rugby union in england is in a "very strong place". ritchie helped appoint the australian eddiejones as head coach but doesn't think his successor has to be english... isaid at i said at the time when we were appointing eddie, and i think proved absolutely that you need the best coach that you can get. the most important thing is, and frankly whether he is australian, kiwi, martian with purple spots, you need the best coach that you can get. what happens is success on the pitch here with the england team has an undoubted ball impact on a —year—olds playing rugby on a sunday morning. you wanted to be a success. his impact has been hugely positive and whoever takes over from eddie needs to be, you know, the best in the world that we can get. just a week after the women's sport trust launched their ‘blue plaque rebellion' campaign to unearth and pay tribute to forgotten female sporting stars, women's football has today been awarded its very first blue plaque— a celebration of the dick kerr ladies who once drew a a crowd of 53,000 at goodison park back in 1920 before the fa placed a 50 year ban on womens football. former england goalkeeper rachel brown—finnis reports. it isa it is a centenary year for dick kerr ladies. in 1917, a team of women from this factory in preston raised thousands of pounds for charity to aid injured servicemen. in three yea rs, aid injured servicemen. in three years, they were the unofficial england team and now, 100 years on, preston is finally honouring them. chairing i proud, —— cheering i feel so cheering ifeel so proud. cheering i feel so proud. having it on the factory floor, paces from where they lived, where my grandfather and grandmother grew up, lived, where my grandfather and grandmothergrew up, in lived, where my grandfather and grandmother grew up, in the same house, it is nice to have that memorial. almost every factory involved had a ladies football team, but it was dick kerr ladies, with a string of famous victories, accommodating in a 1918 boxing day crowd of 33,000, watching them beat st helens ladies. there has been a campaignfor st helens ladies. there has been a campaign for their blue plaque. st helens ladies. there has been a campaign for their blue plaquem hasn't hit home. it has been manic but i am so proud of the dick kerr ladies, finally and officially recognised in their hometown. i cannot put a price on it, i'm so happy for them. everybody should be proud of where women's football is and now the fa really want to double participation in the next four yea rs, participation in the next four years, giving all of those goals the chance to play is brilliant. they wa nt to chance to play is brilliant. they want to double the fan base and see the england lionesses succeed on the pitch. the dick kerr centenary celebrations continue with the first women's walking tournament injuly. and an exhibition will ensure the story of this remarkable team from preston inspires the next generation of female footballers. fantastic to see that recognition. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. including use of premier league and scottish premiership football as well. we will see you later on. you are watching bbc 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information we have at this moment, there is no indication that this was an act of terrorism. that being said, we are reinforcing key locations around the city with our anti—terrorist units of the nypd. we have an abundance of caution, major sites in the city will get additional police coverage from our anti—terrorist units. we all feel deeply right now for those who are injured and for the families and particularly for the family of the young woman who was lost. our prayers are with her family and all of those who, right now, are suffering because of this horrible incident. i want to thank all of our first

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