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Womens officials at the elite level being given the same access to the facilities and training that officials and the mens game, in the premier league and the efl receive. but what there isnt at the moment from the fa is a timeframe on when wsl referees could be made fully professional. i think there is a growing sense that patience is wearing somewhat thin in that area. people calling for that to change more quickly. especially when you consider that there is more money in the game now in terms...

L athletes, is speaking out about his encounter with peng shuai, saying she is in pretty good condition. this as pengs well-being has become a global concern since making allegations of sexual assault against a former national leader. joining me thonow, patrick mcen. great to see you. yao ming is a huge figure around the world, even bigger inside china. so how do you interpret his speaking out about peng shuais condition? >> good morning, john. i guess i interpret it the same way i interpreted p...

Matter. bach in beijing is expected to meet with peng soon. the olympic bubble is holding the athletes, the person pell and incoming media kept separate from the rest of china. this as the number of new covid-19 cases continues to rise and spread across the mainland. >> china facing a renewed challenge to halt this latest surge. snap lockdowns, mass testing and contact tracing and all a bit stepped up as the country works to show its superiority in containing the virus. state media continuing to...

Jacket. the ioc insisting they are supporting her. >> i think we need also to listen to her and we need to read what shes saying. >> at the weekend, she told a french newspaper that the sexual assault allegation against a former senior chinese government leader was an enormous misunderstanding. her original social media post was deleted soon after it was posted, but now a series of photos emerging from the interview appearing to show a chinese olympic official accompanying her. the french newspa...

Canada are among the countries protesting through a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. >> the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics. >> the diplomatic boycott punctuated with the case of chinese tennis star peng shuai. it was the same official who led the beijing bid for the 202 games. among a global outcry peng has resurfaced in multiple state media reports denying she made the acquisition. some have accused the...

Show a chinese olympic official accompanying her and the womens tennis association saying the interview does not alleviate its concerns. as we would do with any of our players that wta chairman and ceo says we have called for a formal investigation into the allegations by the appropriate authorities and for the wta to meet with peng privately to discuss her situation. this morning continuing controversy over chinas choice of athletes to light the olympic cauldron. a member of the mainly muslim u...

Publicly for the second time, that we do not know if she was being coerced into making these statements in order to make the scandal go away. in fact, i spoke to the journalist from the french sports outlet where she again denied making the sexual assault allegations and he made it clear to me that it was a carefully managed interview. there was a chinese olympic sports official in the room with them who acted as a translator. he was required to submit the questions he was going to ask beforehan...

Chinese, something either meaning you took me to your house and raped me or you took me to your house and pressured me into having sex or you took me to your house and forced me into a sexual relationship with you. all of those are serious accusations levelled at a high—level person in government and we are no closer to knowing the truth of this because every time she appears to speak about this it is on a highly controlled propaganda environment with no one asking these questions and no close...

Committee president thomas bach. ioc officials would not say if they believe peng was under duress. >> i dont think its for us to be able to judge just as it is not for you to judge either. >> reporter: and now fresh concern for another chinese athlete, a uighur cross-country skier who lit the flame at the opening ceremony who competed saturday, finishing 43rd, then quietly retreated. at the press zone, she was a no-show. in the interview, peng shuai also announced she is retiring from tennis. s...

Language media saying there was a quote a huge misunderstanding in the outside world. the through he-time olympian and former world number one doubles player said her life had been quote nothing special since that day, and that she deleted the post herself. she also denied that she had disappeared. the 36-year-old also announced her retirement in this interview. the international olympic committee also worked to diffuse the situation yesterday. releasing a statement saying peng dined with the or...