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00:00:21I'm Mark Benstead and here are your
00:00:23your latest sports headlines. Infantino's
00:00:27Infantino's carries on the Fifa president
00:00:29president remains in position. Salah
00:00:32Salah on the move. Mo gets set to
00:00:35to sign for Trabzonspor. And Joseph
00:00:38Joseph Parker can return to the ring. ring. The former heavyweight champion
00:00:42champion has seen his ban lifted.
00:00:58MUSIC Come
00:00:58Come along Gianni Infantino will
00:01:03will remain as Fifa president for for now after he received the backing
00:01:06backing of senior executives in a
00:01:08a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday. Wednesday. Infantino has been under
00:01:12under fire for plans to sell off off to investors stakes in the World
00:01:15World Cup. And in a statement after after the meeting, the Fifa Management
00:01:19Management Board acknowledged the
00:01:20the need for improved processes around around communications to apologise
00:01:24apologise for mistakes but said they they will not tolerate any attacks
00:01:27attacks on its integrity and will will take all necessary measures
00:01:30measures to defend its reputation. reputation. The Canadian Prime Minister,
00:01:34Minister, Mark Carney, is one of of the latest to publicly express
00:01:37express that he has lost confidence confidence in the Fifa president.
00:01:39president. Andy Swiss has the story.
00:01:43story. Thumbs up or thumbs down.
00:01:46down. Approval is something Gianni Gianni Infantino has not seen much
00:01:48much of in the last week. So how
00:01:51how much did he have left? Well, Well, this was his chance to find
00:01:54find out as he summoned Fifa's senior senior officials to a meeting in
00:01:58in Morocco to discuss the crisis crisis following his ill-fated attempt
00:02:01attempt to sell off stakes in their
00:02:04their competitions. Gianni Infantino Infantino Infantino's spent the past
00:02:08past week in Morocco. This was him him last Thursday as joint hosts
00:02:11hosts of the next men's World Cup. Cup. It's a place which still welcomes
00:02:14welcomes him. But elsewhere the pressure's
00:02:17pressure's been mounting, including including within Fifa, after criticism
00:02:20criticism from the head of global global development Arsene Wenger
00:02:23Wenger and Secretary General Mattias Mattias Grafstrom, who called recent
00:02:26recent events sad and reproachable, reproachable, and around Europe in
00:02:30in particular, the backlash continues. continues. Portugal legend Luis Figo
00:02:34Figo has now demanded his resignation resignation on social media. Figo
00:02:38Figo said it is too late to save save his dignity, but it is not too
00:02:42too late to save football and there there is broader concern about recent
00:02:45recent events. It's frankly it's it's more egregious than anything
00:02:48anything I've seen before with respect respect to Fifa. What I do think
00:02:51think that we should see, though, though, is some sort of accountability
00:02:54accountability or checks and balances balances that prevent things of this
00:02:58this egregious nature from ever happening happening again. But after a decade
00:03:01decade of rule and a week of chaos,
00:03:04chaos, what next for Fifa's embattled
00:03:06embattled president? Andy Swiss, Swiss, BBC News. After finishing
00:03:10finishing the meeting, Infantino Infantino was spotted in the crowd
00:03:13crowd at the women's Afcon. He saw
00:03:16saw Zambia beat Malawi two one. Nigeria
00:03:19Nigeria were six two winners over over Egypt. Elsewhere, Matthias Jaissle
00:03:23Jaissle has been confirmed as the the new head coach of Newcastle United.
00:03:27United. At 38, he becomes the second second youngest current boss in the
00:03:30the Premier League. Earlier I spoke spoke with Newcastle reporter Kieran
00:03:34Kieran Kelly, who is with the team
00:03:36team at their training camp in Spain.
00:03:38Spain. Matthias Jaissle, of course, course, flew in to Spain for Newcastle's
00:03:42Newcastle's training camp at La Manga Manga on Saturday and he's essentially
00:03:46essentially been working with the the players, meeting the players, players, settling in really is a
00:03:49a lot of work to do before that first first game of the season against
00:03:53against Liverpool, which will come come around quick in just a couple
00:03:57couple of weeks' time. But there's
00:03:58there's been issues with regards regards to paperwork before this
00:04:02this could be announced, so it's it's worth remembering he's leaving
00:04:05leaving Al Ahly, who've had to appoint appoint a new manager. They've not
00:04:08not done so yet, so it's taken a a while for this to be formally announced.
00:04:11announced. But yeah, he's he's effectively effectively been working away as as Newcastle United's manager for
00:04:15for a number of days now. Why have have the ownership turned to Yasir
00:04:19Yasir as the man to take on the job
00:04:21job following the departure of Eddie
00:04:25Eddie Howe? Yeah, I think there's there's two strands to this. Firstly,
00:04:28Firstly, I think some of the broad broad principles they both share.
00:04:32share. So Eddie Howe we know his
00:04:35his Newcastle team at their very very best. They're aggressive. They're
00:04:37They're front footed. They're high high energy. And that's sort of what
00:04:41what Matthias Jaissle is all about.
00:04:44about. But the other thing that really really stands out about him is how how he's developed young players.
00:04:48players. So at Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg he was known for aggressive
00:04:51aggressive football that I touched touched on there winning the ball ball high up the pitch attacking.
00:04:55attacking. But when he went to Saudi Saudi Arabia, he sort of adapted. adapted. He had different players
00:04:58players who weren't used to that that approach. And you know, he started
00:05:02started to instil a very strong defensive defensive foundations as well. And
00:05:05And I think any manager to succeed succeed in the Premier League, particularly
00:05:09particularly when they're 38, particularly particularly when they haven't managed managed at this level really this
00:05:13this top, top level of the Premier Premier League before, I think they
00:05:16they need that balance. So you put put all that together. The fact that
00:05:19that he is, as I say, young, there's
00:05:22there's a lot to I suppose that's that's intriguing. Newcastle work work has been done in the transfer
00:05:26transfer market up until this point point to bring bodies in and mentioned mentioned earlier younger bodies.
00:05:30bodies. But if the deal for Bruno Bruno now goes through as well, how
00:05:33how much extra work will need to to be done? I don't think you can
00:05:36can replace Bruno Guimaraes realistically. realistically. Like for like what
00:05:39what he represents at Newcastle. Newcastle. He's not just a talisman talisman off the field. He's their
00:05:43their captain. He's their leader.
00:05:45leader. They're not going to find find someone identical in the transfer
00:05:48transfer market. So I think they
00:05:50they almost have to find someone
00:05:53someone who with time can drive that that midfield can drive the club
00:05:56club forward I guess. And for me, me, I think a bit of more experience
00:05:59experience is really important. I'm I'm not saying Newcastle will go
00:06:02go out and sign a 28-year-old or or a 29-year-old midfielder, but
00:06:05but I think they need to be sort
00:06:07sort of at the you know that that that 25 sort of age range because
00:06:11because I think to bring in a 20-year-old 20-year-old to fill Bruno Guimaraes
00:06:14Guimaraes boots, that's a big
00:06:18ask. Another player linked with Arsenal Arsenal was Vinicius Junior, but but he looks to be staying at Real
00:06:22Real Madrid after the Spanish side side offered him improved terms,
00:06:25terms, terms that are understood understood to be more amenable to
00:06:28to the Brazilian international. At At one winger on the move is Mohamed
00:06:32Mohamed Salah. He is set to sign sign for Turkish club Trabzonspor.
00:06:35Trabzonspor. The Egyptian was mobbed mobbed by fans on Wednesday when
00:06:38when he emerged from Ataturk Airport Airport in Istanbul, dressed in the
00:06:42the club's colours. The 34-year-old 34-year-old left Liverpool at the
00:06:44the end of last season after nine
00:06:47nine years on Merseyside, scoring
00:06:49scoring 257 goals. Trabzonspor will will hold a signing ceremony for
00:06:53for Salah at Papara Park on Thursday. Thursday. Ukraine winger Mykhailo
00:06:57Mykhailo Mudryk has made his first first appearance for Chelsea in 20
00:07:0120 months. He came on as a substitute substitute in their one zero defeat
00:07:04defeat by Juventus in Hong Kong, Kong, just five days after his suspension
00:07:08suspension for testing positive for for the banned substance meldonium
00:07:11meldonium ended. He joined them in
00:07:13in January 2023 in a deal worth up up to £89 million, but has been suspended
00:07:17suspended for nearly as long as he
00:07:19he was available for. I really pleased
00:07:22pleased for him. It was emotional
00:07:25emotional for everyone from the club
00:07:27club to see him back, especially especially when I told him that before
00:07:31before the game that was my idea
00:07:34idea that he could play a 10, 15
00:07:3615 minutes. He was thrilled for sure.
00:07:41sure. It was after such a long period period to be back on the pitch. It
00:07:45It was a great feeling for him and and a great, great feeling for everyone
00:07:48everyone as well. A former world world heavyweight champion, Joseph
00:07:51Joseph Parker has been cleared to to fight again after his provisional
00:07:55provisional suspension for testing testing positive for cocaine was
00:07:57was lifted. The 34-year-old New Zealander
00:07:59Zealander was tested by the voluntary voluntary Anti-Doping Association
00:08:03Association on the 25th of October. October. On the same day he was beaten
00:08:06beaten at Britain's Fabio Wardley. Wardley. Parker has denied knowingly
00:08:10knowingly taking any banned substances. substances. He had faced the possibility
00:08:13possibility of a ban of up to two
00:08:17two years in the five years since since the Taliban returned to power
00:08:20power in Afghanistan, women have have been banned from all organised
00:08:22organised sport. But against the the odds, Afghanistan's women's footballers
00:08:26footballers now scattered across across the world, have found a way
00:08:29way back onto the international stage stage after Fifa changed its rules,
00:08:32rules, allowing them to officially officially represent Afghanistan.
00:08:36Afghanistan. Mahjooba Nowrouzi followed followed their journey as they travelled travelled to New Zealand for their
00:08:40their first training camp and match
00:08:41match since the historic rule change.
00:08:46change. At the time, but. A song
00:08:50song for Afghanistan, a team reunited.
00:08:53reunited. These players have travelled travelled from across the world for
00:08:57for two friendlies in Auckland against
00:08:59against the Cook Islands. The first
00:09:02first century FA allowed Afghanistan's
00:09:05Afghanistan's team in exile back back into international football.
00:09:09football. Afghanistan to be free free and we want Afghan girls and
00:09:12and women to be free, to be able
00:09:14able to choose who they want to be. be. We want to prove that we are
00:09:18are still here. We still fighting fighting for the rights that you
00:09:21you took away from us. Five years
00:09:23years ago. Everything changed for
00:09:26for them almost overnight when the
00:09:28the Taliban returned to power, women
00:09:30women were banned from playing sports.
00:09:33sports. Afghanistan's women's team team was forced into exile, unable
00:09:37unable to represent their country. country. They were scattered across
00:09:40across the world. I was bullied throughout throughout high school and football football gave me the confidence to
00:09:44to be who I am today and to be able able to speak loud so I don't know
00:09:48know where I would be. Now they are are back together rebuilding the
00:09:51the team. They thought they had lost.
00:09:55lost. These matches are only the
00:09:58the beginning. The aim is to rebuild
00:10:00rebuild Afghanistan's team in exile
00:10:02exile and to compete for a place
00:10:05place at the 2028 Olympic Games. Games. I will be proud of the team
00:10:08team and proud of myself that I was
00:10:10was part of the journey and we made
00:10:12made history by being the first football
00:10:15football team to get our recognition recognition without the approval
00:10:18approval of the Taliban. I'm so proud proud of our young players who played played today. Great game. Don't cry,
00:10:22cry, don't cry. Heads down. It's It's more than football for us. Afghanistan
00:10:26Afghanistan lost both matches to to the Cook Islands, but after years
00:10:30years in exile simply wearing their
00:10:32their country's colours again is
00:10:34is a victory. Their Olympic dream
00:10:38dream is still alive. I'm gonna stop.
00:10:40stop. Yeah. Now you get all the latest
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00:14:13going to be with us for years to to come. We're going to have to learn
00:14:16learn to live with it, but we'll
00:14:17we'll not see our lives dominated
00:14:21dominated by it. MUSIC
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00:15:12Live from Singapore. This is BBC
00:15:17BBC News. Iran says it is in the the final stages of negotiations
00:15:21negotiations with Oman on a deal deal that would allow ships to pass
00:15:23pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. Russia launches a devastating
00:15:27devastating attack on Kyiv, with with President Zelensky warning that
00:15:29that a lack of air defence missiles missiles is costing Ukrainian lives.
00:15:33lives. Left wing candidate Abdul Abdul El-Sayed wins the US Democratic
00:15:37Democratic primary for a key Senate Senate seat in Michigan, a result result that could have implications
00:15:41implications for the party's future future direction. Plus, Gianni Infantino
00:15:45Infantino will remain president of of Fifa after receiving the backing
00:15:48backing of senior executives but
00:15:50but sincerely apologises for errors errors made in his controversial
00:15:53controversial private investment
00:15:54investment plans.