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00:00:10journalism. BBC Sport. Hello, I'm
00:00:19I'm Tanya Arnold. Here are the top top sports stories. Leeds United
00:00:22United are up to third in the Premier Premier League after hammering Newcastle.
00:00:26Newcastle. Brendon McCullum wants wants Kevin Pietersen to challenge challenge him as the former England
00:00:30England batter joins the coaching
00:00:32coaching set up. And Madrid's Madring
00:00:34Madring circuit will be changed after after criticism from Formula One
00:00:38One drivers and fans.
00:00:54Leeds United moved up to third in the Premier League with a thumping
00:00:58thumping 4-1 win over Newcastle on on Monday night. Their opener was
00:01:01was an own goal that deflected off off two Newcastle players before
00:01:05before going in a couple of minutes minutes later. Jayden Bogle was credited
00:01:08credited after a towering header header from Dominic Calvert-Lewin Calvert-Lewin brushed off the top
00:01:12top of his head but on the stroke stroke of half-time Calvert-Lewin
00:01:14Calvert-Lewin did get his name on on the scoresheet. Noah Okafor got
00:01:18got their fourth and though Newcastle Newcastle got a late goal, it was
00:01:21was a mere consolation on a night
00:01:23night that belonged to Leeds. There's There's always something to improve
00:01:26improve and it's more or less good good for the manager to have something
00:01:29something to speak about it. So it's
00:01:32it's important that we stay humble humble and are down to earth and
00:01:35and know, OK, we can't allow to ourselves
00:01:37ourselves to be big time or to get get too carried away. You have to
00:01:41to do the basics. And of course, course, it's goal that we conceded
00:01:45conceded was, was avoidable especially especially my defensive role would
00:01:48would have deserved a clean sheet sheet but doesn't take anything away
00:01:51away that our performance was top
00:01:53top class. That was a tough match,
00:01:55match, a tough evening. We said that
00:01:59that beforehand already that this
00:02:01this season will be packed with many many challenges. We were aware of
00:02:04of that and tonight we faced a big
00:02:06big challenge. Tough night. We didn't didn't wish to have that but we need
00:02:10need to learn out of it straight straight away. The good part is that
00:02:14that we play at home now on, on Saturday
00:02:18Saturday and we need to show the the right reaction straight away.
00:02:22away. The video referee from Sunday's Sunday's Manchester derby and his
00:02:25his assistant have not been appointed appointed for next weekend's Premier
00:02:29Premier League games after the governing governing body admitted to an error
00:02:32error of judgement in awarding Erling Erling Haaland's winning goal for
00:02:35for city. His effort was initially initially disallowed on the field
00:02:38field for offside but following VAR
00:02:41VAR intervention it was given VAR VAR was introduced in the Premier
00:02:45Premier League seven years ago and and football journalist Henry Winter Winter says improvements still need
00:02:49need to come in the way the technology
00:02:52technology is being operated. It It works well in the Champions League.
00:02:54League. We just have an issue here here and having spent £3 billion
00:02:58billion in the transfer window, I I think the Premier League clubs clubs could find a bit of cash down
00:03:02down the back of the sofa to invest invest more in improving standards standards of refereeing. This shouldn't
00:03:06shouldn't be about a club by club club thing. It's been interesting interesting on social media this
00:03:10this morning fans rightly saying saying well hang on a sec, you know,
00:03:12know, did you make the same fuss fuss about or did was there the same
00:03:15same fuss made about this issue which which affected us when VAR didn't
00:03:19didn't help us? But actually this this should be a sport wide or a
00:03:23a Premier League wide issue. And And all the fans of all the clubs
00:03:26clubs could who have all had issues issues against them and have got
00:03:30got incidents that they could highlight. highlight. Just we need to improve
00:03:33improve it. We have the so-called so-called best league in the world.
00:03:37world. We can argue about, you know, know, elements of it tactical, technical
00:03:40technical and issue. Are there enough enough superstars? But English football
00:03:43football has got the money to get get this right. And the issue is
00:03:46is not with technology. It's just just got to be used properly. And
00:03:49And that is down to improving the
00:03:53the quality of the individuals. Liverpool Liverpool take on Tottenham in the
00:03:56the third round of the League Cup Cup on Tuesday, and their head coach,
00:04:00coach, Andoni Iraola, admits he shares shares the fans frustration after
00:04:03after their 0-0 draw against Fulham Fulham at the weekend. Having drawn
00:04:07drawn their opening two Premier League League matches, they beat Ipswich
00:04:10Ipswich and then had a good win against against Atletico Madrid in the Champions
00:04:13Champions League. But he feels the the side took a step backwards on
00:04:17on Saturday. I understand the frustration frustration the other day because
00:04:20because we were also frustrated because because I think we were coming from
00:04:23from two good games and we were considering considering OK, it's a step forward.
00:04:26forward. This is a step forward. forward. Atletico Madrid and we wanted
00:04:29wanted like, no, now it's going to
00:04:31to be forward no. And then step backwards. backwards. The performance level
00:04:34level is not like the two other days.
00:04:37days. And but this happens in football.
00:04:40football. I think. We have to accept accept it in terms of there are going
00:04:44going to be up and downs in this
00:04:48this process, but we have clear that that where we want to go is more
00:04:52more towards where we've been. Atletico Atletico Madrid, Ipswich that's the
00:04:56the kind of style, that's the kind
00:04:57kind of football that we want. And
00:05:01And I think we now is the key is
00:05:03is like the consistency to perform
00:05:06perform like this. Tributes are being being paid to former Czech Republic,
00:05:10Republic, West Ham and QPR goalkeeper goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko, who died
00:05:13died at the age of 64. Miklosko represented
00:05:16represented his country more than than 40 times and made almost 400
00:05:19400 appearances for West Ham. He He was much loved by supporters who
00:05:23who regularly sang his name long long after he left the club. He withdrew
00:05:27withdrew from cancer treatment in
00:05:29in December 2024. Three years after after his diagnosis. Days later he
00:05:33he returned to West Ham's London London Stadium for a Premier League
00:05:36League match and got a hero's reception.
00:05:41reception. England white ball head head coach Brendon McCullum wants
00:05:44wants Kevin Pietersen to challenge challenge his methods. Pietersen
00:05:47Pietersen has recently been appointed appointed as a mentor to the squad squad and joined up with them for
00:05:51for the first time on Sunday ahead
00:05:54ahead of the upcoming T20 and one one day international series against
00:05:57against Sri Lanka. Pietersen was was very critical of the England
00:06:00England players during the Tour of of India last year, but McCullum
00:06:02McCullum doesn't want him to change.
00:06:05change. Yeah, I ran Kev and said said do you want to come and help
00:06:08help us challenge for a World Cup? Cup? He said no. He said I was just
00:06:12just I was criticising you not long long ago. I said, I don't care about about that. So some of it's fair
00:06:15fair and some of it, you know, would would need some explanation. But But I have no problem with that.
00:06:19that. I think it's healthy when you you create an environment where you're
00:06:22you're able to challenge, as long long as you're always trying to think think of what's right for the team
00:06:26team and to try and help the team team to achieve what you want, then
00:06:29then there's no problem having that that kind of that kind of challenge.
00:06:32challenge. Energy is brought to the the group already has been immense.
00:06:35immense. And you know, I feel very
00:06:38very privileged for us to be able able to have him as a resource within
00:06:41within our dressing room. He was was obviously a brilliant cricketer.
00:06:44cricketer. He viewed the game quite quite differently. He was a winner
00:06:48winner and he was a guy who left left no stone unturned when it came
00:06:52came to his preparation. And, you you know, I think for us, we're very very lucky to have him as part of
00:06:56of our support staff. Organisers
00:06:59Organisers of the Spanish Grand Prix Prix say they'll make changes to
00:07:02to the New Madrid circuit after criticism
00:07:04criticism of its first race at the the weekend. Drivers and fans complained
00:07:08complained about the lack of overtaking overtaking opportunities on the new
00:07:11new Madring, with Audi's Gabriel Gabriel Bortoleto saying he almost
00:07:15almost fell asleep on world champion champion Lando Norris, who was denied
00:07:19denied victory for McLaren by the the unfortunate timing of a virtual
00:07:22virtual safety car, said there are
00:07:23are some obvious changes they should
00:07:27should make. England's Henry Pollock
00:07:29Pollock continues to play hardball hardball in his negotiations over
00:07:32over a new contract at Northampton Northampton Saints. He insists he's
00:07:36he's open to offers from elsewhere elsewhere when his current deal,
00:07:38deal, believed to be worth around around £150,000 a year, finishes
00:07:42finishes at the end of the upcoming upcoming season. The 21-year-old
00:07:4621-year-old recently added boxing boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to his
00:07:49his team, who said Pollock was a
00:07:51a seven figure player whose current
00:07:53current pay shocked him. Obviously Obviously there's loads of different
00:07:56different things that come into place. place. I need to make sure that it's it's right for me to stay here so
00:08:00so we're still having those conversations conversations at the minute. But But look, I'm open to every kind
00:08:04kind of new new chapter and whichever whichever one I choose, I guess I
00:08:08I know it'll be right for me. So So I'm just at the minute just still
00:08:11still thinking about it. Wales get
00:08:15get their women's WXV campaign under under way against South Africa at
00:08:18at Cardiff Arms Park on Friday. In In the build-up to that, the Welsh
00:08:22Welsh Rugby Union has hit back at at claims on social media that the
00:08:26the women's programme is a financial financial drain on the men's game.
00:08:29game. Women's rugby director Nadine Nadine Griffiths says allegations
00:08:33allegations that a men's professional professional regional club is to
00:08:36to be cut because of investment in in the women's games were embarrassing.
00:08:39embarrassing. I'm not. Going to lie, lie, I'm really disappointed and and slightly embarrassed sometimes
00:08:43sometimes by some of the comments comments that I read in terms of
00:08:47of the narrative around the women's women's game, taking money from the
00:08:50the men's game. It comes out of a a different budget line. There's
00:08:53There's five different budget lines
00:08:55lines being men's, women's stadium.
00:08:58stadium. Our community, end of the
00:09:00the game, etc and that money does
00:09:03does not come out of that men's game.
00:09:05game. But it's also a misconception misconception because the women's
00:09:07women's game actually generates revenue
00:09:09revenue as well. So we generated
00:09:12generated £1.7 million last year, year, you know, so in terms of where
00:09:16where we are and where we want to
00:09:18to get to, it is a strategic priority.
00:09:21priority. Commercial growth within within the women's game because that
00:09:24that is our that is our growth area area of rugby in general. So if we
00:09:28we look at the men's game we are are hitting ceilings in terms of
00:09:31of where I can. Commercial growth growth opportunities are. There's There's only so much more we can
00:09:35can charge for tickets. There's only only so many people we can get into
00:09:38into the ground, etc whereas our
00:09:40our women's game provides us an opportunity
00:09:43opportunity to really bring some
00:09:46some serious cash and into Welsh Welsh rugby as a whole. But like
00:09:50like I explained earlier, it isn't
00:09:52isn't just about that commercial commercial growth, it's about providing
00:09:55providing the community the pathways pathways opportunities that any girl
00:09:58girl can play. But it's also bringing bringing a new audience into Welsh
00:10:01Welsh rugby. So it's bringing people people that don't traditionally watch
00:10:05watch men's rugby into women's rugby.
00:10:07rugby. And again, it leans into that
00:10:09that commercial growth where we're we're selling more jerseys. We are
00:10:13are watching more games. And finally,
00:10:16finally, did you know there was a a world black pudding throwing championships?
00:10:20championships? It comes from the the 15th century war of the roses
00:10:23roses between the royal houses of of York and Lancaster, and is based
00:10:27based on a battle when it's alleged alleged both sides ran out of ammunition
00:10:31ammunition and started throwing food food at each other. This version
00:10:35version sees competitors taking it it in turns to hurl black puddings
00:10:37puddings at a pile of Yorkshire puddings
00:10:40puddings on a tall plinth. Apparently
00:10:42Apparently it was a four way split split for the title. Congratulations
00:10:46Congratulations to all the winners. winners. You can get all the latest
00:10:48latest sports news from the BBC Sport Sport website and app. But for me
00:10:52me and the rest of the team here.
00:10:54here. Goodbye for now.
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