government and led by 11—time pa ralympic gold—medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication and the child sex abuse scandal in football. actually it's about winning medals, that's something that i think eve ryo ne that's something that i think everyone in the uk would support, we feel better as a nation when we're winning football, paralympics, olympics, you name it, it's a moment to celebrate. but over the last few yea rs to celebrate. but over the last few years duty of care is something that has been slipping away, it's not intentional or malicious, but there's hard targets out there and we wa nt there's hard targets out there and we want to see british athletes doing well. if we get duty of care right we can do well if not better. meanwhile olympic rowing champion dame katharine grainger, here on the right, has been appointed the new chair of uk sport. dame katherine is britain's most successful female olympian, winning gold in 2012 and four silver medals. she'll begin work at th

... baroness tanni—grey thompson's reccomendations for athlete welfare across all sports have been published. the year long ‘duty of care review‘ has made several proposals including the creation of a sports ombudsman role with the power to hold national governing bodies to account. winning medals is something that i think everyone in the uk would support. we feel better as a nation when we went olympics, paralympics, football, you name it is a moment to celebrate but duty of care has slipped away. i don't think it is intentional or malicious, there are ha rd targets intentional or malicious, there are hard targets out there and we want to see british athletes doing well. if we get duty of care right we can do as well, if not better. british cycling has already been the subject of an independent investigation into a culture of bullying and discrimination and they are implementing their own code of conduct. the track team has just returned from the world championships in hong kong, elinor barker won a gold and two silvers. speaking to our sports editor dan roan before baroness grey—thom

american golfer lexi thompson the first major of the year. the football association will ask david moyes to explain the comments he made to a bbc reporter last month. the sunderland manager has apologised to vicky sparks after telling her ?she might get a slap". after telling her "she might get a slap". he had taken exception to her line of questioning about whether he was feeling the pressure after their match against burnley. the remarks were made after their tv interview had finished. just getting a wee bit naughty at the end there. just watch yourself. you still might a get a slap even though you're a woman. careful the next time you come in. moyes spoke today about the incident at a scheduled news conference ahead of their match against leicester tomorrow. it was in the heat of the moment and i deeply regret the comments i made. it's certainly not the person who i am. i accept it was a mistake. i spoke to the bbc reporter who accepted my apology and hopefully we will all move on. that apology may not be enough, with reaction to the comments from the group women in football urg

end of the story. but for lexi thompson, on the verge of winning one of women's golf major tournaments, she was penalised in herfinal round after a tv viewer spotted an infringement the previous day. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, reports. just imagine it. you are on course for the winner of your life, just a few homes from glory but lexi thompson's dream was about to become a nightmare. the reason, this moment from her previous round. look closely, she marks a ball, picks it up closely, she marks a ball, picks it up and then puts it down in a fractionally different place, which is against the rules. no one noticed at the time but a tv viewer spotted it, alerted officials who then interrupted her final round to give her a four shot penalty. is this a joke? no, it is not. that is ridiculous. thomson was in tears. instead of two shots ahead she was to be had. this belief shared by the watching tiger woods the immediately tweeted, viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. let's go lexie, when this thing anyway. she came remarkably close. she battled back

round of 71 yesterday has left her eight shots behind leader lexi thompson of america. hull gets herfinal round under way at 20 to nine uk time — this evening. following johanna konta's victory in the miami open yesterday it's the men's turn today. and it's a repeat of the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we speak in the second set right now. roger federer is on serve right now. we will keep you up to date with that. and finally, belgium's phillipe gilbert took an impressive solo victory in one of cycling's five one—day "monuments" — the tour of flanders. the home favourite pulled clear with more than 50 kilometres to go over the belgian hills and cobbles and finished in style, hopping off his bike and carrying it over the line. apparently that is allowed in the rules. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. hello and welcome.