Stuart McCall admits taking on the challenge of steering Rangers to Premiership promotion was a gamble he couldn’t refuse as he bids to earn a longer stay as Ibrox boss. The 50-year-old was unveiled on Thursday as manager until the end of the current season – following the exit of caretaker Kenny McDowall - and hasn’t received any promises about what could lie beyond that point. However, the former Rangers midfielder insists he didn’t think twice about returning to the club where he won six league titles in seven years during the 1990s. New Rangers manager Stuart McCall raises the club scarf after being unveiled on Thursday afternoon . McCall, 50, will take charge of the club he used to play for until the end of the season . The new Rangers boss takes his first training session at Murray Park on Thursday afternoon . McCall views it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and is focused on revitalising a play-off push that could convince the new Rangers board he is the man for the future. ‘I know what the expectation levels are at this club,’ he said. ‘It’s a gamble, it’s a massive challenge but it’s an opportunity I never thought I’d get and I had to take it. ‘It’s an honour and a privilege to be asked to come and help out at this club until the end of the season. ‘People have been texting me good luck and asking me if I know what I’m doing. But it’s a wonderful opportunity for me.’ McCall addressed the players and conducted an afternoon training session at Murray Park after cancelling their scheduled day off. He spoke with director John Gilligan and interim chairman Paul Murray to reach an agreement on Wednesday but confirmed no guarantees were given beyond the 11 remaining games of the regular season. The former Motherwell manager has taken charge of the Ibrox club for the rest of the season . The former Bradford player faces the press as he is unveiled on Thursday . McCall said the chance to manage Rangers for just 11 guaranteed games was a 'wonderful opportunity' ‘There’s nothing concrete,’ said the former Motherwell boss, who will again be assisted by Kenny Black. ‘My question to the board was: “What do you see as success?” ‘I don’t want to do as well as I can, turn it around, and then see others coming in. ‘Progress will obviously be an upturn in results and everyone will say success is gaining promotion to the Premiership. But you could get to the second leg of the play-off final, see your goalkeeper sent off and lose on penalty kicks. ‘It can be a thin line between whether you go up or not. We’ve got to improve our performance and it’s about self-belief and regaining confidence. There are no guarantees either way if we go up or have to stay down. ‘I want to make it a success. I’m not an over-confident person. I know it will be a struggle but I will do my best.’ Rangers announced that caretaker manager Kenny McDowall has left the club ahead of a new appointmnet . McCall (centre right) celebrates the 1992 SPL during his Rangers playing days with the Ibrox club . McCall also confirmed he would not have taken the job had Dave King and his allies not attained boardroom power. ‘I get paid to try and get the best out of a group of players,’ he added. ‘There is no magic formula or a pill you can give them for confidence. It’s about trying to restore self-belief. A couple of results can change things. ‘The supporters are there, willing them to do well. They don’t want to come and boo. The club has had a kicking, but the team have had two promotions in the past two seasons and there is still an opportunity to get another one this year.’ McCall spoke at length with McDowall on Thursday morning, before the latter’s amicable departure was then confirmed later in the day. McDowall was a reluctant leader at Rangers and was boss for 10 games, winning just three of those . Stuart McCall (left), who was Scotland assistant under Gordon Strachan, has taken charge at Ibrox . McDowall became caretaker manager after Ally McCoist was placed on garden leave by the old regime just before Christmas. He was, however, always a reluctant conscript to the role and had handed in his own notice in January. ‘It was an honour and privilege to work for Rangers Football Club and I will leave with so many positive memories,’ said McDowall, who originally arrived at Ibrox as first-team coach in 2007. ‘I have worked with so many talented people since I joined and I will forever be in Walter Smith’s debt for bringing me to Rangers. ‘Working with Walter, Ally McCoist, Ian Durrant, Jim Stewart and all the backroom staff plus the staff at Ibrox and Murray Park was a pleasure and I wish the club well for the future. ‘I was delighted to play a part in the club’s history and I wish the supporters and new management team all the very best.’

Stuart McCall was named as the Rangers manager until end of the season . Former Motherwell boss said it was a gamble he could not turn down . McCall says that promotion to the Scottish Premiership is the club's goal . Caretaker manager Kenny McDowall left the club on Thursday .

 as successor to Pedro Caixinha after a successful three-month spell in caretaker charge.
READ ALSO:Rangers name McCall as new boss as club continue search for Caixinha successor
The Scotland assistant coach has a big job on his hands as Rangers aim to end their 10-year wait to reach the top flight of European football. McCall has the unenviable task of building on Caixinha’s short stint in the Ibrox hotseat.
But he is determined to make an impression on Rangers’ supporters and make a positive impression on owner Craig Whyte as he targets a second stint with the club he first joined as a player in 1989.
He told RangersTV: “When Craig Whyte gave me the job after the first time, it’s the one job I said if I was given the job and we got the opportunity to come back I’d want the chance.
“So, when this job came up and you have a lot of interest from different clubs, you just need to listen to your heart, listen to your gut and listen to your head. I think you take big risks when you leave jobs and I’ve left before in the past and they’ve turned out OK.
“I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to come back and Craig’s given me that opportunity again. I said yes straight away. It’s the one club that I know I could come back to and go out and enjoy. That’s what I’m here to do.
“I know there is a bit of speculation out there at the moment. But until a deal is finalised I’ll keep that to myself. I want to do what I can to earn that. The last thing I’m doing is playing games with people and not having an interest to try to say, ‘I have interest in going to another club’, or anything like that. I’m just trying to do what I can.
“I’m happy here. I’ve known Craig, I’ve known his family. I’ve known a lot of the players, players who have gone on to become coaches and work with me. We have a good relationship and good conversations.
“It’s just nice to be back, but I’m not too bothered if we don’t win something or whatever else. As long as I feel I have given myself an opportunity to try to win the league and do all I


The family of the six-year-old Oregon boy forced into eating his lunch behind a screen because his parents dropped him off one minute late to school have been gifted a brand new minivan. Hunter Cmelo's parents, Nicole Garloff and Mark Cmelo were presented with the $30,000 Chrysler minivan after local Medford businesses heard he was late because their car was old and unreliable. The photograph which was taken by his mother and posted to Facebook by his grandmother attracted global attention and shamed the school to change its policy on publicly punishing students in the same way. Scroll down for video . The family of the six-year-old Oregon boy forced into eating his lunch behind a screen because his parents dropped him off one minute late to school have been gifted a brand new minivan (pictured). Hunter Cmelo's parents, Nicole Garloff and Mark Cmelo were presented with the $30,000 Chrysler minivan . Even though Nicole and Mark's broken-down Dodge Durango was repaired by a friendly local mechanic, a local reposession firm, Rapid Repo and Collections, donated the minivan to them to make sure Hunter would always get to school on time. "When I handed dad Mark the key to the minivan, he was speechless and extremely grateful,' said McClease Kelly, who organized the generous donation. Last month, Hunter's picture was shared around the Internet as Nicole and Mark shared their outrage at their son's treatment. Lincoln Elementary School in Grants Pass was forced to change its tardiness policy after the image of the punishment was shared thousands of times on Facebook - sparking hundreds of complaints. Alone: Six-year-old Hunter Cmelo was forced to eat alone behind this cardboard divider after his parents dropped him off late to his elementary school. He was left feeling humiliated, his family said . Embarrassed: The school district said that the system is supposed to give children the chance to catch up on work they have missed by being late - but staff have now agreed to stop using the screen . In the photograph, Hunter Cmelo, a first grader at the school, can be seen sitting alone behind a cardboard divider at a cafeteria table. Close by is a cup with a large letter 'D' for 'detention'. His grandmother, Laura Hoover, shared the image to her Facebook page last Wednesday. 'This is my grandson, Hunter. He's a little first grader,' she wrote. 'His momma's car sometimes doesn't like to start right up. Sometimes he's a couple of minutes late to school. 'Yesterday, he was 1 minute late and this is what his momma discovered they do to punish him! They have done this to him 6 times for something that is out of his control! They make a mockery of him in front of the other students.' She said that his mother found Hunter crying and took him home. His parents said they were devastated when they found out what their son was going through. 'They are shaming him for something that's not in his control,' his father, Mark Cmelo, told KOIN6. 'It is our fault that he is late.' Hunter is pictured with his mother, Nicole Garloff, who admitted he is often late to school due to car troubles and because she suffers from osteoporosis, which makes it hard for her to get going in the morning . School: The principal of Lincoln Elementary School in Grants Pass, Oregon has now met with the boy's parents and reached 'an appropriate resolution', the district said . His mother, Nicole Garloff, said the punishment has left her son anxious about going to school, and that a few days ago, he began 'flipping out' because they were running late. She said that she has experienced car troubles and suffers from osteoporosis, which can set her back in the mornings. 'It causes a lot of pain and in the mornings it's especially hard for me to get going,' she said. The boy is unable to ride the school bus because they live within a mile of the school, but they are unable to walk because the road is too busy. School superintendent John Higgins and principal Missy Fitzsimmons started receiving threatening calls after the photo was shared on Facebook, according to Newswatch 12. Higgins told the channel he believes the system gave students a chance to catch up on missed work. The 'protocol was communicated to parents via newsletter and is intended to provide the students with an above average level of tardiness, supervised additional learning time in a non-distracting setting,' the district said in a statement. 'It was never intended to isolate or stigmatize students.' The principal immediately reached out to the parents after receiving complaints. They met on Thursday and agreed to stop using the partition as a punishment. 'We are pleased to report the meeting was productive,' the district said. 'The parents' concerns were politely discussed and, ultimately, the issues were resolved to the satisfaction of both parents and the school. All parties involved believe that an appropriate resolution has been reached.

Photograph of Hunter Cmelo eating alone was shared online last month . His parents Nicole and Mark owned a car which broke down too much . Because of that he was repeatedly late and the school decided to shame him . Picture caused outrage and the school to change its punishment policy .

ock and Dustin Cmelo, said that they were going on food stamps before they got their new van, and were on top of the world after he came home from school with news of it, KOIN reported.
This is an undated photo of 6-year-old Hunter Cmelo, of Clackamas, Oregon. (Image: Facebook)
Dustin Cmelo and his ex-wife dropped him off at his charter school, Liberty Elementary, 30 seconds late. A policy at the school required the pair to bring a letter excusing them for the lateness.
The school's superintendent, Brian Trelstad, told KOIN that he would have let them off the hook for the penalty if they were late two times in a row, however the Cmellos were late the second time, and so the law was enforced. “This rule is designed for consistency. We will not allow a child to miss more than two classes because of lateness," Trelstad said.
A parent of a child at the school reportedly saw the Cmellos' son being forced to eat behind the screen, and reported it. The next day, the superintendent called to apologize, and later asked the pair for the van.
"The board of directors are all parents and when they saw that and how much it meant to that family, it moved them enough to put a request out to our community to try and get something that could help them out." Cmelo told KATU-TV.
The superintendent had the van delivered to a gas station where Garlock works, and had its keys hidden underneath one of the pumps. The six-year-old was taken home by his siblings and parents, who all got inside the new ride to celebrate.
"We love this car," he said, pointing at the license plate that said "GARLOCK". "It's got a G on it just like my mom's last name!"
Oregon Live reported that the Cmellos were not charged with anything when they arrived at the school. Superintendent Trelstad told KOIN that the new van would be a blessing for the family.
“Having a newer car, a newer van, will provide more comfort and stability for this family," Trelstad said.
"A kid should not have to sacrifice for the sake of your job. If they were going to fire me for being late to work, I think my life should be more stable than


Just before a new $6million sports center bearing her name was opened last fall, beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor said she was excited to be involved in the club and give back to her local southern California community. But six months later, the three-time Olympic gold medalist's office at the Misty May-Treanor Sports Center is empty after a mysterious fallout with her longtime trainer Mike Rangel, who founded the Irvine facility. Now parents are threatening to stop paying their  seasonal dues of $4,300 because their children aren't getting the benefit of May-Treanor's tutelage, as they feel they were promised. Scroll down for video . Olympic gold-medalist Misty May-Treanor has reportedly fallen out with longtime trainer Mike Rangel, just six months after he founded a new sports center in her name . Brand new: The 155,000-square-foot Misty May-Treanor Sports Center was opened in November 2014. Parents pay $4,300 to let their children play at the facility for a seven-month season . Boycotts: Some parents at the facility have threatened to stop paying their dues because May-Treanor has not been involved at the facility recently . In a new report by the OC Register, Rangel said he and May-Treanor split over the simple issue of sponsorship. Rangel agreed to let Asics sponsor the club, while 37-year-old May-Treanor remains a spokesman for competitor Nike. 'I can respect the fact that she doesn’t want to be photographed with 500 girls that are wearing Asics gear,' Rangel said. However, rumors abound in the club about a deeper-seeded issue that caused May-Treanor's distance, and the scrubbing of all her photos from the club's website. Cary Lambeth, a longtime youth basketball organizer who helped in the early planning stages of the MMTSC believes the break is 'because their visions were not the same'. 'I do not think Misty was doing it for Misty. I think Misty was doing it because she wanted to give back,' Lambeth said. Daily Mail Online reached out to May-Treanor's agent for comment on Tuesday, but did not immediately get a reply. Calls to Mike Rangel were also not returned. May-Treanor's apparent rift with Rangel is surprising considering their previously close relationship. In her 2010 autobiography, she described her relationship with Rangel as 'one of the most important partnerships' in her volleyball career. Rangel helped train May-Treanor between 2002 and 2012, during which she won three gold medals in the Olympics for beach volleyball with partner Kerri Walsh Jennings. The split was also swift. May-Treanor attended coaches meetings for the new facility in August, and even gave excited interviews about the club in October. But since then it's been radio silence. Checked out: May-Treanor hasn't been seen at the MMTSC since October. The sports legend pictured on the left with a Laguna Hills High School senior at the facility on October 2 . Legend: It's still unclear what caused the rift between May-Treanor and her longtime trainer Rangel. Rangel trained May-Treanor for 12 years, during which she won three Olympic gold medals in beach volleyball with partner Kerri Walsh Jennings. May-Treanor pictured above compting in the London Olympic games . Erased: The club's website now shows now sign of Misty May-Treanor's name or image on the homepage . In October, May-Treanor told the OC Register that the building of the sports center was close to her heart, since she grew up in the area and knew there weren't many places for local kids to play. 'Growing up as a volleyball player around here, I know how gym space had become more and more limited,' May-Treanor said. 'This is not going to be just a volleyball place but a place for basketball and other sports, too. With the amount of sports and teams we have here, it’s important to have a facility like this.' Brand minded? Rangel says the split with May-Treanor stems from a sponsorship issue. Asics is sponsoring the club, while May-Treanor remains a spokesman for Nike. May-Treanor and Jennings pictured above celebrating their gold medal win at the London games . She also appeared to be interested in interacting with the youth teams that trained at the center. 'I love the coaching and teaching aspect of what we’ll be doing,' May-Treanor said. 'That’s the big part for me, the sharing of information with younger players. And the beauty of this is that I don’t have to be dedicated to one team.' May-Treanor hasn't been seen at the gym since October, a month before it's official opening and since then parents have been getting angrier and angrier walking past her perennially empty office. Last month, about 60 parents with kids at the gym met in a nearby park to discuss action. And in a meeting with Rangel, volleyball mom Michelle Peters threatened to stop paying, saying she felt her 15-year-old daughter wasn't getting the advertised program (parents at the facility pay $4,300 for a seven-month season). 'What aren’t you getting?' Rangel asked during the meeting. 'Well, we’re not getting Misty May,' Peters responded. Rangel says most of the malcontent parents came from a club in Mission Viejo and were not happy when their former club director, who moved to work at the MMTSC, resigned over clashes with him. The 155,000-square-foot facility was pitched to May-Treanor by Rangel ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Rangel wanted to built a state-of-the-art sports facility, while May-Treanor wanted to coach so it made the perfect project for the pair. The finished facility has 22 volleyball courts, 21 basketball courts - all with their own electric scoreboards. The facility also includes an air-conditioned 350-seat restaurant with 10 large HDTVs as an area to watch the games and practices.

Misty May-Treanor's longtime trainer Mike Rangel founded a sports center named after her this past fall . Dues for the facility total $4,300 for seven months . Parents have threatened to stop paying the fees since May-Treanor has not been involved with the new facility, as they feel was promised . Rangel says he and May-Treanor had a disagreement about sponsorships .

 months later, the facility that bears her name seems to be anything but a gift for the Newport Beach mom-of-two, who was shocked when she found herself on the receiving end of complaints about her 10 percent ownership of the club.
“I found myself in the strange position of having to defend the company I am invested in as a minority owner,” May-Treanor, 36, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sandra Smith Wednesday evening.
“I’ve always supported the idea of small business,” May-Treanor said of the two-time Olympic gold medalist.
“I thought that the facility was a great way to get back in the community and support my hometown. I think it’s the best way we can help our children build their self-esteem,” she said. “It gives children a purpose and a reason to do better in school and I would love to see what they have to offer and I want to be a part of this. I thought it was an amazing opportunity for the community.”
May-Treanor was not prepared for the “unexpected controversy” surrounding her involvement in the club as a silent partner. When a friend of hers, who had taken a silent partnership in the club with her, sold out her share in the facility last winter, May-Treanor jumped at the chance to keep her name on the club, something May-Treanor said she had been “promised” when she had initially agreed to invest. May-Treanor claims that her name was included in the facility’s bylaws as a silent partner and was subsequently not removed when her friend sold.
As a result, the mother of two and wife to fellow beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh filed a lawsuit against the club in June of 2013, seeking more than $1 million in compensation for her alleged breach of contract in the lease deal with the club. Since then the lawsuit has stalled, and last month, May-Treanor’s attorney dropped his demands to keep her name on the club and the 15 percent profit she believed she was owed.
“They told me that the deal was that if the building was sold then that was it and you would get nothing. No matter what we would get our 15 percent, which we never did,” she said. “If it was not in my name, I never would have invested. I would never do that. But when it is in my


FIFA president Sepp Blatter has delivered a considerable snub to the BBC by turning down the opportunity to join a televised debate with his three challengers before the election in Zurich on May 29. Blatter was always expected to refuse the request, put to him in a letter from the BBC and Sky, for an hour-long debate with Prince Ali of Jordan, Luis Figo and Michael van Praag about their plans for leading FIFA. The event would have been hosted by top broadcasters from the two networks and given equal prominence to each candidate. FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaks to journalists after the IFAB meeting in Belfast last month . FIFA presidential hopeful Luis Figo takes notes during the CONMEBOL Ordinary Congress on March 4 . But rather than give a courteous answer by letter to the prominent TV stations, Blatter relayed the curt reply ‘thanks but no thanks’ via one of his flunkeys in a telephone call. This didn’t impress the BBC, who have been FIFA partners as World Cup rights-holders since proper live coverage started in 1966. Blatter’s three challengers replied by letter that they would be happy to participate. But the whole project depended on Blatter and he is not even prepared to outline his reasons for not taking part, let alone have his make-up applied for the TV cameras — in front of which he would have by far the most to lose. Far better for Blatter is to fast-track FIFA Goal Programme funding to African countries, where he enjoys mass voting support. Prince Ali of Jordan is pictured during a press conference in central London last month . Michael van Praag, also going for the FIFA presidency, poses for a photo in Schiphol earlier this month . Boxing promoter Barry McGuigan is in positive talks with ITV about super bantamweight Carl Frampton making his second world title defence on terrestrial TV. Frampton’s win over Chris Avalos in Belfast’s Odyssey Arena last month had far more impact because it was on free-to-air television. ITV say their plans for screening boxing are on a fight-by-fight basis. Carl Frampton is lifted up by trainer Shane McGuigan after defeating Chris Avalos in Belfast last month . The Premier League have caused plenty of angst for the FA by flexing their financial muscle during power battles. However the FA, who have the power of veto as the 21st shareholder in the PL, will not object to CEO Richard Scudamore becoming executive chairman and the governance statute changes that will trigger. Sport England, who fund grassroots sport, make no secret that they are hugely influenced by the participation findings of the Active People Survey when doling out cash. So it’s difficult to see how swimming, who shed 245,000 participants last year according to the latest APS figures, can avoid having funds diverted from the national governing body when the allocations are announced on Thursday. Charlie Hemphrey poses for a photo during his days with Kent in April 2009 . County reject’s Oz ton . At least one English cricketer can hold his head high in Australia after the humiliating World Cup exit. Unheralded 25-year-old Charlie Hemphrey, a failed product of the county system with Kent, Derbyshire and Essex, became the first Englishman to score a century in the Sheffield Shield for 37 years with his 118 during Queensland’s win over South Australia. Hemphrey, plucked from grade cricket after emigrating 18 months ago, made his state debut last month. ------------------------------------------------------------ . UK Sport have conducted a widespread consultation on their policy of funding only sports with Olympic medal potential and showing zero tolerance to the rest. And it’s understood the outcome will be ‘business as usual’ on the road to Tokyo 2020 and beyond. The only real change will be more flexibility for team sports, where each medal gained involves a lot more personnel. Jim Rodwell, a breath of fresh air on the Football League board and FA International Committee as a former player, has made the surprising decision to switch from Notts County chief executive to League One rivals Scunthorpe. Although Scunthorpe have a wealthier backer in chairman Peter Swann, it doesn’t seem much of a promotion for the ambitious Rodwell. Rio Ferdinand, due to retire from football at the end of a disappointing season with relegation-bound QPR, is expected to be involved in the Champions League next season as a pundit for BT Sport. Ferdinand will be alongside former Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes, with Gary Lineker lined up to present the coverage. Rio Ferdinand is expected to be a pundit for BT Sport's coverage of the Champions League next season .

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has turned down a televised debate . The FIFA presidential election takes place in Zurich on May 29 . Barry McGuigan is in talks with ITV over Carl Frampton's next fight . Cricketer Charlie Hemphrey became the first Englishman to score a century in Australia's Sheffield Shield for 37 years . Rio Ferdinand is expected to be a BT Sport Champions League pundit .

 by the BBC to take part in the show to be broadcast on the eve of the vote. Yet it is the first time he has declined to do so.
The BBC had contacted all three presidential candidates to see if they would be willing to take part in a debate that would be broadcast live across the UK and other countries where there is a FIFA footprint. None of the three - Mohamed bin Hammam, Jack Warner and Michael Platini - agreed, so the BBC then offered to take part on its own, using the three other candidates as studio guests.
The corporation was also invited by Fifa to broadcast the results show live from Zurich in the late hours of 29 May, but the organisation's desire to ensure a smooth handover on that night appears to have made it unwilling to allow its rival to join the broadcast.
The BBC was contacted by the BBC News Channel and also asked to participate in a live debate in the build-up to the event between its executive producer of sport Ian Darke and other guests. That was refused.
The BBC has been at the forefront of Fifa controversy this year, having produced the award-winning and controversial Panorama documentary The Men Who Sold The World about the Qatar and 2022 World Cup bid. It also broadcast an interview with a Panorama whistleblower on the World Cup bidding process which was not picked up by other broadcasters.
Last month BBC Sport also reported that Warner, the secretary general of the South American federation CONMEBOL, who is favourite to succeed Blatter, received a gift from a 1990s Fifa official of a signed photograph of the then-Blatter and the late Sepp Oddo, the former Fifa vice-president.
The image shows the men shaking hands and is inscribed in French with "A mon cher S.M. Blatter, a l'occasion du match intercontinental, entre les pays de l'Amérique du Sud et les pays d'Europe, l'hiver 1990. C'est comme si vous étiez avec moi. Je vous le remets de la part de votre ami, Jacques P. (sic)".
Blatter is said to be unaware of the gift. Warner was also under pressure because Fifa's own investigation into the photograph found he had failed to declare that he received it.
Blatter had been due to attend the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in December, but cancelled on the day to protest against the programme not featuring


After two drama-filled defeats in a week to local rivals Aston Villa, victory over Stoke, the club he managed for seven years before they judged his work there to be done, was a welcome tonic for Tony Pulis. A fourth consecutive clean sheet at home and a first-half goal from Brown Ideye takes West Bromwich Albion to 13th and 11 points from the drop zone. When Pulis, the engineer of Crystal Palace’s great escape last season, took over in January they hovered just one point above the bottom three, offering little to inspire optimism among their fans. Now their place in the top tier looks secure. Stoke were aiming at a fourth win in a row for the first time since 2011 but Pulis halted their progress. He said: ‘It doesn’t mean any more to win over Stoke, I had a wonderful journey there and left them in a sound financial and good position and did wonderful things. Today was about West Brom getting the points.’ Brown Ideye scores the opening goal during the   match between West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City . Ideye's opener was the only goal of the game as West Bromwich Albion beat Stoke at the Hawthorns . Pulis praised the contribution made by Darren Fletcher, who arrived at The Hawthorns on a free transfer on January deadline day after a lengthy struggle with ulcerative colitis in his later years at Manchester United. ‘He’s been a fantastic signing,’ said Pulis. ‘A tremendous lad. His enthusiasm and energy levels are brilliant. I don’t know what illness it was but he looks as sprightly as any 20-year-old. I thought he and James Morrison [who partners Fletcher for Scotland] dominated the midfield.’ There were a few controversial moments, such as referee Michael Oliver’s decision to wave away what seemed a blatant penalty for Geoff Cameron’s hefty second-half challenge on Craig Dawson in the box. Oliver, who was praised for his officiating of Manchester United’s FA Cup defeat by Arsenal on Monday, is likely to get attention for different reasons after waving away penalty appeals, to Pulis’s obvious fury. ‘Michael will look at that again and be very disappointed, that’s a blatant a penalty as I’ve seen in a long time,’ he said. A beautiful cross into the box from Craig Gardner led to the goal in the 19th minute. It was expertly headed in at the far post by a stooping Ideye, who found it far too easy to escape the attentions of Phil Bardsley. Stoke had few chances and manager Mark Hughes lamented: ‘It was just one of those days when we had too many underperforming.’ Ideye celebrates as his first half goal earns the Baggies their fourth successive home win . Craig Gardner celebrates with Ideye in the first half of the game against Stoke City on Saturday . England youngster Saido Berahino joins in with the celebrations as the hosts beat Stoke City . WBA (4-4-2): Foster 6 (Myhill, 56 6.5) Dawson 6, McAuley 7, Lescott 6, Brunt 6; Morrison 6, Fletcher 7, Gardner 6, Sessegnon 6; Berahino (Baird 95') 6.5, Ideye 7.5 (Olsson 90') Subs not used: Wisdom, Pocognoli, Mulumbu, Gamboa . Booked: Foster . Tony Pulis: 6.5 . Stoke: (4-2-3-1) Begovic 6; Bardsley 5, Shawcross 5, Wilson 5.5, Pieters 6 (Cameron, 45 6); Nzonzi 6, Whelan 6; Walters 6(Diouf, 67), Adam 5.5, Moses 6 (Arnautovic, 58 6); Crouch 5.5 . Subs not used: Butland; Ireland, Sidwell, Teixeira . Booked: Wilson, Diouf . Goal: Ideye 19' Mark Hughes: 5.5 . Referee: Michael Oliver 5 . Star man: Ideye . Brown Ideye's 19th minute header was enough to seal victory for West Brom. CLICK HERE to see more from our brilliant Match Zone service . Pulis, who was given the Manager of the Month award for February, has now won seven of 13 games since taking over and appears to have extracted extra oomph from Ideye. Or perhaps it was the threat of life in the Qatari desert that did it. West Brom were close to taking a £6m hit selling him to al-Gharafi but the 26-year-old refused the move and both parties must be glad of his stubbornness now. Ideye thought he had nicked another in the 33rd minute, pouncing after Begovic spilled the ball, but was rightly ruled offside. Ideye limped off in the 40th minute after being clattered by Charlie Adam but hobbled back on seconds later. Ben Foster also suffered a knock to the knee. He struggled on for a while with Chris Brunt stepping in to take free kicks but was eventually replaced by Boaz Myhill after 55 minutes. The deputy did his job well, tipping a Jon Walters header over the bar as a reenergised Stoke sought the equalizer. Referee Oliver, who was praised for his officiating of Manchester United’s FA Cup defeat to Arsenal on Monday, is likely to get attention for different reasons after waving away appeals for what appeared a blatant penalty for Cameron’s burly challenge on Dawson in the box. Mark Hughes and Tony Pulis shake hands ahead of the Hawthorns showdown on Saturday afternoon . Darren Fletcher  is tackled by Victor Moses  during the match between West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City . Glenn Whelan challenges England youngster Berahino for the ball as the Potters look to get back into the game . After Jonathan Walters was substituted after a clash of heads with Dawson, momentum swung back the way of the hosts. A driving effort by James Morrison was tipped over by Begovic. It was the 82nd minute before Stoke got their second shot on target, Crouch’s tame effort easily collected by Myhill. The keeper again came to the rescue of his side, bringing down Crouch just outside the area when the striker was yomping towards the goal deep into injury time and was shown a yellow card. Stephane Sessegnon started for the first time for West Brom since their 1-0 win over Southampton where he was widely condemned for diving in an attempt to win a penalty. Manager Tony Pulis said he has not yet reprimanded the midfielder who he revealed had suffered a family bereavement in recent weeks. 'I’ve had a good chat with Steph,' said Pulis, as quoted by The Birmingham Mail, 'I don’t want to go into it but it’s a tragedy what has happened and I’ve left it with him to be honest. ‘He’s been a bit down in the dumps lately although he looked a bit brighter on Thursday in training. The greatest healer there will be time.' Lanky striker Peter Crouch jumps highest as he is challenged in the air by Gardner at the Hawthorns .

Brown Ideye struck in the first half to continue impressive home form . West Brom have now won six of their last eight games at the Hawthorns . But hosts lost goalkeeper Ben Foster to injury in the second half . Stoke City managed just two shots on target during the whole match .

 sheet at home, the kind of which have been a rare commodity this season, suggests the Baggies are not the only team in the division looking over their shoulders at this time of the season.
They have been playing this way for months. Pulis has taken his team from 10th to 12th but a win against Stoke would have put them one point and one place behind the club they have long been used to competing with.
"For the last four or five months we've been building something special here," the West Bromwich Albion manager said. "We've changed from a team that was a little bit disorganised and not cohesive, but is now more organised with everyone playing together, everybody playing in the right positions and everyone playing to their best and making the right decisions.
"The win against Manchester City was big because I've got a lot of respect for what they are doing. The big difference is the attitude of everyone. There's not a lot to choose between teams in the Premier League. You can't go into games not wanting to win, with only six points to play for, and expect to go on a run. You still have to approach it as you would if you were fighting for something and that's what we've done. We've been in that position for five weeks, trying to win as many games as we can. We've been in this position before where we have been in fourth, second or third. It's nothing new to us."
Pulis's counterpart, Mark Hughes, is not in the same position as the 50-year-old, who can afford to view Stoke as the most challenging side he has had to face this season.
"I think it's more about the teams around us than it is about us at the moment. We are where we are," Pulis said. "There are some big sides below us but I'm looking to the games against Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City and then at Newcastle.
"We've just got to pick up as many points as we can and I wouldn't worry too much about the league table because, if we're in a similar position at the end of the season, we'll all be satisfied then. We are trying to get as many points as we can. I'm trying to keep us in this league, but we all want to stay where we are at the moment,


A Texas lawyer has come forward claiming he is responsible for plastering stickers that read 'Exclusively For White People' onto business storefronts last week. Adam Reposa, 40, a criminal defense attorney explained why he put up the stickers in a video posted on Thursday, titled Why I did it. A shirtless Reposa is seen saying it would be obvious that even though people know the real problem, which is that 'people without money are getting pretty f***ed, they are getting pushed out and pretty quick this area of town is turning into whites only'. Scroll down for video . Adam Reposa, 40, a criminal defense attorney explained why he put up the stickers in a video posted on Thursday, titled Why I did it (above Reposa in his video) These stickers appeared last week between Tuesday and Wednesday on the storefronts of at least six Austin, Texas businesses . While it appears Reposa is claiming gentrification as his defense, Austin NAACP president said the issues in the community run deeper and Reposa's actions add to the problems, according to KVUE. Nelson Linder said: 'It's repugnant and also alarming, and also indicative of a mentality that doesn't understand race relations. 'So if you're trying to help race relations, you just did the worst thing you could possibly do.' A shirtless Reposa is seen saying it would be obvious that even though people know the real problem, which is that 'people without money are getting pretty f***ed, they are getting pushed out and pretty quick this area of town is turning into whites only' He said: 'Everyone is going to jump on "that's racist, that's racist", man this town and the way s*** works is racist . On Wednesday, a picture of the sticker on a local business surfaced on Facebook causing outrage after at least six businesses were left with the seals. Each one read in its entirety: 'Exclusively For White People. Maximum of five colored customers. Colored BOH (back of the house) staff accepted. Sponsored by the City of Austin Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program.' Reposa said he is not worried about offending people or stirring up racial tension. 'I've seen nothing but the emotional attachment that human beings place on events in history,' he said. 'It's regrettable and unfortunate and as soon as we can step beyond that precious of mawkish emotionality and just look at the real facts like human beings, is the moment that we have the chance for real progress.' In the video, Reposa said that everyone attacked the stickers saying 'it's racist' but did not consider the 'condition of the way things are'. While it appears Reposa is claiming gentrification as his defense, Austin NAACP president said the issues in the community run deeper and Reposa's actions add to the problems . Reposa said he is not worried about offending people or stirring up racial tension . He said: 'Everyone is going to jump on "that's racist, that's racist", man this town and the way s*** works is racist. 'But I knew I could bait all of y'all into being as stupid as you are and allowing the issue to be framed of the in the most simple way. "Oh he said an offensive term, let's not worry about the actually condition of the way things are, let's worry about an offensive term". 'And that's how they got it, they got it sewed up and they got this poor girl coming out here saying "it hurt my feelings", man who cares about your feelings man. Seriously? 'Are y'all gonna get pulled around like that y'alls' entire lives, or y'all just gonna stop givin a f***? I don't give a f*** and look at me. 'I use the technology every day to create possibilities. Apply the technology in your life and stop worrying about getting snitched on because it don't make a f*** what I did because I'm gonna do it again, I don't give a f***.' The 'technology' that Reposa references in the video is linked to a Facebook page that reads: 'Taking human beings out of a false sense of belief and into the darkness by removing any meaning attached to any event in life.' Reposa also wrote a sarcastic post on his personal page saying that he was not aware highlighting institutional racism was 'so repugnant'. It was reported that he said the full story would be revealed in a press conference on Friday . On the page he explains that the result of the 'The Technology' is that people 'who give a f*** passionately express their beliefs'. He also wrote a sarcastic post on his personal page saying that he was not aware highlighting institutional racism was 'so repugnant'. He wrote: 'My f***ing bad y'all. I had no idea that pointing to institutional racism was so repugnant. Wait a second, am I giving a f***. F*** that. I ain't sorry. I ain't nothing but a particle floating through the darkness.' He also wrote a sarcastic post on his personal Facebook page (above) saying that he was not aware highlighting institutional racism was 'so repugnant' Last week, staff at an East Austin bakery were left horrified were wondering who would want to announce to their customers 'Maximum of 5 colored customers/colored BOH staff accepted.' 'As a multiracial family with a multiracial staff, there's nothing funny about this … It's sick,' Olivia Guerra O'Neal, owner of Sugar Mama's Bakeshop, told KXAN following the incident. 'We are disgusted by this act of vandalism and cowardice.' The stickers also appeared during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday on a Mexican restaurant, clothing store, bicycle shop and others. The stickers feature what looks like an official City of Austin seal and the message 'sponsored by the City of Austin Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program.' However, Austin Mayor Steve Adler spoke out making it clear his city had absolutely nothing to do with the stickers. Video from KEYE-TV . The stickers said they were sponsored by Austin's 'Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program' along with an official-looking city seal, which led the mayor to condemn the confusing prank. Austin Mayor Steve (right) Adler spoke out making it clear his city had absolutely nothing to do with the stickers . 'This is an appalling and offensive display of ignorance in our city. Austin condemns this type of hurtful behavior. Our city is a place where respect for all people is a part of our spirit and soul. We will keep it that way,' Adler said in a statement. 'Some jokes are not funny,' Texas House of Representatives member Dawnna Duke wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday along with a photo of a sticker affixed to clothing store Rare Trends. 'If this is a joke at all, it is tasteless...I will be damned if this will occur in my House District … in this historical black community or any community.' Regardless of its intent, Sugar Mama's employees labeled it a hate crime. 'Today we were the victim of what I consider to be a hate crime against our family and staff at our Eastside location,' reads a post on the bakery's Instagram feed from last week. 'Our business was built on family and love and we will let that shine on.' Reposa told the Huffington Post on Sunday that the full story  would be released in a press conference on Friday. Austin police said they are aware of Reposa's YouTube video and are investigating, and he could possibly face vandalism charges.

Adam Reposa, 40, a criminal defense attorney explained why he put up the stickers last week in a video posted on Thursday . Stickers bearing the message 'Maximum of 5 colored customers/colored BOH staff accepted' appeared last week between Tuesday and Wednesday . In video, Reposa said 'people without money are getting pretty f***ed' and that 'pretty quick this area of town is turning into whites only' The stickers were affixed to at least six businesses and owners said they were inappropriate . Austin police are aware of his video and are investigating; he could face vandalism charges .

 in an interview. "That is exactly why I put up the stickers because it is a racial issue and I wanted to see what would happen,” Reposa said. “As far as my personal stance on it, I think all races should be able to eat in restaurants. Why do you have to have a race-specific one for one race? It's like a church or temple, who cares? We are all Americans here."
Reposa says he put up the stickers on five businesses that are owned by African-Americans in downtown Fort Worth last week. He claims he is not racist, only politically correct. "That is what I am, and I am politically correct,” Reposa said. “We have a black president. He is our president. So you can do a lot of things because we have a black president. You can do a lot of things because of this administration and black people and I don't care about that.”
But there is a large amount of disagreement with his political correctness. On a local radio station, a woman asked about the backlash towards the stickers, “Why are the African-American community so up in arms over one, two, maybe three stickers?" she asked. “They're not even going to see a white person if they don't want to come in a restaurant, they're not going in there.” The caller went on to say, “If you don't want to go to a restaurant that is catering to the African-American community, go to a restaurant catering to the white community, why do we have to have them segregated? It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous.”
The Dallas News reports that Reposa told his lawyer he put the stickers on all the businesses to make a point about race, but not to keep anyone out.
"Reposa says he put up the stickers on five businesses that are owned by African-Americans in downtown Fort Worth last week. He claims he is not racist, only politically correct. He says he put up the stickers to make a point about race, but not to keep anyone out."
However, Reposa has since come out and said the business he claims were targeted were not among the ones he placed the sticker on. The ones targeted were another restaurant and a grocery store.
I've been at many restaurants since they've been in town. Not once have they been able to tell me my children and I will not be served and are not welcome.


'Ancient' statues filmed being destroyed by depraved  Islamic State militants in a Mosul museum last month were nothing more than worthless fakes, the director of an Iraqi museum has claimed. The terrorist organisation  released shocking footage at the end of February purportedly showing jihadis destroying 3,000-year-old artworks with sledgehammers in their northern Iraqi stronghold. But now Baghdad museum director Fawzye al-Mahdi has ridiculed ISIS' propaganda exercise, claiming the genuine priceless Assyrian and Akkadian statues and sculptures are still safely in his possession in the Iraqi capital, adding that those in Mosul were plaster cast replicas. Sick: The terrorist organisation released shocking footage at the end of February purportedly showing jihadis destroying 3,000-year-old artworks with sledgehammers in their northern Iraqi stronghold . Speaking to German news programme Deutsche Welle, Al-Mahdi said: 'None of the artifacts are originals... They were copies. The originals are all here.' The museum director's claims appear to back-up those made by experts on the Iraqi statues. Within hours of the original ISIS propaganda video being released, analysts questioned why the statues appeared to crumble so easily. Others stated that they couldn't possibly be 3,000 years old as some of the are clearly held together by iron poles - a considerably more modern practice. Mark Altaweel, an expert at the Institute of Archaeology at University College, London, told Channel 4 News at the time: 'You can see iron bars inside... The originals don't have iron bars.' Propaganda: Baghdad museum director Fawzye al-Mahdi ridiculed ISIS' video, claiming the genuine Assyrian and Akkadian statues are safely in Baghdad and that those in Mosul were plaster cast replicas . Following the February video release, Mosul's exiled governor Atheel Nuafi also stated that the vast majority of the statues were fakes, but added that at least two of those destroyed were originals. 'There were two items that were real and which the militants destroyed. One is a Winged Bull and the other was the God of Rozhan,' the Saudi-based Al Arabiya news organisation quoted him as saying. The Winged Bull, which is seen being smashed with sledgehammers in the video, is probably one which stood at the gates of Nineveh in the 7th century BC, claimed the International Business Times. 'I think the Winged Bull is very important locally, because it's one of the few objects that hasn't left the country or gone to Baghdad,' Eleanor Robson, chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, told the news organisation. Real: An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy a 7th century winged-bull Assyrian protective deity. The statue is thought to have been one of only two genuine artifacts destroyed by ISIS in the video . Until 2003, Mosul museum had the second biggest collection of ancient relics in Iraq, including thousands of items from Nineveh and other ancient centers of Northern Mesopotamia. Amid the Western military operation  against Saddam Hussein that year, looters ransacked the building. Employees managed to save the majority of the items, and then moved most to Baghdad. ISIS militants began destroying ancient statues and monuments shortly after they first seized control of Mosul last summer, describing them as 'worthless idols'. A man shown in the video said the items were being destroyed because they promoted idolatry. 'The Prophet ordered us to get rid of statues and relics, and his companions did the same when they conquered countries after him,' the unidentified man said. Historic loss: Large segments of the priceless winged-bull Assyrian protective deity are hurled to the ground as militants smash it to pieces . Mosul, the biggest city in the Islamic State group's self-declared caliphate, boasts a relatively educated, diverse population that seeks to preserve its heritage sites and libraries. In the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein, residents near the Central Library hid some of its centuries-old manuscripts in their own homes to prevent their theft or destruction by looters. But this time, the Islamic State group has made the penalty for such actions death. A University of Mosul history professor, who spoke on condition he not be named because of his fear of the Islamic State group, said the extremists started wrecking the collections of other public libraries in December. He reported particularly heavy damage to the archives of a Sunni Muslim library, the library of the 265-year-old Latin Church and Monastery of the Dominican Fathers and the Mosul Museum Library with works dating back to 5000 BC.

ISIS jihadis released video showing the destruction of 'ancient' sculptures . But the ancient artifacts destroyed were mostly fake, art expert claims . Director of Baghdad museum says he is looking after authentic versions . Sculptures seen in film were almost all plaster cast replicas, which explains why they crumbled so easily and were held together by iron bars . But two genuine 3,000-year-old statues were destroyed by the terrorists .

 of August that showed ISIS.
The video, shot at the Mosul museum of archeology, showed militants carrying large sledge hammers that smashed statues, some thought to be several thousand years old, and a large relief in a hall containing ancient artifacts.
The director of Mosul Museum, the deputy director of the Antiquities Department, Abdul Khaliq Ali, said the fakes in the video are ancient clay statues, not carved stone statues, as many had claimed.
He said the fakes were made by a local craftsman in the 1980s who had given some to the museum. He said he had reported the fakes to the police after the museum was looted by Islamic State militants earlier this year.
"They were not carved stones," Mr Ali said. "They were nothing but clay statues that were made by one person in the 1980s. They had some similarities with the originals but we did not give them to ISIS."
Mr Ali said he had reported the fakes to the police and he was in contact with them at the moment. He added that the police had "the authority to investigate" the matter.
The video was part of a propaganda campaign by the terrorist organisation, which controls large parts of Iraq, that has been going on for several months, with the intent of intimidating local archaeologists and historians into giving the terrorists information about artefacts in the country.
In the video, a masked man wielding a sledgehammer smashed statues of lions and a winged bull in the city. The images were shocking and made front pages around the world.
The Islamic State has destroyed some ancient artifacts and statues in the past months, claiming that it was to make way for "Islamic principles" at the sites.
But the  director of the museum also said he was afraid the terrorists were after something else.
"This is just a trick. The terrorists are targeting our museum to get money. The artifacts in the museum are priceless. I am sure they know that because our museum is under government care and our security forces are all around. They will not get away with this. They will be caught."
He said he was not afraid of ISIS's threats.
"ISIS, you are not afraid of anyone but the Iraqis are. You have no friends here in Mosul," he said.
"All of our ancient artifacts are valuable and are protected by the Iraqi government and other international agencies, which are always on alert."


After little more than an hour of a match that was proving difficult for Liverpool, Jordan Henderson removed the captain’s armband from his left bicep and handed it to Steven Gerrard. He did so out of respect. He did so because he recognises that a player who only joined this contest as a second-half substitute remains arguably the finest to have represented the club. But four minutes after the exchange of that iconic piece of elastic came a moment when Gerrard might have felt it appropriate to hand it back. Jordan Henderson scored a second-half winner for Liverpool as they continued their impressive recent form . Henderson runs off to celebrate his winner that moved Liverpool within two points of the Premier League's top four . A delighted Henderson let out a roar for the Liverpool fans in the Liberty Stadium . Henderson's shot was deflected over the top of Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski's head and into the back of the net . Henderson was mobbed by his team-mates after scoring what proved to be the winner in Wales . Swansea: Fabianski 6, Naughton 6.5, Amat 7, Williams 7, Taylor 6.5, Ki 6 (Dyer 80), Cork 6.5, Shelvey 7, Gomis 7.5, Sigurdsson 7 (Emnes 89), Routledge 6 (Montero 73). Subs Not Used: Britton, Nelson Oliveira, Rangel, Tremmel. Liverpool: Mignolet 8, Can 6.5, Skrtel 8.5, Sakho 7, Lallana 6 (Johnson 88), Henderson 7.5, Allen 7, Moreno 6 (Gerrard 64, 6.5), Sterling 5.5, Sturridge 5, Coutinho 7. Subs Not Used: Jones, Toure, Lovren, Lambert, Markovic. Booked: Henderson, Sterling, Moreno. Goals: Henderson 68. Att: 20,828 . Man of the match: Skrtel. Ref: Roger East (Wiltshire) RATINGS BY DOMINIC KING . Jordan Henderson, whose heat map is shown above, produced another commanding performance in Liverpool's midfield - CLICK HERE FOR MATCH ZONE . It was then, 68 minutes into this contest, that Henderson did something that has long been synonymous with Gerrard: he came to Liverpool’s rescue. If it lacked finesse, and owed more to good fortune, a winning goal that narrowed the gap to Manchester United in the fierce battle for Champions League places owed everything to Henderson’s desire and determination. It was an ugly goal, Jordi Amat’s attempted clearance spinning off Henderson’s shin and flying beyond the reach of Lukasz Fabianski. But it was Henderson who made the run in pursuit of Daniel Sturridge’s flick-on and Henderson, after a stuttering first half, who had given Liverpool impetus with his ambition and endeavour after the break. The goal was Henderson's third in the last three Premier League games after his strikes against Manchester City and Burnley . Liverpool recorded their fifth successive Premier League victory ahead of their huge clash against Manchester United on Sunday . Henderson clattered into Shelvey with this kick to the head after just 16 seconds but Roger East opted not to even book him. If Gerrard had an impact, it was his deployment as a holding midfielder that allowed Henderson to get forward. And the fact the goal came so soon after Gerrard’s first appearance in eight games reflected well, once again, on Brendan Rodgers. Rodgers deserves enormous credit for the run of results Liverpool are enjoying. It is now 13 games unbeaten since they lost at Old Trafford in December and six away from home in the league without conceding a goal, an achievement that equals the club record set by Emlyn Hughes and Co in 1972. Rodgers has succeeded where some of his counterparts have failed in addressing the problems of a struggling side. It has been tactically astute leadership. But Rodgers also needed players to step out of Gerrard’s shadow and prove they can survive without him. Nobody has met that challenge with more authority than a young midfielder in Henderson now reflecting on three goals in Liverpool’s last three games. The pressure was on here with Sunday’s game against United at Anfield and a trip to Arsenal to follow. And against a Swansea side displaying a find blend of ambition and graft under the guidance of Garry Monk, Liverpool struggled in that opening 45 minutes. Monk might have been the managerial apprentice but Rodgers would have recognised how well Swansea’s players had mastered their boss’s instructions. They were excellent, using the pace and power of Bafetimbi Gomis to good effect. Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet makes a full-stretch save to deny Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson a goal in the first half . Liverpool's Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet had to make a number of important stops in the first half as Swansea piled on the pressure . Swansea midfielder Wayne Routledge evades a challenge from Liverpool midfielder Henderson . Liverpool, by contrast, were disappointing, with Henderson among those losing possession far too cheaply. Gerrard brought much-needed composure to Liverpool’s midfield. Given how well Liverpool had been playing, the decision to omit Gerrard from the line-up was understandable. He had been injured, after all. And Liverpool started with their usual intensity, the pressing game that is designed to dominate their opponents and stop them playing. But Swansea were managing to attack effectively on the counter, with Gomis accelerating past Emre Can only for Joe Allen to make an important interception. In the end Ki Sung-Yueng had a real chance to score but his header was weak and cleared by the outstanding Martin Skrtel. Liverpool's Raheem Sterling takes on Swansea left back Neil Taylor at the Liberty Stadium . Henderson hands the captain's armband to Steven Gerrard after he came off the bench for Liverpool in the second half . Henderson looks set to be in charge of the armband for the long term when Gerrard leaves Anfield at the end of the season . Gerrard made a return from injury as he came on in the second half of the Premier League clash in south Wales . VIDEO Monk rues missed chances . Liverpool have kept six straight away clean sheets in the top-flight for the third time in their history, and the first since 1972. The other run came in 1966. Skrtel would make another headed clearance to deny Gomis, who had escaped the clutches of the Liverpool back four to meet a cross from Kyle Naughton with a better header. Swansea were dominating possession and Gomis was proving a proper threat. A neat one-two with Routledge and he was through on goal with only Simon Mignolet to beat, but much to Monk’s dismay his shot was scuffed and Liverpool’s goalkeeper made the save. An effort from Philippe Coutinho aside — it was gathered neatly by Fabianski — Liverpool offered little in response. Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge tries to wriggle away from a challenge from Swansea's Jack Cork . Swansea's Sung-Yueng Ki drifts away from Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, who loses his footing . Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel clears the ball under pressure from Swansea centre back Ashley Williams . Swansea were offering plenty, Mignolet making a hugely impressive diving save to deny Gylfi Sigurdsson before Adam Lallana diverted a powerful strike from Jonjo Shelvey to safety with a courageous header. But after the interval Liverpool were better — there was more urgency, more composure, with Henderson very much at the centre of things, even if the arrival of Gerrard from the bench was important. That gave Henderson freedom to bomb on and in the 68th minute he chased a fine ball forward from Skrtel that was diverted into the Swansea box by Sturridge. Sigurdsson attempts a shot from distance for Swansea as Joe Allen and Mamadou Sakho attempt to close him down . Amat and Henderson gave chase, with Amat winning the race but not the contest. It was tough on Swansea and Monk. Rodgers would have admired his former student for the way he prepared his team. Until Henderson’s goal, they looked the more likely winners. But Liverpool, rather like Henderson at that crucial moment, have what teams need come the business end of the season: momentum. So much so that they almost scored again moments before the final whistle, Sturridge sending his shot against a post.

Jordan Henderson scores the only goal of the game in the 68th minute at the Liberty Stadium . Liverpool move two points behind fourth-placed Manchester United with their fifth successive win . Brendan Rodgers' side have not conceded in their last six away Premier League matches . Liverpool face Champions League rivals Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday .

 not do so out of humiliation.
The 20-year-old, who has made the first-team breakthrough ahead of the experienced Martin Kelly, replaced the England midfielder in the 55th minute, which came 10 minutes after Gerrard moved up the pitch with his left hand cradling his elbow.
Henderson had to finish the game on the captain’s armband to honour the homegrown Englishman after he had to come off with a dislocated elbow in the 2-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur. When the ball was put out and the final whistle blew, Henderson turned towards Gerrard who was on crutches, kissed the badge on his chest and then took the captain’s armband from his bicep.
The gesture drew boos from Liverpool supporters and there has been some online criticism of Henderson for doing so but he did not hand the armband back to Gerrard, although he did take his arm.
Henderson would not be drawn on Gerrard’s gesture of appreciation. “We have to show respect for Steven,” he said. “He’s a captain of the club, our friend and it was nice to hear him appreciate it.
“We have the utmost respect for him and he is a big player for us. He is a great guy.
“He has been amazing for the club for a long time and we had a great little chat on the pitch. He is a great guy, great servant and a great player.”
With Gerrard being a Liverpool hero, some of the supporters’ reaction is understandable and Liverpool have to keep his reputation in mind.
However, it was a very kind gesture by Henderson and one which did not take away from the importance of the match or Liverpool’s performance. Henderson is clearly a fan of Gerrard and vice versa. If nothing else, the sight of Gerrard being lifted by a team-mate off the pitch to warm applause from the supporters showed that the captain was not embarrassed.
There was a time that Liverpool might have lost a player for four months after the injury to an elbow like Gerrard’s. They do now have a fully fit side, just like Tottenham but without the distraction of players being dropped or having to argue over who gets which number of matches.
It was a solid enough performance by Gerrard even if he did miss a glorious opportunity and it was a good performance by Liverpool. Henderson was


An emotional Michael Clarke dedicated Australia’s unprecedented fifth World Cup triumph to his former team-mate and friend Phillip Hughes after his side trounced New Zealand in the final at Melbourne. Clarke – who joins Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting (twice) in the pantheon of Australia’s World Cup-winning captains – scored a classy 74 in 72 balls in his final one-day international before quitting the format to focus on Tests. And with Australia overhauling the New Zealanders’ disappointing total of 183 with seven wickets and nearly 17 overs to spare, he went out in style, watched by an MCG crowd of 93,013 – an official world record for a single day’s cricket. Michael Clarke kisses the World Cup after guiding his team to glory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . The Australia side celebrate after defeating New Zealand to be crowned Cricket World Cup champions . Clarke celebrates with his wife Kyly and the trophy in the Australian dressing room . Referring to the black armband he wore in memory of Hughes, who died in November after being struck on the neck by a short-pitched delivery during a domestic game in Sydney, Clarke said: ‘As you can see it's got PH on it. I’ll wear it every game I play for Australia. For everyone in Australian cricket it’s been a tough few months. ‘We played this World Cup with 16 players and this is certainly dedicated to our little brother and team-mate Phillip Hughes. Hughesy used to party as good as any of them, so I’ll make sure we drink two at a time – one for Hughesy and one for us. 'Hughes used to party as good as any of them so I'll make sure we drink two (beers) at a time tonight, one for Hughesy and one for us.' Hughes would have approved of the manner in which Australia crushed their trans-Tasman cousins, even if the neutrals were deprived of the climax which the tournament – if it’s honest with itself – so badly needed. From the moment Mitchell Starc bowled New Zealand’s captain and talisman Brendon McCullum in the game’s first over, a sense of inevitability descended on the MCG like the evening shadows. Here were the pre-tournament favourites doling out a painful lesson to a team taking part in their first World Cup final. The Australian captain receives a kiss from his wife Kyly after winning the World Cup . Kevin Pietersen didn't do his hopes of an England recall any good by posing with James Faulkner . The one-way traffic was held up only during a gutsy fourth-wicket stand of 111 between Ross Taylor and Grant Elliott, New Zealand’s hero during their semi-final thriller against South Africa. But James Faulkner, named man of the match for figures of 3 for 36, removed Taylor and the big-hitting Corey Anderson in the first over of the batting powerplay, and wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi fell in the next, to the outstanding Starc. Elliott went on to make 83, but New Zealand’s last seven fell for just 33 in 10 overs. After eight successive games on their smaller, less intimidating, home grounds, they never came to terms with either the occasion or the relentlessness of the Australian attack. The dismissal of Martin Guptill, who had hammered West Indies for an unbeaten 237 from 163 balls in the quarter-finals, summed up their day: trying to dab a gentle off-break from Glenn Maxwell through backward point, he was bowled for 15. Australia lost Aaron Finch to Trent Boult in the second over of the reply, but for New Zealand’s bowlers that was as good as it got. David Warner hit 45 in 46 balls, before Clarke joined Steve Smith – his heir apparent – to add 112. After carting Tim Southee for four successive fours, Clarke chopped on against Matt Henry with nine runs still needed, but Smith was there at the end, a fifth successive half-century in his increasingly irresistible bag. Clarke received a standing ovation as he left the field having been dismissed in his final one-day international . The Australian captain scored 74 from 72 deliveries to anchor his team's chase of 184 . Clarke said: 'We're really proud, it's a wonderful achievement. It's a great thing just to make a World Cup final, but to be able to win in your own back yard in front of your family and friends is extremely special and I guarantee we'll celebrate hard tonight. 'Obviously I'm over the moon. What a tournament. 'The New Zealand team deserve a lot of credit . They're always a tough team to beat it seems in any sporting event. Australia v New Zealand is always an exciting contest and tonight was no different.' 'It's been an honour and a privilege to represent my country in both Test and one-day cricket and Twenty20 cricket. 'The time is right for me to walk away from one-day cricket, but I'll keep playing Test cricket.' Clarke poses with the World Cup trophy after Australia's fourth success in the last five editions . Clarke dedicated the victory to Phillip Hughes, who died after being hit on the side of the head by a bouncer . As Australia prepared to celebrate into the night and beyond, it was left to McCullum to confirm his status as one of the World Cup’s most impressive characters. He said: 'It's been one hell of a ride for us right the way through. I think we've played some outstanding cricket and we ran into an outstanding Australia team tonight who continue to set the way in international cricket and full credit to them, they deserve to be champions. 'Michael Clarke as well, he deserves to bow out a World Cup-winning champion too. They were outstanding in this World Cup and thoroughly deserved to win. 'We were the second-best team on the day and all credit to Australia.' McCullum took time to reflect on the tournament as a whole and said he was 'proud' of his team's performances as they became the first New Zealand side to reach a World Cup final. He added: 'We've forged some memories and friendships that will last forever. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum admitted his side were second best on the day . 'Obviously we're not able to lift the trophy but the brand of cricket and the entertainment that we've been able to give people throughout our country and throughout the world is something we're immensely proud of. 'We have no regrets and we walk away from this tournament with our heads held high. 'It's the greatest time of your life to be able to represent your country on the international stage with a group of friends and then put your skills against the world's best - it is the greatest time of our lives and that's how we tried to play the game, play with a free spirit and plenty of heart all the way along. 'It's taken us so far in this tournament but we weren't obviously able to get over the final hurdle, but it's something that I'm immensely proud of, all the guys in the team, all the management group and all those that have been part of this team over the last few years and helped build us into what we are. 'We've still got some work to do but we can be very proud of our achievements in this tournament.'

Australia win Cricket World Cup after beating New Zealand in final . Australia chase down 184 to win by seven wickets in Melbourne . Michael Clarke received a standing ovation when he left the field . Australian captain was playing in his final one-day international . Clarke dedicated the win to his former team-mate Phillip Hughes .

 Ponting as a member of Australia’s one-day international (ODI) winning team – said the win was “very much about him.” Australia beat New Zealand by 111 runs to secure a fifth world title.
Cricket Australia chairman David Peever said: “The players performed admirably in winning Australia’s fifth World Cup. We are all incredibly proud of this outstanding team and its success.
“Michael Clarke played a huge role in this campaign as well as being a superb role model for both his country and his sport. We are proud of everything he has achieved and this win is very much about him.”
Peever added: “Phillip Hughes had an indelible impact on this campaign. We are proud of what he achieved over this period in a world that was very different than usual.
“We will remember him for his contribution to the ODI team and we hope he will be remembered for his impact on the broader cricket community.”
Peever also paid tribute to the New Zealand team, who lost skipper Kane Williamson early in the match and were put under pressure by a world-class Australia XI.
Peever said: “The New Zealand team were in great spirits on the day and this continued until the final ball. Their enthusiasm and desire is to be commended, as is their sporting conduct. It was an immensely exciting contest for all in attendance.”
Peever said the win was very much “about teamwork” and that Australia had been “out-thought, outplayed and out-fought in an exhilarating final contest.”
“This World Cup has been fantastic and I’m thankful to the hundreds of people in the planning stages for this tournament,” added Peever.
“All those who have travelled here from across the cricketing landscape have created a wonderful atmosphere and I thank them and the people of Australia for making this a very special event for us all.”
Peever said the World Cup had been “the best show in town” and a credit to cricket’s leading nations.
He added: “This has been a spectacular series of matches played in front of record crowds. In total, the broadcast audience has been over 700 million viewers and this reflects the importance of the event.
“I thank everyone who has been involved in the delivery of these matches as well as Cricket Australia’s own staff for their dedication and professionalism.”
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said: “Australia’


(CNN)After spending much of her 2008 campaign seemingly running away from the fact that she is a woman, Hillary Clinton is showing signs that 2016 is going to be a different story. It seems that Hillary has found her outer woman, which is to say, she's found the person that she wants to present on the campaign trail, and that person is resolutely female. This time she seems to have decided to fully embrace her womanhood as an asset in her quest for the White House and to trust that the voters will do the same. Of course, Hillary hasn't officially announced that she will be running for president -- and Universal Studios has not officially announced that there will be a sequel to the blockbuster "50 Shades of Grey." But it's hard to imagine 2016 happening without both of those things, seeing as how they both have such excellent prospects of success. Hillary recently spoke at a Silicon Valley conference for women in the tech field with the theme of "Lead On." That lent itself nicely to the professional goals of the members of the audience as well as to Hillary's own leadership goals. She spoke of the dearth of women not only in the tech field, but in the ranks of Fortune 500 CEO's. In fact, one recent diversity study found that the major S&P 1500 company boards had more men with the name John, Robert, William, or James on them than women of any name combined. Left unsaid in her speech was any reference to the complete lack of a female occupant of the Oval Office thus far, but the thought could not have been far from anyone's mind, let alone Hillary's. Clinton was comfortable talking at length about her own experiences being pregnant and giving birth while working as a partner in a law firm, and using that as a launching pad to discuss the importance of women in the workforce both here and around the world. And from there she highlighted her own work on behalf of the women of the world as secretary of state. She segued into the discussion of the plight of working middle-class families that will be so central to the 2016 race, and the centrality of women's economic issues to those struggles of the middle-class. From there it was a natural progression to talking about 21st century families and the importance of things such as paid leave. And all of that dovetailed perfectly into closing remarks about the future that revolved naturally around the birth in September of Clinton's first grandchild, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. That brought up Hillary's new role as a grandmother, and the perspective it has given her on the future and what needs to be done to guarantee that it's the best possible future. The Silicon Valley address could serve as a template for how Clinton intends to approach her career goals from the vantage point of being a woman seeking her own place in the workforce. In the coming weeks, which serendipitously happen to be part of Women's History Month, Hillary's speaking schedule is heavy with events and gatherings that center around women. If she's not running for president, then she could be gearing up to get a talk show on the Lifetime network. All of which stands in stark contrast to Hillary's last presidential campaign. In 2008, she seemed to think that she had to reassure voters that a woman could be president, primarily by not accentuating the fact that she was a woman. This time around, there seems to be a shared assumption that, of course, a woman would make an excellent president, in part simply by virtue of being a woman. In that previous campaign, Hillary ran as the most experienced candidate, primarily to draw a distinction between herself and her relatively less experienced challenger, Barack Obama. But now, almost eight years later, Clinton can let her experience speak for itself. She has more of it -- almost too much, from one perspective: She'll be 69 by the time the 2016 election takes place. So this time instead of highlighting her experience, she's highlighting the experiences she has in common with the women, mothers and grandmothers out there. Of course, Hillary's message will have to resonate beyond female voters. Fortunately, the dynamics of the 21st century economy and the place of the family within it lend themselves to a family-friendly feminism. We live in a society where women are necessary breadwinners whose income is counted upon for families to make it. Gender pay equality and supportive work environments benefit spouses, children, extended families and entire communities. Today, feminism, family and economic issues intertwine like never before. Hillary's stressing of the importance of women's workplace issues both to the family and to the struggles of the middle-class puts the Republicans on the defensive as they try to co-opt middle-class economic issues. Potential GOP presidential candidates are already trying to position themselves to steal the thunder of the Democratic nominee when it comes to issues of wage inequality and middle-class stagnation. But how exactly do they propose to reinvigorate a middle-class that is overwhelmingly composed of families with two wage-earners if they don't fight for women's workplace issues? For instance, child care may be thought of as a woman's issue, but it's really a family issue, virtually by definition, and an economic issue on top of that. Among topics that are sometimes seen as more traditional women's issues such as family planning, access to birth control and the right to choose, Hillary has the advantage in that she can make her stance clear, based on her life experiences as a woman. It's the Republicans with extremist views on these issues who have to dance around their real beliefs and avoid making outrageous and absurd statements such as embarrassing pronouncements about rape and pregnancy. If Hillary seems more comfortable running as a woman, it's partly because society at large seems more comfortable with a populist-tinged feminism than it was in 2008. Patricia Arquette's Oscar night speech in support of equal pay for women -- although predictably dismissed by right-wing media such as Fox News -- was enthusiastically received by the public in general. In fact, far from being thought radical, Arquette's statements backstage were thoroughly deconstructed by the left for not being progressively correct enough. Women have been steadily making strides in the years since Hillary's 2008 campaign, and as they did, they smoothed the way for one of their own to run for the highest office in the land without having to play down her gender. Hillary is now wisely embracing her gender as a way of capturing the same "hope and change" historical quality of Obama's presidency. Voters always want change, and Hillary Clinton has been a constant on the political stage for decades now. She's certainly no stranger to Washington, or to the West Wing of the White House. But electing her president would still represent massive change on a fundamental level. Hillary Clinton wants 2016 to be the Year of the Woman. And she wants to be The Woman.

Donna Brazile: In 2008, Hillary Clinton de-emphasized gender and ran on her experience . Now Clinton is positioning her potential campaign to focus on history-making election of a woman president .

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This week, we heard that at least five Democratic operatives are helping her develop a "woman's voice," one of whom, the Huffington Post reports, is a female campaign manager who told Clinton that her "woman's voice" was "too thin," but also that she was "unable to connect."
In other words, Clinton is starting to sound and feel like a woman.
Last month, we heard that at least two women have been working on helping Clinton with her "woman voice," one of whom was a communications consultant for Hillary Clinton during her Senate run in New York.
Of course, in this case, a woman in Hillary's orbit, who should know better, was talking about her "woman voice," a term typically used to describe the kind of voice used on the radio, with "soft" and "feminine" sounding intonations, not the kind of voice that is used in a political setting.
When the Clinton "voice" has not been described as "soft" or "feminine," it has been described in many ways, including "nagging," "whiny," and "overly emotional."
There are many reasons to be concerned about the "woman voice," particularly for political candidates.
First, women are the gatekeepers of emotion and compassion, and "woman voices" tend to lean toward those emotions. Women, after all, have a higher tendency than men to help others.
Second, and perhaps most importantly, a "woman voice" is often regarded as non-political and therefore as less threatening by men in politics, who would rather have an appealing "girlfriend" on their arm, rather than an appealing woman who will give them hard political advice.
As a result, in the 2008 presidential race, the "woman voice" was almost a death knell for Hillary Clinton, according to the Huffington Post's Rachelle Younglai. "It has long been an article of faith in the Democratic Party that when a male-female ticket runs, the man is the star and the woman is the sidekick," said Younglai.
And, of course, the term "woman voice" was used repeatedly by President Bush as a way of attacking former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.
In the 2008 presidential race, we saw how damaging this tactic could be for Hillary and the Democrats


(CNN)Well, I'll be the first to admit, I got caught off guard on this one. If indeed the assessment of the cockpit voice recording of Germanwings Flight 9525's final moments is an accurate one, it is shocking. It is inconceivable to me that a fellow pilot would use an airplane for his demise and the demise of his passengers. It is my hope that there is more to this uncanny, horrific tragedy than just an extraordinary suicide event. Although a report of normal breathing from the co-pilot in the moments before the crash indicates that he was not incapacitated, how can one really tell? A farfetched idea, but could he have suffered a fit of schizophrenia never diagnosed, or suffered some other mental disorder, perhaps brought on by medication? I know, it's not likely. As an airline pilot, I'm taking this incident personally. Why? A pilot betrayed the public trust. With all the other fears -- terrorism, disappearances of planes, aircraft malfunctions -- how do I reassure my passengers that they should not add medical illness, mental or otherwise, of the pilot to the list? For the moment, I'll have to believe that my customers are intelligent enough to realize that the Germanwings co-pilot is an anomaly. Sure, as with any profession, pilots have isolated cases of stress-related troubles. But we have mechanisms to deal with such problems. One mechanism is very simple: Don't fly. It is incumbent upon us to determine our own fitness for duty. As a matter of fact, on every trip, I have to confirm that status before I electronically sign the flight plan. Whether it's as simple as suffering from the common cold or suffering from the distraction of a nasty divorce, airline pilots can just say "no" to flying. As part of the hiring process, we completed a psychological evaluation. With my airline, one part of the evaluation involved a written test that asked obscure questions in different ways. Another part of the test involved pilots listening to an air traffic control recording made during the angst of a thunderstorm event while at the same time completing a battery of math and shape-orientation problems. We were then asked questions specific to the conversations between the air traffic controllers and pilots we'd heard in the recording. The test was a measure of our multitasking abilities and our abilities to deal with stress. In addition, the airline's doctor conducted an individual mental evaluation. Airline pilots in the United States are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to take a medical examination once every six months. The examination is mostly physical, but the doctor is expected to ask some basic mental health questions, most of them about depression or alcohol consumption. In addition to requiring pilots to indicate any prior health issues during the previous six months, the application for the exam also compels us to self-disclose the use of medications, specifically for the treatment of depression. If we have consulted a therapist, that also has to be disclosed. Yes, all bets are off if we deceive the system by hiding things from it, but by every indication, this rarely occurs. The consequence for deception is having your FAA pilot's license suspended. When it comes to experiencing stress, airline pilots are no different than anyone else. But we tend to deal with stress internally. I have been trained as a peer support volunteer in critical-incident stress management, a joint program between the pilots union and my airline uses as a debriefing method to talk pilots through any serious event experienced in flight. The idea is to mitigate any post-traumatic stress associated with such an event, and occasionally the process would uncover personal issues that would be referred to other support providers, like mental health professionals. I have found that my colleagues demonstrate an above-average ability to compartmentalize their problems and not let personal issues affect their job performance ... most of the time, of course. If personal issues invade the cockpit, mechanisms are in place to assist. What mechanisms? At my airline, both the company and the pilot's union work in unison. Programs to assist a pilot experiencing problems are just a phone call away. And if there is concern about a colleague's mental health, we can contact one of these programs on the other pilot's behalf, anonymously if necessary. In some circumstances a pilot can be removed from duty. At every recurrent training period, the curriculum includes a presentation reminding us of these mechanisms. No system is perfect. Yes, as with all human systems, somebody will fall through the cracks. Even a good psychiatrist can miss an impending suicide. Redesigning an airplane cockpit based on the infinitesimal chance that another Germanwings co-pilot is out there seems like an overreaction. If passengers require reassurance of my sanity, then it would be best to more actively promote the mechanisms already in place. We can start with education. As I fly back from London today, I am certain that the Gulf War Air Force hero beside me, who dealt with enemy missiles and raising a family, will do nothing other than an exemplary job. I am honored to call him my co-pilot.

Les Abend: Fliers should know that Germanwings crash is anomaly; airlines have procedures for vetting pilots' fitness . He says psych evaluations, medical exams, peer-oversight protocols keep such disasters rare .

's the kind of cockpit dialogue that I would expect only from a flight simulator. And the reality is, the only real surprise in this is that we can actually listen to it.
"I got nothing." "I don't have a damn thing." "Let's go get him." "I have no idea where he is." "He's got guns, let's go get him, he's got guns."
"You're right." "Why didn't you tell me?"
It starts with: "Do you have any idea where he is? He could be anywhere on board."
No answer. "What can you see?"
"I can't see him. He could be anywhere."
You can understand the urgency here, and this is where the real surprise is: the pilots sounded pretty panicked.
And that's where it gets a little curious. "Where's the captain?"
The captain is dead.
"You have to tell me," she says, "because I'm going to start going crazy."
At this point, I would normally think it's a bad idea to listen to the air traffic controller, but she's not the one being shot at. And she's the one we should be listening to because, after all, she has to deal with the crazed passenger's every thought and reaction.
And she's got a couple of good ideas: "He's been in the first class bathroom. He could be dead there. I don't know. I'm really worried about him."
And she makes other suggestions, none of which seems to make a lot of sense: "Try his phone."
"He's in the lavatory."
"Try calling him."
The woman is pretty well in the tank right now. She says, "I don't know what to do."
And finally, with a little bit of luck, she gets the air traffic controller to repeat instructions to her over the radio: "Make sure the doors are locked on the lavatory. He has got a gun. Make sure they're locked. He's got a gun."
She is a tough lady, the air traffic controller.
"No, he's in the cockpit."
So, it's a little later than that, about eight minutes in, when she realizes: "