10/10/2013 Newsround

Good afternoon, you're watching Newsround with me, Ricky. On the

way: Should English footballers Newsround with me, Ricky. On the

more in the Premier League? The sharp-toothed devils settling in,

miles from home. And a big treat on the way for Pokemon fans. Stick

miles from home. And a big treat on us - this is Newsround. First, it's

one of those football questions us - this is Newsround. First, it's

comes up over and over again, how many English players should there be

in the English Premier League? A report by BBC Sport has found that

out of all the minutes of Premier League football played so far this

season, less than a third involved English players. So why aren't more

English footballers reaching that top level? I've been looking into

it. From Wayne Rooney to Steven Gerrard and Jack Wilshere... Just

some of the faces made famous for their footballing talent. England

gave the world football and it certainly has its share of star

players but a new report carried out for BBC Sport shows that the amount

of time English footballers are for BBC Sport shows that the amount

the pitch in Premier League games is falling. Of all the minutes played

in all the premier league games falling. Of all the minutes played

far this season, only 32% were played by English footballers. That

means the rest of the time was played by footballers from other

countries. Five years ago, the figure for English players was

higher at 35.25%. So how do we compare to other countries? In

Spain's top league, Spanish players make up 59% of all minutes played.

In Germany's top league, half of all are being developed. The kids are

Tuesday or Thursday night, but I not playing. You know. They may

Tuesday or Thursday night, but I football as they did years ago.

But at this school in Manchester these teenagers play up to 33 games

a season. FA Chairman, Greg Dyke, look at how to improve the figures

We as English players are starting While the Premier League clubs are

among the best in the world. England has not lived up to expectations on

the international stage. Greg Dyke set up a group of experts to look at

the figures, how to improve them and to ensure that stars of the future

Robert in Buckingham says, "There should be only English players in

the Premier League. Then less money would be spent on buying foreign

players." Tiffany in Birmingham says, "English players must be

involved more in order to boost says, "English players must be

performance of the English national team." But Kieran in Caerphilly

says, "It doesn't matter where a player comes from, as long as they

are a good player, let them play." Now from football's Premier League

to cricket's top class - legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar

to cricket's top class - legendary 40-year-old former India captain,

who many reckon is cricket's best ever player, has scored more runs in

the international game than anyone else... Ever! He'll hang up his

the international game than anyone after he plays his 200th Test match

next month. Now, dig out those jumpers because the recent summery

weather is turning a whole lot more chilly this week! Heavy rain and

strong winds have already been battering eastern parts of the

warnings in place for East Anglia and north-east England. Forecasters

say it'll be hard to resist turning on the heating by the weekend! But

no such problem on the other side of they've been experiencing one of the

hottest October days on record! Temperatures in the city of Sydney

went over 37 degrees with people hitting the beaches, and animals

Firefighters have also been working to put out around 60 bush fires

Firefighters have also been working have started in the state of New

South Wales. And staying in that part of the world, they're usually

Tasmanian devils are getting to part of the world, they're usually

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