:00:20. > :00:26.Afternoon, guys. Hope you're warm and dry inside after a seriously
:00:26. > :00:31.soggy Monday. I'm Joe. That's Leah. And this is what's coming up on
:00:31. > :00:38.Newsround today. I meet the Olympic star who didn't
:00:38. > :00:42.win a medal. And big Custard Pie Championships who got their just
:00:42. > :00:46.deserts. But first - he called it his dream.
:00:46. > :00:49.But now, after nine years, the dream is over. John Terry says he
:00:49. > :00:52.is quitting international football because the FA, who run the English
:00:52. > :00:55.game, have made it impossible for him to play for England.
:00:55. > :00:59.Chelsea player has spent the day at Wembley, facing a disciplinary
:00:59. > :01:07.hearing over claims he racially abused another player. Hayley sent
:01:07. > :01:11.us this report a bit earlier on. Earlier today, John Terry left
:01:11. > :01:16.Wembley Stadium after meeting the FA but when he arrived this morning,
:01:16. > :01:21.his international career was already over. It is about the
:01:21. > :01:25.alleged abusive language he gave to Anton Ferdinand last season. He was
:01:25. > :01:30.found not guilty in the English courts but today the FA said he
:01:30. > :01:34.still broke through rules, which bans any player from using abusive
:01:34. > :01:39.language on the pitch. This hearing could go on for the next couple of
:01:39. > :01:43.days, and if John Terry is found guilty he could face a match ban of
:01:43. > :01:47.four games in the Premier League, but whatever happens, one thing we
:01:47. > :01:53.know for sure is that John Terry will never put on his England shirt
:01:53. > :01:56.again. Let's find out how it all kicked off.
:01:56. > :01:59.What was said at this moment started a row that shook football,
:01:59. > :02:02.lead to England's captain being stripped of the armband and the
:02:02. > :02:05.Chelsea player appearing in court. Even though he was found not guilty,
:02:05. > :02:09.whether John Terry racially abused another player last year is the
:02:09. > :02:11.question that just won't go away. For the people who run English
:02:12. > :02:16.footy, the court's verdict wasn't enough and the Football Association
:02:16. > :02:19.announced they wanted to find out for themselves. So, the man who was
:02:19. > :02:22.once one of the first names on the team sheet has quit because he
:02:22. > :02:25.thinks it's unfair, and the situation would make him playing
:02:25. > :02:29.for the national team impossible. He said: "I've always given my all
:02:29. > :02:32.and it breaks my heart to make this decision". Terry's decision to quit
:02:32. > :02:40.ends one of the most eventful England careers of all time. And,
:02:40. > :02:45.as a player, he'll be missed. should talk about his England
:02:45. > :02:50.career because he has been outstanding for England. Forget
:02:50. > :02:56.about everything else, he has been outstanding. He is thinking, by the
:02:56. > :03:00.end of the week I won't be playing for England anyway. John Terry
:03:00. > :03:06.gives you everything, and not just on the pitch but off the pitch.
:03:06. > :03:09.They will miss him a as a player. There were lots of good bits. Terry
:03:09. > :03:13.was a real leader for the three lions racking up 78 games and
:03:13. > :03:16.scoring six goals. But then there was the controversy. He was sacked
:03:16. > :03:20.as captain, twice, first because of stories about his private life, and
:03:20. > :03:24.then because of the racism row. And in the end, those negative stories
:03:24. > :03:29.caught up with him, and so the man who was once the heart of the
:03:29. > :03:32.England team won't pull on the shirt again.
:03:32. > :03:37.From one row about words to another. And this time it's about what this
:03:37. > :03:40.man said to police officers. Andrew Mitchell is a senior politician who
:03:40. > :03:42.has been criticised for what he said in an argument with police
:03:42. > :03:46.last week. In politics, sometimes things can blow up over the
:03:46. > :03:51.smallest detail and in this row, it's all about one word.
:03:51. > :03:54.We all say things we don't mean in heat of the moment. Senior
:03:54. > :03:58.politician Andrew Mitchell has apologised for shouting at police
:03:58. > :04:03.officers last week. They would not let him cycle through the main gate
:04:03. > :04:07.at Downing Street. He says he is sorry for being disrespectful to
:04:07. > :04:14.police, but that is not enough in this case and that is because of
:04:14. > :04:24.one of the words he is reported to have used "player". It is not use
:04:24. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:29.that often these days. -- pleb. It is used to describe the poorest
:04:29. > :04:32.people in society and is used by some as an insult today. He belongs
:04:32. > :04:37.to the Conservative Party, which some people say has traditionally
:04:37. > :04:40.been a party for the rich. It is a sensitive time for the police
:04:40. > :04:46.because it is less than a week since two police officers were
:04:46. > :04:51.killed in Manchester. Mr Mitchell said he did not use that word, but
:04:51. > :04:55.the police report printed in the Sun newspaper said that he did. The
:04:55. > :04:59.government said Mr Mitchell has apologised and they want to move on,
:04:59. > :05:04.but other politicians and senior police want an inquiry to find out
:05:05. > :05:08.what happened. Some think he should lose his job. But until the truth
:05:08. > :05:13.comes out, it looked like this war of words will keep on going.
:05:13. > :05:16.Now, did you had a soggy walk home from school today? If you did, you
:05:17. > :05:21.weren't alone. The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for
:05:21. > :05:25.most of the UK. So far the worst of the downpours have been in the
:05:25. > :05:31.south of England. And some parts of the country are expected to be hit
:05:31. > :05:34.with more than a month's worth of rain by the morning. Now to a lady
:05:34. > :05:37.who was one of the biggest stars of the Olympics and Paralympics - and
:05:37. > :05:41.she didn't even compete! We're talking about super sports
:05:41. > :05:44.presenter Clare Balding. I caught up with her to discuss her new book
:05:44. > :05:49.that tells us all about her childhood including when she
:05:49. > :05:55.thought she was a dog and even had the Queen round for breakfast.
:05:55. > :06:02.An here is at Chad le Clos's father! Unbelievable! The aubergine
:06:02. > :06:05.and poppy club volunteers. Hello. You grew up with a sporting
:06:05. > :06:11.background but animals were also key because your father was a horse
:06:11. > :06:17.trainer. I grew up surrounded by thoroughbred racehorses and by dogs
:06:17. > :06:23.and essentially, I thought I was a dog. You are about six here with a
:06:23. > :06:28.dog collar on your head! Fantastic! Let's talk about the moment when
:06:28. > :06:32.you burst in and the Queen was having breakfast with your dad.
:06:32. > :06:37.Queen had her horses in training with my father and she would come
:06:37. > :06:41.and see them twice a year, just turn up randomly, so the Queen is
:06:41. > :06:45.sitting at the table as I come bursting through the door.
:06:46. > :06:51.Ordinarily you would curtsy to the Queen and say "Your Majesty" and
:06:52. > :07:01.wait until you are spoken to, but I missed the moment to say that and I
:07:01. > :07:05.just said "sausages!". And growing up, you said it was difficult to
:07:05. > :07:09.find your voice. I grew up in a family were women were not
:07:09. > :07:13.considered equal to men in any shape or form.
:07:13. > :07:19.Many people believe that a day's racing at Ascot does not begin
:07:19. > :07:25.until you get onto the racecourse. I obviously now do a job that 20
:07:25. > :07:30.years ago would have been considered a male job. I was the
:07:30. > :07:34.first woman presenter of racing that there had ever been. There
:07:34. > :07:39.were a few barriers that I'd probably broke. For most people who
:07:39. > :07:46.watch this, it is perfectly natural to them that a woman would present
:07:46. > :07:49.sports. Now here's a sport I'm sure Clare would love to cover but maybe
:07:49. > :07:52.from a bit of distance! Yes, organisers have been getting
:07:52. > :07:55.through more than 300 kilos of flour at the World Custard Pie
:07:55. > :08:04.Championships in Kent. This lot went bananas but eventually local
:08:04. > :08:10.team, Pie of the Tiger, were the winners. Apparently you get extra
:08:10. > :08:16.points for the way you throw them! This Friday, we will give you a
:08:16. > :08:23.world first of a new breed of magic sacking aliens, from a brand new
:08:23. > :08:27.CBBC show. Nobody has seen it before. But before then, we want
:08:27. > :08:30.you to send your drawings of what do you think they might look like.
:08:30. > :08:37.They will not feature in the programme but we will still show as
:08:37. > :08:47.many as possible of them on the website. I have got some ideas.
:08:47. > :08:52.Massive tentacles. Big scary are ways. Hairy feet? You need a pen.