earps has signed a 12—month contract with the side that finished runners—up in last season's champions league. floyd mayweather is top of the forbes sports rich list, announced today, after earning over £200m pounds according to the forbes rankings of the top 100 earning athletes. lionel messi is second, while the highest british sportsman is lewis hamilton in 12th. for the first time, there are no women among the top 100 earners. for a few years now, beards have been enjoying a fashion moment — no self—respecting hipster would be seen without one. but for amateur boxers — beards have long been banned. fighters have been required to be clean shaven so facial cuts could clearly be seen — but sikh and muslim groups have been campaigning to the governing body to change the rules, which they have agreed to do, as ian williams has been finding out. to bea to be a boxer you have to be light on your feet and you need to bob and

weave and you need to hit hard but until now amateurs could not fight in the ring if they had a beard. this fighterfrom in the ring if they had a beard. this fighter from ilford in the ring if they had a beard. this fighterfrom ilford is in the ring if they had a beard. this fighter from ilford is a five—time champion and also a sikh. asa sikh five—time champion and also a sikh. as a sikh the reason i want to keep a beard, i believe are physical appearance comes from god and we believe that as part of the physical form and we do not wish to alter it. up form and we do not wish to alter it. up until this month, amateur boxers had to be clean—shaven to fight. it was claimed that facial hair could hide cuts, the abrasive in a venture even cushion blows. now campaigners have landed a knockout blow, england boxing has agreed to change its rules saying it is proud of the diversity in the sport and wants to be more inclusive. if we look at other contact sports, like rugby and mma, they do not have fights or competition stopped because of cuts to the job. his uncle was also a

boxer and had to shave his beard. this is only the first round because the ban on beards is still in place for international amateur competitions including the olympics. england is the first country to overturn this role so if i do get picked tojoin the overturn this role so if i do get picked to join the olympic squad i will have to shave which will hold me back. campaigners say they will fight that ban as well meaning men like this man what can put away their raiserfor good. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. you're watching bbc news. let's get more now on the announcement by the culture secretary, matt hancock that rupert murdoch's twenty—first century fox can buy the european pay—tv network sky, but only if its news operation is sold to a third

party and is funded for at least ten years. fox currently has a thirty—nine per cent stake in sky and wants to buy the remaining shares. i agree with the cma that divesting sky news to disney, as proposed by fox, as to an alternative suitable buyer, with an agreement to ensure it is funded for at least ten years, is likely to be the most proportionate and effective remedy for the public interest concerns that have been identified. the cma report sets out some draft terms for such a divestment and fox has written to me to offer undertakings on effectively the same terms. the proposals include significant commitments from fox, but there are still some important issues on the draft undertakings that need to be addressed. i need to be confident that the final undertakings ensure that sky news remains financially viable over the long term, is able to operate as a major uk—based news provider and is able to take its editorial decisions independently, free from any potential outside influence. with me is matthew garrahan,

global media editor at the financial times. it is good to see you. first of all. this was not a surprise really, as long as mr murdoch gets rid of sky news. it is the end of what has been a pretty torturous and long process. murdoch controls fox and owns 39% of sky and he led for all of sky 16 months ago and since then, various regulators have been looking at the deal, wayne it up and politicians have come forward and objected to it, so the move today, that was the end of the process. now we will have a huge bidding war. hancock said

that the murdoch bid can go forward provided sky news is sold. disney said it wanted to buy sky news, disney is also trying to buy fox, but as far as sky is concerned, murdoch and fox are one side and comcast on the other, the largest cable company in america and it wa nts s ky cable company in america and it wants sky as well. we are in for a bidding war. this is all part of the idea of consolidation in order to ta ke idea of consolidation in order to take on amazon on and facebook in what is a globalised media world. so, some of the biggest names in media, are all looking at the future and wondering where they fit in because netflix and amazon have really changed the way the people watch television and they have introduced on demand viewing, people are watching that in increasing

amounts rather than sitting down at an amounts rather than sitting down at a n allotted amounts rather than sitting down at an allotted time to watch the television. media companies have to get bigger and sky has become a pawn in that game and now you have these giants of us media trying to take control. what about sky news itself? should anyone merit be concerned about disney perhaps wanting to get involved there because disney and news do not normally go together? they have a good track record in news in the us and they are also trying to buy fox and if that comes off, they will all sky anyway. this isa off, they will all sky anyway. this is a side deal to take control of sky news and that is a way of appeasing some of the critics. they said they did not want the murdoch family to have any control of sky news because they have too much control over the uk media market. thank you forjoining us. time for a look at the weather... a fine enter the day for most of us.

the sun came out and it was a pleasa nt the sun came out and it was a pleasant afternoon. not a lot of clear whether initially but we will see cloud invading again from the east across much of the east of scotla nd east across much of the east of scotland and the east of thing and, keeping ploughed into the channel islands and the far south west of england, one or two showers. into northern ireland, some cloud but elsewhere, clear whether in the west and haemorrhages are dipping down lower than recently. a fresher feel to things —— temperatures. a lot of cloud in the east will disappear through the day but we will keep some into the north of england, the north midlands to lincolnshire, patchy cloud to the far west of scotland, northern ireland and the far west of england.

some showers could be thundery in the channel islands. a fine day, long sunny spells, warmer than today, into the low 20s but remember that breeze coming into the north sea coast and we have low cloud and it will feel cooler than it does elsewhere. thursday into friday, we will show you that through the evening, an increasing chance of picking up showers from the south. that is your latest forecast. you're watching beyond one hundred days. american football fans gather at the white house today to honour their sport. (but this year's super bowl champions — the philadelphia eagles — won't be there because donald trump has uninvited them. after some of the eagles players said they didn't want to go the event anyway, the president accuses them of lack of patriotism has anyone seenjohn bolton? a week before the singapore nuclear summit, the controversial national security advisor is excluded from key meetings. the white house press secretary is accused of lying to the public from the podium — or was she just not told the truth by her boss? also on the programme... the first funerals

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