daniel ek�*s personal fortune is around own at the club.rtune is around £3.11 billion, but at this stage, we have not had a comment from arsenal about this proposed takeover. you were at the emirates on friday night and witnessed the strength of feeling — this is bound to be well—received by the fans, isn't it? yes, some i spoke to see any involvement from the trio of the invincible is as a positive thing. they also seem to like the idea of daniel ek, given he seems to be a long—running supporter of the club, but what is clear from having spoken to the arsenal supporters trust and others is that whoever owns the club in the future, they want more fan involvement, they are looking to the fan led review to see change, real change in football's governance and the involvement of fans in the running of the clubs. arsenalfans are not alone in wanting that, but as things stand, they do see this as as things stand, they do see this as a positive. they want more dialogue with the kroenkes if they're not going to sell, because at this age the underst

dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ekstan kroenke to sell, and our reporter laura scott says supporters want a greater say regardless of the owners... some that i spoke to see any involvement from this trio of them as a positive, and they also seem to like daniel ek, given he seems to be a long—running supporter of the club, but what is clear is that whoever owns the club in the future, they want more fan involvement. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has criticised the new champions league format, saying coaches and players have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule. the number of teams participating in the group stage of the champions league will increase from 32 to 36. it comes after the collapse of plans for a european super league. all these discussions about super league made forget that we have now a new form of the champions league very soon. did they ask any coach about this? i don't think so. they did not ask me. did they ask any player? i don't think so, it's just more games, it

is a arsenalfan and says spotify co—owner daniel ek is a arsenal fan and says he sees an opportunityon for the p has club legends on board with him, together with the funds to take over, but for now they are waiting. the american owners say they are not selling. we the american owners say they are not sellina. ~ . ., the american owners say they are not sellina. ~ . . , . ., ., selling. we have a very clear and committed _ selling. we have a very clear and committed statement _ selling. we have a very clear and committed statement from - selling. we have a very clear and committed statement from the l committed statement from the ownership and i think that is gone when they show the commitment and desire and they are fully excited and committed to this project and want to push everyone to what we want to push everyone to what we want to push everyone to what we want to do. want to push everyone to what we want to tie-— want to push everyone to what we want to do. �* ., ~ , ., want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight _ want to do. before arsenal can look forward, tonight t

have a level playing field and that's what we're fighting for. >> all right thank you so much to daniel eke about the spotify price, but i think that the arsenal conversation, daniel, it seems to dominate. >> it's dominating right now talking about the superleague. >> people want you to own that franchise, daniel. >> well, thank you, guys thank you again for having me. it's always fun to be on here and yeah, we're super excited about the future at spotify, and we're excited about the early innings of what is a tremendous growth story in audio. >> thank you so much, daniel executive ceo of spotify carl, exciting show today. >> yeah. indeed we got through a lot s&p record high while we were talking to daniel as we said earlier, dow being dragged down a bit. jim, you'll have a lot to kick around tonight including ford. right? >> yeah. it's a slow show i've got sales force, yum, stanley black and decker and ford iish i could bring it -- i wish i could bring it, but that's the best i can do, carl. >> all right >> do better next time, jim. we'll see you tonight. 6:00 p.m. eastern time "mad money

lifelong arsenal fan daniel ek, who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming serviced to have been in talks with former players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira to help him purchase the club. well, one of the potential bidders, thierry henry, says social media companies are still doing too little to tackle racism, harrassent, and bullying. henry recently closed all his social media accounts, and this weekend, a coalition of english football's largest governing bodies and organisations will go off—line in a show of solidarity against racism. it follows boycotts by swansea, birmingham and rangers. we can now all be together and ask those big companies what they are going to do about it, because they are doing so little to tackle racism, harassment, and getting bullied. the issue is not only about racism, but since we're talking about the game and racism, obviously we are going to stay in that topic, in that subject. but i hope that it is going to have an impact on this company, and they're going to come out with some real ideas. several australian crick

i spoke to see any involvement from this trio of them as a positive, and they also seem to like daniel ekches and players have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule. the number of teams participating in the group stage of the champions league will increase from 32 to 36. it comes after the collapse of plans for a european super league. all these discussions about super league made us forget that we now have a new form of the champions league very soon. did they ask any coach about this? i don't think so — they did not ask me. did they ask any player? i don't think so, it'sjust more games, it's not more quality, just more games. and who will play these games? at the same time, we had three substitutes here in the premier league in the toughest competitions. no, i am not happy about this format, not at all. st mirren are the fourth and final team into the semi—finals of the scottish cup after a penalty shoot—out win over kilmarnock. it finished 3—3 after extra time before kyle mcallister sealed the paisley side's spot in the last four where they'll play s

the spotify chief executive daniel ek , says he has put together a compelling offer to buy arsenal despitee won't sell. ek says he wants kroenke to hear him out, that his offer is serious and he has the funds in place olympic athletes will have to take daily covid tests at this summer's olympics and also record two negative tests before arrival in tokyo. a number of strict protocols have been revealed today but organisers are delaying any decision on spectator numbers untiljune. paul townend has edged further clear of rachael blackmore in the race to be the year's top jockey in ireland. he won again in the feature race at punchestown this afternoon on the favourite, galopin des champs. it's townend's 97th winner this year. the whales to start a salad of the lions tour to south africa with a serious knee injury. he ruptured a list and explain over the weekend. let us speak to our report that. as the word heartbreaking. he said that's an understatement. now this quite is named next week. he would have been in that and he said that he would have been pushing for a place in the starting 15 as

the spotify chief executive daniel ek, says he's put together a compelling offer to buy arsenal despite supporter says he wants kroenke to hear him out, that his offer is serious, and he has the funds in place. arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira havejoined his bid to buy the club which follows fan protests at the emirates last week. following the irish domination at the cheltenham festival last month, britain hit back earlier today after clan des obeaux raced to victory in the punchestown gold cup. the paul nicholls trained 10—3 shot, ridden by sam twiston—davies, managed to hold off the favourite — al boum photo. it's a third gold cup success for nicholls after neptune collonges won in 2007 and 2008. organisers of the tokyo olympics have released their latest guidance for athletes attending the games this summer. amongst the measures for those taking part includes having to take two tests before arrival and then daily testing while in the country. participants will also not be allowed to use public transport or visit any tourist areas, shops, restaurants,

meanwhile swedish billionaire businessman daniel ek, co—founder of spotify, has said on social media well, as for the game inside the emirates, everton beat arsenal 1—0. the goal came with less than a quarter of an hour left of the match — an own goal by gunners keeper bernd leno, who fumbled the ball into his own net. so everton are now three points off the champions league places. it's the first time they've won away at arsenal in 25 years. unbelievable. unbelievable gift for our supporters. unbelievable. unbelievable gift for oursupporters. i unbelievable. unbelievable gift for our supporters. i think our performance was not top performance but a solid performance. we played aside, we played good defensively, we pie —— try to play if it was possible and they put it in the back of their goal. wales manager ryan giggs has been charged with assaulting two women last november. the former manchester united player is also charged with coercive or controlling behaviour. he has been bailed and is due to appear in court next wednesday. giggs has said he will plead not guilty in court. the

the spotify chief executive daniel ek says he's put together a compelling offer to buy arsenal despitethe irish domination at the cheltenham festival last month, britain hit back earlier today after clan des 0beaux raced to victory in the punchestown gold cup. the paul nicholls trained 10—3 shot, ridden by sam twiston—davies, managed to hold off the favourite, al boum photo. it's a third gold cup success for nicholls after neptune collonges won in 2007 and 2008. 0rganisers of the tokyo 0lympics have released their latest guidance for athletes attending the games this summer. amongst the measures for those taking part includes having to take two tests before arrival and then daily testing while in the country. participants will also not be allowed to use public transport or visit any tourist areas, shops, restaurants, bars or gyms. 0rganisers have also delayed a decision about whether local fans will be allowed to attend events. these playbooks are science and experience based playbooks. they are based and taking into account the latest scientific developments. they are based on the bes

we mentioned the conversation we had earlier in the week with spotify's daniel ek about this ongoinge take a listen to this. >> all we're fighting for really is having a level playing field. having an open platform that allows us to talk to customers, and allows us to innovate on the same premise that everyone else on the platform does, including apple. i don't know what the european union will do, but obviously, we're very encouraged with all of the dialogues we're having with regulators around the world. >> and now we can see why, jim. >> yes, i mean there's a line in apple's response, spotify does not pay apple any commission on over 99% of the paid subscribers and in europe, they have over 50% share. i don't know i think that that's pretty dispositive for apple. people did comment on that interview greatly, carl, but of course, it wasn't on anything involving spotify. there was this love for arsenal. i'm so american, i'm like arsenal? i don't know but do people ever love that and i think they were happy with our line of questions but also felt we shouldn't have asked any question

. _ well, meanwhile, swedish billionaire businessman daniel ek, co—founder of spotify, has said on socialchampions league places. it�*s the first time they�*ve won away at arsenal in 25 years. unbelievable gift for our supporters. i think good performance, not top performance, but solid performance. we played solid. we were good defensively. we tried to play if it was possible, and we were lucky scoring a goal. wales manager ryan giggs has been charged with assaulting two women last november. the former manchester united player is also charged with coercive or controlling behaviour. he�*s been bailed and is due to appear in court next wednesday. giggs has said he will plead not guilty. the welsh fa confirmed that robert page will continue as wales�* manager for this summer�*s euros. ronnie o�*sullivan�*s hopes of winning a record—equalling seventh world title are over. he is out of the world championship after losing to anthony mcgill in the second round. the match went the distance, but it was mcgill who held his nerve, winning 13—12. you could say this is one that�*s got away, but there

intention of selling the club despite interest from swedish billionaire and co-founder of spotify daniel ek fans of cool for country to sell the club following his involvement in the failed attempt to launch the european super league club legends terry henri dentist camp and patrick vieira backing the prospects of a buyout of former player and current manager tessa thinks otherwise what i like to know and so is about the reality is that we have only is that are we really committed and they were in a successful zoom on the pitch and they're going to do everything they can to judge you that's and and this is why we have. support it with. wells manager and former manchester united player ryan giggs has pleaded not guilty of being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister the 47 year old appeared in the munches to court earlier rooms released on bail he also faces a charge of coercive and controlling behavior explore turn to court again on may the 26. in the n.b.a. the brooklyn nets the 1st team from the eastern conference to book a spot in the playoffs for him were too strong fo

lifelong arsenal fan, daniel ek, who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming servicehe day 2. iam i am with the fans. i would like them to go, but kroenke has already said they are not going anywhere, so now it is up to the government to try and make the kind of change to these owners. for me, it has have fan involvement, because it cannot carry on like this. we cannot have owners like that, they are invisible to us. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has criticised the new champions league format, saying coaches and players have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule. the number of teams participating in the group stage of the champions league will increase from 32 to 36. it comes after the collapse of plans for a european super league. all that this discussion about super league made us forget that we have now a new format of champions league very soon. did they ask any coach about this? i do not think so. they do not ask me. did they ask any player? i do not think so. it is just more and more games. this is not more quality, it is just

thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira had joined spotify co—founder and billionaire daniel eko act over increasing evidence that concussion in sport is linked to neurological conditions like dementia. while on the same subject a new study has found that teenage girls are almost twice as likely to suffer concussion playing football, compared to teenage boys. researchers at the university of glasgow and in the us, are now calling for more work to be done looking at the risks to girls. this is a controversial thing to suggest but maybe we need to think about the differences in engagement with the game. maybe if girls are getting concussed more regularly from head hitting the ball and collision with the ball, we should think about should adolescent females the ball at all. should we be thinking of differences in the heading approach in the athlete? uefa have announced they'll be distributing more money to the women's champions league — 24 million euros — that's more than four times the current amount. the winner could earn 1.4 million euros — depending on their results across the

lifelong arsenal fan, daniel ek, who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming serviceara williams has announced she will retire from professional football at the end of the season. the 37—year—old is is england's most capped player with 172 appearances for the lionesses. williams said on social media that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. the icc says it's monitoring the coronavirus situation in india, and the effect it has on the indian premier league, after several australian cricketers and the india all rounder ravi ashwin left the competition amid rising cases in the country. adam zampa, kane richardson and andrew tye have ended their season early to return home. the ecb said they're not currently aware of any england players planning to leave the ipl. the icc say it's too early to say if there will be a knock—on for the men's t20 world cup, which is due to take place in india in october and november. there were four quarterfinal places up for grabs at the world snooker championship today, and

dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira were reported to have joined spotify founder and billionaire daniel ekl thing to suggest, but maybe we need to think about sex specific differences in engagement with the game. so maybe if girls are getting concussed more regularly from heading a ball, orfrom, you know, in collision with a ball we should think about, should adolescent females actually be heading the ball at all? should we even be thinking about differences in heading approach in young athletes? now for some exciting news from wimbledon. organisers are hoping that up to 10,000 fans will be able to enjoy their fix of strawberries, cream and tennis this year. henman hill could also be open for business, with social distancing in place. but there will be one major change to the schedule, with tennis taking place on the middle sunday, becoming a permanent addition. previously that day has only been used to accommodate a backlog of matches from the first week. usually also when there has been lots of rain. have we seen the shot of the tournament at the world snooker championship? this is stuar