but now, three icons, thierry henry, patrick vieira and dennis bergkamp have alljoined in a bid to buyinvolvement of those three start the clock ticking on kroenke? so how serious is the bid? well, let's speak live now to our senior sports news reporter laura scott. thanks very much for speaking to us on sports day. these three icons are now involved with this bid. do we know what part these three arsenal icons are playing in the deal? we do not at this stage. all we know is that they have joined daniel ek�*s bid to buy the club, so quite what their role would be in that takeover remains unknown, whether it is helping him put together a package that would convince stan kroenke to sell the club or whether it would be a more formal role than that, we just do not know at this stage, other than the fact that as you say, all three of them are joining his bid. from daniel ek, we had the tweet last week saying as a kid growing up, i have cheered for arsenal as long as i can remember. if they would like to cell arsenal, or be happy to throw my hat in the ring. we have not heard from daniel sin

the bbc can confirm reports that thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotifyniel ek�*s bid to buy arsenal. it's after fans called for current owner stan kroenke to leave the club. fans gathered outside the emirates last week to protest at arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for kroenke to sell. lifelong arsenal fan daniel ek, who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, is reported 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

it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira arement in the failed european super league, with many calling for owner stan 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

arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira havejoined his bid to buy the clubham 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, bars or gyms. organisers 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 best scientific and medical expertise

it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp, and patrick vieira ared 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 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, jus

arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira havejoined his bid to buy the clubnicholls 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 best scientific and medical expertise being available worldwide. they are developed together with the world health organization, with independent experts and organisations from across the world. warren gatland says he feels for george north after the welshman sustained a season ending knee injury playing for 0sp

arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira alljoin a bid to buy the club.d evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sources have said to the bbc that, as england went into a second lockdown last autumn, the prime minister said he would rather see "bodies pile high" than take the country into a third lockdown. the prime minister denies it. the government was criticised for delaying the lockdown, during which tens of thousands more people died. labour say the prime minister has degraded his office and that his comments are a disgrace. it comes amid a storm of allegations against the prime minister by his former closest aide dominic cummings — and a growing row over who paid for the refurbuishment for the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. are you ready? politics is notjust are you ready? politics is not 'ust a name, are you ready? politics is not 'ust a game. but �* are you ready? politics is not 'ust a game. but a fi are you ready? politics is not 'ust a game, but a constant �* a game, b

from fans over their failed attempts to join the european super league for players terry henri dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are backing x. takeover bid that arsenal's manager thinks otherwise. what i like to know and so is about the reality is that we have owners that are really really committed and they want a successful zoom on the pitch and they're going to do everything they can to that's and and that is what we have. supported with them well as manager and former manchester united player ryan giggs has pleaded not guilty after being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister the 47 year old appeared in a manchester court earlier was released on bail he also faces a charge of coercive and controlling behavior kids will return to court again on may the 26. there's on a boxing legend floyd mayweather has been scheduled for june the 6th in miami they have beaten the 5 time world champion will come out of retirement to point into the celebrity can pull mayweather has been retired since august 28th 2017. in the n.b.a. the brooklyn nets the 1st team from the eastern conferenc

some fans that want the owners out and could they be guessing their wish for moscow players to dennis bergkampand patrick vieira reportedly joining forces with swedish believe that down the back to launch a bid to buy the club is the co-founder of music streaming service spotify and is said to be worth $4700000000.00 but owner stan kroenke he said last week he has no intention to sell meanwhile italian clubs have been warned they'll lose membership of that country's football federation if they join competitions that aren't sanctioned by fee for you a for the maze comes after $3.00 if it's a visa biggest syriac clubs eventis into milan and ac milan were among the founding members of the super league which collapsed last week ac milan strikers latin abraham of it is being investigated by u.a. for the having and a legit financial interest in a betting company european football's governing body is looking into reports that he ran with it is a partner in the betting company based in malta if he's found to have breached disciplinary rules he could face a 3 year ban from football and at the age of $3

co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, has joined with thierry henry, dennis bergkampo, 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 more games. at the same time, we have three substitutes

we heard yesterday how club legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira had joined spotifyat the organisation has been too slow to 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 —

co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, has joined with thierry henry, dennis bergkamponal 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 two of them have already been claimed this afternoon. w

earlier this week, arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira were reported toke longer to recover than boys. this is a controversial 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 tourn