and if that wasn't enough thierry henry news for you, then there's more to come, because he and alan be inducted into the premier league hall of fame. henry was, of course, a huge part of the arsenal invincibles team that went unbeaten for the entire 2003—4 season, with a club record — 175 premier league goals in 258 appearances for arsenal. shearer is the league's record scorer, with 260 goals for newcastle and blackburn rovers, who he won the title with in 1995. now england's most capped player, fara williams, has announced she'll be retiring at the end of the season. we can get more from our sports correspondent katie gornall. katie, she'd been suffering with a debilitating kidney condition her club reading called her "a true legend and pioneer". how important was she for the game? she has been huge for the game. recently i was asked to write a list of the best players in a wsl history and fara williams was the first name i put down, shejust has and fara williams was the first name i put down, she just has this incredible ability, she is a classy, creative midfielder, but has also

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

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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 comes after the former arsenal and france striker thierry henry removed himself from social mediaegor reports. football has tried several different tactics to try and defeat racism. taking the knee, widely adopted across sport, is one of them. today, the game hoped to make another loud statement — those who have been victims staying silent on the platforms where the abuse takes place. andros townsend says he used to be scared to look at his phone after games. do i think it will make a difference? probably not. but what it does do, it sends a warning to these companies, to let these people know that we're not going to take this abuse any more. if they still don't take action then i think you will see these clubs, players, staff, corporations, start to get together and think of more tough measures to take to finally force action. at 3pm this afternoon, led by the premier league and with support from rugby, cricket, cycling and many more, a four—day social media boycott. even before the lockdown kicked in, we were seeing significant increases in reported incidents based on discrimina

former arsenal player thierry henry says social media companies aren't doing enough to tackle racism.ead of a boycott this weekend by football clubs in england. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson is under intensifying pressure over transparency after a series of explosive allegations made by his former top adviser dominic cummings, including that he sought money from tory donors to help refurbish his downing street flat. this morning, the prime minister said that "any declaration to be made on payments for the refurbishment would be made in due course". mps are today questioning the head of the civil service on a series of potentially damaging issues for the prime minister, including whether a leak inquiry was stopped, and also the rules about lobbying. labour says the claims go to "the heart of ethics and integrity" in the government. here's our political correspondent helen catt. borisjohnson on a visit to wales this morning. but he is still being forced to bat away awkward questions after accusations by his former aide dominic cummings last week. firstl

it comes after the former arsenal and france striker thierry henry removed himself from social mediaince william, football has taken various tactics to try to beat racism, including taking the knee. today they came out to make a loud statement by staying silent on the platforms where the abuse takes place. do i think it will make a difference? probably not. but what it does do, it sends a warning to these companies, to let these people know that we are not going to take this abuse any more. if they still don't take action, then i think you'll see clubs, players, staff, corporations, start to get together and think of more tough measures to take to finally force action. there is no room for racism anywhere _ there is no room for racism anywhere. at there is no room for racism anywhere-— there is no room for racism an here. . ;~,, , . anywhere. at 3pm this afternoon, led b the anywhere. at 3pm this afternoon, led by the premier— anywhere. at 3pm this afternoon, led by the premier league _ anywhere. at 3pm this afternoon, led by the premier league and _ anywhere. at 3pm this afternoon,

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

well, a little earlier, the former world cup winner and arsenal legend thierry henry told us why he wasad enough of what was happening on this platform, whether it happened in sports or in life, as you mentioned just before. ijust said to myself, maybe that's going to create the wave if i come out and people are going to ask about it and want to know about it. and the strength of the pack, i always thought and still think, that is something powerful that you can see. and maybe we can ask those platforms and social media why are they not doing way more to stop what is happening on their platform and do way more to find out who are behind those accounts. borisjohnson has held a virtual meeting with a group of ex—postmasters, a week after a host of convictions were overturned. dozens of post 0fficer workers were wrongly convicted after due to a glitch in its defective accounting system. in one of the uk's biggest miscarriages ofjustice, those convictions were overturned by the high court last week. speaking during the meeting, the prime minister said he would ensure nothing like this happe

is asking whether thierry henry is asking football fans to take part in that, as well, and whether8am. from today you can travel to scotland from england and wales and stay overnight. so what difference will it make to businesses? nina's in gretna for us this morning. good morning to you. good morning! technical correction, _ good morning to you. good morning! technical correction, i— good morning to you. good morning! technical correction, i am _ good morning to you. good morning! technical correction, i am on - good morning to you. good morning! technical correction, i am on the - technical correction, i am on the english side of the border. this was built in 1814 by thomas telford. through the 19th century, young lovers would cross the bridge, presumably with fewer juggernauts ruining their romance, to take advantage of different rules around marriage in scotland and today i can take advantage of doing this. crossing over into another nation! it has been a while since i have been able to do that. if you went right over there to where the sun is rising you would reach newcastle.

airey henry, took his own personal stand last month, deleting all of his social media accounts —— thierry | henryharassed| online. as we know, young people a day are committing suicide. big tech | has pledged to do more, new filtersi and better content moderation. four days of silence, then. a symbolic gesture or a real attempt to rid football and social media of racism for good? angus crawford, bbc news. india has registered a new world record for daily coronavirus infections for the fourth day in a row. almost 350,000 new cases and more than 2,700 deaths were reported in the past 2a hours. the indian capital, delhi, has exended its lockdown for another week as prime minister narendra modi said the country had been shaken by a "storm" and urged people to get vaccinated. simonjones reports. patients continue to arrive at hospitals struggling to breathe, needing urgent treatment. but the health system is close to collapse. almost 350,000 new cases in the latest daily figures, another record. this man is desperate to find help for his sister in delhi. translation: i've been trying | nonstop for thr

who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, has joined with thierry henryld 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 more games. at the same time, we have

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 —

the arsenal legend thierry henry says social media companies are still doing too little to tackle racismut it to try to tackle racism, harassment and being bullied on the. the issue is not only about racism, it is about the game and racism, it is about the game and racism, obviously we will stay in that subject. but i hope that it will happen impact and they will come out with some real ideas. dozens of former elite rugby players in the number of former professional footballers are to participate in a study to investigate if the more vulnerable to dementia than the rest of the population. they willjoin an existing scheme which tracks the brain health of 40—59 —year—olds and looks a early warning signs of a commission. formerwales international shane williams is taking part. international shane williams is taking part-— international shane williams is takin: art. , :, , taking part. over the course of my career, i taking part. over the course of my career. i took _ taking part. over the course of my career, i took knocks _ taking part. over the course of my career, i took knocks to _ taki

well a little earlier, the former world cup winner and arsenal legend — thierry henry — told us why hely to become a little bit more widespread. and with just a light breeze coming from a cool northeast direction, some of them can be slow—moving. temperatures still subdued for this time of year, 8—i3c, the overall high. those showers should start to fade away through the evening, and overnight, once again, we will see some clearing skies. that is going to allow those temperatures to fall away into low single figures, cannot rule out a frosty start for the first morning of may. but it will be a sparkling one, once again, lots of sunshine from the word go, but as we go into the day, yes, we will have some showers developing. and some of these could be heavy with some hail, maybe the odd rumble of thunder as well. top temperatures, again, still disappointing, 7—i3c the high. so it's sunny spells and scattered showers for saturday and sunday, but look at bank holiday monday, some wet and windy weather will arrive. hello, this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines: 44 people die in a

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who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, has joined with thierry henryire 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 two of them have already been claimed

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