david stokes, al jazeera.hor: the pandemic is biting into the finances of european football clubs. barcelona lost $117 million in revenue last year, bringing its total debt to an estimated $1.4 billion. most of that came from renewing stadiums and overpaying players. salaries have increased more than 200% the year 2000. barcelona has the best paid team in the world. the average salary last year was $9.8 million. european clubs can afford paying that much by selling merchandise and broadcasting rights. in the early 1990's, the english premier league sold tv rights for nearly $280 million. last year, that increased to $7 billion. let's bring in our guests. in liverpool, a football finance lecturer. and in barcelona, spain correspondent for millennia tv. and come ahead and cofounder for the football observatory at the international center for sports studies. thank you for joining us. could you have ever imagined that all of this would have played out the way it has? >> it doesn't seem to have been very political.

david stokes al jazeera will i speak not? it's gavin hamilton. these men to national football journalists enjoys us vice skype from london. get to have you with us here. barcelona clearly wants it's keep them and messy. clearly wanted to stay. but just explains is why these numbers just didn't add up. why even offering a 50 percent pay cards was missing still unable to stay at barcelona because part of his finances are in a match. they instruct him for quite a few years now to to stem the losses. it goes back to the sale of name all paris actually man. a few years ago they sold name, offering huge amounts of money to 100000000 pounds. and they spent the money very badly on players who weren't up to the same standard name ball. and they've been struggling to cope with the losses in recent years. and the last is of mounted the time demick has contributed to the financial situation in a way they have to register a budget with the spanish leeker. and that budget would have been reduced this year because of their lawsuit and because of their financial

david stokes al jazeera ah, the head of the international olympic committee thomas back has praised the athletes for making take a 2020 a great success and forgiving these games the olympics. so the closing ceremony was how to the national stadium, the japanese capital, which had today for the pick flag to paris the next host in 2024, but back says to take your games will live long in the memory of those who competed . i am only sure that nobody, nobody who took part in this games will ever forget these olympic games. they are a unique and there are a great manifestation and a greater symbol of hope for the people across the globe on the final day of competition in wellspring. conditions can use to check you became the 1st athlete in 41 years to successfully defend and then pick morrison psycho finishing in 2 hours. 8 minutes and 2nd picture says he filled his legacy and when commit yet running the next games in paris, and what do i think my bucket list was? took a 220. so i'm going up now. so could my college see what double check this in? the wall and i will actually come up to people

david stokes al jazeera and tug care on the bed to the host. the 2020 olympics organizes said they'd be known as the recovery gains in 2011. japan's fukushima region was devastated by nuclear disaster, but hopes of using the event to showcase the reconstruction. haven't been realized then the richardson explains. the bullet train has been speeding passengers around japan for more than 50 years. also a direct link back to when the olympics 1st visited the country's capital. the trains launch coincided with a $960.00 full tokyo gangs. at that time, the lympics with a perfect platform to highlight japan's political and economic reba back in 1964 when we had the olympics in tokyo last time. it was showing the world that we are now out of the doldrums of the world. we're to and we're starting a new new nation here. we come a 90 minute train, right? north of tokyo is look ashima. an area still synonymous with the nuclear disaster of a decade ago. around $20000.00 people died in the earthquake and c normally cause the nuclear meltdown at the folk ashi

david stokes al jazeera, the ban demik is biting into the finances of european football clubs. barcelona lost $117000000.00 in revenues last year, bringing its total debt to an estimated $1400000000.00. most of that came from renewing stadiums and overpaying players. salaries have increased by more than 200 percent since the year 2000 barcelona has the best paid team in the world. the average salary last year at the league champions was $9800000.00. european clubs can afford paying that much by selling merchandise and broadcasting rights in the early $990.00 s. for example, the english premier league sold tv rights for nearly 280000000 dollars last year that amount increased to $7000000000.00. the. alright, let's bring in our guess in liverpool, karen mcguire, a football finance lecturer at the university of liverpool and barcelona. jennifer civil spain corresponded for millennial tv and from new chatelle, switzerland, rafael poli, head and co founder of the research group football observatory at the international center for sports studies. a warm welcome to you all. and thanks for joini

david stokes al jazeera, a token of games of wrapped up with a short fireworks display over the main stadium. games of course, took place right in the middle of a pandemic, and the athletes performed in mostly empty stadiums. the theme of the closing ceremony was, well, we shed and make everyone think about the future. and the next games will be held in paris in 3 years time. and reminder now that you can always catch up any time on a web site, details of the latest moves for the taliban, there enough kind of stone. and also you can watch us live by clicking on the orange live icon 0 dot com. ah, or one of the top stories and how to 0. a brutal and rapid offensive by the taliban is overwhelming afghan forces with the own group. now claiming control of a 50 provincial capital in just 3 days. the city of telecom is the latest to fall. the groups most significant again, has been condos by fighters who seized most of the city. it's home to 340000 people and provides access to mineral rich nor.

qualifiers against ireland and as a by john before joining up with his new teammates, the united david stokes al jazeera. ah, so this is alex here. these are the top stories in the united states says it's current out of drain strike against i still in eastern afghanistan and pleases, killed a member responsible for planning attack that follows a warning from president joe biden, those behind thursday, suicide bombing outside capella. what would be hunted down u. s embassy in a couple is one americans against traveling through the airport because of security concern, depends can says specific credible.

david stokes al jazeera, though head on algebra, the netherlands rethink decade, the flood defense panic in the face of rising tide and to changing climate. and the most unusual and the big game, the history of a hello, a great to see you. here's an update on the south west monsoon. you know the indian states, the rochester and west not pradesh. the rain has been piling up because of this disturbance parked over the area, but it's now starting to slide away so we will see some relief here. heavy it's rain really relegated now. it's award at the him a lands and through the west coast of india. now, northern areas of bangladesh, we could do almost $200.00 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. and again, this is where some of our most intense rain is as while along the bay of bank on the west coast of myanmar on monday. next got to go to asia pacific and we're talking about what tropical storm loop it did on the island of taiwan. look at these hundreds of millimeters of rain within a short span of time. roads turned into rivers and holmes just flooded out. so we track where the energy

david stokes, al jazeera atoka and in big games, the wrapped up with a short fireworks display over the main stadium. the games, of course, that took place right in the middle of a pandemic. the athletes performed and mostly empty stadiums. theme of the closing ceremony was worlds we share meant to make everyone think about the future. and the next games will be held in paris in 3 years. quick mind you can catch up any time with all the stories we're covering on our website. the rest of that is our dot com . and you can also watch a slide by clicking on the orange live icon out of there. dot com. ah, top stories alondra 0, a brutal and rapid offensive by the taliban is overwhelming. african forces with the group now claiming control of a fixed provincial capital in just 3 days. the city of telecom is the latest to fall, but the groups, most significant gain, has been condos by fighters have seized most of the city. it's home to 340000 people and provides access to mineral rich northern regions capital couple some 300 kilometers away.

david stokes al jazeera ah, it took you olympic games have wrapped up with a short fireworks display over the main stadium. it was one of the most unusual and controversial games in the global pandemic with athletes performing in many empty stadiums. the u. s. top. the metal table followed by china and japan. next game will be held in paris. yes, time will probably be a piece correspondent in so here he says, the tokyo game will be forever remembered the games probably a closing ceremony, unlike any other as well. very subdued, much like the opening ceremony was as well. we just had a very, very short fireworks display, as was to be expected from a closing ceremony. that wasn't really a celebration of what had gone before is a little bit more reflective and was very respectful actually towards the athletes . because after all, the athletes were pretty much the only people inside of this lympics stadium alongside some officials and journalists of course the, the athletes who were remaining here in tokyo. and there were not many because most of them had to leave tokyo after 2 days off

the united david stokes al jazeera manchester city play. benjamin mandy has been denied baylof, the facing charges of 4 counts of right. and one of sexual assault, the 27 year old appeared at a pre trial hearing a chest, the magistrate court on friday. he didn't enter a plea, but has denied the charges. the case has been adjourned until september. the 10th monday has been suspended by city, pending and investigation. police say the charges relate to a legit tax on the 3 women at his home between october last year. and this month in the cricketers have given themselves a fighting chance in the test against england and leads the host last the last 2 wickets early on, day 3. as they made 400 leaving india with a huge talk ahead of them being bowed out for just 78. and the 1st things that such a test for jar is leading the resistance he finished and beaten on $91.00 low fight him up. the crease is captain caly hill regime on 45 in the 215 for 2, it's still needing 100. 39 runs make england back again. format. new zealand around chris cans has been left paralyzed after having a life saving hous

david stokes al jazeera ah, it took you limpid games have wrapped up with a short fireworks display above the main stadium. the games of course, plays right in the middle of the global, and that may can be athletes perform the mostly empty stadiums. the theme of the closing ceremony was world we share meant to make everyone think about the future. the next going to be held in paris in 3 years time. philip crowther is the, a p. correspondence in turkey sense, the tokyo olympics will forever be remembered as the pandemic games. probably a closing ceremony, unlike any other as well. very subdued, much like the opening ceremony was as well. we just had a very, very short fireworks display, as was to be expected from a closing ceremony. that wasn't really a celebration of what has gone before is a little bit more reflective and was very respectful actually towards the athletes . because after all, the athletes were pretty much the only people inside of this lympics stadium alongside some officials and journalists for the athletes who are remaining here in tokyo. and there were not many because

david stokes out his era. ah, this is al jazeera and these, on the headlines speaking from the united arab emirates f. dennison's former president of connie was offended his decision to leave campbell. he says he left to avoid violence and the noise. rumors that he lives with suitcases for his cash, the reports, television sciences to open fire on pretences in the eastern african city of july of 3 people sent in kills and several others. when that of my bride has moved from campbell, they said it was a particularly ugly incident. not i think it's being seen is really since the taliban just assume power a couple of days ago as the 1st major active defined against them as july. the by there's a very important city. it is east of here towards the border with pakistan and this protest began over the national flag. now since the taliban have taken power, they have very consciously been removing the afghan national flag and replacing it with the taliban flag. we've seen that a lot here in the capital cobble. it's left a lot of people, ver

david stokes out his era. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. speaking from the united arab emirates of jonathan's former president of gunny has defended his decision to leave campbell. he says he left to avoid violence and denies rooms that he flagged with suitcases full of cash. the reports taliban sciences of open firearm for census in the east africa and city of july above 3 people are said to be killed and several others wounded. pride has moved from campbell. this was a particularly ugly incident. not i think it's being seen is really, since the taliban just assume power a couple of days ago as the 1st major active defined against them. as john by this very important city, it is east of here towards the border with pakistan. and this protest began over the national flag. now since the taliban have taken power, they have very consciously been removing the afghan national flag and replacing it with the taliban flag. we've seen that a lot here in the capital, kabul, it's left a lot of people. i very upset the international monetary funds with

david stokes out his era. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. speaking from the united arab emirates of ghana sans former presidents and sheriff ghani, has defended his decision to leave.

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david stokes out his era. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. speaking from the united arab emirates, jonathan's former president of gunny has defended his decision to leave campbell. he says he left to avoid violence and denies rooms that he.

david stokes out his era. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, speaking from the united arab emirates, have gone on former president johnny has defended his decision to leave capital. he says he left to avoid violence and denies rumors that he fled with suitcases full of cash. theory says he has been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds. the court taliban fighters of open fire on protesters in the eastern city of july. about 3 people are said to have been killed and several others wounded. at least 47 people in breaking fossa had been killed in an attack on a convoy that happened near the china. urban civilian john. security forces are among those killed. government says its troops killed at least 50 fighters during classes be damaged to rural, hazy, following saturdays. magnitude, $7.00, worth break is becoming clearer. entire communities have been raised in rural areas near the centre. 2189 people are known to have died us president and says he disagrees with the world health organizations warning against giving current a virus boo

david stokes out his era. to get the latest news, you can find out much more on our website address. that is l g 0 dot com. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. us forces have resumed evacuation operations in afghanistan. after 30 days. i feel attack outside cobble a port that killed at least 175 people. the vast majority of the victims were afghan civilians, and there were 13 american military personnel. gabrielle elizondo has moved from washington. they say the french minister of the armed forces tweeted out that the french have ended their evacuation mission from cobble. they say that they evacuated about 3000 people. of those about 2600 were afghans. so the french are now no longer taking part in the sort of evacuations. in terms of the americans, they very much still are just some latest numbers here on august 15th is when the taliban, when a couple fell to the taliban, the latest information from the united states. is 881-1000 people in the last 13 days or so? have been evacuated from afghanistan, and the u ends? refugee agency says up to half a 1000000 people could flay the crisis by the end of the year.

david stokes out his era. to get the latest news, you can find out much more on our website. the address of that is l g 0 dot com. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. us forces have resumed evacuation operations in afghanistan. after those days, i feel attack outside cobble a port that killed at least $175.00 people. the vast majority of the victims were african civilians. and there were 13 american military personnel. gabrielle elizondo has moved from washington. they say the french minister of the armed forces tweeted out that the french have ended.