the immediate action was the efl, one out of the premier— action was the efl, one out of the premier the first and second round — replays for the first and second round. also, just... i live near peterborough and peterborough united put out _ peterborough and peterborough united put out a _ peterborough and peterborough united put out a very strong statement. grimsby_ put out a very strong statement. grimsby as — put out a very strong statement. grimsby as well, exeter, who at that famous _ grimsby as well, exeter, who at that famous replay against man united in 2005, _ famous replay against man united in 2005, absolutely special third on occasioh — 2005, absolutely special third on occasion. something that the foothatt— occasion. something that the football association should be protecting. they released a statement as well, so there's pretty much _ statement as well, so there's pretty much unanimity amongst the clubs. rovers— much unanimity amongst the clubs. rovers also— much unanimity amongst the clubs. rovers also came out with a statement. | rovers also came out with a statemen

four hours later, the efl issued their own statement. and it was very different.nt opinion. so they are disputing that they were involved in the final decision to scrap the fa cup replays. it's pretty damning, actually, and it's obvious that there is major disagreements perhaps. perhaps they have misremembered or there is a certain version that each size has. we won't know until we read the minutes of the meeting. but we have to remember that the people who are at the front end of this are the smaller clubs. they are the ones who feel they are going to be messing out. regardless of who is present, some of the most famous goals in the history of english football have come from the fa cup and from fa cup replays. one of the most famous upsets in the history of the fa cup was a replay. in 1972, hereford united knocked out division1 was a replay. in 1972, hereford united knocked out division 1 as they were then. 2—1 it finished, and that was hereford's edward street stadium following the 22 draw —— 2—2 draw. they ran onto the pitch, pitch invasion, not as strict back

cup prepares for its semi— final weekend, the decision to scrap replays has split football with the eflit serves to threaten the future of the english game. good evening. world leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east, after what's believed to have been an israeli attack on iran overnight. according to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes near the city of isfahan, which is at the centre of iran's nuclear programme. it appears to be the latest tit—for—tat exchange between the two arch enemies. for days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. we'll be live in israel shortly and we'll have the latest from washington — but first, our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports on what we know so far about the overnight attack. it's a strange position tonight where we're still not sure exactly what's happened. israel has not publicly acknowledged it carried out the strike. iran is minimising it. so what do we know? well, we know a clear message was being sent. there were explosions

and they released a statement as well, pretty much unanimity amongst the efl cobs as tranmere rovers. in many of the statements, and i've - very strong statement. in many of the statements, and i've read - very strong statement. in many of. the statements, and i've read many the statements, and i�*ve read many of them, they reference that they thought there had been a complete lack of consultation and many of them centred on the conclusion that this was all about protecting the premier league and the big boys, not even of the premier league, just the top clutch to play in europe. football associations rather clever mantra is for all but this is really for the few. this is about champions league clubs and it has been complicated from an english perspective about the expansion of the champions league next season by uefa so effectively the group stage actually impinges later in the season and crosses parts with the fa cup so everyone understands that there is fix jerk injection cup so everyone understands that there is fixjerk injection —— fixture congestion in the country but no one un

the efl sanctioned the club after they defaulted on a number of payments to other clubs in the 2022/23n, suspended until the end of the next season they are in the efl. everton's prospective new owners have asked for more time to pay off a loan, which is holding up their takeover of the club. 777 partners are due to repay a £158 million loan to msp sports capital and two local businessmen by next monday. everton manager sean dyche is keeping his focus on the football. but ina but in a football club is not an easy— but in a football club is not an easy business, there must be so many different— but the crack europe, men's or women's, no team has done that. it is phenomenal. for women's, no team has done that. it is phenomenal-— is phenomenal. for us to have that opportunity — is phenomenal. for us to have that opportunity is _ is phenomenal. for us to have that opportunity is amazing. _ is phenomenal. for us to have that opportunity is amazing. we - is phenomenal. for us to have that opportunity is amazing. we had - is phenomenal. for us to have that i opportunity is amazing. we had the

there are potential cases that could be taken not just against the efl but also against the nationalhe club and we will support them in any legal challenge, hopefully that will resolve the situation. let's take a quick look at some of the other sports news stories the making the headlines. emma raducanu will no longer face the former world number one karolina pliskova in the first round on the madrid 0pen. pliskova has withdrawn, which means raducanu will either face a qualifier or a lucky loser in the first round. rafael nadal has been drawn to face 16—year—old darwin blanch in the first round — a player 21 years younger than the spaniard! blanch is highly rated — but is ranked outside the world's top 1,000. masters champion scottie scheffler continued his dominance by winning the rbc heritage in south carolina. the world number one finished the storm delayed tournament on i9—under — four shots clear of fellow american sahith theegala. it's scheffler�*s fourth win in five starts. now to some huge news in the snooker mart, selby has crashed out of the world championship in the first

that, "we have been discussing the calendar for the 202a/25 season with the premier league and the eflplays was discussed in the early meetings and all parties accepted that they could not continue." former england midfielder izzy christiansen wants to raise awareness of bowel cancer when she runs sunday's london marathon. she is running in memory of her aunt lucy, who died from the illness. i lost my aunty to bowel cancer 18 months ago, i was really close to her and it was a really tough time. i'm so determined when i finish playing football to do some fundraising and keep raising awareness, basically, of the early symptoms that people tend to not be aware of, or perhaps ignore. blood into. unexpected weight loss. they were things that became prominent. if i can use whichever platform i have got to educate people and make them aware, i think it is a job done and we have seen terrific work that footballers have done over the years, current players are doing with charities. if it can be 0.1% better to put people in a better position to help others, then my intention is after i have done

. >> en efl se inclinaron por el mariscal de campo, de la universidad del sur de california, caleb goodellrera universitaria de exito tanto en california como en oklahoma y todos por supuesto estan esperando que ahora pueda llevar al equipo al super bowl. >> todo el exito. >> feliz viernes, que esten ustedes muy buen fin de semana. >> gracias por acompanarnos. >> hay mas informacion esta tarde en noticias telemundo. >> por supuesto, lo esperamos el lunes. lunes. >> que tenga usted un buen ♪] locutor: hoy, en acércate a rocío. - cada quien hizo de su vida lo que ellos quisieron. entonces, pues, yo me compadecí y tomé a la niña a mi responsabilidad. - la cuido, le lavo, le hago de comer.

it's chelsea's second trip to wembley this season after the efl cup final, which they lost to liverpoolthe fa cup is theirfinal chance to win a trophy. they have the benefit of playing a team that had a long night on wednesday. we know very well when you play 120 minutes in a champions league, therefore, it is massive and the emotional thing, therefore, it is massive and the emotionalthing, it therefore, it is massive and the emotional thing, it is not always easy to recover after you lose, the possibility to go to the semifinal. yes, of course, it is going to be tough for them, like for us. but we remember —— we need to remember that they have an unbelievable squad. the nba playoff lineups are now complete after wins for the new orleans pelicans and miami heat in the final play in tournament games. the pelicans overcame the sacramento kings and will face the oklahoma city thunder in round one. last season's beaten finalists, miami, saw off the chicago bulls and will face the top—seeded boston celtics. i have an appreciation for the things you can't buy. the things that you have to earn

so it involved efl, the fa involved the, the efl, the fa and the premier league.rning bodies of domestic that's domestic football. and so that's what involvement what invited the involvement of the and the the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. and there's want to bring there's somebody i want to bring in this actually, in on this actually, specifically. and that's the former gary former chelsea defender, gary chivers, gary, the chivers, because gary, the fa cup have caused great cup replays have caused a great deal this week, deal of consternation this week, in your perspective in terms of your perspective as a player , is it time a former player, is it time they, they left schedule? do they, they left the schedule? do you think they had their day? >> i don't think so. i think it's, you know, everyone loves the fa cup. everyone loves playing in it, and for these, for these little clubs, what you call the little clubs, sometimes they, they do well against the big clubs. they knock the big clubs but also it's all clubs out. but also it's all about the

but the efl, who govern the championship and leagues one and two, have said the new format was "agreed

so if it's a normal premier normal premier league game or normal efl go away from home, efl game, youll say exeter and you go and play locally down at play just locally down at plymouth, into devon, plymouth, across the into devon, into and play plymouth at into you go and play plymouth at home the home team keeps home park. the home team keeps the receipts fa cup the gate receipts in the fa cup and the league cup it's and in the league cup it's separated. it's 50 over 50. so that's why it's quite lucrative. if you can get a replay, that's why it's important. now don't get me wrong, it doesn't it doesn't rule out the opportunity of away at old of getting a away tie at old trafford in the first game. and there'll be 76,000 people there and half and their money is split half and their money is split half and their money is split half and the replays are and half, but the replays are a bit of a lifeline to clubs who are struggling. we are really struggling. and we know the fa does when know what the fa cup does when it arrives your town, in your it arrives in your town, in your town, it

been handed a further two point deduction, suspended until the end of the next season there in the eflton�*s prospective new owners have asked for more time to pay off a loan, which is holding up their takeover of the premier league club. 777 partners are due to repay a 158 million pound loan to msp sports capital and two local businessmen by next monday. everton manager sean dyche is keeping his focus on the football. point of football is not an easy business there must be so made different things to go through and so many checks that have to be done. i don't imagine for one second it is a simple process. it is taking more time, that is the way it goes. i certainly am not involved at that level of what we do here so yes, the rest is just a wait and see situation. rest isjust a wait and see situation.— rest isjust a wait and see situation. , . , ., situation. djokovic is into the quarterfinals. _ situation. djokovic is into the quarterfinals. he _ situation. djokovic is into the quarterfinals. he became - situation. djokovic is into the | quarterfinals. he became only situation. djokov

been handed a further two point deduction, suspended until the end of the next season they are in the efle must be so made different things to go through and so many checks that have to be done. i don't imagine for one second it is a simple process. it is taking more time, that is the way it goes. i certainly am not involved at that level of what we do here so yes, the rest is just a wait and see situation. rangers manager philippe clement says the scottish club offered to play their twice postponed game against dundee on thursday and even fernando alonso has signed to stay with aston martin in formula 1 for at least the next two seasons. the team says the 42—year—old, who was out of contract at the end of this season, has a new deal that will extend until at least the end of 2026. it means alonso will be driving in f1 at least until he is 45, and possibly beyond. the aintree festival is under way, the main event is the grand national on saturday and last year's winner corach rambler heads the 34 strong field the feature race on the first day provided plenty of excitement with a three way

think they're very disappointed, first of all, that there's been no consultation with clubs from the eflr they are going to get financial compensation because the opportunities to play additional fixtures is beneficial to them, whereas from the perspective of the premier league clubs that the prize money available in the fa cup is very low. so they are very hostile. it's another example of it seeming that it's all about the premier league and the rest of the leagues don't really matter. is that how it's being taken? i don't really matter. is that how it's being taken?— it's being taken? i think fans of those clubs _ it's being taken? i think fans of those clubs and _ it's being taken? i think fans of those clubs and also _ it's being taken? i think fans of those clubs and also some - it's being taken? i think fans of those clubs and also some of i it's being taken? i think fans of i those clubs and also some of the comments which we have seen on twitter from comments which we have seen on twitterfrom some of comments which we have seen on twitter from some of the individual clubs themsel

just what our hospitals, just what our homeless shelters, just what our schools and our efl programs overflowing need, more people with more problems. if you hadn't noticed, look around you, we're all full up with problems. but, of course, you have noticed because americans are upset and enraged about what this white house has done to our country by opening up our borders to everyone, including the most hardened known criminals. now, from the beginning, whenever the biden folks were pressed about the border, they immediately started lying and, of course, blame-shifting. now, first you'll remember, it wasn't a crisis at all said our border caesarina. thank you, kamala. then it was president trump's fault for not agreeing to not support what was in the end a bogus immigration bill that would have kept the flow coming. now, all along, they were lying. they were so desperate to flood the country with undocumented democrats and cheap workers for their donors, that the white house completely misread the electorate. now, with our own eyes we americans have seen the damage that the biden bor

from the is continuing is needed from the first round onwards and we've seen backlash from various eflrind out a result, get a draw and then go away from home in a replay to one of the big stadiums and get those gate receipts . those gate receipts. >> the flip side is the football association and the premier league argue that separate to this, and it feels like when they announcement, this, and it feels like when they announcement , they they made the announcement, they announced grass roots funding at the so separate to scrapping >> so separate to scrapping replays, there's an extra investment over six years from the premier league that will filter down the grassroots pyramids. >> the fa and the premier league therefore argue that they're taking one thing away, but they're a bunch of they're injecting a bunch of money separately to effectively offset that. but one thing is clear the efl clubs, many of them feel that they weren't consulted and they're not happy about that the magic of about the fact that the magic of the fa cup and ability to the fa cup and the ability to earn replays

two divisions in the efl are all wrapped up.er reaching the second tier for the first time in 12 years. zesh rehman is part of their coaching staff. and was amongst the post match celebrations. absolutely amazing. we knew what might happen when i say we, the coaching team and the players had seen images of previous seasons when there had been success but until you are in that moment and feel and see it for yourself, it is surreal. so really great to be a part of it and it is a memory that will stick with you for very long it is a club that will many will associate with its past first winning the fa cups in the 21st century, just being there for a couple of years now, what do you get in terms of the for a couple of years now, what do you get in terms 0— for a couple of years now, what do you get in terms 0 you get in terms of the sense of how bi the you get in terms of the sense of how big the club — you get in terms of the sense of how big the club is _ you get in terms of the sense of how big the club is and _ you get in terms

. >> anyway, e-efl e“ >> but anyway, let's do the times not times and diversity does not improve financialt from the institute of dir. >> scott, apparently it doesn't , >> scott, apparently it doesn't, an associate professor at mays business school in texas, jeremiah green, along with john hand, a professor, a professor of accounting from north carolina. they did their own study about diversity at work. the famous study they're quoting here is the mckinsey research. and dame vivian hunt, who suggested at the time when the research was done years ago that diversity produces, improved performance at work. and they did their own study and they said they couldn't find any proof of this at all, that they had no results. it was completely erroneous. academics making that really making statements that really the study itself hadn't been backed proper research . and backed by proper research. and then the sentence i like and this final one, which this is the final one, which is the mckinsey people to the mckinsey people declined to comment. the idea really comment. i guess the idea really is that

. —— efl. true fairytale if championship side coventry beat manchester united in the semifinals, adding to an already famous cup history. they won the trophy back in 1987, but since then they've faced many challenges including relegations and losing their home ground. so can they really overcome the i2—time fa cup winners united at wembley tomorrow, and reach their first final for 37 years? here's mike bushell. a day the city of commentary will never forget. a day the city of commentary will neverforget. —— a day the city of commentary will never forget. —— coventry. a day the city of commentary will neverforget. —— coventry. in 1987. starship were number one with "nothing is going to stop us now" and the only thing stopping the coventry team bus in their victory parade whether hundreds of thousands of fans lining the streets of the city. 37 years on and three of the team are being reunited with the bus which now has pride of place —— pride of place in the coventry transport museum. a chance to