the breakaway european super league project is in tatters after all 6 english premier league clubs involved quit at a mere 48 hours after agreeing to join italian and spanish teams in the new elite football competition the super league which would have marks a vast virtualization of the game in europe spent by billions of years of investment capital by u.s. bank cheapie morgan. chinese leader xi jinping reiterated his calls for international cooperation and criticism of what he brands one sided will make it he spoke tuesday at the bow wow forum for asia it's a gathering of politicians business leaders and scholars that's organized by china she called for wider trade liberal liberalization and criticised efforts to wall off global commerce. all right that's it for me and the business team here as always you can find out more about these and other business stories on our web site that's dot com slash business also on facebook and twitter we hope to see you soon thanks for watching take care. of. this it's crashing down and finally being of that kind of pandemic. migrant workers not only do th

super league event as chairman andrea yellin has conceded the project has failed after all 6 english premier league clubs pulled out of the elite competition a fan such as those here outside chelsea stadium celebrated their clubs announcing that they would leave the super league which was backed by billions of euros of investment capital by u.s. bank j.p. morgan the organizers of the league was necessary to shore up faltering club's finances. as a project not just fans but many trainers and football managers disapproved of. with just. you know the share price for how the. you know we are. we have the. money people about. but you should. exist on the nukes on. in europe. because it goes against everything. i wrote over ashutosh monday in frankfurt ashutosh fans clearly saw this very differently from investors didn't they absolutely yes and as you heard the investors are looking for returns so when they see a product like the super league they see wow stuff there is line and messi and ronaldo presented and then they see that there is potential for a better broadcasting deal it's a good investment pro

decision in the english premier league results and fast stop clamping racially and bunions that's coming up shortly with sports. now india has soared past brazil to become the 2nd most affected country in terms of total covered 1000 cases now on monday it recorded a staggering 169000 new infections health officials are hoping that a 4 day super vaccine drive could turn around the surge in numbers more than 2700000 doses were administered across the country on the 1st day. but a religious festival is causing concern with thousands gathering at river pilgrimage sites officials say the size of those crowds makes and forcing social distancing rules nearly impossible offer on this let's speak to elizabeth promise she joins us now from new delhi let's just looking at those rather extraordinary pictures that there are some pretty crowded gatherings even as we see things even deteriorate further. well you've heard from police the coalmine of the city is taking place in the town of $101.00 it's in the foothills of the himalayas foothills in the state of calm and police have said that on 2 midday

decision in the english premier league results in spanish star player being racially abused that's coming up with joe johns for. us speaking of racial tensions police in the u.s. state of minnesota have cleared protesters who gathered outside a station after an officer there shot a black man dante wright's family told the crowd that he'd been shot by police before driving away and crashing the shooting comes during the trial of former minneapolis police officers charged for the killing of george floyd reports. protests on the streets near minneapolis once again named at the police force prompted by the death of yet another black man this time 20 year old dante write. police in brooklyn center a suburb of minneapolis say officers pulled over a man just before 2 pm on sunday and discovered he had an outstanding arrest warrant as they tried to detain him he got back in the car one officer shot dante right to then drove away but hits another vehicle he was declared dead at the scene one officer fired a weapon striking the driver the vehicle continued and eventually crashed. and. medical resou

well there are reports that english premier league football club chelsea are preparing documents to withdraw from the proposed european super league chelsea is one of the 12 european elite clubs that have been planning to join the controversial new multi-billion dollar project britain's prime minister says he'll consider legislation to stop english football clubs from joining the breakaway competition players to be warned they could be banned from taking part in their domestic competitions and the world cup barca is monitoring events for us just outside of stump for bridger where chelsea a base of course needs a real turnaround certainly for chelsea if this is true and it may have a domino effect perhaps. quite possibly because and i say this very very tentatively indeed we are also hearing that manchester city may also be joining chelsea in drawing up paperwork to pull out of the new super league where yet to absolutely confirm that but yes if this is happening we may well see other clubs follow as well there have been significant protests here outside stamford bridge chelsea's home ground

make more money. >> do you have sympathy with some clubs and people who say, not so much the english premier league big leagues in europe that have become too predictable and it is not that interesting watching them beat all the other teams every year? john: with many respects, it is not that different in england. we know it will be the teams. it is not that much different. that is the way it was. to make it more competitive, a salary-cap would make it more competitive. you have more teams in spain, germany and france being able to compete with the big boys. also in england. stop paying agents for transfers. other clubs would be able to maximize your potential. >> interesting idea. cap salaries and agent fees. is there any appetite for that? john: i have no evidence at all. once upon a time, the big boys didn't want that. they wanted more money to spend on everybody ee, to keep them ahead of the game. of course, there is pushback against that thought. if you are really talking about making it fair, in terms of matches and regulation, they have an advantage over everyone else. that is not fair. we h

just ahead on the news in sports the english premier league pays its respect to prince for the . a passion for supporting local communities. and pioneering inoperative african science and technology projects how his child beautiful. and doris are all of us on this planet not just africa al-jazeera front as a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to say africa women make science from the lab to the field on al-jazeera it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our patients you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands of other workers everyone goes to their camp he becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the big questions on out is there we need to stand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what you say we need to the news and current affairs that matter to you. time to sports has jemma. thanks a.j. and it's what's known as a moving day at the masters and the players are we t

anchor: the plan he is so angry about has been put forward by these 12 clubs with the english premier league united, chelsea, and thenl madrid and others in spain, and italy, others. excuse me. now, the ideas that this would eventually feature 20 in a competition after a group phase eight teams going through to a knockout, similar to the current champions league. a super league is also planned. and while 15 sides would have their places guaranteed, five other clubs could guarantee, as well. they would get their matches guaranteed every season. that feature of the new proposal has drawn the most controversy. >> the principles of how we govern football and how competitive football operates. don't forget, this is a closed competition, only minimal access to the competitionf other clubs, and basically guarantees the breakaway clubs that they will have a chance to play each other over and over again. anchor: emmanuel macron welcoming the fact that no french clubs haveigned up to this so far, nor have any german clubs. clubs in england, as i have been mentioning, has been taking part, and the roya

especially in england where 6 premier league clubs announced they were joining the breakaway leak and then changed their minds to try and head off any future defections english premier league is now looking at some major reforms correspondent child a child some reports from jester. could this set the ball to english it will be jeff's united of manchester's he's the cademy thought that training for a club doing things differently. if the united by owned and run by the fans. were just ordinary people. who actually love football and got a passion for football it's not a business all of the monies my goes back into the football club back into the community. in order that we can try and you know climb the leaks. and continue to make a statement to say there's a different way let's see united was set up in 2005 in protest against the takeover of premier league club manchester united by an american billionaire then now seeing a surge of interest upping their membership by roughly 20 percent over the last week alone it's driven in large part by the actions of 2 clubs just a few miles away manchester united and manchester city are among 6 english clubs who last week

was there was football and in the english premier league where side chelsea drew with the trade in the 1st semifinal match in spain chelsea struck early through put in suits bought by the half mocked the score was a level of $11.00 thanks to rails karim benzema the next match is on may 5th stamford bridge in england's. that's it from me on the news team here and. there's a lot more news on the losses on the website. dot com coming up next our business so made into a god office in berlin thanks for watching. cryptocurrency is. just an experiment. i mean it is a. counseling commodity. just bit cleanin chi what. how do you use it and how secure is natural mining made in germany. next on d w. oh africa. it's extraordinary and not for the faint of heart a bike ride to cairo the city is dominated by cards but activists are pleading their best case. for clearer street and better. be cool for go. 60 minutes to. trick troops. they live she would exist they just drove it into outfits and glitter glitter glitter. some of. the fighting against prejudice i don't hold cable like i did nothing i've j

englisher premier league leaders manchester city were beaten 21 by leeds you've played most of the gamewith 10 men before kick off both teams have paid their respects to prince philip the cheek of edinburgh who died on friday at the age of $99.00 tributes were also paid to and filled with locals at $21.00 win over aston villa and there was also a 2 minute silence ahead of crystal palace his match with chelsea which they lost for one next saturday's 3 pm kick offs will be moved to avoid cashing with the funeral of prince philip by minutes lead at the top of the german league has been cut to 5 points after they let in a late goal against union berlin by and were missing and 9 players including a top striker. but they did manage to go front in the 2nd half through jamal let me see allah however with 5 minutes to go union equalized as it finished one or buy ins there is challenges on one for one to keep in touch in the title race slaton abraham of it was sent off as a parma in syria before that happens even him of it sure provided the assist from the 1st go which was scored by and save it a

the latest round of english premier league fixtures it's really strong out this week.astle united that will go a long way towards keeping them up. they won 3—2 at home to westtown. they will have moved up to third with the wind but came back from level after craig was sent off. joe scored the newcastle winner, they are nine points clear of the bottom three. with this club, there is always a sting in the tail. there always seems to be a drama. you must be feeling better about yourselves. my aim is to finish above where we did last year, above 44 points. it is a hard job, but can we do it with six or seven games to go? it has to be. there is no disputing it has been difficult in the past few weeks, but all of a sudden we have lost one of our last seven games and i showing that bit of consistency that you need. this is what it does for the table despite defeat they stay forth. could not be overtaken by chelsea, the report have got a game in hand. newcastle jumped to the report have got a game in hand. newcastlejumped to a the report have got a game in hand. newcastle jump

if you think about the english premier league, its deals worth around about £5 billion over three yearse because the big money is going to go towards the super league and there's talk of maybe trying to ban the clubs from taking part in their domestic competitions but you can't afford to do that because if you try and sell a premier league in england without manchester united, city, liverpool, arsenal, spurs and chelsea, how much you gonna get for it? not a lot. there is not a huge appealfor aston villa versus newcastle. could the lack of a tv deal scupper this? there will be a deal but the question is how big it is. they are promising £4.6 billion as a starting point for the clubs. it is huge. there is talk of the streaming service dazn being involved, they tried to put themselves away from it a little bit, there will be huge interest, no doubt about it. because on global terms, for many of these clubs who have a globalfan base, this is what those fans want. the domestic fans, the home fans, the people who go to the stadium, i'm afraid they're an afterthought. it's all about the growth

the 14 english premier league clubs excluded from the proposed european super league will meet lateruss their response to the proposals announced on sunday. there's been heavy criticism of the plans which involve 6 premier league sides and 6 others from italy and spain forming a breakaway competition. the british prime minister will also meet fans and officials later amid growing calls for the plans to be thwarted. but the president of real madrid told a spanish tv show: "we are doing this to save football at this critical moment." here's joe lynskey. if the european super league is an attack on the game, then football and society have gone on the counter. this was ellen road last night where leeds united supporters showed what they thought. theyjoined the voices around the country who have condemned the plans. the prime minister, the opposition leader and european politicians all say it would damage the sport, and the presidents of uefa, who govern football in europe said this.— europe said this. this idea is a sit in europe said this. this idea is a spit in the _ europe said this.

west ham have never played in the champions league, but they're into the english premier league's topthe final qualification place as things stand. david moyes�* side nearly threw away a 3—0 lead again — like they did against arsenal last month — but this time they managed to hold on to win 3—2 at wolves. they're a point clear in fourth, with 8 games to go. jesse lingard — on loan from manchester united — continued his great form with the opening goal. there are two mouthwatering quarter final first legs to look forward to in the champions league on tuesday. real madrid take on liverpool. both sides last met in the final in 2018 which real won, though a year later liverpool took their ci’owi’i. manchester city meanwhile are hoping to win the competition for the first time, pep guardiola's side face borussia dortmund and will come up against erling haaland. — who's been in outstanding form. dortmund reportedly want over 200 million for the young striker if they're to sell him. he's scored 33 goals in 32 games this season and is being linked to several clubs including city, who are look

unable to replicate the success he's had at other clubs tottenham are currently 7th in the english premier league a lot of this comes amid another story this rocks european club football 12 top teams including tottenham have signed up to a breakaway super league competition and it sparked a very angry response at all levels of the game they would stokes as the latest. football european governing body u.a.e. for is under attack 12 of the continent's biggest clubs have announced they're breaking away from the prestigious champions league to form a rival european super league barcelona real madrid not letter of agree to join from spain in italy both ac and into milan have signed up alongside you ventus and 6 clubs from england's premier league also want to slice of the party manchester united manchester city liverpool chelsea arsenal and tottenham the onus of the no once much much more than. all that that on that me obviously all too much so it was much more money and they want it now so far there are no teams from france or germany including the current european champions by munich but 3 more clubs

if you think about the english premier league, it is still worth around £5 billion over three years andowards the super league and there is talk of maybe trying to ban the clubs from taking part in domestic competitions but you cannot afford to do that because if you try and set up a premier league in england without manchester united, city, liverpool, arsenal spurs and chelsea, how much will you get for it? not a lot. there is not a huge appeal for aston villa versus newcastle. could the lack of a _ villa versus newcastle. could the lack of a tv _ villa versus newcastle. could the lack of a tv deal- villa versus newcastle. could the lack of a tv deal scupper| the lack of a tv deal scupper this? , ., ., , this? there will be a deal but the question _ this? there will be a deal but the question is _ this? there will be a deal but the question is how - this? there will be a deal but the question is how big - this? there will be a deal but the question is how big it - this? there will be a deal but the question is how big it is. | the question is how big it is. jp morgan, the us financial

some of the biggest names in the english premier league are taking part in a social media boycott, in on the likes of facebook and twitter to do more to stop the abuse. nesta mcgregor reports. football has tried several different tactics to defeat racism. taking the knee, widely adopted across sport, is one of them. today, the game hoped to make another 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'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. there is no room for racism anywhere _ at 3pm friday, 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

next to the english premier league where third from bottom fulham, fighting for survival, have maja penaltycity have moved nine points clear of the championship drop zone, after scoring a late winner away to fellow strugglers rotherham. it was still 0—0 going into the 88th minute but then birmingham captain harlee dean popped up to score the only goal of the game. they�*re up to 18th, while rotherham stay third from bottom — four points behind derbyjust above them, although they do have two games in hand. the british number one dan evans may have missed out on the singles final at the monte carlo masters, but he has been playing in the doubles final today with his partner neal skupski, they�*re at the top of your screen, they were taking on nikola mektic and mate pavic. and having squared the match at one set all it wasn�*t to be for the british pair, who lost the champions tie break to the very happy croatians. mark cavendish has ended the tour of turkey in style by winning the final stage. after almost three and a half hours of racing the briton wearing blue on the left of your screen had

favourites manchester united will take a 2—0 lead into the game at old trafford, where the english premier leaguet that down to their red kit, merging with the red banners in the stands. we have looked into this, and it shouldn't be a reason really, but, some of the players have mentioned that that split—2nd decision that we have to make, look over your shoulder if your teammate there or not, and the red shirt on the red background, with the red seeds, so of course we have tried to change that. that was asked in summing up all the sports news for us if you are tuned in earlier, you may have noticed that my colleague mike hambly has just signed off after 38 years broadcasting here at the bbc. throughout the night our producers served up a veritable orchestra of surprise musical guests reflecting his deep passion for music. let's take a look back at what happened and a reminder of mike's broadcasting life. i was feeling a bit hysterical at one o'clock in the morning, what am i doing, at one o'clock in the morning, whatam i doing, and i am talking to mike embley. there are very few people that i wou

six of the teams are from the english premier league with three teams from both italy and spain. e agreed to start a new mid—week tournament. the move's been condemned by the premier league and uefa. adam wild reports. these are english football's most successful clubs, but with such success comes great power and even greater wealth. creating a new league with europe's other football giants has the lure of untold riches, but at what cost? this new super league includes english football's so—called big big sticks, arsenal, tottenham, chelsea, manchester city and mattner —— magister united, including leading clubs from spain and italy. what is proposed is a mid week competition with as many as 20 clubs in total and eventually women's leak as well. but it has been met with both criticism and condemnation. it is beyond belief, actually, that they can think that they can put this idea forward and everyone accept it. that is just a complete lack of understanding of our game, our traditions, what we love about ball, what is in our hearts when we go and watch football and when we clay ——

fans especially in england where 6 premier league clubs and us that they were joining the breakaway league and then back down to try to prevent future defections english premier league is looking at some major reforms on the matter of greater manchester is back in the bottle that used here in germany the w. correspondent shot at chelsea repose. could this set the ball for english football meet f.c. united of manchester's youth academy that training for a club doing things differently. if the united and run by the fans. were just ordinary people. who actually love football and i've got a passion for football it's not a business all of the money's made goes back into the football club back into the community. in order that we can try and you know climb the leagues. and continue to make a statement as to there's a different way let's see united was sent off in 2005 in protest against the takeover of premier league club manchester united by an american billionaire they're now seeing a surge of interest upping their membership by roughly 20 percent over the last week alone it's driven in large part by the actions of 2 clubs just a few miles away manchester

in the english premier league, where sheffield united have been relegated following their 1—0 defeat seven points from safety, kick off at arsenal at 1:30. second placed manchester united take on burnley at 4pm. there's an old firm derby at ibrox to look forward to this afternoon in the last 16 of the scottish cup. rangers are going for the double after clinching their first league title in a decade, whilst the holders celtic have won the cup four seasons running. league 2 stranraer are currently hosting premiership hibernian, and hibs lead 1—0 in that one with the second halfjust underway. after the holders manchester city thrashed aston villa 8—0, there are 14 more matches in the fourth round of the women's fa cup this afternoon. it's currently half time between birmingham city and coventry, with the home side inil up thanks to claudia walker's early goal. you can watch it live via the red button and iplayer — or the bbc sport website — where you can also follow the rest of the day's action. the british number one dan evans may have missed out on the singles final at the monte carl

especially in england where 6 premier league clubs and i'm say would be joining the breakaway league and then change their minds to try to prevent any future defections english premier league is now looking at some major reforms u.w. correspondent charlotte johnson pillbug ports for manchester. could this set the ball to english football meet f.c. united of manchester's youth academy award that training for a club doing things differently. that's the united at both owned and run by the fans. who are just ordinary people. who actually love focal i've got a passion for football it's not a business all of the monies made goes back into the football club back into the community. in order that we can try and you know climb the leaks. and continue to make a statement to say there's a different way that's the united was set off in 2005 in protest against the takeover of premier league club manchester united by an american billionaire then now seeing a surge of interest upping their membership by roughly 20 percent over the last week alone it's driven in large part by the actions of 2 clubs just a few miles away manchester united and manchester city are among 6 engl

to the english premier league now, and manchester united have moved a little closer to league leadersints after a convincing united win over spurs. edinson cavani inspired united's excellent second half performance and scored their second goal, with mason greenwood adding their third. son heung—min had given the hosts the lead in what was an occassionally bad—tempered match which saw cavani have a goal ruled out. the united manager was asked how much that had helped motivate his side's 3—1win. you see the results earlier on today and how tight it is beneath us. so to have seven points down to the next one instead of the four it could've been, of course, that is big for us. and we want to see how close we can get to the top. you know, for me, it's very difficult to analyse matches with you media, technically, because then technically you go in the direction individual qualities and then i'm always criticised when i try to analyse matches. so i preferjust to be very, very general. we lost against a very good team. i don't think we deserved to lose, and i praise my players and my complim

the manager of the english premier league leaders — manchester city — pep guardiola has said they'reve. sergio aguero will leave the club at the end of the season and guardiola has been looking at options for a new forward, but says they can't afford the asking price. it had a lot of big, big chances. maybe not sign a circuit for the next season. we cannot afford it. it's impossible. it's impossible. all the clubs are struggling financially, we are not an exception. you have these positions, you have young players in the academy who played with the nine. so i don't know what's going to happen. maybe it's going to, but we are not going to buy and eat straker for the next season. motor sport's new event — extreme e gets underway this weekend — with the desert x prix in saudi arabia. the series is all off—road and uses electric vehicles to raise awareness of climate change. and there are some big names involved with fomula one world champions — lewis hamilton and nico rosberg owning teams and another former championjenson button getting behind the wheel again. there are some fantastic t

we start in the english premier league, where second placed manchester united have come from behind toer, tottenham missed out on the chance to move into the top four after drawing 2—2 with newcastle. joe willock with the late equaliser for steve bruce's side. the result means that jose mourinho's team are fifth. ijust think that i just think that we ijust think that we made mistakes. we made _ ijust think that we made mistakes. we made defensive mistakes that led to instability. in the first half, we were — to instability. in the first half, we were always in control, even in the second — we were always in control, even in the second half when we have the ball, the second half when we have the bail. we _ the second half when we have the ball, we didn't have any problems. we scored — ball, we didn't have any problems. we scored goals, we could score a couple _ we scored goals, we could score a couple of — we scored goals, we could score a couple of more, when we got in defensive — couple of more, when we got in defensive situations, we created instability with our mistakes. and instabi

the group includes six teams from the english premier league with arsenal, chelsea and tottenham amonghe financial challenges the pandemic caused for football clubs. joining me now is chris beauchamp, chief market analyst at ig. good morning. i have to say. i have been having the conversation with viewers on twitter and so far i have not found a person who believes this is a good idea. for found a person who believes this is a good idea.— this is a good idea. for fans it will be — this is a good idea. for fans it will be a _ this is a good idea. for fans it will be a very _ this is a good idea. for fans it will be a very unpopular l it will be a very unpopular move, and for grassroots. these are giant businesses with huge revenues and costs and there is a lot of that behind it, they can take themselves off national leagues and monopolise revenue and provide secure income, very much in the american model. this will command major attention around the world. d0 command ma'or attention around the world. ~ the world. do you think it will no the world. do you think it will go ahead? — the wo

has been unable to replicate the success he's had at other clubs are currently 7th in the english premier league and all of this comes amid another story that's rocked european club football 12 of europe's biggest football clubs say they'll launch a breakaway super league 6 english teams including liverpool chelsea and both manchester sides have agreed to join fellow european giants rael madrid barcelona and juventus will also play in the league the club's billionaire owners are being accused of a power grab on the governing bodies fi find you a fan of threatened legal action those are the headlines it's back to witness on al-jazeera. it's very cruel the system could go. well this is enter the building. this is entered the building. not watching pedro. the way you're looking at. me like that anymore. ah thank you we are. going down memory lane. this is in the very beginning. very very beginning of this track fact. we get that. all that hair page very. that is that caught me he made the kate talk i have never seen anybody use a cape the way he did that's what sealed the deal is look at that you c

especially in a england where 6 premier league clubs announced they were joining the break widely and then change their minds to try and prevent any future defections the english premier league is looking at some major reforms and the manner of greater manchester is packing a model that is used here in germany u.w. correspondent charlotte shells and pill reports. could this set the ball to english it will be jets the united of manchester is used to kind of make it right that training for a club doing things differently. that's the united at both owned and run by the fans. who are just ordinary people. who actually love football and i've got a passion for football it's not a business all of the monies my goes back into the football club back into the community. in order that we can try and you know climb the leaks. and continue to make a statement to say there's a different way if the united was set up in 2005 in protest against the takeover of premier league club manchester united by an american billionaire then now seeing a surge of interest upping their membership by roughly 20 percent over the last week alone it's driven in large part by the actions of 2 cl

one more result, chelsea are back up to fourth in the english premier league after a a—1win over crystal sports centre. —— golf section. a reminder of our news this hour. the duke of edinburgh's funeral will take place next saturday. earlier today, forty—one gun salutes have honoured queen elizabeth's husband, the duke of edinburgh, who died on friday. buckingham palace has announced that the duke will be laid to rest next saturday at st george's chapel in windsor castle. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. it was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, but there was some lovely sunshine around early on. however, as the day progressed, we quite literally had four seasons in one day. a frosty start, some sunshine, then some showers. and the showers turning increasingly wintry with some hail and snow mixed in there as well. this has been the story through the day today. the shower clouds developed as we went through the morning and then became quite widespread into the afternoon. the only exception is down to the south—east where we had some fairl

manchester united have cut manchester city's lead at the top of the english premier league to 11 pointsgiven the hosts the lead, but it was a somewhat ill tempered match. after the 3—1victory, the united manager, claiming the forward conned the referee for his part in a disallowed first half goalfor united. i always use the analogy that if that was my son and he gets that from one of his mates and he stays down and he needs ten other mates to help him up three minutes after, he is not going to get food for a few days because that is embarrassing. son is very lucky that his father— son is very lucky that his father is— son is very lucky that his father is a better person than 0le~ — father is a better person than 0le~ i— father is a better person than 0le~ i am _ father is a better person than ole. i am very, very disappointed because like we say in — disappointed because like we say in portugal, bread is bread and cheese is cheese stop i told — and cheese is cheese stop i told already ole what i thought about _ told already ole what i thought about his comments, and i have to tell_ abou

half are in the english premier league — and they include manchester united, chelsea and liverpool.— atletico madrid in spain. and in italy, it's ac milan, inter and juventus. the idea is that this will eventually feature 20 sides in a mid week competition. after a group phase, eight teams would go through to a knockout — similar to the current champions league format. a women's super league is also planned. i'm joined by sam stejskal, a football journalist with the sports media company the athletic. he's based in new york. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. of course it's quite similar to what you have in the states, isn't it? yeah, it's a closed system, much like we have here in every major professional league, both in soccer and football and in american football, baseball, basketball is welcome and in oozing aspect to the store is a number of the clubs you rattled off their are owned by american individuals or american—based companies. find american individuals or american-based companies. and what does that close _ american-based companies. and what does that close system _ americ

meanwhile over in the english premier league, a mason greenwood brace helped manchester united keep the, to move eight points behind manchester city with six games to go. burnley stay just above the relegation zone — they're six points clear of the bottom three. fulham were seconds away from closing the gap on burnley, but suffered a heartbreaking last minute equaliser at arsenal to draw i—i. josh maja had given scott parker's side the lead in the second half, but substitute eddie nketiah scored in the 97th minute to grab a dramatic point for arsenal, who stay 9th in the table. lyon's five—year reign as women's european champions is over, they lost their champions league quarterfinal to paris saint germain. lyon had won the first leg 1—0 in paris, but an own goal from skipper wendie renard saw them lose 2—1, going out on away goals. psg will now face barcelona in the last four. there was extraordinary drama at the emilia romagna grand prix in italy, a chaotic incident—strewn race with red bull's max verstappen taking his first win of the year. the treacherous conditions catching out the

if you look at the example of the english premier league, they sell their rights all around the world to asia, for billions of pounds. so, if you can't pa -- if you ca n pair that with a few fans eating a few meat pies and getting through the turnstiles, it is not so much. shery: what would be the impact to the champions league and there decades-long reign? james: big question. the ruling body in europe has been trying for a while to keep these bigger elite teams happier. these clubs have been complaining every year pretty much, there are normally whispers or talks about a super league, or a breakaway league, whatever it is. so they tried to come up with their own tournament to try to convince the likes of manchester united and real madrid, and even arsenal, to commit to what they are doing. and if they do lose these big clubs, it's a big question mark as to how they are going to run what has historically been quite a healthy stream of money for them. shery: bloomberg managing editor james ludden there with the latest on the beautiful game. coming up, the market outlook with eva adult

there are four games in the english premier league today, including a big one towards the bottom of the now at turf moor. and it's the home side that lead early in the second half, thanks to matej vydra's goal, a defeat would leave newcastle three points above the relegation zone. third place leicester are at west ham at two o'clock, the hammers can go back into fourth with a win. and later tottenham, also chasing champions league football, take on manchester united. spurs were 6—1winners at old trafford earlier this season, but neither manager says that matters now. i that matters now. think that 6—1 doesn't reflect th! reality. i think that 6—1 doesn't reflect the reality. it can happen, of course it can happen between two big clubs, these crazy results, they can happen. but they happen in an isolated way. we gave ourselves a difficult game by having _ we gave ourselves a difficult game by having ten men. preseason was short_ by having ten men. preseason was short and — by having ten men. preseason was short and we weren't up to the standard — short and we weren't up to the standard r

it would be difficult for the super league to proceed without any of the english premier league clubswould have been one of the biggest draws for fans. it seems other clothes elsewhere in europe that were considered being part of it are also rethinking that, including madrid and barcelona. it does seem that this plan is dying before it even got started. shery: the whole point was making money, right, especially at a time when revenue has been hit because of the pandemic? what does it do on their financials? john: the european governing body is talking to revamp the existing super league of european soccer with a plan they are discussing with an asset management firm that would be backing this revamped champions league with about 6 billion euros. that might generate more revenue for these clubs that have been really struggling. the founding members of the planned super league, 11 of them are heavily in debt. only chelsea was doing well. they definitely do need to come up with a way to make a bit more money as we emerge from the pandemic. haidi: our bloomberg global business editor, joh

premier league is. but it was a huge victory for us, yes. there are three more matches in the englisho make the top four, third placed leicester are at west ham, who can return to fourth with a win. the score is currently 3—0. the third goalfrom the third goal from jarrod bowen. they will just be the third goal from jarrod bowen. they willjust be a point behind west ham. later tottenham, also chasing champions league football, take on manchester united. spurs were 6—1winners at old trafford earlier this season, butjose mourinho believes that result was a one—off. i think that 6-1, i think that 6—1, it doesn't reflect the reality. it can happen, of course it can happen. sometimes between two big clubs, these crazy results, they can happen. but they happen in an isolated way. japan's hideki matsuyama is the man to catch heading into the final round of the masters at augusta. he's a superstar in his home country, looking to win his first major and shot a very impressive bogey free round of 65 to move four shots clear at the top of the leaderboard. justin rose had led at the start of play

manchester city took another big step towards the english premier league title with a 2—0 win at leicester to spend. the squad already creaks with costly talents, take kevin to briner. leicester city inflicted a rare thumping on the league leaders at the eddie had despite having little possession. here, city again dominated the first half to no avail. a more threatening lester looked to come out for the second half, but the stalemate persisted. —— lester city. as so often, aguero compressed —— progressed unobserved from his shop reflected out of harm's way. manchester city have won their last ia away games, really anyone can storm —— score on this team. it was kevin to bring who crafted the second, a pass to the eye of the needle. raheem sterling thought about it for a while and gabrielle jesus finished it off. i don't know how many titles or what we have _ i don't know how many titles or what we have done so far, it's incredible. in this year, like, lockdown. _ incredible. in this year, like, lockdown, no spectators, you need the emotion sometime to lift, to be on the _ the emotion someti

been contract stayed until at least 2042 but on tuesday night chelsea were the 1st of the english premier league teams to say that they were preparing paperwork to back out they were followed by manchester city then we heard from athletico madrid and before the end of the evening all 6 of the english teams involved said that they were no longer going to be taking part in the lake and when it comes to arsenal of outside their ground here they issued an apology saying to the fines the players that manages everybody basically that they made a very big mistake so what's next for european football. as we question with the dust settling i suppose only the ruins of the the simply a period of soul searching most definitely there are some senior figures in italian football that are of looking for some sort of punishment some talk about possibly even kicking out in some aligned ac milan you ventus from syria i don't know how seriously those thoughts will be taken here in the in the u.k. talk of deducting points from some of the teams that have signed up initially to the league others though saying that we

arsenal have been beaten one now at home by everton in the english premier league it was their 1st game since withdrawing from the european super league ahead of the match thousands of gunners fans protested outside the emirates against owner stan chronic a demanding the american steps down the majority of arsenal supporters are furious about the club's involvement in the breakaway european tournament the owners say however that they have no intention to sell the club. it's a national limbic image he has confirmed the athletes who make political or social justice protest at the tokyo games could be punished actually showing their support for movements like a black lives a matter had become common in recent months but the i.o.c. is said. a thing at a festival or annealing a foreign national anthem a want be allowed on the field of play medal podiums or at official ceremonies a saloon in the world plaza cessation has offered legal support for any competitors for sanctioned at the olympics. to suggest that answers are i want to question and appropriateness is the effective way to resolve a

lane and athletic a major is in italy a very small and clubs and eventis and the 6 from the english premier league a manchester united city liverpool chelsea arsenal tottenham but liverpool at $31.00 all with leeds in the premier league on monday night in the leeds players 14 shots in protest of the super league during that woman and an airplane also you flew over the elland road stadium with a bama reading a hash tag say no to super league liverpool manager yog and club spoke before the game and confirmed he's against the idea and clarke was unhappy to see that some liverpool fans hung bombers outside their ground is urging supporters to get behind the players and not blame them for boardroom decisions but their anger is clear to see. what was a complete and football's about sometimes we need to stop trying to get there yet they won't stop when they want to or because i'm 40 and it's disgraceful it's discourse and i will fight for you from where'd you know it's you know. but we'll leave the final word on the safe play get to former manchester united great eric cantona who posted this to his insta

they beat to talk no one nil and the final manchester city are also close to sealing the english premier league title and they're in the semifinals of the champions league but why 8000 fans were in attendance for the game it was the biggest crowd at an outdoor sports event in the u.k. since the 1st lockdown in march of last year when billy is due to host 8 matches with crowds during the european football championship which kicks off in june while our correspondent paul brennan was at wembley stadium. a big safe wembley stadium and a lot more at stake than just the car cup in this event this is the 2nd large scale test event here at wembley stadium with 8000 spectators allowed to attend the game 4000 of them are actually club fans from both manchester city and from tottenham hotspur the other 4000 residents and h.s. workers who secured bed tickets through a ballot system now the conditions for getting a ticket include you have to have had a negative coronavirus lateral flow test in the last 24 hours and you have to agree to have subsequent testing in the coming days after this game but those fan

still ahead here on al-jazeera because ball coming up we'll find out what english premier league football is doing to fight back against online discrimination. lulu the or the old. that's of the sport of his for nick thank you so much all football clubs and players in the u.k. have started 4 day boycott of social media it's part of an effort to fight back against online abuse after football announced its plans last week other sports in the country including cricket rugby and tennis have joined in football's european and world governing bodies are also backing the boycott players want social media companies to do more to stop discriminatory abuse being sent or seeing a many of those involved have posted this message english football is coming together with other organizations and sports to boycott social media and demand change we are asking for a significant action to bring to an end the vile discriminatory abuse players and many others have to injure but we've been speaking to at least john of the english football association about the global support they campaign has received. it's not

english premier league leaders man city are bidding for a quadruple this season side are facing for us yet dortmund erling holland one of the hottest strikers in world football and a player they've been heavily linked with the numbers speak for speak for himself so when that happens because he's going to score at the right left in the country in the box and when you don't need when you'll need to control tax in the head there still. yeah it's a fantastic striker ability knows it's all a blank guy who will realise that with a striker so in the knesset to be a manager you know to. realise an. meanwhile a major league baseball game in taxes had a near sallow crowd on monday the rangers welcomed a crowd of at least 38000 fans to their home opener against the trauma bluejays it's the 1st full capacity sporting event to be held in over 3 years since the global pandemic began bought the blue jays spoiled texas' home opener with a $62.00 win. ok and that is all your sport for now back to you during thank you so much and thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera the clarke will be here in

restrictions the blues are hoping to bounce back from their shocking 52 home defeat in the english premier league by west brom this is the 1st time chelsea have reached this stage in 7 years. i have a feeling that it will be a tough match because i expect nothing else than the best part of a very experienced side in this competition. champions for for many many years and in part to god so this shapes a certain mentality and still i just can repeat we are confident enough that we are strong enough and we believe in ourselves to overcome this round and we play clearly to to to make it to the semifinals of the 1st gulf major of the year the masters tees off on thursday but without the 5 time champion tiger woods who is still recovering from a car crash dustin johnson will bid to emulate woods who is the last man to successfully defend the masters title one player who will particularly miss woods's presence around augusta is justin thomas. i want to or saw him a couple times last week and i've tried to just go over a couple times turn the week whenever i'm home and see him and yeah i texted friday ni