gary lineker there, you were watching bbc news. gary lineker there, you were watching bbc news. he won the premier league with blackburn rovers and also played for coventry. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. i think people are viewing premier league through policy with some sterility at the moment and indeed some of the clubs, what is your view? -- with some hostility. it is inevitable because of the way the market is for them and the money they are earning, they do not see what is happening in the background and that is what the players are fading difficult. there are some players individually out there who have been helping the cause but the majority of others possibly aren't and the question is who will do it? will players do it individually or will they collectively do it within the team ? will they collectively do it within the team? what do you think is the right course of action, should there bea right course of action, should there be a peek at across—the—board? the players argue that we take tax revenue away from the national

former spurs player gary lineker says players will take a cut eventually.that footballers will take pay cuts, they will help out in the communities, they will make donations in whatever way that they can help, and i think wejust need to be a little bit patient with them, the clubs have only announced these things a day or two ago, hopefully sense will prevail and footballers will do their bit, because if they don't, they won't come out of this very well. the way tottenham have handled it, i don't think has been very good, and what tottenham are doing to their staff, i don't agree with whatsoever, but that is a separate issue to what the players do players and it is the club that said the players will carry on with their wages, but let us see what the players do and how they react to it. it comes on the day that senior figures at brighton and hove albion announced they would be taking a significant pay cut, including the manager. graham potter, chief executive paul barber and the director of football dan ashworth will take reduced wages over the next three m

gary lineker has been sympathetic aswell, and says people shouldn‘t be too quick to judge.rom former liverpool captain jamie carragher. this is what he tweeted : "jurgen klopp showed compassion for all at the start of this pandemic, senior players heavily involved in premier league players taking wage cuts. then, all that respect and goodwill is lost — poor this, lfc". former liverpool forward stan collymore described the decision as ‘plain wrong‘. so, with so much talk around what footballers should or shouldn‘t be doing to help with the current crisis... we‘ve been speaking to one man who is certainly doing his bit. rower — philip doyle — had been hopeful of a medal, at the tokyo 0lympics . but is instead spending this summer working in a hospital. the northern irishman, who is also a qualified doctor has returned to his front linejob in the nhs — holly hamilton managed to speak to him before his first day. for county down row where this might feel like a lifetime ago as he and his partner secured their spot at the tokyo 0lympics last summer. here, island! the crowd is on

we heard from gary lineker earlier. he says people shouldn't be too quick to judge players.poken to, they are all desperately keen to do it. the problem is, of course, is how you do it, as an individual person, do you take a pay cut and then do something, or do you not ta ke then do something, or do you not take a pay cut and do something? it is obviously complicated, and it ta kes is obviously complicated, and it takes time, and people are always quick tojump on takes time, and people are always quick to jump on the judgment or high horse, certainly when it comes to footballers, but lots of them do lots of really good things, and i'm sure they will continue to do so. meanwhile, liverpool became the latest premier league club to furlough non—playing staff. it would mean they get 80% of their salary through the uk government's coronovirus job retention scheme, with the club topping up the remainder, so staff receive full pay. newcastle, tottenham, bournemouth and norwich have also placed some non—playing staff on furlough. this decision has been heavily criticised, including

gary lineker has been sympathetic as well and says people shouldn't be too quick to judge.re all desperately keen to do it. the problem is, of course, is how you do it, as an individual person, do you take a pay cut and then do something, or do you not take a pay cut and do something? it is obviously complicated, and it takes time, and people are always quick to jump on the judgment or high horse, certainly when it comes to footballers, but lots of them do lots of really good things, and i'm sure they will continue to do so. well, with so much talk around what footballers should or shouldn't be doing to help with the current crisis, i've been speaking to one man who is certainly doing his bit. rower philip doyle had been hopeful of a medal at the tokyo 0lympics but is instead spending this summer working in a hospital. the northern irishman, who is also a qualified doctor, has returned to his front—line job in the nhs — i managed to speak to him before his first day. for county down rower philip doyle, this might feel like a lifetime ago, as he and his partner secured a spo

former spurs player gary lineker says players will take a cut eventually.y will help out in their communities. they will make donations, or in whatever way that they can help. and i think we just need to be a little bit patient with them. the clubs only announced these things a day or two ago. hopefully sense will prevail, and footballers do their bit, because if they don't, they won't come out of this very well. the way tottenham have handled it i don't think has been very good, and what tottenham are doing to their staff, i don't agree with whatsoever. but that is a separate issue to what the players do, and what... it's the club that have said the players are going to carry on with their wages, but let's see what the players — and how the players react to it. it comes on the day that senior figures at brighton and hove albion announced they would be taking a significant pay cut, including the manager. graham potter, chief executive paul barber and the director of football, dan ashworth, will take reduced wages over the next three months to ensure that no

former spurs player gary lineker says it will happen eventually.at footballers will take pay cuts, they will help out in their communities, they will make donations, or in whatever way that they can help, and i think wejust need to be a little bit patient with them. the clubs only announced these things a day or two ago. hopefully, sense will prevail and footballers do their bit because if they don't, they won't come out of this very well. the way tottenham have handled it i don't think has been very good, and what tottenham are doing to their staff i don't agree with whatsoever, but that is a separate issue to what the players do. it's the club that have said the players are going to carry on with their wages, but let's see what the players...and how the players react to it. the belgian pro league has become the first major european league to be cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, handing the title to club brugge. the final match of the regular season and the play—offs have been scrapped, so the current league table stands and club brugge wil

match of the day's gary lineker had this to say.enham are doing to their staff, i don't agree with whatsoever. but that is a separate issue to what the players do, and it issue to what the players do, and it is the club that have said the players are going to carry on with their wages, but let's see what the players and how the players react to it. the belgian pro league has become the first major european league to be cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. the final match of the regular season and the play—offs have been scrapped, the current league table stands and club brugge will be declared champions. the decision was made after a meeting of their council, which has made the recommendation to the general assembly. golf, and organisers of the 1a9th open at royal st george have denied reports that july's major will be cancelled. postponing the event is just one of the options being considered, according to r&a chief executive martin slumbers. he says external factors mean it's taking longer to reach a decision, but that they wi

gary lineker tweeting. ..rning less than £25,000 a year won‘t be affected. support staff at clubs will also have salaries reduced to varying degrees. county cricket champions essex are placing the club‘s players and the majority of non—playing staff on furlough leave until futher notice. kent are also doing the same with the majority of their employees. and finally, olympic swimming champion adam peaty has ridden his bike 100 kilometres at home as a fundraiser for the nhs. peaty finished the distance in just under three hours. he was joined by olympic medallists maddie hinch and jazz carlin. they were among 620 people who took part in the joint virutal ride. still putting in the effort, look at his face! really working up a sweat. he is also raffling off his 2016 tea m he is also raffling off his 2016 team gb racing trunks which are up for grabs for some lucky person out there. racing trunks? where can you buy them? he was going to do an option but he thought that a raffle was fairer. you will have to go to hi

gary lineker saying it is what he was expecting from the premier league players, gary neville is wellke a wage cut and do their part, he said this was very welcome, big gesture and he has commended them for doing their bit. let's try again withjohn barnes, john, can you hear us at all? i can hear you perfectly, i don't know if you can hear me.” all? i can hear you perfectly, i don't know if you can hear me. i can indeed, give us your reaction again, we had a bit of a break—up on the line. it doesn't surprise me, i knew the footballers were always going to do something. they want to make the right decision, and make sure the money goes to the right place. taking their time. john, i'm afraid, you can hear us, but we cannot really hear you clearly enough, it keeps breaking up in reason, i am so sorry, we will have to leave it there but we will try and speak to john barnes later. mike, thank you very much, sorry we weren't able to bring you that interview withjohn barnes, hopefully we can get some detail of that to you very soon. now, farmers say they are having to pull away thousands of

talked today about the possibility of salary sacrifices, let's get the view of much of the day's gary linekerll, excuse the pun but it is an appalling own goal that you have some of these clubs actually dipping into taxpayers money to help out some of their staff. well, it doesn't seem good, certainly for the giant football clu bs, certainly for the giant football clubs, that's for sure. also the way that it was done announcing that it would not affect player salaries has thrown them under the pr bus. i have a degree of sympathy for the players because most of them will probably ta ke because most of them will probably take some kind of voluntary cut, or make some sort of donation to various charities, or whatever. make some sort of donation to various charities, orwhatever. i'm sure they'd like to do that, i'd be very surprised if they don't. 0bviously very surprised if they don't. obviously there has been a lot of criticism of players, footballers are always an easy target, obviously. but i have an inkling that they are waiting for the premier league and the clubs, their meeting today or to

and on the global side of this i have been talking to number two of the world bank and i have gary linekeroughest endurance race for the fifth time — the marathon des sables. the five—day event across the sahara desert has been postponed because of coronavirus — but that won't stop kevin. he's swapping sand dunes and camels for freshly cut grass and a washing line as he prepares to recreate the race in his own back garden. let's take a look at some of his previous successes. iam i am delighted to say that kevin joins us now live from his garden in epsom on a beautiful morning as he prepares to set off. morning, kevin. this is not the way you imagined running this race, is it?|j this is not the way you imagined running this race, is it? i thought i would be in 50 degrees heat and in some sand dunes today but instead i have maybe 18 degrees and grass and concrete. what made you decide just to run the race anyway? there are three reasons, really. i am really aware that the current coronavirus crisis has stopped people being able to run marathons and do cake bakes and have dinners and all that

gary lineker says, i think the birth of a child is a decent enough reason to miss pmqs.. it is great to hear downing street is getting a new resident! so borisjohnson street is getting a new resident! so boris johnson and carrie street is getting a new resident! so borisjohnson and carrie symonds have had a baby boy in the early hours of this morning. we knew a baby was due but we did not know the due date was this early. mum and son are doing well and many people are sending them good wishes and saying, congratulations to them. in the uk, anyone with symptoms of cancer is being urged to contact their gp, after nhs england revealed there's been a 70% drop in the number of referrals since the pandemic was declared. a network of covid—free hubs has now been set up across the country, to make sure those who need urgent cancer treatment will get it. 0ur reporter lucie kon has been to see how one of them works. we have got two different trusts operating. joanna franks is a consultant breast surgeon. in normal times, she splits her working week, looking after nhs patients at u

however, the health secretary matt hancock, says they should and play their part and gary lineker thinksn their communities, they will make donations or in whatever way that they can help and i think we need to be a little bit patient with them. the clubs only announced these things a day or two ago. hopefully, sense will prevail and footballers do their bit because if they don't they won't come out of this very well. the way tottenham have handled it i don't think has been very good and what tottenham are doing to their staff, i don't agree with whatsoever, but that is a separate issue to what the players do. it's the club that have said the players are going to carry on with their wages, but let's see how the players react to it. this comes after senior figures at brighton, announced they would be taking a significant pay cut, including the manager. graham potter, along with the chief executive and director of football, will take reduced wages, over the next three months, to ensure that non playing staff aren't affected financially by the coronavirus. the other issue facing football is