you know it is a big story i when the glazer family of manchester united _ when the glazer family oflic apology. _ united come out and make a public apology, they're usually always silent _ apology, they're usually always silent for — apology, they're usually always silent for some a massive story. a good _ silent for some a massive story. a good lobbying, this is something that is— good lobbying, this is something that is totally at the centre of the public— that is totally at the centre of the public conversation —— forget lobbying _ public conversation —— forget lobbying for severe sure post talking — lobbying for severe sure post talking about part of this review which _ talking about part of this review which tracy crouch, the former sports — which tracy crouch, the former sports ministers carrying out. there may be _ sports ministers carrying out. there may be a _ sports ministers carrying out. there may be a ofcom style body for football — may be a ofcom style body for football. certainly big questions being _ football. certainly big questions being asked about the governance

mr glazer said they�*d failed to show enough respect for the game�*s deep—rooted traditions. m ! we want our tottenham back. spurs fans no longer have to worry about being part of football�*s ill—fated super league. but as they gathered outside their stadium tonight, it was clear the action of the club�*s owners will not be easily forgotten. this club is never going to change, and none of the six are going to change until they get rid of owners like they�*ve got here at the moment. it's just shown the ideology of the owners, the chairmen — not the views of the public, the fans, the ones that pay the money, come here and sit and watch the games. having been forced into a humiliating withdrawal as the super league unravelled, liverpool�*s elusive american owner, john henry, was reluctant to explain himself when approached by the bbc in boston. any word for the fans? but later in this message to the club�*s furious fans, one of the key schemers behind the plot admitted he�*d let them down. i want to apologise to all the fans and supporters of liverpool football club for the disr

the manchester united co—chairman joel glazer says the club "apologises unreservedly for the unrest"john w henry, has apologised to his club's supporters. united, liverpool, and four other premier league sides withdrew from the esl after a furious backlash. our sports editor dan roan reports. chanting: tottenham! we want our tottenham back! spurs fans no longer have to worry about being part of football's ill—fated super league. but, as they gathered outside their stadium tonight, it was clear the action of the club's owners will not be easily forgotten. this club is never going to change, and none of the six are going to change until they get rid of owners like they've got here at the moment. it's just shown the ideology of the owners, the chairmen — not the views of the public, the fans, the ones that pay the money, come here and sit and watch the games. having been forced into a humiliating withdrawal as the super league unravelled, liverpool's elusive american owner, john henry, was reluctant to explain himself when approached by the bbc in boston. any word for the fans? but late

the glazers. instead of wearing the red shirts, they are wearing gold and green in protest colours.ay i was outside anfield ahead of the liverpool match where there was a small—scale gathering of protesters, all objecting to the fact that this proposed european super league was ever suggested. nasa s spacex crew—2 mission has docked to the international space station carrying 4 astronauts on board. these pictures show the old crew giving a warm welcome to the new team. it's the second crewed mission to the space station using a space—x spacecraft. nasa astronauts shane kimbrough and megan mcarthur will serve as the mission's spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. they are joined by japanese astronaut akihiko hoshide and european space agency astronaut thomas pesquet, who will serve as mission specialists to the space station for a six—month science mission. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. dry clear night to come, temperatures dipping away after dark to allow another touch of frost in many places as we go into the morning. it will be rather patchy, wi

to the american owners here at manchester united, the - here at manchester united, the glazer family,united, the glazerfamily, insist the here at manchester united, the glazer family, insist the super league will open a new chapter for european football, bringing together greatest clubs and players throughout the season, they add, will ensure world—class competition. but elsewhere in the game, these plans have been met with an anger the like of which football has rarely seen. many believe domestic competitions will be undermined, including the premier league, in which united were playing yesterday. indeed, one of the club's greatest names is now their sternest critic. it's pure greed. they are impostors. they are nothing to do... the owners of this club, the owners of liverpool, the owners of chelsea and manchester city, they are nothing to do with football in this country. there's 100 odd years of do with football in this country. there's100 odd years of history in this country from fans who have lived and love these clubs and they need protecting. lived and love these clubs and they

yes, because the glazer family have never been - glazer family have never been interested in the footballnfortunately, the business model they have is to try to get into the champions league every year to drive that revenue, but manchester united have not been able to do that. this is a way of guaranteeing that, guaranteeing the money every year. the by—product is that it money every year. the by—product is thatitis money every year. the by—product is that it is a closed shop, that no team can aspire to do what wimbledon did in the 80s and 90s, to rise through the ranks. do you want to watch football were the result does it matter? the watch football were the result does it matter? ., , ., ., , . , it matter? the owners of any club are interested _ it matter? the owners of any club are interested in _ it matter? the owners of any club are interested in the _ it matter? the owners of any club are interested in the football - it matter? the owners of any club are interested in the football in i it matter? the owners of any club| are interested in the football in as much as a successful team

you are familiar with the entrepreneurial spirit of the glazer family of rochester, new york.inancial wisdom of john henry of the fenway group. all of these people dabble in english football. we have seen a complete debacle of people with a lot of money trying to impute a business plan on a culture and society. what is your observation of the collapse of this soccer league across europe. what is your observation of how fancy guys got this so wrong? david: a lot of american entrepreneurs did make a fair amount of money investing in european soccer, typically british soccer teams. a lot of people were surprised when the glazer family bought manchester united and it turned out to be a good deal. john henry's investment turned out to be good. whether the new effort will work is too early to say. it is interesting how so many wealthy people today want to invest in sports franchises, not because they love the sport, because they think is a good investment. 75 years ago people often bought sports teams because they love the sport. why i will not say people dislike the sport, it is ba

so, that, from joel glazer of the glazer family, the owners of manchester united.lth organization guidelines. he also says there needs to be greater awareness around air pollution. it's estimated 200,000 people in the uk had severe asthma, a debilitating condition which can require hospital treatment. there are things that people can do to avoid some levels of air pollution, and you can avoid busy roads if you are walking to school or work. if you have a lung condition, really looking after yourself. so using your reliever inhaler and making sure to use your preventer inhaler if you have one. it was here in south east london that ella lived. she walked regularly along these streets to and from school. air pollution levels here particularly high. she was breathing in illegally high levels of nitrogen dioxide, - high levels of particles _ because she was living and moving along the south circular road, | one of the most polluted roads in london, probably the most polluted in north europe. - this on a day—to—day basis _ meant her asthma control was worse. the governme

like giving a white power we see that in the structure of club such as manchester united where the glazer family have 10 votes for every share that they own compared to one person one vote for the other shareholders so at clearly there will be resistant so they will be law being both the for all thora ts and the government to try to prevent this because they are used to getting their own way 'd so it would be a challenge for fans and those people who want greater governance and democratize ational the guy to manage to persuade me that the government although for all of us to encourage these people to relinquish their existing control would pounce to look a bit more broadly what do you think the consequences of this failed superleague will be for football in europe. i think it does give you a for now an opportunity to to reset the clock what we have seen over the course of the last 10 to 15 years is that there has been a creeping creeping increase in the control of money going to other smaller and smaller number of clubs at the top because every time there is a renegotiation or a new a new

that is coming from glazer, just a couple of hours ago.ard from john w henry, the liverpool owner, and this is him. i want to apologise to all the fans, supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption caused over the past hours. it goes without saying but it should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. no one ever thought differently in england. over these 48 hours you are very clear that it would not stand. we heard you. i heard you. 50 that it would not stand. we heard you. i heard you.— you. i heard you. so a mixture of approaches _ you. i heard you. so a mixture of approaches as — you. i heard you. so a mixture of approaches as we _ you. i heard you. so a mixture of approaches as we said. _ you. i heard you. so a mixture of approaches as we said. that - you. i heard you. so a mixture of| approaches as we said. that worry you. i heard you. so a mixture of. approaches as we said. that worry in the premier league. what about those in europe? the premier league. what about t

like giving a white power we see that in the structure of club such as manchester united where the glazer family of 10 votes for every share that they own compared to one person one vote for the other shareholders so clearly there be resistance so they would be the being both the for all fora tease and the government to try to prevent this because they are used to getting their own way so it would be a challenge for fans of those people who want greater governance and democratization of the guy to manage to persuade even the government all the football authorities to encourage these people to relinquish their existing control pounds to look a bit more broadly what do you think the consequences of this failed super league will be for football in europe. i think it does give you a for now an opportunity to to reset the clock what we have seen over the course of the last 10 to 15 years is that there has been a creeping creeping increase in the control of money going to a smaller and smaller number of clubs at the top because every time there is a renegotiation or a new a new champions league

they were protesting the club's owners the glazers and their involvement in the european super leaguehe global athlete group has called the international olympic committee "archaic" after they pledged to enforce a rule which blocks athletes from taking part in political protest. protests such as taking a knee will still be banned at this year's olympic games. the ioc consulted more than 3,500 athletes. 67% of whom said they wanted to keep the olympic podium free of protests, while 70% were keen to avoid on—field demonstrations. poppy cleall will start at number eight for england women's six nations final against france on saturday, pushing captain sarah hunter to the bench. cleall was hailed by the england head coach as one of the best players in the world after her performance in the red roses win over scotland on the third of april. hunter has been struggling with a neck injury and emily scarratt will replace her as captain. former british and irish lions captain sam warburton has backed england forward maro itoje to lead the side against south africa this summer. coach warren gatla

before we talk about spurs — the glazer apology follows that of liverpool owner john w henry this morningom the manchester united support is that for some the damage might be irreparable giving that turmoil over the last few days. in that letter to fans of manchester united, he said this is the world's greatest football club and we apologise for the unrest caused during the last few days. he said in seeking to create a more sustainable foundation for the game, they have failed to respect its deep—rooted traditions of promotion, relegation, and a pyramid. he spoke of the building relationships and said that having got it wrong, the club now wanted to show it to get it right at them. as i said, some fans feel that too much damage has already been done. earlier, we heard from the american owner of liverpool and at video message he said to fans of liverpool, i let you down, he said the project put forward would never have gone ahead without the support of funds and that over the last 48 hours, that fans were very clearly did not want it. he said he heard you, i heard you. but the fans called

a plane trailing a banner proclaiming "2 billion stolen — glazers out" flew over elland road just beforenuing to protest at the club's american owners. barcelona are in pole position as the spanish season heads into the home straight. atletico madrid lost on sunday but barca, who currently sit two points further back, have a game in hand over both atletico and real madrid. in italy, inter milan moved a step closer to winning their first serie a title since 2010 with a narrow victory against hellas verona. former manchester united defender matteo darmian scored the only goal of the game, leaving them 11 points clear with five games to play. rafael nadal won his 12th barcelona open title, saving a match point in a thrilling three—set victory over greece's stefanos tsitsipas. nadal trailed 4—2 in the opener but recovered, breaking twice to take it 6—4. world number five tsitsipas saved two match points in the second set before levelling the match on a tie—break. the spaniard faced a match point in the third before going on to win 7—5 in a match lasting over 3.5 hours, claiming his 61st clay

a plane trailing a banner criticizing the glazer family that own manchester united flew over elland road of feeling created by this week's european super league controversy. west brom's hopes of surviving suffered a huge setback after they conceded a 92nd minute equaliser against local rivals aston villa. west brom had led 2—i — before keinan davis snatched a point for the home side. west brom nine points from safety with five games to go. burnley won a—0 at wolves in the day's other game. barcelona forward jennifer hermoso scored but then went off injured as her side drew the first leg of their women's champions league semi—final with paris st—germain. after putting barcelona ahead she came off with her strapped and could be a doubt for next weekend's return leg. alana cook equalised for ps6. in the other match — bayern munich edged chelsea 2—1, hanna glass scoring the winner on the day — but an important away goal for chelsea. there are still four quarter—final places up for grabs at the world snooker championships in sheffield. world number onejudd trump is 8—a up against fellow engli

today, manchester united's american co—owner, joel glazer, apologised unreservedly to the fans as theywhile the premier league carried on, some warning there is a long way to go. some of those relationships will be difficult to repair because people have lied to us. they have sat on committees and they have not told the truth and not come clean and they have been off in a zoom paradise, as in bubble, plotting everybody�*s doubtful. iltrui’ith paradise, as in bubble, plotting everybody's doubtful.— paradise, as in bubble, plotting everybody's doubtful. with the game havin: been everybody's doubtful. with the game having been brought _ everybody's doubtful. with the game having been brought back— everybody's doubtful. with the game having been brought back from - everybody's doubtful. with the game having been brought back from the i having been brought back from the brink, the hope is an episode football will never forget, proves a catalyst for meaningful change. dan roan, bbc news. our top story this evening: celebrations following the guity verdicts for the former police officer who k

in the glazer family rochester new york and the tampa bay buccaneers. wow did they miscalculated. jonathan: we will touch on that a little bit more. slightly chaotic. tom: lisa is vaccinated, calm down. lisa: i'm feeling great. down to on the s&p 500. unchanged after a couple of days. small caps is where the pain is being felt. yields high by single basis point. euro-dollar just about clinging onto 24 hours out from ecb decision and christine lagarde news conference. >> talking about vaccinations it's a rite of passage and there is an excitement that your body is doing something with this. just want to put that on the record. what i'm looking at, we will look at the eia crude inventory. there is a push poll dynamic here. you have an increase in supply but you of the increase in demand until now. how much is the increase in the pandemic cases in the covid case in places like india and asia. japan in particular going to crimp some of that demand. then today we are going to get 1:00 p.m. the $24 billion sale of twenty-year notes. interesting to see what the take-up will be. a lot of

united's co—chairman, joel glazer, had been named the super league's vice—chairman.e chelsea in the race to finish in the premier league's top four. while liverpool could only draw 1—1 with newcastle, chelsea secured a crucial win against west ham. it finished 1—0 at the olympic stadium, timo werner with the only goal. but there was a moment of controversy. west ham's fabian balbuena sent off after clearing the ball — and catching ben chilwell. the incident was checked on var — with the defender shown a red card on review. it was a six pointer, and we could steal the points, and i think well deserved. we played an amazing first half and the second half we suffered in the first 15 minutes of the quality and we did not come out of the dressing room with the same intensity, like in the first half. so we suffered instantly from their quality and physicality, but we came back strong. congratulations to watford fans at this moment, they confirm that their promotion back to the premier league. these were the scenes in the dressing room — after watford beat millwall i—o yest

manchester united fans have gathered outside old trafford to protest against their american owners — the glazers— despite no game today. there has been an almost match day atmosphere outside 0ld there has been an almost match day atmosphere outside old trafford this morning were small groups have been arriving to take part in this organise post—test. it follows the collapse of the proposed european super league of which this club is going to be a part. manchester united are not playing today but fans of used the opportunity to express anger at that proposal. the anger is directed towards the american owners of this club. instead of wearing the red shirts, they are waiting gold and green in protest colours. they have been waving banners. it follows the protest outside arsenal last night and earlier today i was outside and put ahead of the liverpool match weather was a small—scale gathering of protesters, all objecting to the fact that this proposed european super league was ever suggested. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell — due to covid—19 — are offered s

our good friend james o'neill, jim o'neill, writing with sir paul marshall a letter to joe glazer.phrase a lengthy letter, "you seem to have been persistently out of touch with the spirit, purpose, and culture of manchester ownership. you should shift share ownership, commit 10 million pounds to charity." jon, this was biting, "you presume there was trust." the duo jonathan: jonathan:, longtime fans of the club -- jonathan: the duo, longtime fans of the club. the red knight consortium reportedly tried to buy the club back in 2010. you wonder whether that is back on the table. i have no idea. you wonder how the dominoes fall from here because i don't think we are done yet for some of these big clubs. i will remind people, it is not over for the likes of barcelona, real madrid, ac milan. they have not given up completely on this. they are still trying to work out how to pick up the pieces. tom: the pieces in the coming days, let's go out one week, 10 days. can some of these teams be precluded from playing in europe? jonathan: i don't think that is the direction of travel right now. i

teams that are part of the super league group happened to be owned by american sports owners like the glazerlike the buccaneers or stan cocky and barbed with arsenal and the rams in america and they are trying to rebound from the pandemic and liz, there is no question if you have a super league, the media rights the corporate partnership right to generate are going to blow away what they're able to get from the champions league. liz: this is a bit of a shock, imagine, and think of the new england patriots, the chiefs they all come together, my cleveland browns and they say were gonna play games but were also forming our own, isn't that the analogy to be made. >> maybe not that congrats to the cleveland browns i think are on their way to more success but someone said earlier to me today this isn't too far from the truth because in college sports you have the power five conferences, the atc big ten, big east et cetera and one of the top schools in college sports decided let's forget it let's do our own super league. there is nothing stopping those colleges from doing that if they really wanted

amna: you mentioned some of the american owners, john henry who owns liverpool football club, the glazermpa bay buccaneers. i think it baffles people that they miss read the fans -- misread the fan so deeply. is there a sports culture or divide their that the american and foreign owners just did not get that was on the ground? roger: it is truly remarkable to me that they own something so wildly popular and they have no sense. one of the owners, they are planning with the fans surrounding the stadium. they demanded that he sell up immediately. it was like a scene of les mis, do you hear the people saying, singing the song of angry men. but it is not so simple, there are not that many people who have $3 billion around who can replace these gentlemen and that is the ensuing battle, what now. amna: so what now, what happens not just for the sport, but for the business, it has been growing rapidly across asia with all of this plting and scheming, and these leaders being called traders, how does this move forward? roger: on tuesday when manchester city pulled out of their plans to join the su

morgan they have quite some experience in the world of sports a way back they helped their glazer familyan american family to buy mencia stay united later they also helped them to bring that company here on the floor of the new york stock exchange they also advised them other teams when they got to buy it for especially in italy for example they also helped to raise funds for real madrid to refurbish the bin i.b.o. stadium or other soccer teams to actually sell bonds so they do have some experience we do not know all the financial details yet but it is pretty likely that j.p. morgan also will get a nice if he for this job the city has been criticized as being all about business by many many opponents so what's the business reaction been to the announcement well maybe to begin with sold the stock of the united for example here at the new york stock exchange should traded by about 7 percent we also have 2 of those other teams liverpool for example being owned tier in the united states by a fenway sports group who also own the boston red sox and then we also have arsenal who also belongs to

ended up speaking to fans at the club's training ground yesterday who were protesting against the glazer always listen to the fans and i thought it was the only right thing to do is to go and listen to them and speak to them and have a nice discussion with them and peaceful discussion and because it is important that we respect each other and respect each other�*s views. it was a good ten minutes and i was happy with that. of course, we did not shake hands. we gave a fist bump and we parted. not good news for britain's mens's number two — cameron norrie — he's out of the barcelona 0pen. at the hands of rafa nadal at the quarter—finals stage of the clay court tournament. 6—1, 6—4 the final score — nadal will now play either diego schwartzman or pablo carreno—busta in the last four. gymnastics now and britain's jessica gadirova has won bronze in the all—around final at the european championships in basel. this was her senior international debut and she came third with an impressive score in the vault to claim her place on the podium behind 15—year—old viktoria listunova of russia. and fell

for legal action if the elite clubs choice to go you've got manchester united on by the glazers liverpool by john henry in the boston red sox every dollar you write conflict now with the leagues that they're part of as they try to launch their own breakaway super league something native for so many years off the table just toying . clubs are often trying to get more money from something like the champions league but i don't think we've ever come as close now as it will come into our concern domestically and it's like the super league looks in as many as 15 positions as is being suggested by the super league was suddenly transformed domestic competitions the lifeblood of something like the premier league is often the great the top 4 places to qualify for the champions league that's all it's all also potentially cause your dream of a club like leicester playing here wembley today from such competition they won the premier league 5 years ago so unexpectedly and made it into the champions league potential so you colleagues have access outside of the lots in clubs is very much more difficult.

gathering at their old trafford stadium the supporters unhappy with the club's american owners the glazerfamily who made the decision to join the ill fate super leak on wednesday the owners issued an apology admitting the club had made a mistake. and that was a rare occurrence in the 1st test between lanka and bangladesh and paul kelly not a single wicket fell on day 4. and that on jr the silver put on an unbeaten stand of $322.00 sri lanka trailed bangladesh its 1st innings total of 54142529 runs which the much heading for draw is 25 occasions where no wicket has falling in an entire day of test cricket tiger woods has posted a picture of himself on social media for the 1st time since his car crash back in february the 15 time major winner underwent surgery on fractures that to his lower right leg and injuries to his foot an ankle the 45 year old said his rehab was coming along. police say excess of speed was the cause of woods' accident. the treaty continues in japan despite the country's struggles in containing the spread of covert mind teen 3 days currently going through. sure it will

fans gathering at the clubs all trafford stadium as part of a protest against american owners the glazer family they were the ones who made the decision to join and then pull out of that hole feted european simply on one side the owners did issue an apology admitting they've made a mistake. chelsea has also withdrawn from that league secured a big win on saturdays they look to qualify for the champions league verna goal helping them so 10 win over london rivals west ham the result means chelsea are 4th 3 points clear now of west ham so you cannot be distracted by too many regions and too many goals that are too far away but we have i'm very happy with the consistency of quality i'm very happy with with a level that we can deliver every 3 days and that we play courage going on we do it's always a team effort and in this very very high level that we can produce consistently or by munich have missed out on the chance to wrap up the german league title the world champion slip into a surprise to see one defeat against meit's biased on the brink of willingly but in this league for a 9th straig

morgan they have quite some experience in the world of sports way back they helped their glazer family an american family to buy a mensch as a united later they also helped them to bring that company here on the floor of the new york stock exchange they also advised them other teams when they got to buy it for especially in italy for example they also helped to raise funds for real madrid to refurbish the bin i.b.o. stadium or other soccer teams to actually sell bonds so they do have some experience we do not know all the financial details yet but it is pretty likely that j.p. morgan also will get a nice a fee for this job the city has been criticized as being all about business by many many opponents so what's the business reaction been to the announcement well maybe to begin with sold the stock of mentors to united for example here at the new york stock exchange should trade it up by about 7 percent we also have 2 of those other teams liverpool for example being owned tier in the united states by a fenway sports group who also own the boston red sox and then we also have arsenal who

john henry tones the boston red sox, the glazer family who own manchester united also own the tampa bayar as. i think it baffles people that they misread the fans o deeply. help us understand, is there a sports culture divide there that the american and foreign owners just didn't get what was going on on the ground? >> it is truly remarkable to me that they own something that is so widely popular and that they have no sense of exactly what they own. one of the american owners stan kroenke of the l.a. rams football club are playing as we speak, the fans over a thousand surrounded the stadium and demanded he sell off immediately. it's like a scene from "les miz," do you hear the people sing the song of angry men? it's not so simple. not that many individuals have $3 billion lying around to replace these gentlemen, and that's the battle. what now for the teams. >> reporter: what happened not just for the sport but the business growing rapidly across asia, certainly here in the u.s., with all these plotting and scheming and these leaders being called traitors, how does this move forward? >>

well the american owners here at manchester united, the glazer family, insist the super league will openfootball, bringing together the greatest clubs and players throughout the season, they add, will ensure world class competition, but elsewhere in the game these plans have been met with an anger the like of which football has rarely seen. many believe domestic competitions will be undermined, including the premier league, in which united were playing yesterday. indeed one of the club's greatest names is now their sternest critic. it's pure greed. they're imposters, they're imposters, they're nothing to do, the owners of this club, the owners of liverpool, the owners of chelsea, the owners of manchester city, they're nothing to do with football in this country. there are 100 and odd years of history in football in this country from fans that have lived and loved these clubs and they need protecting. indeed the premier league say the proposals will destroy smaller clubs dreams of climbing to the top, as leicester famously did five years ago. competition is what football is about and it a

fans gathering at the trafford stadium the supporters are unhappy with the club's american i was the glazerfamily who made the decision to join the ill fated super league on wednesday the owners did issue an apology admitting it made a mistake. was the. similar scenes at arsenal on friday another english club with an american iona like united arsenal pulled out of the league after faced criticism from players politicians and of course fans the one man in gold protests the this is wrong i promised me to understand but i would also not some 20 year old lao yeah you know. a reasonable guy who followed dictated by what they've done to my house gone through the rest of it we went to where this plane rolled for the week off in the 1st place with priciest decided we were against the elite or against those last 3 carries wearing the little bit of the game we're going to forget that's a pretty big. deal for your college the way it would have council because that was a joke. well the nude of arsenal's fans unlikely to have been lifted by that seems performance on the pitch and i'm goal by their keepe

no i prefer not to because personal matters is a personal manchester united to curry chairman joe glazer has written to fans apologising unreservedly and he's promising to rebuild trust with them they have opposed the support has also got an apology from their club's principal i know john that he henry that many south it didn't go far enough i hope you'll understand that even when we make mistakes we're trying to work in your clubs best interest in this endeavor i've let you down again i'm sorry and i long i'm responsible for the unnecessary negativity brought forward over the past couple of days it's something i won't forget. and shows the power the fans have today more rightly continue to have i don't think this is me ology i just think you have to promise not to hope that the players will not be on that with the assumption that they will. in other news it looks like dublin is going to miss out on hosting yuri 2020 games later this year the city was due to hold of 4 matches at their viva stadium but the irish government say they don't expect to be able to meet your wife as demand filli

today, manchester united's american co—owner, joel glazer, apologised unreservedly to the fans as theyme of those relationships will be difficult to repair because people have lied to us. they have sat on committees and they have not told the truth and not come clean and they have been off in a zoom paradise, as in bubble, plotting everybody�*s doubtful. with the game having been brought back from the brink, the hope is an episode football will never forget, proves a catalyst for meaningful change. dan roan, bbc news. manchester city has released a statement this evening from their chief executive — ferran soriano — who apologised to their fans for the time it took to speak out since the collapse of the european super league. it goes on to say: joining me now from finchley in north london is david bernstein, a former chairman of the football association and manchester city; one of the six english clubs to withdraw from the proposed european super league. they have made an apology and everyone is apologising. just let's get your initial reaction to manchester city's apology. theyjust ma

million in interest since being acquired by the glazerfamily in interest since being acquired by the glazeroney from the bank of england under the covid rules. the spanish clubs, especially barcelona and real madrid, have huge debts and there is a question over their ability to continue in their present form. the advances that would be coming from the backers of this franchise project would help them pay off some of those debts. what pay off some of those debts. what with the impact — pay off some of those debts. what with the impact beyond _ pay off some of those debts. what with the impact beyond the of football? . . , . ,, , football? the franchise clubs, they want to still _ football? the franchise clubs, they want to still continue _ football? the franchise clubs, they want to still continue to _ football? the franchise clubs, they want to still continue to play - want to still continue to play domestically, so if they get their wish there will be relatively little change, i think, from a domestic perspective. however, four clubs who have ambitious fans and owners, we and we have seen

about building retrofits that are going to require union carpenters and insulators, painters and glazers going to be able to build the roads we need to build without construction workers, operating engineers, laborers. plumbers and pipe fitters are going to be a huge part of the story. so this is a jobs plan that is building america's economy from the middle class out. coming at just the right time. it's meeting the challenges that we face today, and it is fully paid for by making corporations pay their fair share. we think it's unacceptable that there are major profitable corporations in this country paying less in taxes than a teacher or a firefighter not in terms of a percentage, but in terms of dollars. specifically, in many cases, paying zero. and there's been a lot of talk at this moment, as you know, about what infrastructure is and isn't. i would argue that infrastructure is the foundation that makes it possible for people to live and work well. and you can't live or work or thrive without things like roads, clean water, electricity, broadband. yes, that's infrastructure. and inv

man utd are owned by the american glazer family.re wealthy on the back of owners who are oligarchs or billionaires or venture capitalists and they need to remember this is a fan's game, not theirs. you mentioned _ fan's game, not theirs. you mentioned greed. - fan's game, not theirs. you mentioned greed. is - fan's game, not theirs. you mentioned greed. is that i fan's game, not theirs. you mentioned greed. is that ultimately why you think the owner of liverpool football club is doing this? it has to be. football club is doing this? it has to be- they _ football club is doing this? it has to be. they will— football club is doing this? it has to be. they will trot _ football club is doing this? it has to be. they will trot out - football club is doing this? it has i to be. they will trot out something at some point about financial stability, but let's be honest, this is a multi—billion pound football club, business, it can survive very easily and very safely. it does not need to do this and it is simply because they need more money,

is at the center of this, they are now confirming reports that they are financing this league, the glazer john henry of course from fenway, by the way now involved with lebron, those guys own liverpool, you got stan's involvement this is a huge thing you have macron now screaming about it you have boris johnson out there saying this is a power grab. and you can see all of these names are about to get involved in what i think is going to be one of the largest global debates. there are hundreds of billions of dollars at stake here and communities all over europe that are going to be affected because of how this will change the world of soccer, the local teams, the way the money flows, it is something that is, it has people throughout europe on edge, and it's going to become a political debate as well >> so excited about a sports story. i'm just so excited that that -- what's it mean for ted lasso >> hundreds of billions of dollars. >> you've never seen anything like it. this is going to happen, people are going to be throwing arrow, the drama, the soap opera of what is going to happen next

joining us, cnbc contributor, emily glazer is here"the wall ." which has come out swinging oftentimes over the past two weeks and government leaders and others what do you think is really going on here? is this a bit of a -- this a head fake? or this other labor battle going on down in joanne >> yeah, thanks, andrew, this could be backlash against jeff bezos himself saying he's because been aggressive with the twitter feeds, saying that the company needs to be more aggressive but i also think, you know, it's such an issue because the union -- i mean, the workers are really looking for better working conditions and the fact that amazon would get out there and actually put the focus and make a sort of snarky twitter feeds about, you know, people don't pee in bottles which obviously was incorrect has been a real, real issue for them because it seems like they're being very dismissive of worker concerns because you know if the issue were racism, if it were sexism, they would have some sensitivity. they'd say, oh, we're looking at this issue they'd be

they were protesting the club's owners, the glazers, and the european super league.he qualifier sam craigie 10—4 last night. he has a big match coming up — williams plastohn higgins in a re—run of the final he won three years ago. and finally, when it comes to athletics, there's nothing quite like a winner storming their way through the field to snatch victory on the line, which is exactly what happened in utah. but not quite in the way you might expect. holly the dog escaped her owners to fly past the front runners in the last stretch of this high—school race. she's believed to have clocked ten—point—five seconds for the final 100 metres, which is one second behind usain bolt�*s world record. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. you can always rely on your dog to show you up! let's go to the house of commons now. the defence secretary ben wallace is making a statement on the commonwealth war graves commission and the special committee report on historical inequalities. my my thanks and gratitude to the committee who compiled this co

united's co—chairman joel glazer had been named the super league's vice chairman. room with the same intensity like in the first half so we suffered instantly from the quality and physicality but we came back strong. a special good morning to watford fans and i hope you are feeling all right. the team confirmed their promotion back to the premier league. these were the scenes in the dressing room after watford beat millwall 1—0 yesterday. they'll be returning to the top flight along with norwich, who beat qpr, but couldn't secure the title because of watford's win. hibernian are the first team through to the scottish cup semi—finals after they beat motherwell in a thriller. hibs had led 2—0 but squandered it and the game ended up going to penalties. ryan porteus with the decisive spot kick. rangers play stjohnstone and aberdeen are up against dundee united today —— later today. england have won the women's six nations for the third time in a row after beating france at twickenham stoop. there was only one try in the 10—6 victory, scored by poppy cleall just before

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the mirror's headline is "no apology" after it tracked down the manchester united co—owner avram glazer post reports on calls for post office chiefs to face a public inquiry after the court of appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters who were prosecuted because of a faulty it system. and "smile! no masks by the summer" reports the daily express. the paper says face masks could be ditched this summer. and we'll be talking about that with dr chris smith and linda bauld just after 9 o'clock this morning. if you have any questions, get them in through the usual ways and we will put them to chris and linda. spotted anything inside? if people are aware, it is the oscars on sunday night into monday morning. neverfeels as big sunday night into monday morning. never feels as big a sunday night into monday morning. neverfeels as big a build up because it is all online, isn't it? yes, and a lot of speculation about how it will all work out in practice and obviously they are split between different places so in los angeles, people are in their homes. it is just not the same at all. b